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Second World War Second World War, Including regimental and divisional histories, personal accounts, general histories and works of reference   318 Books
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Ack-Ack: With Gun & Searchlight Crews at Work & Play. Foreword by Gen. Sir Frederick Pile. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 46pp. (+ adverts). Printed for the A.A. Welfare Fund by Victoria House Printing Co. nd (c.1944)  #68052
[HLMainPic] Scarce record of the work of the AA Command inc. articles on Overcoming Teething Problems; Into Action Against the Flying Bomb; Efficient Work by the ATS in Mixed Batteries; Gun Sites at Sea [i.e., coastal forts] &c. Orig. dec. wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.   £45
United States Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific). Naval Analysis Division. Interrogations of Japanese Officials. Volumes I & II. 1st Ed., 2 Vols., xv+286 & [v]+[250]pp. (576pp. in all), 4to, approx. 70 maps & several diagrams of ships &c. (many fldg.). US Government Printing Office. 1946  #67687
[HLMainPic] Vol. I contains a Summary, List of Interrogations arranged both numerically & according to subject matter, List of Illustrations (i.e., maps), Index of Major Battles & Operations & Japanese Officials, Interrogations 1-70. Vol. II contains Interrogations 71-118 plus Japanese Notes of Battles & Biographies of Interrogated Japanese Officials. The Foreword explains that "The interrogations in this volume were conducted in Tokyo during the months of October, November and December 1945 by officers of the Naval Analysis Division of the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey. While the original purpose of the interrogations was to gain evidence for an assessment of the role of airpower in the war with Japan, in the absence of any other body concerned with the conduct of this naval war, this purpose was broadened to include as wide a survey of wartime events as time and other restrictions would permit." The Foreword goes on to say that "almost without exception the Japanese naval officers interrogated were cooperative to the highest degree" so that "it is believed that these interrogations form a body of source material indispensable to any future study of the war with Japan." Orig. blue cloth, gilt to spines & front, VG ex-MoD Library, VG with trace of old lable stating "N.I.D. Record Copy" to front of Vol. II. See illustrations on our website.   £145
Arnhem Lift: Diary of a Glider Pilot. 3rd imp., 96pp., map. VG in sl. chipped dw. Pilot Press. 1945  #61272
[HLMainPic] Eyewitness account of 1st Airborne Div. at Arnhem. Nice copy in sl. chipped dw. See illustration on our website.   £15
Home Guard Southern Railway in Pictures. 1st Ed., orig. wraps., 64pp., oblong 8vo (24x15 cm), photos. throughout. Printed by McCorquodale. 1944  #68540
[HLMainPic] Short history of the Home Guard units of the Southern Railway, plus. num. fully captioned photos. of training exercises, detachments, &c. VG, together with with two issues of the Southern Railway wartime bi-monthly staff newsheet, 'Southern On Guard', Oct.-Nov. 1943 & Dec. 1943-Jan.1944, two circulars from the management, both dated 4th September 1939, re emergency evacuation of staff, further correspondence with Mr. M.J. Buckett, Traffic Controller of the Southern Railway Company's Docks at Southampton, re war work & his award of the MBE, including printed slip from George VI at Buckingham Palace forwarding said award. Interesting selection. See illustrations on our website.   £110
Representative Enemy & Allied Aircraft: Comparative Performance & Characteristics. TAIC [Technical Air Intelligence Center] Manual No. 2. 1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., [iii]+47pp., silhouettes of aircraft throughout. Anacostia, DC: Issued by the Division of Naval Intelligence by Combined Personnel of United States & British Services for the Use of Allied Forces. Oct. 1944  #45136
CONFIDENTIAL (& next to this ink stamped RESTRICTED) contemp. intelligence report contains technical spec. of around 120 types of British, German, American & Japanese aircraft, i.e. presumably just about all then in service (from fighters such as the Spitfire to heaviest bombers like the Superfortress), with details such as Speed-Climb-Ceiling, Range, Take-Off, Engines, Dimensions, Armament, Protection (armour), Fuel, &c, plus front, side & top silhouettes of each aircraft. Staples somewhat rusted o/w VG. See illustration on our website.   £50
Hastings & St. Leonards in the Front Line: the Story of the Borough's Bombing Ordeal. 1st Ed., 64pp., num. photos., map. Compiled by The Hstings & St. Leonards Observer. nd (c.1945)  #68376
[HLMainPic] Illustrated record of the Home Front, air raids &c. Orig. dec. wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.   £20
The Bulldozer: The Magazine of Combined Operations. Vol. II, No. 8, January 1944. Orig. dec. wraps., 16pp., photos. & sketches throughout. Contemp.  #68374
[HLMainPic] RESTRICTED. Contains Combined Ops. news & personalities, training, a glider pilot's account of the Sicily landings (first use of glider-borne forces in the war), report on work at the Parachute Training School, 'Jane' cartoon, &c. Rare. See illustrations on our website.   £65
The Bulldozer: The Magazine of Combined Operations. Vol. II, No. 7, December 1943. Orig. dec. wraps., 16pp., photos. & sketches throughout. Contemp.  #68373
[HLMainPic] RESTRICTED. Contains Combined Ops. news & personalities, training, report by Maj-Gen. R.E. (Bob) Laycock on recent ops. in Sicily & Italy, list of Special Service awards for North Africa (inc. MiDs), list of newly commissioned Sub-Lieutenants, 'Jane' cartoon, &c. Rare. See illustrations on our website.   £65
The Bulldozer: The Magazine of Combined Operations. Vol. II, No. 6, November 1943. Orig. dec. wraps., 16pp., photos. & sketches throughout. Contemp.  #68372
[HLMainPic] RESTRICTED. Contains Combined Ops. news & personalities, reports on training (including airborne & sea landings), list of newly commissioned Midshipmen, 'Jane' cartoon, &c. Rare. See illustrations on our website.   £65
The Japanese Army in Pictures 1942. Orig. buff printed wraps., ii+64pp., photos. throughout. War Office. 1942  #68627
[HLMainPic] Contains approx. 100 photos. of Japanese machine guns, mortars, artillery, AFVs &c. Covers somewhat serviceworn, generally VG. See illustration on our website.   £35

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