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The Air Force List, January 1945.
Rare & substantial WW2 edition. Somewhat rubbed but entirely sound contemp. blue calf with claret lettering labels to sp.
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£225
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Pacific Counterblow: The 11th Bombardment Group & The 67th Fighter Squadron in The Battle for Guadalcanal.
An Interim Report. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., vi+56pp., several photos. & maps. Washington: HQ Army Air Forces.
1945
#62136
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Scarce original CONFIDENTIAL edition. Describes ops. in 1942 based on operational records "abridged & edited in order to provide for combat personnel in all theaters a succinct summary of the planning & execution of the Guadalcanal operations..." VG ex-reference lib. See illustration on our website.
£20
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Operations of Encircled Forces: German Experiences in Russia.
1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., v+74pp., 10 maps. US Govt. Printing Office, Washington, for Department of the Army.
1952
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Official Department of the Army Pamphlet (or DA Pam) 20-234. One of a series of monographs on aspects of WW2 campaigns. Orig. printed wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.
£20
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The German Campaign in Russia: Planning & Operations (1940-1942).
1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., viii+187pp., 17 maps, 5 charts (some fldg.). US Govt. Printing Office, Washington, for Department of the Army.
1955
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Official Department of the Army Pamphlet (or DA Pam) 20-261a. One of a series of monographs on aspects of WW2 campaigns. Orig. printed wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.
£20
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Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, 1st June, 1948. Published by Authority, Wednesday, 2 June 1948: The Contribution of the British Pacific Fleet to the Assault on Okinawa, 1945.
1st Ed., 26pp., foolscap format. HMSO.
1948
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Despatch of Adml. Sir Bruce Fraser, C-in-C British Pacific Fleet. VG ex-Foreign Office Lib., bound for the library in paper covd. boards with green cloth backstrip with typed title label to front. VG thus. See illustration on our website.
£30
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The Battle of the Atlantic 1939-1943.
Prepared by the Anti-U-Boat Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty & Issued by The Naval Intelligence Division with W.I.R. No. 209, 10th March, 1944. Orig. printed wraps., 25pp., fldg. chart. Printed by Hazel, Watson & Viney, for The Admiralty.
1944
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SECRET report on the U-Boat war with chapters on the phases of the campaign from Sept. 1939-Dec. 1943. Orig. printed wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.
£50
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Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, 6th July, 1948. Published by Authority, Wednesday, 7 July 1948: Battle of the Java Sea, 27th February, 1942.
1st Ed., 11pp., fldg. map, foolscap format. HMSO.
1948
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Despatch of Commodore J.A. Collins, Commanding China Force, describing the naval operations off Java in Feb. 1942, including reports from subordinate commanders. VG ex-Foreign Office Lib., bound for the library in paper covd. boards with green cloth backstrip with typed title label to front. VG thus. See illustrations on our website.
£30
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The Pioneer: Official Journal of the Pioneer Corps Association. Vol. 2, No. 11, June 1947-Vol. 7, No. 30, March 1952.
Run of 20 issues, 1947-52, each c.72pp. in orig. dec. wraps. with photo. illustrations, cartoons & drawings. The RPC & Association. Contemp.
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Regimental & Old Comrades Association journal of the Pioneer Corps, inc. a number of recollections of various WW2 campaigns, several articles relating to earlier campaigns, profiles (with portraits) of notable members, reunion & unit news, various named group photos., &c., &c. A most interesting resource on the history of the Corps & particularly its contribution in several WW2 campaigns. Orig. wraps., VG. See illustrations on our website.
£145
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CAJEX: Magazine of the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen & Women, Cardiff.
Bound run of the first eight issues: Vol. 1, No. 1-Vol. 2, No. 4, retaining attractive orig. dec. wraps., 32, 48, 48, 48, 52, 54, 82 & 70pp, several portraits & other photos. in each issue. Cardiff: CAJEX. Contemp.
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Includes details of services of numerous members, wartime anecdotes & stories, Judaic news, Association News, correspondence, &c. Much of interest. mostly WW2 era but some members served in the Great War. Eight issues, approx. 400pp. in all, bound in blue cloth with title to spine & front. See illustration on our website.
£45
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Chronology of the Second World War.
1st Ed., orig. wraps., 374pp. Royal Institute of International Affairs.
1947
#69382
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Excellent daily record of events in all theatres of war, plus summaries of operations &c. & an index of principal events. Little rubbed & worn, generally VG. See illustration on our website.
£20
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