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Second World War Second World War, Including regimental and divisional histories, personal accounts, general histories and works of reference   329 Books
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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.  #69528
[HLMainPic]   £225
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
[HLMainPic] 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
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  #69176
[HLMainPic] 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
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  #69177
[HLMainPic] 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
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  #67733
[HLMainPic] 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
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  #69205
[HLMainPic] 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
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  #67730
[HLMainPic] 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
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.  #69269
[HLMainPic] 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
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.  #69377
[HLMainPic] 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
Chronology of the Second World War. 1st Ed., orig. wraps., 374pp. Royal Institute of International Affairs. 1947  #69382
[HLMainPic] 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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