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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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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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The Royal Artillery Commemoration Book 1939-1945.
1st Ed., xl+790pp., large 4to, many excellent photos., drawings & paintings (some col.) throughout, fldg. maps. VG in dw. Bell & Sons, for the RA Benevolent Fund.
1950
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Substantial volume containing a wealth of detail on artillery of all forms in all theatres of war, regimental history, personal memoirs, accounts of operations, acts of gallantry &c., extravagantly illustrated. Much of interest + Roll of Hon. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, cloth & some of edges dampstained, all leaves open, internally all clean with commemorative inscrip. for Lt. A. F. Griffiths. See illustrations on our website.
£50
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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)
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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
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Before We Go Back: A Pictorial Record of Norway's Fight Against Nazism, both inside & outside the Country.
Issued for the Royal Norwegian Govt. Information Office. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 64pp., photos. throughout, several maps. HMSO.
1944
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The German occupation of Norway following the brief campaign in 1940. VG. See illustration on our website.
£12
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Arctic War: Norway's Role on the Northern Front.
Issued for the Royal Norwegian Govt. Information Office. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 64pp., photos. throughout, several maps. HMSO.
1945
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Work of Norwegians in exile in Iceland, Spitzbergen &c. VG. See illustration on our website.
£12
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Seven Battalions: The Story of London Transport's Home Guard 1940-1946.
1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 128pp., illus. throughout. London Passenger Transport Board
1947
#67960
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Informative & well-illustrated record with various rolls of officers &c. VG. See illustrations on our website.
£65
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Gazetteer of Hungary. G.S.G.S. 1:250,000 Map Series.
Orig. printed wraps., 13pp., foolscap., key-map. Directorate of Military Survey, War Office. April
1944
#68938
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Gazetteer listing towns & where they are located on GSGS Maps, i.e., sheet, grid square & map ref. within it. Also a Magyar Glossary of terms frequently found in place names. VG. See illustration on our website.
£60
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Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, 11th May 948. Published by Authority, Wednesday, 12 May 1948: Report of an Action Against an Italian Convoy on the Night of the 15th/16th April 1941.
1st Ed., 4pp. foolscap format. HMSO.
1948
#67734
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Despatch of Adml. Sir Andrew Cunningham, C-in-C Mediterranean Station. 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.
£20
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The Bulldozer: The Magazine of Combined Operations. Vol. II, No. 6, November 1943.
Orig. dec. wraps., 16pp., photos. & sketches throughout. Contemp.
#68372
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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
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