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Yugoslavia & The Partisan Movement.
1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 24pp., portrait frontis. (Tito), map. Printed by P&SS, CMF.
1944
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A concise account produced for AFHQ [Allied Force HQ] in the MEF in 1944: "This pamphlet is intended to be an outline of the story of Yugoslavia & its peoples with particular reference to the struggle for liberation from Nazi Germany." Little creased, VG & rather a scarce survival. See illustration on our website.
£35
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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
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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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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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Third Supplement to The London Gazette of Friday, 20th February, 1948. Published by Authority, Thursday, 26 February 1948: Report on the Air Operations During the Campaigns in Malaya & Netherlands East Indies from 8th December, 1941, to 12th March, 1942.
1st Ed., 69pp., foolscap format. HMSO.
1948
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Despatch of AVM Sir Pail Maltby re air operations at Malaya, Singapore & Hong Kong when overtaken by the Japanese, &c. VG. See illustration on our website.
£25
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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
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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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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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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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Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, 27th January, 1948. Published by Authority, Thursday, 29 January 1948: Operations in Hong Kong from 8th to 25th December, 1941.
1st Ed., 28pp., foolscap format. HMSO.
1948
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Despatch of Maj.-Gen. Maltby, late GOC in China, describing the military operations of the Japanese invasion & subsequent fall of Hong Kong in great detail, plus tabulated Summary of Approximate Casualties. 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 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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"Press" Diary of Island Life during the German Occupation 1940-1945.
1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., 44pp. Press [i.e., The Guernsey Evening Press]. nd (c.1945)
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The local newspapers diary of events from June 1940-May 1945, the entire period of Guernsey's occupation by the Nazis. Quite scarce, just two copies of JISC (formerly Library Hub). A very good example considering the poor quality of the wartime (or just post-war) paper stock available to the printers. See illustration on our website.
£25
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