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Dulwich College War Record 1939-1945.
1st Ed., xv+306pp., approx. 330 portraits. Dulwich.
1949
#66665
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Obits. & portraits of 330 who fell + service roll of further 3000. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. See illustrations on our website.
£25
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Front Line Eastbourne: An Illustrated Record of a Famous Holiday Resort under Enemy Air Assualt, & a Tribute to the Stout-Hearted Residents who kept the Flag Flying.
1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., not paginated, c.80pp., photos. throughout. Printed & Published by T.R. Beckett Ltd., Eastbourne.
1945
#64114
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Interesting record of the Home Front on the south coast with num. photos. of bomb damage &c. Orig. dec. wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.
£25
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Record of The Birmingham City Transport Home Guard, May, 1940-December, 1944.
1st Ed., orig. dec. card wraps., oblong 4to, 60pp., portraits &c. throughout. Printed by Buckler & Webb Ltd., Birmingham.
1944
#64081
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Very scarce & fully illustrated record: short history of the units + complete nominal roll (HQ & the various companies). Orig. dec. card wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.
£60
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The 78th Division in the Final Offensive in Italy.
1st Ed., 89pp., 4to, 8 lge. col. fldg. maps. No imprint/date [Printed in the Field, contemp.].
#66728
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Detailed work on attacks across Senio & Santerno rivers from 9-25 Apr. 1945: central history + unit accounts. Orig. dec. wraps., an excellent clean copy, VG. See illustration on our website.
£45
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603 City of Edinburgh Fighter Squadron: A Record of Some of its Achievements.
Published in Aid of 603 Squadron Benevolent Fund. 1st Ed., 66pp. (inc. adverts.), num. photographs. Printed by Pillans & Wilson, Edinburgh. nd (1943)
#64760
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A detailed record of No. 603 City of Edinburgh (Fighter) Squadron, Auxiliary Air Force, 1939-1943, well illustrated & containing much interesting matter, with complete nominal roll of all ranks as of 3rd Sept. 1939. The officers roll includes rank in 1939 & in Dec. 1942 (apart from those already killed, which are so noted). Issued in dec. card covs., this example bound in red cloth with gilt title to front, retaining the orig. & appealing wraps. VG thus & rare. See illustrations on our website.
£75
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"It Can Now Be Revealed" More About British Railways in Peace & War.
1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 64pp., photos. throughout. Issued by The British Railways Press Office.
1945
#63974
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Contains "a more detailed picture" than hitherto of how the various British railway companies "not only carried the workers & raw materials for the construction firstly of war factories & then of the equipment produced in them, but how they actually designed, built & repaired armaments that played no mean part in the Battle of Britain, the North African campaign & in the invasion of Europe. Now too can be revealed their part in sustaining the bomber offensive..." Very nicely illustrated & an excellent, clean copy, VG. See illustrations on our website.
£15
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British Railways in Peace & War.
1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 72pp., photos. throughout. Issued by The British Railways Press Office.
1944
#63973
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Very nicely illustrated account of railways (GWR, LMS, LNER &c.), war work (moving troops, materiel, &c.), expansion, Government Control &c. VG. See illustrations on our website.
£15
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The London Irish at War: A History of the Battalions of the London Irish Rifles in World War II.
1st Ed., 222pp., num. photos. several maps. Published on behalf of the London Irish OCA.
1949
#63431
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North Africa, Sicily & Italy. Roll of Hon., awards. Orig. green cloth, silver gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£60
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Royal Engineers Battlefield Tour: The Seine to the Rhine. Volume I: An Account of the Operations Included in the Tour. Volume II: A Guide to the Conduct of the Tour.
1st Ed., 2 Vols., foolscap, xviii+217pp., 49 photos., 37 maps on 14 fldg. leaves; x+83pp., 31 maps. Chief Engineer British Army of the Rhine. Feb.
1947
#63949
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RESTRICTED. "Prepared by HQ 8 AGRE... to enable present & future REs to study certain operations of particular engineer interest in the 1940 Flanders Campaign & in the 1944/45 Campaign in NW Europe..." Fabulous detail on RE aspects of ops. inc. Arnhem, battle of the Rhineland, Rhine Crossing &c. Numerous accounts by participating officers & NCOs. Excellent photos. & exceptional, detailed col. printed maps of operations. Orig. blue cloth, gilt to front & spines, some chipping, rubbing & wear to edges, generally VG with ownership inscrip. & later bookplate of Major J.S. Bartholomew, GM, in Vol. I.. Rare. See illustration on our website.
£250
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The War Diary of H Company 8th Battalion The Rifle Brigade.
1st Ed., orig. printed paper covd. boards, 82pp., ep maps. No imprint, Schleswig, Sept.
1945
#65642
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Appealing history from landing in Normandy June 1944 with 11th Armd. Div., Hill 112, Bocage &c., through Low Countries to Schleswig on the Baltic. Nominal roll with home addresses, Roll of Hon., awards. Nice clean copy, VG & rare. See illustration on our website.
£145
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