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Second World War Second World War, Including regimental and divisional histories, personal accounts, general histories and works of reference   176 Books
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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  #62365
[HLMainPic] The German occupation of Norway following the brief campaign in 1940. VG. See illustration on our website.   £12
Representative Enemy & Allied Aircraft: Comparative Performance & Characteristics. TAIC [Technical Air Intelligence Center] Manual No. 2. 1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., [iii]+47pp., silhouettes of aircraft throughout. Anacostia, DC: Issued by the Division of Naval Intelligence by Combined Personnel of United States & British Services for the Use of Allied Forces. Oct. 1944  #45136
CONFIDENTIAL (& next to this ink stamped RESTRICTED) contemp. intelligence report contains technical spec. of around 120 types of British, German, American & Japanese aircraft, i.e. presumably just about all then in service (from fighters such as the Spitfire to heaviest bombers like the Superfortress), with details such as Speed-Climb-Ceiling, Range, Take-Off, Engines, Dimensions, Armament, Protection (armour), Fuel, &c, plus front, side & top silhouettes of each aircraft. Staples somewhat rusted o/w VG. See illustration on our website.   £50
The History of the First Bn. The Lincolnshire Regiment in India, Arakan, Burma & Sumatra Sept. 1939-Oct. 1946. Orig. dec. card wraps., 75pp., 15 photos., 5 maps (one fldg.). Lincoln: Keyworth & Sons, Printers. 1949  #65433
[HLMainPic] Well produced & illustrated history, mainly in the Arakan with 26th Indian Div. Roll of Hon., awards, officers rolls. Staples rusting o/w VG. See illustration on our website.   £60
India. Churachandpur. 1:25,000. 2nd Edition. July 1944. Fldg. paper map, 62x50cm. Printed by 66 Rep. Group. April 1944  #63908
[HLMainPic] An example of the excellent 2.53 inches to one mile series of maps produced in SEAC during the war in Burma, Surveyed by Survey HQ 4 Corps from air photographs taken in April 1944. The two main operational map scales employed in Burma were the one inch to the mile series & this more detailed series. Both covered all the operational areas in Burma. Both series' are scarce, but particularly this more detailed series. The map here offered includes a seven-and-a half miles stretch of the Imphal-Tiddim road from around 32 miles south of Imphal down to Thinkangphai. Adjacent to the road, two miles to the west of it, is Churchandpur: "a Japanese staging post rather like a mini-Kohima. Here the supplies coming up the road from Tiddim were delivered to the rear echelon transport of the forward formations. They were carried as far forward as possible in trucks & then switched to mules for the units in the hills." (vide, Burma: The Turning Point, [Maj.-Gen.] Ian Lyall Grant [MC], a fine account of the battle by a participant in these events.) The area was much fought over by units of 17th (Indian) Div. in May 1944. Generally VG, several square inches torn away from border of lower left corner, but not affecting the map itself. See illustration on our website.   £60
Dulwich College War Record 1939-1945. 1st Ed., xv+306pp., approx. 330 portraits. Dulwich. 1949  #66665
[HLMainPic] Obits. & portraits of 330 who fell + service roll of further 3000. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. See illustrations on our website.   £25
Streatham's 41. 2nd Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 52pp., several dozen photos., map in text. Published in aid of the Streatham Comforts Fund. nd [1945]  #61816
[HLMainPic] Detailed record of the 41 V-1 flying bombs (Doodlebugs) that fell on Streatham over a two month period during the summer of 1944. Contains full details of each of these, describing their effect & how the Civil Defence services dealt with them & their awful effects. Includes a map showing where each one fell. The 41 bombs caused almost 1000 casualties & damaged around 17,000 properties. Well illustrated, attractive & rare record of the V-1 offensive, plus details & roll of local CD wardens & their duties, &c. See illustration on our website.   £25
Prisoner of War: The First Authentic Account of the Lives of British Prisoners of War in Enemy Hands. 1st Ed., 28pp., photos. throughout, map (showing locations of PoW camps in Germany, Italy &c.). Horace Marshall & Sons Ltd. on behalf of the War Organisation of the British Red Cross. [1942]  #62029
[HLMainPic] Description of types of camps, rights of prisoners, food, conditions &c., plus good selection of photos. & map showing locations of the various camps. Little chipped, VG, with loosely inserted BRCS leaflet of guidance on how to send parcels to PoW, wat may be included, &c. See illustrations on our website.   £20
Second Supplement to The London Gazette of Friday, 20th February, 1948. Published by Authority, Thursday, 26 February 1948: Operations of Malaya Command, from 8th December, 1941, to 15th February, 1942. 1st Ed., 102pp., foolscap format. HMSO. 1948  #67746
[HLMainPic] Despatch of Lt.-Gen. Percival on the fall of Malaya, &c. VG. See illustration on our website.   £35
The Battle of Steel: A Record of the British Iron & Steel Industry at War. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., [ii]+54pp., photos. throughout fldg. map. Published by The British Iron & Steel Federation. nd (c.1945)  #62133
[HLMainPic] Organisation & control of wartime production for the manufacture of various armaments & other military needs, from aircraft to shells, armour plate, the Mulberry Harbours &c., & the problems connected therewith in the supply of raw materials, &c. Very nicely illustrated (various weapons, ships, plant &c.) & an excellent, clean copy, VG. See illustrations on our website.   £25
The Gordon Highlanders in Pictures 1940-1945. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 60pp., approx. 80 photos. Glasgow: Wilson, Guthrie & Co. nd (c.1946)  #63899
[HLMainPic] A fine selection of photos. of the Gordons at war on all Fronts. Covs. sl. chipped, stapled rusted, generally sound, VG & scarce. See illustrations on our website.   £45

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