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Airborne Forces.
RESTRICTED Air Publication 3231. 1st Ed., ix+295pp., 8 photos., 14 maps & diagrams (some fldg.). Issued by the Air Ministry, Air Historical Branch.
1951
#68611
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RESTRICTED. Detailed history of development of Airborne Forces & in-depth studies of Airborne ops. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG & scarce, 1700 copies printed & remarkably scarce for that. See illustration on our website.
£225
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B.R. 1736 (36). Naval Staff History. Second World War. Battle Summary No. 43: Invasion of the South of France. Operation "Dragoon", 15th August, 1944.
1st Ed., x+86pp., 4 fldg. plans/charts). Tactical & Naval Staff Duties Division (Historical Section), Naval Staff, Admiralty.
1950
#68610
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Rare RESTRICTED official monograph on the planning & execution of Operation Dragoon. 500 copies only printed. Orig. blue paper covd. boards with cloth backstrip, titled in black to front & sp., VG with unusual 'Release Statement' regarding the recipient's duty to safeguard the material within, &c., stamped in red ink on title page. See illustrations on our website.
£250
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AGAR-HAMILTON (J.A.I.) & TURNER (L.C.F.)
Crisis in the Desert, May-June 1942.
1st Ed., xiii+368pp., num. photos., 37 maps (some fldg.). Cape Town: OUP.
1952
#68468
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South African official history: Western Desert inc. battles of Gazala & the Cauldron, Tobruk & 'first Alamein.' Orig,. blue cloth, minor wear, scarce. See illustration on our website.
£65
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BHARUCHA (Major P.C.)
Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War: The North African Campaign 1940-1943.
Ed. by Bisheshwar Prasad. 1st Ed., xxx+567pp., 48 photos., 42 of 43 maps (many fldg.). Combined Inter-Services Historical Section (India & Pakistan).
1956
#68625
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Excellent, detailed account & possibly the very rarest of the Indian official histories. Rebound, modern Indian style leather binding, VG thus but lacking fldg. map from end-pocket hence inexpensive copy.
£145
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BHARUCHA (Major P.C.)
Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War: The North African Campaign 1940-1943.
Ed. by Bisheshwar Prasad. 1st Ed., xxx+567pp., 48 photos., 43 maps (many fldg.). Combined Inter-Services Historical Section (India & Pakistan).
1956
#67586
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Excellent, detailed account & possibly the very rarest of the Indian official histories. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£425
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BUTLER (J.R.M.)
Grand Strategy. Volume II: September 1939-June 1941.
1st Ed., xix+603pp., 3 plates, 19 fldg. maps., ep maps. HMSO.
1957
#66197
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From the outbreak of war inc. expansion of the Forces, early moves in the Middle East, Norwegian Campaign, 1940 campaign in France &c. Orig. cloth, VG with armorial bookplate of Bernard Edward Fergusson, plus his tipped-in review of this book for 'The Scotsman.' Note: Bernard Fergusson, 1911-1980, was commissioned in the Black Watch in 1931. In October 1943 he was promoted to acting brigadier & given command of the 16th Infantry Brigade, which was converted into a Chindit formation for operations in the deep jungles of Burma miles behind Japanese lines. He commanded this brigade throughout the Chindit operations of 1944 before becoming Director of Combined Operations from 1945-46. He retired from military service in 1958. He was Governor-General of New Zealand, 1962-67, & raised to the peerage as Lord Ballantrae. Interesting copy previously owned by a distinguished Chindit brigade commander. See illustrations on our website.
£75
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BUTLER (J.R.M.)
Grand Strategy. Volume II: September 1939-June 1941.
1st Ed., xix+603pp., 3 plates, 19 fldg. maps., ep maps. VG in dw. HMSO.
1957
#68464
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From the outbreak of war inc. expansion of the Forces, early moves in the Middle East, Norwegian Campaign, 1940 campaign in France &c. Orig. cloth, VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£50
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COURT (W.H.B.)
Coal.
1st Ed., xii+422pp. VG in dw. HMSO.
1951
#68477
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A volume of the Civil Histories. Vital wartime effort & the birth of government control of the coal industry. Orig. cloth, VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£30
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CREW (F.A.E., FRS)
The Army Medical Services, Campaigns, Volume II: Hong Kong, Malaya, Iceland & the Faroes, Libya, 1942-1943, North-West Africa.
1st Ed., xxxvii+537pp., 20 plates, 66 sketch maps & diagrams, 93 tables. VG ex-lib. in dw. HMSO.
1957
#67118
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Much of value, with excellent photos., maps &c. from the Far East to the Western Desert & Tunisian campaigns. Orig. cloth, VG ex-lib. in dw, & scarce (1000 copies printed). See illustration on our website.
£120
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DONNISON (F.S.V.)
British Military Administration in the Far East 1943-46.
1st Ed., xviii+483pp., 8 fldg. & 2 sketch maps. VG in dw. HMSO.
1956
#67709
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Burma, Malaya, Indo-China & Indonesia. Orig. cloth, VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£45
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