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AUPHAN (Rear Admiral Paul) & MORDAL (Jacques)
The French Navy in World War II.
1st Eng. Ed., xvi+413pp., 32 photos., 13 charts & diagrams (inc. eps.). VG in chipped dw. Annapolis: US Naval Institute.
1959
#65319
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First complete account of French naval operations based in part on official records. VG in chipped dw. See illustration on our website.
£45
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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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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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ELLIS (Major L.F.)
Victory in the West. Vol. II: The Defeat of Germany.
1st Ed., xviii+455pp., 61 photos, 24 maps (most fldg.) & 20 sketch maps. VG in dw. HMSO.
1968
#67699
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Advance through France into Belgium & onward, Rhine Crossing &c. VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£60
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ELLIS (Major L.F.)
Victory in the West. Vol. I: The Battle of Normandy.
2nd Ed., with amendments, xx+640pp., 63 plates, 25 maps (most fldg.), 26 sketch maps. VG in dw. HMSO.
1974
#67698
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Detailed history of the Normandy invasion & break-out battles. Considerably revised & best edition. VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£60
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FERGUSON (Sheila) & FITZGERALD (Hilde)
Studies in the Social Services.
1st Ed., ix+367pp. HMSO.
1954
#54957
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A volume in the Civil Series. Welfare of children, problem of illegitimacy, &c. Orig. cloth, VG ex-lib.
£14
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FERGUSON (Sheila) & FITZGERALD (Hilde)
Studies in the Social Services.
1st Ed., ix+367pp. VG ex-lib. in dw. HMSO.
1954
#52071
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A volume in the Civil Series. Welfare of children, problem of illegitimacy, &c. Orig. cloth, VG ex-lib. in dw. See illustration on our website.
£15
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FOOT (M.R.D.)
S.O.E. in France: An Account of the Work of the British Special Operations Executive in France 1940-1944.
1st Ed., xxvii+550pp., 43 photos., 4 maps in end-pocket. VG in dw. HMSO.
1966
#67574
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Standard & excellent work. Major (later Professor) Foot was not in SOE, but worked alongside & was captured by the Germans while serving with the Special Air Serrvice Brigade in France in 1944. This first Impression was quickly withdrawn when it became the subject of libel accusations by a former agent, Capt. Peter Churchill, who was awarded damages by the High Court. the book was reissued with alterations to a few pages. Orig. green cloth, VG in dw with an interesting press cutting re the aforementioned libel case loosely inserted. See illustration on our website.
£50
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