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ADCOCK (Col. W.H.) Sappers in the Persian Gulf. 1st Ed., xv+175pp., 33 photos., fldg. diagram, ep maps. VG in chipped dw. Bombay: Thacker. 1952  #62619
[HLMainPic] The work of Royal Engineers with PAIFORCE. Orig. cloth, VG in chipped dw. See illustration on our website.   £35
BRETT-JAMES (Antony) Ball of Fire: The Fifth Indian Division in the Second World War. 1st Ed., deluxe edition, xiv+481pp., 66 photos., 12 maps. Aldershot: G&P. 1951  #62186
[HLMainPic] East then North Africa, followed by PAIFORCE then Burma inc. Arakan, then flown up to Kohima & Imphal & the advance south through Meiktila to Rangoon. The author was a captain with divisional signals in the Middle East & Burma & was later a prominent military historian. His history contains a very fine record of the Division's exploits in all the theatres where it served. Rare deluxe edition, bound in full red morocco, raised bands & black leather lettering labels to sp., plus the Division's black & red "Ball of Fire" (or as their rival formations had it - the Flaming Areshole) sign inset to front. Shoulders of sp. a little rubbed but generally a very nice example of this superior edition, with marbled endpapers, gilt edges &c. See illustration on our website.   £145
BRETT-JAMES (Antony) Ball of Fire: The Fifth Indian Division in the Second World War. 1st Ed., xiv+481pp., 66 photos., 12 maps. Aldershot: G&P. 1951  #65455
[HLMainPic] East then North Africa, followed by PAIFORCE then Burma inc. Arakan, then flown up to Kohima & Imphal & the advance south through Meiktila to Rangoon. The author was a captain with divisional signals in the Middle East & Burma & was later a prominent military historian. His history contains a very fine record of the Division's exploits in all the theatres where it served. Rebound in blue cloth with leather lettering label to sp., VG thus. See illustration on our website.   £35
GRAVES (Charles) The Royal Ulster Rifles: Vol.III, 1919-1948 & Including a short account of the bns. which served with the 36th Ulster Div. 1914-18. 1st Ed., [viii]+345pp., 10 maps. VG in chipped dw. The Regt. 1948  #66683
[HLMainPic] Paiforce; Middle East & NW Europe. Roll of Hon., awards, &c. VG in chipped dw. See illustration on our website.   £50
PAL (Dharm) Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War: Campaign in Western Asia. 1st Ed., xxiii+570pp., 17 photos., 37 maps (17 fldg.). Combined Inter-Services Historical Section (India & Pakistan). 1957  #66910
[HLMainPic] Iraq, Syria & PAIFORCE. Excellent, detailed account with num. appendices & among the rarest Indian official histories. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.   £145
PETERS ([Brigadier] R.W. [OBE]) et al. Central India Horse Newsletter 1 to 24. 1st Ed. in volume form, [iv]+225pp., 7 maps. Printed by C. Murphy at Thacker's Press, Bombay. nd (1945).  #61300
[HLMainPic] Reprint of all the CIH Newsletters that appeared from time to time between the regiment's departure overseas in July 1940 to its return to India in Feb. 1946: in between it saw service with 4th Indian Div. in Eritrea, North Africa, PAIFORCE & Italy, initially armed only with carriers until Humber Armoured Cars arrived in Italy in March 1944. The newsletters contain a goldmine of fascinating material on the regiment & its members in the war, written for regimental consumption & with great immediacy. Much personal information includes various lists of officers, casualties among the ranks, full citations for awards &c. Orig. full green morocco, gilt to sp. & with regimental device to front. Perkins 420. VG, rare with ink inscrip. "With Kind Regards from The Central India Horse. R.W.P." i.e. Brig. R.W. Peters, Commandant & one of the compilers, plus carbon ts letter to front paste-down from R.A. (Reggie) Savory, acknowledging receipt of this copy. See illustration on our website.   £425
RAINA (Lt.-Col. B.L.) Ed. Medical Services: Statistics. 1st Ed., xlv+601pp., several hundred tables, charts & plans. Delhi: Combined Inter-Services Historical Section. 1962  #66844
[HLMainPic] Indian official medical history. Superb, detailed work with much on the Indo-Burma front, also including Persia & Iraq Force & Middle East. Orig. maroon cloth, sp. heavily chipped with loss at head, o/w sound copy. See illustration on our website.   £30
SINGH (Major K. Brahma) History of Jammu & Kashmir Rifles (1820-1956): The State Force Background. xxxv+324pp., 4to, col. & b/w illus, maps. New Delhi: Lancer. 1990  #64621
[HLMainPic] J&K State Forces in various NWF ops., 2nd Afghan War, WW1 East Africa, WW2 Eritrea, PAIFORCE & Burma, post-war ops. with Indian Army in Jammu &c. Orig. laminated pictorial boards, minor wear, VG. See illustration on our website.   £75
SLIM (FM Sir William, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC Unofficial History. 2nd Imp., ix+242pp., 3 maps. VG in worn dw. Cassell. 1960  #65619
[HLMainPic] Slim's accounts of his experiences in Mespot in WW1 (6th Gurkhas), NWF, Abyssinia 1940 (Battle of Gallabat) & Paiforce, before leaving for the Far East. VG in chipped/worn dw. See illustration on our website.   £15
WARNER (Geoffrey) Iraq & Syria 1941. 1st Ed., 180pp., map. VG in dw. Davis-Poynter. 1974  #66832
[HLMainPic] Valuable assessment of these "bewildering" campaigns, in the acclaimed 'Politics & Strategy of the Second World War' series. VG in dw. See illustration on our website.   £15

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