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Second World War Second World War, Including regimental and divisional histories, personal accounts, general histories and works of reference   314 Books
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The Diary of 85 (Essex) Medium Battery Royal Artillery 1943-1945. 1st Ed., [viii]+144pp., 15 photos., 8 maps. Margate: Parrett (printers). 1947  #69616
[HLMainPic] Normandy (landed on Juno beach 14/7/44), Falaise Gap, through France, the Scheldt, Walcheren & the Houthulst Forest, Rhine Crossing &c. Record kept in the battery officer's mess with various appendices inc. Roll of Honour, rolls of officers &c. Orig. blue cloth, gilt to front, VG & scarce.   £65
The History of 11th (Essex) Medium Regiment Royal Artillery. 1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., 75pp., several sketch maps. Printed by Drukkerij Holders, Winterswijk. nd  #69756
[HLMainPic] Normandy breakout at Falaise Gap &c. through Low Countries to the Rhine crossing. Roll of Hon., awards, nominal rolls of officers & men.   £85
Ack-Ack: With Gun & Searchlight Crews at Work & Play. Foreword by Gen. Sir Frederick Pile. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 46pp. (+ adverts). Printed for the A.A. Welfare Fund by Victoria House Printing Co. nd (c.1944)  #68052
[HLMainPic] Scarce record of the work of the AA Command inc. articles on Overcoming Teething Problems; Into Action Against the Flying Bomb; Efficient Work by the ATS in Mixed Batteries; Gun Sites at Sea [i.e., coastal forts] &c. Orig. dec. wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.   £45
Seven Battalions: The Story of London Transport's Home Guard 1940-1946. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 128pp., illus. throughout. London Passenger Transport Board 1947  #67960
[HLMainPic] Informative & well-illustrated record with various rolls of officers &c. VG. See illustrations on our website.   £65
Third Supplement to The London Gazette of Friday, 20th February, 1948. Published by Authority, Thursday, 26 February 1948: Report on the Air Operations During the Campaigns in Malaya & Netherlands East Indies from 8th December, 1941, to 12th March, 1942. 1st Ed., 69pp., foolscap format. HMSO. 1948  #67745
[HLMainPic] Despatch of AVM Sir Pail Maltby re air operations at Malaya, Singapore & Hong Kong when overtaken by the Japanese, &c. VG. See illustration on our website.   £25
Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, 11th May 948. Published by Authority, Wednesday, 12 May 1948: Report of an Action Against an Italian Convoy on the Night of the 15th/16th April 1941. 1st Ed., 4pp. foolscap format. HMSO. 1948  #67734
[HLMainPic] Despatch of Adml. Sir Andrew Cunningham, C-in-C Mediterranean Station. VG ex-Foreign Office Lib., bound for the library in paper covd. boards with green cloth backstrip with typed title label to front. VG thus. See illustrations on our website.   £20
Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, 6th July, 1948. Published by Authority, Wednesday, 7 July 1948: Battle of the Java Sea, 27th February, 1942. 1st Ed., 11pp., fldg. map, foolscap format. HMSO. 1948  #67730
[HLMainPic] Despatch of Commodore J.A. Collins, Commanding China Force, describing the naval operations off Java in Feb. 1942, including reports from subordinate commanders. VG ex-Foreign Office Lib., bound for the library in paper covd. boards with green cloth backstrip with typed title label to front. VG thus. See illustrations on our website.   £30
Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, 27th January, 1948. Published by Authority, Thursday, 29 January 1948: Operations in Hong Kong from 8th to 25th December, 1941. 1st Ed., 28pp., foolscap format. HMSO. 1948  #67729
[HLMainPic] Despatch of Maj.-Gen. Maltby, late GOC in China, describing the military operations of the Japanese invasion & subsequent fall of Hong Kong in great detail, plus tabulated Summary of Approximate Casualties. VG ex-Foreign Office Lib., bound for the library in paper covd. boards with green cloth backstrip with typed title label to front. VG thus. See illustrations on our website.   £30
The History of the 61st Medium Regiment R.A. 1st Ed., 132pp., 4to, 9 plates, 4 maps. Nicholas Kaye. 1950  #69576
[HLMainPic] The 61st Medium Regt., RA, previously the Denbigh Yeomanry, served with the BEF in 1940 then in Normandy & onwards 1944-45 with 8th Army Group RA (i.e. 8 Corps). Landed at Courcelles 2nd July 1944 & fought through Belgium & Holland to Luneberg. Much interesting detail on their work & the conditions of the campaign. Roll of Hon. plus nominal rolls of all ranks. Orig. red cloth, sp. cloth splitting. somewhat worn, generally sound & very scarce.   £75
United States Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific). Naval Analysis Division. Interrogations of Japanese Officials. Volumes I & II. 1st Ed., 2 Vols., xv+286 & [v]+[250]pp. (576pp. in all), 4to, approx. 70 maps & several diagrams of ships &c. (many fldg.). US Government Printing Office. 1946  #67687
[HLMainPic] Vol. I contains a Summary, List of Interrogations arranged both numerically & according to subject matter, List of Illustrations (i.e., maps), Index of Major Battles & Operations & Japanese Officials, Interrogations 1-70. Vol. II contains Interrogations 71-118 plus Japanese Notes of Battles & Biographies of Interrogated Japanese Officials. The Foreword explains that "The interrogations in this volume were conducted in Tokyo during the months of October, November and December 1945 by officers of the Naval Analysis Division of the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey. While the original purpose of the interrogations was to gain evidence for an assessment of the role of airpower in the war with Japan, in the absence of any other body concerned with the conduct of this naval war, this purpose was broadened to include as wide a survey of wartime events as time and other restrictions would permit." The Foreword goes on to say that "almost without exception the Japanese naval officers interrogated were cooperative to the highest degree" so that "it is believed that these interrogations form a body of source material indispensable to any future study of the war with Japan." Orig. blue cloth, gilt to spines & front, VG ex-MoD Library, VG with trace of old lable stating "N.I.D. Record Copy" to front of Vol. II. See illustrations on our website.   £145

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