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Second World War Second World War, Including regimental and divisional histories, personal accounts, general histories and works of reference   315 Books
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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
The Quarterly Army List July 1941. Very scarce wartime issue, orig. printed wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.  #66237
[HLMainPic]   £90
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
The Interpretation of Air Photographs. 1943. 1st Ed., vi+69pp., 245x185mm, approx. 180 photos. on 138 photographic plates. Printed by Wm. Clowes for HMSO, for the War Office, 16th October 1943.  #69438
[HLMainPic] Official RESTRICTED publication containing detailed notes on use of air photographs & their characteristics, types of such photographs, photographic tone, use in conjunction with maps, stereoscopic examination, interpretation of artillery & various other subjects, fortifications, entrenchments, machine gun posts, &c. &c. Contents retained by cord tie with stiff card wraps., the front with Not To Be Published statement & title printed in red & dated 1942, although the contents here offered are the 1943 edition. 15,000 copies were printed & issued to infantry, engineer & artillery regiments, various military schools & training units, which demonstrates the importance of the matter with which it is concerned, but considering that it is a scarce survival. VG throughout.   £250
Handbook on German Military Forces, 1 September 1943. 1st Ed., ix+372pp., 9 col. plates, 192 photos. & sketches. Washington: Military Intelligence Division, War Department. 1943  #69451
[HLMainPic] RESTRICTED & comprehensive American on the German Army inc. organisation, administration, uniforms, weapons & equipment, details of the various arms of the service including Chemical Warfare Troops, SS, Police & other militarised, the Air Force, tactics, fortifications, &c. Fully illustrated inc. colour plates of uniforms & insignia. Orig. printed wraps. tied by cord within gree cloth binding with title to front. VG throughout.   £90
Military Training Pamphlet No. 52. Warfare in the Far East (Provisional). 1944. This pamphlet supersedes the 1942 Edition of MTP No. 52. Prepared under the direction of the CIGS, War Office. December 1944. Orig. dec. wraps., i+101pp., approx. 30 photos., maps & diagrams. War Office. 1944  #69477
[HLMainPic] Rare survival including sections on topography, jungle-craft, tactics, notes on the various arms, ambushes, patrolling, withdrawal, intercommunication, training &c., with Appendices on Burma, Malaya, First aid in the jungle, Japanese tactics &c., plus 11 photos. of jungle conditions & a number of tactical diagrams (The Jap Tries Envelopment; Types of Ambushes; Destroying Enemy Snipers by Day, &c.). Little chipped & serviceworn, generally VG.   £50
Universal Carriers Service Instruction Book. 1st Ed., January 1943, Reprinted, Embodying Amendments Nos. 1 & 2, February, 1944. 69pp., 4to, photos. & sketches throughout, table of lubricants in end-pocket.  #69479
[HLMainPic] Handbook for vehicles which were mainly Bren Gun Carriers. & versions for Mortars. Customary detailed official vehicle handbook including Section A, Operation & Maintenance & Section B, Description of Components. Profusely illustrated. Various further Amendments, subsequent to the issue of this edition, contained in end-pockets. Orig. black cloth binding, titled in red to front. VG throughout.   £165
"It Can Now Be Revealed" More About British Railways in Peace & War. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 64pp., photos. throughout. Issued by The British Railways Press Office. 1945  #63974
[HLMainPic] Contains "a more detailed picture" than hitherto of how the various British railway companies "not only carried the workers & raw materials for the construction firstly of war factories & then of the equipment produced in them, but how they actually designed, built & repaired armaments that played no mean part in the Battle of Britain, the North African campaign & in the invasion of Europe. Now too can be revealed their part in sustaining the bomber offensive..." Very nicely illustrated & an excellent, clean copy, VG. See illustrations on our website.   £15
The Air Force List, January 1945. Rare & substantial WW2 edition. Somewhat rubbed but entirely sound contemp. blue calf with claret lettering labels to sp.  #69528
[HLMainPic]   £225
"Press" Diary of Island Life during the German Occupation 1940-1945. 1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., 44pp. Press [i.e., The Guernsey Evening Press]. nd (c.1945)  #67617
[HLMainPic] The local newspapers diary of events from June 1940-May 1945, the entire period of Guernsey's occupation by the Nazis. Quite scarce, just two copies of JISC (formerly Library Hub). A very good example considering the poor quality of the wartime (or just post-war) paper stock available to the printers. See illustration on our website.   £25

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