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"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
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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
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7th Somerset Battn. Home Guard.
1st Ed., orig. dec. card wraps., 71pp., ep maps, several sketches. Printed for Private Circulation Only by Bennett Bros., Bristol. nd [1945].
#52824
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Raising, organisation & training of the unit, which operated between Bristol & Wells, inc. Portishead, Clevedon, Keynsham, Farrington Gurney & Temple Cloud. Rolls of officers. Orig. green dec. card wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.
£50
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7th Somerset Battn. Home Guard.
1st Ed., orig. dec. card wraps., 71pp., ep maps, several sketches. Printed for Private Circulation Only by Bennett Bros., Bristol. nd [1945].
#62556
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Raising, organisation & training of the unit, which operated between Bristol & Wells, inc. Portishead, Clevedon, Keynsham, Farrington Gurney & Temple Cloud. Rolls of officers. Orig. green dec. card wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.
£45
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89th County of Lancaster (Liverpool) Battalion Home Guard.
1st Ed., 52pp., 42 photos. Printed & Published by T.W. Gornall & Co., Exchange St. East, Liverpool.
1947
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Rare locally produced HG history. Men of the unit were active during the Liverpool blitz, included a bomb disposal unit by 1942 & provided guards on the Mersey tunnel &c. A number of interesting, if grainy, photos. of combat training &c. Orig. blue cloth, gilt title & badge to front board, VG. See illustration on our website.
£85
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British Railways in Peace & War.
1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 72pp., photos. throughout. Issued by The British Railways Press Office.
1944
#63973
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Very nicely illustrated account of railways (GWR, LMS, LNER &c.), war work (moving troops, materiel, &c.), expansion, Government Control &c. VG. See illustrations on our website.
£15
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Farewell of the 20th Sussex Bn. Home Guard. 3rd December 1944.
1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 12pp., photos. throughout. Strange thr Printer Ltd., Eastbourne.
1944
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Very well illustrated history & souvenir of the 20th Sussex (Hailsham) Bn., inc. portraits of various unit personalities, the 'Molotov Slinger' devised by Pte. A. Green of Hailsham, a Spigot Mortar & a Smith Gun during training, &c. VG, attractive & rare with RUSI bookplate (presented by the unit, 1945), paper label at foot of sp. & neat IWM withdrawn stamp inside rear cover. See illustration on our website.
£75
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Front Line Eastbourne: An Illustrated Record of a Famous Holiday Resort under Enemy Air Assualt, & a Tribute to the Stout-Hearted Residents who kept the Flag Flying.
1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., not paginated, c.80pp., photos. throughout. Printed & Published by T.R. Beckett Ltd., Eastbourne.
1945
#64114
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Interesting record of the Home Front on the south coast with num. photos. of bomb damage &c. Orig. dec. wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.
£25
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Home Guard Instruction, No. 51. Battlecraft & Battle Drill for the Home Guard. Part IV: The Organization of Home Guard Defence.
Orig. buff printed wraps., vi+114pp., 39 sketches & diagrams.. GHQ Home Forces.
1943
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Organization of Defence; Fireplan; Layout of Battle HQ, &c., with many interesting sketches & diagrams. Little marked, VG. See illustrations on our website.
£20
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Streatham's 41.
2nd Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 52pp., several dozen photos., map in text. Published in aid of the Streatham Comforts Fund. nd [1945]
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Detailed record of the 41 V-1 flying bombs (Doodlebugs) that fell on Streatham over a two month period during the summer of 1944. Contains full details of each of these, describing their effect & how the Civil Defence services dealt with them & their awful effects. Includes a map showing where each one fell. The 41 bombs caused almost 1000 casualties & damaged around 17,000 properties. Well illustrated, attractive & rare record of the V-1 offensive, plus details & roll of local CD wardens & their duties, &c. See illustration on our website.
£25
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The Amazing Story of Weapons Made from Waste.
1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 62pp., illus. throughout. Odhams. nd (c.1942)
#64204
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Nicely produced & well illustrated booklet explains the benefits of recycling paper, scrap metal, &c., e.g., 5000 tons of salvaged waste paper frees up one ship to carry munitions of war. Minor wear, VG. See illustration on our website.
£20
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