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The Parachute Regiment: Presentation of Colours to the First, Second & Third Battalions by His Majesty The King, Queen's Parade, Aldershot, 19th July 1950.
1st Ed., [16]pp., 2 col. plates of Colours, diagram of parade. Gale & Polden, Wellington Press, Aldershot.
1950
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Details of the ceremony, list of regular & TF battalions ( & their COs), list of units on parade (inc. principal officers & warrant officers, subalterns carrying the Colours, &c.), brief history of the regiment. Orig. maroon cloth, gilt title & regimental device to front, VG with several related newspaper clippings loosely inserted. See illustration on our website.
£35
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AMBROSE (Stephen E.)
Pegasus Bridge 6 June 1944.
1st Ed., xx+156pp., 19 photos., maps. VG in dw. A&U.
1984
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Full account of Major John Howard's glider-borne mission. VG in dw.
£15
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BOHMLER ([Oberst] Rudolf)
Fallschirmjager: Bildband und Chronik.
German language. 1st Ed., 497pp., 400 photo., 12 sketch maps. VG in worn dw. Bad Nauheim: Verlag Hans-Henning Podzun.
1961
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Fully illustrated record of German parachute forces, 1939-45. Otog. grey cloth, gilt, VG in worn dw. See illustration on our website.
£25
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GALE (Gen. Sir Richard)
Call to Arms: An Autobiography.
1st Ed., x+230pp., portrait frontis., 12 photos., 9 maps. VG in dw. Hutchinson.
1968
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MGC on Western Front 1916-18, GOC 6th Airborne Div. in Normandy &c. Sl. dusty o/w VG in dw & scarce. See illustration on our website.
£45
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KENT (Ron)
First In! Parachute Pathfinder Company: A History of the 21st Independent Parachute Company, the original pathfinders of British Airborne Forces 1942-1946.
1st Ed., [xvi]+181pp., 10 photos., 4 maps. VG in dw. Batsford.
1979
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Tunisia, Sicily, Italy, France & Holland (inc. Arnhem), Norway & post-war Palestine. Roll of Hon., officers, nominal roll &c. Author was CSM of the coy. VG in dw.
£15
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OTWAY (Lt.-Col. T.B.H., DSO)
Airborne Forces.
1st Ed., xii+468pp., 36 photos., 21 maps. War Office.
1951
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Rare volume in the "Second World War 1939-45 Army" series, being a full & detailed account of the origin & development of airborne forces in the British Army (Parachute Regiment, Gliders, SAS &c.) & their operational deployment in the Middle East, North-West Europe, Far East &c. Excellent photos. & maps. Just 400 copies printed of this CONFIDENTIAL publication. Orig. red cloth, titled in black, somewhat rubbed & worn, near VG, entirely sound. See illustration on our website.
£220
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