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Basic Notes. Central Signal Corps Replacement Training Center, Camp Crowder, Missouri.
[iv]+132pp., sketches & diagrams throughout. This edition revised June 1, 1943, Prepared & Reproduced by the Training Standards & Control Branch of the Training Division, CSCRTC, Camp Crowder, Mo.
1943
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A book issued to all new recruits arriving at Camp Crowder for their specialist signal training as well as their basic training, so as well as explaining the specialist training that the recruit will receive the work also outlines the nature of the 'battle conditioning' & other training to be expected, as well as aspects of active service that the recruit may face in due course. Much on various arms of the service, first aid, &c. There are various "Q&A" sections which the recruit was expected to complete. This example was issued to ASN 42116965 Pvt. James M. Boerst, who was allotted to A Co., 26th Bn. Pvt. Boerst has dutifully completed just about all of the questionnaires within. Orig. dec. wraps., somewhat chipped/worn, sound & complete & a rather interesting record of the US Army's approach to individual training. See illustrations on our website.
£35
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TM 9-396. War Department Technical Manual. 7.2-Inch Multiple Rocket Launcher M17.
1st Ed., [iv]+60pp., num. photos./diagrams. Washington: War Dept. Jan. 1945
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American official manual for the M17 Rocket Launcher. It had a capacity of 20 rockets which could be fired "electrically either in single or automatic fire." The weapon as mounted on medium tanks such as the Sherman. Later (c.1950s) red cloth, orig. printed wraps. bound in, with armorial bookplate of Mark Dineley: Note: Dineley was an enigmatic character who was very interested in military technicalities. When I bought this item from his family they told me that he had been an SOE agent. This may or may not be true but what is known is that he was born in 1901 in London; he established Bapty & Co. in 1919, which has since become one of Europe's most prominent armorers for film & television. He also established an importing company, Dineley & Dowding Ltd., which supplied arms to the British Army. Around 1932, Dineley designed a submachine gun & submitted it for testing by the Small Arms committee; the weapon was ultimately rejected. In his spare time Dineley was an art connoisseur who amassed a collection of Chinese, Tibetan & Nepalese Buddhist art. He died in 1975 in Wiltshire. See illustrations on our website.
£35
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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)
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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
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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
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Informative & well-illustrated record with various rolls of officers &c. VG. See illustrations on our website.
£65
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, 1st June, 1948. Published by Authority, Wednesday, 2 June 1948: The Contribution of the British Pacific Fleet to the Assault on Okinawa, 1945.
1st Ed., 26pp., foolscap format. HMSO.
1948
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Despatch of Adml. Sir Bruce Fraser, C-in-C British Pacific Fleet. 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 illustration on our website.
£30
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The History of the 61st Medium Regiment R.A.
1st Ed., 132pp., 4to, 9 plates, 4 maps. Nicholas Kaye.
1950
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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
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History of the East Lancashire Regiment in the War 1939-1945.
1st Ed., xv+331pp., 25 photos., 37 maps (many fldg.). Manchester: Rawson & Co. Ltd.
1953
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Fine, detailed history & excellent maps. 1st Bn. BEF 1940 & NW Europe 1944-45 (which is especially well covered); 2nd Bn. Madagascar & Burma. Awards roll. Orig. green cloth, gilt, some staining to sp. o/w VG & rare.
£75
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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
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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
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