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Second World War Second World War, Including regimental and divisional histories, personal accounts, general histories and works of reference   260 Books
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TM 9-726. War Department Technical Manual. Light Tank M3. 1st Ed., 250pp., num. photos./diagrams. Washington: War Dept. July 1942  #65257
[HLMainPic] American official manual for M3 Light Tank. Later (c.1950s) blue cloth with orig. front wrap. of the manual laid down to the front, 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.   £50
Home Guard Southern Railway in Pictures. 1st Ed., orig. wraps., 64pp., oblong 8vo (24x15 cm), photos. throughout. Printed by McCorquodale. 1944  #68540
[HLMainPic] Short history of the Home Guard units of the Southern Railway, plus. num. fully captioned photos. of training exercises, detachments, &c. VG, together with with two issues of the Southern Railway wartime bi-monthly staff newsheet, 'Southern On Guard', Oct.-Nov. 1943 & Dec. 1943-Jan.1944, two circulars from the management, both dated 4th September 1939, re emergency evacuation of staff, further correspondence with Mr. M.J. Buckett, Traffic Controller of the Southern Railway Company's Docks at Southampton, re war work & his award of the MBE, including printed slip from George VI at Buckingham Palace forwarding said award. Interesting selection. See illustrations on our website.   £110
D. (Luft) T. 5212. 3 m-Rettungsschlauchboot Dl 410203. Gerate-Handbuch (Stand August 1943) [Bound with:] Wehrmacht Kriegs-Kurbestimmungen (2B. Kr. K.B.). Item 1: 43pp., 42 photos. & diagrams. Berlin: The Reichminister der Luftfahrt und Oberbefehishaber der Luftwaffe. 21 September 1943. Item 2: 43pp. Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, Berlin, 24 Juli 1942.  #67590
[HLMainPic] The official manual for use of a survival dinghy, an inflatable rubber boat, provided a sail & other equipment, for airmen of the Luftwaffe shot down or otherwise ditched at sea, including numerous photos. & diagrams. Doubtless a rare survival, packed with interesting detail & bound with another official German manual: Wehrmacht Kriegs-kursbestimmungen, i.e, Wehrmacht War Course Regulations, 1942 Edition, this with contemp, ink stamp of a German unit. Two items bound together in later (c.1950s) red cloth 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.   £75
The 78th Division in the Final Offensive in Italy. 1st Ed., 89pp., 4to, 8 lge. col. fldg. maps. No imprint/date [Printed in the Field, contemp.].  #66728
[HLMainPic] Detailed work on attacks across Senio & Santerno rivers from 9-25 Apr. 1945: central history + unit accounts. Orig. dec. wraps., an excellent clean copy, VG. See illustration on our website.   £45
Dulwich College War Record 1939-1945. 1st Ed., xv+306pp., approx. 330 portraits. Dulwich. 1949  #66665
[HLMainPic] Obits. & portraits of 330 who fell + service roll of further 3000. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. See illustrations on our website.   £25
Representative Enemy & Allied Aircraft: Comparative Performance & Characteristics. TAIC [Technical Air Intelligence Center] Manual No. 2. 1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., [iii]+47pp., silhouettes of aircraft throughout. Anacostia, DC: Issued by the Division of Naval Intelligence by Combined Personnel of United States & British Services for the Use of Allied Forces. Oct. 1944  #45136
CONFIDENTIAL (& next to this ink stamped RESTRICTED) contemp. intelligence report contains technical spec. of around 120 types of British, German, American & Japanese aircraft, i.e. presumably just about all then in service (from fighters such as the Spitfire to heaviest bombers like the Superfortress), with details such as Speed-Climb-Ceiling, Range, Take-Off, Engines, Dimensions, Armament, Protection (armour), Fuel, &c, plus front, side & top silhouettes of each aircraft. Staples somewhat rusted o/w VG. See illustration on our website.   £50
The Tiger Triumphs: The Story of Three Great Divisions in Italy. 1st Ed., [viii]+212pp., 53 photos., 6 maps & diagrams. HMSO for Govt. of India. 1946  #65623
[HLMainPic] The 4th, 8th & 10th Indian Divisions in the hard-fought Italian campaign. Orig. wraps. (as issued), VG. See illustration on our website.   £20
Yugoslavia & The Partisan Movement. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 24pp., portrait frontis. (Tito), map. Printed by P&SS, CMF. 1944  #67614
[HLMainPic] A concise account produced for AFHQ [Allied Force HQ] in the MEF in 1944: "This pamphlet is intended to be an outline of the story of Yugoslavia & its peoples with particular reference to the struggle for liberation from Nazi Germany." Little creased, VG & rather a scarce survival. See illustration on our website.   £35
The History of the First Bn. The Lincolnshire Regiment in India, Arakan, Burma & Sumatra Sept. 1939-Oct. 1946. Orig. dec. card wraps., 75pp., 15 photos., 5 maps (one fldg.). Lincoln: Keyworth & Sons, Printers. 1949  #65433
[HLMainPic] Well produced & illustrated history, mainly in the Arakan with 26th Indian Div. Roll of Hon., awards, officers rolls. Staples rusting o/w VG. See illustration on our website.   £60
"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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