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The Story of the 25th Indian Division: The Arakan Campaign. Orig. dec. wraps., 36pp., photos. throughout, fldg. map. Bombay: DPR, WD. nd (c.1945).  #57515
[HLMainPic] The division's exploits in Arakan 1944-45 inc. Myebon, Akyab & the epic Kangaw blockade. VG. See illustration on our website.   £35
Battalion Souvenir: A Short Account of the 11th Suffolk Home Guard. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 68pp., num. photos., several cartoons. Ipswich: East Anglian Daily Times Ltd. 1945  #64083
[HLMainPic] Rare & detailed record of battalion based at Ipswich, nicely printed on art paper throughout, with num. group photos., & some interesting details about, for instance, the Spigot Mortar Competition & the Street Fighting Competition, HG weapons (such as the Northover Projector) & much else. Nominal rolls of HQ & each Coy. Orig. dec. wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.   £75
The Bromley Home Guard: A History of the 51st Kent Battalion. By L.D.V. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., [iv]+80pp., 23 photos., 2 cartoons. Printed by the Sun Engraving Co., Ltd. nd [1945].  #64102
[HLMainPic] Rare & detailed history with several interesting photos. & 2 cartoons reproduced from the unit's magazine, 'The Willing Horse.' Named group photo. of officers. Nominal roll (showing, interestingly, that a total of 3420 individuals served in the ranks between 1940-44, plus 81 in the 'Electricity Unit'), roll of officers & their appointments, 1941-44, & roll of members who joined regular forces. Orig. dec. wraps., somewhat worn with tape repairs to sp. See illustration on our website.   £45
United States Pacific Fleet & Pacific Ocean Areas. Japanese Artillery Weapons. Orig. limp printed wraps., small format pocketbook (156x114mm), [ii]+56pp., photos. throughout. CINPAC/CINPOA, Bulletin 26-45. 20 Feb. 1945  #67643
[HLMainPic] American official manual containing "a summary if the characteristics & recognition features of all Japanese artillery weapons for which information is available." Orig. yellow printed wraps., minor wear, VG. See illustration on our website.   £30
Dagger Division: Story of the 19th Indian Division. Orig. dec. wraps., 44pp., photos. throughout, fldg. map. Bombay: DPR, WD. nd (c.1945)  #64533
[HLMainPic] The only history of the division's exploits in Burma 1944-45 inc. Irrawaddy Crossing, capture of Fort Dufferin, Mandalay &c. VG. See illustration on our website.   £35
Ministry of Defence (Navy) War With Japan. Vols. I & II, III, IV & V, VI: Background to the War; Defensive Phase; The Campaigns in the Solomons & New Guinea; The South-East Asia Operations & Central Pacific Advance; The Blockade of Japan; The Advance to Japan. 1st Trade Ed., 6 Vols. bound in 4, around 1500pp. in all + 4 accompanying mapcases containing num. fldg. plans &c. HMSO. 1995  #67663
[HLMainPic] First general publication of British Naval Staff Histories of the war in the Far East. which were originally issued for official use only. Includes the war in the Pacific, Singapore & Hong Kong, Burma inc. Arakan ops., Reconquest of Burma &c. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG, the text Volumes with dws. See illustration on our website.   £145
A Happy Family: Story of the Twentieth Indian Division April 1942-August 1945. Orig. dec. wraps., 52pp., photos. throughout, fldg. map. Bombay: DPR, WD. nd (1945)  #67668
[HLMainPic] The only history of the division's exploits in Burma inc. Battle of Imphal & reconquest of Burma. Orig. dec. wraps., little rubbed, VG. See illustration on our website.   £30
The History of the Locally Raised 160th (Wearside) Brigade Royal Field Artillery. 1st Ed., 41pp., 4to, frontis. (faux arms), 3 plates. Sunderland: Robert Youll, Printer. nd (c.1920)  #63178
[HLMainPic] Rare record of 160th Bde. RFA, raised in Sunderland in 1915 & served in France/Flanders from Jan. 1916-1919 with the 34th Div., inc. Somme 1916, Arras 1917, Passchendaele, 1918 Battles &c. Short historical record followed by rolls of officers, NCOs & men who served with the unit, noting the battery to which they belonged, together with roll of those killed or wounded (including date), & awards roll. Contemp. half red leather binding, titled to front, little chipped & worn, generally VG & rare. See illustration on our website.   £145
The Book of Number Two Platoon "A" Company 1st City of London Home Guard. 1st Ed., 47pp., 4to, sketches & drawings, plan. Printed by Sir Joseph Causton & Sons. nd (c.1945)  #64085
[HLMainPic] Rare record of just one Company based in The Temple. Nominal roll &c. Orig. blue paper covd. boards with cream cloth backstrip, gilt title to front, VG. See illustration on our website.   £75
Battery Record. "D" Battery 1915-1916-1917. [A Short Diary of "D" Battery 242nd (Army) Bde. R.F.A.] Unpublished typescript history. [x]+75pp. No imprint/date but. c.1920 with small label at rear of Cambridge Univ. Typewriting Office.  #63172
[HLMainPic] New Army Battery raised at Tidworth in April 1915 & proceeded to France at the end of July & operated on the Somme front (with 48th Div.) throughout 1916 & the spring of 1917 when they supported the Canadian attack at Vimy Ridge, then in the Salient for Messines, after the second day of which battle this account closes (the writer presumably being a casualty of that event.) An informative day-to-day record including notes of officers & men who were casualties. Includes rolls of officers & sergeants who served with the Battery, roll of awards & Roll of Honour. Original typescript of unpublished history retained by cord in khaki cloth binding, VG & unique. See illustrations on our website.   £275

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