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Second World War Second World War, Including regimental and divisional histories, personal accounts, general histories and works of reference   239 Books
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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  #67734
[HLMainPic] 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
The Bulldozer: The Magazine of Combined Operations. Vol. II, No. 6, November 1943. Orig. dec. wraps., 16pp., photos. & sketches throughout. Contemp.  #68372
[HLMainPic] RESTRICTED. Contains Combined Ops. news & personalities, reports on training (including airborne & sea landings), list of newly commissioned Midshipmen, 'Jane' cartoon, &c. Rare. See illustrations on our website.   £65
History of the 6th Perthshire Battalion Home Guard (Perth City Battalion). 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 63pp. Perth: Printed by Milne, Tannahill & Methven Ltd. 1945  #64510
[HLMainPic] Organisation & work of the unit, rolls of officers, various individuals mentioned by name in the text. Orig wraps., little stained, VG. See illustration on our website.   £50
FEPOW Forum: The Official Magazine, Far East Prisoners of War Club, London. Run of 49 issues between 1977-1986: April/May 1977; Oct.-Nov. 1978; Dec. 1978-Jan 1979; Feb.-March 1979; June-July 1979; Aug.-Sept. 1979; Oct.-Nov. 1979; Dec. 1979-Jan. 1980; Feb.-March 1980; Apr.-May 1980; June-July 1980; Aug.-Sept. 1980; Oct.-Nov. 1980; Dec. 1980-Jan. 1981; Feb.-March 1981; April-May 1981; June-July 1981; Aug.-Sept. 1981; Oct.-Nov. 1981; Dec. 1981-Jan. 1982; Feb.-March 1982; Apr.-May 1982; June-July 1982; Aug.-Sept. 1982; Oct.-Nov. 1982; Dec. 1982-Jan. 1983; Feb.-March 1983; Apr.-May 1983; June-July 1983; Aug.-Sept. 1983; Oct.-Nov. 1983; Dec. 1983-Jan. 1984; Jan.-Feb. 1984; March-April 1984; May-June 1984; July-Aug. 1984; Sept.-Oct. 1984; Nov.-Dec. 1984; Jan.-Feb. 1985; May-June 1985; July-Aug. 1985; Sept.-Oct. 1985; Nov.-Dec. 1985; Jan.-Feb. 1986; March-April 1986; May-June 1986; July-Aug. 1986 & Sept.-Dec. 1986. All issues VG in orig. dec. wraps., most. 16pp., so. approx. 780pp. in all. Printed by B.W. Smith (Printers) Ltd., Sidcup. Conntemp.  #64492
[HLMainPic] Magazine of the Far East PoWs, London Branch, each issue including editorial notes, news from Annual Conference, news from branches, news of FEPOW members & obituaries, various articles of recollections & reminiscences, return visits to Thailand, Singapore, &c., & related material. Each issue VG in orig. dec. wraps., presumably the circulation was fairly limited & surviving examples are scarce. See illustrations on our website.   £425
Norway No. 1 (1941). Secret German Documents seized during the Raid on the Lofoten Islands on the 4th March, 1941, embodying instructions to the Army on the control of the Press & on collaboration with the Gestapo in dealing with Norwegian nationals. Presented by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to Parliament by Command of His Majesty. corrected reprint, orig. printed wraps., 28pp. HMSO (printed by the Foreign Office Press). July 1941  #67119
[HLMainPic] Interesting secret documents obtained during no. 3 Commando's Lofoten Raid. 1250 copies printed of this 'corrected' edition. Orig. printed wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.   £45
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
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  #67613
[HLMainPic] 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
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
"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
United States Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific). Naval Analysis Division. Interrogations of Japanese Officials. Volumes I & II. 1st Ed., 2 Vols., xv+286 & [v]+[250]pp. (576pp. in all), 4to, approx. 70 maps & several diagrams of ships &c. (many fldg.). US Government Printing Office. 1946  #67687
[HLMainPic] Vol. I contains a Summary, List of Interrogations arranged both numerically & according to subject matter, List of Illustrations (i.e., maps), Index of Major Battles & Operations & Japanese Officials, Interrogations 1-70. Vol. II contains Interrogations 71-118 plus Japanese Notes of Battles & Biographies of Interrogated Japanese Officials. The Foreword explains that "The interrogations in this volume were conducted in Tokyo during the months of October, November and December 1945 by officers of the Naval Analysis Division of the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey. While the original purpose of the interrogations was to gain evidence for an assessment of the role of airpower in the war with Japan, in the absence of any other body concerned with the conduct of this naval war, this purpose was broadened to include as wide a survey of wartime events as time and other restrictions would permit." The Foreword goes on to say that "almost without exception the Japanese naval officers interrogated were cooperative to the highest degree" so that "it is believed that these interrogations form a body of source material indispensable to any future study of the war with Japan." Orig. blue cloth, gilt to spines & front, VG ex-MoD Library, VG with trace of old lable stating "N.I.D. Record Copy" to front of Vol. II. See illustrations on our website.   £145

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