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Airborne Forces.
RESTRICTED Air Publication 3231. 1st Ed., ix+295pp., 8 photos., 14 maps & diagrams (some fldg.). Issued by the Air Ministry, Air Historical Branch.
1951
#68611
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RESTRICTED. Detailed history of development of Airborne Forces & in-depth studies of Airborne ops. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG & scarce, 1700 copies printed & remarkably scarce for that. See illustration on our website.
£225
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Ordnance Services.
Compiled by Officers of the Ordnance Directorate, War Office. 1st Ed., xiv+356pp., 14 fldg. maps. War Office.
1950
#68645
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RESTRICTED. A volume in the 'Second World War 1939-45 - Army' series of official monographs on aspects of WW2. Produced by participants from personal experience, soon after the event, the series forms an exceptionally interesting body of material on the working of the Army in WW2. This volume includes RAOC services on all fronts. Orig. red cloth, blocked black, little stained, VG ex-FARELF Command Lib., scarce (750 copies printed). See illustration on our website.
£145
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AGAR-HAMILTON (J.A.I.) & TURNER (L.C.F.)
Crisis in the Desert, May-June 1942.
1st Ed., xiii+368pp., num. photos., 37 maps (some fldg.). Cape Town: OUP.
1952
#68468
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South African official history: Western Desert inc. battles of Gazala & the Cauldron, Tobruk & 'first Alamein.' Orig,. blue cloth, minor wear, scarce. See illustration on our website.
£65
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BHARUCHA (Major P.C.)
Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War: The North African Campaign 1940-1943.
Ed. by Bisheshwar Prasad. 1st Ed., xxx+567pp., 48 photos., 42 of 43 maps (many fldg.). Combined Inter-Services Historical Section (India & Pakistan).
1956
#68625
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Excellent, detailed account & possibly the very rarest of the Indian official histories. Rebound, modern Indian style leather binding, VG thus but lacking fldg. map from end-pocket hence inexpensive copy.
£145
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BHARUCHA (Major P.C.)
Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War: The North African Campaign 1940-1943.
Ed. by Bisheshwar Prasad. 1st Ed., xxx+567pp., 48 photos., 43 maps (many fldg.). Combined Inter-Services Historical Section (India & Pakistan).
1956
#67586
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Excellent, detailed account & possibly the very rarest of the Indian official histories. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£425
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BUCHANAN (Maj.-Gen. A.G.B.)
Works Services & Engineer Stores.
1st Ed., xii+231pp., 21 maps & plans. War Office.
1953
#68642
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RESTRICTED. A volume in the 'Second World War 1939-45 - Army' series of official monographs on aspects of WW2. Produced by participants from personal experience, soon after the event, the series forms an exceptionally interesting body of material on the working of the Army in WW2. This volume addressing organisation & supply of Engineer stores to all theatres of war, from BEF 1940 to MEF, Far East, Normandy &c. Orig. red cloth, somewhat rubbed & worn but unusually without any markings as virtually all copies were issued to military formations & libraries. See illustration on our website.
£145
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BUTLER (J.R.M.)
Grand Strategy. Volume II: September 1939-June 1941.
1st Ed., xix+603pp., 3 plates, 19 fldg. maps., ep maps. VG in dw. HMSO.
1957
#68464
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From the outbreak of war inc. expansion of the Forces, early moves in the Middle East, Norwegian Campaign, 1940 campaign in France &c. Orig. cloth, VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£50
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BUTLER (J.R.M.)
Grand Strategy. Volume II: September 1939-June 1941.
1st Ed., xix+603pp., 3 plates, 19 fldg. maps., ep maps. HMSO.
1957
#66197
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From the outbreak of war inc. expansion of the Forces, early moves in the Middle East, Norwegian Campaign, 1940 campaign in France &c. Orig. cloth, VG with armorial bookplate of Bernard Edward Fergusson, plus his tipped-in review of this book for 'The Scotsman.' Note: Bernard Fergusson, 1911-1980, was commissioned in the Black Watch in 1931. In October 1943 he was promoted to acting brigadier & given command of the 16th Infantry Brigade, which was converted into a Chindit formation for operations in the deep jungles of Burma miles behind Japanese lines. He commanded this brigade throughout the Chindit operations of 1944 before becoming Director of Combined Operations from 1945-46. He retired from military service in 1958. He was Governor-General of New Zealand, 1962-67, & raised to the peerage as Lord Ballantrae. Interesting copy previously owned by a distinguished Chindit brigade commander. See illustrations on our website.
£75
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CARTER (Lt.-Col. J.A.H., OBE) & KANN (Major D.N., MBE)
Maintenance in the Field. Volume II: 1943-1945.
1st Ed., viii+400pp., 13 fldg. maps & 7 fldg. charts/diagrams. War Office.
1961
#68660
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RESTRICTED. A volume in the 'Second World War 1939-45 - Army' series of official monographs on aspects of WW2. Produced by participants from personal experience, soon after the event, the series forms an exceptionally interesting body of material on the working of the Army in WW2. This volume includes Operation Torch (Tunisia), Western Desert 1942-43, Sicily & Italy, Normandy 1944 &c. Orig. red cloth, blocked black, VG. See illustration on our website.
£145
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CLOUGH (Brig. A.B., CBE, MC)
Maps & Survey.
1st Ed., xv+675pp., 75 col. maps bound at the end (many fldtg.), 17 sketch maps in text. War Office.
1952
#68655
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Very rare volume in the 'Second World War 1939-45 - Army' series of official monographs on aspects of WW2 experience. Restricted when published, but these notices heavily obliterated with black ink. Includes a chapter on Basic Survey Organizations in the UK followed by detailed chapters on mapping & survey on the various fronts, inc. map production, supply & distribution, capture & use of enemy map stocks, much detail on survey units, their work & organization. Contains sketch maps of all theatres of war & bound at the end are a very fine representative series of coloured maps, from the original plates, of sheets from all theatres, including North & East Africa, Italy, Burma, Iraq & North-West Europe (the latter including the Normandy beaches & the Dropping Zone Map used by Airborne Forces in Normandy on D Day). Orig. red cloth, titled in black, VG. See illustrations on our website.
£425
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