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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)
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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
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BRINDJAP: British & Indian Troops, Japan.
Foreword by Gen. D.T. 'Punch' Cowan, GOC. 1st Ed., 56pp., photos. throughout. Bombay: G.S. Borker for DPR. nd (c.1946).
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Contemp. official 'souvenir' booklet of British & Indian occupation forces in Japan. Contains summary of their 'mission' & short histories of each formation & unit employed (with much on their recent experiences in Burma), each with a portrait of the CO, biogs. & portraits of fourteen Force HQ officers, details of supporting units (RA, RASC, WASB &c.). VG. See illustrations on our website.
£45
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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
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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
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Arakan Assignment: The Story of the 82nd West African Division.
1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 44pp., photos. throughout, fldg. map. Roxy Press, New Delhi, for P.R. Services (West Africa). nd [1946].
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Useful, well-illustrated & only published record of 82nd West African Division's Arakan campaign, 1944-45. Includes Order of Battle, portraits of senior officers & two African DCM winners, fldg. map of the campaign. Orig. dec. wraps., VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.
£95
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Home Guard Instruction, No. 51. Battlecraft & Battle Drill for the Home Guard. Part IV: The Organization of Home Guard Defence.
Orig. buff printed wraps., vi+114pp., 39 sketches & diagrams.. GHQ Home Forces.
1943
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Organization of Defence; Fireplan; Layout of Battle HQ, &c., with many interesting sketches & diagrams. Little marked, VG. See illustrations on our website.
£20
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We Also Served: The Story of the Home Guard in Cambridgeshire & the Isle of Ely 1940-1943.
1st Ed., vi+107pp., 8 plates. Cambridge: Heffer (for the TA Assoc.).
1944
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Much interesting detail on organisation of the Home Guard. Includes 27 portrait photos. of various ranks. Orig. blue cloth, somewhat worn, about VG. See illustration on our website.
£20
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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
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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
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89th County of Lancaster (Liverpool) Battalion Home Guard.
1st Ed., 52pp., 42 photos. Printed & Published by T.W. Gornall & Co., Exchange St. East, Liverpool.
1947
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Rare locally produced HG history. Men of the unit were active during the Liverpool blitz, included a bomb disposal unit by 1942 & provided guards on the Mersey tunnel &c. A number of interesting, if grainy, photos. of combat training &c. Orig. blue cloth, gilt title & badge to front board, VG. See illustration on our website.
£85
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Dagger Division: Story of the 19th Indian Division.
Orig. dec. wraps., 44pp., photos. throughout, fldg. map. Bombay: DPR, WD. nd (c.1945)
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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
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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
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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
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