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War Office 4 December 1943. War Office 5 June 1943.
Handbook of Enemy Ammunition : War Office Pamphlet No 7; Italian Fuzes, Gaines, Shell, Cartridges, Primers and Details of Shell Markings German Primers, Small Arm and Gun Ammunition
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 56pp. Details of German and Italian ammunition from World War II. Illustrated.
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The Editor
Art from the First World War
Book in as new condition. 62pp. These colour images, paintings and drawings of the First World War, are taken from the collection held by the Imperial War Museum by artists such as John and Paul Nash, Orpen, Bomberg, Spencer and Sargent depict the horrors of that conflict.
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Antony Bird (editor)
Unversed in Arms: A Subaltern on the Western Front
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, slight bumping to top of spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very minor creasing to edges and slight traces of storage. 166pp. The First World War Diary of P D Ravenscroft MC who was posted to France in 1915 and, three years later had become one of the longest serving officers in his batallion, having witnessed both the suffering and death, the camaraderie and the heroism of his fellow soldiers. This is his diary in its entirety, kept every day during his service, providing fascinating insights into the harsh world of trench warfare.
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Harris, P. Valentine
The British Army Up-to-date
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bumping to lower corners. Dusty dust jacket not price clipped or marked with small pieces missing from edges and some rubbing/nicks. Fold-out map of military actions in Europe/North Africa in excellent condition. 122pp. This study presents the outline history up to the collapse of Italy in the Second World War of the British Army as a whole and also Regular and Territorial regimental histories, with reproductions of their badges.
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The Editor
Bomber Command Continues
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, rusty staples and no bumping to corners. 56pp. The Air Ministry account of a growing assault at the heart of the German enemy in World War Two. Beginning June 1941, it tells of the men and their aircraft, daylight sorties and night operations. It ends with the 1000-bomber raids on Cologne and the Ruhr.
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Barnard, Henry
Military Schools and Courses of Instruction in the Science and Art of War : Part I - France and Prussia
Academy name inside front board. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. Very clean very tight lightly foxed lightly tanned pages. Embossed boards still attached to text block but with tape used for extra security. Spine strip missing and board edges very well rubbed. 399pp. An account of the Military and Naval Schools of France and Prussia with reference to the special training of officers and men for war, in particular use for the American Civil War which was ongoing at the time of publication. Very scarce.
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John Simpson
The Wars Against Saddam: Taking the Hard Road to Baghdad
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor indenting from label removal to upper front corner. 415pp. War correspondent John Simpson's account of the West's relationship with Iraq and of the wars which Saddam Hussein waged during his years of reporting.
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Retired German Officers
The Luftwaffe in the West 10-20 May 1940
Appears unread. No marks or inscription. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. Reprint of a hand-typed document so small parts of the text may be difficult to read. 286pp. This is the story of the Luftwaffe in the campaign in Belgium and France 1940, and the first confrontation with the French and British Air Forces. A detailed description of German air operations asgainst air and ground targets with much detail of air support for army operations. Very Scarce.
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German Air Force
Bedienungsvorschrift Junkers Ju-87 R-2
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. Unpaginated pp. The operations manual for the Junkers 87 R-2 dive bomber tropical version, as seen in North Africa. L. Dv. T. 2087 R-2/F1. Fully illustrated. All text in German.
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Eric Linklater
The Defence of Calais
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 36pp. The story of the small British force which it was hoped would create a new supply route to the British Expeditionary Force which was retreating westwards. However the German forces being so much stronger, the British troops really only created a a diversion from the main retreat by keeping the Germans at Calais. The brave men who were in Calais fought to the end and were defeated.
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USA War Office
The British Army 1942
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 406pppp. A description of the British Army as it was in 1942. Compiled for US officers this British Army catalogue is of great importance as it shows how the British had reorganised their armed forces (Army and Air Force) not only to defend the UK against a possible German invasion, but also to fight the Germans in North Africa and the Japanese in the Far East. It was still not the formidable army of 1944, but this book shows how it was developing and how it was organised and equipped. The book is handsomely illustrated with contemporary photographs as well as a number of first-class line drawings. Three fold-out charts at the rear. It serves as a valuable counterpart to our German Armed Forces pamphlet for 1943, giving a valuable comparison between the two armies. Scarce.
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The Editor
Cromwell IV-VI : Vehicle Training Pamphlet : AFV School 1945
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 168pp. An operational trainer and workshop manual for the Centurion tank. Well illustrated. Scarce.
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US Intelligence
The German 88-mm. antiaircraft Gun
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 183pp. A complete description of the German 88-mm. Flak gun. All parts are detailed with stripping, maintaining and assembly instructions. Also contains methods of use including in the antitank role. A manual that could have been written by the German designers, this is the only English pamphlet that has it all. Illustrated with photographs of the actual weapon, together with shells and firing equipment, plus range tables.. Reprint of the original restricted 1943 US War Department publication. Very scarce.
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US Intelligence
German Antiaircraft Artillery
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 107pp. This detailed descriptive study was produced by the US War Dept to give US troops a comprehensive picture of German antiaircraft artillery and its use and to compare US and German artillery methods. Illustrated. Very scarce.
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Kammhuber, Gen Josef
Fighter-Bomber Aircraft : Part I
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. Reprint of a 1940s typed document so small parts of the text may be difficult to read. 131pp. The development of the fighter-bomber aircraft from the German perspective in World War Two, as written by General Josef Kammhuber. Original study published 1956 by USAF Historical Division. Very scarce.
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The Editor
Manual of German Air Force Terminology
No marks or inscriptions. Slight creasing to lower corner of ftont cover. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage including rubbing to upper front edge and bumping to top of spine. Total of 322pp. A comprehensive German to English manual covering the terms in use in general, aeronautical, signals, electrical, flak, motor transport and abbreviations.
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Military Intelligence Service
British Commandos : Training and Operations in the Second World War
Book in mint unread condition. 163pp. The British Commandos were formed to carry out raids in Europe and were soon on the attack. This account covers their origin and organisation, traing and rations. It includes details of the Australian and New Zealand Commando units. It then describes the Vaagso (Norway) Raid, the Spitsbergen Operation and the Dieppe Raid. Very scarce.
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Bishop, Patrick
Fighter Boys and Bomber Boys - Saving Britain 1940-1945 - Two Book Edition
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight bumping to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very slight creasing to spine ends. Maps and introductions over forty pages plus Both of Patrick Bishop's masterful wartime histories on RAF Fighter Command and Bomber Command in World War 2 rolled into one volume. 434 + 429pp.
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Fritz Kreisler
Four Weeks in the Trenches
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. 88pp. The story of one of the most renowned violinists of the 20th century during his service in the Austrian Army in the First World War on the Eastern Front. Well illustrated.
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Edmund L. Blandford
Target England
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light creasing to upper edge and general traces of storage. 223pp. A series of first-hand experiences of German airmen involved in the airwar against Britain in World War 2, tracing their tales from joining the Luftwaffe to the end of the war. Accompanied by the author's commentary and background information which gives a more fully rounded picture of the events and experiences described. Well illustrated.
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Charles Graves
London Transport at War
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slightly sunned to upper page margins and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage. 97pp. The work of London Transport during the Second World War with many very graphic images of serious damage.
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Smith, Denys
America and the Axis War
Name/date to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked navy cloth boards, slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dusty dust jacket not price clipped with nicks, chips and small tears to upper and lower edges. 363pp. The author was the Daily Telegraph principal correspondent in the United States and closely in touch with the State Department. This well-documented account tells of American reactions to European affairs during the years up to 1942.
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Kenneth Munson
Fighters Attack and Training Aircraft 1939-45 [Pocket Encyclopaedia of World Aircraft in Colour]
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased. 163pp. Very well illustrated survey of three types of military aircraft from the second world war - fighters, attack and training aircraft.
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Stark, Rudolph
Wings of War : An Airman's Diary of the Last Year of World War I
No marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked front board, almost invisible small damp mark to upper edge of rear board, slightly tanned top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with traces of sunning and small damp effect to top of rear edge. 227pp. A classic aviation memoir from World War I from the German perspective. The author served from 1917-1918 with Jagdstaffel 35 flying Fokker D7 airplanes and this account is from his day-to-day diaries.
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Wood, Eric Fisher
The Note-Book of an Attache : Seven Months in the War Zone
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with slightly dusty unmarked boards and page edges, well-sunned spine, small bump to front fore-edge, rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Untrimmed lower page edges. Four fold-out documents present, three in good condition and one badly torn but complete. 345pp. The account of an American citizen who was studying in Paris at the start of the First World War and who was quickly given the role of Attache at the American Embassy. During the next seven months he worked in Paris and visited Berlin and prisoner of war camps among many other places. This is the diary of his work and his observations. Illustrated with fifteen photographs by the author and facsimiles of four official documents. First British Edition.
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C. P. O. Bartlett & Chaz Bowyer (editor)
Bomber Pilot, 1916-1918
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slightly dusty top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked with slight traces of sunning and tiny tear to upper front spine corner. 180pp. A unique and fascinating record of a pilot's life in the pioneer days of aerial warfare. The officer flew light bombers along the Belgian coast and later in France with the RAF during the Ludendorff offensive. Illustrated.
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Alan Wilkinson
The Church of England and the First World War
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards and minor bumping to upper corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 370pp. A study of the involvement of the Church of England in World War I using carefully researched material to form a balanced judgement.
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H.T. Lenton
American Gunboats and Minesweepers (World War Two Fact Files)
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards with tiny bump to lower front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with small crease to lower front corner and minor traces of storage. 64pp. A complete detailed list of the auxiliary vessels of the US Navy during the Second World War. Well illustrated.
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Raymond Rudorff
War To The Death: The Sieges of Saragossa 1808-1809
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very slight rubbing to upper edge and sunning to spine. 278pp. The second French attack under Napoleon in the Peninsular War w on the city of Saragossa in Spain was met with reistance from 30,000 regular Spanish troops plus thousands of armed civilians. After twenty-four days of fighting, the French were eventually victorious leaving 54,000 soldiers and civilians dead and with one third of the city destroyed.
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William C. Davis
An Historical Account of America's War of Secession
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight scratching to front. 512pp. An in-depth account of the conflict which raged across America between 1861 and 1865 - between the North and the South and which led to the creation of the United States. The book covers first the major battles of the war and then goes on to the experiences of the officers on both sides and how they coped with the responsibility they bore. First edition, second printing.
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Richard C. Thornton
The Falklands Sting: Reagan, Thatcher and Argentina's Bomb
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage. 291pp. The author reveals that at the time of the Falklands War in 1982, Argentina was developing its own nuclear weapons. That, and how to strengthen Margaret Thatcher who was on the verge of being toppled as British prime minister, led Ronald Reagan to encourage Britain to respond to the Argentine attack on the Falklands Islands. Reagan needed Thatcher in power to assist in his moves to contain the Soviet Union.
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Tony A. J. Hewitt
To Freedom Through China: Escaping from Japanese-occupied Hong Kong 1942
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 225pp. An account of the escape by three Allied servicemen from a Japanese prisoner of war camp in 1941, of the people encountered and the long journeys they undertook to eventually return to British lines.
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Barbara S. Kraft
Peace Ship: Henry Ford's Pacifist Adventure in the First World War
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with slight rubbing and sunning. 367pp. An account of Henry Ford's attempt to stop World War I in 1915 when he chartered the Oscar II to take himself and 150 delegates to Norway on the first stop of a schedule of peace meetings in Neutral Europe. Illustrated.
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Bill Glenton
Mutiny in Force X.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, slight tanning to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very slight creasing to upper rear edge and tanning to upper edges of dust flaps. 239pp. The story of the Royal Navy landing force despatched to help the Americans in the Pacific which was rudley rejected by the US Navy and which led to a mutiny on board the HMS Lothian.
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Browning, Sterry
Coastal Commandos
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked white cloth boards, slight tanning to page edges and spine ends and bump to lower rear corner. Dusty dust jacket price clipped with one inch missing from top of spine and chips and small tears to edges. 192pp. Fictional account of Squadron Leader James Russell Durrant's espionage flight to the Channel Islands during the Second World War.
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Ousby, Ian
Road To Verdun: France, Nationalism and the First World War
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 304pp. A vivid insightful account of the generals' planning and the troops' suffering in the longest and bloodiest battle between the French and the Germans in the First World War.
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John Emory
Source Book of World War II Aircraft
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very faint rubbing to upper corner of front end paper and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with some irregular sunning and very minor creasing to upper edge 269pp. A complete listing of all World War Two aircraft from the famous Mustang and Spitfire to the obscure Fernfeuer and Malyutka including the aircraft configuration, design role and extent of use during the war years.
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Neil Orpen
Airlift to Warsaw
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, slight foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn with very slight creasing to top of spine. 184pp. An account of the doomed attempts to arm and supply the Warsaw nationalists in the Warsaw Rising of 1944. Persistent bad weather, great distances between takeoff points and the target and well-positioned German air defenses within the city took an appalling toll of men and aircraft.
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Reeman, Douglas
Winged Escort
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. Now protected in a fully-removable transparent sleeve. 286pp. Fictional account of an escort carrier HMS Growler which provided vital protection to shipping during World War Two. The author served in the Royal Navy during this period and this work uses his experience to give us a dramatic tale.
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Delaforce, Patrick
Marching to the Sound of Gunfire: Northwest Europe 1944-5
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very light creasing to upper and lower edges. 218pp. A series of personal accounts from soldiers of the British Army who tell their amazing stories of life and death at the sharp end of conflict. Illustrated.
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Richard B. Harwell (editor)
Confederate Reader: How the South Saw the War
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red boards/black spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very minor creasing to some edges. 389pp. The story of the American Civil War told from the side of the Confederacy in the actual words of the soldiers and civilians who experienced these events from 1860 to 1865.
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Castle, H.G.
Fire Over England: German Air Raids in World War I (A Leo Cooper book)
No marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight dustiness to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight rubbing to some corners and minor traces of storage. 254pp. Detailed study of German bombing of Britain in the First World War, firstly from airships and then from the precursors of the bomber aeroplane. Illustrated.
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Bryan Perrett
A History of Blitzkrieg
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 296pp. A study of the German's successful use of surprise and forceful attack during the Second World War, which came to be described as Blitzkrieg. It was developed during the inter-war years and allowed the Germans to move rapidly into Western Europe in 1940.
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Gilbert, Sir Martin
Holocaust Journey: Travelling In Search Of The Past
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with some creasing to upper edge. 480pp. An account of a fourteen day journey made by historian Sir Martin Gilbert and a group of students of the Holocaust to many of the sites associated with Jewish history before and during the Second World War.
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Neil Hanson
Priestley's Wars (Rediscovering Priestley)
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 384pp. This study traces the personal odyssey of one of Britain's greatest literary figures beginning with his volunteering in WWI. The horrors he told of in his letters started to transform him and ultimately he became one of the most influential voices for peace and disarmament. He was one of the co-founders of the Campaign for Nuclear Disrmament CND.
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William Spencer
Army Service Records of the First World War (Public Record Office Readers Guide)
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 109pp. A reference guide to accessing the records of service men and women in the British and Indian Armies between 1914 and 1918.
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Charles Graves
London Transport at War
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with irregular sunning to rear. 95pp. An illustrated account of how London Transport coped during the Second World War.
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Major General Walter Grabmann
Geman Air Defences : 1 September 1939 - 21 March 1941
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Unpaginated. ca 175pp. Reprint of a typed document so small parts of the text may be difficult to read.
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Schmid, Josef
The Employment of the German Luftwaffe against the Allies in the West 1943-1945 : Volume II 1944
No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to upper corner of rear cover, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Reprint of a typed document so small parts of the text may be difficult to read. 253pp. A diary of the actions which took place on a day-to-day basis in the words of the air command. This Volume II 'The Struggle for Air Supremacy over the Reich' covers 1 January 1944 - 31 March 1944. Originally prepared by the USAF Historical Division. Extremely scarce.
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General Staff, War Office
Manual of Field Engineering 1911 (with Amendments to 1914)
Appears inread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 64 plates plus 131pp. A fascinating detailed work on the preparations for field warfare in the First World War. Very well illustrated. Extremely scarce.
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