V. S. Pritchett,

BUILD THE SHIPS.

HMSOLondon, 1946, 1st edn., paperback original, 64pp, half tone photo ills. in text, large format (9 x 7 inches approx.), photo pictorial stapled card wrappers, one of the less common HMSO titles of this series, the official account of the British shipyards in wartime, covering the construction from keel and ribs to plates and rivets, the launch and fitting out, conversions to escort carriers, repairs after action, and the vast program of building landing craft, ills include before and after photos of an escort carrier converted from a tanker, ships under contruction and repair, etc., wrappers lightly rubbed with several short nicks to edges, some creasing, a little dusty, very good

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Book number: 41536

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Pritchett, V. S.,

BUILD THE SHIPS.

HMSO, London, 1946, 1st edn., paperback original, 63pp, many half tone photo ills. in text, half tone photo pictorial endpapers, printed by C. Nicholls & Co, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", one of the less common HMSO titles of this series, the official account of the British shipyards in wartime, covering the construction from keel and ribs to plates and rivets, the launch and fitting out, conversions to escort carriers, repairs after action, and the vast program of building landing craft, ills include before and after photos of an escort carrier converted from a tanker, ships under contruction and repair, etc., rubbed at extrems., some flaking at edges of spine, nicks to spine ends, cnrs. inclined to curl, good plus,

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Book number: 44784

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

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Ray, John,

THE NIGHT BLITZ 1940-1941.

Castle Books, Edison, NJ, 2004, 288pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps/diagrams in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the night bombing campaign by the German Luftwaffe against the industrial cities and civilian population of Great Britain, almost nightly for eight months from September 1940, assessing the strategies, weapons and defense tactics and the effect of death and destruction on the British people, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: unpriced, lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39006

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

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Ray, John,

THE NIGHT BLITZ 1940-1941.

Castle Books, Edison, NJ, 2004, US edn., 288pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps/diagrams in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the night bombing campaign by the German Luftwaffe against the industrial cities and civilian population of Great Britain, almost nightly for eight months from September 1940, assessing the strategies, weapons and defense tactics and the effect of death and destruction on the British people, upper edge sl. dusty, fivr link gift inscr. front free endpaper, very good in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 43693

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

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Seago, Edward,

PEACE IN WAR.

Collins, London, 1944, 2nd imp., 80pp, frontis drawing of Seago (A. Horowitz), 28 half tone plates by Edward Seago, large format about 10 x 7 inches, green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, like many others Edward Seago joined the armed forces in 1939 but during time away from Army duty he found time to paint and presents here a selection of pictures of the more peaceful subjects he found at this time of war, extrems sl. rubbed, gilding at spine a little rubbed, fore and lower edges sl. foxed, no dustwrapper, very good,

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Book number: 13781

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

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Seago, Edward,

PEACE IN WAR.

Collins, London, 1943, 1st edn., 80pp, frontis drawing of Seago (A. Horowitz), 28 half tone plates by Edward Seago, large format about 10 x 7 inches, green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, like many others Edward Seago joined the armed forces in 1939 but during time away from Army duty he found time to paint and presents here a selection of pictures of the more peaceful subjects he found at this time of war, rubbed and a little bumped at extrems., cloth lightly soiled, lettering worn at spine, lacks front free endpaper, no dustwrapper, reading copy,

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Book number: 38234

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

Keywords: britain england topography east anglia norfolk suffold art painter countryside rural war ww2 home front

Shaw, Frank and Joan (foreword by Ian Lavender),

WE REMEMBER THE HOME GUARD.

Ebury Press, London, 2012, 1st in imprint, xviii, 366pp, half tone photo ills. in text, coloured endpapers, coloured photo pictorial laminated boards with matching dustwrapper, a collection of reminiscences of life in Britain's Home Guard during WW2, of their rudimentary armaments in the early stages of the war, their training and their gradual acquisition of more sophisticated weaponry, as experienced by members themselves, tanned at edges, near fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 42728

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

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Shaw, Frank and Joan (foreword by Ian Lavender),

WE REMEMBER THE HOME GUARD.

Ebury Press, London, 2012, 1st in imprint, xviii, 366pp, half tone photo ills. in text, coloured endpapers, coloured photo pictorial laminated boards with matching dustwrapper, a collection of reminiscences of life in Britain's Home Guard during WW2, of their rudimentary armaments in the early stages of the war, their training and their gradual acquisition of more sophisticated weaponry, as experienced by members themselves, edges tanned, dustwrapper: unblemished, near fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 43547

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Sweet, Matthew,

THE WEST END FRONT - The Wartime Secrets of London's Grand Hotels.

Faber and Faber, London, ND (copyright 2011), 3rd impression, xii, 362pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in silver at spine, pictorial montage dustwrapper, (9.5 x 6" approx.), an account of the eclectic mix of patrons and staff of London's West End Hotels during WW2, including the Ritz, Savoy, Dorchester, Claridge's and others, based on the memoirs of many first-hand witnesses, the contents of newly de-classified government files and a wealth of previously unpublished letters, edges a little tanned, dustwrapper: faintly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 45258

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

Keywords: war ww2 home front london west end hotel

Valery, Anne,

TALKING ABOUT THE WAR ....

Michael Joseph, London, 1991, 1st edn., x, 166pp, numerous coloured and half tone photo ills. in text, dark brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, (10 x 7.5" approx.), a collection of of memoirs, observations and anecdotes, covering such topics as fashion, food, transport, entertainment and propaganda, this book is a portrait of what life was like on the home front during World War II, lightly bumped at lower tips, edges sl. tanned, light partial tanning to endpapers, dustwrapper: unpriced, lightly rubbed at extrems. and relined at upper tip, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 45262

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

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Walden, H. A.,

OPERATION TEXTILES - A City Warehouse in Wartime.

Privately Published, ND (c1946), , 1st edn., x, 89pp, half tone double frontis, 24 half tone plates, 2 cartoons and 2 facsimils in text, small format 7.5 x 5 inches approx., blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine and upper board, Hitchcock, Williams shield in gold upper board, pictorial dustwrapper, ' ..a short history of the Firm of Hitchcock, Williams and Co., St. Paul's Churchyard, in the City of London, and the activities of their Staff during the war years 1939/45..', lightly rubbed at tips, upper edge dusty, dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems. with chip to head of spine and sl. loss at extrems., several nicks to edges, internally repaired, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 33615

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

Keywords: war ww2 home front civilian

Waller, Jane and Vaughan-Rees, Michael,

BLITZ - The Civilian War 1940-45.

Macdonald Optima, London, 1990, 1st edn., trade paperback original, xii, 336pp, numerous half tone photo ills in text, 3pp ads., photo pictorial wrappers, a sequential record of the experiences of ordinary people as they record their memories of the bombing of London 1940-45, lightly rubbed at tips, faint crease lower edge upper wrapper, short repaired tear head of lower joint, very good,

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Book number: 39619

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

Keywords: war ww2 home front blitz civil defence

Wallington, Neil,

FIREMEN AT WAR - The Work of London's Fire-Fighters in the Second World War.

David and Charles, Newton Abbot, ND (copyright 1981), 1st edn., 222pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper (unattrib.), an account of the London Fire Brigade and the Auxilliary Fire Service in London during WW2, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper unpriced, sunned at spine, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 34381

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

Keywords: war ww2 home front london fire brigade

Webb, Kaye (ed.),

LILLIPUT GOES TO WAR.

Hutchinson, London, 1985, 1st edn. thus, 288pp, numerous half tone and line illustrations in text, repro. ads. at eps., black cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, a selection from the war years of the mass circulation magazine Lilliput which was particularly popular with the armed forces during WW2, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, spine sl. sunned, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41527

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

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Wicks, Ben,

NELL'S WAR - Remembering the Blitz.

Stoddart, Toronto, 1990, [iv], 251pp, [i] ads., 8pp half tone photo ills., black paper covered boards lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the author's mother's experiences of the Battle of Britain and the Blitz during WW2 in the East End of London, together with letters collected from other survivors, small ink mark and faint foxing to top edge, paper tanned, dustwrapper: very lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 28190

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