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Fighter Defences in Third Air Fleet Command 1942

Buxton, Derbyshire, Military Library Research Service Ltd. 2006. Soft Cover, 10.25 x 6 Inches. 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. Reprint of a typed document so small parts of the text may be difficult to read. Unpaginated. ca 170pp. A study of Luftwaffe air fighter defences in 1942. Extremely scarce. Fine.

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Book number: 022541

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Military, Air War, Second World War, Transport - Air

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Grenadier Guards Comrades Association : Thirty-Fifth Annual Report 1950

London, The First or Grenadier Guards Comrades Association. 1950. Soft Cover, 7 x 4.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions to contents. Very faint creasing to covers. Very clean very tight pages with slightly dusty grey covers, rear cover lightly stained and a little bumping to some page edges and corners. 251pp. An account of the running of the Grenadier Guards Comrades Association for the year to March 1950and Branch details. Includes a full list of members. Very scarce. Very Good (-).

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Book number: 023043

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Old Soldiers Social History

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History of the USS Batfish : America's Killer Sub

USA, Division of Naval History. 1990, First Edition. Soft Cover, 11 x 8.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Faint creasing to covers adjacent to spine. A very clean very tight booklet with unmarked very slightly discoloured boards and no bumping to corners. 23pp. The story of USS Batfish which set the record for U.S submarines sinking enemy submarines during World War II. Also a brief history of the Submarine Force. Illustrated. Very scarce in the UK. Very Good.

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Book number: 019138

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Military, Second World War, Submarine Warfare, Usa Transport - Water

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Irish Guards : The First Hundred Years 1900-2000

Staplehurst, Kent, Spellmount Publishers Ltd. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 1862270694) Hard Cover, 11 x 9 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards, minor marks to lower rear edge and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with tear to upper front corner and rubbing to upper edge. 223pp. The story of the Irish Guards Regiment, formed in 1900 to commemorate the bravery of Irish troops in the South African wars. Very well illustrated. Tucked in are copies of the biographies of the soldiers with Victoria Cross awards. Very Good (+)/Very Good (-).

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Book number: 027178

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Britsh Army. Military, Biography - Military 1862270694

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Lectures Pour Tous : 15 Juillet 1919

Hachette Et Cie. 1919. Soft Cover, 9.5 x 6.75 inches. Ill.: Heath Robinson. No marks or inscriptions. Light creasing to covers. Clean tight well-tanned pages with well rubbed faded covers and a little loss to front corners. 1371-1448 pages. Cartoons, features, humour, stories, military articles from World War I, many celebrating the end of the War. All text in French. Very scarce. Fair.

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Book number: 018843

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: World War 1, France, Fiction Heath Robinson

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Memories of Swansea at War

Manchester, Archive Publications. 1988. (ISBN: 0948946288) Soft Cover, 10.75 x 8.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with small label removal mark to front and no bumping to corners. 48pp. Letters and photographs form the Second World War previously published in the South Wales Evening Post. Very Good (+).

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Book number: 013511

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: South Wales, Second World War, Social History Social History 0948946288

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The Music Makers : The Bands of the British Army

The Corps of Army Music. 2014, First Edition. (ISBN: 0993123104) Soft Cover with Self-Wraps, 9.75 x 9.75 inches. 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. 152pp. A photographic record of the Bands of the British Army. Tucked in are a compliment slip from the British Army and a page from the IMMS UK Journal describing the book. Fine.

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Book number: 026720

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Military, Bands, British Performing Arts - Music 0993123104

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Notes on the German Air Force

Buxton, Derbyshire, Military Library Research Service Ltd. 2006. Soft Cover, 9.75 x 7.5 inches. 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. 77pp. Air Publication of the Air Council 1928, 2nd Edition 1943. A wide-ranging Intelligence review of the state of the German Air Force in 1928. Updated to 1943. Originally a restricted document. With fold-out page of German Air Force ranks and badges of rank. Fine.

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Book number: 022539

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Second World War, Air War, Germany Transport - Air

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People of Peace at War

Boston, Mass, Pepperell Manufacturing Company. 1943, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12 x 9.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight tanning to page edges and well-rubbed edges and corners. 87pp. The Pepperell Textile company explain their input to the war effort pictorially. Captioned photographs throughout the book of weaving and other textile manufacturing, service personnel and all the textile applications during the Second World War. Very scarce in the UK. Very Good (-).

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Book number: 026809

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Second World War, Textiles Manufacturing, Military, Social History

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The Picture Book of Soldiers : 24 Colour Plates

London, Ward Lock & Co Ltd. 1930. Soft Cover, 9.75 x 7.25 inches. Fingermarks to a few pages and previous owner's name/address inside rear cover. Mainly clean pages with lightly creased covers, piece missing from lower rear corner and from ends of spine. Unpaginated. pp. Very bright clear pictures of soldiers. Poor.

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Book number: 013946

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Military

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Souvenir of H.M.S. Vanguard

Dumfries, Robert Dinwiddie & Co Ltd. 1946. Soft Cover, 5.5 x 8.75 inches. No added marks or inscriptions to contents. Light creasing to covers. Clean pages with soiled lightly marked boards and no bumping to corners. 44pp. Captioned photographs of the history of the Royal Navy ship, the layout and life on board. Undated, ca 1946. Fair.

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Book number: 027026

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Royal Navy, Ship, Hms Vanguard Transport - Water

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Truck, Cargo, HMLC, 5 Ton, 6x6 Alvis / Stalwart Mk2 (FV622)

Buxton, Derbyshire, Military Library Research Service Ltd. 2006. Soft Cover, 10.25 x 7.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 156pp. Full technical description with copious diagrams and instructions and the complete operating manual for the Truck, Cargo, HMLC, 5 Ton, 6x6 Alvis / Stalwart Mk2 (FV622) and the Truck, Cargo, HMLC, with Winch and Crane 5 Ton, 6x6 Alvis / Stalwart Mk2 (FV623) Reprint of original restricted document from 1972. Scarce. Fine.

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Book number: 024795

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Military, High Mobilitary Load Carrier, World War 2

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Uniformen und Hofkleidung in Russland um 1900

Dresden, State Art Collections. 1986. Soft Cover, 8 x 8.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 96pp. Military uniforms and court clothing in Russia around 1900. Seventy-four coloured and black & white images mostly full page of clothing and a few accessories. Images from the Dresden art collection. All text in German and in Russian. Very scarce in the UK. Near Fine.

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Book number: 019973

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Russian Military Uniforms, Court Clothing Arts - General / Style / Ornament Fashion

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Pearl Harbor : The Movie and the Moment

London, Boxtree. 2001. (ISBN: 0752220020) Paperback, 10.25 x 9 inches. No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 176pp. The infamously devastating day in American history of December 7, 1941 when the Japanese airforce destroyed the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in the Pacific. The book covers the history of the actual event and also the making of the movie about that day. As New.

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Book number: 003158

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, Ww2. Second World War, Pacific, Japanese, Americans, 0752220020

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Crusade in Europe

London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1948, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. Small stain to one page only. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with tiny mark to front board, partly sunned rear, dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Extra copy of one double-page colour map tucked in. 582pp. An account by General Eisenhower of American actions in Europe during World War II. Illustrated. Very Good (-)/No Jacket.

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Book number: 027909

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: World War Two, Americans in Europe Homes / Furnishings