Lowder, Hughston E. with Scott ,Jack,

BATFISH - The Champion 'Submarine-Killer' Submarine of World War II.

Sphere, London, 1982, paperback original, [viii], 276pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [iv] ads., pictorial montage upper wrapper, an account of the '..most lethal submarine ever.. the USS Batfish.. from her keel-laying to her final berth..', sl. spine roll and slant, a little rubbed at extrems., sl. surface loss tail of spine, some light vertical creasing to spine, very good,

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Book number: 27163

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

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Lowder, Hughston E. with Scott ,Jack,

BATFISH - The Champion 'Submarine-Killer' Submarine of World War II.

Sphere, London, 1982, paperback original, [viii], 276pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [iv] ads., pictorial montage upper wrapper, an account of the '..most lethal submarine ever.. the USS Batfish.. from her keel-laying to her final berth..', slight roll and slant to spine, a little rubbed at extxrems., edges tanned, good,

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Book number: 45208

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 us navy submarines pacific philippines

Lowry, Michael (fordwword by Richard Holmes),

FIGHTING THROUGH TO KOHIMA - A Memoir of War in India and Burma.

Leo Cooper, Barnsley, 2003, 1st edn., xxvii, 276pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., in text maps, green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, the author was commissioned into the Queen's Royal Regiment in June 1939 and was en route to the 1st Battalion when WW2 broke out, serving on the North-West Frontier until December 1942 when his battalion became part of 7th Indian Division and after training in central India served in the Arakan and later in the action at Kohima when in one week 173 members of his battalion were lost, faint bump head of spine, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, light crease front flap, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 38791

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 army india north west frontier pathan japan burma arakan kohima queens royal regiment

Macintyre, Captain Donald,

LEYTE GULF - Armada in the Pacific.

Macdonald, London, 1970, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone and line ills. and maps, photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Battle Book No. 11', the attack by the Japanese fleet against the US pacific naval forces and the introduction of kamikazee units, slant to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., multi currency price label upper wrapper, pages tanned, very good,

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Book number: 43798

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 history pacific navy kamikazee

Macintyre, Captain Donald,

LEYTE GULF - Armada in the Pacific.

Macdonald, London, 1970, 1st edn. UK, large format (trade) paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone and line ills. and maps, pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Battle Book 11', the attack by the Japanese fleet against the US pacific naval forces and the introduction of kamikazee units, rubbed at extrems., small price label upper wrapper and another removed with los to susrafce, pages tann ed, good plus,

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Book number: 43799

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 history pacific navy kamikazee

Macintyre, Captain Donald,

LEYTE GULF - Armada in the Pacific.

Macdonald, London, 1970, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous half tone and line ills. and maps, photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Battle Book No. 11', the attack by the Japanese fleet against the US pacific naval forces and the introduction of kamikazee units, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 44928

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 history pacific navy kamikazee

Mains, Lt. Col. Tony,

THE RETREAT FROM BURMA.

New Engliish Library, London, 1974, 1st in imprint, paperback, 143pp, maps and diagram in text, [i] ads., coloured wraparound pictorial wrappers, No. 4 in the publisher's Military History series, a personal day-to-day account of a junior staff officer in command of a small unit in British Intelligence at the time of theirn retreat in Burma, telling of the 'last ditchers' of Rangoon and of how they acquitted themselves during those chaotic times, edges tanned, near fine,

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Book number: 44233

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 far east burma rangoon british intelligence

Manchester, William,

GOODBYE, DARKNESS - A Memoir of the Pacific War.

Panther Books, London, 1982, 1st in imprint, paperback, 413pp, maps and line ills. in text, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the Pacific War but also a personal memoir of the one-time marine, revisiting the islands where he lost so many friends, haunted by the nightmares of war and the guilt of survival he has produced a compelling testament of the savagery and horror of combat, light creasing to heavily sunned spine, a little rubbed at extrems. and more heavily to upper cnr. upper wrapper, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 41996

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: ww2 army us marines american pacific

Maule, Henry,

SPEARHEAD GENERAL.

Corgi, London, 1983, 1st in imprint, paperback, 382pp, maps in text, [ii] ads., #FB1417, half tone photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, an extraordinary account of command during WW2, the experiences of General Sir Frank Messervy in the East African Casmpaign, the Western Desert and in Burma; from instructor at Quetta Staff College he was appointed CO 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers in 1938 and in 1939 promoted Colonel and appointed GSO1 Indian 5th Infantry Division which in 1940 was sent to Sudan for the East Africa Campaign, appointed in command of 'Gazelle Force', a reconnaisance and strike formation, in March 1941 Brigadier in command 9th Infantry Brigade and after six weeks command of the Indian 4th Infantry Division which he took to the Western Desert in time for Operation Battleaxe in June and Crusader in November. In 1942 he held command of 1st Armoured and then 7th Armoured Divisions but his control of armour was not considered a success. He knew little about tanks and after a heavy defeat at Gazala he was dismissed his command in June 1942 and transferred to Cairo as Deputy CGS, Midddle East Command. In January 1943 he was made Director of AFV, GHQ India Command and in July 1943 he was appointed GOC Indian 7th Infantry Division which was sent to the Arakan in Burma. By May 1944 the division was back in the Kohima sector fighting a key battle at Naga Village. On advancing to the Chindwin and on combining with the Indian 20th Division inflicted a heavy defeat on the Japanese at Ukhurul. In command of IV Corps in December 1944 he led the 1945 offensive and advanced to Rangoon between February and April.slightly cocked, rubbed at extrems. with tiny nick to fore-edge, light creasing, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 45812

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 army far east burma messervy 7th indian division

Mayo, Lida,

BLOODY BUNA - The Campaign that halted the Japanese invasion of Australia.

Purnell, London, ND, club edn., 222pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., in text maps by Arthur S. Hardyman, dark green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, account of the six month campaign in the jungles of New Guinea from July 1942 until January 1943, in which a combined force of Australian and US troops under General MacArthur faced the Japanese for the recapture of Buna, the first Allied military victory over the Japanese of WW2, a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems,. tanned to reverse, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41233

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

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McCormac, Charles DCM,

YOU'LL DIE IN SINGAPORE.

Pan Books, London, 1957, 1st in imprint, paperback, 192pp, map and plan in text, pictorial montage upper wrapper by Carl Wilton, map of escape route lower wrapper, stationed in Singapore during 1942 the author, an RAF Sergeant, was captured by a Japanese patrol. With 16 others he broke out from his prison camp and started his two thousand mile journey of escape through Malaya, Sumatra and Java, spine slanted, crease at upper hinge, rubbed at extrems. with small area surface loss tail of spine, edges browned, good reading copy,

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Book number: 41811

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

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McCormac, Charles DCM,

YOU'LL DIE IN SINGAPORE.

Pan Books, London, 1976, 6th imp., paperback, 192pp, key to escape route, map and plan in text, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), stationed in Singapore during 1942 the author, an RAF Sergeant, was captured by a Japanese patrol. With 16 others he broke out from his prison camp and started his two thousand mile journey of escape through Malaya, Sumatra and Java, sl. slant to spine with light vertical crease, a little rubbed at extrems., small area surface loss upper wrapper, edges tanned, occasional light yellow foxing throughout, light stain lower edge of final leaves, good,

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Book number: 42003

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

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Mitsuru, Yoshida,

REQUIEM FOR BATTLESHIP YAMATO.

BCA by arrangement with Constable, London, 1999, club edn., xxxvi, 152pp, 16pp illustrations in mainly half tone photos, black cloth lettered in metallic red at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account by the assistant radar officer of Japan's giant battleship Yamato, a monster of 67,000 tons and armed with 18 inch guns, which steamed to face the Amercan task force covering the invasion of Okinawa, where it was finally sunk by US carrier aircraft in April 1945, dustwrapper: unpriced, fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32844

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

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Moody, Sidney C., Jnr., and The Associated Press,

WAR AGAINST JAPAN.

Presidio Press, Novato California, ND (copyright 1994), 192pp, numerous half tone photo ills., plan and maps in text, half tone photo pictorial laminated bds., oversize (11 x 8.5 inches), a selection of photographs of the war against Japan in Hawaii, China, Pacific Ocean and Islands, taken by Associated Press photographers, with a narrative text, no dustwrapper, fine,

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Book number: 29285

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 america japan pacific pearl harbor harbour tojo hirohito macarthur bataan corregidor nagasaki midway guadalcanal iwo jima papua new guinea hiroshima

Nagatsuka, R,

I WAS A KAMIKAZE - The Knights of the Divine Wind.

New English Library, London, 1974, 1st in imprint, paperback, 189pp, [iii] ads., wraparound pictorial cover-art by Brian Knight, an account of a young Japanese pilot's training to become a bomber suicide pilot during WW2, appendix of suicide plane attacks and results, faint vertical crease in spine, lightly rubbed at tips, light creasing lower cnrs., edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 41832

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

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