HMSO,

FRONT LINE 1940-41 - The Official Story of the Civil Defence of Britain.

HMSO, London, 1942, 1st edn., paperback original, 160pp, many in text half tone photos and maps, photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", the official story of the Civil Defence of Britain, an account of the air attacks on London, the provinces and the ports, and the arrangements to deal with the consequences by the Police and the Civil Defence comprising the Wardens, Fire Brigade, Rescue, First Aid and Ambulance Services, the emergency relief provided and the measures taken resume normal life the next day, slight slant to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., sidestitched staples rusted, ink name on title, good plus,

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Book number: 39997

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

Keywords: war ww2 hmso home front air raid civil defence police warden fire brigade rescue first aid ambulance vf45

HMSO,

FRONT LINE 1940-41 - The Official Story of the Civil Defence of Britain.

HMSO, London, 1942, 1st edn., paperback original, 160pp, many half tone photos and maps, photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", side stitched staples, the official story of the Civil Defence of Britain, an account of the air attacks on London, the provinces and the ports, and the arrangements to deal with the consequences by the Police and the Civil Defence comprising the Wardens, Fire Brigade, Rescue, First Aid and Ambulance Services, the emergency relief provided and the measures taken to resume normal life the next day, slightroll to spine, flaking at spine ends, rubbed at extrems., staples a little rusty but holding, good plus,

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Book number: 45425

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

Keywords: war ww2 hmso home front air raid civil defence police warden fire brigade rescue first aid ambulance

HMSO,

TRANSPORT GOES TO WAR - The official story of British transport, 1939-1942.

HMSO, London, 1942, 1st edn., paperback original, 80pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills., stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7" approx., with the dispersal of population and industry because of the war British transport needed complete re-organisation and this is an account of what was achieved, with many of the normal routes being changed, goods taking precedent over railway passengers, the organisation of 60,000 independent heavy lorry operators, canals brought back into use, etc., well rubbed at extrems., wrappers detached and sello repaired, numerous creases and edge nicks to wrappers, corners turned in text, reading copy only,

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Book number: 40018

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

Keywords: war ww2 transport home front railways waterways roads hmso vf45

HMSO,

TRANSPORT GOES TO WAR - The official story of British transport, 1939-1942.

HMSO, London, 1942, 1st edn., paperback original, 80pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills., stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7" approx., with the dispersal of population and industry because of the war British transport needed complete re-organisation and this is an account of what was achieved, with many of the normal routes being changed, goods taking precedent over railway passengers, the organisation of 60,000 independent heavy lorry operators, canals brought back into use, etc., a little rubbed at extrems., light rusting to staples and soiling toi wrappers, very good,

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Book number: 45451

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

Keywords: war ww2 transport home front railways waterways roads hmso

Holmes, John (ed.),,

THE SPIRIT OF LOWESTOFT - A Town At War 1939-1945.

Privately Published, Lowestoft, ND (copyright 1994), paperback, 70pp, half tone photo ills. in text, oversize (11.5 x 8 inches approx.), pictorial wrappers, a collection of personal recollections of Lowestoft during WW2 with in text half tone photo illustrations, covering the declaration of war, the first and subsequent evacuees, rationing, civil defence and air raid precautions, specific air raids from 1940 until 1944, etc., lightly rubbed at tips, cnrs. slightly inclined to curl, very good,

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Book number: 43675

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

Keywords: war ww2 home front suffolk lowestoft civil defence arp, air raids evacuees

Hughes, John Graven,

THE GREASEPAINT WAR - Show Business 1939-45.

New English Library, London, 1976, 1st edn., 216pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., black cloth grain paper covered bds. gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Terry Griffiths, an account of the Entertainments National Service Association - ENSA - which provided entertainment to the munitions workers at home and the armed forces at home and abroad during WW2, including the reminiscences of many stars and lesser actors who kept the entertainment profession alive, lightly rubbed at tips, pages tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32808

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

Keywords: war ww2 theatre entertainment ensa

Humphreys, Roy (ed.),

HELLFIRE CORNER - Reminiscences of Wartime in South-east England.

Budding Books, Stroud, 1998, 1st in imprint, viii, 184pp, in text half tone photo ills. and line drawings by Gos Wilson, coloured laminated photo pictorial montage boards with matching dustwrapper, previously published by Alan Sutton in 1994, the events of six years of war in the southeast corner of England, seen through the eyes of service personnel and civilians, illustrated with contemporary photographs and specially commissioned line drawings, faintly bumped at tip of lower board, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39207

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

Keywords: war ww2 home front south-east england

Humphreys, Roy (ed.),

HELLFIRE CORNER - Reminiscences of Wartime in South-east England.

Budding Books, Stroud, 1998, 1st in imprint, viii, 184pp, in text half tone photo ills. and line drawings by Gos Wilson, coloured laminated photo pictorial montage boards with matching dustwrapper, (9.5 x 7" approx.), previously published by Alan Sutton in 1994, the events of six years of war in the southeast corner of England, seen through the eyes of service personnel and civilians, illustrated with contemporary photographs and specially commissioned line drawings, dustwrapper: small ink mark to reverse, fine in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 45247

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

Keywords: war ww2 home front south-east england

Jenkins, Ford,

PORT WAR - Lowestoft 1939-1945.

W. S. Cowell, Ipswich, [1946], 1st edn., 80pp, half tone photo frontis, numerous half tone photo ills. in text, large format (10 x 7.5 inches approx.), blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, a photographic record of Lowestoft during WW2, of evacuees, of ships and shipbuilding, vessels and service personnel from Royal Naval Patrol Service (HMS Europa), Coastal Forces (HMS Mantis) and the local minesweeping base (HMS Martello), RAF Air Sea Rescue launches, of ARP, Civil Defence and WVS, many ills. of bomb damage to the town especially the 'Wallers' raid, with a diary of some notable events, the numerous photographs are captioned and although they are presented in a somewhat strange order they comprise an important record of the town at war, with a summary of local aircraft crashes and table of air attacks with details of date, time, location, casualties and bombs dropped, a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., small bookplate front pastedown and three line ink gift inscr. front free endpaper, dustwrapper: rubbed with slight loss at extrems. repaired to reverse, spinen sunned with substantial surface rubbing, ink gift inscr. front flap, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 44169

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

Keywords: britain england topography east anglia suffolk lowestoft war ww2 home front navy rnps rncf

Johnson, Derek E.,

EAST ANGLIA AT WAR 1939-1945.

Jarrolds, Norwich, 1978, 1st edn., 160pp,half tone photo frontis and many half tone photo ills. and line drawings in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, (8.5 x 6" approx.), account of WW2 as it affected the people of Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex, simultaneous issue with the paperback edition, four line ink name and date and small tippex mark front free endpaper, dustwrapper: spine sunned, lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 45249

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

Keywords: britain england topography east anglia norfolk suffolk essex cambridgeshire home front guard ldf social history

Kemp, Anthony,

SPRINGBOARD FOR OVERLORD - Hampshire and the D-Day Landings.

Milstrone Publications, Horndean, 1984, 1st imp., paperback, 72pp, diagram and half tone photo ills. in text, pictorial stapled card wrappers, the story of the preparations for Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy in 1944, and how they affected South Hampshire as masses of men and vehicles were assembled for the greatest amphibious crossing of the war, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,

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Book number: 43687

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

Keywords: war ww2 home front hampshire overlord d-day

Lewis, Peter,

A PEOPLE'S WAR.

Thames Methuen, London, 1986, 1st edn., vi, 250pp, numerous half tone photo ills., line drawings and cartoons in text, tv tie-in, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, (10 x 7.5" approx.), a volume to accompany the Thames Television Production of the same name for Channel Four, drawing on material recorded by the Mass Observation Archive, the University of Suddex and the |IMperial War MUseum, a fresh look at the civilian experience of WW2 on the Home Front, drawing as well on the reminscences of many who contributed to the programme, light bump lower edges upper board, dustwrapper: faint creasing to edges, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 45252

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

Keywords: war ww2 home front

Longmate, Norman,

THE REAL DAD'S ARMY - The Story of the Home Guard.

Arrow, London, 1974, 1st edn., paperback original,128pp, frontis and numerous in text half tone photo ills. and cartoons, large format (8 x 5 inches approx.), half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the Home Guard, originally the Local Defence Volunteers, and the steps they took with a variety of imaginative and improvised methods of preparing to repel the invading Germans, a little rubbed at extrems., slight soiling to wrappers, good plus,

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Book number: 41029

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

Keywords: war ww2 home front ldv home guard

Lynn, Vera (with Robin Cross and Jenny de Gex),

WE'LL MEET AGAIN.

Sidgwick and Jackson, London, 1994, reprint, paperback, 192pp, numerous col'd and half tone photo ills., cartoons in text, photo pictorial wrappers, oversize (11 x 8 inches), the forces sweetheart's memoirs of WW2 and a social history of the 'home front', with numerous anecdotes and illustrations, fine,

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Book number: 41784

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

Keywords: war ww2 home front home guard bob blitz

Lynn, Vera (with Robin Cross and Jenny de Gex),

WE'LL MEET AGAIN.

Sidgwick and Jackson, London, 1994, reprint, paperback, 192pp, numerous coloured and half tone photo ills., cartoons in text, large format (11 x 8 inches approx.), photo pictorial wrappers, the forces sweetheart's memoirs of WW2 and a social history of the 'home front', with numerous anecdotes and illustrations, lightly rubbed at extrems., very good plus,

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Book number: 42579

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

Keywords: war ww2 home front home guard bob blitz