Air Ministry. WINGS OF THE PHOENIX. | £12.00 | |||||
The official story of the Air War in Burma. 143pp. 5 maps and 22 photographs. Very good in chipped dustwrapper with some loss to the spine panel. 1949 First edition, HMSO. | ||||||
Amery, L.S. (introduces). QUEEN MARY'S BOOK FOR INDIA. | £10.00 | |||||
In Aid of the Indian Comforts Fund. 103pp. 20 b/w photographs and a map. Tributes to India's war effort and a wartime anthology of prose and poetry signed in facsimile by the distinguished contributors. Very good. 1943 First edition, Harrap. | ||||||
Barber, Noel. SINISTER TWILIGHT. | £8.00 | |||||
The fall and rise again of Singapore. 317pp. Index. Endpaper maps. Account of the city's capture by the Japanese. Very good indeed in very good dustwrapper. 1968 First edition, Collins. | ||||||
Bin Mat, Dato' Sir Mahmud. TINGGAL KENANGAN. | £35.00 | |||||
The Memoirs of Dato' Sir Mahmud Bin Mat. 308pp. Photographs in b/w. The subject served in the Malay Administrative Service and worked with the Sultan of Pahang during the Japanese occupation. Very good indeed in like dustwrapper. Long and interesting inscription on front endpaper. 1997 First edition, Kuala Lumpur. | ||||||
Braund, Harold. DISTINCTLY I REMEMBER. | £15.00 | |||||
A Personal Story of Burma. 296pp. Index. In Burma 1934-45 with Steel Brothers and the Chin Levies. Foreword by Bernard Fergusson. Fine in chipped dustwrapper. 1972 First edition, Wren, Australia. | ||||||
Brett-James, Anthony. BALL OF FIRE. | £85.00 | |||||
The Fifth Indian Division in the Second World War. 481pp. Index. 66 b/w illustrations and 12 maps. Service in the Western Desert and Burma. Very good indeed in complete dustwrapper with slight rubbing to head and tail of spine panel 1951 First edition, Gale and Polden, Aldershot. | ||||||
Burchett, W.G. WINGATE'S PHANTOM ARMY. | £14.00 | |||||
240pp. Folding map. Photographs. War correspondent's account. Very good. Corners and edges a little rubbed. 1944 Second impression, Thacker & Co., Bombay. | ||||||
Callahan, Raymond. BURMA 1942-1945. | £16.00 | |||||
242pp. Index. A study of strategy and politics. Fine in very good dw. 1978 First edition, Davis-Poynter. | ||||||
Callahan, Raymond. BURMA 1942-1945. | £21.00 | |||||
242pp. Index. A study of strategy and politics. Fine in fine dw. 1978 First edition, Davis-Poynter. | ||||||
Campbell, Arthur. THE SIEGE. | £10.00 | |||||
A Story from Kohima. 211pp. Endpaper maps. 6 b/w illustrations and 4 maps in the text. Fine in fine dw. 1956 Reprint, Allen and Unwin. | ||||||
Connell, John. WAVELL: SCHOLAR AND SOLDIER. | £10.00 | |||||
574pp. Index. 6 maps and 23 b/w photographs. Ends with his appointment as viceroy. Very good but binding a little cocked. 1964 First edition, Collins. | ||||||
Cooper, Ashley. THE KHYBER CONNECTION. | £10.00 | |||||
The Furrow and the Raj. 238pp. Index. Card covers. 48 b/w photographs. Explores the multitude of links between people in rural Suffolk and the experience of India and Burma. Reminiscences and memorials illuminated by the author's travels. An unusual and interesting perspective. Very good. 1985 First Bulmer. | ||||||
Crow, Carl. THE LONG ROAD BACK TO CHINA. | £12.00 | |||||
The Burma Road Wartime Diaries. 246pp. Card covers. American journalist travels in 1939 from Rangoon, expecting Japanese attack, to Chongqing, already at war. Fine. 2009 Earnshaw Books, Hong Kong. | ||||||
Doulton, Lieut.General A.J.F. THE FIGHTING COCK. | £65.00 | |||||
Being the History of the 23rd Indian Division 1942-1947. 318pp. Index. 14 b/w photographs and 20 maps. Service in Burma and Java. Very good indeed in complete dustwrapper with badly faded spine panel. Yellow cloth very clean and bright. Slight spotting to fore-edge. 1951 First edition, Gale & Polden, Aldershot. | ||||||
Eldridge, Fred. WRATH IN BURMA. | £21.00 | |||||
The Uncensored Story of General Stillwell. 320pp. 21 b/w photographs. Endpaper maps. Very good in slightly chipped dw. 1946 First edition, Doubleday, New York. | ||||||
Fay, Peter Ward. THE FORGOTTEN ARMY. | £10.00 | |||||
India's Armed Struggle for Independence 1942-1945. 573pp. Index. Full account of Bose and the INA. Seen from the individual perspectives of participants. Card covers. Fine. 1995, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor | ||||||
Fay, Peter Ward. THE FORGOTTEN ARMY. | £18.00 | |||||
India's Armed Struggle for Independence 1942-1945. 573pp. Index. Full account of Bose and the INA. Seen from the individual perspectives of participants. Fine in fine dw. 1993 First edition, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press. | ||||||
Fellowes-Gordon, Ian. THE BATTLE FOR NAW SENG'S KINGDOM. | £16.00 | |||||
General Stilwell's North Burma Campaign and its Aftermath. 176pp. The story of the Kachin Levies. Very good in very good dw. 1971 First edition, Leo Cooper | ||||||
Fergusson, Bernard. THE WILD GREEN EARTH. | £10.00 | |||||
288pp. Index. 5 maps. With the second Chindit expedition of 1944. Very good. Owner's name. 1946 First edition, Collins. | ||||||
Fraser, George Macdonald. QUARTERED SAFE OUT HERE. | £25.00 | |||||
A Recollection of the War in Burma. 225pp + glossary. Very good indeed in near-fine dustwrapper. Owners name on endpaper. A few marks from sellotape once protecting the wrapper. 1992 Second printing, Harvill. | ||||||
Fraser, George Macdonald. QUARTERED SAFE OUT HERE. | £35.00 | |||||
A Recollection of the War in Burma. 225pp + glossary. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A lovely copy. 1992 First edition. Harvill. | ||||||
Goode, Fred C. NO SURRENDER IN BURMA | £12.00 | |||||
Operations behind Japanese Lines, Captivity and Torture. 246pp. Index. 19 b/w photographs. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2014 First edition, Pen & Sword. | ||||||
Government of India Press. FIELD SERVICE HYGIENE NOTES: INDIA 1940. | £32.00 | |||||
635pp. Index. In soft cloth wallet. There is an empty pocket inside the front wrapper but no indication of what was intended to be in it. Full detail on how the keep the army healthy. Very good. 1941 Delhi. | ||||||
Government of India. THE TIGER KILLS. | £24.00 | |||||
India's Fight in the Middle East and North Africa. 354pp. The Indian edition includes a 47pp appendix on decorations and awards. 12 maps and 68 photographs. Very good in unevely faded orange cloth. 1944 First edition, Bombay. | ||||||
Government of India. THE TIGER KILLS. | £18.00 | |||||
India's Fight in the Middle East and North Africa. 354pp. The Indian edition includes a 47pp appendix on decorations and awards. 12 maps and 68 photographs. Very good in unevely faded and slightly grubby orange cloth. 1944 First edition, Bombay. | ||||||
Graham, Gordon and Cole, Frank. THE BURMA CAMPAIGN MEMORIAL LIBRARY. | £15.00 | |||||
Descriptive Catalogue and Bibliography. 150pp. Card covers. Index of titles relating to the war in Burma. Organised in 24 sections on different aspect of events such as 'The War in the Air' etc.. Fine. 1999 First edition, School of African and Oriental Studies. | ||||||
Hemingway, Kenneth. WINGS OVER BURMA. | £15.00 | |||||
192pp. 37 b/w photographs. Descriptions of air combat during the retreat from Burma. Very good. Some fading to boards. Inscription dated 1944 on front endpaper. 1944 First edition, Quality Press. | ||||||
Hickey, Colonel Michael THE UNFORGETTABLE ARMY. | £10.00 | |||||
Slim's XIVth Army in Burma. 318pp. Index. 48 b/w photographs and 9 maps. Fine in fine dw. 1992 Reprint, BCA. | ||||||
Humphreys, Roy. TO STOP A RISING SUN. | £12.00 | |||||
Reminiscences of Wartime India and Burma. 214pp. Index. Photographs in b/w. A collection of soldier's accounts. Fine in fine dw. 1996 First edition, Allan Sutton. | ||||||
Irving, David. THE WAR BETWEEN THE GENERALS. | £10.00 | |||||
Rivalries between Patton, Montgomery and others. 446pp. Very good indeed. 1981 First. |
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