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C1920-30’s - Three Military Handbooks on Map Reading. BO 445. - BO 445
*Notes on Map Reading – The War Office – 1929. Paperback, 95 illustrated pages with fold out maps. This manual is intended for use of candidates for commissions in the Regular Army and in the Royal Air Force, and also for the instruction of officers and non-commissioned officers. Its objective is to provide sufficient instruction in the use of maps to enable the student to visualise, appreciate and make good use of the tactical features of the ground. *The Complete Guide to Military Map Reading. Paperback, 132 illustrated pages with fold out maps. Contents including; hill features, traversing, the magnetic compass and gridded maps etc. *Exercise based on Military Map Reading for the New Army (with solutions). Paperback, 32 pages with map. Contents include; conversion of measures, bearings, night marching, intervisibility and scales etc. The price for these collectable booklets includes UK delivery. BO 445.
£95.00

Three WWII Independent Publications Regarding Air Conflict and Informational Booklets. BO 434 - BO 434
*Victory Lies in the Air by Pemberton-Billing. Paperback, 40 pages containing subjects such as; the need of mass production, time is not on our side, the cost of bombing and unity of command etc in the words of Noel Pemberton-Billing the founder of the constitutional independents. *The Battle of Britain – August-October 1940. An Air Ministry Account of the good days from 8th August – 31st October 1940. A wonderfully scripted account of ministers in the house of commons , Sir Winston Churchill and bystanders of the days and nights during the Battle of Britain. *Air Raid Fist Aid. Paperback 32 illustrated pages. A comprehensive list of instructions on how to deal with first aid situations during and after an air raid, including; poisoning, wounds, asphyxia, hemorrhage and so forth. The price for these wonderful collectors items includes UK delivery. BO 434.
£95.00

Three Home Office Civil Defence Training Manuals on Chemical/Atomic Warfare. BO 442. - BO 442
*Manual of Basic Training- Volume II – Basic Chemical Warfare. Paperback, 96 illustrated pages. Foreword; Gas is a chemical weapon relying on its poisonous effects and, like other weapons of war, its object is to kill or incapacitate. Covering subjects such as; blister gases, tear gases, nose gases and respirator drills etc. *Manual of Basic Training – Volume II – Atomic Warfare. Paperback, 61 illustrated pages covering subjects such as; methods of attack, Gamma Rays, Neutrons, effects of persons, delayed effects and personal cleansing etc. *Air Raid Precautions Handbook No1 – Personal Protection Against Gas. Paperback, 124 pages. Contents include; the nature and properties of war gases, bombs from aircraft, chemical indicators and anti-gas treatment of persons etc. The price for this trio of hard to find manuals includes UK delivery. BO 442.
£125.00

Two Unpublished WWII Instructional Handbooks on the Browning .300-Inch Heavy Machine Gun. BO 441. - BO 441
*The Browning Heavy Machine Gun - .300 Calibre model 1917 (Water cooled) mechanism made easy. Mint paperback 32 illustrated pages. Publishers foreword; The handbook on the Browning heavy machine gun has been specially written with a view to enabling the reader to master the mechanism, stripping, stoppages and firing of the gun in the shortest possible time. *Instructional Notes on the .300-inch Browning Heavy Machine Gun. (Model 1917) 1940. Paperback, 50 illustrated pages. Contents include; Mechanism, elementary gun drill, hasty emplacements and aiming instruction etc. The price for these hard to find handbooks includes UK delivery. BO 441.
£95.00

*Scarce* Set of 1950’s Infantry Training Pamphlets Volume 1 Numbers 6- 9. BO 440. - BO 440
Volume 1 – Pamphlet No 6 – Light Machine Gun and Section Handling. Paperback 47 illustrated pages covering; Aiming, holding and firing, coaching, fixed lines and Further stripping etc. Volume 1 – Pamphlet No 7 – Grenades. Paperback 62 illustrated pages covering; The 36 grenade, grenade igniter set, the ready position, throwing and using the high wire etc. Volume 1 – Pamphlet No 8 – The 2 inch Mortar. Paperback 53 illustrated pages covering; The lying position, The spade base ‘bedded in’, Use of smoke in the following wind and the base plate mortar etc. Volume 1 – Pamphlet No 9 part 1. Paperback 18 illustrated pages *some loose but present* covering; Tactical handling, loading, un-loading and firing, fitting the nose fuze and firing-standing and kneeling etc. See images for condition.The price for this scarce set includes UK delivery. BO 440.
£125.00

*Scarce* Set of 1940’s Infantry Training Pamphlets Volume 1 Numbers 1- 4. BO 439. - BO 439
Volume 1 – Pamphlet No 1 – General. Paperback 14 pages covering; Object of Training, Progression in training, Weapons, Tactics etc. Volume 1 – Pamphlet No 2 – Fieldcraft. Paperback 77 illustrated pages covering; Observation and concealment, recognition of targets and judging distance, Fire discipline, Elementary movement and obstacle crossing by day etc. Volume 1 – Pamphlet No 3 – Rifle and Bayonet. Paperback 123 illustrated pages covering; Rifle stripping, assembling and sight setting, Loading and un-loading, Personal concealment etc. Volume 1 – Pamphlet No 4 – The Sub-Machine Gun. Paperback 37 illustrated pages covering; Stripping, cleaning, assembling and magazine filling, Zeroing, How the SMG works, and stoppages etc. See images for condition.The price for this scarce set of training pamphlets includes UK delivery. BO 439.
£125.00

Pair of War Office Small Arms Training Books from 1924 & 1931. BO 438. - BO 438
Two copies of ‘Small Arms Training’ one from 1924 and one from 1931 Issued by the Command of the Army Council and The War Office. 1924 edition; hardback, 403 illustrated pages. Contents (75) covering; Individual weapons training, range duties, battle practices, throwing, dummy firing amongst many more. 1931 edition; hardback, 370 illustrated pages. Contents (45) covering; (Lewis Gun Training) holding, loading and un-loading, stripping and assembly, elementary handling , Lewis gun packsaddlery amongst many more. These books are obviously out of print and very scarce. The price includes UK delivery. BO 438.
£125.00

*Rare/Original WWI Handbook for the ‘Lewis Machine Gun – Airplane Type’. BO 437. - BO 437
An original WWI Handbook for the ‘Lewis Machine Gun – Airplane Type’. The handbook starts with a general description of the modern machine gun. ‘Modern machine guns are classified by feeding means, operating means and cooling means’. The table of contents includes ; weights and measurements, dismounting and stripping, assembling, points of flight, cleaning and maintenance amongst numerous others. Paperback, 63 illustrated pages with a large colour fold out exploded diagram of the machine gun. The book is in excellent condition. The price for this very rare book includes UK delivery. BO 437. (Drawer 200)
£125.00

*Out of Print Classic-As New* ‘The Grand Old Lady of No Mans Land-The Vickers Machinegun’ by Dolf L. Goldsmith. BO 436. - BO 436
The Grand Old Lady of No Mans Land is Dolf Goldsmiths triumphant , in-depth sequel to his bestselling ‘The Devils Paintbrush-Sir Hiram Maxims Gun’, which first set the stage in the late nineteenth-century era of the hand-cranked, black powder ‘machinegun’ wherein the concept of re-coil was considered ‘at best useless and at worst dangerous’. Hardback with dust cover, 565 illustrated pages in as new condition. The price for this out of print classic includes UK delivery. BO 436.
£375.00

*Out of Print Classic* As New- ‘The Devils Paintbrush- Sir Hiram Maxim’s Gun’ by Dolf L. Goldsmith. BO 435. - BO 435
Collectors, military historians and shooting enthusiasts alike will welcome this comprehensive and long overdue treatise on the worlds first automatic machine gun. Presented in collector grades usual in-depth fashion, the story begins with an interesting treatise on the origins of the ‘Maxim’ name. Hirams birth and early life in rustic, pre-Civil-War New England, and the remarkable rise of this largely self-educated man to a position of celebrated prominence. Hardback with dust cover, 367 illustrated pages in near new condition. The price for this sought after out of print classic hardback includes UK delivery. BO 435.
£225.00
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