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News of the war, edition 4, magazine in Arabic with black and white photographs and articles on the Allied war effort, cover story on Allied protection of Egypt. 1 item

Phillip's map of Europe showing topography in Europe, map of Europe in Arabic, scale 1:7,250,000, (London Geographical Institute, George Phillip's & Sons). 1 item

Resources of the world and the war, pamphlet in Arabic displaying the distribution of natural resources world wide and the paucity of German resources. 1 item

The ABCs of war, pamphlet with each page representing a letter of the Arabic alphabet and a word beginning with that letter promoting Britain over the Nazis. 2 items

Arabic, Dutch, French and Portuguese editions of The victory in the desert, on the British Army's success in the Western Desert campaign. 142 pp, 4 items

Arabic, Farsi, Portuguese and Spanish editions of Coastal Command, photographs taken from the film of the same name on the work and mission of British Coastal Command. 64 pp, 4 items

Bengali Material: Jagat Vartta Saptahika, [World Proceedings Weekly], a weekly news sheet in Bengali, Nos 252-254 and 256-259, (Prakasaka Muslim Society in Great Britain, Shah Jahan Masjid, Woking, Surrey). 7 items

Bi-lingual edition (English and Afrikaans) of Neptune, no. 14, containing articles on the naval Battle of Matapan; British raid on the Norwegian Lofoten islands and the bombing of Bergen, Norway. Front cover features an air-gunner observer of RAF Coastal Command on his way to his aircraft. 24 pp, 1 item

Bi-lingual edition (English and Afrikaans) of Neptune, no. 53, containing articles on the Royal Navy's manned torpedoes; co-operation between British and American Allied Commanders, and the equipment of Britain's airborne units. Front page features a colour illustration of a 'human torpedo' being driven under the stern of a ship (Continental Publishers and Distributors Ltd, London). 32 pp, 1 item

Bi-lingual edition (English and Afrikaans) of Neptune, no. 62, containing articles on account of the Corporation of Trinity House; Yalta Conference of Feb 1945, and the geography and landscape of Burma. Front cover features a black and white illustration by Miles Harper of 'barracuda' planes of the Fleet Air Arm and US Avenger planes leaving for an attack in Japanese territory (Continental Publishers and Distributors Ltd, London). 32 pp, 1 item

A war atlas for Americans, colour maps showing the rise and fall of the Axis powers on the Western, Mediterranean, Russian, Asiatic and Pacific fronts, prepared with the assistance of the US Office of War Information for the Council on books in Wartime (Simon and Schuster, New York). 100 pp, 1 item

Before Pearl Harbour: a study of the historical background to the War in the Pacific, paperback book by Sir John Thomas Pratt, Head of Eastern Section, Ministry of Information, on Japan's rise as a military power, and the decline of China, (Caxton Publishing Company Ltd, London). 64 pp, 1 item

His Majesty's ships: an account of the ships in the Royal Navy, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Australian Navy, the Royal New Zealand, the South Africa Naval forces, the Royal Indian Navy, paperback book (HMSO, London). 98 pp, 1 item

Over to you: new broadcasts by the RAF, transcripts of broadcasts by RAF airmen, Mar 1942-May 1943 on their experiences engaging with the enemy, prepared for the Air Ministry by the Ministry of Information, (HMSO, London). 116 pp, 1 item

Roof over Britain: the official story of Britain's Anti-Aircraft Defences 1939-1942, paperback book prepared for the War Office and the Air Ministry by the Ministry of Information, featuring black and white photographs of AA Defence at work, with a black and white cover design by Abram Games of a member of Anti-Aircraft personnel gazing towards the sky (HMSO, London). 92 pp, 1 item

The battle of the land, hardback book by Professor Nagendra Gangulee, Research Scholar at Rothamsted Experimental Station, on war time food production, (Lindsay Drummond, London). 136 pp, 1 item

The City of London: an outline of its history, paperback book on the history of the City of London from Roman times to the Blitz, with reproduction engravings of old London scenes and historical figures, and black and white photographs of wartime London. 132 pp, 1 item

The saga of 'San Demetrio', paperback book by Wynifred Margaret Jesse (F Tennyson Jesse), an inspirational account of how the SAN DEMETRIO, a British Merchant Navy oil tanker was salvaged by her crew following an attack in the Atlantic (HMSO, London). 68 pp

V, booklet of uncaptioned cartoons depicting Adolf Hitler and Hermann Wilhelm Goering being harassed by 'V' victory signs in ten consecutive scenes. 1 item

MOI map service (GPD series), Book seven-Feb 1943 (Pacific areas nos. 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11), booklet containing 6 maps of Tibet, China, Vietnam, Burma, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, Mongolia and USSR. 2 copies