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Life blood: the official account of the Transfusion Services, booklet on the work of the Transfusion Services and the significance of blood transfusions for injured soldiers, prepared for the Ministry of Health and the Department of Health for Scotland by the Ministry of Information, (HMSO, London). 36 pp

Meet the US Army , booklet by (Frederick) Louis MacNeice, containing information for the British public on the customs, culture and language of American servicemen, prepared for the Board of Education by the Ministry of Information, (HMSO, London). 28 pp, 1 item

Mr Smith and Mr Schmidt, booklet by Herbert Morrison, MP, comparing standards of living and civil rights in Britain and Nazi Germany, with captioned black and white photographs of Nazi rallies (Collins, London). 32 pp, 1 item

Notes on America, pocket-sized booklet giving advice to British visitors to the USA on American customs, culture and language. 24 pp, 1 item

Ocean Front: the story of the war in the Pacific, 1941-44, booklet on the Allied forces' war against the Japanese in the Pacific on land, sea and in the air, with black and white photographs, issued by the Ministry of Information, (HMSO, London). 68 pp, 1 item

People you love, booklet by Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood (E M Delafield), on the the Nazis' corruption of family life, with black and white photographs of children and the Nazi regime, (Collins, London). 32 pp, 1 item

Pocket guide to Andaman and Nicobar, guide for British soldiers in Andaman or Nicobar including a brief summary of history and culture, and black and white illustrations of the local population. 24pp, 1 item

Pocket guide to Burma, guide for British soldiers in Burma including a brief summary of history and culture, useful words and phrases, and black and white illustrations of the Burmese countryside and people. 60pp, 1 item

Post-war reconstruction in Britain: a record of progress January 1941-November 1944, booklet on British domestic reconstruction, prepared by the Reference Division of the Ministry of Information (HMSO, London). 28 pp, 1 item

Progress towards self-government in the British colonies, booklet by Josephine Kamm, with a foreword by Vincent Harlow, Rhodes Professor of Imperial History at the University of London. 48 pp, 1 item

Red snow: the Axis press and radio on the Russian campaign, booklet ridiculing reportage of the German advance into the USSR in the German media. 28 pp. 1 item

Roosevelt, pocket-sized booklet produced for the British, containing photographs and extracts from speeches of US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, London). 34 pp, 1 item

The brains to win, booklet on technological innovations in British armaments, in particular the design of the Spitfire fighter plane, with explanatory black and white photographs and diagrams and a front cover featuring a diagram of the parts of a Spitfire. 20 pp, 1 item

The first to be freed: the record of British military administration in Eritrea and Somalia, 1941-1943, booklet on the British administration in the first territories in Eritrea and Somalia to be liberated from Italian control, with black and white photographs of Eritrean and Somali scenes (HMSO, London). 76 pp, one loose item, 1 item

The Home Guard of Britain, booklet on the organisation, work and training of the Home Guard. Front cover features a member of Home Guard showing a gun to his son. 72 pp, 1 item

The men behind the job, palm-sized booklet on the importance of the hard work of civilian labourers in assisting the war effort, with captioned black and white photographs. 16 pp, 1 item

The new Income Tax quiz for wage earners, booklet with foreword by Kingsley Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer, including the changes introduced in the 1942 Budget, issued for the Board of Inland Revenue (HMSO, London). 24 pp, 1 item

The power behind their wings: an account of the part played by Sir Henry Royce and the Rolls-Royce engineers in the development of the in-line liquid-cooled Aero-Engine in Great Britain, booklet on the history of the engine which powered British aircraft during the Battle of Britain, (London). 72 pp, 1 item

The Royal Marines: the Admiralty account of their achievement 1939-1943, booklet on the Royal Marines' achievements in the Faeroe Islands, Iceland and Norway, prepared for the Admiralty by the Ministry of Information, (HMSO, London). 84 pp, 1 item

The services handbook, Ministry of Information booklet with factual and statistical information on the Royal Navy, Army, RAF and Combined Operations Command (HMSO, London). 108 pp, 1 item