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Abstract Brassey's Annual. Edited by Rear-Admiral H. G. Thursfield. (William Clowes & Sons.) 63s. Crisis in the Desert, May-July, 1942. By J. A. I. Agar-Hamilton and L. C. F. Turner. (Oxford University Press) 42s. Jane's Fighting Ships, 1952–53. Edited by Raymond V. B. Blackman, A.M.I.N.A., A.I.Mar.E. (Sampson Low.) 84s. The Naval Miscellany. Volume IV. Edited by Christopher Lloyd. (Navy Records Society.) 45s. H.M. Submarines. By Lieut.-Commander P. K. Kemp, R.N. (Herbert Jenkins.) 16s. The Private Papers of Douglas Haig, 1914–1919. Edited by Robert Blake. (Eyre & Spottiswoode.) 25s. The History of the French First Army. By Marshal de Lattre de Tassigny. Translated by Malcolm Barnes. (Allen and Unwin.) 42s. The 43rd Wessex Division at War, 1944–45. Compiled by Major-General H. Essame. (William Clowes & Sons.) 20s. Algiers to Austria : A History of 78 Division in the Second World War. By Cyril Ray. (Eyre & Spottiswoode.) 25s. Golden Arrow. The Story of the 7th Indian Division. By Brigadier M. R. Roberts, D.S.O. (Gale & Polden.) 25s. Battery Records of the Royal Artillery, 1716–1859. Compiled by Lieut-Colonel M. E. S. Laws, O.B.E., M.C., R.A. (Retd.) (William Clowes & Sons.) 50s. Sappers in the Persian Gulf. By Colonel W. H. Adcock, B.Sc., M.I.E.E., A.M.I.Mech.E. (Bombay, Thacker & Co.; London, Gale & Polden.) 18s. The History of The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, 1939–1945. By Brigadier C. N. Barclay, C.B.E., D.S.O. (W. Clowes & Sons.) 26s. From Pyramid to Pagoda. By Lieut.-Colonel E. W. C. Sandes, D.S.O., M.C. (Published privately.) The Royal Irish Fusiliers, 1793–1950. By Marcus Cunliffe. (Oxford University Press.) 42s. Orders should be placed with the O.C. Depot, Armagh, Northern Ireland. Sherwood Rangers. By T. M. Lindsay. (Burrup, Mathieson and Co.) 30s. History of the Army Service Corps. Volume I. The East India Company, 1760–1857. By Brigadier Humphry Bullock, C.I.E., O.B.E., F.R.Hist.S. (Published for the Corps by Gale & Polden). Jane's All the World's Aircraft, 1952–1953. Compiled and edited by Leonard Bridgman. (Sampson. Low.) 84s.