The 1940s Society Reprinted Wartime Booklets

Welcome To Britain
This booklet was issued to American forces in an attempt to get them acquainted with the British, their country, and their ways, and avoid some of the more obvious misunderstandings that could easily occur without at least a little knowledge of the strange and wonderful British customs.

Price: £4.99

Home Guard Manual - 1941
This reprint of the 1941 Home Guard Manual covers all the material you would expect and is a fascinating read. Basic field craft, how to survive in the open, how to destroy tanks, ambush the invaders, use weapons of varying sorts, make booby traps, read maps and send signals. The fledgling volunteer was turned into a veritable fighting machine!

Price: £7.99

Air Raid Precautions - 1938
From protection from gas attack to preparing a safe refuge and even first aid for bomb victims, this book is a mine of invaluable advice for the Blitz-weary householder. An excellent hardback reproduction of a 1938 publication. (HB RRP £9.99)

Price: £7.99

Make Do and Mend
This faithfully reproduced book originally produced in 1943 is often quoted and mentioned in modern reference books. Now it is available for all those interested in the Second World War British Home Front. With 32 pages and 29 illustrations its as fascinating today as when it was first published.
Price: £4.99

Fire Over London 1940-41
A visual response to the bombing of Britain, describing the work of London's fireman. Published by the London County Council.
Price: £4.99

Home Front Handbook
Compiled by the Reference Division of the Ministry of Information this is a handbook of factual and statistical information supplied by the Government of the day and its various departments. This pamphlet is a reprint of the 1943 edition revised in 1945.
Price: £4.99

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Manpower: the story of Britain's Mobilisation for War
Prepared for the Ministry of Labour and National Service by the Ministry of Information in 1944, it describes the measures undertaken to ensure that the people of Britain made the fullest contribution to the war effort in spite of the prevailing wartime restrictions.
Price: £4.99

THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
AUGUST - OCTOBER 1940
(First published in 1941).

The War Facsimiles are exact reproductions of illustrated books that were published during World War ll. They were produced by the British government to inform people about the progress of the war and the home-defence operations. The War Facsimiles form part of the highly praised uncovered editions series. Both sets for books taken directly from the archive of The Stationary Office in London.

Price: £4.99

Fleet Air Arm
The admiralty account of Naval Air Operations. (First published in 1943).

The War Facsimiles are exact reproductions of illustrated books that were published during World War ll. They were produced by the British government to inform people about the progress of the war and the home-defence operations. The War Facsimiles form part of the highly praised uncovered editions series. Both sets for books taken directly from the archive of The Stationary Office in London.

Price: £5.99

East of Malta West of Suez
The admiralty account of the naval war in the eastern Mediterranean: September 1939 to March 1941. (First published in 1943).

The War Facsimiles are exact reproductions of illustrated books that were published during World War ll. They were produced by the British government to inform people about the progress of the war and the home-defence operations. The War Facsimiles form part of the highly praised uncovered editions series. Both sets for books taken directly from the archive of The Stationary Office in London.

Price: £4.99