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Hardcover, red cloth in ersatz dust-jacket. Privately bound volume containing several parts issues. sans covers, of The History of the Second World War. Circa 1973. Titled on spine in gold “The Campaigns on Mainland Asia” issues include the following articles: Japanese Victory – The Conquest of Malaya [Arthur Swinson]; Japanese Victory – The Conquest of Hong Kong [Keith Hindell]; The Long Retreat The First Burma Camapign [Sir John Smyth]; Air War in the Far East [John Vader]; Arakan – A First Uncertain Step [Robert Cooper]; The Chindits [Arthur Swinson]; China – The Forgotten Battleground [T.N. Dupuy]; Holding the Burma Front [Sir Geoffrey Evans]; Araka – The Battle Turns [Antony Brett-James]; Burma – The Supply Problem [Riley Sunderland]; Imphal – Crisis in Burma [Sir Geoffrey Evans]; Kohima – Turning Point In Burma [Arthur Swinson]; Burma – The Japanese Verdict [Iwaichi Fujiwara]; The U.S. at War in China [Trevor Dupuy]; The last Great Carrier Battle [Donald Macintyre]; Wingate’s Last Camapign [Arthur Swinson]; Prisoner on the Kwai [Basil Peacock]; Across the Irrawaddy [Sir Geoffrey Evans]; The Fight for Iwo Jima [Don Yoder]; Return to Mandalay [Antony Brett-James]; Fire Raids [John Vader]; Triumph in the North – Victory in Burma [Trevor N. Dupuy]; Race to Rangoon [Antony Brett-James], et alia. Red cloth housed in protective mylar covers that have been pasted to inside of front and rear boards. Artwork depicting Gurkha, Japanese and Britsh infrantrymen inserted into front panel, types of heavy nachine guns inserted into rear. Tile printed on spine of jacket in bold black letters as “The Campaigns on Mainland China”. A professionally bound volume in attractive wrapper. No previois ownership marks. Near fine. Scans sent on request.