Manual of Protection against Gas and Air Raids
WAR OFFICE., WWII.
Protection against Gas in the Field [with] Respirators [with] Passive Air Defence. [Complete set.]
A RARE SURVIVAL: COMPLETE SET IN PORTFOLIO
Published: [HMSO], [1939]
Stock code: 44541
Price: £160.00
3 works in 1 vol., 8vo., First Edition, with plates and charts (a number folding), some light age soiling; housed in original red board portfolio printed in black, , threaded and tied as issued, a remarkably well-preserved, wholly unrestored set.
The set comprises: Pamphlet No. 1: Protection against Gas in the Field; Pamphlet No. 2: Respirators; Pamphlet No. 3: Passive Air Defence. Printing codes: 26/170; 26/2180; 26/2178 respectively. These pamphlets are effectively the service equivalents of the ARP Precautions leaflets issued to the general population. COMPLETE SETS IN THE ORIGINAL PORTFOLIO ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.