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Object Title

Fields of deception : Britain's bombing decoys of World War II

LBY 00 / 2086

Object category

Books

Production date

2000

Creator

DOBINSON, COLIN (Author) Methuen (Publisher)
Object Title

Psychological aspects of camouflage design and detection stress and visual information processing

LBY K. 84 / 29

Object category

Books

Production date

1981

Creator

KING, M.G. (MICHAEL GLENN) (Author) BURROWS, G.D. (GRAHAM DENE) (Author) STANLEY, G.V. (GORDON VEITCH) (Author) AUSTRALIA. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE (Author) Department of Defence (Publisher)
Object Title

Camouflage

LBY 80 / 515

Object category

Books

Production date

Unknown

Creator

UNITED STATES. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (Author) UNITED STATES. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY FIELD MANUAL; FM 5-20 (Author) COMBAT BOOKSHELF (Author) Desert Publications (Publisher)
Object Title

Camouflage : a history of concealment and deception in war

LBY 79 / 2925

Object category

Books

Production date

1979

Creator

HARTCUP, GUY (Author) David and Charles (Publisher)
Object Title

Camouflage simplified

LBY 82 / 1772

Object category

Books

Production date

1942

Creator

SLOANE, ERIC (Author) Devin-Adair (Publisher)
Object Title

100 camouflage questions and answers

LBY 82 / 1790

Object category

Books

Production date

Unknown

Creator

UNITED STATES. AIR FORCE. FIRST AIR FORCE. ENGINEER SECTION (Author) First Air Force (Publisher)
Object Title

Brassey's book of camouflage

LBY 96 / 2087

Object category

Books

Production date

1996

Creator

NEWARK, TIM (Author) NEWARK, QUENTIN (Author) BORSARELLO, J.F. (Author) Brassey's (Publisher)
Object Title

Brassey's book of camouflage

LBY 07 / 1802

Object category

Books

Production date

1996

Creator

NEWARK, TIM (Author) NEWARK, QUENTIN (Author) BORSARELLO, J.F. (Author) Brassey's (Publisher)
Object Title

Concealment and camouflage. Part 2 use of camouflage equipment, 1942

LBY K. 91 / 433

Object category

Books

Production date

1942

Creator

INDIA. BRITISH EMPIRE. ARMY. GENERAL STAFF (Author) MILITARY TRAINING PAMPHLET; NO. 10 (INDIA) (Author) Manager of Publications (Publisher)
Object Title

Camoflage information sheets nos. 1-33

LBY K. 80 / 455

Object category

Books

Production date

1942

Creator

MIDDLE EAST FORCES. HEADQUARTERS (Author) Middle East Forces (Publisher)
Object Title

Modern camouflage the new science of protective concealment

LBY 18989

Object category

Books

Production date

1942

Creator

BRECKENRIDGE, ROBERT P. (Author) Farrar and Rinehart (Publisher)
Object Title

Camouflage : a history of concealment and deception in war

LBY 79 / 2774

Object category

Books

Production date

1979

Creator

HARTCUP, GUY (Author) David and Charles (Publisher)
Object Title

The war magician

LBY 86 / 3318

Object category

Books

Production date

1983

Creator

FISHER, DAVID (Author) Coward-McCann (Publisher)
Object Title

Concealment in the field. [Part 1] and Camouflage suggestions [part 2]

LBY K. 91 / 382

Object category

Books

Production date

1941

Creator

ROYAL ENGINEERS. CAMOUFLAGE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (Author) MIDDLE EAST TRAINING PAMPHLET; NO. 8 (Author) [Royal Engineers (Publisher)
Object Title

Camouflage for junior commanders

LBY K. 91 / 432

Object category

Books

Production date

Unknown

Creator

CAMOUFLAGE FOR JUNIOR COMMANDERS (Author) n.pub. (Publisher)
Object Title

Das taktische Lichtbilderbuch. II Teil die Deckung gegen Fliegersicht

LBY 24873

Object category

Books

Production date

1917

Creator

GERMANY. LUFTSTREITKRAFTE. KOMMANDIERENDER GENERAL (Author) DAS TAKTISCHE LICHTBILDERBUCH. 2 TEIL (Author) Tiefdruckanstalt (printer) (Publisher)
Object Title

The dummy airfield at Lullingstone in World War 2

LBY K. 97 / 1385

Object category

Books

Production date

1997

Creator

DUNCOMBE, W.G. (Author) FARNINGHAM AND EYNSFORD LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY (Author) Farningham and Eynsford Local History Society (Publisher)
Object Title

The concealment of coast defence works : a short pamphlet on basic principles ... 1938

LBY WO 492

Object category

Books

Production date

1938

Creator

WAR OFFICE (Author) War Office (Publisher)
Object Title

Concealment in the field

LBY 64490

Object category

Books

Production date

1957

Creator

WAR OFFICE (Author) WAR OFFICE CODE; NO. 9459 (Author) ARMY COUNCIL (Author) War Office (Publisher)
Object Title

Masquerade : the amazing camouflage deceptions of World War II

LBY 79 / 1953

Object category

Books

Production date

1979

Creator

REIT, SEYMOUR (Author) Robert Hale (Publisher)
Object Title

False colors art, design and modern camouflage

LBY 07 / 1806

Object category

Books

Production date

2002

Creator

BEHRENS, ROY R. (Author) Bobolink Books (Publisher)
Object Title

Camouflage a Soviet view

LBY 92 / 2232

Object category

Books

Production date

1975

Creator

CAMOUFLAGE (Author) MATSULENKO, V.A. (Author) UNITED STATES. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE (Author) BEKETOV, A.A. (Author) BELOKAN, A.P. (Author) CHERMASHENTSEV, S.G. (Author) SOVIET MILITARY THOUGHT; NO. 22 (Author) Government Printing Office (Publisher)
Object Title

THE FORTNIGHTLY FLUER CAMOUFLAGE NEWS SHEET

LBY E.J. 5908

Object category

Newspapers and journals

Production date

Unknown

Creator

G. SD. 4, General Headquarters, Middle East (Publisher)
Object Title

Development of the Camouflage School

LBY K. 79 / 4229

Object category

Books

Production date

Unknown

Creator

KLEIN, A. (Author) n.pub. (Publisher)
Object Title

The concealment of anti-aircraft defences

LBY K. 86 / 922

Object category

Books

Production date

Unknown

Creator

2ND. ANTI-AIRCRAFT DIVISION HEADQUARTERS (Author) SECOND ANTI-AIRCRAFT DIVISION HEADQUARTERS (Author) 13 Corps Fd. Svy. Coy. R.E. (printers) (Publisher)
Object Title

Middle East training. Pamphlet no. 15 : general training instructions, April 1942

LBY WO 1234

Object category

Books

Production date

1942

Creator

WAR OFFICE (Author) War Ofice] (Publisher)
Object Title

Home Guard manual of camouflage

LBY 25160

Object category

Books

Production date

1941

Creator

PENROSE, ROLAND (Author) George Routledge (Publisher)
Object Title

Concealment in the field, 1957

LBY WO 493

Object category

Books

Production date

1957

Creator

WAR OFFICE (Author) WAR OFFICE CODE; NO. 9459 (Author) War Office (Publisher)
Object Title

[Photographic copy of] sketch of 'Q' decoy site built at East Mersea, Essex during W.W.II to cover Brightlingsea mine-sweeper base

LBY K. 84086

Object category

Books

Production date

1978

Creator

Derek E. Johnson (Publisher)
Object Title

Masquerade : the amazing camouflage deceptions of World War II

LBY 78 / 2259

Object category

Books

Production date

1979

Creator

REIT, SEYMOUR (Author) Robert Hale (Publisher)
Object Title

Collapsible covers for light A.A. guns in alternative positions

LBY K. 86 / 921

Object category

Books

Production date

1941

Creator

ANTI-AIRCRAFT COMMAND (CAMOUFLAGE) (Author) Anti-Aircraft Command (Camouflage) (Publisher)
Object Title

Air photographs : notes to instructors, 1941

LBY K. 91 / 380

Object category

Books

Production date

1941

Creator

ROYAL ENGINEERS. CAMOUFLAGE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (Author) CAMOUFLAGE INSTRUCTION CHARTS (Author) Camouflage Training and Development Centre, Royal Engineers (Publisher)
Object Title

Deceivers ever memoirs of a camouflage officer, 1939-1945

LBY 91 / 456

Object category

Books

Production date

1990

Creator

SYKES, STEVEN (Author) Spellmount (Publisher)
Object Title

British home defences 1940-45

LBY K. 05 / 1985

Object category

Books

Production date

2004

Creator

LOWRY, BERNARD (Author) FORTRESS; NO 20 (Author) Osprey Publishing (Publisher)
Object Title

Camouflage and art design for deception in World War 2

LBY 08 / 296

Object category

Books

Production date

2007

Creator

GOODDEN, HENRIETTA (Author) Unicorn Press (Publisher)
Object Title

Military pamphlet no. 46: camouflage. Part 3 : huts, camps, and installations 1944

LBY WO 1501

Object category

Books

Production date

1944

Creator

WAR OFFICE. GENERAL STAFF (Author) War Office (Publisher)
Object Title

Camouflage

LBY 07 / 1032

Object category

Books

Production date

2007

Creator

NEWARK, TIM (Author) MILLER, JONATHAN (Author) IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM (Author) Thames and Hudson (Publisher)
Object Title

Hide and seek : a story of concealment

LBY K. 91 / 435

Object category

Books

Production date

Unknown

Creator

ROYAL ENGINEERS. 516 COMPANY (Author) HIDE AND SEEK (Author) Royal Engineers (Publisher)
Object Title

[Camouflage designs : collection of booklets, fabric and colour samples, and large scale drawings, with related correspondence]

LBY [O] 07 / 138

Object category

Books

Production date

1942

Creator

MORTON SUNDOUR FABRICS (FIRM) (Author) MORTON, JAMES W.F. (SIR) (Author) Morton Sundour Fabrics (Publisher)
Object Title

Concealment of weapon slits [poster]

LBY [O]K. 79 / 2638

Object category

Books

Production date

1941

Creator

CONCEALMENT OF WEAPON SLITS (Author) Fosh and Cross (Publisher)
Object Title

Russian reactions to German airpower in World War II

LBY 46969

Object category

Books

Production date

1964

Creator

UEBE, KLAUS (Author) USAF HISTORICAL STUDIES; NO. 176 (Author) UNITED STATES. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE. HISTORICAL DIVISION (Author) UNITED STATES. AIR FORCE. AIR UNIVERSITY. AEROSPACE STUDIES INSTITUTE (Author) USAF Historical Division [and] Aerospace Studies Institute, Air University (Publisher)
Object Title

Visual training. Pamphlet no. 1 : observation and concealment 1946

LBY WO 3045

Object category

Books

Production date

1946

Creator

WAR OFFICE. GENERAL STAFF (Author) WAR OFFICE CODE NO. 7019 (Author) War Office (Publisher)
Object Title

Notes on concealment and camouflage 1938

LBY WO 1733

Object category

Books

Production date

1938

Creator

WAR OFFICE (Author) HMSO (Publisher)
Object Title

Military training pamphlet no. 46 : camouflage. Part 7 : anti-aircraft artillery, 1943

LBY WO 1552

Object category

Books

Production date

1943

Creator

WAR OFFICE. GENERAL STAFF (Author) War Office (Publisher)
Object Title

Camouflage

LBY 07 / 1038

Object category

Books

Production date

2007

Creator

NEWARK, TIM (Author) MILLER, JONATHAN (Author) IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM (Author) Thames and Hudson (Publisher)
Object Title

Strategic camouflage

LBY 10960

Object category

Books

Production date

1920

Creator

SOLOMON, SOLOMON J. (Author) John Murray (Publisher)
Object Title

Instruction sur le camouflage

LBY K. 89 / 660

Object category

Books

Production date

1918

Creator

FRANCE. MINISTERE DE LA GUERRE (Author) INSTRUCTION SUR LE CAMOUFLAGE (Author) Adrien Maréchal (printer) (Publisher)
Object Title

Practical camouflage or the art of guile together with other Home Guardery

LBY 59551

Object category

Books

Production date

1941

Creator

DEMUTH, NORMAN (Author) John Crowther (Publisher)
Object Title

Military training pamphlet no. 46 : camouflage. Part I : general principles, equipment and materials (all arms), 1941

LBY WO 1495

Object category

Books

Production date

1941

Creator

WAR OFFICE.GENERAL STAFF (Author) INDIA. ARMY (Author) War Office (Publisher)
Object Title

[Photographic intelligence reports]

LBY [O]K. 91 / 770

Object category

Books

Production date

1944

Creator

UNITED STATES. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, DIVISION OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE CENTER (Author) UNITED STATES. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY. DIVISION OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. AIR INTELLIGENCE GROUP (Author) PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE CENTER. REPORTS (Author) Air Intelligence Group, Division of Naval Intelligence, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department (Publisher)
Object Title

To fool a glass eye

LBY 98 / 1123

Object category

Books

Production date

1998

Creator

STANLEY, ROY M., 2ND. (Author) Airlife (Publisher)
Object Title

Standard camouflage colours for Middle East [three incomplete small books of colour charts]

LBY K. 12 / 1448

Object category

Books

Production date

Unknown

Creator

MIDDLE EAST FORCES. GENERAL HEADQUARTERS (Author) Middle East Forces (Publisher)
Object Title

Art and camouflage concealment and deception in nature, art and war

LBY 07 / 1807

Object category

Books

Production date

1981

Creator

BEHRENS, ROY R. (Author) North American Review (Publisher)
Object Title

The art of camouflage

LBY 17918

Object category

Books

Production date

1941

Creator

CHESNEY, C.H.R. (Author) HUDDLESTONE, J. (Author) Robert Hale (Publisher)
Object Title

Deception in war

LBY 01 / 162

Object category

Books

Production date

2001

Creator

LATIMER, JON (Author) John Murray (Publisher)
Object Title

Middle East training pamphlet no. 8. Part IV : operational camouflage : notes on planning for commanders and staff, October...

LBY 13 / 122

Object category

Books

Production date

1942

Creator

MIDDLE EAST FORCES (Author) MIDDLE EAST TRAINING PAMPHLET NO. 8. PART 4 (Author) WAR OFFICE (Author) War Office] (Publisher)
Object Title

Camouflage and aerial defence

LBY 18551

Object category

Books

Production date

Unknown

Creator

SILICATE PAINT COMPANY (FIRM) (Author) Silicate Paint (Publisher)
Object Title

Camouflage Development and Training Centre files with notes on air photographs, the Jeep, anti-aircraft, buildings, vehicle and personal camouflage

LBY [O] 90 / 2334

Object category

Books

Production date

Unknown

Creator

CAMOUFLAGE DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING CENTRE (Author) PAVITT, D.A.J. (Author) 1 CORPS (Author) FIRST CORPS (Author) [1 Corps (Publisher)
Object Title

Bombing decoys of WWII England's passive air defence 1939-45

LBY 07 / 710

Object category

Books

Production date

1996

Creator

DOBINSON, C.S. (Author) COUNCIL FOR BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY (Author) TWENTIETH CENTURY FORTIFICATIONS IN ENGLAND. VOL. 3 (Author) Council for British Archaeology (Publisher)
Object Title

Military training pamphlet. No. 20 : camouflage - disruptive painting of vehicles 1939

LBY WO 2950

Object category

Books

Production date

1939

Creator

WAR OFFICE. GENERAL STAFF (Author) HMSO (Publisher)
Object Title

Military training pamphlet no. 46 : camouflage. Part 3 : huts, camps and installations, 1942

LBY WO 1547

Object category

Books

Production date

1942

Creator

WAR OFFICE. GENERAL STAFF (Author) War Office (Publisher)
Object Title

Cock sparrow : a true chronicle

LBY 15642

Object category

Books

Production date

1936

Creator

BERNARD, OLIVER P. (Author) Jonathan Cape (Publisher)
Object Title

Military training pamphlet no. 26 : notes on concealment and camouflage, 1939

LBY WO 1556

Object category

Books

Production date

1939

Creator

WAR OFFICE. GENERAL STAFF (Author) War Office (Publisher)
Object Title

Camouflage information sheets [nos. 1-32]

LBY K. 91 / 378

Object category

Books

Production date

1942

Creator

ROYAL ENGINEERS. CAMOUFLAGE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (Author) [Royal Engineers (Publisher)
Object Title

Background

LBY K. 84 / 2631

Object category

Books

Production date

1944

Creator

ROYAL ENGINEERS. CAMOUFLAGE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (Author) MIDDLE EAST TRAINING PAMPHLET; NO. 8, PART 6 (Author) [Royal Engineers (Publisher)
Object Title

Military training pamphlet no. 46 : camouflage. Part 5 ; artillery with the field army, 1942

LBY WO 1550

Object category

Books

Production date

1942

Creator

WAR OFFICE. GENERAL STAFF (Author) War Office (Publisher)
Object Title

Camouflages

LBY 05 / 2766

Object category

Books

Production date

1997

Creator

HISTORIAL DE LA GRANDE GUERRE, PERONNE (Author) Historial de la Grande Guerre (Publisher)
Object Title

Military training pamphlet no. 57 (provisional) : aids to visual deception 1943

LBY WO 1657

Object category

Books

Production date

1943

Creator

WAR OFFICE. GENERAL STAFF (Author) War Office (Publisher)
Object Title

Hide and seek : camouflage, photography and the media of reconnaissance

LBY 14 / 528

Object category

Books

Production date

2012

Creator

SHELL, HANNA ROSE (Author) Zone Books (Publisher)
Object Title

Magic - top secret

LBY 24470

Object category

Books

Production date

Unknown

Creator

MASKELYNE, JASPER (Author) Stanley Paul (Publisher)
Object Title

Pippin's progress : memoirs of a wartime officer in the 3rd Hussars

LBY 03 / 1348

Object category

Books

Production date

2001

Creator

HESELTINE, RICHARD (MAJOR) (Author) Silver Horse Press (Publisher)
Object Title

Concealment in the field

LBY [O] 07 / 138-1

Object category

Books

Production date

1941

Creator

G.H.Q. MIDDLE EAST (Author) M.E. CAMOUFLAGE PAMPHLET; 1 (Author) MIDDLE EAST CAMOUFLAGE PAMPHLET NO. 1 (Author) G.H.Q., Middle East (Publisher)
Object Title

I must say

LBY 79 / 2041

Object category

Books

Production date

1963

Creator

DAINTREY, ADRIAN (Author) Chatto and Windus (Publisher)
Object Title

The riddle of the wooden bombs

LBY 11 / 42

Object category

Books

Production date

2009

Creator

COUROUBLE, PIERRE-ANTOINE (Author) HARPER, FRANCES (Author) Les Presses du Midi (Publisher)
Object Title

Military training pamphlet no. 46 : camouflage Part 2 : field defences, 1941

LBY WO 1546

Object category

Books

Production date

1941

Creator

WAR OFFICE. GENERAL STAFF (Author) War Office (Publisher)
Object Title

Trojan horses deception operations in the Second World War

LBY 89 / 2404

Object category

Books

Production date

1989

Creator

YOUNG, MARTIN (Author) STAMP, ROBBIE (Author) Bodley Head (Publisher)
Object Title

Camouflage colours

LBY K. 17 / 585

Object category

Books

Production date

1942

Creator

BRITISH STANDARDS INSTITUTION (Author) British Standards Institution (Publisher)
Object Title

Military training pamphlet no. 46 : camouflage. Supplement : prefabricated dummy devices, 1944

LBY WO 1553

Object category

Books

Production date

1944

Creator

WAR OFFICE. GENERAL STAFF (Author) War Office (Publisher)
Object Title

Military training pamphlet no. 46 : camouflage. Part 6 : notes on screens, 1941

LBY WO 1551

Object category

Books

Production date

1941

Creator

WAR OFFICE. GENERAL STAFF (Author) War Office (Publisher)
Object Title

Decoy and deception.

LBY 81 / 1866

Object category

Books

Production date

Unknown

Creator

AIR MINISTRY. AIR HISTORICAL BRANCH (Author) R.A.F. MONOGRAPH (FIRST DRAFT) (Author) Air Historical Branch, Air Ministry (Publisher)
Object Title

Camouflage

LBY 35731

Object category

Books

Production date

1953

Creator

WILLEMER, WILHELM (Author) UNITED STATES. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY. HISTORICAL DIVISION (Author) VANDERSTADT, G.C. (Author) UNITED STATES FOREIGN MILITARY STUDIES; MS NO. P-130 (Author) United States Army Historical Division (Publisher)
Object Title

Architecture in uniform : designing and building for the Second World War

LBY 14 / 348

Object category

Books

Production date

2011

Creator

COHEN, JEAN-LOUIS (Author) CANADIAN CENTRE FOR ARCHITECTURE (Author) Hazan (Publisher)
Object Title

Notes on the concealment of important buildings, store depots and other installations against raiding aircraft 1939

LBY WO 1801

Object category

Books

Production date

1939

Creator

WAR OFFICE (Author) War Office (Publisher)
Object Title

Camouflage

LBY WO 298

Object category

Books

Production date

1940

Creator

WAR OFFICE (Author) War Office (Publisher)
Object Title

Camouflage [file of drawings representing camouflage detail during the Second World War]

LBY 89 / 977

Object category

Books

Production date

Unknown

Creator

CAMOUFLAGE (Author) PAVITT, D.A.J. (Author) 12 CORPS (Author) TWELVE CORPS (Author) [12 Corps (Publisher)
Object Title

Notes on concealment and camouflage 1937

LBY WO 1732

Object category

Books

Production date

1937

Creator

WAR OFFICE (Author) HMSO (Publisher)
Object Title

Military training pamphlet no. 46 : camouflage. Part 1 : general principles, equipment and materials (all arms)

LBY WO 1545

Object category

Books

Production date

1941

Creator

WAR OFFICE. GENERAL STAFF (Author) War Office (Publisher)
Object Title

Camouflage officers notes a series of papers

LBY K. 80 / 448

Object category

Books

Production date

1942

Creator

HYMES, (CAPT.) (Author) n.pub. (Publisher)
Object Title

The art of deception in warfare

LBY 90 / 258

Object category

Books

Production date

1989

Creator

DEWAR, MICHAEL (Author) David and Charles (Publisher)
Object Title

The camouflage story (from Aintree to Alamein)

LBY 30501

Object category

Books

Production date

1952

Creator

BARKAS, GEOFFREY (Author) BARKAS, NATALIE (Author) Cassell (Publisher)

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