An interesting set of five hard cover booklets containing lo...

Hammer

£675

An interesting set of five hard cover booklets containing long fold out panoramic reconnaissance photographs of the Eastern section of the D-Day coastline, from Trouville to Port-en-Bessin, dated from January to March 1944, the front covers marked “Booklet A” to E, “France North Coast”, with details of the relevant Admiralty Charts and G.S.G.S maps of the area, and stating that the photographs were “taken at zero feet and at right angles to the coast: distance off shore about ½ to ¾ mile”, and that they were intended as an air to coastal recognition and are NOT intended for navigational purposes”, the back covers with outline map of the coast from Cap de la Hague to Le Havre showing the sections covered by each booklet plus further sections from F to S, booklet B also contains “Top Secret Appendix” showing an outline of the “Juno Area Annexe A” beach with additional information regarding underwater obstacles up to 19th May 1944. Generally GC (some water staining to covers suggesting that they were used for their intended purpose, some parts of the photographs detached).