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WELLINGTON WINGS - An RAF Intelligence Officer in the Western Desert.
Chappell, F. R., · 1992
£18.50 (€22.18 | $24.44 | ¥3,903)
Crécy Books, Somerton, 1992, 1st in imprint, 282pp, 15pp half tone photo ills. and 1pp Battle Honours, 2 in text maps, ochre cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, based on diaries he kept during the war the author relates his experiences in North Af...
HIGH ADVENTURE - NAVIGATOR AT WAR.
Austen, R. L., · 1989
£26.50 (€31.76 | $35.01 | ¥5,591)
Barry Rose, Chichester, ND (copyright 1989), xii, 230pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., flightplan to Dresden at endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial montage dustwrapper, the author joined RAF Volunteer Reserve in 1938 and was called up in October....
DOCUMENTS ON BRITISH POLITICAL HISTORY - Book Two - 1815-1914.
Wroughton, John, · 1973
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Macmillan, London, 1973, reprint, paperback, 119pp, half tone ills. in text, large format (8.5 x 6 inches approx.), half tone pictorial wrappers, covering British mainly domestic history for period between the end of the Napoleonic wars until the outbreak of WW1, using extrac...
A COUNTRY CAMERA 1844-1914.
Winter, Gordon, · 1975
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1975, reprint, paperback, 120pp, half tone photo ills. throughout, large format (9.5 x 7 inches approx.), half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, a collection of over 150 photographs illustrating life in the English and Welsh countryside from the earl...
THE ENGLISH GENTLEMAN.
Sutherland, Douglas, · 1978
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Debrett's Peerage, London, ND (copyright 1978), 1st edn., xii, 77pp, in text line drawings by Timothy Jaques, tall format about 8 x 5 inches, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorated in gilt upper board, pictorial dustwrapper, a guide, for those who need to be taught, o...
ENGLISH SOCIETY IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES 1066-1307.
Stenton, Doris Mary, · 1965
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Pelican / Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1965, 4th edn., paperback, 320pp, pictorial upper wrapper, The Pelican History of England series volume 3, how England was governed after the Norman Conquest, how the government developed and the location of town or country, the economy and t...
THE MAKING OF BRITAIN - The Age of Expansion.
Smith, Lesley M. (ed.), · 1986
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Macmillan / Channel Four, London, 1986, paperback, [x], 194pp, half tone ills. and facsimiles in text, large format (9.5 x 7 inches approx.), tv tie-in - the third volume in the Making of Britain series which accompanies the London Weekend Televison/Channel Four series, a re...
THE MEN WHO WOULD BE KING (Originally published as Suitors to the Queen).
Ross, Josephine, · 2005
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Phoenix, London, 2005, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, [viii], 198pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the suitors of the 'virgin queen', Elizabeth I, who remained unmarried throughout her reign, edges stanned, near fine,
A SOURCE BOOK IN THEATRICAL HISTORY (Sources of Theatrical History).
Nagler, A. M., · 1959
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Dover Publications, New York, 1959, paperback, xxvi, 611pp, half tone frontis, decorated title, half tone ills. line drawings and diagrams in text, [v] blank, [xv] ads., large format about 8 x 5 inches, coloured pictorial upper wrapper by Paul E. Kennedy, an annotated collect...
THE ENGLISH PARLIAMENT.
Mackenzie, Kenneth, · 1950
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Pelican, Harmondsworth, 1950, 1st edn., paperback original, 207pp, 8pp half tone ills., [i] ads., coloured lettered wrappers, a history of the development of the English Parliament, highlighting particular features and events that have contributed to its evolution, lightly ru...
MANNERS FOR WOMEN.
Humphry, Mrs (Madge of Truth), · 1993
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Pryor Publications, Whitstable, ND (copyright 1993), facsimile edn., paperback, 156pp, tall slim pocket book size about 8 x 4 inches, pictorial upper wrapper, a facsimile reprint of the edition first published in 1897 by James Bowden, a comprehensive guide to the rules of eti...
WITCHCRAFT.
Hughes, Pennethorne, · 1965
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Pelican / Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1965, 1st in imprint, paperback, 236pp, 8pp half tone ills., [iii] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, a history of witchcraft tracing the origins and its various forms, from its early religious background and the effect of the coming of ...
THE LONG WEEK-END - A Social History of Great Britain 1918-1939.
Graves, Robert and Hodge, Alan, · 1941
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Readers' Union, London, 1941, club edn., 472pp, red buckram lettered and ruled in silver at spine with publishers device in blind, an early almost contemporary social history of Great Britain between the wars, covering such topics as the armistice, averting revolution, emanci...
CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN BRITAIN 1850-1890 - A Source Book of Contemporary Writings.
Golby, J. M. (ed.), · 1986
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Oxford University Press in assoc. with The Open University, Oxford, 1986, paperback, xiv, 342pp, half tone photo ills. in text, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an Open University set book for the Arts Foundation course (A102), an antholo...
THE MAGISTRATES COURTS - What They Do How They Do It And Why.
Giles, F. T., · 1949
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Pelican / Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1949, 1st edn., paperback original, 222pp, coloured lettered wrappers, an outline of the law and practice of the Magistrates Courts, presided over by laymen they are used by more of the population than any other court in administering aspects...
THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT - An Anthology of Eighteenth-Century Texts - Volume 1.
Eliot, Simon and Stern, Beverley (eds.), · 1990
£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)
Ward Lock Educational in assoc. with The Open University Press, London, 1990, reprint, paperback, vi, 345pp, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), pictorial upper wrapper, specifically designed as a combined course reader and anthology for the OU course A204 but of interest to...
FRED DIBNAH'S AGE OF STEAM.
Dibnah, Fred and Hall, David, · 2003
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
BBC, London, 2003, reprint, 192pp, 32pp coloured and half tone photo ills., half tone ills. and line drawings in text, tv tie-in, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, drawing on his extensive knowledge the steam enthusiast descrtibed ...
SOLENT YACHTING SCENE - In Bygone Years 1890-1938.
Couling, David, · 1984
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Stanford Maritime, London, 1984, 1st edn., paperback original, 128pp, half tone photo pictorial doubl;e title, half tone photo pictorial ills. throughout, large format (8 x 7 inches approx.), sepia photo pictorial wrappers, a sequel to his earlier title 'Steam Yachts' this vo...
DISSENTING FORBEARS - The Maternal Ancerstors of J. M. Keynes.
Brown, Neville, · 1988
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
Phillimore, Chichester, 1988, 1st edn., xviii, 205pp, half tone frontis portrait, half tone photo ills., line drawings, maps, facsimiles and pedigree in text, pedigrees at endpapers, large format (10 x 7.5 inches approx.), red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo ...
GEORGE THE THIRD.
Ayling, Stanley, · 1973
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
History Book Club, London, ND (circa 1973), club edn., 510pp, half tone frontis portrait, 22pp half tone photo ills., pedigress at endpapers, brown cloth with black title panel at spine lettered and ruled in gilt, upper edge coloured, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, an accomp...