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THE RAILWAY DETECTIVE.
Marston, Edward, · 2006
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Allison and Busby, London, 2006, reprint, trade paperback, 318pp, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, a Detective Inspector Colbeck mystery, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, near fine,
APACHE KILL.
Hopson, William, · 1955
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Corgi, London, 1955, 1st in imprint, #T102, paperback, 188pp, [iv] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good,
'CONTEMPTIBLE'.
'Casualty' [Arnold Gyde], · 1916
£97.00 (€116.27 | $128.15 | ¥20,464)
Willaim Heinemann, London, 1916, 2nd imp., vi, 226pp, deep crimson cloth lettered and ruled in black at spine, lettered and bordered in black upper board, publisher's device in black lower board, the author's experiences on the Western Front, from the retreat from Mons to acr...
THAT SUMMER.
Greig, Andrew, · 2001
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Faber and Faber, London, 2001, trade paperback, x, 261pp, pictorial montage wrappers, a prose-poem of a book, a love story set against the Battle of Britain, faint crease in spine, lightly rubbed at tips, very good,
A WREN CALLED SMITH.
Fullerton, Alexander, · 1957
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Peter Davies, London, 1957, 1st edn., 222pp, red cloth lettered in silver at spine, wraparound coloured pictorial dustwrapper, a novel of the motley passengers and crew of the Norwegian freighter Gangerolf, on passage from the Far east during WW2, lightly rubbed at tips, edge...
THE ROAD.
Alston, E. C. (Christopher), · 1993
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Adelphi Press, London, ND (copyright 1993), 1st edn., [viii], 264pp, green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, wraparound pictorial dustwrapper, fiction based on fact, an account of the road between Pevensey and London from its building by the Rom...
TICKNER'S ROUGH SHOOTING.
Tickner, John, · 1964
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Putnam, London, 1964, 1st edn., 92pp, in text line ills. by the author, orange cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, lightly rubbed at tiped, a little bumped at head of spine, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, heavy foxing to lower panel, very go...
IN SEARCH OF SCOTLAND.
Morton, H. V., · 1939
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Methuen, London, 1939, 8th edn., xvi, 288pp, sepia pictorial frontis, 15 sepia tone plates, maps at endpapers, 8pp ads., purple cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorated in gilt and bordered in blind upper board, lower edge uncut, lightly rubbed at tips, spine and lower boa...
THE HISTORY OF HAMPTON SCHOOL from 1556 to 1700.
Garside, Bernard, · 1931
£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1931, 1st edn., xvi, 280pp, half tone pictorial frontis plate, 17 half tone plates, pedigree and line drawings in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, school insignia in gilt upper board, lower edge uncut, a history of the indepe...
COUNTRY OF THE THAMES.
Dickson, Annan, · 1948
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
Chaterson, London, 1948, 1st edn., xii, 148pp, half tone photo pictorial frontis, half tone photo ills. in text, cream cloth lettered in dark green at spine and upper board, wraparound half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, an illustrated account of and guide to the coutrysid...
ROUND THE SHIRES.
Briggs, Martin S., · 1946
£11.00 (€13.19 | $14.53 | ¥2,321)
Herbert Jenkins, London, ND [circa 1946], 2nd printing, xii, 303pp, pictorial frontis in line, more than 160 line drawings in text, 8 line maps of the counties, [iv] ads., dark green buckram cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at spine, a description and brief history of eac...
DEVON AND CORNWALL.
Blair, John, · 1963
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
W. and R. Chambers, Edinburgh and London, ND (copyright 1963), revised edn., 122pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, half tone photo ills., line drawings and maps in text, small format (7 x 4.5 inches approx.), dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictor...
A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to BUDE AND NORTH CORNWALL.
Anon., · 1933
£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)
Ward Lock, London, ND, 10th edn. revised, 256pp in separately paginated sections (16pp ads., 8pp, 32pp (incl. 8pp ads., ), 32pp, 96pp, 20pp, [4pp], 48pp ads.), 48pp half tone photo plates (16pp and 32pp), seven two colour folding maps (as called for) of Devon and Cornwall; Bu...
BLACK'S GUIDE TO THE SOUTH-EASTERN COUNTIES OF ENGLAND - HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT.
Anon., · 1862
£31.00 (€37.16 | $40.96 | ¥6,540)
Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1862, 1st edn., [xii], p.637 to p.819 routes 12 to 17, x, p.1 - p.82 - Isle of Wight, pictorial frontis and 3 other engraved plates, lii ads., map at front endpapers, ads. at rear endpapers, 2 folding plans, small format (6.5 x 4.5 inches a...
BOBBY ROBSON - FAREWELL BUT NOT GOODBYE - My Autobiography.
Robson, Bobby (with Paul Hayward), · 2008
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Hodder and Stoughton, London, ND (circa 2008), 4th imp., x, 310pp, 32pp coloured and half tone photo ills., coloured endpapers, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, reminscences of the Durham born football player and manager, of his early ye...
DIARIES AND LETTERS 1939-45.
Nicolson, Harold (ed. by Nigel Nicolson), · 1968
£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)
Collins, London, 1968, 3rd imp.,511pp, frontis and 7 half tone photo plates, bright yellow cloth with black title panel lettered in gilt at spine, plain coloured lettered dustwrapper, Harold Nicolson, diplomat, writer, husband of Vita Sackville West, associate of Virginia Wo...
FRED STREETER'S GARDENING YEAR - A Month by Month Guide.
Hennig, Frank, · 1977
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Angus and Robertson, London, 1977, 1st edn., 136pp, decorative chapter heads., line drawings in text, brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, a month by month guide to what should be sown, planted, lifted or harvested, which parts of the garden ...
STRANGERLAND - A Family at War.
Drysdale, Helena, · 2006
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Picador, London, 2006, 1st edn., [xx], 396pp, 7pp coloured and 9pp half tone photo ills., maps and 4pp pedigree in text, coloured endpapers, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, pictorial montage dustwrapper, an extraordinary true story of o...
BATTLES OF THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR.
Woolrych, Austin, · 1966
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Pan Books, London, 1966, 1st in imprint, paperback, 208pp, 16pp half tone ills, maps in text, wraparound pictorial wrappers by James Leech, in the 'British Battles' series, an account of the three major battles of Marston Moor, Naseby and Preston, 1644-48, during the English ...
THE REASON WHY.
Woodham-Smith, Cecil, · 1973
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1973, reprint, paperback, 287pp, maps in text, [i] ad., pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War, with details of the events and peronalities involved, lightly rubbed...