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GATEWAY TO HELL.

Wheatley, Dennis, · 1976

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Arrow Books, London, 1976, 6th imp., paperback, 255pp, photo pictorial montage upper wrapper (unattrib.), a Duke de Richleau black magic story, sl. slant to spine with light vertical creasing, lightly rubbed at tips, light diag. crease lower cnr. upper wrapper, edges tanned, ...

GATEWAY TO HELL.

Wheatley, Dennis, · 1974

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Arrow Books, London, 1974, reprint, paperback, 255pp, [i] ads., photo pictorial montage upper wrapper (unattrib.), a Duke de Richleau black magic story, sl. roll and slant to spine with light vertical creasing, lightly rubbed at extrems., ink name/date inside upper wrapper, ...

CURTAIN OF FEAR.

Wheatley, Dennis, · 1957

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Arrow Books, London, 1957, 1st in imprint, paperback, 320pp, #430, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), an out of series adventure novel, slant and sl. roll to spien, light vertical creasing at spine, rubbed at extrems. and light creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, spine reli...

THE GONE AWAY - A Romance of the Dales in three Acts.

Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (ill. Charles Simpson), · 1930

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Bodley Head, London, 1930, 97pp, viii ads., col'd frontis and 8pp full page line drawings, numerous other in text ills. by Charles Simpson, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, lettered and decorated in gilt at upper bd., top edge col'd, fore- and lower edges uncut, bumped at...

GREAT NORTHERN?.

Ransome, Arthur, · 1958

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Jonathan Cape, London, 1958, reset edition, 352pp, frontis and numerous in text line ills., coloured maps at endpapers, dark green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, title in blind upper board, lightly rubbed at tips, spine sunned and gilding oxidised, edges tanned and faintly ...

WARHAWK PATROL.

Montgomery, Rutherford, · 1948

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Wells Gardner Darton and Co., London, 1948, 189pp, [ii] ads., in text line drawings, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, illustrated by Clayton Knight, sl. cocked, a little colour loss to cloth at spine and top edge upper bd., lightly rubbed at tips, edges and eps. sl....

CHRONICLES OF AVONLEA.

Montgomery, L. M., · 1936

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

George G. Harrap, London, 1936, reprint, 236pp, green cloth lettered in black at spine and upper board, a little rubbed at extrems. and lightly bumped at tips, a few marks to cloth, cloth sunned and brittle at spine, edges dusty and a little foxed, no dustwrapper, good readin...

THE JUNGLE BOOK.

Kipling, Rudyard, · 1985

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Macmillan Children's Books, London, 1985, 218pp, 4 col'd plates and other half tone illustrations by Maurice Wilson, dark blue cloth gilt, dustwrapper dissected and panels pasted in at endpapers, edges tanned, small ownership label front pastedown, very good plus,

JUST SO STORIES For Little Children.

Kipling, Rudyard, · 1985

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Macmillan, London, 1985, reprint, 249pp, numerous line drawings by author, light red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, dustwrapper dissected and panels pasted in at endpapers, spine and upper edge sunned, edges stanned, small ownership label front pastedown, front panel of jac...

BIGGLES OF THE SPECIAL AIR POLICE.

Johns, Capt. W. E., · 0

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Dean and Son, London, ND, 183pp, red cloth lettered in black at spine, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, light foxing to endpapers, no dustwrapper, very good,

BIGGLES OF THE CAMEL SQUADRON.

Johns, Capt. W. E., · 0

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Dean and Son, London, ND, 182pp, red cloth lettered in black at spine, rubbed and lightly bumped at extrems., edges tanned, no dustwrapper, good,

BIGGLES OF THE CAMEL SQUADRON.

Johns, Capt. W. E., · 0

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Thames Publishing Co., London, ND, 215pp, coloured frontis., red cloth lettered in black at spine, rubbed and a little bumped at extrems., edges tanned and foxed, bookplate front pastedown, light foxing to endpapers, no dustwrapper, good,

BIGGLES IN THE CRUISE OF THE CONDOR.

Johns, Capt. W. E., · 0

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Dean and Son, London, ND, 184pp, green cloth lettered in black at spine, a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., edges tanned, no dustwrapper, good,

BIGGLES AND THE BLACK PERIL.

Johns, Capt. W. E., · 0

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Dean and Son, London, ND, 184pp, turquoise cloth lettered in black at spine, rubbed and a little bumped at extrems., edges tanned, small bookplate front free endpaper, pages tanned, no dustwrapper, good,

LOVELY IS THE LEE.

Gibbings, Robert, · 1945

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

J. M. Dent, London, 1945, 1st edn., 199pp, engraved title and numerous in text engraved ills. by author, ochre cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at spine, decorated in gilt upper bd., cloth a little grubby, edges tanned and lightly foxed, light foxing to endpapers, no dust...

BLUE ANGELS AND WHALES - A Record of Personal Experiences Below and Above Water.

Gibbings, Robert, · 1946

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

J. M. Dent, London, 1946, 1st edn. in hardback (1st paperback by Penguin, 1938), [viii], 115pp, numerous in text half tone drawings by author, blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorated in gilt upper board, upper edge coloured, expanded from the first edition which was i...

LUDMILA.

Gallico, Paul (ill. Frank Deak), · 1955

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Michael Joseph, London, 1955, 1st edn. UK, 48pp, frontis and half tone drawings by FRANZ DEAK, crimson cloth backed decorated paper covered bds. lettered in gilt at spine, rubbed at extrems. esp. at tips, light sunning to top of bds., gilding dull, edges tanned, 3 line ink in...

ROBIN HOOD.

Fraser, Antonia, · 1977

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Sidgewick and Jackson, London, 1977, 192pp, numerous in text line drawings by Victor Ambrus, dark green cloth gilt, dustwrapper dissected with panels pasted in at endpapers, a little bumped at upper cnr. lower board, faint foxing to upper edge, edges tanned, small ownership l...

STORIES FOR YOU.

Blyton, Enid, · 1966

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Dean and Sons, London, 1966, 1st edn., 184pp, line drawings (unattrib.), turquoise cloth lettered in black at spine, twenty-one stories and poems, sl. cocked, a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., sl. marks to cloth, pages browned, no dustwrapper, good plus,

THE CRITICAL CONVOY BATTLES OF MARCH 1943 - The Battle for HX.229/SC122.

Rohwer, Jurgen, · 1977

£23.50 (€28.17 | $31.05 | ¥4,958)

Ian Allan, London, 1977, 1st edn., 256pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., in text plans/charts, light blue cloth lettered in metallic dark blue, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a comprehensive study of the Atlantic convoys and U-boat wolf-pack deployment, with convoys HX229 and SC12...