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LOWESTOFT - Town Against the Sea.

Steward, A. V., · 1950

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Jarrolds, Norwich, ND [1950], 1st edn., paperback original, 40pp, incl. 16pp half tone photo ills., stapled pictorial paper wrappers, a history of Lowestoft, lightly rubbed at tips, light diag. crease upper cnr. lower wrapper, sl. rusting to staples, very good,

LOWESTOFT PAST AND PRESENT.

Robb, Ian G., · 2000

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Alan Sutton, Stroud, 2000, 1st edn., paperback original, 128pp, half tone photo ills. throughout, large format (9.5 x 6.5 inches approx.), sepia photo pictorial wrappers, in the Britain in Old Photographs series, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,

A HISTORY OF IPSWICH.

Malster, Robert, · 2000

£22.50 (€26.97 | $29.73 | ¥4,745)

Phillimore, Chichester, 2000, 1st edn., xvi, 240pp, plans, diagrams, facsimiles, maps and numerous half tone ills. in text, pictorial endpapers, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, wraparound coloured pictorial dustwrapper, a history of the county town of Suffolk, dealing...

AN HOUR-GLASS ON THE RUN.

Jobson, Allan, · 1959

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Michael Joseph, London, 1959, 1st edn., 184pp, 8pp half tone photo illustrations, green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pink decorated dustwrapper, a record of English peasant ways, beliefs and customs of nineteenth century rural Suffolk, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned...

EAST ANGLIAN HERITAGE.

Hadfield, John et al, · 1964

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Anglian Publications, 1964, 1st edn., paperback original, 159pp, half tone photo ills. throughout, pink card wrappers lettered in black, coloured pictorial dustwrapper by Albert Ribbans, a collection of half tone photo ills. linked with contributions from local authors includ...

FRANCIS FRITH'S NORWICH.

Andrew, Martin, · 2002

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,898)

Frith Book Company, Teffont Salisbury, 2002, 94pp inc. 5pp ads., half tone photo ills. throughout, large format (10 x 7.5 inches) laminated photo pictorial boards with matching dustwrapper, in the Photographic Memories series, dustwrapper: price clipped, fine in a very good p...

THE ORDER OF THE DEATH'S HEAD - The Story of Hitler's SS.

Höhne, Heinz (trans. by Richard Barry), · 1981

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Pan Books, London, 1981, reprint, trade paperback, xxx, 655pp, folding pedigree, 12pp half tone photo ills., [iii] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper, the history of the Imperial Guard of the Third Reich, lightly rubbed at tips, sl. sunning to spine, edges tanned, price labe...

THE ARMY OF TO-DAY.

Gorman, Major J. T., · 1942

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Blackie and Son, London, 1942, revised edn., 203pp, frontis and 15 half tone plates, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine and black at upper board, top edge coloured, an updated account of the contemporary British Army with chapters on: development, the infantry, artillery, en...

BLITZKRIEG - From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk.

Deighton, Len, · 1979

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Book Club Associates, London, 1979, club edn., 319pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., numerous in text drawings, daiagrams and maps in line and 2 colours, pictorial endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorated and lettered dustwrapper, a history of Hitler and the N...

THE SKY THEIR BATTLEGROUND - True Adventure Stories from the "R.A.F. Flying Review".

Clifton, Paul, et al, · 1962

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,476)

Herbert Jenkins, London, 1962, 1st thus, 143pp, 17 in text half tone ills., light blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, the first book publication of a collection of twelve WW2 RAF stories by a variety of authors: Paul Clifton, Pat Gregory, Peter Pound, Geoffrey Norris, Leo...

KRUGER'S ALP.

Hope, Christopher, · 1985

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Abacus, London, 1985, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, [viii], 279pp, pictorial montage upper wrapper, winner of the 1984 Whitbread Fiction Award, sl. slant to spine to lightly creased spine, edges tanned, good plus,

1930s - Decades of the 20th Century.

Yapp, Nick, · 2001

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Hulton Getty / Könemann, Cologne, ND (circa 2001), 6th imp., paperback, 395pp, frontis and half tone photo ills. throughout, [iii] ads., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, in the Hulton Getty Picture Collection series, fine,

FAMILY LIFE IN BRITAIN 1900-1950.

Swinglehurst, Edmund, · 2005

£17.50 (€20.98 | $23.12 | ¥3,691)

Time Warner, London, 2005, 1st edn., 128pp, half tone photo pictorial half title and title, half tone photo ills. throughout, large landscape format (12 x 8 inches approx.), laminated photo pictorial montage boards with matching dustwrapper, a record of the considerable chang...

ARTHUR RANSOME AND CAPTAIN FLINT'S TRUNK.

Hardyment, Christina, · 1984

£21.00 (€25.17 | $27.74 | ¥4,429)

Jonathan Cape, London, 1984, 1st edn., 224pp, title decorated in line, 16pp half tone photo ills., line drawings, maps, half tone ills., diagrams and facsimiles in text, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine maps at endpapers, pictorial dustwrapper, the author follows up ...

WORKING LIFE IN BRITAIN 1900-1950.

Anderson, Janice, · 2005

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Time Warner, London, 2005, 1st edn., 128pp, half tone photo pictorial half title and title, numerous half tone photo ills. in text, large landscape format (12 x 8 inches approx.), laminated photo pictorial montage boards with matching dustwrapper, an account of the social cha...

SYKES OF SEBASTOPOL TERRACE.

Sykes, Eric, · 2000

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Virgin, London, 2000, 1st thus, 160pp, half tone photo frontis, numerous half tone photo ills. in text, tv tie-in, large format (10 x 8 inches approx.), light blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, a selection of seven scripts of the long running TV comedy show starring Eric...

WUTHERING HEIGHTS according to Spike Milligan.

Milligan, Spike, · 1994

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Micheal Joseph, London, 1994, 1st edn., [vi], 118pp, decorated title, 3 in text line drawings, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, Spike Milligan's zany interpretation of the classic story, ink inscr. top cnr. front free endpaper, dustwrapper: pr...

THE BOOK OF THE GOONS.

Milligan, Spike, Sellers, Peter and Secombe, Harry, · 1981

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Book Club Associates, London, 1981, club edn., 144pp, with numerous in text line drawings and half tone photo ills., (large format 10 x 7 inches approx.), pictorial laminated boards, a further selection of Goon Show scripts: The Terrible Revenge of Fred Fumanchu (1955), The G...

THE PIANIST - The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-45.

Szpilman, Wladyslaw (trans. by Anthea Bell), · 2003

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Phoenix, London, 2003, 13th imp., trade paperback, 222pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., film tie-in, pictorial wrappers, the memoir of the experiences a Jewish pianist who survived the war in Warsaw, contains extracts from the diary of Captain Wilm Hosenfeld, faint vertical crea...

JUNK MAIL.

Self, Will, · 0

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, ND (circa200), 5th imp., trade paperback, xiii, 402pp, in text cartoons by the author, coloured decorated wrappers, light creasing to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good,