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ON THE STRENGTH - The Story of the British Army Wife.

Bamfield, Veronica, · 1974

£15.50 (€18.58 | $20.48 | ¥3,270)

Charles Knight, London, ND (copyright 1974), 223pp, 16 in text half tone photo ills., brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of British 'army wives' through history, their snobberies and superstitions, traditions and taboos told through...

FROM BETTY WITH LOVE - A Love Story Of The Second World War.

'Betty', · 1985

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Webb and Bower, Exeter, 1985, 1st edn., 144pp, coloured endpapers, facsimiles in text, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial montage dustwrapper, a chronological collection of letters sent from a WAAF to her fiancée in the RAF during 1943/44, a little bumped at lo...

CLUBLAND HEROES - A nostalgic study of some recurrent characters in the romantic fiction of Dornford Yates, John Buchan and Sapper.

Usborne, Richard, · 1974

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

Barrie and Jenkins, London, 1974, revised edition, [vi], 186pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper with images of subject authors on reverse, revising and updating the edition first published in 1953, especially with regard to Dornford Ya...

CLUBLAND HEROES - A nostalgic study of some recurrent characters in the romantic fiction of Dornford Yates, John Buchan and Sapper.

Usborne, Richard, · 1974

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

Barrie and Jenkins, London, 1974, revised edition, [vi], 186pp, dark blue coth lettered in gilt at spine, revising and updating the edition first published in 1953, especially with regard to Dornford Yates (Major William Mercer) who was still living at the time of the first e...

DORNFORD YATES - A Biography.

Smithers, A. J. (Dornford Yates interest), · 1985

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1985, 2nd edn., trade paperback, xii incl. family tree, 241pp, pictorial paper wrappers, unattributed but by Steve Ridgeway and Julie Harris, 'Centenary' edition on the 100th anniversary of Dornford Yates's birth, biography and bibliography of Do...

VALERIE FRENCH.

Yates, Dornford, · 1928

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Ward Lock, London, ND [1928], [3rd imp.], 312pp, [viii] ads., olive green cloth lettered in black at spine, lettered and border in black upper board, lightly rubbed at extrems., upper edge sl. dusty, all edges tanned with some quite heavy fox marks, light tanning to endpapers...

THE STOLEN MARCH.

Yates, Dornford, · 1926

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Ward Lock, London, 1926, 1st edn., 319pp, [xvi] ads., beige cloth lettered in black at spine, lettered and border upper board, light bump lower tip lower board, a little rubbed at spine ends with slight frays at tail of spine, edges and endpapers faintly tanned, no dustwrappe...

SHE FELL AMONG THIEVES.

Yates, Dornford, · 1935

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1935, 1st edn., 320pp, dark blue endpapers, light blue cloth lettered in black at spine and upper board, rubbed at extrems., loss of dressing to cloth at hinges, edges tanned, no dustwrapper, good plus,

SAFE CUSTODY.

Yates, Dornford, · 1932

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, ND [1932], [1st edn.], 317pp, light blue cloth lettered in black at spine, lettered in black at upper board with blind single line border and author device in black lower right corner, a little rubbed at spine ends with repaired nicks to tail, te...

JONAH AND CO..

Yates, Dornford, · 1927

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Ward Lock, London, ND [1927], [7th imp.], 310pp, [x] ads., olive green cloth lettered in black at spine, lettered and border upper board, shaken, rubbed at extrems., edges tanned and foxed, endpapers tanned, several leaves part detached, no dustwrapper, good reading copy,

GALE WARNING.

Yates, Dornford, · 1939

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Ward Lock, London, 1939, 1st edn., 313pp, [vi] ads., lemon yellow cloth lettered in black at spine, upper edge coloured, bow to upper board, a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., light soiling to cloth, edges tanned, endpapers tanned and two line ink inscr. front free endpa...

BERRY AND CO..

Yates, Dornford, · 1942

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Ward Lock, London, 1942, 19th imp., 308pp, [iv] ads., olive green cloth lettered in black at spine and upper board, pictorial dustwrapper by van Abbé, slightly cocked, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned with some faint foxing to upper egde, dustwrapper: clipped with added ...

AS OTHER MEN ARE.

Yates, Dornford, · 1941

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Ward Lock, London, 1941, 317pp, [i] blank, [ii] ads., olive green cloth lettered in black at spine and upper board, pictorial dustwrapper unattributed but in the style of Norah Schlegel, lightly rubbed at tips, light bump upper tip lower board, edges tanned with a few fox mar...

AS OTHER MEN ARE.

Yates, Dornford, · 1926

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Ward Lock, London, 1926, 1st edn. (2nd state), 317pp, [iii] blank, beige cloth lettered in black at spine, lettered and border upper board, lightly rubbed at tips, small mark lower board, edges tanned with a few fox marks, ink signature front free endpaper, light tanning to f...

AS BERRY AND I WERE SAYING.

Yates, Dornford, · 1952

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Ward Lock, London, 1952, [ii], 286pp, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, top edge coloured, coloured lettered dustwrapper with author photo lower panel, lightly rubbed at tips, faintly bumped at lower cnrs., small area sunning at tail of spine, edges tanned with a few fox...

ANTHONY LYVEDEN.

Yates, Dornford, · 1928

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Ward Lock, London, ND [1928], [5th imp.], 308pp, [xii] ads., olive green cloth lettered in black at spine, lettered and border in black upper board, a little rubbed at extrems. with some tiny frays to cloth at spine ends, edges tanned with some quite heavy fox marks, light ta...

ADÈLE AND CO..

Yates, Dornford, · 1936

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1936, 5th [8th] imp., 320pp, light blue cloth lettered in black at spine, decorative vignette upper board, (the 3rd, 4th and 5th impressions of 1931 were omitted from the printing history in issues from July 1933 onwards), pictorial dustwrapper ...

ADÈLE AND CO..

Yates, Dornford, · 1931

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, ND [July 1931], 320pp, light blue cloth lettered in black at spine, lettered with DY device upper board with single line border in blind, undated and therefore July 1931 but whether 1st or 2nd imp. is impossible to establish, a little rubbed at e...

ADÈLE AND CO..

Yates, Dornford, · 1931

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, ND [July 1931], 320pp, light blue cloth lettered in black at spine, lettered with DY device upper board with single line border in blind, undated and therefore July 1931 but whether 1st or 2nd imp. is impossible to establish, very slightly cocked...

THE GOLD TRAIN - The Destruction Of The Jews And The Second World War's Most Terrible Robbery.

Zweig, Ronald W., · 2003

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, ND (circa 2003), reprint, trade paperback, xxiv inc. 8 maps, 312pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., wraparound photo pictorial cover art, the story of the Hungarian Jews and of one train among the many which were exporting the country's assets in the face ...