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AIRS AND GRACES.

James, Erica, · 0

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Orion, London, ND, trade paperback, [viii], 312pp, pictorail wrappers (unattrib.), sl. slant to spine with light vertical creasing, lightly rubbed at tips, very good,

FALLING.

Howard, Elizabeth Jane, · 2000

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 2000, trade paperback, [x], 422pp, wraparound photo pictorial wrappers by Michael Trevillion, sl. slant to spine with light vertical creasing, lightly rubbed at tips, very good,

PERFECTLY PURE AND GOOD.

Fyfield, Frances, · 1994

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Corgi / She Magazine, London, 1994, paperback, 252pp, 33pp extract from A Clear Conscience, [iii] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper by Jonathan Ring, promotional edition with 'She', sl. roll and slant to lightly creased spine, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing upp...

BATTLE BENEATH THE WAVES - U-boats at war.

Stern, Robert C., · 2002

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Cassell, London, 2002, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 224pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial upper wrapper, recreated from the experiences of German Survivors, detailed accounts of individual U-boat actions in WW2, very lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,

THE KAISER'S BATTLE - 21 March 1918 : The First Day of the German Spring Offensive.

Middlebrook, Martin, · 1988

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1988, reprint, trade paperback, 431pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., 7 maps, 2 diagrams and 3 cartoons in text, photo pictorial wrappers, an account of the start of the last great battle of WW1 which commenced on 21st March, 1918 when three German armies...

THE DEVIL'S TINDERBOX DRESDEN 1945 (originally published as Dresden 1945 : The Devil's Tinderbox).

McKee, Alexander, · 2000

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Souvenir Press, London, 2000, retitled edn., paperback, 334pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., large format (8.5 x 5 inches approx.), photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the raid on Dresden in February, 1945, told from the personal rather than the political or statistica...

WAR DIARIES - Politics and War in the Mediterranean January 1943-May 1945.

Macmillan, Harold, · 1985

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

Macmillan Papermac, London, 1985, paperback, xxiv, 804pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), photo pictorial wrappers, based on letters written to his wife, this diary by the British Minister Resident in North Africa 1943-45 present...

ESCAPE AND EVASION - POW Breakouts in World War Two.

Dear, Ian, · 2000

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Cassell, London, 2000, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 192pp, 8pp half tone photo illustrations, maps and diagrams in text, photo pictorial upper wrapper, the author examines the planning and execution of 18 WW2 escapes, details of some of them not having previously been pub...

THE LAST SECRET.

Bethell, Nicholas, · 1976

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Futura, London, 1976, reprint, paperback, 287pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial wrappers (unattrib.), the account of Stalin's revenge on the Cossacks who returned to USSR from Nazi Germany 1944-47, faint vertical crease in spine, lighjtly rubbed at extrems., edges...

PETER MAY'S BOOK OF CRICKET.

May, Peter, · 1956

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Cassell, London, 1956, 1st edn., 118pp, half tone frontis portrait, diagram and numerous half tone photo illustrations in text, light green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, edges tanned, partial browning to free endpapers, dustwrapper: price cl...

THE YOUNGEST READER'S FAIRY TALES.

Attwell, Mabel Lucy (illustrated by), · 0

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Thomas Nelson, London, ND, unpaginated [66pp], frontis and other 3 coloured illustrations by Mabel Lucy Attwell, in text line drawings (unattrib. but after MLA), large format about 10 x 8 inches, coloured pictorial paper covered boards backed with blue cloth lettered in black...

BEATRIX POTTER'S COUNTRYSIDE BOOK.

Potter, Beatrix, · 1989

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

F. Warne, London, ND (circa 1989), 2nd imp., 48pp, numerous in text colour, half tone and line illustrations with new reproductions from the originals by the author, additional illustrations and diagrams by Nicki Holt, coloured pictorial laminated boards, coloured endpapers, ...

EEYORE FINDS THE WOLERY.

Milne, A. A. (illustrations by E. H. Shepard), · 1977

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Methuen, London, 1977, 1st thus, unpaginated [26pp], illustrated in colour, coloured pictorial laminated boards, based on part of 'A House at Pooh Corner', lightly rubbed at tips, a little sunned at spine and edges, several impressed marks, ink stamp and erased name front pas...

THE LION OF ST. MARK - A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century.

Henty, G. A., · 1903

£17.00 (€20.38 | $22.46 | ¥3,586)

Blackie and Son, London, 1903, new edition, 384pp, 32pp ads. (some illustrated), frontis and 5 other half tone plates, decorated initial letter to each chapter, green cloth lettered in gilt at spine and upper board, decorated in red, pink and black at spine and upper board, d...

WINGED VENTURERS.

Dempster, Guy, · 1942

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Lutterworth Press, London, 1942, 1st edn., 198pp, frontis in line, ochre cloth lettered in red at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, a novel set after the fall of Crete in WW2, lightly rubbed at tips and a liitle bumped at head of upper joint, edges a little dusty and tanned, dust...

LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY.

Burnett, Frances Hodgson, · 1900

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Frederick Warne, London, 1900, xii, 269pp, vi ads., engraved frontis with tissue guard, pictorial title, 24 in text engraved illustrations from drawings by Reginald B. Birch, decorated initial letter to each chapter, grey cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black at spin...

THE WOMBLES OF WIMBLEDON - The Wombles at Work and The Wombles to the Resuce.

Beresford, Elisabeth, · 1976

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Ernest Benn, London, 1976, 1st thus, 134pp, frontis and numerous in text line drawings by Barry Leith and Margaret Gordon, pale green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, an ominibus edition of 'The Wombles at Work' and 'The Wombles to the Rescue', a little...

GARFIELD ANNUAL.

Volke, Gordon (created by Jim Davis), · 1992

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Ravette, Horsham, 1992, 1st edn., unpaginated [58pp], illustrated in colour, oversize (12 x 8.5 inches approx.), coloured pictorial laminated boards lettered in yellow and blue at spine and upper board, pictorial endpapers, lightly rubbed at tips, one puizzlew completed in in...

THE MARKET SQUARE DOG.

Herriot, James, · 1989

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Guild Publishing, London, 1989, club edn., unpaginated [32pp], illustrated by Ruth Brown, oversize (11 x 8.5 inches approx.), coloured pictorial laminated boards lettered in black and green at spine and upper board, coloured endpapers, lightly rubbed at tips, no dustwrapper, ...

BONNY'S BIG DAY.

Herriot, James, · 1987

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Michael Joseph, London, 1987, 1st edn., unpaginated [32pp], illustrated by Ruth Brown, oversize (11 x 8.5 inches approx.), coloured pictorial laminated boards lettered in black and grey at spine and upper board, coloured endpapers, bumped at tail of spine, sl. rippl e to cove...