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6114 libri di A Book for all Reasons, ibooknet & PBFA
SALMON.
Oglesby, Arthur, · 1974
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Macdonald and Jane's, London, 1974, new revised and enlarged edn., 248pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., line drawings and diagrams in text, pale grey cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, faint bump upper tip upper board, edges tanned, dustwrapper: light...
SALMON.
Oglesby, Arthur, · 1986
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Queen Anne Press - Macdonald, London, 1986, new edn. 2nd imp., 255pp, 8pp coloured photo ills., numerous half tone photo ills., line drawings and diagrams in text, green cloth lettered in silver at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, lightly bumped at spine ends, dustwrapper:...
CASTS FROM A SALMON REEL.
Dawson, Major Kenneth ("West Country"), · 1948
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Herbert Jenkins, London, ND (circa 1948), 1st edn., 158pp, frontis and 8pp sepia photo ills., light blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, upper edge coloured, pictorial dustwrapper, lightly rubbed at extrems., gilding very faint, a few fox marks to edges, dustwrapper: a littl...
MODERN SALMON FISHING.
Bridges, Antony, · 1947
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Adam and Charles Black, London, 1947, reprint, xii, 230pp, frontis and 16pp half tone photo ills., line drawings and tables in text, maroon cloth lettered in silver at spine, upper edge coloured, lower edge uncut, a little rubbed at extrems., tiny fray head of upper joint, li...
TOBO - One Woman's Escape.
Tierney, Jane, · 1986
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Futura, London, 1986, 1st in imprint, paperback, 156pp, map in text, pictorial wrappers, left behind after the evacuation of Singapore, the author, then 19 and newly married to a wounded and already evacuated RAF Squadron Leader, was captured by the Japanese and interned in J...
THE BOMBERS - The RAF Offensive Against Germany 1939-1945.
Longmate, Norman, · 1988
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
Arrow Books, London, 1988, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 416pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps, diagrams and plans in text, photo pictorial wrappers, an account of the controversial bombing strategy of the RAF against Germany, with a detailed history of the progression o...
STAND UP AND FIGHT.
Brigg, Emil, · 1973
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
New English Library, London, 1973, 1st in imprint, paperback, 154pp, [vi] ads., wraparound pictorial cover art (unattrib.), a fourteen year old Jewish boy when the Germans invaded Poland, the author witnessed the mass execution of thousands of his people, was captured by the ...
FIREMEN AT WAR - The Work of London's Fire-Fighters in the Second World War.
Wallington, Neil, · 1981
£19.50 (€23.37 | $25.76 | ¥4,114)
David and Charles, Newton Abbot, ND (copyright 1981), 1st edn., 222pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper (unattrib.), an account of the London Fire Brigade and the Auxilliary Fire Service in London during WW2, lightly rub...
DRESDEN 1945 - The Devil's Tinderbox.
McKee, Alexander, · 1982
£11.00 (€13.19 | $14.53 | ¥2,321)
Souvenir Press, London, 1982, 1st edn., 334pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., pictorial maps at endpapers, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the raid on Dresden in February, 1945, told from the personal rather than the political ...
BENITO MUSSOLINI - A Biography.
Hibbert, Christopher, · 1963
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Reprint Society, London, 1963, club edn., 415pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., family tree, quarter bound in maroon paper covered boards with black paper backed spine, red title panel at spine lettered in gilt, top edge coloured, a biography of the life of the Fascist dictator ...
CASTLES - An Introduction to the Castles of England and Wales.
O'Neil, B. H. St. J., · 1960
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
HMSO, London, 1960, 5th imp., [vi], 61pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., plans in text, [i] ads., green cloth lettered in gilt at spine and upper board, pictorial dustwrapper, the development of the castles of England and Wales, the creation and expression of the feudal system a...
ILLUSTRATED ENGLISH SOCIAL HISTORY - Volume 1 : Chaucer's England and the Early Tudors.
Trevelyan, G. M., · 1968
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Pelican / Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1968, reprint, paperback, 328pp, numerous half tone photo ills., map and line ills. in text, [vii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, complete in itself, volume one of a four volume history, rubbed at extrems., faint creasing to wrappers, edges t...
WHERE HAVE ALL THE BULLETS GONE?.
Milligan, Spike, · 1988
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1988, reprint, paperback, 283pp, 2 maps, numerous half tone photo ills. and facsimiles in text, [iv] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, the author's fifth volume of war memoirs, covering his time in Italy from early 1944, sl. slant to spine with numerous l...
THE BIBLE - The Old Testment According to Spike Milligan.
Milligan, Spike, · 0
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Penguin, Harmondsworth, ND, reprint, paperback, [iv], 186pp, pictorial upper wrapper by David Senior, an hilarious and irreverent re-writing of the Old Testament, lightly rubbed at tips, sl. bump upper edge lower wrapper, very good plus,
SILVER.
Taylor, Gerald, · 1968
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1968, reprint, paperback, 302pp, 64pp half tone photo ills., numerous in text line drawings, [ii] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper, an introductory explanation and description of British silver (domestic and tableware) from the middle ages to the pr...
WINDOW-BOX GARDENING.
Field, Xenia, · 1965
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Pan Books, London, 1965, 1st edn., paperback original, 160pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., #MP90, in the Pan Piper 'Small Garden" series, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), faint vertical crease in spine, lightly rubbed at tips, price label upper wrapper, very good plus,
THE BIG SIX.
Ransome, Arthur, · 1984
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Puffin Books, Harmondsworth, 1984, reprint, paperback, 364pp, half tone frontis, double page map and numerous in text ills. by the author, [iii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper by Anthony Kerins, rubbed at extrems. with sl. nicks at ends upper hinge, vertical creasing to spine,...
PETER DUCK.
Ransome, Arthur, · 0
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Red Fox, London, ND, reprint, paperback, [xii inc. double page map], 476pp, half tone frontis, numerous in text ills., [viii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), light vertical crease in spine, faint creasing to wrappers, lightly rubbed at extrems., very good,
WILLIAM AND THE MOON ROCKET.
Crompton, Richmal, · 1968
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Hamlyn / Merlin, London, 1968, 1st in imprint, paperback, 126pp, 6 in text line ills. (unattrib.), [ii] ads., #M37, pictorial wrappers (unattrib.), a little rubbed at extrems., light impressed marks on title upper wrapper, light crease at upper hinge, edges tanned, ink name v...
WILLIAM - THE FOURTH.
Crompton, Richmal, · 1928
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
George Newnes, London, 1928, reprint, 250pp, frontis and in text line ills. by Thomas Henry, [ii] ads., red cloth lettered in black at spine and upper board, well rubbed with sl. fraying at extrems., a little bumped at cnrs., cloth lightly soiled with some flecks of colour lo...