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ENGLAND IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (1815-1914).

Thomson, David, · 1961

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pelican / Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1961, reprint, paperback, 251pp, [i] blank, [iv] ads., col'd pictorial upper wrapper, No. 8 in the Pelican History of England series, sl. roll to spine, wrappers laminated and faintly creased, edges tanned, old sello stains inside wrappers an...

THE FABRIC OF THE HEAVENS.

Toulmin, Stephen and Goodfield, June, · 1963

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pelican / Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1963, 1st in imprint, paperback, 316pp, [iv] ads., 16pp half tone ills., line drawings in text, decorated paper wrappers, tracing 2500 years of arguments and experiments, of science and soothsayers, an account of man's evolving view of ...

A DRIFTERMAN'S DIARY.

Holmes, J. E., · 1994

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Privately published, 1994, 1st edn., 42pp, paperback original, half tone photo ills in text, stapled pictorial paper wrappers (8.25 x 5.75 inches), a record of the memories of the George family, involved with herring fishing out of Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft in the days of ...

THE WAR DIARIES OF WEARY DUNLOP - Java and the Burma-Thailand Railway 1942-1945.

Dunlop, E. E., · 1989

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Viking, London, 1989, 1st edn. UK, xxiv, 401pp, frontis ill. by Jack Chalker, 138 line, half tone and photo plates (incl. drawings by Ray Parkin [15], Jack Chalker [34], S. Gimson [15] and others), coloured endpapers, green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and...

NEWMARKET - From James I to the Present Day.

Thompson, Laura, · 2000

£22.50 (€26.97 | $29.73 | ¥4,747)

Virgin Publishing, London, 2000, 1st edn., 341pp, [i] blank, 4pp in colour and 8pp half tone illustrations, dark green cloth lettered in silver st spine, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account and history of the twon of Newmarket, in Suffolk on the Cambridgeshire b...

THESE DIVERSIONS : Playgoing.

Agate, James (edited by J. B. Priestley), · 1927

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,743)

Jarrolds, London, 1927, 1st. ed., 88pp, tissue guarded coloured frontis port. of James Agate, brown cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at spine, upper edge coloured, fore-edge uncut, one of a series of essays edited by J. B. Priestley under the general title of These Divers...

VOICES FROM THE HOME FRONT.

Goodall, Felicity, · 2004

£15.50 (€18.58 | $20.48 | ¥3,270)

David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 2004, 1st edn., 288pp, half tone photo frontis, many in text half tone ills., coloured endpapers, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured photo montage dustwrapper, related by personal narratives, an account of the daily lives experi...

THE BRUNEVAL RAID.

Millar, George, · 2002

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Cassell Military Paperbacks / Cassell, London, 2002, 1st in imprint, paperback, xviii, 221pp, [i] blank, 8pp half tone photo ills., map in text, coloured photo montage wrappers, a description of the Bruneval raid, one of the early assaults by the newly formed parachute regime...

MEET MR. MULLINER.

Wodehouse, P. G., · 1978

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,743)

Barrie and Jenkins, London, 1978, reprint, 159pp, [i] blank, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper, McIlvaine A38a.9, lightly rubbed at tips, slight misfold to cloth upper tip upper board, dustwrapper: spine sl. sunned, very good plus in a very ...

INDISCRETIONS OF ARCHIE.

Wodehouse, P. G., · 1978

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,743)

Barrie and Jenkins, London, 1978, reprint, 208pp, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper, McIlvaine , faintly bumped at tips of upper board, edges tanned, dustwrapper: spine sl. sunned, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

LOWESTOFT - Town Against the Sea.

Steward, A. V., · 1950

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Jarrolds, Norwich, ND [1950], 1st edn., paperback original, 40pp, incl. 16pp half tone photo ills., stapled pictorial paper wrappers, a history of Lowestoft, staples replaced, faint fox mark on title, very good plus,

MONTGOMERY - A Biography.

Moorehead, Alan, · 1947

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1947, 2nd imp., 255pp, frontis port. and 15 other photo plates, folding map and 2 others in text, maps at endpapers, russet cloth lettered in gilt at spine, plain lettered dustwrapper, biography of the controversial and eccentric British soldier, incl...

STRIKE FROM THE SKY - The Story of the Battle of Britain.

McKee, Alexander, · 1960

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,215)

Souvenir Press, London, ND (copyright 1960), 1st edn., 288pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., diagrams in text, maps at eps., turquoise blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the Battle of Britain from July to September, 1940, opening ...

THE RUSSIAN WAR MACHINE 1917-1945.

Mayer, S. L. (ed.), · 1989

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Bison Books, London, 1989, reprint, 257pp, numerous col'd and half tone photo ills., drawings maps and tables in text, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd eps., pictorial dustwrapper, oversize (12 x 8.5 inches), the work of several authors, an account the the Russian a...

TANK VERSUS TANK - The Illustrated Story of Armoured Battlefield Conflict in the Twentieth Century.

Macksey, Kenneth, · 1988

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

Guild Publishing, London, 1988, club edn., 192pp, numerous illustrations and plans in line, half tone and colour throughout, large format 10 x 9 inches, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, a study of the way armoured warfare on land has develo...

INVASION - The German Invasion of England July 1940.

Macksey, Kenneth, · 1980

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,004)

Arms and Armour Press, London, ND (copyright 1980), 1st edn., 224pp, decorated title page, 24pp half tone photos and 8pp maps, 12 other full page maps in text, several diagrams and line ills. in text, dark blue coloured endpapers, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, co...

U-BOAT KILLER.

Macintyre, Donald Captain DSO, DSC, RN, · 1976

£19.00 (€22.77 | $25.10 | ¥4,008)

Seeley Service and Co., London, 1976, 1st in imprint, 176pp, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, first published by Weidenfeld and Nicholson in 1956, an account of destroyer actions in the Battle of the Atlantic by one who took part in it fr...

U-BOAT KILLER.

Macintyre, Donald Captain DSO, DSC, RN, · 1976

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Seeley Service and Co., London, 1976, 1st in imprint, 176pp, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, first published by Weidenfeld and Nicholson in 1956, an account of destroyer actions in the Battle of the Atlantic by one who took part in it fr...

STORMING EAGLES - German Airborne Forces In World War Two.

Lucas, James, · 1988

£17.00 (€20.38 | $22.46 | ¥3,586)

Arms and Armour Press, London, 1988, 1st edn., 191pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams in half tone and line, large format (10 x 7.5 inches), black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo montage dustwrapper, an account of the Fallschirmjaeger units, t...

HITLER'S MOUNTAIN TROOPS.

Lucas, James, · 1992

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Arms and Armour Press, London, ND (copyright 1992), 1st edn., 224pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., appendix of 10 maps in line, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the Gebirgsjaeger, the elite specially trained mountain troops, ofte...