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FAMOUS and INFAMOUS CASES.

Hasting, Patrick, · 1950

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

William Heinemann, London, 1950, 1st edn., [viii], 263pp, frontis port. and 15 half tone photo ills., dark blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, an account of some of the most famous court cases from English history, a little rubbed and lightly bumped at extrems., light fox...

ILLUSTRATED ENGLISH SOCIAL HISTORY - Volume 1 : Chaucer's England and the Early Tudors.

Trevelyan, G. M., · 1958

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Readers Union, London, 1958, club edn., xvi, 175pp, frontis and 3 other col'd plates, 96pp half tone ills., map and other line ills in text, dartk blue/green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, upper edge coloured, decorated lettered dustwrapper (stating volume title as 'Chaucer...

THE ENGLAND OF ELIZABETH.

Rowse, A. L., · 1953

£8.20 (€9.83 | $10.83 | ¥1,730)

Reprint Society, London, 1953, club edn., 605pp, frontis and 22pp half tone and line ills., red cloth with black title panel lettede in gilt at spine, decoration in gilt upper board, upper edge coloured, col'd pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the people, social conditions...

LIVINGSTONE'S LAST JOURNEY.

Coupland, Sir Reginald, · 1947

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Readers Union, London, 1947, club edn., 271pp, 4 maps in text, russet cloth lettered in dark blue at spine, col'd lettered dustwrapper, an account of Livingstone's last expedition to Africa, lasting from 1866 until his death in 1873, based on a number of sources including Liv...

THE AGE OF ELEGANCE 1812-1822.

Bryant, Arthur, · 1954

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

The Reprint Society, London, 1954, club edn., viii, 439pp, 4 maps in text, maps at endpapers, cream cloth with dark brown title panel at spine lettered and bordered in gilt, top edge coloured, decorated lettered dustwrapper, an account of British involvement in the Peninsular...

RUSSIANS AS PEOPLE.

Miller, Wright, · 1962

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Readers Union, London, 1962, club edn., 181pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, upper edge coloured, pictorial dustwrapper, a contemporary view of Russians, not as victims of or enthusiasts for Cummunism but as people moulded by their histor...

VOTES FOR WOMEN - The Story of the Struggle.

Fulford, Roger, · 1958

£7.70 (€9.23 | $10.17 | ¥1,624)

Readers Union, London, 1958, club edn., 285pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, upper edge coloured, col'd lettered dustwrapper, a history of women's suffrage in Great Britain, lightly bumped at extrems., dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems with sev...

HERE THEY DUG THE GOLD.

Willison, George F., · 1952

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Readers Union, London, 1952, club edn., x, 237pp, frotis and 4pp half tone ills., maps at endpapers, cream cloth lettered in silver at spine, decorated lettered dustwrapper, an account of the Pike's Peak Gold Rush in Colorado, 1859, lightly bumped at lower tips, upper edge sl...

BOSWORTH FIELD and the Wars of the Roses.

Rowse, A. L., · 1967

£10.90 (€13.07 | $14.40 | ¥2,300)

History Book Club, London, 1967, club edn., xiv, 317pp, 16pp plates, maps and genealogical table in text, pale green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, a study of the ruling class of 15th Century England that seemed to be set on destroying i...

THE SPRING VOYAGE - The Jerusalem Pilgrimage in 1458.

Mitchell, R. J., · 1965

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Readers Union, London, 1965, club edn., 213pp, 8pp half tone ills., double page map, dark blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, decorated in silver upper board, upper edge coloured, pictorial dustwrapper, based on the diaries of six of the pilgrims of the Spring Voyage of 1...

THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION.

Moorehead, Alan, · 1960

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Readers Union, London, 1960, club edn., 272pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., red cloth lettered in black at spine, upper edge coloured, col'd lettered dustwrapper, an account of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and of the events leading to it, sl. cocked, lightly bumped at tail of...

SHADOWS ON THE HORIZON - The Battle of Convoy HX-233.

Haskell, W. A., · 1998

£8.70 (€10.43 | $11.49 | ¥1,835)

Chatham Publishing, London, 1998, 1st edn., 192pp, numerous half tone photo ills and line drawings, plans and diagrams, very dark grey cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd pictorial dustwrapper by Peter Hogan, more than an account of an Atlantic eastbound convoy in Spring 1...

RELENTLESS PURSUIT.

Wemyss, Cdr. D. E. G., · 2003

£11.30 (€13.54 | $14.93 | ¥2,384)

Wrens Park Publishing, Great Britain, 2003, reprint, 128pp, half tone frontis port. and 8pp half tone photo ills., table of u-boats attacked by Second Support Group, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, the story of Captain F. J. Walker, res...

U-BOATS DESTROYED - German Submarine Losses in the World Wars,.

Kemp, Paul, · 1999

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Arms and Armour Press, London, 1999, larger trade paperback, 288pp, photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 6 inches, an extensive reference on the sinkings by Allied action of German submarines during both world wars, 1914-18 and 1939-45, with details of each submarine including commi...

A FINE MADNESS.

Baker, Elliott, · 1964

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Michael Joseph, London, 1964, 1st edn. UK, 314pp, [vi] blank, blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd lettered dustwrapper by Michael Harvey, the author's first and award winning novel, very lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned and foxed, ink name top cnbr. front free end...

THINNER THAN BLOOD.

Shepherd, Stella, · 1991

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Constable, London, 1991, 1st edn., 192pp, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Terry Pastor, edges tanned, light flecks to title, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

THE LONDON DEAL.

Crisp, N. J., · 1978

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Raven Books / Macdonald and Janes, London, 1978, 1st edn., 188pp, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a Det. Insp. Kenyon novel, lightly rubbed and bumped at tips, faint foxing upper edge, dustwrapper: unpriced, lightly rubbed at tips, very g...

THE BAB BALLADS - with which are included Songs of a Savoyard.

Gilbert, W. S., · 1953

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Macmillan and Co., London, 1953, reprint, 564pp, two colour title, 350 in text line ills. by author, dark green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorated in gilt upper board, upper edge coloured, lettered cream and green dustwrapper, lightly bumped at tips, edges and endpape...

THE MONDAY MUTINY - A Ben Grant story.

Collenette, Eric J., · 1987

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

William Kimber, London, 1987, 1st edn., 190pp, blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by David Griffiths, the crew of the sloop HMS Condor are torn between conscience and duty in the blockade of Jewish immigration to Palestine, tiny paper blemish on verso...

THE CHILD'S BIBLE - The words of the Old and New Testaments arranged, illustrated and explained for young people.

Stirling, John (ed.), ill. T. Heath Robinson, · 1930

£13.50 (€16.18 | $17.84 | ¥2,848)

Odhams Press, London, ND (circa 1930's), xvi, 509pp, frontis and one other col'd plate, 24 half tone plates (all from paintings), numerous in text line drawings by T. Heath Robinson, large format 10.5 x 7.5 inches, dark blue cloth with simulated morocco grain, lettered and de...