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SHIPS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY.

McMurtrie, Francis E., · 1943

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Sampson Low and Marston, London, 1943, 1st edn., 160pp, frontis and numerous half tone photo ills in text, landscape format 4.75 x 7.5 inches, blue cloth lettered in black at upper board, two tipped in errata slips, a 1942 pictorial listing with brief specifications of ships ...

AN ILLUSTRATED DATA GUIDE TO BATTLE TANKS OF WORLD WAR II.

Chant, Christopher, · 1997

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Tiger Books, London, 1997, 1st edn., 77pp, colour and half tone ills. in text, tall format 9 x 4.5 inches, pictorial laminated boards, the title says it all, no dustwrapper, fine,

FROM ALL SIDES - Memories of World War II.

Willey, Bob (compiler), · 1989

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Alan Sutton, Gloucester, 1989, 1st edn., trade paperback, viii, 240pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., col'd pictorial wrappers, a collection of anecdotes from numerous prominent people from all over the world about their recollections of receiving the news of the outbreak of WW2,...

NORTH AMERICAN P-51 MUSTANG.

Gunston, Bill, · 1990

£7.20 (€8.63 | $9.51 | ¥1,519)

Salamander Books, London, ND (copyright 1990), 1st edn., 46pp, in text colour and half tone photo ills., diagrams and artwork, large format (9 x 9 inches) laminated col'd pictorial bds., in a Classic Warplanes series, a pictorial history charting the development and operation...

POPPY PARADE.

Marshall, Arthur, · 1985

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Fontana / Collins, London, 1985, 1st edn., trade paperback original, 190pp, several line ills., col'd pictorial wrappers, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of WW2 and to coincide with the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal, a collection of humerous anecdotes from service lif...

THE BULL FROM THE SEA.

Renault, Mary, · 1968

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

New English Library, London, 1968, paperback, 253pp, [ii] ads., pictorial wrappers (unattrib), sl. slant and creasing to spine, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good,

THE SILVER TIDE.

Tod, Michael, · 1994

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Orion Books, London, 1994, 1st in imprint, paperback, 226pp, pictorial wrappers by John Barber, the first volume of the Woodstock Saga, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,

THE WAYWARD WIFE and other stories.

Moravia, Alberto, · 1963

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1963, 1st in imprint, paperback, 217pp, [v] ads., #2021, orange pictorial wrappers, sl. roll and slant to spine with several light vertical creases, a little rubbed at extrems., very good,

CREWING RACING DINGHIES AND KEELBOATS.

Fisher, Bob, · 1976

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Stanford Maritime, London, 1976, 1st edn., 160pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills., blue cloth grain paper covered bds. lettered in silver at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a guide for yacht racing crews on boat handling and tactics, a little rubbed at extrems., on...

UNCOMMON VALOUR.

Goulding, Sqn. Ldr. A. G., DFM, · 1996

£8.40 (€10.07 | $11.10 | ¥1,772)

Goodall / Air Data Publications, Wilmslow - Cheshire, 1996, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 192pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial wrappers, the story of RAF Bomber Command 1939-1945, drawing on de-classified material, as well as relating the building of this most...

SUBMARINE BOATS - The beginnings of underwater warfare.

Compton-Hall, Richard, · 1985

£11.80 (€14.14 | $15.59 | ¥2,489)

Windward, Leicester, ND (circa1985), large format paperback, 192pp, frontis and numerous in text half tone and line illustrations, col'd pictorial wrappers, large format (9.5 x 7 inches), a well illustrated history of the development of the submarine as an underwater weapon, ...

THE HIDDEN NAVY.

Berckham, Evelyn, · 1973

£8.40 (€10.07 | $11.10 | ¥1,772)

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1973, 2nd imp., xiv, 159pp, 16pp half tone photo ils., pictorial endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, top edge coloured, armorial design dustwrapper, a supplement to any Royal Naval history, this records the less obvious aspects of naval ...

THE GREATEST RAID OF ALL.

Phillips, C. E. Lucas, · 1959

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Companion Book Club, London, 1959, club edn., 272pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 22 maps and diagrams in text, blue cloth with maroon title panel at spine lettered in gilt, top edge col'd, this edition does not include the map of the Loire Estuary at endpapers mentioned in th...

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

Haskell, W. A., · 1998

£12.30 (€14.74 | $16.25 | ¥2,595)

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...

THE CRIMEAN WAR.

Kerr, Paul, et al., · 1997

£13.30 (€15.94 | $17.57 | ¥2,806)

Channel Four / Boxtree, London, 1997, 2nd imp., 192pp, illustrated throughout in colour and halftone, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd pictorial dustwrapper, a visual history (this was the first major war to be photographed) of the Crimean War together with a numb...

THE STORY OF A RED DEER.

Fortescue, Hon. J. W., · 1989

£11.50 (€13.78 | $15.19 | ¥2,426)

Macmillan and Co., London, 1989, 5th imp.viii, 144pp, frontis in line with tissue guard, light green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, lettered and decorated in gilt upper bd., all edges uncut, a little bumped at lower cnrs., edges dusty, 3 line ink inscr. front free endpaper ...

VALERIE FRENCH.

Yates, Dornford, · 1947

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Ward Lock, London, 1947, 13th imp., 312pp, green cloth lettered in black at spine, 1st issue armorial dustwrapper (cream, unattrib.), edges and eps. a little browned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., spine browned, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

JONAH AND CO..

Yates, Dornford, · 1926

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Ward Lock, London, ND [circa 1926], reprint, 320pp, olive grey cloth lettered in black at spine, lettered and border upper board, latest listed title 'As Other Men Are' (1925), an early reprint, the 5th or 6th impression, contains the prologue and epilogue that were dropped f...

JONAH AND CO..

Yates, Dornford, · 1942

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Ward Lock, London, 1942, 14th imp., 310pp, olive cloth lettered in black, lettered upper bd., pictorial dustwrapper by van Abbé, sl. rubbed at tips, ink name front free endpaper (crossed thro'), dustwrapper: clipped (new price opposite cnr), sunned at spine, lightly rubbed at...

JONAH AND CO..

Yates, Dornford, · 1930

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Ward Lock, London, ND [1930], [10th imp.], 310pp, x ads, olive cloth lettered in black at spine, lettered and border upper bd., Ward Lock 'New Fiction' ads. incl. Maiden Stakes (1928) and Charteris' Daredevil (1929), pictorial dustwrapper by van Abbé, lightly rubbed at tips a...