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WHEN WE WON THE WAR - The Story of Victory in Europe, 1945.

Longmate, Norman, · 1977

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Hutchinson, London, 1977, 1st edn., 192pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., map in text, blue cloth lettered in silver, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a record of the summer of 1945, when no-one apologized for being patriotic, of the crushing military victories, the death of Hitler ...

THE CUXHAVEN RAID - The World's First Carrier Air Strike.

Layman, R. D., · 1985

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,743)

Conway Maritime Press, London, ND (copyright 1985), 1st edn., 160pp, frontis and a number of half tone photo ills. in text, dark green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd pictorial dustwrapper by Geoff Hunt, an account of the planning, operation and aftermath of the world'...

BRITISH AIRCRAFT.

Munson, Kenneth, · 1960

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Ian Allan, London, ND (c1960), 64pp, half tone photo ills. throughout, pictorial laminated bds., in the publishers' 'Veteran and Vintage' series, a selective illustrated history of British military aviation from 1907 to about 1945, a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., a nu...

WATCHERS.

Koontz, Dean R., · 1989

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Headline, London, 1989, paperback, 507pp, [v] ads., pictorial panel upper wrapper (unattrib.), lightly rubbed at tips, near fine,

THE TREE OF SWORDS AND JEWELS.

Cherryh, C. J., · 1983

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Daw Books, New York, 1983, 1st edn., US paperback original, 254pp, [ii] ads., pictorial cover-art upper wrapper by Michael Whelan, edges coloured, sl. wrinkle to spine, light crease upper hinge, lightly rubbed at extrems., very good,

THE FROZEN PLANET and four other science-fiction novellas.

Anonymous (ed.), (Keith Laumer, F. L. Wallace, Allen Kim, Lang, Daniel Keyes and Clifford D. Simak), · 1970

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Macfadden-Bartell, New York, 1970, 2nd imp., paperback, 160pp, pictorial upper wrapper by Jack Faragasso, edges coloured, also features 'Growing Season' by F. L. Wallace, 'Cinderella Story' by Allen Kim Lang, 'The Quality of Mercy' by Daniel Keyes and 'Gleaners' by Clifford D...

THE SPANISH BRIDEGROOM.

Plaidy, Jean (pseud. of Eleanor Alice Hibbert), · 1973

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1973, paperback, 302pp, [ii] ads., pictorial montage upper wrapper (unattrib.), the fourth novel in the Tudor series, a little rubbed at extrems. esp. spine ends, edges tanned, very good,

THE ITALIAN WOMAN.

Plaidy, Jean (pseud. of Eleanor Alice Hibbert), · 1971

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1971, 1st in imprint, paperback, 300pp, [iii] ads., pictorial montage upper wrapper (unattrib.), second novel in the Medici trilogy, sl. creasing and roll in spine, rubbed at extrems. asp. top of lower hinge, diag crease upper wrapper, good,

LIGHT ON LUCREZIA.

Plaidy, Jean (pseud. of Eleanor Alice Hibbert), · 1970

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1970, paperback, 347pp, [v] ads., pictorial montage upper wrapper (unattrib.), sequel to 'Madonna of the Seven Hills', lightly rubbed at extrems., edges browned, very good,

OUTLAW OF GOR.

Norman, John, · 1979

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Star Books / W. H. Allen, London, 1979, 1st in imprint, paperback, 255pp, [iii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), volume two of the Chronicles of Counter-Earth, a little rubbed at extrems., light vertical crease to spine, diag. crease lower wrapper, good plus,

STAR WATCHMAN.

Bova, Ben, · 1977

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Sphere Books, London, 1977, 1st in imprint, paperback, 187pp, [v] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), slight roll and slant to spine, spine a little creased and sunned, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, good plus,

PIRATES OF THE ASTEROIDS.

Asimov, Isaac, · 1974

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

New English Library, London, 1974, paperback, 144pp, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), the second novel in the David Starr odyssey, roll and slant to spine, some vertical creasing to spine, lightly rubbed at extrems., good plus,

FOUNDATION AND EMPIRE.

Asimov, Isaac, · 1972

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Panther, London, 1972, paperback, 172pp, [iii] ads., decorated upper wrapper (unattrib.), the second novel in the Foundation series, sl. spine roll, some vertical creasing to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., good,

HOT TODDY.

Palmer, Frank, · 1997

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Constable, London, 1997, 1st edn., 207pp, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Terry Pastor, the third Phil 'Sweeney' Todd story, tiny bumps lower cnrs., very good plus in a fine dustwrapper,

KIDNAPPED.

Stevenson, Robert Louis (afterword by Gerard Previn Meyer), · 1959

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Signet Classic / New American Library, New York, 1959, paperback, [x inc. Map of Scotland], 239pp, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), the classic tale of adventure, light rubbing and chipping at tips., very good,

PIED PIPER.

Shute, Nevil, · 1965

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1965, 1st in imprint, paperback, 253pp, [i] ads., #X399, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), an old man, in 1940 France, accidentally gathers a group of children as he tries to return to England during the German invasion, sl. slant and roll to spine, rubb...

A TOWN LIKE ALICE.

Shute, Nevil, · 1950

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1950, 1st in imprint, paperback, 314pp, [i] Author's Note, [v] ads., #X96, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), the novel of the experiences of a man and a woman, separately prisoners of the Japanese invasion of Burma, and their attempt to find each other a...

THE THIRD GEORGE.

Plaidy, Jean (pseud. of Eleanor Alice Hibbert), · 0

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 976, 1st in imprint, paperback, 333pp inc. 2pp House of Hanover pedigree, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), the fifth book in the Georgian Saga, sl. spine roll, wrappers laminated, small ink name inside upper wrapper, small impressed mark top cnr. half t...

QUEEN IN WAITING.

Plaidy, Jean (pseud. of Eleanor Alice Hibbert), · 1975

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1975, 1st in imprint, paperback, 382pp, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), the second book in the Georgian Saga, sl. spine roll, wrappers laminated, small ink name inside upper wrapper, small impressed mark top cnr. half title, very good,

BEYOND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.

Plaidy, Jean (pseud. of Eleanor Alice Hibbert), · 1973

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1973, 1st in imprint, paperback, 541pp, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), a non-series novel of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, of the bold and reckless East End girl Carolan, transported to Australia where she becomes a convict maid-s...