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NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL.

Márquez, Gabriel Garcia, · 1979

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Picador / Pan Books, London, 1979, trade paperback format, 170pp, pictorial design upper wrapper by Gary McArver, nine short stories of life in South America, rubbed at tips, very good,

BLOOD MOUNTAIN.

Kessler, Leo (pseud. of Charles Whiting), · 1978

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Futura, London, 1978, 1st edn., paperback original, 173pp, [ii] ads., pictorial design upper wrapper (unattrib.), in this novel Hitler's Stormtroop Edelweiss are ordered to conquer Mount Elbrus, the highest peak in the Caucasus Mountains, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned,...

SHOAL WATER.

Yates, Dornford, · 1946

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Ward Lock, London, 1946, 5th imp., 317pp, green cloth lettered in black at spine, lightly rubbed and bumped at extrems., spine v. sl. sunned, top edge dusty, bookplate front free endpaper, no dustwrapper, very good,

GALE WARNING.

Yates, Dornford, · 1942

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Ward Lock, London, 1942, 4th imp., 313pp and [v] ads., olive green cloth lettered in black at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by W. J. Roberts, a little bumped and lightly rubbed at extrems., edges sl. browned with a few fox marks, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems., sl. loss at sp...

ANTHONY LYVEDEN.

Yates, Dornford, · 1944

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Ward Lock, London, 1944, 12th imp., 308pp and [iv] ads., olive green cloth lettered in black at spine, lettered upper board, pictorial dustwrapper by J. F. Campbell, sl. cocked, lightly rubbed at tips, top edge dusty, a few fox marks fore-edge, ink namestamp front free endpap...

AN EYE FOR A TOOTH.

Yates, Dornford, · 1950

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Ward Lock, London, 1950, 11th imp., 251pp and [iv] ads., olive green cloth lettered in black at spine, rubbed and a little bumped at extrems., several marks to cloth, bds. inclined to bow, top edge dusty, no dustwrapper, reading copy only,

AN EYE FOR A TOOTH.

Yates, Dornford, · 1946

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Ward Lock, London, 1946, 10th imp., 251pp and [iv] ads., deep turquoise cloth lettered in black at spine, top edge coloured, cocked, lightly rubbed at extrems., tiny stab with very sharp needle through upper bd affecting first 60pp, bookplate front free endpaper, ownership st...

ATLANTIC FURY.

Innes, Hammond, · 1980

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Fontana, London, 1980, paperback, 255pp, [i] ads., maps in text, pictorial wrappers by Paul Wright, a lonely island in the Western Isles of Scotland is the setting for this novel about two brothers, one an artist, the other a soldier, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned,...

SINISTER SPIES.

Hitchcock, Alfred (chosen by), · 1973

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Puffin / Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1973, paperback, 222pp, [i] acknowledgements, wrap-around pictorial cover-art (unattrib.), eleven spy stories, rubbed at extrems., vertical crease in spine, spine sunned, cnrs. sl. curled, half title removed?, good plus,

STRAF BATTALION 999.

Konsalik, Heinz, · 1977

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Tattoo Books, London, 1977, reprint, paperback, 238pp, [vi] ads., wraparound pictorial cover-art (unattrib.), novel of a German doctor with a punishment battalion at the Russian Front during WW2, light vertical crease in spine, a little rubbed at extrems., faint creasing to w...

COLD HARBOUR.

Higgins, Jack, · 1990

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1990, 2nd imp., paperback, 265pp, [i] ads., decorative montage design upper wrapper by Tom Stimpson, set on the eve of D-Day, once OSS agent had been rescued from the sea by a German E-Boat he thought that his war was over but it was just starting...very sl...

HONEYCOMB.

Carras, Raymond and Drummond, William, · 1979

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1979, 1st in imprint, paperback, 220pp, [iv] ads., wrap-around pictorial cover-art by Ian Robertson, set in 1944, a novel of a Nazi plan to hi-jack a trainload of national treasure as it travels under London to the docks for passage to safety in America, ve...

A FLOCK OF SHIPS.

Callison, Brian, · 1971

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Fontana, London, 1971, 3rd imp., paperback, 192pp, pictorial design upper wrapper (unattrib.), a novel about the MV Cyclops, discovered in the South Atlantic, virtually undamaged, twenty-five years after she was reported torpedoed and sinking, sl. spine roll and slant, lightl...

HOW TO WIN AT CONTRACT BRIDGE IN TEN EASY LESSONS.

Frey, Richard L., · 1967

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

W. H. Allen, London, 1967, 1st edn. UK, 304pp, deep green cloth gilt at spine, col'd decorated lettered dustwrapper, lightly rubbed at tips, a few small marks to edges, traces of old price top cnr. ffep., dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., short nick top upper hinge, ve...

BASIL MAINE ON MUSIC.

Maine, Basil, · 1946

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

John Westhouse, London, 1946, 2nd imp., 129pp, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine with gilt facsimile sig. upper bd., preface by Adrian Boult, a further selection of essays on music by a music critic, a little rubbed at extrems., sl. bumped to lower cnrs., gilding dull at ...

BROTHERS OF THE WILD.

Wood, Eric, · 1940

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Cassell, London, ND (c1940's), 310pp, frontis and 3 other col'd plates by Stanley L. Wood, blue pictorial cloth lettered in gilt at spine and light blue upper bd., pictorial panels at spine and upper bd. in black, orange, dark and light blue, top edge col'd, an adventure tale...

TO THE FORE WITH THE TANKS!.

Westerman, Percy F., · 1935

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Blackie and Son, London, 1935 reprint, 256pp, unattributed half tone frontis, red pictorial cloth, lettered and decorated in black at spine and upper bd., sl. cocked and spine sl. sunned, a little bumped and rubbed at extrems., ink marks lower board, edges dusty, deleted ink ...

ANNAPURNA - Conquest of the First 8,000-metre Peak.

Herzog, Maurice, · 1954

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Reprint Society, London, 1954, club edn., 288pp, col'd pictorial rear eps., col'd frontis, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, dark green cloth with maroon leather title panel at spine gilt, top edge col'd, plain decorated lettered dustwrapper, account of the first conq...

THE GREAT AIRSHIP.

Brereton, Lt. Col. F. S. (Captain Brereton), · 1940

£17.50 (€20.98 | $23.12 | ¥3,692)

Blackie, London, ND (c1940), reprint, 360pp, half tone frontis and 3 other half tone plates by C. M. Padday, deep turquoise cloth lettered in dark blue at spine, lettered with decoration and border upper bd., col'd pictorial dustwrapper (design unattributed), the author is at...

STORIES MY MOTHER NEVER TOLD ME - Part One.

Hitchcock, Alfred (presents), · 1967

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1967, paperback, 255pp, 15 short stories and a novelette, cover art by Glenn Steward, lightly rubbed at extrems., tiny nick fore-edge title, ink initials inside upper wrapper, half title and lower wrapper, very good,