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A HISTORY OF EVERYDAY THINGS IN ENGLAND, vol 4 1851 to 1942.

Quennell, Marjorie and C. H. B., · 1942

£18.30 (€21.94 | $24.18 | ¥3,861)

B. T. Batsford, London, 1942, 2nd imp., 214pp, frontis, 3 single and 3 double page col'd ills, 30pp half tone ills, numerous in text line ills., blue/grey cloth dec. in blue, an illustrated history of later Victorian and Edwardian England, edges, prelims and eps. rather foxed...

THE PRINCE OF PLEASURE AND HIS REGENCY 1811-20.

Priestley, J. B., · 1971

£10.40 (€12.47 | $13.74 | ¥2,194)

Sphere Books, London, 1971, 1st in imprint, paperback, 304pp, illustrated throughout in half tones and colour. large format 9.75 inches x 7.75 inches, col'd pictorial wrappers, a portrait of the notable patron of the arts the Prince Regent, his life and times, the extravaganc...

THE BRITISH ARMY - A Concise History.

Haswell, Jock, · 1975

£8.70 (€10.43 | $11.49 | ¥1,835)

Book Club Associates, London, 1975, club edn., 181pp, 11pp bibliog., list of ills. and index, half tone frontis and numerous in text half tone ills, blue cloth gilt, after sketching in the medieval background, the author concentrates on the 300 years of the regular army up to...

TRAFALGAR - British Battles Series.

Warner, Oliver, · 1969

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pan Books Ltd., London, 1969, paperback, 177pp, 15pp app. and index, 12pp half tone ills, 1 map of fleet movements before Trafalgar, 3 in text line drawings, the Fighting Memorandum and plan of Nelson's approach, an account of the background which led to the battle of Trafalg...

THE MORTON'S STORY.

Charlesworth, A. R., · 1995

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Privately published, 1995, 1st edn., paperback original, 44pp, numerous half tone photo and line ills., large format stapled pictorial paper wrappers (11.5 x 8.25 inches), a history in photographs and text of the Lowestoft food factory known as Morton's, from 1901 until 1988 ...

ALL AT SEA.

Box, Peter, · 1992

£8.40 (€10.07 | $11.10 | ¥1,772)

Rushmere Publishing, Lowestoft, 1992, 1st edn., paperback original, 148pp, many half tone photo ills. and some line ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers (8.25 x 5.75 inches), covering the Thames Estuary and the coast from Dover to Great Yarmouth, the story of the pleasure ...

THE FOUR JUST MEN.

Wallace, Edgar, · 1959

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1959 reprint, paperback, #G318, pictorial wrappers by S. R. Bordero (?), a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing and foxing to wrappers, edges browned, small chip fore-edge half title, large label inside lower wrapper, good,

THE WOODLANDERS.

Hardy, Thomas, · 1958

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Macmillan St Martin's Library, London, 1958, 1st in imprint, paperback, 380pp, map, sl. rubbing, very good plus,

GERMINAL.

Zola, Emile, · 1954

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1954, 1st in imprint, paperback, L45, translated from the French, Zola's classic family saga set against a background of coal mining in Second Empire France, very good,

GENETICS.

Kalmus, Hans, · 1948

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pelican / Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1948, 1st edn., paperback original, 171pp, in text line diagrams, A179, an early book on the young science of genetics, rust mark upper wrapper and half title, good plus,

CINE-BIOLOGY.

Durden, J. V., Field, Mary and Smith, F. Percy, · 1941

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pelican / Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1941, 1st edn., paperback original, 128pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., line drawings in text, A85, follow-up to the 'Secrets of Life' and 'Secrets of Nature' films in which the three authors were involved, a popular biology of invertebrates f...

A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.

Evans, Sir Ifor, · 1958

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pelican / Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1958, paperback, 238pp, evaluation of the periods and varieties of literature from Beowulf to James Joyce, very good plus,

DOCTOR WHO AND THE ANDROID INVASION.

Dicks, Terrance, · 1981

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Target / W. H. Allen, London, 1981, 3rd imp., paperback, 126pp, [ii] ads., tv tie-in, pictorial upper wrapper shows Tom Baker as Doctor Who in the BBC production, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, good,

SIX CAME FLYING.

MacSwiney of Mashanglass, Marquis, · 1989

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Asford Press, Southampstom, 1989, 1st in imprint, paperback, 218pp, 8pp half tone ills., the now classic story of swans, very good,

THE RAILWAY CHILDREN.

Nesbit, E., · 1993

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Parragon / Diamond, London, 1993, paperback, 207pp, chapter head ills. in line by David Parkin, pictorial wrappers (unattrib.), fine,

MADDON'S ROCK.

Innes, Hammond, · 1956

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1956, 1st in imprint, paperback, #354, pictorial wrappers (unattrib.), when the S.S. Trikkala sank in 1945 with her cargo of silver, amongst her few survivors was Jim Vardy. Convicted of mutiny he hears of a salvage operation, escapes from Dartmoor to disco...

RICHARD BOLITHO - MIDSHIPMAN.

Kent, Alexander (Douglas Reeman), · 1977

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Arrow, London, 1977, 1st in imprint, paperback, 159pp, wraparound pictorial wrappers [Chris Mayger], 1772 and Midshipman Richard Bolitho is appointed to the 74 gun Gorgon to protect the African coast from pirates threatening British trade, very sl. slant to spine, lightly rub...

SLOOP OF WAR.

Kent, Alexander (Douglas Reeman), · 1974

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Arrow, London, 1974, 1st in imprint, paperback, 319pp incl. 2pp map, wraparound pictorial wrappers by Chris Mayger, 1778 and Lt. Richard Bolitho brings a prize to Antigua and is appointed i/c of the sloop, Sparrow, and involved in the War of Independence and against the Frenc...

TO GLORY WE STEER.

Kent, Alexander (Douglas Reeman), · 1974

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Arrow, London, 1974, reprint, paperback, 384pp, wraparound design by Chris Mayger, 1792 and Captain Richard Bolitho is appointed to the 32 gun frigate Phalarope, i/c the frigate Phalarope to assist in the Caribbean, very sl. slant to spine, lightly rubbed at tips, bookplate i...

TO GLORY WE STEER.

Kent, Alexander (Douglas Reeman), · 1974

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Arrow, London, 1974, reprint, paperback, 384pp, wraparound design by Chris Mayger, 1792 and Captain Richard Bolitho is appointed to the 32 gun frigate Phalarope, i/c the frigate Phalarope to assist in the Caribbean, sl. roll and slant to spine with some vertical creasing at s...