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A PORTRAIT OF LORD NELSON.

Warner, Oliver, · 1958

£14.70 (€17.62 | $19.42 | ¥3,101)

Chatto and Windus, London, 1958, 1st edn., 372pp, frontis and 11 half tone plates, facsimile letters and signatures, battle plans (large folding of Trafalgar), blue cloth gilt, account of Nelson's early in life in Norfolk, his naval career (Midshipman aged twelve to Vice-Admi...

LIFE OF NELSON.

Southey, Robert, · 1956

£12.30 (€14.74 | $16.25 | ¥2,595)

Folio Society, London, 1956, 1st thus, 304pp, frontis port. and 11 other half tone plates, number of line drawings in text, maps at eps., blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at spine and upper board, decorative headband, acknowledged as the best short biography of the l...

BEST FLYING STORIES.

Macmillan, Norman (ed), · 1941

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Faber and Faber, London, 1941, reprint, 494pp, turquoise cloth gilt, an anthology of stories from the early days of flying between about 1912 and June 1940, incl. some from WW1 and one from WW2, rubbed, bumped, front free endpaper removed, several marks, no dustwrapper, readi...

THE RED KNIGHT OF GERMANY - Baron von Richthofen Germany's Great War Airman.

Gibbons, Floyd, · 1934

£7.70 (€9.23 | $10.17 | ¥1,624)

Cassell, London, 1934, 9th edn., 408pp, half tone frontis port., with appendix of his 80 victories, red cloth lettered in black, account of the wartime life of Manfred von Richthofen, with extracts from his letters and contemporary reports, from his time with the Uhlans (cava...

FOUNDED UPON THE SEAS : A Narrative of Some English Maritime and Overseas Enterprises during the period 1550-1616.

Oakeshott, Walter, · 1942

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

University Press, Cambridge, 1942, 1st edn., 200pp, frontis and 11 half tone plates, 1 map in text, blue cloth gilt, an account of the maritime achievements of the Elizabethan and early Stuart period, rubbed and bumped at extrems., ownership stamp at fr. and rear endpapers, ...

An Illustrated Guide to MODERN WARSHIPS.

Lyon, Hugh, · 1980

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Salamander, London, ND (copyright 1980), 160pp, numerous colour and half tone photo ills., col'd pictorial laminated boards, pictures and specifications of warships of most major nations of the world, lt. rubbing to tips., no dustwrapper, very good plus,

THE SQUEAKER.

Wallace, Edgar, · 0

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, ND, 312pp, iv ads., yellow ochre cloth lettered in black at spine with facsimile signature and 'crimson circle' motif, lettered upper bd. with vignette illustration, sl. cocked, lightly rubbed at tips, tiny fray top of lower joint, a few faint fo...

MONUMENTAL BRASSES - King Penguin Series #K75.

Mann, James, · 1957

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1957, 1st edn., 40pp, 32pp two colour plates, col'd decorated paper covered boards, a brief study of the medieval art revealed in monumental brasses and how it illustrates contemporary dress and armour, lightly rubbed at tips, upper edge dusty, faintr ...

THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY - King Penguin Series #K10,.

Maclagan, Eric, · 1945

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1945, 2nd edn., revised, 32pp, frontis map, 8pp col'd and 40pp (unpaginated) half tone plates, col'd decorated paper covered boards, an account of the great tapestry of Bayeux which records events in France and England 1064-66, incl. the invasion by Wi...

ENGLISH BOOK ILLUSTRATION 1800-1900 - King Penguin Series #K31.

James, Philip, · 1947

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1947, 1st edn., 72pp, frontis and many in text line drawings, 16pp half tone and col'd plates, pictorial paper covered boards, a description of the processes with many examples of the period including Millais, Beardsley, Burne-Jones, Cruikshank, Greena...

UR The First Phases - King Penguin Series #25.

Woolley, Sir Leonard, · 1946

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1946, 1st edn., 40pp, 16pp col'd plates, col'd decorated paper covered boards, account of the results of the excavation of the 2000BC city of Babylonia in present day Iraq, lightly rubbed at extrems., small old ink price upper board, light overall soil...

UR The First Phases - King Penguin Series #25.

Woolley, Sir Leonard, · 1946

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1946, 1st edn., 40pp, 16pp col'd plates, col'd decorated paper covered boards, account of the results of the excavation of the 2000BC city of Babylonia in present day Iraq, lightly rubbed at extrems., sl. sunning at spine, edges lightly foxed, small ch...

HERALDRY IN ENGLAND - King Penguin Series #K22.

Wagner, Anthony, · 1951

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1951, 3rd imp., 36pp, 16pp col'd plates, some line ills. in text, col'd decorated paper covered boards, an amateur reference to arms and shields of British heraldry, lightly rubbed at tips, faint bump upper cnr. upper board, upper edge sl. foxed, dustw...

NATURE WATCHER'S DIRECTORY.

Marsden, David, · 1984

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Book Club Associates, London, 1984, club edn., 224pp, 12pp col'd photo ills., numerous in text half tone and line drawings, col'd pictorial laminated boards, '...an invaluable reference book for the naturalist, with descriptions of over 200 sites for watching wildlife' (in Br...

WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY a field guide.

Hosking, Eric and Gooders, John, · 1976

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Arrow Books, London, 1976, 1st in imprint, paperback, 192pp, 8pp col'd photo ills., 24pp half tone photo ills., diagrams in line in text, large format paperback (7.75" x 5"), col'd pict. wrappers, by Hosking the wildlife photographer and Gooders the ornithologist, a guide to ...

DISCOVEREING ANIMALS.

Soper, Tony, · 1985

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Book Club Associates, London, 1985, club edn., 144pp, illustrated in colour, half tone and line, green cloth gilt, coloured pict. dw, an introduction to British wild mammals, their habaits and habitat and how to view them, bottom crnrs sl. bumped, dustwrapper: a little rubbed...

WE SAVE WILDLIFE.

Stocker, Les, · 1986

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Whittet Books, London, 1986, 1st edn., 128pp, half tone photo ills. in text, laminated col'd pictorial boards, selection of case histories from a Wildlife Hospital, top edge not cut and carelessly opened leaving several short tears, no dustwrapper, very good,

CLIMBS IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES.

Smythe, Frank S., · 1950

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1950, 1st edn., 260pp, frontis and 1 other col'd plate, 32pp half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams in text, blue cloth gilt, rubbed at extrems., several light marks on cloth, prelims and eps lightly foxed, edges a little grubby, some fox marks...

INCREDIBLE AFRICA.

Price, Willard, · 1961

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Heinemann, London, 1961, 1st edn., 213pp, 64pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, dark geen cloth gilt, a round trip of Africa from Morocco to South Africa and Kenya to Ghana, a little rubbed at spine ends and tips, front free endpaper removed, dustwrapper: well rubbed, sev...

IMAGES OF SPAIN.

Cleugh, James, · 1961

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Harrap, London, 1961, 1st edn., 264pp, 28pp half tone photo ills., 3pp maps in text, maps at eps., red/brown cloth. black title panel gilt, account of contemporary Spain incl. the geography, economics and history, light fox marks to edges and prelims, dustwrapper: rubbed at e...