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HOUSEHOLD AND COUNTRY CRAFTS.

Jobson, Allan, · 1953

£20.90 (€25.05 | $27.61 | ¥4,409)

Elek, London, 1953, 1st edn., 206pp, including 32pp half tone ills., green cloth lettered in black at spine, decorated lettered dustwrapper, 'an appreciation of the unconcious artistry in menial as well as skilled occupations since the 16th C', home and farm, mill and smithy,...

JENNINGS FOLLOWS A CLUE.

Buckeridge, Anthony, · 1965

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Collins, London, 1965, reprint, 255pp, red cloth lettered in black at spine, upper edge coloured, col'd wraparound pictorial dustwrapper, lightly rubbed at extrems., fore-and lower edges tanned, pages tanned, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems. with some light creasing, surface l...

AS OTHER MEN ARE.

Yates, Dornford, · 1947

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Ward Lock, London, 1947, 10th imp., 317pp, ii ads., olive cloth, facsimile 1st issue unattrib. armorial dustwrapper (cream), a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., small ink mark on title, edges sl. marked, lightly rubbed at tips, four crnrs turned, very good, no original d/...

AN EYE FOR A TOOTH.

Yates, Dornford, · 1945

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Ward Lock, London, 1945, 8th imp., 251pp, iv ads., pale blue cloth, very slightly cocked, edges tanned, light foxing to fore and lower edges and prelims., ink name front free endpaper, some marginal foxing in text, no dustwrapper, good plus,

GO AHEAD SECRET SEVEN.

Blyton, Enid, · 1967

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Brockhampton Press, Leicester, 1967, 10th imp., 121pp, double pictorial title and in text line drawings by Bruno Kay, decorative eps., light blue cloth lettered and decorated in darker blue, col'd pictorial dustwrapper, the fifth Secret Seven adventure, bumped and a little ru...

JENNINGS FOLLOWS A CLUE.

Buckeridge, Anthony, · 1967

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Collins, London, 1967, reprint, 255pp, col'd frontis by van Allen (?), red cloth lettered in black at spine, upper edge coloured, col'd wraparound pictorial dustwrapper, lightly rubbed and bumped at extrems., edges tanned, lower edge probably cut with blunt guillotine resulti...

BIGGLES OF THE SPECIAL AIR POLICE.

Johns, Capt. W. E., · 0

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Dean, London, ND, reprint, 183pp, pale blue cloth lettered in black at spine, pictorial dustwrapper (unattrib.), lightly rubbed and bumped at tips, edges tanned, small bookplate front free endpaper, dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems. with sl. surface loss upper cnr. upp...

BIGGLES AND THE BLACK PERIL.

Johns, Capt. W. E., · 0

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Dean, London, ND, reprint, 184pp, red cloth lettered in black at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by 'ASP', a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., edges tanned, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems. with sl. loss spine ends and cnrs., internally repaired, very good in a good plus dust...

BIGGLES AND THE BLACK PERIL.

Johns, Capt. W. E., · 0

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Dean, London, ND, reprint, 184pp, red cloth lettered in black at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by 'ASP', a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., edges tanned, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems. with sl. loss spine ends and cnrs. and surface loss at folds, short nicks at spine end...

BIGGLES FLIES AGAIN.

Johns, Capt. W. E., · 0

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Dean, London, ND, reprint, 183pp, turquoise cloth lettered in black at spine, pictorial dustwrapper (unattrib.), lightly rubbed and bumped at tips, edges tanned, sl. surface loss at paste downs, dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems. with sl. loss at head of spoine and uppe...

GIMLET'S ORIENTAL QUEST.

Johns, Capt. W. E., · 1948

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Brockhampton Press, Leicester, 1948, 1st edn., 191pp, col'd frontis (Stead) and 8 line drawings, green cloth lettered in black at spine and upper board, lightly rubbed and bumped at tips, edges tanned with light foxing, 4 line ink inscr. front free endpaper, no dustwrapper, v...

BIGGLES SECOND CASE.

Johns, Capt. W. E., · 1949

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1949, 2nd imp., 191pp, vignette title in line, col'd frontis and 9 line drawings in text by Stead, pictorial vignette upper board, a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., edges foxed, ink name front free endpaper, light foxing to prelims. and in ...

FIRST NIGHT.

Hodge, Jane Aiken, · 1989

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1989, 1st edn., 192pp, dar blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, wraparound col'd pictorial dustwrapper (unattrib), signed by author on front free endpaper, 1802 and American Martha and English Cristabel set out to seek their fortune in Europe, a...

PEACE IN WAR.

Seago, Edward, · 1944

£8.90 (€10.67 | $11.76 | ¥1,878)

Collins, London, 1944, 2nd imp., 80pp, frontis drawing of Seago (A. Horowitz), 28 half tone plates by Edward Seago, large format about 10 x 7 inches, green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, like many others Edward Seago joined the armed forces in 1939 but during time away from...

TILL I END MY SONG.

Gibbings, Robert, · 1958

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Readers Union, London, 1958, 184pp, numerous in text wood engravings by author, cream cloth lettered and lined in turquoise at spine, top edge coloured, decorated lettered dustwrapper, illustrated autobiographical anecdotes from Berkshire, the author's final book, a little bu...

PORTS OF THE EASTERN COUNTIES.

Wren, Wilfred J., · 1976

£18.80 (€22.53 | $24.84 | ¥3,966)

Terence Dalton, Lavenham, 1976, 1st edn., 207pp, 78 mainly half tone ills, 18 maps and/or plans, white cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd pictorial wraparound dustwrapper with sl. embossed grain effect, the history of the development of nine ports and harbours on the East...

SOMETHING OF OLD SUFFOLK.

Jobson, Allan, · 1978

£13.20 (€15.82 | $17.44 | ¥2,785)

Robert Hale, London, 1978, 1st edn., 152pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., dark green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorated lettered dustwrapper by Val Biro, a variety of brief sketches of people, places and events in Suffolk, both recent and historical, dustwrapper: price c...

FIRE IN THE SEA.

Butler, Audrey, · 1975

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Blackie, Glasgow, ND (copyright 1975) , 123pp, dark blue cloth grain paper covered bds. lettered in silver at spine, col'd pictorial dustwrapper by Colin Andrew, the defeat of the Spanish Armada, seen from the Spanish point of view as a sad failure to relieve England of a her...

THE WHISTLE BLOWER.

Hale, John, · 1984

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Jonathan Cape, London, 1984, 1st edn., 239pp, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd decorated lettered dustwrapper by Mon Mohan, a traitor in GCHQ, (British intelligence gathering organisation), an apparent suicide, a father's investigation into the death of his son - ...

NATHAN'S RUN.

Gilstrap, John, · 1996

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Little Brown, London, 1996, 1st edn., 309pp, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo montage dustwrapper, accused of killing a cop at a detention centre, Nathan becomes the target of a nationwide manhunt and a contract killer, dustwrapper: price clipped but with addition...