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THE BIG FOOTPRINTS.

Innes, Hammond, · 1977

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Collins, London, 1977, 1st edn., 349pp, ochre cloth lettered in silver at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, a man's struggle to save the African elephants from slaughter, lightly rubbed at tips, slight sunning to spine, sl. tanning to edges, dustwrapper: unpriced, a little rubbe...

THE BLACK TIDE.

Innes, Hammond, · 1982

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Collins, London, 1982, 1st edn., 347pp, deep green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, dustwrapper by Brett Breckon, correction slip pasted to final line of blurb front flap, an oil spill and a woman's obsession lead to Hammond Innes revealing the hidden world of fraud and pirac...

SOLOMONS SEAL.

Innes, Hammond, · 1980

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Collins, London, 1980, 1st edn., 320pp, light grey cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at spine, dustwrapper by Ronald Clark, maritime adventure, the islands of the South West pacific and rare stamps, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned and foxed, dustwrapper: lightly rubbe...

THE STRODE VENTURER.

Innes, Hammond, · 1965

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Collins, London, 1965, 1st edn., 320pp, blue/black dichromatic cloth lettered in gilt at spine, dustwrapper design by 'Farnhill', a maritime adventure in coral atolls of the Maldives, with a background of high finance in the shipping world, lightly rubbed at tips, light bump...

EGGS AND BAKER.

Masefield, John, · 1936

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Heinemann, London, 1936, 1st edn., 298pp, a novel by the by then Poet Laureate, slight rubbing to cloth at extrems., 3 line ink inscr. front free endpaper, light foxing prelims and fore-edge, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems. chipped at spine ends (repaired), very good in a go...

COP HUNTER.

Murano, Vincent and Hoffer, William, · 1990

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Simon and Schuster, New York, 1990, 1st edn., 320pp, the true story of a cop who spends his career keeping other cops honest, top crnrs bumped, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

SIX CAME FLYING.

MacSwiney of Mashanglass, Marquis, · 1971

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Michael Joseph, London, 1971, 1st edn. UK, 192pp, frontis and 16pp half tone photo ills, line drawings in text, maps/plans at eps, the now classic story of swans, extrems a little bumped, remains of sello mark title page, sev other light marks, dustwrapper: pc and rubbed at e...

BACKHAND.

Cody, Liza, · 1991

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Chatto and Windus, London, 1991, 1st edn., 279pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo montage dustwrapper, the sixth Anna Lee mystery, v. sl. cocked, light bump lower cnr. upper bd., very good plus in a fine dustwrapper,

ROTUNDA.

Huxley, Aldous, · 1932

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Chatto and Windus, London, 1932, 1st edn., 1081pp, dark green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at spine, double line border in blind upper and lower boards, upper edge coloured, a selection from the works of the author, some rubbing to tips and spine ends, edges tanned wi...

LUDMILA - A Story of Leichtenstein,.

Gallico, Paul, · 1956

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Quick, Vaduz - Leichtenstein, 1956, 2nd imp., 53pp, frontis and 9 half tone drawings in text by Frans Deak, a larger format than the UK edition, pale green cloth lettered in gilt at spine and upper bd., photo pictorial dustwrapper, signed by author on front free endpaper, cl...

CATALINA - A Romance.

Maugham, W. Somerset, · 1948

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Heinemann, London, 1948, 1st edn., 256pp, red cloth lettered in silver at spine and upper board, author device in silver upper board, coloured wraparound pictorial dustwrapper by Gordon Nicoll, very sl. cocked, lightly rubbed at tips and light bump lower cnr. upper bd., foxin...

R.A.M.C..

Cotterell, Anthony, · 1943

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Hutchinson, London, ND (c1943), 1st edn., 116pp, 24pp half tone photo ills, line drawings at eps., red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, a contemporary account of the work of the Royal Army Medical Corps detailing experiences mainly from France and North Africa, with accounts ...

THE WAR ILLUSTRATORS.

Hodgson, Pat, · 1977

£9.20 (€11.03 | $12.15 | ¥1,941)

Macmillan, New York, 1977, 1st edn. US, 191pp, numerous line and halftone drawings, deep ochre cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, a selection of the work of the 60 of the best war illustrators of the 19th century, covering the conflicts in the Crimea, US ...

BRITAIN'S GLORIOUS NAVY.

Bacon, Admiral Sir Reginald H. S., KCB, KCVO, DSO (ed), · 1943

£13.50 (€16.18 | $17.84 | ¥2,848)

Odhams Press, London, ND (c 1943), 320pp, pictorial eps, half tone photo ills, line drawings, plans etc. throughout, with contributions from a number of sources, a snapshot of all aspects of the Royal Navy of the time, slightly cocked, spine faded, crnrs bumped, no dustwrappe...

THE DAM BUSTERS.

Brickhill, Paul, · 1952

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Evans Brothers, London, 1952, 5th imp., 269pp, frontis multi-port and 12pp photo ills., the story of the exploits of 617 squadron, formed specially for the 'Dam Buster' operation against the Moehne and Eder dams it went on to become a special duties squadron whose leaders inc...

SEAMEN ALL.

Chatterton, E. Keble, · 1924

£12.30 (€14.74 | $16.25 | ¥2,595)

Heinemann, London, 1924, 1st edn., 254pp, frontis and 14 half tone plates, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine and upper board, a history of ships and the sea for the previous 250 years, cloth rubbed at extrems, top edge dusty, eps. a little browned, very sl. (long dead...

SEA AND ISLANDS.

Innes, Hammond, · 1967

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Collins, London, 1967, 1st edn., 288pp, many col'd and half tone photo illustrations, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, dustwrapper by Frank Francis, non-fiction, a book of two parts; his travels round Europe in his ocean going yacht Mary Deare, and his travels furth...

PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE GERMAN NAVY IN WORLD WAR II (original title The German Navy in World War II).

Von der Porten, Edward P. (foreword by Doenitz), · 1979

£16.80 (€20.14 | $22.20 | ¥3,544)

Thomas W. Crowell, New York, ND (copyright 1979), revised edition, 368pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills., 6 maps/diagrams in text, blue cloth lettered in maroon and black at spine, large format 11.25 x 6.5", first published as 'The German Navy in World War II' in 1969...

TROUBLED LOYALTY.

Sykes, Christopher, · 1969

£9.20 (€11.03 | $12.15 | ¥1,941)

Collins, London, 1969, 1st edn., 477pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., grey cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, upper edge coloured, dated 1968 on title but copyright 1969, the biography of an anti-Hitler German aristocrat and lawyer Adam von Trott d...

IN DEFIANCE.

Rigby, Francois, · 1960

£13.70 (€16.42 | $18.10 | ¥2,890)

Elek Books, London, ND [1960], 1st edn., 224pp, frontis port. and 4pp half tone ills, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper by D. L. Sayer, the story of a young Belgian girl Francoise Labouverie, and her work in Brussels for the Resistance....