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AFRICA Land of Contrasts,.

Haines, Ronald, · 1956

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Harrap, London, 1956, 1st edn., 206pp, frontis port. and 22pp photo ills., red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, a little bumped at spine ends, edges foxed, sl. browning to free endpapers, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems., chipped at spine e...

JUST BACK FROM RUSSIA.

MacColl, René, · 1955

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Beaverbrook Newspapers, London, ND (c1955), 224pp, incl 24pp half tone photo ills., red cloth backed with cream cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd eps., photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of a visit to USSR at a time when Russia was a mysterious country at the height...

THE BARSOOM PROJECT.

Niven, Larry and Barnes, Steven, · 1990

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1990, paperback, 1st in UK imprint, 340pp, pictorial wrappers, large format paperback, very good,

MOTOR-CARS TO-DAY.

Milburn, H. E., · 1956

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Oxford University Press, London, 1956, 1st edn., 295pp, half tone photo and line drawings ills., no dustwrappergood,

THIS MOTORING - Being the Romantic Story of the Automobile Association,.

Cooke, Stenson, · 0

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Automobile Association, London, ND, 268pp, ii pp ads., frontis port., yellow cloth covered boards, lettered in black at spine and upper board, an account of the birth and early days of the Automobile Association, lightly bumped tail of spine, ink signature front free endpaper...

MOST OF MY LIFE.

Harvie-Watt, G. S., · 1980

£21.40 (€25.65 | $28.27 | ¥4,515)

Springwood Books, 1980, 1st edn., 263pp, 12pp half tone ills.,dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, Member of Parliament and barrister, he was Winston Churchill's Parliamentary Private Secretary for four years from 1941-45 and his memoirs gi...

THE NAVY STRIKES.

Smith, B. Webster, · 1942

£8.40 (€10.07 | $11.10 | ¥1,772)

Blackie and Son, London, 1942, 1st edn., 224pp, frontis and 7 half tone plates, reference to RN actions at Narvik, convoys, 'Rawalpindi', Coastal Forces, 'Graf Spee', 'Altmark', Dunkirk, Oran, etc.crnrs and spine ends rubbed and bumped, cloth soiled, no dustwrapper, good,

ENGLISH CUSTOM AND USAGE.

Hole, Christina, · 1950

£11.30 (€13.54 | $14.93 | ¥2,384)

B. T. Batsford, London, 1950, 3rd edn., 152pp, col'd frontis and 56pp half tone ills., pictorial dw, covers such diverse customs as May Day to Maundy Money, Beating the Bounds to Morris Dancers, etc., boards sunned, top edges of boards sunned, dustwrapper: pc and rubbed at ex...

THE GREAT SHIP and RABELAIS REPLIES - Two conversations.

Linklater, Eric, · 1944

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Macmillan, London, 1944, 1st edn., 65pp, ivory cloth lettered in red at spine and upper board, col'd lettered dustwrapper, lightly rubbed at tips, 2 line ink inscr. front free endpaper, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems., snag and small chip at spine, very good in a good plus du...

THE RAFT and SOCRATES ASKS WHY - Two conversations.

Linklater, Eric, · 1942

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Macmillan, London, 1942, 1st edn., 121ppcream cloth lettered in red at spine and upper board, col'd lettered dustwrapper, a little bumped at tail of spine, 2 line ink inscr. front free endpaper, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems. with sl. loss at spine ends and cnrs., light soil...

THE CORNERSTONES - A conversation in Elysium.

Linklater, Eric, · 1942

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Macmillan, London, 1942, 3rd imp., 85pp. ii ads., cream paper covered bds. lettered in red at spine and upper board, col'd lettered dustwrapper, sl. cocked, lacks front free endpaper, 2 line ink inscr. on half title, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems., sl. loss to spine ends and...

CRISIS IN HEAVEN - An Elysian comedy.

Linklater, Eric, · 1944

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Macmillan, London, 1944, 1st edn., 103pp, cream cloth lettered in blue at spine and upper board, sl. cocked, lightly rubbed at extrems., 3 line ink inscr. front free endpaper, dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems. with sl. loss to spine ends ands cnrs., very good in a good...

THE FLASHING STREAM - a play, with an essay ON SINGLENESS OF MIND.

Morgan, Charles, · 1948

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Macmillan, London, 1948, revised edition, 263pp, turquoise cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd lettered dustwrapper, after four impressions of the first edition 1938-42, this is a second edition with some of the text revised and changed, lightly rubbed at tips, lower cnr. ...

MORE POEMS.

Housman, A. E., · 1936

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Jonathan Cape, London, 1936, 1st edn., 71pp, half tone frontis port., dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine and upper bd., fore and lower edges uncut, spine heavily sunned, small ink name front free endpaper, light foxing to endpapers, prelims and final blanks, occasional...

MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL.

Eliot, T. S., · 1945

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Faber and Faber, London, 1945, reprint, 88pp, blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, lower edge uncut, col'd lettered dustwrapper, lightly rubbed at tips, top edge dusty, nick in top edge front free endpaper, both endpapers faintly foxed, dustwrapper: well rubbed and chipped, ...

THE FRATRICIDES.

Edelman, Maurice, · 1971

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Random House, New York, 1971, 1st edn. US (stated), 306pp, maroon cloth backed blue paper covered boards, lettered in gilt, black and blue at spine, decorated in gilt at upper board, upper edge coloured, fore-edge uncut, pictorial dustwrapper by Robert Korn, inscribed on fron...

AFTER THE NARROW LEDGE - A Collection of Poems.

Playfair, Kate, · 1982

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Poet and Printer Press, Hatch End - UK, 1982, 1st edn., 32pp, paperback, stapled ochre paper wrappers lettered in maroon, signed by author on half title, lightly rubbed at extrems., 5 leaves with vertical crease, no dustwrapper, very good,

THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN July-September 1940,.

Jullian, Marcel, · 1969

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Panther, London, 1969, 2nd imp., paperback, 256pp, col'd pict. wrappers, translated from the original French and working from both contemporary public records and private unpublished sources, a chronological account the 'Battle of Britain' in 1940, highlighting the tactical ...

THE DAM BUSTERS.

Brickhill, Paul, · 1954

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Pan, London, 1954, 1st in imprint, paperback, 252pp, illustrated, #GP23, pictorial upper wrapper by Carl Wilton, 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 s...

WE SPEAK FROM THE AIR.

HMSO, · 1942

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

HMSO, London, 1942, paperback, 72pp, oversize paper wrappers, col'd decorated wrappers sl. larger than text block, a selection of twenty-three short contemporary BBC radio broadcasts given by RAF and WAAF personnel to give the public a taste of the experiences of their air fo...