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THE MAN IN RATCATCHER.

Sapper" [H. C. McNeile],, · 1920

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Hodder & Stoughton, London, ND (circa mid 1920s), 284pp, blue cloth lettered in black at spine, lettered and decorated in black at upper board, a collection of 11 short stories, slightly cocked, rubbed and a little bumped at tips, edges and endpapers tanned and foxed, ink nam...

MUFTI.

Sapper" [H. C. McNeile],, · 1919

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1919, 1st edn., 296pp, blue cloth covered boards letteterd in black at spine and upper board, a novel that pre-dates his first Bulldog Drummond book, rubbed and bumped at extrems., nicks to cloth at spine ends and hinges, spine sun-darkenend, edges...

JIM MAITLAND.

Sapper" [H. C. McNeile],, · 1953

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pan Books Ltd., London, 1953, 1st in imprint, paperback, 190pp, [ii] ads., #247, pictorial upper wrapper by 'EVM', a novel by the creator of Bulldog Drummond, a little rubbed at extrems., light diagonal creasing at cnrs., edges well browned, three ink names half title (two de...

WHEN CARRUTHERS LAUGHED.

Sapper" [H. C. McNeile],, · 1936

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1936 4th imp., 319pp, [i] blank, red endpapers, red cloth covered boards letttered in black at spine and decorated in blind at upper board, a collection of 12 short storiesslightly cocked, a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., spine sunned, edges ...

THE HUMAN TOUCH.

Sapper" [H. C. McNeile],, · 1920

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Hodder & Stoughton, London, ND (circa 1920), vi, 292pp, eau de nil cloth lettered in black at spine and decorated in black at upper board, a novella and seven short stories of WW1, lacks first four pages incl. title and publishing data, first page is 'Contents', slightly cock...

OUT OF THE BLUE.

Sapper" [H. C. McNeile],, · 1927

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1927, 10th edn., 320pp, red paper covered boards letttered in black at spine and decorated in blind at upper board, a collection of 13 short stories, rubbed at extrems. with nicks at spine ends, edges lightly foxed, edges and endpapers tanned, no d...

THE LIEUTENANT AND OTHERS.

Sapper" [H. C. McNeile],, · 1916

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1916, early reprint, vi, 175pp, [i] blank, blue cloth lettered in black at spine and upper board, a collection of 12 WW1 short stories set in the Ypres salient, slightly cocked, a little rubbed at extrems., edges and endpapers tanned and foxed, fox...

FINGER OF FATE.

Sapper" [H. C. McNeile],, · 1930

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Hodder & Stoughton, London, ND (circa 1930), 320pp, blue cloth lettered in black at spine and upper board, fourteen short stories, sixteen titles listed, slightly cocked, a little rubbed and bumped at tips, edges and endpapers tanned, no dustwrapper, good plus,

ASK FOR RONALD STANDISH.

Sapper" [H. C. McNeile],, · 1936

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1936, 1st edn., 310pp, [viii] ads., [ii] blank, very dark blue cloth with yellow title panel at spine lettered in black, a collection of Ronald Standish short stories, cloth well rubbed at extrems. with a few light frays, bump and split at head of ...

SLIPSTREAM.

Raymond, Sq. Ldr. R. and Langdon, Sq. Ldr. David (editors), · 1946

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1946, 1st edn., xii, 260pp, frontis and 8pp half tone photo ills., blue cloth lettered in black at spine, a collection of sixty accounts mainly, with a few exceptions, by serving members of the Royal Air Force, from AC1 to Wing Commander, relating...

BRITAIN AND THE KOREAN WAR.

MacDonald, Callum, · 1990

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1990, 1st edn., paperback original, 112pp, line map in text, photo pictorial wrappers, in the series 'Making Contemporary Britain', an account of the causes of the Korean war, its progress and the long term consequences, lightly rubbed at tips, edges ...

THE COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES AND THE KOREAN WAR.

Grey, Jeffrey, · 1988

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Manchester University Press, Manchester & New York, 1988, 1st thus, paperback, xii, 244pp, 7 half tone photo ills. and 3 maps in text, photo-pictorial wrappers, a study of the alliance relations between the national forces of the Commonwealth countries and between the Commonw...

BANNER OVER PUSAN.

Anderson, Ellery, · 1960

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Evans Brothers, London, 1960, 1st edn., 206pp, [ii] blank, frontis and 12pp other half tone photo ills., maps at endpapers, dark green cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured decorative dustwrapper, in WW2 the author was commissioned into the Parachute Regiment where he r...

GREEN GROW THE RUSHES....

Gerrell, Peter, · 1987

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Tyndale and Panda, Lowestoft, 1987, 1st edn., paperback, 112pp, in text half tone and line illustrations, photo-pictorial wrappers, about 8 x 6 inches (21 x 15 cms), autobiographical memories of a childhood in Reydon in the 1930's and early 40's, signed by author on half titl...

Britain in Old Photographs - SOUTHWOLD.

Miller, John, · 1999

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Sutton Publishing, Stroud, 1999, 1st edn., paperback, 141pp, [i] acknowledgments, coloured photo-pictorial wrappers, about 10 x 7 inches, (25 x 17 cms), the story of Southwold in pictures over the last 100+ years, inscribed and signed by author, loosely inserted invitation to...

THE BEST OF SOUTHWOLD.

Miller, John, (editor), foreword by Michael Palin, · 1998

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Sutton Publishing & Adnams Sole Bay Brewery, Stroud and Southwold, 1998 3rd imp., paperback, xii, 116pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills., coloured pictorial wrappers, about 10 x 7 inches, (25 x 17 cms), a collection of words and pictures abouyt Siouthwold past and prese...

THE BEST OF SOUTHWOLD.

Miller, John, (editor), foreword by Michael Palin, · 2007

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Sutton Publishing & Adnams Sole Bay Brewery, Stroud and Southwold, 2007, 5th imp., paperback, xii, 116pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills., coloured pictorial wrappers, about 10 x 7 inches, (25 x 17 cms), a collection of words and pictures abouyt Siouthwold past and pre...

SOUTHWOLD - Portraits of an English Seaside Town.

Clegg, Rebecca and Stephen, editors, foreword by P. D. James,, · 1999

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Phillimore, Cichester, 1999, 1st edn., xii, 168pp, double half tone photo-pictorial title and many other half tone photo ills. in text, line maps at endpapers, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, about 10 x 7.5 inches (25 x 19 cms), a nu...

'THE MEN OF 1914' - T. S. ELIOT and early Modernism.

Svarny, Erik, · 1988

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Open University Press, Milton Keynes and Philadelphia, 1988, 1st edition, [xii], 268pp, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, light beige dustwrapper lettered in black, the less common hardback edition of this title, describes and analyses the development of Eliot's poetry ...

THEY FOUGHT FOR THE SKY.

Reynolds, Quentin, · 1960

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1960, 1st in imprint, paperback, 285pp, 16pp photo ills., pictorial wrappers, the story of the First World War in the air, where, during the fiercer periods, the average life of a pilot was three weeks, slant to spine, rubbed at extrems., cnrs. inclined to ...