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POWDER AND PATCH (original title The Transformation of Philip Jettan),.
Heyer, Georgette, · 1951
£12.00 (€14.37 | $16.14 | ¥2,550)
Heinemann, London, 1951, reprint, [vi], 233pp, ochre cloth lettered in maroon at spine and upper board publishers device in blind lower board, early uniform edition with price shield on spine of coloured pictorial dustwrapper (unattrib.) edges and endpapers tanned, bookseller...
FARO'S DAUGHTER.
Heyer, Georgette, · 1950
£12.00 (€14.37 | $16.14 | ¥2,550)
Heinemann, London, 1950, 3rd edn/. [vi], 274pp, ochre cloth lettered in maroon at spine and upper board, publishers device in blind lower board, early uniform edition with price shield on spine of coloured pictorial dustwrapper (unattrib.) slightly cocked, edges and endpaper...
JOHN KNOWLITTLE - The Life of the Yarmouth Naturalist Arthur Henry Patterson, A.L.S..
Tooley, Beryl, (Patterson, Arthur H. ("John Knowlittle") interest), foreword by Ted Ellis,, · 1985
£20.00 (€23.95 | $26.90 | ¥4,250)
Wilson-Poole, Sprowston, 1985, 1st edn., 158pp, half tone Patterson portrait on title, numerous facsimiles, line drawings and half tone photo ills in text, green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, original coloured wrappers bound in, biography of the Norfolk naturalist Arthur H...
BROADLAND NATURALIST - The Life of Arthur H. Patterson, A.L.S. ("John Knowlittle").
Manning, Stanley A (Patterson, Arthur H. ("John Knowlittle") interest),, · 1948
£25.00 (€29.94 | $33.63 | ¥5,313)
Soman-Wherry, Norwich, 1948, 1st edn., 133pp, half tone frontis portrait, in text line drawings by A. H. Patterson, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, biography of Arthur Patterson, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, no dustwrapper, very good,
WILD LIFE ON A NORFOLK ESTUARY.
Patterson, Arthur H. ("John Knowlittle"), · 1907
£25.00 (€29.94 | $33.63 | ¥5,313)
Methuen, London, 1907, 1st edn., 352pp, tissue guarded half tone frontis, maps and numerous in text line drawings, 40pp. catalogue of books published by Methuen, dark blue cloth lettered and bordered in gilt at spine and upper board, fore and lower edges uncut, rubbed and bum...
WILD-FOWLERS AND POACHERS - Fifty Years on the East Coast.
Patterson, Arthur Henry ('John Knowlittle'), · 1929
£60.00 (€71.86 | $80.70 | ¥12,751)
Methuen, London, 1929, 1st edn., 284pp, half tone frontis portrait, 7 half tone plates, in text line drawings by the author, map of Breydon Water at front endpapers (by A E Taylor), after text block [ii] blank, viii catalogue of a selection of Methuen titles, green cloth lett...
THROUGH BROADLAND IN A BREYDON PUNT.
Patterson, Arthur Henry ('John Knowlittle'), · 1920
£35.00 (€41.92 | $47.08 | ¥7,438)
H. J. Vince, Norwich, 1920, 2nd edn., xvi, 116pp, xiv ads., frontis photo port., pictorial title and line drawings in text by author, 2 half tone photo plates, blue paper covered boards lettered in black at spine and upper board., two page introduction by G. Christopher Davi...
THROUGH BROADLAND BY SAIL AND MOTOR.
Patterson, Arthur Henry ('John Knowlittle'), · 1930
£18.00 (€21.56 | $24.21 | ¥3,825)
Blakes, London, 1930, 1st edn., xiv, 141pp, ads. at rear endpapers, halftone photo frontis port. and a number of in text line drawings by A. H. Patterson, deep blue/green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, lettered in blind upper bd., a journey through the Broads interspersed w...
A NORFOLK NATURALIST - Observations on Birds, Mammals and Fishes.
Patterson, Arthur Henry ("John Knowlittle"), · 1930
£25.00 (€29.94 | $33.63 | ¥5,313)
Methuen, London, 1930, 1st edn., xii, 209pp, half tone frontis from painting by Charles Harrision, numerous in text line drawings by the author, 8pp advertisment section for Methuen Publications (undated), dark green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, gilt vignette upper board,...
ARK ROYAL - The Life, Death and Rediscovery of the Legendary Second World War Aircraft Carrier.
Rossiter, Mike, · 2007
£8.00 (€9.58 | $10.76 | ¥1,700)
Corgi, London, 2007, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 394pp, 24pp coloured and half tone ills., [vi] ads., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the life of HMS Ark Royal, the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier launched in 1938 and one of the most sophisticated we...
ROYAL ESCAPE.
Heyer, Georgette, · 1951
£14.00 (€16.77 | $18.83 | ¥2,975)
Heinemann, London, 1951, 4th imp., [xii], 541pp, 2pp bibliography, salmon pink cloth lettered in maroon at spine and upper board, publishers device blind stamped lower board, early uniform edition with price shield on spine of coloured pictorial dustwrapper (unattrib.), edges...
POWDER AND PATCH (original title The Transformation of Philip Jettan),.
Heyer, Georgette, · 1951
£14.00 (€16.77 | $18.83 | ¥2,975)
Heinemann, London, 1951, reprint, [vi], 233pp, salmon pink cloth lettered in maroon at spine and upper board, publishers device blind stamped lower board, early uniform edition with price shield on spine of coloured pictorial dustwrapper (unattrib), edges tanned, endpapers an...
BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC 1939-1945.
Macintyre, Donald, · 1970
£8.00 (€9.58 | $10.76 | ¥1,700)
Lutterworth Press, London, 1970, 1st edn., 80pp, 2 maps, in text line drawings by Douglas Phillips, turquoise cloth lettered in white at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, in the When and Why series, an illustrated account of the Battle of the Atlantic of WW2 specially written for...
THE STORY OF THE PRINZ EUGEN.
Busch, Fritz-Otto (translated by Eleanor Brockett), · 1975
£8.00 (€9.58 | $10.76 | ¥1,700)
Futura, London, 1975, 1st in imprint, paperback, 222pp, 5 in text maps, wraparound pictorial wrappers (unattrib.), an account of the life of the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, commissioned in 1940 and a favourite of most who served in her, she accompanied the Bismarck's br...
. . . AND THE POLICEMAN SMILED.
Turner, Barry, · 1991
£10.00 (€11.98 | $13.45 | ¥2,125)
Bloomsbury, London, 1991, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, [viii], 292pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., coloured photo pictorial upper wrapper, based on previously unpublished records and interviews an account of the 'Kindeertransporte', the mainly Jewwish refugee children sent ...
FIVE UP - A Chronicle of Five Lives.
Lucas, Laddie CBE, DSO and bar, DFC, · 1999
£12.00 (€14.37 | $16.14 | ¥2,550)
Crecy, Manchester, 1999, 3rd edn., 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 300pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., half tone photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, two of the lives referred to were pre WW2 when the author was a successful Fleet Street journalist and an international golfe...
NINE LIVES.
Deere, Air Commodore Alan C., DSO, OBE, DFC, · 2019
£12.00 (€14.37 | $16.14 | ¥2,550)
Goodall/Crecy, Manchester, 2019, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 284pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., line drawing in text, [iii] ads., half tone photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, in continuous action from the outbreak of war until 1943, autobiography of a New Zealand RAF ...
THE DOODLEBUGS - The Story of the Flying Bombs.
Longmate, Norman, · 1986
£15.00 (€17.97 | $20.18 | ¥3,188)
Arrow, London, 1986, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 549pp, [v] ads., 16pp half tone photo ills., several line illustrations in text, photo pictorial wrappers, covering the early inteligence investigations of the rumours that Germany was developing a rocket bomb, to the firs...
THE DOODLEBUGS - The Story of the Flying Bombs.
Longmate, Norman, · 1986
£8.00 (€9.58 | $10.76 | ¥1,700)
Arrow, London, 1986, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 549pp, [v] ads., 16pp half tone photo ills., several line illustrations in text, photo pictorial wrappers, covering the early inteligence investigations of the rumours that Germany was developing a rocket bomb, to the firs...
THE SECRET WAR.
Johnson, Brian, · 2004
£10.00 (€11.98 | $13.45 | ¥2,125)
Pen and Sword, Barnsley, 2004, 1st in imprint, large format paperback, 352pp, half tone photo pictorial half title and frontis, numerous in text half tone photo and line illustrations, large format (9.5 x 6.5 inches), photo pictorial wrappers, expanded from the BBC TV series ...