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REACH FOR THE SKY.
Brickhill, Paul, · 2006
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Cassell, London, ND (circa 2006), reprint, paperback, 384pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., pictorial wrappers, the life story of Douglas Bader, the legless RAF fighter pilot, including his accident, battle to return to flying, enthusiasm for 'the big wing', capture, escape attem...
STALINGRAD.
Beevor, Antony, · 2007
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Penguin, London, 2007, trade paperback, xvii, 493pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 6 in text maps, [i], half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, a chronological account of the events leading to the battle for Stalingrad and a detailed account of the epic battle itself, winner o...
CRETE - The Battle and the Resistance.
Beevor, Antony, · 1939
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
John Murray, London, ND, reprint, trade paperback, xiv inc. maps, 383pp,12pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, [i] ad., photo pictorial wrappers, an account of Crete during WW2. Britains guarantee of Greek independence dated from April 1939 when the Italians had invaded A...
POETRY OF THE WORLD WARS.
Foss, Michael, · 1990
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
Michael O'Mara Books, London, 1990, 1st edn., 192pp, line drawings and half tone ills. in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, a selection of a wide range of poetry, from WW1 depicting grief and pity, bitter satirical disgust and a visi...
BRITISH NAVAL AIRCRAFT SINCE 1912.
Thetford, Owen, · 1978
£17.50 (€20.98 | $23.12 | ¥3,692)
Putnam, London, 1978, 4th revised edn., 480pp, half tone photo ills. and line drawings in text, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, the standard reference work on British naval aircraft in service between 1912 and 1978, covering t...
THE GATES OF HELL.
Brookes, Ewart, · 1960
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
Jarrolds, London, 1960, 1st edn., 144pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., maps at eps., black cloth lettered in white and red, decorative lettered dustwrapper, a good introduction to the history of the WW2 convoys to Russia in which Allied and neutral merchant vessels and Allied n...
POACHERS' TALES.
Humphreys, John (ills. by John Paley), · 1993
£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)
David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1993, reprint, 192pp, half tone hlaf title, coloured pictorial title and frontis, coloured ills. and line drawings in text, coloured endpapers, large format (10.5 x 8 inches approx.), green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial d...
A PRICKLY AFFAIR - The Charm of the Hedgehog.
Warwick, Hugh, · 2010
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Penguin, London, 2010, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, xvi, 279pp, line drawings in text, [vi] ads., coloured photo pictorial upper wrapper, a book that explores the humour, misunderstanding and affection that colours our relationship with hedgehogs as well as describing the...
COUNTRY TALES - OLD VETS.
Porter, Valerie (compiled by), · 1997
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1997, trade paperback, 160pp, title and in text line drawings, half tone photo pictorial wrappers, a collection of tales related by vets from as far afield as Scotland ansd Devon, showing that drama and heatache are part of their working lives...
A BACKWOODSMAN'S YEAR.
Poole, R. W. F., · 1991
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Pan, London, ND (circa 1991), 2nd imp., trade paperback, [vi], title and chapter head line ills. by Reginald Bass, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, the author, the backwoodsman of the title, a regular contributor to the Daily Telegragh and Shooting Times, a Master of Fox Hou...
ON NATURE - UNEXPECTED RAMBLINGS ON THE BRITISH COUNTRYSIDE - Caught by the River.
Stuart Maconie et al, · 2011
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Collins, London, 2011, 1st edn., xx, 315pp, half tone ills. in text, coloured pictorial montage paper covered boards, a collection of accounts of watching different aspects of nature, edges tanned, no dustwrapper, near fine,
COLLINS FIELD GUIDE - FIELDS.
Laws, Bill, · 2010
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Collins, London, 2010, 1st edn., 224pp, maps, coloured and half tone ills. in text, coloured endpapers, coloured and embossed pictorial cloth to boards, decorative head and tail bands, a description of the differing fields found all over the world, the workplaces to two billi...
A SHEPHERD'S WATCH - Through the seasons with one man and his dogs.
Kennard, David, · 2004
£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)
Headline, London, 2004, 1st edn., [viii], 184pp, coloured pictorial half title and double title, coloured photo pictorial ills. in text, coloured endpapers, large format (10 x 7.5 inches approx.), black cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, ...
THE KEEN FOXHUNTER'S MISCELLANY.
Holt, Peter, · 2010
£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,215)
Quiller, Shrewsbury, 2010, 1st edn., 224pp, title in line, half tone ills. and line drawings in text, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, red silk marker, pictorial dustwrapper, a selection of some 350 anectdotal entries on the subject of fox-...
THE KEEN COUNTRYMAN'S MISCELLANY.
Holt, Peter, · 2012
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
Quiller, Shrewsbury, 2012, 1st edn., 208pp, pictorial title, half tone ills. and line drawings in text, beige cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, brown silk marker, pictorial dustwrapper, a selection of entries on everything that the true countrym...
THE NOB'S GUIDE TO BEATING AND PICKING UP (originally published as A Gundog Handler's Guide to Picking Up).
Heath, Veronica, · 2009
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Quiller, Shrewsbury, 2009, revised edn., paperback, 96pp, diagrams, coloured and half tone photo ills. in text, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), coloured photo pictorial upper wrapper, originally published as 'A Gundog Handler's Guide to Picking Up' describing the initiat...
COUNTRYWOMEN.
Ford, Emma, · 1994
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Boxtree, London, 1994, 1st edn., [x], 170pp, 8pp coloured and half tone photo ills., in text line drawings, coloured endpapers, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account featuring a typical year in the lives of six countrywomen...
POACHER'S PIE.
Archer, Fred, · 1978
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Coronet, London, 1978, paperback, 159pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., chapter heads in line, coloured wraparound pictorial wrapper, tales of the early twentieth century in rural Evesham Vale, when the men worked the land and the women went into service, when wages were meagre b...
FOOTSTEPS IN THE FURROW.
Arbuckle, Andrew, · 2009
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Old Pond Publishing, Ipswich, 2009, reprint, trade paperback, 317pp, 24pp sepia, half tone and coloured photo ills., [ii] About the Author and ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, tales of a life in agriculture during the twentieth century, from the days of harvesting with...
DICTIONARY OF AGRICULTURE.
Anon., · 2006
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
A and C Black, London, 2006, 3rd edn., trade paperback, [vi], 269pp, [viii] supplemments, half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, a fully revised edition covering more than 7,000 terms relating to all aspects of agriculture, with quotations from industry journals showing the...