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THE BEST OF BETJEMAN.
Betjeman, John (selected by John Guest), · 0
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Penguin, Harmondsworth, ND, reprint, trade paperback, 236pp, [iii] ads., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, a selection of the best of John Betjeman's poetry but also of his prose revealing him as an architectural critic, a social historian, a conservationist, railway e...
COLLECTED POEMS.
Allott, Kenneth (foreword by Roy Fuller), · 1975
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
Secker and Warburg, London, 1975, 1st edn., 110pp, pink cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper, a reissue of the port's two ealier collections: "Poems", first published 1938 and "The Vetriloquist's Doll" in 1943, with a selection of a further sixteen l...
FIRST WORLD WAR POETRY.
Silkin, Jon (ed. and intro. by), · 1991
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Penguin, Harmondsworth, ND (circa 1991), 9th imp. of 2nd edn., trade paperback, 291pp, [vi] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, a comprehensive selection of WW1 poets which reflects the changing mood from patriotism through anger and compassion to an active desire for social chang...
TWELVE DAYS ON THE SOMME - A Memoir of the Trenches, 1916.
Rogerson, Sidney (foreword by Commander Jeremy Rogerson, intro. by Malcolm Brown), · 2006
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
Greenhill Books, London, 2006, 1st edn., UK, xxxii, 172pp, frontis in line, [ads.], light blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, wraparound sepia photo pictorial dustwrapper, this account was first published by Arthur Barker in 1933 as 'Twelve Days' and records the experiences...
TO THE LAST MAN - SPRING 1918.
Macdonald, Lyn, · 2003
£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)
Viking, London, ND (circa 2003), reprint, xxxiv, 382pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, maps at endpapers, black cloth lettered in red at spine, decorative head and tail bands. half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the defence against the German offen...
1914-1918 VOICES AND IMAGES OF THE GREAT WAR.
Macdonald, Lyn (research by Shirley Seaton),, · 1988
£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)
Michael Joseph, London, 1988, 1st edn., [vi], 346pp, half tone photo pictorial half title, half tone ills., line drawings and facsimiles in text, pictorial montage endpapers, large format (10 x 7.5 inches approx.), photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, the 1914-18 war in the w...
GALLIPOLI.
James, Robert Rhodes, · 1999
£11.00 (€13.19 | $14.53 | ¥2,321)
Pimlico, London, 1999, 1st in imprint, paperback, xxii, 384pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), pictorial upper wrapper, originally published in UK by B. T. Batsford this acclaimed study sheds an entirely new light on the failed G...
GALLIPOLI.
Carlyon, L. A., · 2002
£13.50 (€16.18 | $17.84 | ¥2,848)
Doubleday, London, 2002, 1st edn. UK, [viii], 600pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, coloured endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the Gallipoli campaign of 1915 which ...
THE TRENCH - THE FULL STORY OF THE 1ST HULL PALS - A History of the 10th (1st Hull) Battalion, East Yorkshire 1914-1918.
Bilton, David, · 2002
£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)
Leo Cooper, Barnsley, 2002, 1st edn., paperback original, 224pp, half tone ills., line drawings and maps in text, BBC 2 tv tie-in, large format (9 x 6.5 inches approx.), pictorial wrappers, where the TV programme re-enacted some of the experiences of the men of the 10th Btn. ...
THE STORY OF ENGLAND.
Wood, Michael, · 2012
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
Viking, London, ND (circa 2012), 4th imp., xxiv, 440pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams in text, coloured endpapers, tv tie-in, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine decorative head and tail bands, pictorial montage dustwrapper, published to accompany the BBC se...
ENGLISH SOCIAL HISTORY - A Survey of Six Centuries Chaucer to Queen Victoria.
Trevelyan, G. M., O.M., · 1947
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1947, new imp. of 3rd edn., xii, 628pp, line diagram and maps in text, coloured maps at endpapers, dark green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head bands, upper edge coloured, coloured lettered dustwrapper (to reverse of previously ...
YEOVIL'S YEARS.
Sweet, Jack, · 2010
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Amberley, Stroud, 2010, 1st edn., paperback original, 128pp, half tone photo ills. in text, large format (9 x 6.5 inches approx.), half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, a month by month collection of stories from Yeovil's past, of local news, events and tragedies, stories ...
DICKENS'S ENGLAND - Life in Victorian Times.
Pritchard, R. E. (ed. and intro. by), · 2009
£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)
The History Press, Stroud, 2009, paperback, [iv], 284pp, half tone ills. and line drawings in text, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), pictorial montage upper wrapper, a description of the life and social conditions of the English from 1837 when Victoria came to the throne...
THE SKIPPER - A Fisherman's Tale.
Nowell, Roger and Mills, Jeremy, · 1993
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
BBC Books, London, 1993, 1st edn., 208pp, coloured photo pictorial frontis, coloured and half tone ills. in text, tv tie-in, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, written to accompany the BBC series of the same name, an account of a year in th...
THE BOOK OF ORIGINS.
Homer, Trevor, · 2006
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Portrait, London, 2006, reprint, [vi], 346pp, line drawings, half tone ills. and map in text, coloured endpapers, cream cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial montage dustwrapper, a treasure-trove of information on the origin of almost everything, from musical in...
THE STRANGE LAWS OF OLD ENGLAND.
Cawthorne, Nigel, · 2006
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Piatkus, London, 2006, reprint, [vi], 266pp, line drawings in text, coloured endpapers, brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, a collection of some of the old laws and bye-laws of England which, at the time, made...
THE CURIOUS CURES OF OLD ENGLAND.
Cawthorne, Nigel, · 2006
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Portrait, London, 2006, reprint, [vi], 266pp, line drawings in text, coloured endpapers, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, a collection of the strange and sometimes alarming treatments in use by the British...
PEMBROKE FOR KING AND PARLIAMENT.
Carradice, Phil, · 1992
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Pembroke Town Council, Pembroke, 1992, 1st edn., 100pp, half tone ills., maps and facsimiles in text, maps at endpapers, green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, #597 of limited edition of 1000, an history of the town of Pembroke and the surroun...
THE ILLUSTRATED WISE WORDS AND COUNTRY WAYS.
Binney, Ruth, · 2008
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 2008, reprint, paperback, 256pp, line drawings in text, coloured pictorial upper wrappers with flaps, a compilation of sayings, mottos, superstitions and proverbs many of which have origins based on fact, with an analysis of each so that you c...
BEDLAM - London and Its Mad.
Arnold, Catharine, · 2009
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Pocket Books, London, 2009, 1st thus, paperback, [xiv} inc. double page map, 306pp, half tone ills. in text, decorated chapter heads., half tone pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the world's oldest psychiatric institution, Bethlehem Hospital was originally founded as a p...