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BLOOD OF THE VIKINGS.

Richards, Julian, · 2001

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 2001, 1st edn., [vi], 250pp, coloured photo pictorial double title, maps, coloured and half tone ills. in text, coloured endpapers, tv tie-in, large format (10 x 7.5 inches approx.), navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured photo picto...

SMUGGLERS' TALES.

Quinn, Tom, · 1999

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1999, 1st edn., 192pp, pictorial half title and title, coloured pictorial frontis, line drawings, coloured and half tone ills. in text, chapter heads in line, large format (10.5 x 8 inches approx.), navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, c...

MASTERCRAFTS - Rediscover British Craftsmanship.

Quinn, Tom, · 2010

£11.50 (€13.78 | $15.19 | ¥2,426)

David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 2010, 1st edn., 256pp, coloured photo pictorial frontis, numerous coloured and half tone ills. in text, coloured endpapers, tv tie-in, large format (10 x 7.5 inches approx.), brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured photo pictorial mont...

LAST OF THE LINE - Traditional British Craftsmen.

Quinn, Tom and Felix, Paul, · 1999

£11.00 (€13.19 | $14.53 | ¥2,321)

David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1999, 1st edn., 160pp, coloured photo pictorial double title, numerous coloured photo ills. in text, coloured endpapers, large landscape format (9.5 x 10.5 inches approx.), navy blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured photo pictorial ...

TALES OF TIME AND TIDE - Stories of Life on Britain's Shores and Coasts.

Martin, Brian P. (as told to), · 1994

£11.00 (€13.19 | $14.53 | ¥2,321)

David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1994, 1st edn., 192pp, pictorial half title and double page title, line drawings, coloured and half tone ills. in text, large format (110.5 x 8 inches approx.), light blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial montage dustwrapper...

EDWARDIAN FARM - Rural Life at the turn of the Century.

Langlands, Alex, Goodman, Ruth and Ginn, Peter, · 2010

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Pavilion, London, 2010, lst edn., 288pp, coloured and half tone ills, map and line drawings in text, coloured endpapers, tv tie-in, large format (10 x 8 inches approx.), green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured photo pictorial dustwrappe...

SURVIVING THE IRON AGE.

Firstbrook, Peter, · 2001

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

BBC Worldwide, London, 2001, 1st edn., 192pp, coloured photo ills., line drawing and maps in text, tv tie-in, large format (10 x 8 inches approx.), red cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, published to accompany the BBC tv series of the sam...

STORM OVER THE LAND - From Abraham Lincoln : The War Years 1861-1865.

Sandburg, Carl, · 1944

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Readers Union, London, 1944, club edn., 250pp, half tone frontis port, 11 maps in text, dark brown buckram lettered in light blue at spine, upper edge coloured, biography of Abraham Lincoln concentrating of the years of the Civil War, his relationship with his commenders and ...

B.P. - The Story of His Life.

Reynolds, E. E., · 1948

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Oxford University Press, London, 1948, 5th imp., 122pp, col'd frontis port, 12pp half tone photo ills., in text line drawings and maps at endpapers by Baden-Powell, green cloth lettered in black at spine, decorative vignette in black upper board, the biography of Lord Baden-P...

PEACE WORK - Peace/War Autobiography Volume 7.

Milligan, Spike, · 1992

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1992, reprint, paperback, 239pp, numerous half tone photo ills. in text, photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, the final volume of Spike Milligan's war memoirs in wich he returns from Italy and starts touring again as a musician before getting a one m...

THE LIFE OF FRANCIS DRAKE.

Mason, A. E. W., · 1943

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Readers Union, London, 1943, club edn., vi, 378pp, half tone frontis portrait, chapter tailpieces in line, maps at front endpapers, light blue cloth with yellow title panel at spine lettered in blue, biography of Sir Francis Drake, lightly rubbed and bumped at cnrs., edges fo...

ALMOST AN ENGLISHMAN.

Hannam, Charles, · 1979

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Andre Deutsch, London, 1979, 1st edn. UK, 206pp, brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo montage dustwrapper, an autobiographical account of a young boy, a German-Jewish refugee from Hitler's Germany, growing into a young man in England, and of the conflicts in his own m...

MR. CHURCHILL - A Portrait.

Guedalla, Philip, · 1951

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1951, 1st in imprint, paperback, 222pp, [ii] ads., #167, Churchill portrait upper wrapper by 'Low', an account of the life of Winston Churchill from his early years to his becoming Prime Minister in 1940, an early Pan, lightly rubbed at tips with sl. flakin...

CHURCHILL - by his Contemporaries.

Eade, Charles (editor), · 1953

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Reprint Society, London, 1953, xvi, 368pp, frontis port. and 12pp half tone photo ills., cream cloth with blue title panel at spine lettered in gilt, blue facsimile author sig. on upper board, top edge coloured, a collection of biographical accounts by his contemporaries at d...

ROSY IS MY RELATIVE.

Durrell, Gerald, · 1985

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Fontana, London, 1985, 15th imp., paperback, 222pp, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper by Arthur Robbins, the author's first novel, the adventures in Southern England of a young man and the elephant which he inherits, lightly rubbed at tips, diag. crease lower cnr. upper wrap...

PRACTICAL PIG NUTRITION.

Whittemore, C. T, and Elsley, F. W. H., · 1976

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Farming Press, Ipswich, 1976, 1st edn., 190pp, half tone photo ills., line drawings and diagrams in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine and upper board, pictorial dustwrapper, a comprehensive and practical guide to the nutritional requirements of pigs, covering the sc...

BREEDING BETTER COWS.

Wheaton-Smith, Craig, · 1957

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Dairy Farmer (Books), Ipswich, 1957, 1st edn., 191pp, diagrams in text, brwon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper, the science of genetics within the dairy farming industry, or how to breed a better herd which provides both the quantity and quality ...

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY.

Thomas, D. G. M. and Davies, W. I. J., · 1963

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Cassell, London, 1963, 1st edn., xiv, 313pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., line drawings and diagrams in text, coloured pictorial upper board, the scientific background to the practice of stock husbandry, describing the feeding and prevention of disease in relation to the breedi...

CALF REARING.

Sainsbury, Dr. D. W. B. et al, · 0

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Farmers Weekly, London, ND, paperback, 144pp, half tone photo ills., line drawings and ads. in text, pictorial upper wrapper, a guide to calf rearing covering their feeding, housing and the precautions to be taken against disease, so as to make the enterprise profitable, ligh...

FARM ANIMALS : A BASIC GUIDE TO THEIR HUSBANDRY.

Peregrine, F. A. W., Fox, A., Ingham, A. P. and Humphries, A. B., · 1971

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,743)

Hutchinson Educational, London, 1971, reprint, paperback, x, 298pp, line drawings and diagrams in text, large format (8.5 x 5 inches approx.), pictorial upper wrapper, an outline of the fundamental principles of animal husbandry for students and farm apprentices, lightly rubb...