A Book for all Reasons, ibooknet & PBFA
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MODERN BAPTISTS.
Wilcox, James (intro. by Jim Crace), · 2005
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Penguin, London, 2005, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, xiv, 239pp, [i] ads., coloured pictorial montage upper wrapper, in the Penguin Classics series, edges tanned, fine,
SCOOP - A novel about journalists.
Waugh, Evelyn (intro. by Christopher Hitchens), · 2000
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Penguin, London, 2000, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, xiv, 221pp, [i] ads., coloured pictorial montage upper wrapper, in the Penguin Classics series, edges tanned, fine,
THREE MEN IN A BOAT - To say nothing of the dog!.
Jerome K. Jerome (intro. and notes by Jeremy Lewis), · 2004
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Penguin, London, 2004, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, xxxiii, 178pp, [i] ads., coloured pictorial montage upper wrapper, in the Penguin Classics series, edges tanned, fine,
RAFFLES: THE AMATEUR CRACKSMAN.
Hornumg, E. W. (ed. with intro and notes by Richard Lancelyn Green), · 2003
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Penguin, London, 2003, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, lviii, 179pp, coloured pictorial montage upper wrapper, in the Penguin Classics series, edges tanned, fine,
THE DIARY OF A NOBODY.
Grossmith, George and Weedon (ed. with intro and notes by Ed Glinert), · 1999
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Penguin, London, 1999, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, xxviii, 217pp, in text line ills. by Weedon Grossmith, [i] ads., coloured pictorial montage upper wrapper, in the Penguin Classics series, edges tanned, fine,
COLD COMFORT FARM.
Gibbons, Stella, · 2006
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Penguin, London, 2006, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, xx, 233pp [i] ads., coloured pictorial montage upper wrapper, in the Penguin Classics series, creasing to lower cnr. upper wrapper, edges tanned, very good,
MAPP AND LUCIA.
Benson, E. F., · 2004
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Penguin, London, 2004, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, [vi], 286pp, [i] ads., coloured pictorial montage upper wrapper, in the Penguin Classics series, edges tanned, fine,
THE SYMPOSIUM.
Plato (trans. by W. Hamilton), · 1959
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1959, reprint, paperback, 121pp, [v] ads., decorated upper wrapper, in the Penguin Classics series, spine and little darkened, some foxing to wrappers, edges tanned and lightly foxed, very good,
THE REPUBLIC.
Plato (trans. and intro. by H. D. P. Lee), · 1959
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1959, reprint, paperback, 405pp, 2 diagrams in text, [ix] ads., decorated upper wrapper, in the Penguin Classics series, spine and little darkened, some foxing to wrappers, edges tanned and lightly foxed, very good,
GORGIAS.
Plato (trans. and intro. by W. Hamilton), · 1960
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1960, 1st in imprint, paperback, 149pp, [ix], ads., decorated upper wrapper, in the Penguin Classics series, spine and little darkened, some foxing to wrappers, edges tanned and lightly foxed, very good,
THE ILIAD.
Homer (trans. by E. V. Rieu), · 1960
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1960, reprint, paperback, 469pp, [ix] ads., decorated upper wrapper, in the Penguin Classics series, spine and little darkened, some foxing to wrappers, edges tanned and lightly foxed, very good,
THE ETHICS OF ARISTOTLE - The Nicomachean Ethics.
Aristotle (trans. by J. A. K. Thomson), · 1959
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1959, reprint, paperback, 319pp, decorated upper wrapper, in the Penguin Classics series, spine and little darkened, some foxing to wrappers, edges tanned and lightly foxed, very good,
THE MARINES WERE THERE.
Lockhart, Sir Robert Bruce, · 1959
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Panther, London, 1959, reprint, paperback, 186pp, [vi] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper by Mortelmans, an account of the Royal Marines during WW2, traditionally the naval infantry detachment on HM ships providing the first fighting units to be landed and also manning at...
HITLER'S HOLY RELICS - A True Story of Nazi Plunder and the Race to Recover the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire.
Kirkpatrick, Sidney D., · 2011
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Simon and Schuster, London, 2011, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, [xvi] inc. maps, 316pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., [ii] note and photo credits, pictorial upper wrapper, the Nazis systematically plundered all manner of art and antiquities, amongst the first being the the C...
CHURCHILL.
Jenkins, Roy, · 2002
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
Pan Books, London, 2002, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, xxii, 1001pp, 40pp coloured and half tone photo ills., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, a biography of Winston Spencer Churchill, from his early days as a young subaltern and journalist into politics and throug...
THE NEXT MOON - The remarkable story of a British agent behind the lines in wartime France.
Hue, André and Southby-Tailyour, Ewen, · 2006
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Penguin, Harmondsworth, ND (circa 2006), reprint, trade paperback, xxxii, 320pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 3 in text maps, photo pictorial upper wrapper, compared by historian MRD Foot to George Millar's 'Maquis', this account is of the experiences of a young Frenchman of m...
JERSEY - OCCUPATION REMEMBERED.
Hillsdon, Sonia (compiled by), · 1986
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
Jarrold, Norwich, ND (copyright 1986, paperback, 143pp, half tone photo ills. and facsimiles in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, compiled from the personal experiences of ordinary people, an account of the daily routine of occupation of the Channel Islands during WW2, ...
THE LAST ENEMY.
Hillary, Richard, · 1980
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Pan, London, 1980, reprint, paperback, 184pp, [vii] ads., wraparound coloured pictorial wrappers, the classic account of an RAF Spitfire fighter pilot's experiences during the early days of WW2, being shot down and badly burned during the Battle of Britain, and his recovery i...
SPY FOR GERMANY.
Gimpel, Erich (in collaboration with Will Berthold), · 1959
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Panther, London, 1959, 1st in imprint, paperback, 224pp, #921, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, working as a radio engineer in South America was excellent grounding for the author who was later repatriated to Germany. After formal training for Military intelligence he undert...
THE CHILDREN WHO FOUGHT HITLER - A British Outpost in Europe.
Elliott, Sue with Fox, James, · 2010
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
John Murray, London, 2010, trade paperback, x, 309pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial upper wrapper, after WW1 the interest in visiting the battlefields and the necessity of maintaining the cemetaries led to a sizeable resident British community in Ypres mainly ca...