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TED ELLIS - The People's Naturalist.

Stone, Eugene, · 1988

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Jarrold, Norwich, ND (copyright 1988), paperback, 159pp, half tone pictorial photo frontis, half tone photo ills. in text, coloured photo pictorial wrappers, an account of the life of Ted Ellis, one of Norfolk's best known naturalists and broadcasters, keeper of Natural Histo...

SAINT EDMUND - KING AND MARTYR.

Houghton, Bryan, · 1970

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Terence Dalton, Lavenham, 1970, 1st edn., 92pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., plans at endpapers, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured puctorial dustwrapper, the story of St. Edmund, the Patron of England until supplanted by St. George, tracing his youth in Saxon...

SPRING SOWING.

Home, Michael (ill. Hellmuth Weisenborn), · 1946

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Methuen, London, 1946, 1st edn., [viii], 199pp, illustrations by Hellmuth Weissebborn, red cloth lettered in cream at spine, a continuation of the author's recollections of Heathley and the Breckland, first related in his 'Autumn Fields', at the turn of the nineteenth century...

THE EAST ANGLIAN AND HIS HUMOUR.

Various, · 1966

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Anglain Publications, Ipswich, ND (copyright 1966), paperback, unpaginated [56pp], with drawings in line, two-colour and half tone, oversize pictorial card wrappers with yapp edges, a collection of short humorous stories and jokes that appear to have been submitted to The Eas...

GULLIVER'S TRAVELS to Lilliput and Brobdingnag.

Swift, Jonathan; (ills. by R. G. Mossa), · 1920

£23.00 (€27.57 | $30.39 | ¥4,852)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, ND, 301pp, coloured pictorial frontis and 11 other tipped in coloured plates by R. G. Moss, line drawings in text, [i] ad., [ii] blank, monotone pictorial endpapers, large format about 9.5 x 6.5 inches, crimson cloth lettered in gilt at spine, gi...

RUPERT [1979].

Harrold, John (illustrator), · 1979

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Daily Express, London, 1979, 115pp, illustrated throughout in colour, pictorial endpapers, large format about 10 x 7 inches, coloured wraparound laminated pictorial boards, image of Rupert sitting on fallen tree trunk with dragon, cover, endpapers and strips by John Harrold, ...

RUPERT [Annual, 1975].

Bestall, Alfred; Cubie, Alex (cover and endpaper ills.), · 1975

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Daily Express, London, 1975, 115pp, illustrated throughout in colour, pictorial endpapers, large format about 10 x 7 inches, coloured wraparound laminated pictorial boards, image of Rupert talking to a Merboy who is in the sea and holding a shell of fruit, cover and endpapers...

THE WOLF CUB ANNUAL 1958.

, · 1957

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

C. Arthur Pearson by arrangement with The Boy Scouts Association, London, circa 1957, 1st edn., 124pp, fontis in line, diagrams, line drawings and half tone ills in text, large format (10 x 7 inches approx.), coloured lettered pictorial boards backed with beige cloth lettered...

DOGS.

Wilson, Maurice, · 0

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Puffin / Penguin, West Drayton, ND, 31pp, line drawings, coloured and half tone ills. throughout, landscape format (7 x 8.5 inches approx.), coloured pictorial stapled card wrappers, No. 56 in the Puffin Picture Book series, rubbed with nicks at extrms. and sl. loss at tips,...

WATERWAYS OF THE WORLD.

Bassett-Lowke, W. J. and Dunn, Laurence, · 0

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Puffin / Penguin, West Drayton, ND, paperback, 31pp, diagrams, maps, coloured and half tone ills. throughout, landscape format (7 x 8.5 inches approx.), coloured pictorial stapled card wrappers, No. 32 in the Puffin Picture Book series, rubbed at extrems., several nicks to ed...

ONE OF OUR SUBMARINES.

Young, Commander Edward DSO, DSC, RNV(S)R, · 1976

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pan Books, London, 1976, 5th imp., paperback, 272pp inc. 6pp Epilogue, 16pp half tone photo ills., diagrams and 9 maps in text, wraparound pictorial cover art (unattrib.), the author's submarine career during WW2, from RNVR Sub-lieutenant third officer to Lt. Cdr in command,...

ONE OF OUR SUBMARINES.

Young, Commander Edward DSO, DSC, RNV(S)R, · 1972

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pan Books, London, 1972, 3rd imp., paperback, 272pp inc. 6pp Epilogue, 16pp half tone photo ills., diagrams and 9 maps in text, wraparound pictorial cover art (unattrib.), the author's submarine career during WW2, from RNVR Sub-lieutenant third officer to Lt. Cdr in command,...

THE TIRPITZ.

Woodward, David, · 1974

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

New English Library, 1974, 1st in imprint, paperback, 173pp, [iii] ads., wraparound pictorial cover art (unattrib.), the story of the various attempts by the British by air and sea to neutralise the most powerful ship of the German Navy, the 42,000 ton battleship Tirpitz, rub...

THE STRUGGLE FOR EUROPE.

Wilmot, Chester, · 1979

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Fontana, London, 1979, 6th imp., paperback, 829pp, maps in text, [ii] ads., wraparound photo pictorial cover art, an explanation of how the Western Allies gained military victory in Europe and at the same time suffered political defeat in Eastern Europe, with a step by step a...

BLOODY AACHEN.

Whiting, Charles (aka Leo Kessler), · 1976

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Corgi Books, London, 1976, 1st in imprint, paperback, 159pp, 3 maps, [i] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), an account of the battle for Aachen, standing just over the border with Belgium the first German city in the path of the US 1st Infantry Division and one with a...

MI5 - The British Security Service Operations 1909-1945.

West, Nigel, · 1988

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Triad, London, 1988, 5th imp., paperback, 464pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., chains of command in text, coloured lettered wrappers, a history of the arm of British Intelligence responsible for internal security, and of their operations including WW2, light vertical crease in ...

HITLER.

Toland, John, · 1998

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Wordsworth Editions, Ware - Herts, 1998, 4th imp., trade paperback, xx inc. 2 double page maps, 1035pp, 64pp half tone photo ills., with glossary, bibliography and notes on sources, pictorial upper wrapper, a mammoth biography weighing 1.2kg, drawing on extensive research inv...

ONE MAN'S WAR.

Stroobant, Frank, · 1992

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Burbridge Ltd., Guernsey, 1992, reprint, paperback, 167pp, half tone frontis., 8pp half tone photo ills., [i] ads., pictorial wrappers (unattrib), account of the German occupation of Guernsey, the shortages and black market, deportation of British nationals to internment firs...

A MAN CALLED INTREPID - The Secret War 1939-1945.

Stevenson, William, · 1977

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Sphere Books, London, 1977, 3rd imp., paperback, 511pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams in text, photo pictorial upper wrapper, one of the most closely guarded WW2 organisations was 'British Security Coordination', headed by William Stephenson (Intrepid), an umb...

A MAN CALLED INTREPID - The Secret War 1939-1945.

Stevenson, William, · 1977

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Sphere Books, London, 1977, 3rd imp., paperback, 511pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams in text, photo pictorial upper wrapper, one of the most closely guarded WW2 organisations was 'British Security Coordination', headed by William Stephenson (Intrepid), an umb...