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Nurse !

GILES, CARL · 1975

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Daily Express, 1975. . Collection of cartoons relating to the nursing profession. Price unclipped & no inscriptions, this is a very good issue in the Giles collection..

Foch - His Character and Leadership.

RECOULY, RAYMOND · 1920

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Unwin, 1920. . First edition, foxing on endpapers, general wear, but maps complete. Published just two years after the end of the Great War, Foch was the head of the Allied forces..

Beano Annual

1976

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

1976. . Very good throughout. No inscriptions and price unclipped..

Military Organization and Administration.

BRIGADIER LINDSELL, W.G. · 1936

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1936. . 16th Edition from the Royal United Service Institution Library. Red cloth cover, 281 pages + ads. Pay lists for 1929 enclosed in rear folder pocket. Excellent insight..

First Aid in the Royal Navy.

------ · 1939

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Stationary Office, 1939. . Small hardback with very clean & intact contents.Illustrated throughout, should cover every eventuality !..

Beano Annual

1975

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

1975. . Top & bottom half inch of spine tatty, name and address inside, otherwise very good contents..

The British Scene.

ENGELMANN, FRANKLIN · 1966

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Country Life, 1966. . Very large format First Edition with green cloth and contents very good with lots of colour and b/w photos..

The Living City - a New View of the City of London.

1966

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Corporation of London, 1966. . Presentation copy to a Major- General. Large format with dustjacket. Price clipped, colour and b/w photos showing what London looked like in the mid-60's..

Warwickshire.

MEE, ARTHUR · 1949

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London : Caxton, 1949. . First Edition with tears at bottom of dustjacket, otherwise very good..

Let's Halt Awhile.

COURTENAY, ASHLEY · 1947

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

London : Simpkin Marshall, 1947. . Cloth cover worn, but contents clean. This is a personal list of recommended hotels, inns and guest houses throughout the U.K. This also includes a letter from the writer to the Houston Line asking for this to be stocked on their ships, as Cu...

50 Great Journeys.

1968

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Odhams Books, 1968. . First Edition edited by John Canning covering lots of epic journeys throughout history written by different travel writers. No dustjacket, blue cloth, foxing on endpapers with very good contents..

Dandy Annual

1989

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

1989. . Top two inches of spine tatty, cover slight marks, otherwise contents very good with no inscriptions and price unclipped..

You're Going to Scandinavia !

LAUGHLIN, CLARA E. · 1937

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

U.S. : Houghton Mifflin, 1937. . First U.S. Edition of travel book to Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Worn blue cloth with very good contents and no inscriptions..

James Hannington of East Africa

MICHAEL, CHARLES D. · 1934

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Pickering & Inglis, c1933. . Story of Bishop Hannington of Uganda, who gave his life to aid the people of Central Africa. Cover marked, but spine intact. Sunday school presentation issue dated 1934. Contents complete, but shows age..

Journey Into Russia.

POST VAN DER, LAURENS · 1964

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Hogarth Press, 1964. . First Edition ( 2nd impression ), very tatty dustjacket, otherwise very good contents with no inscriptions and map intact..

Spice Girls - Unofficial Special.

1997

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Grandreams: 1997. . Totally 100 % unofficial book on the Spice Girls. Masses of colour photos and info on the five girls..

Dandy Annual

1988

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

1988. . Top of spine tatty, one page loose, otherwise very good contents for this 50th Anniversary issue..

Paul Mccartney World Tour Programme

1989

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

EMAP:1989. . Clean & bright official prog. in English. Loads of photos and info on Macca & the band..

Heroes & Villians - the True Story of the Beach Boys.

GAINES, STEVEN · 1986

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London : MacMillan, 1986. . Clean dustjacket, contents good with no inscriptions. Fascinating insight into the Wilson family and legendary American group..

Trouser Press No. 63

1981

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

New York, 1981. . Magazine with Rotten & Vicious caracutures on cover. Early U2 article inside along with Sex Pistols in the cinema. Very collectable issue from an American perspective..