Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

A Matter of Trust: MI5 1945-72

West, Nigel: · 1982

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1982 1st. ed. HBK+D/W, slight staining of inside front. Ditto front cover and FEP. O/w G+/G+. Index 196 pp. + 20 illustrations.

After Long Silence

Straight, Michael: · 1983

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Collins, 1983 1st. ed. HBK+D/W. Badly water stained and damaged. Reading copy only, but text and illustrations sound. Index 351 pp. + 17 illustrations.

Intrepid's Last Case

Stevenson, William: · 1984

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Michael Joseph, 1984 1st. ed. HBK+D/W, colour rubbed off inside, lamination slightly scratched, o/w good. Back cover scuffed, REPs slightly soiled, o/w good copy. Index 319 pp.

The World's Greatest Spy Stories

Singer, Kurt: · 1954

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: W.H. Allen, 1954 1st. ed. HBK+D/W, water stained inside, chipped and torn. Bookseller's stamp FEP, page browning particularly EPs. O/w good reading copy. 252 pp.

North-West Europe 1944-5

North, John: · 1977

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥316)

London: HMSO, 1977 1st. ed. thus. PBK. Good copy. Index 270 pp. + 24 photographic plates + 16 maps. The Second World War 1939-1945 A Short Military History Series.

Arms and the Men

Hay, Ian: · 1977

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥316)

London: HMSO, 1977 1st. ed. thus. PBK. Some photographic plates loose, o/w good copy. Index 330 pp. + 23 illustrations + 6 maps. The Second World War 1939-1945 A Short Military History Series.

All Clear Aft: Episodes at Sea

----: · 1936

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥316)

London: Cassell, 1936 1st. ed. HBK. Covers soiled and grubby, lettering on spine dull. Page browning, stains FEP/REP. O/w fair reading copy. 245 pp. Illustrations by Charles Grave. Foreword by Winston Churchill.

Inside Germany

Villard, Oswald Garrison: · 1939

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Constable, 1939 1st. ed. HBK. Covers colour faded edges and spine. FEP/REP browned. Slight page browning elsewhere. O/w good copy. 86 pp.

The Reason Why

Woodham-Smith, Cecil: · 1953

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥316)

London: Constable/Book Society, 1953 1st. ed. thus. HBK+D/W, chipped and torn, small piece missing top spine. Bookplate IFC, page browning, o/w fair copy. Index 293 pp. + 6 illustrations + 2 maps.

The Green Beret

Saunders, Hilary St. George: · 1954

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Michael Joseph, 1954 14th. imp. HBK+D/W, water stains on spine and inside, slightly chipped and torn, little grubby. Slight page browning, o/w good copy. Index 362 pp. + 42 illustrations.

"Action Stations!" The Royal Navy at War

Thursfield, Rear-Admiral H.G.: · 1941

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1941 1st. ed. HBK. Covers colour faded round edges and spine, slightly damp stained. Water stains on several plates. O/w good reading copy. 78 pp. + 75 illustrations.

J'Accuse! The Men Who Betrayed France

Simone, Andre: · 1941

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Harrap, 1941 1st. ed. HBK. Water damaged. Reading copy only. 256 pp.

Breaking With Moscow

Shevchenko, Arkady N.: · 1985

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

London: Cape, 1985 1st. ed. HBK+D/W. G+/G+. Index 378 pp.

Wennerstrom the Spy

Ronblom, H.K.: · 1966

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1966 1st. ed. HBK+D/W, slightly soiled back, stained inside. O/w G/G. 222 pp.

The Spy Wore Red: My Adventures as an Undercover Agent in World War II

Romanones, Aline Countess of: · 1987

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Bloomsbury, 1987 1st. ed. HBK+D/W, slightly stained particularly on back, colour rubbed off inside. Covers stained outside back and front. O/w G/G. 304 pp.

The Specialist: The Personal Story of an Elite Specialist in Covert Operations

Rivers, Gayle: · 1985

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1985 1st. ed. HBK+D/W, back colour faded, nick in lamination at foot of back, colour slightly rubbed off inside. O/w G+/G+. Index 212 pp.

The Ship: Dreadnought to Nuclear Submarine

Preston, Anthony: · 1980

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥316)

London: HMSO/National Maritime Museum, 1980 1st. ed. HBK. Printed boards, landscape. VG. Index 60 pp. Fully illustrated.

The Kelly

Poolman, Kenneth: · 1954

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Kimber, 1954 1st. ed. HBK+D/W. Badly water damaged. Text sound. Reading copy only. 219 pp. + 19 photographic plates + 2 maps.

Their Trade Is Treachery

Pincher, Chapman: · 1981

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1981 2nd. imp. HBK+D/W, colour rubbed off inside. O/w G+/G+.Index 240 pp. + 8 pp. photographic plates.

Too Secret Too Long

Pincher, Chapman: · 1984

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1984 2nd. imp. HBK+D/W, colour rubbed off inside. Slight spotting to page edges. O/w G+/G+. Index 638 pp. + 8 pp. photographic plates (slightly stained).