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The Secret Offensive: Active Measures: A Saga of Deception, Disinformation, Subversion, Terrorism, Sabotage and Assassination

Pincher, Chapman: · 1985

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1985 2nd. imp. HBK+D/W, colour rubbed off inside. Spotting to page edges. O/w G+/G+. Index 314 pp + 8 pp. photographic plates.

Inside Story

Pincher, Chapman: · 1978

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1978 1st. ed. HBK+D/W, price clipped, colour from cover rubbed off inside. Slight staining IFC and FEP. O/w G+/G+. Index 400 pp + 15pp photographic plates(some slightly stained).

Hamlet

Shakespeare: · 1938

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London, Penguin: 1938 1st. ed. thus limp Blue no. B2 School Editions for the London Education Authority. Pages are taken from the Shakespeare Seriesand bear the publication date of the latter of 1937, whereas the limp editions used a different binding and were published a year...

Indonesia

Grant, Bruce: · 1964

£2.95 (€3.54 | $3.90 | ¥622)

London: Penguin, 1964 1st. ed. thus PBK Penguin Special no. S250. Index 247pp. Back cover blurb. Printed in Australia. Covers scuffed, abraded and creased, o/w good reading copy.

Cheltenham College Register 1841 - 1910

Hunter, Andrew Alexander: · 1911

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: G. Bell and Sons, 1911 1st. ed. thus quarto HBK, black covers with gilt titling to spine, and college crest in gilt front cover. Index xix + 899pp. + coloured pullout of college campus at title page + 12 sepia prints. Inside covers and end papers slightly foxed and bro...

Ballet

Haskell, Arnold: · 1945

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

London: Penguin, 1945 2nd impression PBK, no. A122 blue, index 205 pp. + 18 b/w plates + 10 b/w illustrations. First published by Penguin as a Special, no. S5, in July 1938, and was reprinted four times, before being revised and transferred to a Pelican in January 1945. This i...

Narrow Boats

Rice, Peter: · 1976

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

Cambridge: Dinosaur Publication for the National Trust, 1976 1st. ed. PBK unpaginated with colour sketches throughout and one map. Cover corners slightly creased, o/w G.

Famous Railway Engines of the World

----: · 1961

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

London: Percival Marshall & Co., no date (1961) 1st. ed. landscape PBK. 33pp. + b/w plates of 17 steam engines throughout.. Covers little soiled and creased, o/w G.

Tragic Ground

Caldwell, Erskine: · 1948

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

New York: Penguin Inc., February 1948 1st. ed. thus PBK Yellow No. 661 138pp. Lamination peeling, head and tail spine and edges chipped and scuffed, o/w G-.

The New Quiz Book

Morehead, Albert H. and Mott-Smith, Geoffrey: · 1948

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

New York: Penguin Inc., January 1948 1st. ed. thus PBK Orange No. 652 unpaginated. Top corner front cover and edges scuffed, lamination peeling from rear cover, o/w G-.

Journeyman

Caldwell, Erskine: · 1947

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

New York: Penguin Inc., October 1947 1st. ed. thus PBK Red No. 646 137pp. lamination peeling off rear cover, o/w G.

Song of the Whip

Evans, Evan: · 1947

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

New York: Penguin Inc., September 1947 1st. ed. thus PBK Blue No. 645 184pp. Lamination beginning to peel, small tear leading edge rear cover, head spine and lower corner front cover scuffed, o/w G.

Short Stories

Wolfe, Thomas: · 1947

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

New York: Penguin Inc., September 1947 1st. ed. thus PBK Yellow No. 644 150pp. Lamination beginning to peel, o/w G+.

The Unbearable Bassington

Saki: · 1947

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

New York: Penguin Inc., April 1947 1st. ed. thus PBK Green No. 634 140pp. Lamination creased and peeling, head and foot spine scuffed and chipped with small loss at foot, covers soiled and corners chipped, reading copy.

Great Son

Ferber, Edna: · 1947

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

New York: Penguin Inc., April 1947 1st. ed. thus PBK Yellow No. 633 186pp. G.

Great Son

Ferber, Edna: · 1947

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

New York: Penguin Inc., April 1947 1st. ed. thus PBK Yellow No. 633 186pp. G.

Private Spies

Payne, Ronald: · 1967

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Arthur Barker, 1967 1st. ed. HBK+D/W, frayed top edge, water stained bottom back, o/w VG/G. Index 223 pp.

The Innocent Voyage

Hughes, Richard: · 1947

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

New York: Penguin Inc., March 1947 1st. ed. thus PBK Green No. 628186pp. Lamination creased and peeling, spine scuffed, covers soiled, Fair.

The Innocent Voyage

Hughes, Richard: · 1947

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

New York: Penguin Inc., March 1947 1st. ed. thus PBK Green No. 628 186pp. Lamination creased and peeling, head and tail spine scuffed and chipped, small tear page 175/6 through acid paper without loss to text, covers soiled, Fair.

Daisy Miller

James, Henry: · 1947

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

New York: Penguin Inc., February 1947 1st. ed. thus PBK Green No. 625 140pp. Lamination peeling, covers slightly soiled, o/w G.