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SHREWSBURY: AIRLIFE PUBLISHING, 1991 Blue Boards with Gilt blocked titles, 220 x 150 mm approx. [xii] + 330 pp. Many unspecified b/w photos. Since it introduced it's air arm in 1916 the USCG up to the time of publication had operated 90 different types of aircraft. The book covers all of the types each accompanied by one or more photos with technical data etc. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and for condition. Near Fine/ VG (Book- no notable faults. No previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - red to spine sunned - else near fine. Non price clipped).

London: WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON, 1956 Good+ H/b in Good+ D/j. This book ranks with the finest personal accounts ever written.Illus b/w plates as expected mainly photo-plates+ double page Distribution Map of Convoys.[ Book navy cloth gilt titles, no inscsp, tight binding , clean throughout however end papers show tape outlines from a previous owner's covering, light fox 1st/last pages] Dust Jacket not price clipped 16/- edge-wear col/rub/loss mainly front spine-edge base.Now in clear easily Removable proprietary protective cover. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.

London: JONATHAN CAPE, 2001 FINE H/b in Near Fine D/j.Illustrated laminated boards.300 x 235mm approx. 32pp.First Edition 1st printing13579108642. Cartoon strip stories and facts about a stone age boy to delight the younger child. (Book as new, no inscp) Dust Jacket price clipped, clean & bright. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

LONDON: THOMAS NELSON AND SONS , 1909 Brown Cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine and upper board, laid on colour plate.170 x 130 mm approx. 160 pp Frontis colour plate by Gilbert James + 3 other colour plates- by Dulac,Thompson and other as called for + two full page line illustrations and a few others in text. 1909. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good (book- moderate to heavy shelf wear to cloth, ink gift insc. xmas 1910 to front free end paper, 50 mm approx repaired tear to one plate in gutter - illustration not affected, occasional finger soiling to margins.No other notable defects).

AMSTERDAM: GUALLTH. VAN GOOR, 1880 Dark Red decorative cloth boards with black block foliage and gilt titles, 200 x 135 mm approx. 48 pp Chromolithographic Frontis + I other full colour plate. Undated circa 1880. Text in Dutch. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good (Book- general shelf soiling and wear to cloth, discreet original bookseller label to front paste down, school prize certificate pasted across end papers. Some mild to moderate soiling to text block which is also a little tanned. Binding sound , ).

LONDON: THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PRESS, 1978 Illustrated card covers (Mass Market Paperback) 215 x 135 mm approx.[vi] + 146 pp.Line map , Forward by Nadine Gordimer. Study of Labour relations in South Africa. First Edition 1978. VG (Covers - a little light general shelf wear/ soiling, Book block - clean with no annotations. Binding sound).Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.

LONDON: JAMES NISBET, 1892 Dark Olive cloth boards with gilt titles, 190 x 130 mm approx. [IV] + 160 + 8 + 32 Publisher's catalogues. Portrait frontis of subject. First Edition Biography of Huldrych Zwingli or Ulrich Zwingli (1 January 1484 – 11 October 1531) leader of the Reformation in Switzerland, born during a time of emerging Swiss patriotism and increasing criticism of the Swiss mercenary system.(Wikipaedia). The copy offered by us is warmly inscribed by the author to the front paste down. Fair (Book - shelf wear and spotting to cloth, inscription from author to paste down with author's ink address stamp under, boards a little floppy but no cracks to end papers and binding generally sound).Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.

BEVERLEY HILLS: AUTUMNGOLD PUBLISHING , 1996 Brown Rexine Boards with gilt blocked titles to spine and front. 220 x 140 mm approx. [vi] + 340 pp + 12 pp for notes. Illustrated with b/w photos + 12 pp in colour on glossy plates. 2nd Edition 1996. Inscribed and signed by the author in ink to the front free end paper. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Near Fine (Book - author insc as above. Dust Jacket- very mild rubbing to head and tail of spine. No other defects to book or jacket). Please state when placing order if you would wish that a removable proprietary protective sleeve be fitted.

LONDON: HERMES HOUSE , 2009 Illustrated laminated boards repeating the design of the dust jacket, 225 x 175 mm approx. Illustrared end papers, 256 pp. Illustrated in colour. Step by step pictures with instruction under + origin and purpose. 2009 Reprint. See our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Near Fine (Book- no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- minor shelf rubbing, intact. No notable defects to book or jacket). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.

LONDON: VICTOR GOLLANCZ, 1989 Illustrated laminated card covers (Paperback) 245 x 170 mm approx. 96 pp black and white cartoons by Gray Jolliffe. First printing 1989. A Victor Gollancz Paperback Original. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG (Book- mild general shelf wear/ soiling to covers, no previous owner name or insc. Binding sound with no other notable defects).

LONDON: THE FOLIO SOCIETY, 1978 Turquoise Cloth boards with black line illustration extending to both boards and gilt blocked titles to spine, 230 x 145 mm approx. Top edge stained blue, 148 pp Frontis + 7 other full page line drawings by Osbert Lancaster as called for. Intro. by Joan Aiken. Near Fine in Near Fine slip case. (Book- a little fading to stained top edge of book block at head of spine. No previous owner name or insc. Slip Case hint of sunning. No shelf wear or soiling. No other defects to book or slip case). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.

London : HERBERT JENKINS Ltd, 1940 States " 2nd.printing".Undated Ink gift inscp. to front free end paper dated Xmas 1940. Orange cloth boards with black titles, 185x130mm approx.311 nos. pp + 8 of publisher's adverts. Blandings Castle novel in which Emsworth is faced with the appalling prospect of losing his prize pig, the Empress of Blandings. Good/Good (Book- A little shelf wear to extremities of boards and some finger soiling. Offset browning to end papers which are also a little tanned and the first and last few pages and edges of the book block have light to moderate foxing. Ink gift insc. to front free end paper dated Xmas 1940. Dust Jacket Rubbed and with some loss to paper at extremities- max 7 mm around head of spine. Red title to spine a little faded. Price label to spine 4/- Incl War Extra Costs. Front flap fold advert for Week-End Wodehouse rear flap - The Code of the Woosters. Respectably clean and now in a removeable proprietary protective wrapper). Please see our images… Read More

LONDON: ST HUGH'S PRESS Green cloth effect paper covered card boards with yapped edges and gilt blocked titles and golf bag etc to front,120 x 190 mm approx. Undated circa 1930's. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Poor no d/j (Book lacks spine and with loss to yapped edges, previous owner name to inside front cover. Offered and priced as a book binding project/ reading copy only).

London: WARD LOCK & Co Ltd, 1930 H/b in D/j.Undated c.1930's.Red illustrated boards.Children's Classic Fiction.One b/w frontis illus.of Tom and Eva seated on a mossy seat in a garden arbour.[ chapter 38 An Authentic Ghost Story] VG/VG [ Book sound binding, no inscp. clean throughout] Dust Jacket colour illus.to front & spine ,More Series titles to rear , browned spine, tanned covers with light handling soil , minor nicks- edge-wear col/rub/loss top/tail spine & rear edges,not price clipped 1/-. Book appears to have been packaged & tied at some time from small indentations to back boards of book.175x125mm. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

EARLEY, Berks;: GERALD KEATING / for THE PROVINCIAL GUILD OF PRINTERS' READERS c. 1950''s. Good P/b. Published for The Provincial Guild of Printers' Readers.Includes some definitions from The Oxford English Dictionary.50pp. [ Booklet- clean throughout, No insc; no annotation, Sound binding to rusty staples] 3/6 Cover - tanning & shelf soli. 215x140mm. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition

NEW YORK: THE BOYDELL PRESS, 2004 Fine P/b as new, no insc. Printed on Acid- free Paper. The First Boydell Press printing of 2004. Eye Witness account by the author, whoe entered the service of Count Buelina in 1402 [ 15th C. History / Social History ] includes giving a bitter picture of the hardships of a military campaign. The life of a knight both in war and peace. Please See Our Images of the actual book offered for sale[cover colours actually brighter- No fade]

LONDON: GEORGE G HARRAP, 1944 Blue Boards with white blocked titles to spine, 205 x 145 mm approx. 452 pp First Edition 1st Impression 1944. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good/ Fair (Book - fading to cloth at extremities and where loss to jacket, mild foxing to prelims, last few pages and fore edge of book block. Dust spotting to top edge. Previous owner name and date March 1945 in ink to free front end paper.War economy paper of book block evenly tanned. Dust Jacket- chipped to extremities mainly around head and tail of spine - max depth 9 mm approx. and 1.5 cm tear to top rear panel at spine fold. Foxing showing through to white of rear panel. Non price clipped - cover 10/6. Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve to which pieces of coloured paper have been inserted to mask the stark white of the backing paper so as not to offend the eye on the bookshelf).

London : WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON, 1975 VG H/b. The notorious 19th.c. divorce case of " Kitty" O'Shea, Born Katherine & called Katie by family. Drawing on largely unpublished sources & unpublished family sources; - examines the extent of her political influence as a go--between with Gladstone- a lady who may have changed the course of Anglo-Irish History. Further Note to d/j inner flaps. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. illustrated 20 mono plates as expected. 334pp. 240x165mm. VG/Good[ Book- Sound binding, no insc; clean boards, clean throughout] Dust Jacketnot price clipped, mild shelf wear to front & spine however a 30mm tear line to rear top edge.

LONDON: HARPERCOLLINS, 1997 Black Boards with gilt lettering to spine, Photograph to end papers, 413pp. An examination of the struggle for control of the world film industry by Oscar-winning film producer of Chariots of Fire, Midnight Express, Local Hero, The Killing Fields and the Mission. The author was chairman of Columbia Pictures from 1986-8 and subsequently head of his own company Enigma Productions. Fine/Near Fine (Book- signed by David Puttnam in black felt tip and dated May '97 to half title page with no other name or inscription. Dust Jacket not price clipped, really miniscule nicks top edge. Now in clear easily Removable proprietary protective cover .Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

LONDON: EDWARD ARNOLD, 1936 Turquoise cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 225 x 150 mm approx. Maps to end papers, top edge stained green, 314 pp. Frontis + 21 other b/w photo illustrations on 15 glossy plates + One other line map all as called for. First Edition 1936. Account of a leisurely voyage by the author and her husband in a 50 foot,30 ton ex pilot cutter round France and Spain. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG/ Good (Book- mild shelf wear- colour rubbing to cloth, offset browning band to half title and rear blank. No previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - rubbed to extremities with a few small chips - max 1 x 1 cm approx to head at rear spine fold. Colour leaching to top margin of rear flap fold from a liquid spillage else no notable soiling. Price clipped. Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve). A seemingly scarce travel book.