Published by Trident Press International. 1999

Hardback Facsimile reprint of 1939/40 catalogue in very good condition. The dust wrapper is a little rubbed and chipped at the edges with a couple of small tears and creasing but unclipped and generally very good. Blue boards with embossed silver titles and decoration to upper and spine. A large and heavy book. Founded in 1871, the Society of Army and Navy Stores was formed by a group of Army and Navy officers to provide basic necessities and luxuries of life to all members, namely British officers, serving soldiers and their families. Following the depression of the 1920's with the reduction in trade, the membership base was broadened to permit the general public to become members free of charge. The company produced a catalogue from which a broad range of products could be ordered and delivered cheaply. This reproduction of the 1939 catalogue illustrates perfectly the products and the life style of Great Britain at the outbreak of the Second World War.

Published by Hutchinson, 1956

Hardback 1st edition. Nr fine in a very good unclipped d/w with only slight edgewear and a couple of small closed tears. Small original distributers label pasted to title page. These memoirs of Lord Beaverbrook combine historic importance with intense human interest. Here are the highlights of history presented by one who was at the centre of affairs when history was made. With black and white illustrations.

Published by P. Beccarini, Date unknown Presumed 1st hardback. Previous owner name and date to fep 1943. Beveled boards rubbed and knocked at the edges. Fep marked, some foxing to the back plate. Overall, very good condition. Contains the Myth of Dionisus & The Villa of Mysteries.

Published by Chatto & Windus, 1978

Hardback, second impression in very good condition, the dust wrapper is sunned at the spine. The front end paper is marked/scuffed otherwise clean and very tidy. This is the story of the great American railroads; a story of breathtaking technological ingenuity, pioneering idealism, hard driven labour and powerful greed. By the end of the nineteenth century five transcontinental railroads linked the Atlantic Coast with the Pacific Ocean, and thousands of miles of track criss-crossed the West which, only a few years before, had been largely uncharted and unexplored.

Published by T. Werner Laurie Ltd, 1937

1st standard hardback edition. Very good+ book complete with the rare d/w also very good. With 8 colour plates from paintings by W.W. Collins, R.I., and 48 half-tone illustrations. Light staining to the end-papers and d/w. Jacket now protected.

Published by Alan Sutton, 1997

Hardback reprint. Fine unclipped d/w. The book as new in condition. 124 pages, packed with a stunning range of about 150 rare and historic B&W captioned photographs showing the people and places of Berkshire in the middle of the 19th Century, They are all taken from original sepia images, printed with the best of modern techniques that preserves the clarity of the original photograph. The accompanying text is an anthology of writings from contemporary sources, including diaries, letters, newspapers and family memories.1st published 1992

Published by Evans Brothers Ltd, 1955

Hardback, revised edition, first published 1953. Book leans a little with some wear at the tips. The unclipped jacket is edge worn with some minor loss to the top and toe of spine. Otherwise very good. Great archaeological discoveries in Crete and Greece.

Published by John Long, London, 1965

Hardback 1st UK edition. Very good book and unclipped dust wrapper. Clean and unmarked with no previous owner names. The dust wrapper is only slightly worn and rubbed at the edges, folds and tips and has a small water stain at the top of the spine which is only really noticeable on the reverse. This factual, unglamorised account, by the doyen of American writers on the west, of prairie banditry deals with all the organized bands of bank and train robbers who terrorized the middle-west for a half century. From the days of the Kansas-Missouri border wars to the killing of Henry Starr, the gentleman bandit, in 1921, Mr Drago presents the authentic, documented case histories of two score and more outlaws, men who rode with William Clarke Quantrill, noted Confederate guerrilla, or whose lives were shaped by him. Frank and Jesse James; Cole Younger and his brothers; the Dalton boys; Belle Starr, the so called bandit queen; Bill Cook; the Bill Doolin gang - These are some of the horseback outlaws whose stories are told - and whose legends are shattered - in this challenging and definitive narrative, which is related with all the dramatic sweep to be expected from a vastly experienced author whose knowledge of the Old West is unrivalled.

Published by Jonathan Cape, London. 2007.

1st edition hardback in fine condition. A large and heavy book. There are no previous owner names or marks. The dust wrapper is not price clipped retaining the original £25.00 price at the front flap.

Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997

1st edition hardback. Both book and unclipped dust wrapper are fine in condition. The horrors of fifty years ago are brought into the present day as travellers visit the death camps.

Published by Frank Graham, 1976

1st edition hardback. Very good in a like d/w. 360pp. Lavishly illustrated throughout. A history of all the recorded castles and peles of Northumberland.

Published by Peter Davies, 1970

1st UK hardback edition. Very good book and unclipped dust wrapper. Jacket is slightly rubbed at the edges with a couple of small closed tears. The narration traces the life of the American Navy in sail and it gives a vivid account of the sea fighting, the clashes with the Barbary Pirates, the battles between American, French and British vessels, and the bitter war of 1812 against Britain at sea.

2229. Hanson, Neil: The Dreadful Judgement: The true story of the Great Fire of London

Published by Doubleday, London. 2001

1st edition hardback in fine condition. The book is signed by the author with best wishes at the title page. The dust wrapper is also fine and unclipped. A fire only needs 3 things: sufficient fuel, a spark to ignite it, and oxygen to feed it. The fuel was already in place: A 10 month drought had turned the wood-framed buildings and shanties of London into a tinder box. A fierce gale provided the oxygen. On 2 Sep. 1666, London ignited. The fire raged for 4 days.

Published by Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1971

1st edition hardback in very good condition as is the dust wrapper. 448pp. 169 colour & b/w photos. The period of Byzantine power is one of the major epochs in world history. This empire, controlled by the extraordinary metropolis of Constantinople, was for many centuries the centre of Christendom, the mistress of the Mediterranean, the symbol for all the rest of the world of splendour, wealth and cultural ascendancy. This seeks to create a synthesis of all aspects of Byzantine cultural evolution, following the main chronological phases of the empire's history.

Published by Edward Hulton, 1958

Hardback 1st edition. Unclipped d/w is rubbed and edge worn, sunned to the spine but complete and generally good+. The book is very good with a previous owner name in pencil to front pastedown. The companion volume to Victorian Vista. Contemporary writings, paintings, prints and photographs of the 'age of extravagance'

Published by The Stanton Ironworks Company, Nottingham. 1959.

1st edition hardback. Fine book in a very near fine dust wrapper. The jacket has a couple of small nicks at the top edge and is only very slightly rubbed at the edges, otherwise fine. There are no previous owner names or marks. Colour & B/W photos & illus throughout by Allen Carr Linford. E/p map. A factual tale, briefly told, of a great industry which grew up in a village in a dale: of it's birth, it's growth and it's present-day stature which are the proud heritage of all who practise their craft at Stanton-by-Dale, Nottingham. Privately printed by the company.

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1898

1st edition hardback in very good condition, there are no previous owner names or other marks. Tight and clean, possibly unread. Green buckram covered boards sunned at the spine however the gilt lettering is still bright and shiny. There is some evidence of foxing but this is confined to the roughly cut page edges. 321pp

Published by George Allen & Unwin, 1970

Hardback 1st UK edition. Very small previous owner name to front end paper otherwise very nr fine book and unclipped d/w. 454 pages. The full and fascinating memoirs of the author, one of the 20th Century's finest journalists. No American witnessed and recorded events of greater moment than he, and his presence at the modern history's major confrontations, and his understanding of war and politics helped to raise the standards of journalism above the tangle of everyday events. He saw WWI and WWII at first hand, he carried secret Belgian underground papers into Holland, and during the Third Reich was expelled by the Nazis for telling the truth.

Published by Sunday Times, 1962

Hardback 1st edition. Very large book. D/w is edgeworn, torn and tatty but 99.99% complete, and protected. Huge blue cloth boards with gilt to spine & upper. 404pgs, 940 illustrations, 172 in colour, 110 original reconstructions, 645 photos & drawings and 48 maps. The first world survey of human cultures in early times.

Published by Robert Dawson, Alfreton for Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group. 2005

1st edition hardback in fine/as new condition. Dust wrapper is also fine. There are no previous owner names or other marks. This is an unusual book in having over 200 photos of Gypies in their every day lives and mostly previously unpublished. Interspersed short sections of text cover aspects such as customs, language, history, the born again movement, work, Price family history, the Indian link, sites, legislation, armed forces.

Published by Iron And Steel Trades Confederation, London. 1951

1st edition hardback in fine condition with a scarce dust wrapper. There are no previous owner names or other marks. The dust wrapper is also fine and not clipped. A Chronicle of Eighty-Eight Years of Trade Unionism in the British Iron and Steel Industry. Pugh was apprenticed to a farmer who also worked as a butcher, but soon moved to Neath to work in the steel industry, where he became active in the British Steel Smelters' Association. In 1901, he moved to Frodingham, Lincolnshire, and he became first Assistant Secretary and then Office Secretary of the union. In 1917, he played a leading role in the formation of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC) and the British Iron, Steel and Kindred Trades Association, becoming the first General Secretary of the ISTC. He served as President of the Trades Union Congress in 1926, during the UK General Strike, was on the economic consultative committee of the League of Nations, and was active in running the Daily Herald newspaper. He retired from his union posts in 1935, receiving a knighthood, and wrote Men of Steel, a history of the metal-workers trade unions.

Published by Batsford, 1931

Hardback, second edition, sixth impression. Very good+ in very good- d/w which has some edgewear and some small areas of loss. English history 1066-1499 illustrated throughout.

Published by Doubleday, 1965

Hardback 1st US edition. Very good+ book and d/w. Jacket is slightly rubbed with a couple of closed tears. An authoritative book about a city blessed and cursed by her location. Gravely important to the British, French and Americans through war and peace.

Published by SevenOaks, London. 2008

1st edition hardback, fine in a very good unclipped dust wrapper. No previous owner names or marks. More than 2 million men were conscripted to serve in Britain's armed forces during the period of National Service, which began after the Second World War and was phased out by 1963. Aged just eighteen, these individuals, many of whom had never left their home towns, were put in uniform to serve their nation. It was an experience that left a profound mark on the post-war generations, as described using first-hand accounts and official documents in this detailed, entertaining and hugely informative account of the National Service years.

Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1976

Hardback 1st edition. Very good in a very good unclipped d/w which has a couple of small closed tears. Map endpapers and photo illustrations. A history of perhaps one of the most remarkable families in Dutch history. Translated by Steve Cox, Author conveys a vivid impression of the far-reaching effects the Bentincks had on the history of their nation and on the other countries they served so devotedly.

Published by Samuel Osborn, Sheffield. 1952

Hardback 1st edition in very good condition. Appears unread. No dust wrapper, was one issued? Blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles and decoration to upper. Illustrated end papers depicting Sheffield in the 1850's. Original Osborn complimentary slip laid in. An illustrated company history of the Sheffield iron and steel producers.

Published by Nationwide Book Service. 1980

Hardback edition, 1st thus. Both book and unclipped dust wrapper are in good condition. There is slight wear to the bottom board edges and the top and toe of the spine and corners are a bit bumped otherwise very good. There are no previous owner names. The dust wrapper is browned at the spine and worn at the edges with some tears and small areas lost. It was Hitler's boast that the Third Reich would last a thousand years. Instead it lasted only twelve. But into its short life was packed the most cataclysmic series of events that Western civilisation has ever known. William Shirer is one of the very few historians to have gained full access to the secret German archives which the Allies captured intact. He was also present at the Nuremberg trials. This is his authoritative historical account of the years 1933-45, when the Nazis, under the rule of their despotic leader Adolf Hitler, ruled Germany. They commandeered the Holocaust, one of the most shocking acts of evil in modern history, plunged the world into a second war, and changed the face of modern history and modern Europe forever.

Published by Cassell & Co, London. 1967.

1st UK edition hardback in very good condition, there are no previous owner names or other marks. The dust wrapper is present and near very good in condition being rubbed and chipped at the edges and corners. There are some small closed tears and wear at the hinges and folds otherwise very good and not clipped, retaining the original 42/- (that's shillings for those who don't know) net price at the front flap. Bibliography, index, map endpapers. 459pp.One of America's most acclaimed authors of biographical and historical fiction, Irving Stone, has turned his magnificent talent to telling America's most colourful and exciting story - the opening of the Far West. "Men to Match My Mountains" is a true historical masterpiece, an unforgettable pageant of giants - men like John Sutter, whose dream of paradise was shattered by the California Gold Rush; Brigham Young and the Mormons who tamed the desert with Bible texts; and the silver kings and the miners who developed Nevada's Comstock Lode and settled the Rockies. America called for greatness ... and got it. There is nothing else in history to match the stories of these men who braved a wilderness to bring a new nation to the shores of the Pacific.

Published by Sinclair-Stevenson, London, 1996

1st edition hardback. Both book and dust wrapper are fine in condition. There are no previous owner names or marks. With a foreword by the late Queen Mother. Draws on the memories of some of the 80,000 members of the Women's Land Army during WWII to tell the story of their achievements.

Published by Macmillan, London, 1973

1st edition hardback in near fine condition. The book has no previous owner names or inscriptions. The dust wrapper has been price clipped, it is in very good condition, rubbing to top spine edges. An account of the Frontier Army and the Indians Wars of the West, the Sioux, Cheyenne, Nez Perce, Apache, Kiowa, Comanche, and their leaders, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Chief Joseph, Quanah Parker, etc., and the Frontier Military, Crook, Sheridan, Custer, Cooke, Miles, Howard, etc., the 4th Cavalry, The 7th Cavalry, The 10th Cavalry, The 9th Cavalry, etc. Illustrated with photographs, and two by Charles Schreyvogel, a title page drawing by Fredric Remington, an extensive notes and bibliography section.

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 1980

Hardback.1st English translation. Fine in a very near fine d/w. 328pp. 24 colour & b/w photos. Howard Carter pursued the quest for Tutankhamen over many years until his great discovery in 1922. This vividly conveys the excitement of the discovery, the fabulous treasures found, and the subsequent problems.

2121 VARIOUS,

Flower of Cities : A Book of London

1949 Max Parrish, London.

1st edition hardback in near fine condition being only slightly bumped at the corners. There are no previous owner names or other marks. Very clean except for a slight browning of the paper. The dust wrapper is a little worn at the edges with a few small tears and small chips missing at the tips of the corners and top and bottom of the spine. The Barbara Jones designed jacket has not been price clipped and retains the original 18/6 net price at the front flap.
Studies and Sketches by 22 authors.

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 2000

Hardback 1st edition. A fine book in a fine unclipped d/w. More than a capital city, Londoners had witnessed the unthinkable - the public execution of a king at Whitehall. Thousands had died in the Plague of 1665, then the Great Fire of 1666. But from the ashes rose a modern city, rebuilt with the shining dome of Christopher Wren's St Paul's Cathedral, symbolizing a new strength and confidence. London, with a population of over half a million, was now Europe's largest, richest and most cosmopolitan city. Maureen Waller describes a familiar yet alien world. Using anecdotes, detail and amusing contrasts, she draws on court records newspapers, and recorded eyewitness accounts to create a vividly colourful vision of a city at a unique moment in its history.

Published by Collins, 1952 Hardback, sixth impression. Very good in a very good- if slightly edgeworn d/w. Blue cloth and gilt. Map decorated endpapers. Military strategy, maps and political comment. An important book on the subject of W.W.2 and the allied struggle to free Europe.