Non-fiction Books

1520 MOXON, OLIVER

THE LAST MONSOON

1957 ROBERT HALE

HARDBACK

1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD IN A GOOD+ UNCLIPPED D/W. THE JACKET FRONT PANEL HAVING BEEN RIPPED AT THE TOP WITH APPROX 1INCH X 1INCH LOST. BASED ON TRUE EXPERIENCE, FOLLOWS HURRICANE PILOTS IN THE VALLEY OF IMPHAL IN 1944. SECOND PART OF THE MONSOON TRILOGY.

 
1745 MU, AIPING

VERMILION GATE: A Family Story of Communist China

2000 LITTLE, BROWN AND CO

HARDBACK

1ST EDITION. FINE BOOK IN A FINE UNCLIPPED D/W. PART AUTOBIOGRAPHY, PART EPIC HISTORICAL DRAMA, THIS IS A RARE GLIMPSE INTO THE HIGHEST ECHELONS OF MODERN CHINESE SOCIETY.

 
 

487 MUCK, OTTO

THE SECRET OF ATLANTIS

1978 COLLINS

HARDBACK

With introduction by Peter Tompkins. Contains conclusion, notes on Muck's tradition of Atlantis & index. Possibly the best pro-Atlantis book written so far. Extrapolating from the scientific data, Muck concludes that Atlantis was destroyed at 10 am, June 5, 8498 BC. VG/Fine

 

1420 MULLINS, LINDA

TEDDY BEARS PAST & PRESENT: A Collector's Identification Guide

1993 HOBBY HOUSE PRESS

HARDBACK

FIFTH IMPRESSION. FINE IN LIKE UNCLIPPED D/W. PACKED WITH INFORMATION AND PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONS, MANY IN COLOUR. INVALUBLE SOURCE BOOK FOR THE SERIOUS TEDDY ADDICT.

 
1730 MURPHY, TED

THE BIG LOAD

1963 G.T. FOULIS &CO

HARDBACK

1ST EDITION. SLIGHT LEAN, CORNER KNOCKED OTHERWISE FINE IN A VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED D/W WHICH IS RUBBED AND CHIPPED AT THE EDGES WITH A COUPLE OF SLIGHT NICKS ALONG THE TOP EDGE. THE STORY OF A HEAVY-LORRY & LONG-DISTANCE COACH DRIVER.

 
 

1388 MUNRO, NEIL

THE POETRY OF NEIL MUNRO

1931 BLACKWOOD

HARDBACK

1ST EDITION. NO D/W. BLUE CLOTH BOARDS AND GILT. SLIGHTLY RUBBED TO TOP & TOE OF SPINE AND CORNERS. PAGE EDGES UNCUT. PREVIOUS OWNER NAME TO FEP. WITH PREFACE BY JOHN BUCHAN. VERY GOOD-

 
1695 MURTAGH, JUDGE JOHN M. AND SARA HARRIS

WHO LIVE IN SHADOW

1960 W. H. ALLEN

HARDBACK

1ST UK EDITION. NEAR FINE BOOK IN A VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER. AN INSIDE VIEW OF THE PHANTASMAL WORLD OF NARCOTICS, ITS VICTIMS, RACKETEERS, AND THE POLICE OFFICERS BY THE THEN, CHIEF MAGISTRATE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

 
1714 NARRACOTT, A. H.

UNSUNG HEROES OF THE AIR

1943 FREDERICK MULLER LTD

HARDBACK

1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD BOOK IN A SCARCE D/W WHICH IS UNCLIPPED, A LITTLE SOILED AND RUBBED WITH SOME SMALL CHIPS LOST AND A TAPE REPAIR. THE THEN AIR CORRESPONDENT FOR "THE TIMES" LOOKS AT THE THOUSANDS OF AIRMEN AND WOMEN BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE RAF OF WHOM THE PUBLIC HEARD LITTLE OR NOTHING.

 

814 NEWBY, ERIC

SLOWLY DOWN THE GANGES

1967 HODDER & STOUGHTON

HARDBACK

VERY GOOD D/W, VERY GOOD BOOK 3rd Impression

 
 

488 NEWBY, P.H.

WARRIOR PHARAOHS

1980 FABER

HARDBACK

FINE, FINE

 
  1587 NIALL, IAN

TO SPEED THE PLOUGH

1978 READERS UNION

HARDBACK

BOOK CLUB EDITION OF THE 1977 1ST. MECHANISATION COMES TO THE FARM. ILLUSTRATED BY C.F. TUNNICLIFFE. FINE IN A VERY GOOD+ SLIGHTLY RUBBED D/W.

 
1821 NORTON, TREVOR

STARS BENEATH THE SEA

1999 CENTURY

PAPERBACK

NEAR FINE PROOF COPY. BOOK LEANS A LITTLE, SLIGHTLY CREASED AT THE SPINE. THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF THE PIONEERS OF THE DEEP SEA AND DIVING.

 

1551 O`BRIAN, PATRICK

PABLO RUIZ PICASSO

1976 COLLINS

HARDBACK

1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD IN A LIKE UNCLIPPED D/W. JACKET IS VERY SLIGHTLY SUNNED AT THE SPINE. THE FIRST COMPLETE LIFE TO APPEAR IN ENGLISH OF THE MOST FAMOUS PAINTER OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.

 

1219 O'BRIEN, FREDERICK

MYSTIC ISLES OF THE SOUTH SEAS

1921 HODDER & STOUGHTON

HARDBACK

1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD D/W SHOWS SOME WEAR AND IS A LITTLE BROWNED TO THE SPINE PANEL. BOOK IS VERY GOOD BLUE CLOTH WITH RED DECORATION. SLIGHT FOXING TO PAGE EDGES. "THE WITCHERY OF THE FAR SOUTH SEA ISLES". This is a simple record of the author's life in Tahiti and Moorea. A wonderful look at life in the South Seas early this century. ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOS

 

1645. Offit, Avodah K. (M.D.): Night Thoughts: Reflections of a Sex Therapist

Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1982

1st edition hardback. Near fine in a near fine unclipped dust wrapper. There are no previous owner names or other marks. A collection of essays on the vicissitudes of sexuality and love. It deals with the familiar as well as the forbidden. Topics range from masturbation, orgasm and post-coital feelings, to extra-marital patterns, sex and nursing, and incest.

 

489 OLIVER, R.T.

SYNGMAN RHEE

1955 ROBERT HALE

HARDBACK

VERY GOOD BOOK & D/W

 
 

490 PAINTER, G.D.

CHATEAUBRIAND

1978 KNOPF

HARDBACK

The first full-scale biography of Chateaubriand to appear in any language.VG in a VG-Chipped and edgeworn D/W

 

1483 PAKENHAM, THOMAS

THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA 1876-1912

1991 WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON

HARDBACK

1ST EDITION. PREVIOUS OWNER INSCRIPTION TO HALF-TITLE PAGE, OTHERWISE VERY GOOD IN A VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED D/W. THE STAMPEDE FOR TERRITORY AND TREASURES AND THE ATROCITIES THAT WENT WITH IT. ILLUSTRATED. ANOTHER MAGNUM OPUS FROM THE AUTHOR OF 'THE BOER WAR'.

 
 

491 PARK, B.

THE WORLD OF ROSES

1962 HARRAP

HARDBACK

Reprint. Bertram Park eminent both as a rosarian and as a photographer here presents what might be regarded as the ideal complete rose garden.V/G book & d/w

 
 

845 PARKER, ADRIAN

STATES OF MIND:ESP and Altered States of Conscious

1975 MALABY PRESS

HARDBACK

GOOD+ D/W, VERY GOOD

 

1298 PARKER, DEREK & JULIA

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CHORUS GIRL

1975 DAVID & CHARLES

HARDBACK

1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD+ IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED D/W. PACKED WITH ILLUSTRATIONS. CHARTING THE HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF THE CHORUS GIRL FROM THE GAIETY GIRLS IN THE 1920'S AND BEFORE TO PAN'S PEOPLE AND BEYOND. FASCINATING STUFF.

 
 

1460 PARKER, ERIC

FLOREAT: An Eton Anthology

1933 NISBET &CO

HARDBACK

REPRINT. NO D/W. BLACK CLOTH AND GILT. COAT OF ARMS TO UPPER. A LITTLE DUSTY WITH SOME SUNNING TO THE SPINE. LIGHT FOXING TO PAGE EDGES. AN ATTEMPT TO PRESENT, IN A SINGLE VOLUME, THE LIFE OF ETON AS IT HAS BEEN LIVED FROM THE FOUNDER'S DAYS TO OUR OWN.

 
 

1089 PEARCE, EDWARD

MACHIAVELLI'S CHILDREN

1993 GOLLANCZ

HARDBACK

FINE BOOK IN A FINE UNCLIPPED D/W. MACHIAVELLI'S PRINCIPLES APPLIED TO MODERN DAY "PRINCES" SUCH AS HITLER, DE GAULLE, MUSSOLINI AND THATCHER.