Non-fiction Books

  1522 JAMES, LAWRENCE

THE IRON DUKE : A Military Biography of Wellington

1992 WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON

HARDBACK

1ST EDITION. FINE IN A FINE PRICE-CLIPPED D/W. B+W PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONS, 17 MAPS, SOURCES AND INDEX. THE LIFE OF THE SOLDIER, HOW HE WAGED WAR AND WHY HE WON BATTLES.

 
 

470 JENNINGS / LASHMAR / SIMSON,

SCOTLAND YARD`S COCAINE CONNECTION

1990 CAPE

HARDBACK

VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD

 
 

1326 JERVOISE, E.

THE ANCIENT BRIDGES OF THE NORTH OF ENGLAND

1931 THE ARCHITECTURAL PRESS

HARDBACK

1ST EDITION. NO D/W. BLUE CLOTH BOARDS HAVE SLIGHT WEAR TO CORNERS OTHERWISE VERY GOOD. SECOND BOOK OF THE SERIES. COVERS CUMBERLAND, DURHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND, WESTMORELAND, LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE. 81 B+W PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONS.

 

1461 JOHN IRWIN, JOCELYN HERBERT

SWEETE THEMMES

1951 MAX PARRISH & CO

HARDBACK

1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD IN A VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED D/W. GREY CLOTH AND GILT. THE FIRST ANTHOLOGY OF THE RIVER. A CHRONICLE IN PROSE AND VERSE EDITED BY IRWIN & HERBERT. WITH A FOREWORD BY W.J. BROWN. ILLUSTRATED

 
  1658 JOHNSON, HUGH

HUGH JOHNSON ON GARDENING

1993 MITCHELL BEAZLEY

HARDBACK

1ST EDITION. THE BEST OF TRADESCANT'S DIARY. FINE BOOK AND UNCLIPPED D/W. ILLUSTRATED WITH WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY JONATHAN GIBBS. A ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY BOOK.

 

1303 JOYCE, PAUL

HOCKNEY ON PHOTOGRAPHY

1988 JONATHAN CAPE

HARDBACK

1ST EDITION, FINE BOOK IN A VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED D/W. PUBLISHERS NEW BOOK INFORMATION SHEET LAYED IN. "A VISIONARY IN THE LAND OF THE FROZEN ONE-EYES", HOCKNEY, HERE IN CONVERSATION. A RARE INSIGHT INTO THE THOUGHT-PROCESSES AND WORKING LIFE OF OUR MOST CELEBRATED ARTIST. ILLUSTRATED.

 
 

1300 JULIAN PETTIFER, NIGEL TURNER

AUTOMANIA

1984 COLLINS

HARDBACK

1ST EDITION. Nr FINE IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED D/W WHICH IS SUN FADED ON THE SPINE. ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT THIS IS AN ORIGINAL, PROVOCATIVE AND IRREVERENT VIEW OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF MOTORING. MAN AND THE MOTOR CAR. BASED ON THE ITV SERIES.

 

780 JUNGER, SEBASTIAN

THE PERFECT STORM

1997 FOURTH ESTATE

HARDBACK

FINE D/W, FINE BOOK 3rd Printing

 

1547 KAKUDO, YOSHIKO

THE ART OF JAPAN: Masterworks in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

1991 CHRONICLE BOOKS / A.A.M.S.F.

PAPERBACK

1ST EDITION. FINE. MORE THAN 145 MASTERWORKS IN THE COLLECTION OF THE ASIAN ART MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO ENCOMPASSED IN THIS SURVEY. INCLUDES CERAMICS, LACQUERWORK, BUDDIST SCULPTURE AND NETSUKE PLUS MUCH MORE. ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR.

 

1363 KANIN, GARSON

HOLLYWOOD

1975 HART-DAVIS, MACGIBBON

HARDBACK

1ST UK EDITION. D/W VERY SLIGHTLY DARKENED WITH A SMALL STAIN TO REAR OTHERWISE VERY GOOD AND UNCLIPPED. THE BOOK IS VERY GOOD IN ORANGE CLOTH. HOLLYWOOD IN CLOSE UP. THE INSIDE WORKINGS OF THE INDUSTRY.

 
 

471 KEATING, H.R.F.

WHODUNNIT ?

1982 WINDWARD

HARDBACK

VERY GOOD, FINE

 
 

1095 KELLEY, KEVIN W.

THE HOME PLANET

1988 ADDISON-WESLEY

HARDBACK

A very handsome and massive book of photographs of the earth from Space. Oversized hardback of about 180 pages of completely fascinating photos of the earth from space with explanations and additional essays on space exploration and a foreword by Jacques-Yves Cousteau. .Produced for the Association of Space Explorers. Black cloth, Fine in Nr Fine glossy photographic wrapper. Postage at cost.

 
 

472 KING, F.

YESTERDAY CAME SUDDENLY

1993 CONSTABLE

HARDBACK

FINE, FINE

 
 

880 KING, STEVEN

NIGHTMARES IN THE SKY

1988 VIKING/PENGUIN

HARDBACK

VERY GOOD D/W, VERY GOOD+ BOOK. LARGE FORMAT BLACK CLOTH, EMBOSSED UPPER. ESSAYS ON GARGOYLES & GROTESQUES BY THE KING OF HORROR. PHOTOS BY F- STOP FITZGERALD.

 
 

1052 KNOX-JOHNSTON, ROBIN

A WORLD OF MY OWN

1969 CASSELL

HARDBACK

2nd IMPRESSION. D/W HAS SLIGHT EDGEWEAR. THE SINGLE-HANDED, NON-STOP CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE WORLD IN SUHAILI. VG/VG.