Macthorpe Books

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London: Virago, 1988. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. 347 pp. Black cloth boards, v little wear. DW clipped, otherwise v good. Binding tight, dedication at front, otherwise no marks. £4.00

S1010]     Middlemas, Keith (Antonia Fraser - General Editor). The Life and Times of Edward VII. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson/BCA, 1972. First Thus - Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good to Very Good / Good. 224 pp. Purple cloth boards, gilt logo on front, titles on spine. Little or no wear. DW unclipped but has some shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. One of over 20 in this series we have in stock - postage can be reduced for combined purchases. Heavy book, but no excess postage in UK. May be expensive to post overseas.£2.50

[S1016]     Curtis, Gila (Antonia Fraser - General Editor). The Life and Times of Queen Anne. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson/BCA, 1972. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good to Very Good / Good. 223 pp. Purple cloth boards, gilt logo on front, titles on spine. Little or no wear. DW unclipped but has some shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. One of over 20 in this series we have in stock - postage can be reduced for combined purchases. Heavy book, but no excess postage in UK. May be expensive to post overseas. £2.50

[S1017]     Gilllingham, John(Antonia Fraser - General Editor). The Life and Times of Richard I. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson/BCA, 1973. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good to Very Good / Good. 224 pp. Purple cloth boards, gilt logo on front, titles on spine. Little or no wear. DW unclipped but has some shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. One of over 20 in this series we have in stock - postage can be reduced for combined purchases. Heavy book, but no excess postage in UK. May be expensive to post overseas.£2.50

[S1022]     Earle, Peter (Antonia Fraser - General Editor). The Life and Times of Henry V. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson/BCA, 1972. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good to Very Good / Fair to Good. 224 pp. Purple cloth boards, gilt logo on front, titles on spine. Little or no wear. DW unclipped but has some shelf wear, small tears. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. One of over 20 in this series we have in stock - postage can be reduced for combined purchases. Heavy book, but no excess postage in UK. May be expensive to post overseas. £2.50

[S1026]     Sommerfield, Vernon. Underground Railways - Their Construction and Working. London: Nelson, 1934. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Good to Very Good / Good. 116 pp inc. ads. Orange cloth boards, little bumping, but little wear. DW intact, has small chips from shelf wear. Binding tight, pages clean, edge foxing and a prize plate on endpaper. Quite rare 1st edition £25.00

[S1028]     Ableman, Paul, Croft, David and Perry, Jimmy. Dad's Army; the Defence of a Front Line English Village edited by Arthur Wilson M.A.. London: BBC, 1989. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good to Fine / No Jacket. 127 pp. Shiny board covers with picture of Arthur Lowe as Mainwaring. V clean, minor bumps on corners. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Many illustrations based on TV series etc. £5.00

[S1029]     Gauntlett, Alison. Images of World War II - from the Daily Mail. Bath: Parragon, 2006. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good to Fine / Very Good to Fine. 224 pp. Pictorial shiny boards, picture of bombed city, repeated on intact DW. No marks or inscription, little or no wear, a near fine copy of this excellent book. 1st Edition. A heavy book, so postage will be extra - especially to overseas. £10.00

[S1033]     Ivanoff, Pierre. Maya: Monuments of Civilisation.. London: Cassell/Readers Digest, 1977. First Edition, 2nd Impression. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. 188 pp. Dark blue boards, v little wear & slight fading Intact DW protected by loose plastic cover . A pencil inscription, Slight foxing on edges 1st Edition (2nd imp). A heavy book, so postage will be extra - especially to overseas. A £10.00

 [S1036]     Tyler, Tony. I Hate Rock and Roll (an Illustrated Diatribe). London: Hutchinson, 1984. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. 127 pp. Shine card covers with drawing of guitar etc. Fading to edges and spine, slight creasing. Binding tight, light foxing to edges. No other marks, no inscriptions. Rare 1st Edition. £29.99

[S1037]     Hall, Trevor. A Day to Remember : The Wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales. Surrey: Colour Library Books, 1982. First Edition. Large 4vo. Cloth. Very Good / Good. 32 pp of text - 95 pp of colour photos. Red cloth boards, v minor wear, DW unclipped, shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. 1st - quite rare. Heavy book - no add postage in UK but enquire for overseas £15.00

[S1038]     Lichfield, Patrick. Lichfield. A Royal Album. London: Elm Tree, 1982. First Edition. Large 4vo. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. 152 pp of text and B/W & colour photos. Black cloth boards, v minor wear, DW unclipped, light shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks except previous owners name. 1st Edition. Heavy book - no add postage in UK but enquire for overseas. £7.50

[S1039]     Judd, Denis. Prince Philip; A Biography: Judd, Denis. London: Michael Joseph, 1980. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. 271 pp. Black cloth boards, little or no wear. DW unclipped, minor shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. BCA edition. £4.50

[S1040]     Cathcart, Helen. The Queen Herself. London: W H Allen, 1982. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. 239 pp. Black cloth boards, little or no wear. DW unclipped, minor shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. £4.00

[S1042]     Edwards, Anne. Matriarch : Queen Mary and The House of Windsor. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1984. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. 281 pp. Dark blue cloth boards, little or no wear, slight fading. DW unclipped, minor shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. £8.00

[S1044]     Kon, Andrea. This is My Song. a Biography of Petula Clark. London: W H Allen, 1983. First Edition Book Club Ass. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. 256 pp. Brown cloth boards, no wear. DW unclipped, small tear on front. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. 1st book club Edition. £7.50

[S1046]     Moseley, Roy; Masheter, Philip; Masheter, Martin. Rex Harrison The First Biography. London: New English Library, 1987. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. 350 pp. Black cloth boards, no wear, v slight fading on edges. DW unclipped, light shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. 1st book club Edition. £7.50

[S1048]     Chellis, Maria. The Joan Kennedy Story One Woman's Victory Over Infidelity, Politics and Privilege. London: Sidgwick Jackson, 1985. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. 240 pp. Black cloth boards, no wear, DW unclipped, light shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. 1st Edition £4.50

[S1049]     Frischauer, Willi. Onassis. London: Bodley Head, 1968. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. 240 pp. Black cloth boards, no wear, DW unclipped, with shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Light foxing to edges. 1st Edition £5.00

[S1050]     Presley, Priscilla Beaulieu; Harmon, Sandra. Elvis and Me. London: Century Hutchinson, 1985. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. 320 pp. Red cloth boards, no wear, DW unclipped, with shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Light browning to edges. 1st Edition £5.00

[S1052]     Perry, George. Bluebell - the Authorised Biography of Margaret Kelly Founder of the Legendary Bluebell Girls. London: Pavilion, 1986. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good to Fine / Very Good. 224 pp. Black cloth boards, no wear, DW unclipped, with clear removal plastic film. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Near fine 1st Edition £5.00

[S1053]     Williams, Nigel. Wimbledon Trilogy: The Wimbledon Poisoner, They Came from SW19, & East of Wimbledon. London: Faber & Faber, 1995. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 0571171931. 751pp. Black cloth boards, little or no wear, binding tight and no marks or inscriptions. DW intact, not clipped but with a little shelf wear. 1st Omnibus edition. £4.00

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Newsboy: Captain Heath: Forrest, Tom: Templegate: The Duke: And Other Racing Journalists. Winning Ways: a Guide to Successful Tote Betting. Epsom: Stanley Paul, 1967. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 66pp. Shiny card covers, picture of racecourse on front. V little wear, v slightly grubby. binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. 4 B/W plates. Rare - cannot find this anywhere on ABE etc £5.00

[S1055]     McWhirter, Norris and Ross. Great Moments in Sport. Liverpool: Vernons Pools, 1967. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Pictorial Cover. Good / No Jacket. 129pp. Shiny card covers, 3 sporting pictures, some light wear caused by cup ring. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. colour photos and text. Issued compliments of Vernons Pools, including a full guide on how to do the Pools £2.50

[S1056]     Urban, Mark. Big Boys' Rules. London: Faber & Faber, 1993. First Paperback Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial Cover. Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0571168094. 266pp. Shiny card cover, picture of soldier. Light creasing. binding tight, no marks or inscriptions and a v good reading copy. £4.50

[S1057]     Sinclair, D.J. (editor). Faber Atlas, The. Oxford: Geo, 1966. Revised Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. 154pp plus 44pp index. Red cloth boards, some minor edge wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Heavy so slight extra postage will apply. £4.50

[S1058]     Nagele, Edmund. Canada. ill. Nagele, Edmund. Ontario: Locust House Press, 1978. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Good / Fair to Good. ISBN: 0920664008. No page numbers. Blue cloth boards, little or no wear. DW unclipped but has shelf wear especially at bottom. Binding is slightly loose. An excellent collection of colour photographs. Dedication inside front. Heavy so slight extra postage will apply. More overseas. £4.50

[S1059]     Wood, Tristian. Drive It! Complete Book of Formula 2 Motor Racing. Yeovil: Haynes, 1984. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0854293663. 127pp. Laminated boards, blue, picture of race. Some light depressions on cover. Binding tight, contents very clean and bright. Name/address on front flyleaf. 1st Edition. £9.50

[S1060]     Powell, Richard (editor). Intro Donald Sinden. Guide to National Trust Properties in Britain. Basingstoke: AA/St Michael, 1983. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very Good to Fine / Good. ISBN: 0861451988. 192pp. Olive green boards, no wear. Binding tight, all very clean and bright with no marks. DW unclipped and with just a little shelf wear. 1st Edition. Heavy so slight extra postage will apply. More overseas. £4.00

[S1062]     Ward, Ken: Mason, John H.N.. The South-west Peninsula Coastal Path: 1 Minehead to St Ives. London: Charles Letts and Co, 1977. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0850972582. 104pp. Shiny card covers, little corner wear. Tight binding - possibly rarely used. No marks or inscriptions. Clear line drawn maps on each alternate page. £2.50

[S1064]     Bull, Rev Paul B.. God and Our Soldiers. London: A.R. Mowbray and Co, 1915. New Edition, Third Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. 228pp. Red card covers with foreword by Gen Sir Charles Douglas on front. Reprint of 1904 memoirs of Boer War. Very rare. Slight wear and fading. Binding tight, some foxing to edges. £25.00

[S1065]     Wallace, Lew. Ben Hur. London: Collins, 1960. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Leatherette. Very Good / No Jacket. 480pp. Green leatherette edge wear, small mark on back. Binding tight, pages very clean. V g readable copy. £4.00

 [S1067]     Yapp, Nick. Gettyimages 1970s.

Koln: Konemann, 2001. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 3829036019. 400pp. Shiny card covers, very little wear. Binding tight - hardly read, no marks or inscriptions. Nearly all pages have B&W images from the decade, with text notes etc in English, French and German. £3.00

[S1069]     Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur. Case-book of Sherlock Holmes, the. London: Leopard, 1996. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0752903853. 261pp. Shiny boards, painting of Holmes, repeated on DW. No wear to book, light shelf wear on DW. No marks or inscriptions. Binding tight. £3.00

[S1070]     Borden, Richard C.. Developing Your Sales Personality. London: Darnel, 1964. Sixth Impression. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 63pp. A clean tight copy of this rare small booklet on selling. Not otherwise available in UK as far as I can see. Orange stiff paper cover, no marks, v little wear, tight binding. A similar book is also on offer - " How to Prevent Objections in Selling". £5.00

[S1071]     Borden, Richard C.. How to Prevent Objections in Selling. London: Dartnell, 1963. Second Edition, Second Impression. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 64pp. A clean tight copy of this rare small booklet on selling. Not otherwise available in UK as far as I can see. Orange stiff paper cover, no marks, v little wear, tight binding. A similar book is also on offer - "Developing Your Sales Personality" £5.00

[S1072]     Novick, Jeremy. Morecambe & Wise: You Can't See the Join. London: Chameleon, 1997. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Very Good to Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0233991751. 128pp. Black cloth boards, little or no wear. DW unclipped - v minor wear. Binding tight, pages clean and bright, no marks or inscriptions. 1st edn. Heavy so slight extra postage will apply. More overseas. £7.50

[S1073]     Coape, H.C.. In a Jesuit Net. London: Religious Tract Society, 1911. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Decorative Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 319pp. Red boards, black & white decoration, gilt titles. Some fading and edge wear. Binding tight, some foxing, but generally a good readable copy. Inscription at front dd. 1911. Rare in UK £25.00

[S1074]     Mansion, J.E. (editor). Harrap's Shorter French and English Dictionary: Part One French-English. London: George G. Harrap & Co, 1952. First Edn 7th Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 688p plus 15pp Supplement. blue boards, blind stamped titles. Some fading, light ring stain. Binding tight, name/address inside, no other marks. £4.00

S1076]     Harrison, Harry & Holm. John. King and Emperor - (Hammer and the Cross - Book 3). London: Legend, 1996. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good to Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0009930051. 452pp. Red cloth boards, no wear. DW intact, unclipped, minor shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions Near fine 1st Edn £6.00

[S1077]     Barker, Ronnie. 'All I Ever Wrote' - The Complete Works. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 2001. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0283073349. 734pp. Shiny stiff card cover - picture of RB. Slight creasing on corners, but generally very good. binding tight, no marks. 1st in this form. £4.00

[S1078]     Anon. Twelve Days of Christmas, The. ill. Shuttleworth, Cathie. Manchester: Cliveden Press, 1988. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0723516219. 24pp. Shiny cover with repro of one of the 12 beautifully drawn pictures to complement the carol. Light wear, small nicks at bottom, no marks, binding tight £5.00

[S1079]     Swallow, Tom & Pill, Arthur J. & the Members of the Muhlberg Motor Club of Stalag IVB, Germany 1944-5. Flywheel: Memories of the Open Road. Waltham Abbey: Fraser Stewart Books, 1987. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 1874723214. 239pp. Shiny boards with repro from the magazine repeated on DW - unclipped. Little or no wear, some fading to DW. small inscription, no other marks. Contains facsimile reproductions of motoring magazines produced during World War II in a POW camp - Stalag IVB - in Muhlberg, Germany. £7.50

[S1080]     Mitchell Motor Works and Garage. Motor Roads to London. London: Mitchell Motor Works and Garage, 1912. 3rd Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good / No Jacket. 240pp plus adverts. Dark green boards, black titles and design with car of period. Wear on corners, front hinge cracked has been quite well used, but binding is tight and there are no marks or inscriptions. routes listed from all over UK , plus many B&W photos of the garage works departments on Soho. Fold out map intact, no tears £15.00

[S1081]     Ford Motor Company. All New Anglia, Instruction Book. Dagenham: Ford Motor Company, 1959. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial Cover. Fair / No Jacket. 95pp. Shiny card cover with wear, separated from text block .Rest of binding tight, name at from, a few marks. £3.00

[S1082]     Saunders, Gordon. Examples in Strict Counterpoint (Old and New) Part 1. London: Novello and Company, First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Good / No Jacket. 227pp plus adverts. c 1900 - 1910. Pare covers on boards, black and white elaborate design. Some wear on edges. binding tight, no marks, some staining on front endpaper. £10.00

[S1084]     Kendall, Miles. Sailing Companion, - Wave-riding Wonders, Victorious Vessels and Spectacular Seafaring. London: Robson Books, 2005. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good to Fine / Very Good to Fine. ISBN: 186105839X. 160pp. Dark blue boards, no wear. binding tight, pages clean, no marks or inscriptions. DW unclipped almost no wear. Overall near fine 1st edition. Includes a Maritime Museum car sticker for free! £6.00

[S1085]     Maugham, W. Somerset. A Writer's Notebook. London: Star Editions - Heinemann, 1951. First Edition Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Fair / Fair. 297pp. A very early paperback edition of this book, with a paper DW. Text block is clean and tight, and very readable, but paper cover is worn and detached from block. DW - repeats blue/white cover - is also worn with some tears. A rare Star Edition- 1951 reprint of 1949 1st in this format. £10.00

[S1086]     Crosby, Ted (Fwd By Bob Hope). The Story of Bing Crosby. Cleveland: World Publishing Co, 1946. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Fair to Good / Poor. 239pp. Reddish hessian covered boards, creasing and wear. binding Ok, but edges badly browned. DW is torn with front corner missing. Readable copy - sold as such - of rare 1st edition £5.00

[S1087]     Winder, Blanche. King Arthur and His Knights. London: Ward Lock, 1958. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Cloth. Good / Good. 253pp. Red cloth boards a little creasing/wear. Slight bowing. DW intact with shelf wear. good readable copy of 1st Edition £3.00

[S1088]     Skilton, C.P.. British Windmills and Watermills. London: Collins, 1947. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good / Fair to Good. 48pp. Blue cloth boards, paper covered, with titles. Some wear on edges. DW is intact but worn. Good colour and B/W plates from many artists inc. J M W Turner. £3.50

[S1090]     Lamb, Charles and Mary. Tales from Shakespeare. ill. London: Collins, 1910. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Good to Very Good / No Jacket. 368pp. Pale blue boards, gilt decoration in squares with titles, similar on faded spine which has a small tear. Binding tight, 1910 prize plate inside front. Gilt page edges. Nice copy with a number of colour plates of scenes from plays. £7.50

[S1091]     Riess, Curt. Joseph Goebbels. London: Hollis and Carter, 1949. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good / Fair. 460pp. Blue cloth board, some edge wear. Dw worn with tears, has had brown paper cover so remains of tape still slightly showing. Bit of foxing. Binding tight and a good readable copy. £7.50

[S1095]     Smith, E.D.. The Battles for Cassino. London: Purnell Book Services, 1975. Book Club Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good to Fine / Very Good. 192pp. Red cloth boards, v little wear, binding tight, pages all clean. DW intact, some little shelf wear. Near fine copy £5.00

[S1097]     Burns, Robert. The Poetical Works of Robert Burns with Life, Notes, & Memoir. London: Frederick Warne, Albion Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 614pp. Green boards, wear to edges, cracking to front hinge. Binding of text block tight except one slight crack, no foxing. c 1890. £9.50

[S1098]     Toland, John. Battle. London: Severn House, 1977. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good / Fair to Good. ISBN: 072780247X. 413pp. Blue cloth boards, light wear and fading. Binding is pretty tight, slightly rocky. DW intact but with some wear. good readable copy. Reprint of 1960 first. £5.00

[S1099]     Pack, SWC. Cunningham: The Commander. London: Purnell Book Services, 1974. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. 323pp. Turquoise cloth boards, little wear. binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. DW intact, little wear. V good reading copy. £3.50

[S1100]     Eyre, Vincent, Lieut.. Journal of an Afghanistan Prisoner. ill. Wilson, Frank. London: Purnell Book Services, 1976. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good to Very Good / Good. 330pp. Orange boards, little wear, slight marks of fading. Binding tight, just occasional spotting on edges. DW intact, shelf wear including crease at top. Reprint of 1843 original. £5.50

[S1102]     Archer, Jeffrey. Sons of Fortune. London: Macmillan, 2002. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good to Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 1405020792. 517pp. 1st Edition, first printing. Blue cloth boards, no wear. DW intact and with minor shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Very good reading copy £5.00

[S1103]     Allinson, T.R.. Allinson's Essays I to V. London: Fowler, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Partially Disbound. Fair / No Jacket. This is a collection of all 5 of the authors essays on medical matters, possibly self bound. C 1900. The part leather boards are covered with brown paper. parts of block are separated, but it appears that all the pages are there. An interesting insight into some views on health at the end of the 19th century. £20.00

[S1104]     Macintyre, Donald. The Battle for the Pacific. London: Purnell Book Services, 1975. Book Club Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Fair. 240pp. Red cloth boards, v little wear. DW intact but with tears and wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Good readable copy. £4.00

[S1106]     Tute, Warren with Forward By Rommel, Manfred. The North African War. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1976. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 0283982403. 223pp. Black cloth boards, little wear. DW intact, some shelf wear but no tears. Slight foxing on end papers, but binding tight, pages and pictures clean and bright. Heavy book - excess postage will apply. £3.00 

[S1110]     Saito, Fred: Pineau, Roger and Capt. Tameichi Hara of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Japanese Destroyer Captain. New York: Ballantine Books, 1961. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. 315pp. Pictorial cover of destroyer. Front cover hinge cracked, otherwise binding tight. Good reading copy of fairly rare paperback. £6.00

[S1111]     Joad, C.E.M. The Bookmark. London: John Westhouse, 1945. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 142pp. Black boards, small marks, little wear. Some minor wear, v tight binding, no marks or inscriptions, v good reading copy. £2.50

[S1112]     Fletcher, Aaron. The Castaway. London: Fontana, 1985. First UK Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0006170781. 416pp. shiny card cover with drawing of characters. Some minor wear, v tight binding, no marks or inscriptions, v good reading copy £3.50

[S1113]     Odle, E V. Quest and Conquest: An Anthology of Personal Adventures. London: Scholars Library, 1936. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 231pp. Green boards, small mark on front. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions - v good reading copy. £4.00

[S1114]     Fast, Howard. Freedom Road. Cleveland: World Publishing Co, 1947. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good / Poor. 263pp . Red boards with some edge wear. DW has tears and some areas missing. Binding tight, good readable copy £4.00

 S1116]     Kermack, W.R.. The Clan MacGregor: Clan Gregor: The Nameless Clan. Edinburgh: W & A K Johnston, 1953. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good / No Jacket. 32pp. Hard cover, dark green with tartan centre. Some small wear on corners etc. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Contains map, genealogy, plus arms and tartans in colour. 1st Edition. £5.00

[S1117]     Great War Stories - Colditz, River Plate, River Kwai, Dam Busters. London: St Michael, 1981. First Edition, Fifth Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. 699 pp. Black boards, v little wear. DW intact, shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions (except small 'Xmas 1981 on endpaper). V light foxing on a few page edges. Heavy Book - excess postage may apply especially overseas. £4.50

[S1118]     Howe, George. Call It Treason. London: Hart-Davis, 1951. First Edition, Second Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good to Very Good / Poor. 318 pp. Yellow boards, v little wear. DW is torn and some areas missing. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Good readable copy. £3.50

[S1119]     Dingwall, Eric J. Some Human Oddities - Studies in the Queer, the Uncanny and the Fanatical. London: Home & Van Thal, 1947. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 198 pp. Grey mottled cloth boards, some fading and wear, slightly bowed. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions, a few pages have corner creases. good readable copy of 1st Edition. £5.00

[S1120]     Holman Gordon. Stand By to Beach. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1945. First Edition Reprint. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 2240pp.Pale blue cloth boards, some fading, slightly bumped. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions, a few pages have v light foxing. Good readable copy of 1st Edition 3rd reprint. £3.00

[S1121]     Anon. Order of Service - Coronation 1911 - with Common Prayer, Hymns Ancient & Modern. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1911. First Edition. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Full-Leather. Good to Very Good / No Jacket. Red leather cover with gilt titles and monogram. Monograms repeated on front and back pastedowns though these are faded. Decorative title page, hymn printed in gilt type, followed by order of service etc. Gilt page edges. Some wear to covers, front slightly bowed. binding tight generally, a couple of weak spots. No marks or inscriptions £10.00

[S1122]     Shakespeare, William, Ed By W J Craig. Complete Works with Glossary. London: Henry Frowde, 1911. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Full-Leather. Good to Very Good / No Jacket. 1350 pp/ Full black leather cover, gilt tiles and edging, spine faded. 1943 inscription at front, no other marks. binding tight, no tears, gilt page edges. Will cost more for overseas postage due to weight. £10.00

[S1123]     Hood, Thomas, - Intro W Jerrold. Poems of Thomas Hood. London: H Milford OUP, 1923. Reprint. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 516 pp + publisher's ads. Green boards, some minor wear. small white stains on front. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions, small number label in front. £2.50

[S1124]     Scott, Sir Walter. The Talisman. Edinburgh: Nelson, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. 395 pp. Blue boards, v small amount of wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Very good reading copy. No date - est. 1930's - 40's £3.00

[S1125]     Mills, Freddie. Twenty Years. London: Nicholson & Watson, 1950. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Fair to Good / No Jacket. 212 pp. Black cloth boards, silver signature front, and silver titles on spine. A little grubby and slightly bowed. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Good readable copy of 1st edition. £4.00

[S1126]     Kenyon, Olga. 800 Years of Women's Letters. Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 1996. First Edition Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good to Fine / No Jacket. 298 pp. Shiny card cover with painting of woman writing letter. Very little wear. Binding tight (hardly read?) and no marks or inscriptions. foreword by P D James. Near fine copy. 2nd reprint. £3.00

[S1127]     Reed, Douglas. Lest We Regret. London: Jonathon Cape, 1944. First Edition, Second Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good to Very Good / No Jacket. 338 pp. Red boards, a little wear and fading. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Very good reading copy. £3.50

[S1128]     Whitaker's Almanack 1965. London: Whitaker, 1964. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Decorative Cloth. Good to Very Good / No Jacket. 1204 pp + ads. Green boards with 1965 calendar and red leatherette spine. Minor wear, slightly bowed. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions, slight browning to edges. £3.00

[S1129]     Mcbain, ED. The Mcbain Brief. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good / Good. 259 pp. Red cloth boards, protected by DW in library plastic cover. Binding tight but a little cocked. Slightly grubby edges but good readable copy. 1st Edition - 20 short stories £3.00

[S1130]     Davis, Gordon. The Sergeant #5 - Doom River. London: Corgi, 1982. First Paperback Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good to Very Good / No Jacket. 185 pp. Shiny card cover, drawing of Sergeant. A few bits of wear and front cover folded back. Rest of binding tight, no marks, very good reading copy £2.50

[S1132]     Hodder, Edwin. Heroes of Britain in Peace and War - 2 Volumes. London: Cassell, 1900. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Half-Leather. Good / No Jacket. 320 & 328 pp. Dark blue mottled boards with leather corners and spines. 5 raised bands and red title block. some wear to all leather and hinges beginning to crack. binding generally tight, red marbled edges, many illustrations. c 1900. £25.00

 [S1134]     Eddings, David. The Diamond Throne. London: Guild Publishing, 1989. Book Club Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. 396pp. Maroon cloth boards, v little wear. DW intact, some shelf wear, spine faded. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. V good readable copy. £4.00

[S1136]     Bannister, Jo. The Matrix. Newton Abbot: Readers Union, 1981. Book Club Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. 191pp. Blue cloth boards, v little wear. DW intact, some shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions, slightly cocked. V good readable copy. £4.00

[S1137]     Bannister, Jo. The Winter Plain. Newton Abbot: Readers Union, 1982. Book Club Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. 191pp. Brown hessian like cloth boards, v little wear. DW intact, some shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. V good readable copy. £5.00

[S1138]     Morressy, John. Frostworld and Dreamfire. Newton Abbot: Readers Union, 1979. Book Club Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. 186pp. Brown cloth boards, v little wear. DW intact, some shelf wear, 1 small tear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions, slightly cocked. V good readable copy. £2.50

[S1139]     Mason, Douglas R.. The Typhon Intervention. Newton Abbot: Readers Union, 1981. Book Club Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. 206pp. blue cloth boards, v little wear. DW intact, some shelf wear, light fading but no tears. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions, slightly cocked. V good readable copy. £2.50

[S1140]     McQueen, Ronald A. Mardoc. Newton Abbot: Readers Union, 1982. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. 205pp. Dark blue cloth boards, v little wear. DW intact, some shelf wear but no tears. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions, slightly cocked. V good readable copy. £4.00

[S1142]     Hastings Max. Armageddon. London: Macmillan, 2004. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0333908368. 664pp. Black cloth boards, little or no wear. DW intact and with little shelf wear to top. binding tight, no marks or inscriptions, but v slight curling on some plates. Very good readable copy. 1st Edn, 1st printing. slight extra postage in UK -please enquire for overseas. £14.50

[S1143]     Bova, Ben. Voyagers II: The Alien Within. London: Methuen, 1987. First Paperback Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ISBN: 0413141306. 344pp. Shiny card covers, little wear - spine creased from reading. No marks Good readable copy. 1st Paperback edition £3.00

[S1145]     Piercy, Marge. Woman on the Edge of Time. New York: Fawcett Crest, 1976. First Paperback Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Fair to Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0449232085. 381pp. Shiny card covers, quite a bit of wear - well read. No marks except a name on endpapers. Good readable copy and sold as such, 1st Paperback edition - USA. £3.00

[S1146]     Lilly, John C.. The Centre of the Cyclone.St Albans: Paladin, 1977. 3rd Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ISBN: 0586081216. 220pp. Shiny card covers, some shelf wear. No marks except a erased pencil on endpapers and dedication inside. Good readable copy, £4.00

[S1148]     Hall, Radclyffe. The Well of Loneliness. London: Hutchinson, 1986. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0091642701. 447pp. black cloth boards, v little wear. DW intact with some shelf wear. No marks or inscriptions except a little foxing on endpapers. V good readable copy, 1st edn in this format. £5.50

[S1149]     Anon. Pears Coronation Brochure - George V. Isleworth: Pears, 1937. First Edition. Unbound. Good / No Jacket. Contains, in decorated envelope, the family tree of King George V and the royal line in relation to European royalty. Adverts missing. Envelope, with Edward VIII penny stamp is grubby and worn at flap. Contents clean and without wear. £7.50

[S1150]     Freeman Allen, G.. Famous trains No 3 - The Cornish Riviera Express.. London: Ian Allan, 1955. First Edition. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good to Fine / No Jacket. 28 pp. soft covers, brown drawing of train. V little wear. no marks or inscription, binding tight, staples clean. Near fine copy of this rare little book. Postage £1.00 only in UK £14.00

[S1154]     Anon. The Soldier's Testament and the Book of Psalms. Liverpool: Collins, 1957. Reprint. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Leatherette. Very Good / No Jacket. 722 pp. Black leatherette cover, impressed titles. No wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions, but presentation plate stuck inside dated 1976. Was used at Attestation Ceremony on enlistment in the Army. £3.00

[S1156]     Hole, Christina. British Folk Customs. ill. Van Biro. London: BCA, 1976. First Edition Book Club Ass. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good to Very Good / Good. 232 pp black cloth boards, little or no wear. DW intact, couple of small tears and a little grubby. binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. slightly, heavy but no excess postage in UK - enquire for overseas. £3.00

[S1158]     May, Derwent. The Times Nature Diary. ill. Richard Blake. London: Robson Books, 1983. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. 127 pp. Pale green cloth boards, little or no wear. DW clipped, a little shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. VG copy of 1st Edition £3.50

[S1159]     Day, Geoffrey. Dean's Gold Medal Book of Trains. ill. Day, Geoffrey. London: Dean, 1963. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial Cover. Good / No Jacket. Pictorial hard covers, same front and back with wear on all edges. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. all pictures bright. £4.00

[S1160]     Taylor, Maxwell. Going By Train. London: ESA, 1963. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial Cover. Good / Good. 90 pp. Hard covers with orange title band and picture of rails, repeated on unclipped DW. Little wear to cover, shelf wear to DW - slightly grubby. No marks or inscriptions, binding tight. £5.00

[S1161]     Lee, H.D.P (editor). The Winchester Book of Verse. London: George G. Harrap & Co, 1970. Seventh Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0245579931. 288pp. Dark blue boards, gilt titles on spine and front. Not much wear, but bumping to corners and slight fading. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions - v minor foxing on edges. £9.99

[S1163]     Du Maurier, Daphne. Mary Anne. London: Victor Gollancz, 1954. First Cheap Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Good / Fair. 379pp. Red cloth boards, little wear. DW is bright yellow, red & black titles, with a lot of wear & tear - 1st Cheap Edition. binding tight, no marks or inscriptions, foxing on edges. Good readable copy and sold as such. £3.00

 [S1165]     Du Maurier, Daphne. Frenchman's Creek. London: Victor Gollancz, 1955. Seventeenth Impression. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Good / Fair. 206pp. Red cloth boards, little wear. DW is bright yellow, red & black titles, with a lot of wear & tear - 1st Cheap Edition. binding tight, no marks or inscriptions, foxing on edges. Good readable copy and sold as such. £3.00

[S1166]     Defoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe. London: Rylee Classics, Rylee Classics Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Good to Very Good / Good. 252 pp. Blue cloth boards with floral decoration. Little or no wear. DW unclipped but with some shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. VG readable copy - a 1st in this edition. £3.00

[S1167]     Carroll, Lewis. Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass. London: Rylee Classics, Rylee Classics Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Good to Very Good / Good. 256pp. Blue cloth boards with floral decoration. Little or no wear. DW unclipped but with some shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. VG readable copy - a 1st in this edition. We have a number of similar Rylee editions for sale. £3.00

[S1168]     Alcott, Louisa M.. Good Wives. London: Rylee Classics, Rylee Classics Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Good to Very Good / Good. 246pp. Blue cloth boards with floral decoration. Little or no wear. DW unclipped but with some shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. VG readable copy - a 1st in this edition. We have a number of similar Rylee editions for sale. £3.00

[S1169]     Alcott, Louisa M.. Jo's Boys. London: Rylee Classics, Rylee Classics Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Good to Very Good / Good. 255pp. Blue cloth boards with floral decoration. Little or no wear. DW unclipped but with some shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. VG readable copy - a 1st in this edition. We have a number of similar Rylee editions for sale. £3.00

 S1171]     Marryat, Captain. Mr Midshipman Easy. London: Rylee Classics, Rylee Classics Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Good / Good. 251pp. Blue cloth boards with floral decoration. Little or no wear, but back board slightly curved. DW unclipped but with some shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. G readable copy - a 1st in this edition. We have a number of similar Rylee editions for sale. £3.00

[S1172]     Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. London: Rylee Classics, Rylee Classics Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. 251pp. Blue cloth boards with floral decoration. Little or no wear. DW unclipped but with some shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. VG readable copy - a 1st in this edition. We have a number of similar Rylee editions for sale. £3.00

[S1173]     Van Der Kiste, John. Queen Victoria's Children. Oxford: ISIS, 1987. First Edition - Large Print. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 278 pp. Hard shiny cover, royal picture on front. Little wear, but some fading, small remains of old library sticker on spine, ad a stamp inside. Bonding tight, no other marks or inscriptions. 1st Edition in large print of 1986 1st. £6.00

[S1174]     Le Carre, John ; Ambler, Eric ; Clifford, Francis ; Fleming, Ian. Great Spy Stories. London: St Michael, 1978. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good to Very Good / Good. 703 pages - 4 stories unabridged - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, The Mask of Dimitrios, The Naked Runner, Dr.No. Shiny blue boards, little wear, binding tight, one small pen mark and a tiny bit of foxing. DW clipped and with shelf wear. £3.00

[S1175]     Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim's Progress - From this world to that which is to come. London: Ward Lock, Lily Series. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Pictorial Cover. Good / No Jacket. 320 pp. Green/grey boards, black outline and central oval plate same as frontis. Some edge wear. Binding tight, no inscriptions but some underlining - mostly pencil and foxing to page edges. c 1910. Good readable copy of this classic book. £6.00

[S1178]     Borchardt, W. G.. Practical Arithmetic for Schools - with Answers. London: Rivington, 1909. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 445 pp + 76 pp of answers. Red boards, creased, wear & bumping on corners. Binding tight, red pen library number and Wakefield Prison Library stamp. 1st Edition £5.00

[S1180]     Lehane, Dennis. Mystic River. London: Bantam Press, 2001. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. 401pp. black cloth boards- no wear. DW unclipped, but with light shelf wear Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. 1st edition. £3.00

[S1183]     Patterson, James. Pop Goes the Weasel. London: Headline, 1998. First Edition, 3rd Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good to Fine / Very Good. 342pp. Green cloth boards- no wear. DW unclipped, Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Yellow silk marker. 1st edition, first printing £3.50

 [S1186]     Turns, K.L.. An Ephemeral Flash: Public Transport in and around the Upper Wansbeck Valley . Llanfyllin: TVS Publications, 1994. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good to Fine / No Jacket. 145 pp. Shiny card covers, front 2 pictures from area. No wear, no marks except authors signature on title page. Binding tight, front has been folded back. Covers areas such as Otterburn, Hexham, Morpeth, etc. 7 maps, many B&W photos. 1st Edition £10.00

[S1190]     Catchpole, L T. The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway. Oxford: Oakwood Press, 1972. 6th Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 80 pp. Shiny card covers, slightly faded. Little wear, tiny mark on front, binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Maps and B&W photos. 6th edition. £5.00

[S1191]     Talmage, James E.. Jesus the Christ. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1981. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Leatherette. Very Good / No Jacket. 804 pp. Red leatherette cover, binding tight, no marks or inscriptions, apart from faint water stain on edges. Missionary Edition. Will be extra postage for overseas delivery. £5.00

[S1192]     Steiger, Brad. The Mind Travellers . London: Tandem, 1968. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. 186 pp. Some wear on pictorial cover, and foxing to edges. Binding tight, no inscriptions. Good readable copy and sold as such. Lower postage than standard . £2.50

[S1194]     Callaghan, John, & Jago, Kevin. NL 90 - Speedway. ill. Alf Weedon.Milton Keynes: Falcon, 1990. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good to Fine / No Jacket. 268 pp. Yellow shiny card covers. Little or no wear. binding tight, no marks or inscriptions except authors (Callaghan) signature. Photos, statistics from 1989, maps to venues etc. V rare in UK. £10.00

[S1196]     Warner-Crozetti, R. The Widderburn Horror. California: Leisure Books, 1971. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. 191 pp. Some wear on pictorial cover, and foxing to back. May have been damp at some time, but binding tight, no inscriptions. Good readable copy and sold as such. Lower postage than standard. £2.50

[S1197]     Dunnill, Mary. The Siamese Cat Owner's Encyclopedia. London: Pelham Books, 1974. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. 141 pp. Purple cloth boards, no wear. DW unclipped, v little wear. binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Very good 1st edition with B&W photos. £4.00

[S1198]     Anon. Reasoning from the Scriptures. New York: Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, 1989. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Leatherette. Very Good to Fine / No Jacket. 445 pp. Brown leatherette boards, no wear, binding tight, book has hardly been opened or read. Lower postage rate than standard. £5.00

[S1199]     Honen, William H. Great Naval Battles of the Twentieth Century . London: Robson Books, 2004. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. 361 pp. Shiny card covers with pictures. Slight reading wear, but binding tight and no marks or inscriptions. 1st Edition of this printing. £5.99

 [S1201]     Churton, Tobias. Gnostics, The.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1987. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. 179 pp. Black Cloth Boards, No wear. DW unclipped, no wear. Binding tight, slight edge browning and a few odd spots, otherwise very good copy. £3.00

[S1202]     Hassel, Sven. The Bloody Road to Death . London: Book Club Associates, 1982. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. 317 pp. Black boards, no wear, DW unclipped, no marks or inscriptions, binding tight. V good readable copy of 1st book Club Edition. Translated from Danish. 2 other similar books by this author in stock. £4.00

[S1203]     Hassel, Sven. Comrades of War. London: Book Club Associates, 1982. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. 316 pp. Black boards, no wear, DW unclipped, no marks or inscriptions, binding tight. V good readable copy of 1st book Club Edition. Translated from Danish. 2 other similar books by this author in stock. £4.00

[S1205]     Junor, Penny. Margaret Thatcher: Wife, Mother, Politician . London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1983. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good to Fine / Good to Very Good. 214 pp. Grey cloth boards, little wear. DW is clipped, minor shelf wear, but otherwise very good. binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. £5.00

[S1206]     HRH Princess Michael of Kent. Crowned in a Far Country:- Portraits of Eight Royal Brides . London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good to Fine / Very Good. 192 pp. Purple cloth boards, no wear, DW unclipped, protected by thin loose plastic cover. No marks or inscriptions, binding tight. Includes Catherine the Great, Marie Antoinette, etc £5.00

[S1207]     Boyle, Katie. What This Katie Did. The autobiography of Katie Boyle.. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1980. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. 197 pp. Brown cloth boards, little wear. DW is unclipped, minor shelf wear, but otherwise very good. binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. 1st Edn £4.00

[S1208]     Jones, Christopher. No 10 Downing Street, The Story of a House. . London: BBC, 1985. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good to Fine / Very Good. 192 pp. Black cloth boards. No wear. DW is unclipped, minor shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. 1st Edn. £3.00

[S1209]     Feely, Terence. Number 10: The Private Lives of Six Prime Ministers . London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1982. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good to Fine / Good to Very Good. 224 pp. Black cloth boards. No wear. DW is unclipped, some shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. 1st Edn. P.M.s are Wellington, Pitt, Gladstone, Lloyd George, Asquith & Macdonald. £3.00

[S1210]     Campbell, Judith. The Royal Partners: The Queen's Thirty Five Years of Marriage. London: Robert Hales, 1982. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good to Fine / Good to Very Good. 176 pp. Brown cloth boards. No wear. DW is unclipped, some shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. 1st Edn. £4.00

[S1212]     Armstrong, Anthony. We Keep Going. ill. Michael Gibson. London: Collins, 1946. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good / Fair. 192 pp. Grey 'hessian' boards with bit of wear and fading. DW intact but has chips and tears. Binding tight if a little rocky. Name in side, but no other marks. Good readable copy of 1st Edition £4.00

[S1213]     Ypma, Herbert. Hip Hotels Atlas. London: Thames & Hudson, 2005. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Very Good to Fine / Very Good. 528 pp. Over 1100 colour and B&W photo. black cloth boards, blindstamped logo. Little wear. DW unclipped, just v minor shelf wear. Overall near fine. VERY HEAVY - will incur extra postage in UK, probably too expensive for overseas postage. £15.00

[S1215]     Wells, H.G.. Outline of History - Volume 2. London: George Newnes, 1919. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Half-Leather. Very Good / No Jacket. app 400 pages. A professional bound copy of issues 13-24 of this 1919 part-work, in green with green leather corners and spine. Name and date inside front cover, otherwise no marks or inscriptions and in very good order. Heavy book -add postage may be required, especially to overseas. £15.00

[S1216]     Concise Household Encyclopedia Volume 1. London: Educational Book Co, First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Decorative Cloth. Good to Very Good / No Jacket. 716 pp. Green boards, orange and black decoration, some minor wear. Internally v clean, binding tight. Many colour and B&W photos/illustrations. c 1953. £6.00

[S1217]     Gibbon, Edward, Abridged Sir W Smith, Revised A H J Greenidge. The Student's Gibbon- A History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - 2 Volumes. London: John Murray, 1899. New Revised Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Good to Very Good / No Jacket. 422 & 355 pp. Red cloth boards, gilt central logo, some light wear, fading and a couple of small stains. binding tight, no marks except short red line in preface to vol. 1. No foxing. Very good readable copies with intact maps and good illustrations. £15.00

[S1218]     Thackeray, W Makepeace. The Newcomes. London: Nelson, 1903. New Century Library. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Full-Leather. Fair to Good / No Jacket. 928 pp. Brown leather with gilt titles on spine. Front board and first few pages separated from block, but binding of block tight. Gilt edges all round. Small dedication at front. £6.00

[S1219]     Bryant, A. The Mysterious "You". USA: Truth Research Pbns, 1942. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. 96 pp. Blue boards with minor wear, binding tight. 2 small stamps from Theosophical Society in Santa Monica, otherwise no marks or inscriptions. Rare 1st Edition in UK. £15.00

[S1220]     Rivers, Gayle. The Specialist. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1985. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good to Fine / Very Good. 212 pp. Black cloth boards, no wear. DW intact, minor shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. v g 1st Edition £4.50

[S1221]     Hill, Tim & Clayton, Marie. The Beatles Unseen Archives. Bath: Parragon, 2002. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 384 pp. Shiny hard cover, photo of Beatles on front. Some shelf wear. Binding tight, flyleaf is grubby but rest of book fine. 600 photos from Daily Mail archive. Heavy book - price in UK includes any excess postage, but will be expensive to post overseas. £7.50

[S1222]     Adams, Alice. Superior Women. London: Good Books, 1985. First UK Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. 368 pp. Red cloth boards, no wear. Binding tight. Name inside, and mark from old name plate. Otherwise clean and bright. DW unclipped, shelf wear, a light creasing. 1st UK edn. £3.50

[S1223]     Amis, Kingsley. Difficulties With Girls . London: Hutchinson, 1988. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. 276 pp. Dark blue cloth boards, no wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions exc. pencil price. DW unclipped, shelf wear only. 1st Edn £3.00

[S1224]     Binchy, Maeve. Nights of Rain and Stars . London: Orion, 2004. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good to Fine / Very Good to Fine. 327 pp. Dark blue cloth boards, no wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions exc. pencil price. DW unclipped minor wear. 1st Edition £3.00

 [S1227]     Mcnair Wilson, R. The King of Rome (Son of Napoleon). London: Peter Davies, 1932. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Good / Fair to Good. 159 pp. Black boards, title blocks on spine. Little bumping. DW intact but with a tear and wear. Binding tight, foxed edges. Good reading copy and sold as such. £2.50

[S1228]     Kakutani, Michiko. The Poet at the PianoNew York: Times Books, 1988. First Edition, 2nd Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good to Very Good / Good. 247 pp. Blue boards with pale green cloth spine. Light fading. DW unclipped, old price sticker, faded spine. Binding tight. Good readable copy of 1st Edn £5.50

[S1229]     Crossen, Cynthia. Rich and How They Got That Way, (The). How the Wealthiest People of All Time - From Genghis Khan to Bill Gates - Made Their Fortunes . London: Nicholas Brealey, 2000. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good to Very Good / Very Good. 286 pp. Black cloth boards, no wear, tiny marked. DW unclipped, minor shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks except dedication at front. 1st Edition. £4.00

[S1231]     The Nature Book. ill. London: Cassell, 1908. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Decorative Cloth. Fair to Good / No Jacket. 374 pp. Green boards with gilt decoration. Wear to edges, corners and hinges almost loose. Binding tight except last 2 pages. Some foxing on edges. Gilt pages edges all round and 12 colour tipped in plates all bright. Is probably volume 1 but not stated. Price includes excess postage in UK but may be very expensive to post overseas. £12.50

[S1234]     Crimes, Creeps and Thrills. London: Eric Grant, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Disbound. Poor / No Jacket. 560 pp. Book has no covers. Block is tight, creasing at edges and could be rebound. 30 b/w illustrations £9.00

[S1236]     Bates, Ralph. Franz Schubert. London: Nelson, 1938. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 171 pp. Grey cloth boards, a little wear and grubbiness. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions, flyleaf creased. Good readable copy in 'Short Biographies' series £2.50

[S1239]     Wells, H.G.. Love and Mr Lewisham. London: Collins, 1933. 11th Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 254 pp. Blue cloth covers, damp staining. Spine faded. Back has gilt advert impressed for Kolynos toothpaste!. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Good readable copy and sold as such. £3.00

[S1240]     Despard, Leslie. Mystery of the Tower Room, The. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1925. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 320 pp. Pale 'hessian' boards, green titles. Grubby and worn. Binding tight except 1 loose page, address ant front and date stamps inside back cover. Good readable copy of probably first edition. A rare volume. £12.00

[S1241]     Frankau, Pamela. The Offshore Light. London: Heinemann, 1952. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 283 pp. Red cloth boards with damp staining and boots sticker. Binding tight and no marks except a pencil name. Good readable copy and sold as such. SOLD

[S1242]     Cela, Camilo Jose. Avila. Barcelona: Noguer, 1964. 4th Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 27 pp text, 40 pp of BW photos. Hard shine cover with colour photo. Almost no wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. £5.00

[S1243]     Luke, Sir Harry. From A South Seas Diary 1938-1942. London: Nicholson & Watson, 1945. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 255 pp. Grey cloth boards, hessian spine. Fading and amp stain on edges. Internally very good, binding tight and no marks except front inscription. £4.50

[S1244]     Preti, Savino. Florence Ready Reference - Uffizi, Pitti Etc.. Florence: Cenacolo, 1931. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 180 pp. Red boards with damp staining. Wear on edges and back hinge cracked. Internally good, some browning but quite good readable copy with the unique numbered guide system. Map inside back covers with buildings indented. Quite rare. £10.00

 1247]     Grafton, Sue. P is for Peril. London: Macmillan, 2001. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. 383 pp. Black cloth boards. no wear. DW intact, light shelf wear. No marks or inscriptions. Very good copy of 1st Edition £3.00

[S1248]     Barrow, T.H, Ed W Johnston. Horse and Stable Companion (The). York: Waddington, 1905. First Edition. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Disbound. Fair / No Jacket. 166 pp. No front cover, back is dark red paper with advert. Front a bit grubby with a few turned corners and staples rusting, but rest of book tight, clean pages, plenty of contemporary adverts. A v rare volume. £10.00

[S1250]     Gull, Ranger. The Air Pirate. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1919. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 287 pp plus publisher's ads. Blue cloth, wear and light staining. Front hinge cracked. Binding reasonably tight, but with odd cracks to block. No inscriptions. Ads at the back date this to 1919 1st edition. A rare volume in blue. £25.00

[S1251]     Casserly, Gordon. The Monkey God. London: Philip Allan, 1933. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 319 pp. Red boards with some wear and damp stains, spine faded. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions, Good readable copy of very rare 1st edition £25.00

 S1253]     Flux, A.T.. Pupil Teachers' English Notebook. London: Nelson, 1899. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Cloth. Fair to Good / No Jacket. 63 pp printed, each interleaved with grid paper for notes. Red cloth on card. hinges rusted, fep missing. Binding is tight. some notes pages have writing in tidy copperplate script which rather enhances the book. £3.00

[S1254]     Stowell, Gordon (Editor). The Book of Knowledge - Volume 1 - A-BOM. London: Waverley Book Co, 1959. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Decorative Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. 532 pp. Mottled brown leatherette type boards, black, red and gold decoration , similar on spine. Little wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscription. Pages, photo, pull out diags etc all bright. Heavy book -slightly over standard postage in UK, may be v expensive to post overseas £5.00

[S1255]     Helmle, Erwin with H. Hoppner. From Fatima to Santiago. Lisbon: Edicoes Sao Nicolau, 1956. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Pictorial Cover. Good to Very Good / No Jacket. 95 pp. 12 text, rest B&W photos. Clear laminated boards with photo on front. binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Story of Fatima, the three children and St. James. £5.50

[S1256]     Feiling, Keith. A History of England-from the Coming of the English to 1918 . London: Book Club Associates, 1972. First Edition Book Club Ass. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good / Good. 1229 pp. Red cloth boards, little wear, small white mark. DW unclipped, shelf wear. Inscription at front, slight browning. Good readable copy. Heavy -small extra postage in UK -expensive to post overseas £6.00

[S1257]     Ollard, Richard. The Escape of Charles II After the Battle of Worcester . London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1966. First Edition, 2nd Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good / Fair to Good. 160 pp. Blue cloth boards with some edge wear. DW clipped and chipped. Inscription at front, - Lady Pansy Lamb (nee Pakenham). Good readable copy and sold as such.. £2.50

[S1258]     Wilkes, Bill St John . Nautical Archaeology : A Handbook. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good to Very Good / Good. 294 pp. blue cloth boards, little wear. DW intact, shelf wear, grubby edges. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. £4.50

[S1259]     Hall, Pat. What a Way to Win a War: the story of No. 11 Coy. M.T.C., and 5-0-2 M.A.C., A.T.S., 1940-1945. . Tunbridge Wells: Midas Books, 1978. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial Cover. Good / No Jacket. 193 pp. Laminated cover with 4 contemporary photo. Ex-library with usual stamps and wear. Binding tight. good readable copy. £3.50

[S1260]     Rosignoli, Guido. Naval and Marine Badges and Insignia of World War 2 . Poole: Blandford Press, 1980. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good to Very Good / No Jacket. 167 pp. Blue cloth boards, v little wear, just slightly grubby edges. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. 64 colour plates of badges etc, plus some B&W and descriptive text. £3.50

[S1263]     Tennant, Roger. Planes Explained. . ill. J H Clark. London: Argus Press, 1942. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft Cover. Fair / No Jacket. 88 pp. Red & White thin card covers, almost loose. Rest of book OK, no rust, or loose pages. Good readable copy of early version. Light book - lower postage than usual. £4.00

[S1264]     Perrins, C & Harrison, C.. The Encyclopedia of Birds: Over 1850 illustrations in colour.. ill. Ad Cameron. London: Octopus Books, 1982. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Decorative Cloth. Good to Very Good / Good. 416 pp. Buff boards with green leatherette spine, gold logo of bird. Little wear. DW unclipped, small tear, shelf wear. binding tight, no marks or inscription. Fabulous colour illustrations. Heavy book -will incur excess postage. £5.00

[S1265]     Hogben, Lancelot. Columbus, The Cannon Ball and The Common Pump . London: Heinemann, 1974. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Good to Very Good / Good. 106 pp. Grey cloth boards, little wear. DW clipped, shiny covering has made some text on flaps a little blurred. Binding tight, v clean with no marks 1st Edition £4.00

[S1266]     Danielsson, Bengt. Work and Life on Raroia; an Acculturation Study From the Tuamotu Group French Oceania . London: George Allen Unwin, 1956. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good to Very Good / No Jacket. 245 pp. Brown boards, v little wear. Binding tight, all very clean , no marks, with intact fold out map at back. 1st edition £5.00

 [S1268]     Burton, Robert. Encyclopedia of the Animal Kingdom.. London: W H Smith, 1982. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / Good to Very Good. 240 pp. Laminated boards, photo of lions, repeated on inclined DW. No wear or marks on book, binding tight, photos bright and clean. DW has a little shelf wear. Heavy book so excess postage will apply. £5.00

[S1269]     Johns, Rowland (ed.). Our Friend the Welsh Corgi - Pembroke and Cardigan . London: Methuen, 1948. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Good / Fair to Good. 96 pp. Green boards, some wear and fading. binding tight, no marks or inscriptions, minor foxing on edges. 1st Edition. from 'Our Friend the dog' Series £4.50

[S1270]     Paye, P. & K.. Steam on the Isle of Wight (1956-1966) . Oxford: OPC, 1979. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. 96 pp. Black boards, no wear. DW unclipped (price ticket on flap. light shelf wear. no marks or inscription. Inside covers are posters/timetables. 1st Edition. £7.50

[S1272]     Blenkinsop, R.J. Silhouettes of the Big Four . Oxford: OPC, 1980. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. 94 pp. all photos. Black boards, no wear. DW unclipped, has shelf wear and 1" tear top back. Book has tight binding, no marks or inscriptions, 1st edition. £6.00

[S1273]     Peters, Ivo. Somewhere along the Line, 50 Years Love of Trains . Sparkford, Yeovil: OPC, 1989. First Edition - Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good to Very Good. c 200 pp. - 480 B&W photos. Black cloth boards, no wear. DW unclipped, some shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. £10.00

[S1274]     Peters, Ivo. Southern Steam Album. . London: Ian Allan, 1979. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Good to Very Good / Good. c 120 pp. - 210 B&W photos. Green cloth boards, no wear, little fading to edges. DW unclipped, some shelf wear and browned edges. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. 1st Edition £5.00

[S1275]     Welch, Michael (ed.). Bluebell Steam in Retrospect . Sussex: Bluebell Railway/ OPC, 1980. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Very Good to Fine / Very Good. c 100 pp. Over 220 photos in B&W. Green cloth boards, no wear, DW unclipped has v light shelf wear. All in all a near fine copy. 1st Edition. £7.50

 S1277]     Snell, J.B.. One Man's Railway : J. E. P. Howey and the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway . Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1986. First Edition, 2nd Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial Cover. Good to Very Good / No Jacket. 96 pp. Shiny green card covers, 2 B&W photos on front. Some light reading wear, but binding tight and no marks. V slight browning to edges. Author was Managing Director of the RH&DR. There is a return BR Priv ticket on the railway in the book. £4.50

[S1280]     Russell J H. Great Western Miscellany : Volume One. Oxford: OPC, 1978. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. 96 pp, 178 B&W photos. Grey cloth boards a little faded but no wear. DW intact but with some shelf wear and browned edges. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. 1st Edition £5.50

[S1281]     Esau, M.. Spirit of the Great Western . Oxford: OPC, 1980. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. c 120 pp, 204 B&W photos. Green cloth boards, no wear or fading. DW intact, shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks. A very good copy of 1st Edition £7.50

 S1283]     Blenkinsop, R.J. Silhouettes of the Great Western. Oxford: OPC, 1976. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. 94 pp. all photos. Black boards, no wear. DW unclipped, has shelf wear. Book has tight binding, no marks or inscriptions, 1st edition. £6.50

[S1284]     King, Donald. South West Railwayman. London: George Allen Unwin, 183. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Signed by Author. Very Good / Good. 96 pp. Black cloth boards, no wear. DW intact, a little browned and with shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks, signed by author on fly leaf. 1st Edition. £10.00

 [S1286]     Brooke, Derek. Small Coal and Smoke Rings. A Fireman on the Great Western.. London: John Murray, 1983. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. 150 pp. Red cloth boards, no wear. DW unclipped, has light shelf wear, browned slightly on top. Binding tight, no marks. 1st edition £6.00

[S1287]     Williamson, George C. Holman Hunt -- Bell's Miniature Series of Painters. London: George Bell, 1902. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Decorative Cloth. Good to Very Good / No Jacket. 64 pp + ads. Green boards, white decoration and titles. Edge wear and a little bumping. Binding good, no marks except tiny bit of foxing on tissue on frontis, and browned endpaper. £4.00

[S1288]     Sotheby's. English Literature and History: Comprising Printed Books, Autograph Letters and Manuscripts . London: Sotheby's, 1986. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pictorial Cover. Good to Very Good / No Jacket. Catalogue of this important sale of Manuscripts, autographs etc, 462 lots described, including work by A A Milne, E H Shepard, Winston Churchill, Thomas Paine, W B Yeats, Oscar Wilde and many more. B&W pictures of lots throughout. Photographic covers back and front of Wilde in Naples. Little wear, tiny red stain on edge of a few pages. Fascinating document. £5.00

[S1289]     St John Thomas, David. Journey Through Britain: Landscape, People and Books . London: Frances Lincoln, 2004. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good to Very Good / Good to Very Good. 700 pp. Green cloth boards, no wear, DW unclipped, front is 1920's type painting of Monsal Viaduct. Light shelf wear. Binding tight, v slightly cocked. Light crease on first few pages. Seems hardly read. Heavy, but price includes any excess in UK. £6.00

 S1292]     Stanistreet, Allan. Portrait of the West Somerset Railway. 25 Years of Preservation Progress. . London: Ian Allan, 1996. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial Cover. Signed by Author. Good to Very Good / No Jacket. 96 pp. Hard shine cover, photos front & back. V little wear. Binding tight, no marks, signed by author on free endpaper. 1st Edition £7.50

[S1293]     Gosling, Ted & Clement, Mike. Devon Railways (Sutton's Photographic History of Railways) . Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 1997. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / No Jacket. 128 pp. Shiny card covers, slightly curved, photo at Dawlish. Binding tight, no marks, signed by Ted Gosling on title page. Slight curling on corners. 1st Edition £9.00

[S1294]     Nock O.S - Ed.. The Institution of Railway Signal Engineers - Proceedings 1963. London: 1963. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. 248 pp. plus ads. Brown stiff paper covers with reading wear and a pencil no. Small tears, binding tight and no marks. £10.00

[S1295]     Silvester, Reginald. Official Railway Postcards of the British Isles Part 2. Picton Publishing, 1981. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial Cover. Good to Very Good / No Jacket. 100 pp plus ads. Shiny card covers, part of old GWR poster. Binding tight, no marks. Includes, Barry, Cambrian, Corris, Great Central, Great Western and Vale of Rheidol Railways. Categorises cards by scarcity. £5.00

[S1296]     Casserley, H.C.. Recollections of the Southern - Between the Wars. . Truro: Bradford Barton, 1976. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good to Very Good. 96 pp. Green 'hessian' cover, no wear, v slight fading on top. DW unclipped, little shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks. Excellent copy. £10.00

[S1297]     Chacksfield, J.E.. C. B. Collett - A Competent Successor .Usk: Oakwood Press, 2002. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good to Fine / No Jacket. 160 pp. Shiny card covers, colour prints front & back. No wear. V tight binding (never read?). Near fine 1st Edition. £10.00

[S1298]     Freebury, Hugh. Great Western Apprentice: Swindon in the Thirties. . Trowbridge: Wiltshire County Council, 1985. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good to Fine / No Jacket. 163 pp. plus plan of Swindon works. Card cover, watercolour painting. Little wear. Binding tight, no marks. Excellent copy of 1st Edition £10.00

[S1299]     Ausden, Ken. Up the Crossing . ill. Phillida Gili. London: BBC, 1981. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good to Fine / Very Good. 237 pp. Light brown boards, no wear. DW intact, light shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Near fine copy of 1st edition. Sequel - Further Up the Crossing also listed £7.50

 S1301]     Blavatsky, Helena Petrova with Arya Asanga. The Voice of the Silence . Adyar, Madras: Adyar/ Theosophical Publishing House, 1959. Golden Jubilee Edition. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Cloth. Good to Very Good / No Jacket. 289 pp. Blue cloth boards, a little wear. Binding tight, dedicated at front for 'Santa Monica Lodge'. Pages clean, v light browning to edges and 2 small creases. £8.00

[S1302]     Dunbar, Charles S. Tramways in Wandsworth and Battersea. London: Light Railway Transport League, 1971. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 80 pp. Shine card covers, photo (Falcon - Clapham Junction) central on dark red background. Very little wear. Slightly grubby on back. binding tight - very clean copy. £7.50

[S1303]     Atkins, C.P.. The Scottish 4-6-0 Classes . London: Ian Allan, 1976. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. 123 pp. Black cloth boards, little wear. DW unclipped, slight browning & shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks - good clean copy of 1st Edition £5.00

[S1305]     Model Engineer, Bound Set Volume 96 - Jan June 1947. London: Percival Marshall, 1947. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Fair / No Jacket. 784 pp. bound copy in red boards with a magazine cover pasted on front. 6 months issues. Boards won, and front hinge loose from block. Page edges browned but appears to be complete. Volume 97 (July - Dec also listed). £10.00

[S1306]     Model Engineer, Bound Set Volume 97 (July - Dec 1947). London: Percival Marshall, 1947. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Fair / No Jacket. app 700 pp. bound copy in red boards. 6 months issues. Boards worn,. Page edges browned but appears to be complete. Volume 96 (Jan - Jun also listed). £10.00

[S1309]     Terman, Lewis M. & Merrill, Maud A. Measuring Intelligence: A Guide To The Administration of the New Revised Stanford-Binet Tests of Intelligence. . London: George G. Harrap & Co, 1949. First Edition, 5th Impression. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 461 pp. Red cloth boards, some light wear and faded spine. Front hinge slightly weak. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Good readable copy. £2.50

[S1311]     Rose, Phyllis. Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages . ill. David Schorr. London: Chatto & Windus, 1984. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. 318 pp . Dark maroon cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. no wear. DW clipped, but otherwise intact with v minor shelf wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Marriages of Jane Welsh and Thomas Carlyle, Effie Gray and John Ruskin, Harriet Taylor and John Stuart Mill, Catherine Hogarth and Charles Dickens, George Eliot and George Henry Lewes. 1st edition £6.00

 [S1313]     Pickles. Judge James. Straight from the Bench - Is Justice Just ? . London: Phoenix, 1987. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good to Fine / Very Good to Fine. 236 pp/ Cloth boards, no wear. DW intact, very good. no marks or inscriptions. Near fine copy of 1st Edition £2.50

[S1317]     Hart, John. 50 Portrait Lighting Techniques for Pictures That Sell . Cambridge: Patrick Stephens, 1983. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Fair to Good. 144 pp. Cream boards, very little wear. DW has shelf wear and chips but is intact. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. All plates (B&W and colour) bright & clean. £5.00

[S1318]     Beazley, Mitchell. Candid Pictures, Portraits and the Nude. London: Kodak, 1984. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Fair to Good. 200pp. Black boards, very little wear. DW has shelf wear and chips but is intact. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. All plates (B&W and colour) bright & clean. £5.00

[S1319]     Walker, Ruth. The Club. London: Judy Piatkus, 1989. First UK Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. 473 pp. Red cloth boards, no wear. DW intact, a little shelf wear. binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Some pages have mild creasing in one corner but overall a very good reading copy of 1st UK Edition £3.00

[S1320]     Browne, Jennifer & Home, William Douglas. The Prime Ministers: stories and anecdotes from Number 10 . London: W H Allen, 1987. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good to Fine / Very Good. 287 pp. Dark red cloth boards, no wear. DW intact - almost no wear but slight fading on spine. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions - hardly read? Near fine copy of 1st Edition £4.00

[S1322]     Hassel, Sven. Reign of Hell. London: Book Club Associates, 1982. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. 270 pp. Black boards, no wear, DW unclipped, no marks or inscriptions, binding tight. V good readable copy of 1st book Club Edition. Translated from Danish. 2 other similar books by this author in stock. £4.00

[S1324]     Vaughan-Thomas, Wynford & Hales, Michael. Secret Landscapes - Mysterious Sites, Deserted Villages and Forgotten Places of Great Britain and Ireland . Exeter: Webb & Bower, 1980. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 208 pp. Black boards, no wear, 2 small marks. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Full of B&W photos of places all over UK. 1st Edition. £2.50

[S1325]     Loon, Hendrik Willem van . The Story of Mankind . London: George G. Harrap & Co, 1922. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Decorative Cloth. Signed by Lady Astor. Good / No Jacket. 492 pp. Black cloth, gilt decoration inc. Map of world. Wear on all edges, Back hinge has a tear. Binding reasonably tight, many half-tone pictures and 7 out of 8 colour plates present. Dedication at front dated 1922 to Robert F Rundle-Clark from Lady Astor. 1st Edition £9.90

[S1326]     Valentine, L. Picturesque England Its Landmarks and Historic Haunts as Described in Lay and Legend, Song and Story . London: Frederick Warne, 1891. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Decorative Cloth. Good to Very Good / No Jacket. 536 pp plus publishers ads. Green boards with gilt and black decoration of churches etc. some bumping on corners but v little wear. Slightly darkened spine. Binding tight, copperplate inscription on front free endpaper. Foxing to flyleaf and slightly on gilt page edges. 8 tissue protected colour plates including Hereford and Canterbury Cathedrals, Dovedale, Holy Island, Norfolk Broads, Ilfracombe. 1st Edition. £17.50

[S1327]     Churchill, Winston S.. The Great War - 3 Volumes. London: George Newnes, 1933. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 512, 512, and 644 pp. Red cloth boards, gilt titles, Some wear, a bit grubby and minor water damage. Bindings tight, no marks but some occasional foxing. mottled page edges. A condensed version of 'World in Crisis'. Note -very heavy- will cost approx.

£12.00 to post. Will be very expensive for overseas postage! £25.00

[S1328]     The Story of the Bible - Told by Living Writers of Authority - 2 Volumes. London: Fleetway House, First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. 1592 pp over 2 volumes. Grey boards with black leatherette over spine and hinges. Gilt titles on spine. V little wear, odd tiny mark. Binding tight, mottled page edges, 1200 plus illustrations inc. colour frontis (both with slight ceases). c 1930/1935. Note -very heavy- will cost approx.

£12.00 to post. Will be very expensive for overseas postage! £17.50

[S1329]     Large Print Bible Dictionary & Concordance . Maryland: Ottenheimer, 1995. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good to Fine / No Jacket. 434 pp. Shiny hard board covers, white with green & gilt tiles V little wear. Binding tight, No marks or inscriptions. Near fine 1st Edition. Note -very heavy- will cost approx. extra to post. Will be very expensive for overseas postage! £7.50

[S1330]     Culpeper, Nicholas. Culpeper's Complete Herbal & English Physician, . Hong Kong: Gareth Powell, 1979. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. 246 pp. Blue cloth boards, slight bumping and edge fading. DW has tear near back flap, unclipped. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Reprint of 1826 original. quite heavy -may incur slight extra postage. £9.50

[S1331]     Time 100 Builders & Titans - Great Minds of the Century. Hong Kong: Time Books, 1999. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pictorial Cover. Fine / No Jacket. 170 pp. Great leatherette covered boards, gilt titles and photomontage. No wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Shiny paper throughout, plenty of B&W photos, plus colour photos and illustrations. Includes Ford, Gates, Einstein, Wright Bros., Ray Kroc, Disney amongst the 100 lives described. 1st Edition £2.50

[S1333]     Atherton, Col H, OBE. Simplified Motoring - The beginner's complete guide to car driving and the Test . London: Edward Arnold, 1951. 3rd Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 171 pp. Red cloth boards - some minor wear and marks. Binding tight. Address at front, back has users own notes on driving and he has marked odd paragraphs in text. Light book - reduced postage. £2.00

[S1334]     Raynar Wilson, H.. Power Railway Signalling - Part 1b - Automatic Signalling. Teignmouth: P Kay, 1988. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Good to Very Good / No Jacket. 84 pp. + 2 pages of contemporary ads. Pale blue card covers, v minor wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Reprint of classic 1908 book on signalling. Part Two also available £15.00

[S1335]     Raynar Wilson, H.. Power Railway Signalling - Part 2 - Power Frames and Power Resignalling Schemes. Teignmouth: P Kay, 1988. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Good to Very Good / No Jacket. 134 pp. Grey card covers, v minor wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Reprint of classic 1908 book on signalling. Part 1b also available £15.00

[S1336]     Lewis L.P. (Revised J H Fraser). Railway Signal Engineering (Mechanical) . Teignmouth: P Kay, 1995. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Good to Very Good / No Jacket. c 110 pp. Green card covers, v minor wear. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Reprint of classic 1932 (3rd Edition) book on signalling. £15.00

[S1337]     The Railways of Switzerland - 1947 International Railway Congress - Lucerne 1947 . London: Railway Gazette, 1947. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Fair to Good / No Jacket. 64pp plus 80+ pp of ads, some with colour shading. Many pages of B&W photos of Swiss railways. Paper cover is grubby, worn and only just attached. Internally Ok, good readable copy for the age of this soft back £6.50

[S1338] Crawford, John. Objective Alamein . London: Trojan, . First Paperback Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. No date or page numbers- c. 1975. Shiny card covers, minor wear/creasing. Binding tight no marks except couple of numbers inside back page. Good readable copy- 1st ed in paperback £2.00

[S1339] Walker, Greg. Stiletto - Springblade - 3rd Book. ill. . New York: Charter, 1990. First Paperback Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. 167 pp. Sniny card covers, one long crease and hole punched in front. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. Good readable copy of 1st Edition. £3.00

[S1341] Trevor, Elleston. The Killing Ground. . London: Popular Book Club, 1957. First Thus - Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Fair to Good / No Jacket. 280 pp. Light brown boards, a little wear and a number written on corner. Binding tight, no marks, pages browned. Good readable copy £2.50

[S1342] Griffin, Gwyn. An Operational Necessity . London: Collins, 1968. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Fair to Good / Fair to Good. 411 pp. Ex library with usual stamps and DW sealed down, front endpaper removed.. Other than usual library stamps, no marks. Binding tight if slightly cocked but good readble copy of 1st Edition. £2.50

[S1343] Stevenson, William. A Man Called Intrepid - the Secret War 1939-1945 . London: BCA, 1976. Book Club Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good to Very Good / Good. 486 pp. Blue cloth boards, no wear little fading. DW intact with shelf wear and couple of small tears. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions, Very good reading cpy of 1st Book Club Edition £2.00

[S1344] Caine, Michael. And Not Many People Know This Either . London: Robson Books, 1985. First Edition - Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. 223 pp. Red cloth boards, no wear. DW clipped, no wear, but a few tiny dots on front. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. £2.00

[S1345] Everett, Peter. Visions of Heydrich. London: W H Allen, 1979. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. 178 pp. Black cloth boards, no wear. DW intact, flaps a little grubby. Binding tight, no marks or inscriptions. 1st Edition £2.00

[S1346] Various. The Sixth Year of War in Pictures. London: Odhams, 1945. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 256 pp. Dark blue blind embossed boards, spine faded, some wear. Binding generally tight, no marks or inscriptions.£4.00

[S1348] Various. Blockbusters. London: World International, 1988. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good to Fine / No Jacket. 62 pp. Shiny boards, picture of Bob Holness and of 'board' . No wear. Contents clean and not completed. Not clipped, binding tight. Near Fine £2.00