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  • NICOL, Jean

    THE 'HOTEL REGINA' TRILOGY COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

    Hotel Regina [with] Home is the Hotel [with] Bertioni’s Hotel

    £220

  • GLUBB, John Bagot

    THE 'ARAB' TETRALOGY IN DUSTWRAPPERS

    The Great Arab Conquests [with] Empire of the Arabs [with] The Course of Empire [with] The Lost Centuries

    £440

  • TRUESDALE,, David

    SIGNED BY TWO AUTHORS

    Arnhem Bridge. Target MIKE ONE. An Illustrated History of 1st Airlanding Light Regiment RA 1942-1945. North Africa. Italy. Arnhem. Norway

    £380

  • SUMPTION, Jonathan

    THE 'HUNDRED YEARS WAR' PENTALOGY COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

    The Hundred Years War. Trial by Battle [with] Trial by Fire [with] Divided Houses [with] Cursed Kings [with] Triumph and Illusion. [Complete set.]

    £2,200

  • SPEARS, Major General Edward

    SPEARS' 'ASSIGNMENT' COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

    Assignment to Catastrophe. Vol. I: Prelude to Dunkirk [with] Vol II. The Fall of France

    [Mixed Impressions.]

    £120

  • NICHOLS, Beverley

    THE 'MERRY HALL' TRILOGY COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

    Merry Hall [with] Laughter on the Stairs [with] Sunlight on the Lawn

    With Drawings by William McLaren.

    £420

  • SCOTT, Manda

    THE BOUDICA QUARTET COMPLETE: FIRST VOLUME SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

    Dreaming the Eagle [with] Dreaming the Bull [with] Dreaming the Hound [with] Dreaming the Serpent Spear

    £270

  • OWEN, Harold

    PRESENTED BY THE AUTHOR TO JOHN & MYFANWY PIPER

    Journey from Obscurity. Wilfred Owen 1893-1918.

    Memoirs of the Owen Family. I: Childhood; II: Youth; III: War; IV: Aftermath. [Complete extended set].

    £490

  • O'BRIEN, Edna

    THE 'COUNTRY GIRLS' TRILOGY IN DUSTWRAPPERS

    The Country Girls [with] The Lonely Girl [with] Girls in their Married Bliss

    [The Country Girls trilogy complete.]

    £820

  • ROSKILL, Stephen

    SIGNED PRESENTATION SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS

    Hankey. Man of Secrets. [Complete set]

    £420

  • FROST, Major-General John

    JOHN FROST'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

    A Drop Too Many [with] Nearly There. Some Memoirs

    £160

  • KERSHAW, Ian

    THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

    Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris [with] Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis

    £198

  • CORNWELL, Bernard

    THE SAXON TALES/LAST KINGDOM SEQUENCE COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS

    The Saxon Tales/Last Kingdom sequence complete

    £690

  • WOODMAN, Richard

    THE FIRST DEDICATED HISTORY OF BRITAIN'S MERCHANT MARINE

    A History of the British Merchant Navy

    With a Foreword by HRH The Princess Royal. [Complete set.]

    £1,760

  • SUTCLIFF, Rosemary

    THE ROMAN BRITAIN TRILOGY COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

    The Eagle of the Ninth [with] The Silver Branch [with] The Lantern Bearers. [The Roman Britain trilogy complete.]

    Illustrated by C. Walter Hodges [first volume] and Charles Keeping [second and third volumes].

    £1,940

  • BRYANT, Arthur

    BRYANT'S 'NAPOLEONIC TRILOGY' IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

    The Years of Endurance [with] Years of Victory [with] The Age of Elegance

    [The 'Napoleonic' trilogy complete.]

    £160

  • DURRELL, Gerald

    NEAR FINE COPY

    Three Singles to Adventure

    £60

  • RAVEN,, Alan

    ENSIGN 1- 8. [THE SERIES COMPLETE][

    Ensign 1-8. [THE SERIES COMPLETE.]

    [Mixed Impressions.]

    £225

  • CHRISTIE, Agatha

    BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST MISS MARPLE NOVEL

    Murder at the Vicarage

    [A Miss Marple mystery.]

    £2,300

  • AUSTEN-LEIGH, James Edward

    FIRST APPEARANCE OF LADY SUSAN & THE WATSONS

    A Memoir of Jane Austen by her Nephew.

    Third Edition, to which is added Lady Susan, and Fragments of Two other Unfinished Tales by Miss Austen.

    £640

  • SACKVILLE-WEST, Vita

    NEAR FINE SET OF THE LINCOLN/OXENWOOD REISSUES IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

    In Your Garden [with] In Your Garden Again [with] More For Your Garden [with] Even More For Your Garden

    [Complete set of Lincoln/Oxenwood reissues.]

    £435

  • HERRIOT, pseud., James

    'ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL': COMPLETE SET OF FIRST EDITIONS IN DUSTWRAPPERS

    [All Creatures Great and Small].

    [Illustrations by Graham Humphreys, vol. 1; Larry, vols. 2-7; Victor Ambrus, vol. 8. Complete set of first editions.]

    £2,000

  • RENAULT, Mary

    THE ALEXANDER TRILOGY IN DUSTWRAPPERS

    Fire from Heaven [with] The Persian Boy [with] Funeral Games

    [First UK Edition].

    £340

  • HUGHES, Ted

    400 COPIES WERE PRINTED

    Crow. From the Life and Songs of the Crow

    With Twelve Drawings by Leonard Baskin. [Second English (Limited) Edition.]

    £780

  • KLEMPERER, Victor

    THE KLEMPERER DIARIES COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

    The Diaries of Victor Klemperer 1933-1959

    Abridged and translated from the German Edition by Martin Chalmers.

    £248

  • ROYAL COMMISSION ON HISTORICAL MONUMENTS ENGLAND.

    HISTORICAL MONUMENTS OF DORSET: NEAR FINE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS

    An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset. West [with] South-East [with] Central [with] North [with] East. [Complete set.]

    £300

  • ATKINSON, Kate

    ATKINSON'S WWII TRILOGY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

    Life After Life [with] A God in Ruins [with] Transcription. [The WWII trilogy complete.]

    £420

  • LEWIS, C. S.

    NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

    The Screwtape Letters

    [Fifth Impression.]

    £365

  • HINSLEY et al, F. H.

    FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

    British Intelligence in the Second World War. Its Influence on Strategy and Operations. [Complete set.]

    £660

  • ATKINSON, Kate

    JACKSON BRODIE COMPLETE TO DATE; FIVE VOLUMES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

    Case Histories [with] One Good Turn. A Novel [with] When Will There Be Good News? [with] Started Early, Took My Dog [with] Big Sky [with] Death At The Sign Of The Rook. [The Jackson Brodie novels complete to date.]

    £520

  • BATSFORD BRITISH BATTLES.

    ALMOST CERTAINLY A COMPLETE SET OF 'BRITISH BATTLES' IN DUSTWRAPPERS

    Batsford British Battles. [Believed to be a complete set.]

    £1,860

  • DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan

    NEAR FINE COPY

    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    Illustrations by Sidney Paget. New Edition.

    £425

  • LEWIS, C. S.

    SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

    The Screwtape Letters

    [Fourth Impression.]

    £36,500

  • ATTENBOROUGH, David

    SIGNED [WITHOUT DEDICATION] BY THE AUTHOR

    Life on Earth

    [Sixth Impression.]

    £210

  • SWIFT, Jonathan

    NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ENLARGED EDITION

    Gulliver’s Travels into Several remote Regions of the World

    Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. [First Enlarged Edition.]

    £245

  • BARNETT, Correlli

    AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO SIR CLAUDE AUCHINLECK

    The Collapse of British Power

    £1,000

  • DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan

    REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE SECOND EDITION

    The Sign of Four

    Second Edition.

    £670

  • PIDGEON, Trevor

    FINE SET

    The Tanks at Flers. An Account of the First Use of Tanks at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, the Somme, 15 Sept. 1916

    £168

  • SACKVILLE-WEST, Vita

    100 COPIES WERE PRINTED

    Solitude. A Poem

    [Limited Signed Edition.]

    £1,650

  • STEAD], [John

    REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

    A Picture of Jersey, or Stranger’s Companion through that Island

    [First and Sole Edition.]

    £620

Fine Bindings

  • WODEHOUSE, P. G.

    FIRST UK EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO WITH SLIP-CASE

    Very Good, Jeeves

    [First UK Edition.]

    £870

  • FORSYTH, Frederick

    THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK IN FULL THEMED MOROCCO

    The Day of the Jackal

    £945

  • WOOLF, Virginia

    IN FULL MOROCCO

    The Waves

    £920

  • BRAMAH, Ernest

    IN FULL MOROCCO

    The Moon of Much Gladness

    Related by Kai Lung.

    £484

  • BRICKHILL, Paul

    IN FULL MOROCCO WITH THEME TOOLING

    The Dam Busters

    With a Foreword by Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Tedder.

    £524

  • CHURCHILL, Peter

    THE SOE TRILOGY IN FULL MOROCCO; FIRST VOLUME SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

    Of their own Choice [with] Duel of Wits [with] The Spirit in the Cage

    £1,120

  • SMITH, Vincent A.

    SIR REGINALD SPENCE'S COPY IN FULL MOROCCO

    Akbar

    £510

  • PHILBY, H. St. John

    IN FULL MOROCCO

    Arabia

    £395

  • ANDERSEN, Hans Christian

    HEATH ROBINSON IN FULL MOROCCO

    Danish Fairy Tales and Legends

    With a Memoir of the Author and with Sixteen Illustrations by W. H. Robinson.

    £385

  • WYLLY, Colonel Harold Carmichael

    NEAR FINE COPY IN CONTEMPORARY MOROCCO

    From the Black Mountain to Waziristan. Being an Account of the Border Countries and the more turbulent of the Tribes controlled by the North-West Frontier Province, and of our Military Relations with them in the Past

    With an Introduction by Lieut.-Gen. Sir Horace L. Smith Dorrien.

    £335

  • GIBSON, Wing Commander Guy

    IN FULL THEMED MOROCCO WITH SLIP-CASE

    Enemy Coast Ahead

    With an Introduction by Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris.

    £580

  • HARDY, Thomas

    1500 COPIES WERE PRINTED: THIS COPY IN FULL MOROCCO WITH SLIP-CASE

    Tess of the D’Urbervilles. A Pure Woman. Faithfully presented by Thomas Hardy

    With Wood Engravings by Vivien Gribble.

    £780

  • WODEHOUSE, P. G.

    THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO

    Jeeves Omnibus

    £820

  • MASTERS, John

    IN FULL MOROCCO

    Bugles and a Tiger. A Personal Story

    £484

  • MAHAN, Captain Alfred T.

    FIRST UK EDITION IN FULL THEMED MOROCCO

    The Influence of Sea Power upon History 1660-1783

    [First UK Edition].

    £824

  • BENNETT, Arnold

    SPLENDID COPY IN SIGNED BAYNTUN BINDING

    The Old Wives’ Tale. A Novel

    £410

  • COOK, Captain James

    REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN, CRISP COPY IN CONTEMPORARY CALF

    An Abridgement of Captain Cook’s First and Second Voyages. Including an Abridgement of Captain Furneaux’s Narrative…To which is added a Narrative of Commodore Phipps’s Voyage to the North Pole…And an Extract from Forster’s Introduction…

    The Fourth Edition.

    £860

  • WARNER, Rev. Richard

    REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN CONTEMPORARY SPECKLED CALF

    The History of the Isle of Wight; Military, Ecclesiastical, Civil and Natural: to which is added a View of its Agriculture

    £405

  • SLIM, Field-Marshal William

    IN FULL THEMED MOROCCO WITH SLIP-CASE

    Defeat into Victory

    £680

  • RYAN, Cornelius

    IN FULL THEMED MOROCCO

    A Bridge too Far

    £645

  • MACLEAN, Alistair

    IN FULL MOROCCO WITH SLIP-CASE

    Where Eagles Dare

    £624

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