THE DIARIES
Written by William Allingham.
Stock no. 1329647
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Reprint edition with new introduction. Green cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Sepia photos. A super copy contained in slipcase which is just a little/lightly scuffed.

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STAPME: THE BIOGRAPHY OF SQUADRON LEADER B.G. STAPLETON DFC, DFC (DUTCH)
Written by David M.S. Ross.
Stock no. 1829885
Published by Grub Street. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

One of the real 'characters' to survive the war and the quintessential image of a Battle of Britain fighter pilot, Stapme tells his full story, warts and all, to historian David Ross. Blue cloth boards with no titles. B/w photos and illustrations. 223 pages including index. ISBN: 1902304985. A lovely copy, appears unread! Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE CLUB: JOHNSON, BOSWELL, AND THE FRIENDS WHO SHAPED AN AGE
Written by Leo Damrosch.
Stock no. 1329639
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos plus some colour plates. 473 pages including index. ISBN: 9780300217902. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased.

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WILLIAM HAZLITT: THE FIRST MODERN MAN
Written by Duncan Wu.
Stock no. 1329634
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st PB 2010. Very good condition.

Wu's sparkling biography recovers Hazlitt for our time - a restless, passionate idealist whose voice helps us to see his times and our own more clearly. Cardwraps. 557 pages including notes and index. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9780199588848. Covers are edge rubbed.

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SPRING CANNOT BE CANCELLED: DAVID HOCKNEY IN NORMANDY
Written by Martin Gayford. Illustrated by David Hockney.
Stock no. 1329633
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2021. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An uplifting manifesto that affirms art's capacity to divert and inspire. Blue boards, white title to spine and embossed publisher's mofit to front cover. 280 pages including index. ISBN: 9780500094365. Slight bumping to spine. Contents fine. Small mark to front panel of wrapper.

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RICA ERICKSON: A NATURALIST'S LIFE
Written by Rica Erickson.
Stock no. 1829857
Published by University Of Western Australia Press. 1st 2005. Very good condition.

Western Australia is rightly famous for its unique plants and animals. Among those who have studied them is Rica Erickson. This is Rica's own account of how she became intereested in natural history, who were her guides, mentors and associates, and how she did her research. Interspersed with reproductions of some of her writings, drawings and paintings from the 1940s, '50s and '60s. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations, a few in colour. xv and 144 pages including index. ISBN: 1920694277. A few marks to contents but generally a nice copy.

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THE RIDDLE OF ERSKINE CHILDERS
Written by Andrew Boyle.
Stock no. 1829818
Published by Hutchinson of London. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Erskine Childers was the author of the novel The Riddle of the Sands. He was a product of Haileybury and Cambridge, became a Clerk to the House of Commons, fought in the Boer War, joined the navy as a lieutenant in the Volunteer Reserve in 1914 and was awarded the DSC in the Royal Naval Air Service. How did it come about that this typical product of the English upper class was condemned to death by the newly formed Irish Governement, not as an agent of the English but as a republican rebel, a member of the outlawed IRA? Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 351 pages including index. ISBN: 0091284902. Lower edge of rear board knocked. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Name in red ink to front pastedown. Else contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed, lightly scuffed to rear panel, minor closed tear to top front edge.

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A FREEDOM DEARLY BOUGHT
Written by Ernest Ackroyd.
Stock no. 1829803
Published by Ernest Ackroyd. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

In 1939 the 122 (West Riding) Field Regiment Royal Artillery TA was formed and on February 15, 1942, it ceased to exist with the fall of Sinapore. Only 13 members of the regiment were killed in action; more than 200 members who formed the regiment were to die a cruel and agonising death at the hands of their Japanese captors. The author was one of those young men who suffered but survived to tell the story. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. xiii and 136 pages. Covers lightly creased, lightly rubbed at corners. Contents clean.

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THE GAME OF WAR: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF GUY DEBORD
Written by Andrew Hussey.
Stock no. 1829802
Published by Pimlico. 1st thus 2002. Very good condition.

An appraisal of a lone and defiant figure whose story follows and, at one historic moment in 1968, appears to lead the drift of art and politics in post-war Paris. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. x and 420 pages including index. ISBN: 0712673741. Light browning to top edge of front cover. Rear cover slightly scuffed. Text block browned and a little grubby. Page browning. Else contents clean.

Price: £25.00 £20.00.

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THE ANGLING LETTERS OF G.E.M. SKUES
Written by G.E.M. Skues; C.F. Walker.
Stock no. 1329528
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1975. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Walker. Dark brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xv and 153 pages including index. ISBN: 0713616210. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Dustwrapper is price-cut, edge rubbed and faded to spine.

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GEOFF DUKE: IN PURSUIT OF PERFECTION
Written by Geoff Duke.
Stock no. 1829794
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In the 1950s, Geoff Duke was the greatest amongst equals in the world of motorcycle racing, riding to six world champion victories. In his own words, Duke now tells the enthralling story of the machines, the teams and the triumphs. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 0850458382. SIGNED by Geoff Duke to page 7. Includes two letters relating to the signed copies of this book. Text block is lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed, heavy scratch to rear panel.

Price: £45.00 £36.00.

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GEORGE III: THE LIFE AND REIGN OF BRITAIN'S MOST MISUNDERSTOOD MONARCH
Written by Andrew Roberts.
Stock no. 1829786
Published by Allen Lane. 1st 2021. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Grey paper boards, black title to spine. Cream pictorial endpapers depicting a hunting scene. Colour & b/w illustrations. xiii and 758 pages including index. ISBN: 9780241413333. Base of spine and lower corners lightly bumped. Text block very slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

Price: £18.00 £14.40.

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