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THE SONG OF THE SANDPIPER
Written by J. Morton Boyd. Illustrated by J. Morton Boyd.
Stock no. 1803077
Published by Colin Baxter Photography Ltd.. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A memoir of a Scottish naturalist. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1841070033. Corners bumped. Contents fine. Blue wrapper is creased at edges.

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THE SELBORNE PIONEER
Written by Ted Dadswell.
Stock no. 1802982
Published by Ashgate. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Gilbert White as naturalist and scientist - a re-examination. Green boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0754607496. A fine copy in a green pictorial wrapper which is slightly creased at edges.

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FLIGHTS OF PASSAGE
Written by Samuel Hynes.
Stock no. 1802806
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reflections of a World War II Aviator. Red boards, gilt title to spine. viii and 270 pages. ISBN: 0747503338. Light pencil erasure to front endpaper else contents fine. Blue dustwrapper is lightly browned and price-clipped.

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THE FRONTIER WORLD OF DOC HOLLIDAY
Written by Pat Jahns.
Stock no. 1802784
Published by University of Nebraska. 1st thus 1998. Nearly fine condition.

Bison books edition. Biography. Doc Holliday was a paradox: respectable citizen and notorious gambler, gentleman and murderer, married to a prostitute but devoted only to the memory of his mother... Pictorial cardwraps. viii and 305 pages including index. ISBN: 0803276087. Corners lightly rubbed, text block just slightly grubby, else a fine copy.

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TO LIVE FOR YOU! TO DIE FOR YOU!
Written by John Searight.
Stock no. 1802326
Published by John Searight. 1st 2009. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The life of Gustav Mahler, sometimes depicted as something of a musical colossus with one foot placed firmly in the romanticism of the 19th century and the other tentatively trying to find a footing in the 20th. He more than anyone else, was responsible for sowing the seeds of 20th century music. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. xi and 428 pages including index. ISBN: 9780956169501. A fine copy

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OUT OF IRAQ
Written by Lewis Alsamari.
Stock no. 1801760
Published by Bantam Press. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The terrifying true story of one man's escape from the harshest regime of the modern era. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour plates. ISBN: 9780593058237. SIGNED by the author to title page. Base of spine lightly bumped, contents fine. Pictorial wrapper lightly rubbed at corners.

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THE TRAGIC EMPRESS
Written by Comtesse Des Garets; Marie-Louyse Des Garets.
Stock no. 1901002
Published by Skeffington & Son, Ltd.. Circa 1931. Very good condition.

Cream cloth. B/w plates. Biography of Empress Eugenie of France. Name in ink to front endpaper. Corners slightly bumped.

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ARCHANGEL 1918-1919
Written by Edward Ironside.
Stock no. 1201439
Published by Constable. 1st 1953. Almost very good condition.

The author's time as part of the International Army that was thrown into North Russia at the end of the first world war. Green cloth, silver title to spine. B/w photos. Contents very good indeed. Covers a little rubbed and grubby.

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EDEN PHILLPOTTS
Written by Waveney Girvan; L.A.G. Strong; Nancy Price; Reginald Pound; E.V. Knox; J.C. Trewin; Isaac Foot; John Rowland.
Stock no. 823842
Published by Hutchinson. 1st 1953. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An Assessment and Tribute. Edited by Girvan with contributions from Strong, Price, Pound, Knox, Trewin, Foot and Rowland. B/w photos.

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SURGEON JAMES JOURNAL
Written by Jane Vansittart.
Stock no. 823841
Published by Cassell. 1st 1964. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The journal of Dr. Haddy James, written during the Battle of Waterloo and the subsequent occupation of Paris. B/w portrait frontis. SIGNED by author. Wrapper slightly grubby to rear.

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LIFE AND WORK OF SIR NORMAN LOCKYER
Written by T. Mary Lockyer; Winifred L. Lockyer.
Stock no. 823575
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles. Biography of Sir Norman Lockyer (Joseph Norman Lockyer), best known for his work in astronomy and physics. B/w illustrations. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Spine lightly faded and slightly bumped.

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SHADES OF GREENE
Written by Jeremy Lewis.
Stock no. 630874
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 2010. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

One Generation of an English Family. Graham Greene and his five siblings and six cousins, of these twelve children, eight led exceptionally interesting, diverse and well-documented lives. A truly remarkable English family. This book is a riveting exercise in group biography and a masterly account of English society in the twentieth century. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xii and 580 pages including index. ISBN: 0224079211. A very nice copy.

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