THE QUICK AND THE DEAD
Written by W.A. Waterton.
Stock no. 1329739
Published by Grub Street. 1st thus 2012. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Story of a Chief test pilot and the perils of post-war test flying. First published in 1956 by Frederick Muller Ltd. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 201 pages. ISBN: 9781908117274. Light scratch mark to front cover.

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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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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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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 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.

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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.

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JIM CLARK RACING LEGEND
Written by Eric Dymock.
Stock no. 1329514
Published by Motorbooks International. 1st thus 2003. Fine condition.

The biography of the motor racing driver. Special edition featuring previously unpublished images (originally published in 1997). Cardwraps. Colour and b/w photos. 256 pages. ISBN: 0760316899.

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NICKELS AND NIGHTINGALES
Written by Jack Watts.
Stock no. 1829750
Published by General Store Publishing House. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

Jack Watts, an observer with RAF Bomber Command and the Desert Air Force during WWII. He successfully completed three tours and was one of the few to become a member of the select Pathfinder Force, the Winged Goldfish and Caterpillar Clubs, and the Order of the Winged Boot. A compelling recollection of how one young man successfully beat the odds of war. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 285 pages. ISBN: 1896182135. Spine sunned and rubbed at top & tail. Text block just a little grubby. Previous owner's address label to inside front cover, has also imprinted on title page. Else contents clean.

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THE ANGLING LETTERS OF G.E.M. SKUES
Written by G.E.M. Skues; C.F. Walker.
Stock no. 1829717
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Walker. Dark brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xv and 153 pages including index. ISBN: 0713616210. Reprint. Top of spine and top front board corner bumped. Some foxing present, mainly to text block. Price-cut dustwrapper is rubbed at corners, faded to spine, mark left by old price label to rear panel, slightly grubby.

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