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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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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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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A FORMIDABLE HERO: LT R.H. FRAY, VC, DSC, RCNVR
Written by Stuart E. Soward.
Stock no. 1329456
Published by Canav Books. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 186 pages. ISBN: 096907039X. Minimal bumping to top of spine and a tiny nick to top edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine.

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LEONARD ROSOMAN
Written by Tanya Harrod. Illustrated by Leonard Rosoman.
Stock no. 1329423
Published by Royal Academy of Arts. Circa 2017. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

n her engaging assessment of Rosoman's remarkable achievements throughout his long career, Harrod gives the reader a thorough grasp of this underrated artist and his world. Large, heavy format. Blue boards. ISBN: 9781910350638. Still in original shrinkwrap.

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A FIGHTER IN MY SIGHTS
Written by Tom Neil.
Stock no. 1329414
Published by J&kh Publishing. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 216 pages. ISBN: 1900511703. Spine slightly bumped, a couple of small indentations to cover edges. Contents look unread.

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SIR HENRY SEGRAVE
Written by Cyril Posthumus.
Stock no. 1329368
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of the British racing car driver. B/w photos. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 227 pages including index. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with a few small tears.

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THOMAS SMITH OF DERBY, 1721-1767: PIONEER OF THE PICTURESQUE
Written by Trevor Brighton. Illustrated by Thomas Smith.
Stock no. 1829659
Published by Bakewell And District Historical Society. 1st 2013. Very good condition.

Thomas Smith was a topographical and picturesque landscape painter. Oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w and colour illustrations. 207 pages including index. A few minor marks to covers, lower rear corner of cover is creased. Top margin corner of first few pages is lightly creased. Contents clean.

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JAMES I: SCOTLAND'S KING OF ENGLAND
Written by John Matusiak.
Stock no. 1829642
Published by The History Press. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Few kings have been more svagely caricatured or grossly misunderstood than England's first Stuart. Yet, as this biography demonstrates, the modern tendency to downplay his defects and minimise the long-term consequences of his reign has gone too far. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. 351 pages including index. ISBN: 9780750955621. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a barcode label with old price to rear panel.

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GERMAN KNIGHTS OF THE AIR 1914-1918: THE HOLDERS OF THE ORDEN POUR LE MERITE
Written by Alan C. Wood; Terry C. Treadwell.
Stock no. 1829632
Published by Brassey's. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Orden Pour le Merite, or 'Blue Max' as it was popularly known, was the highest decoration that could be won by a member of the Imperial German Armed Forces in the First World War. 81 illustrated biographies of all the German airmen who won the award. Yellow cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w photos. 208 pages. ISBN: 1857532317. Front spine edge of boards is grubby, small patch of surface cloth missing. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed and slightly marked.

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AN INFAMOUS PAST: E.M. CIORAN AND THE RISE OF FASCISM IN ROMANIA
Written by Marta Petreu; Norman Manea.
Stock no. 1829606
Published by Ivan R. Dee. 1st UK 2005. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Biography of E.M. Cioran, the renowned Romanian-French nihilist philosopher and literary figure. Foreword by Norman Manea. Blue cloth spine with gilt title, blue paper boards. xiv and 332 pages including index. ISBN: 1566636078. A lovely copy. Black dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

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SPLIT-CANE AND SABLE: A BOOK OF FISH, MEN AND NATURE
Written by Robin Armstrong. Illustrated by Robin Armstrong.
Stock no. 1329328
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Proving by his distinctive skills with rod, line and brush, that there is far more to fishing than meets the eye, the author has given us a charming book about his life and occupations. Colour & b/w illustrations. Burgundy boards and gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0460047450. SIGNED by the author to title page (inscribed to previous owner). Spine and corners slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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