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LONDON NIGHTS OF LONG AGO
Written by Shaw Desmond.
Stock no. 2134333
Published by Duckworth. 1st 1927. Almost very good condition.

Black cloth, gilt titles to spine. 28 entertaining b/w plates. 8.5 x 5.5". 252 pages. Bumping to spine; label to base of spine (Possible ex-lib.). Wear and some scuffs to covers. Ink stamp to front pastedown. Plate page 132 appears to have been stuck back in and has edge-tears and chips.

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THE GERMAN AIR FORCE
Written by Asher Lee.
Stock no. 1812871
Published by Duckworth. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the Luftwaffe from its secret beginning to the fall of Germany. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates and fold-out map to rear. Boards mottled, gilt title to spine hidden by a stain. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge-rubbed, grubby to rear panel, faded to spine with mark to top end mirroring the stain to the title.

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FULL CRY
Written by J. Ivester Lloyd. Illustrated by T. Ivester Lloyd.
Stock no. 1312020
Published by Duckworth. 1st 1939. Almost very good condition.

A collection of hunting sketches. Large format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 148 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, fading to spine. Some writing and b/w illustration (taken from blurb of missing wrapper?) pasted on to front pastedown. Year written in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned, some foxing to contents which are otherwise clean.

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HORSE LAUGHTER
Written by Will H. Ogilvie; George Denholm Armour; Guy Paget. Illustrated by G. Denholm Armour.
Stock no. 1310801
Published by Duckworth. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Few sports offer so many opportunities for humour as hunting. Cream pictorial boards. 87 pages. B/w illustrations. Introduction by Paget. Spine very slightly bumped, some very slight darkening to cover edges. Name plate to front endpaper. Endpapers browned and some light foxing at page edges. A few margin marks. Top of a couple of pages roughly opened resulting in a small closed tear and small piece missing from top of one page. Dustwrapper is very grubby with a few small stains and is price-cut.

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KNAPWORTH AT WAR
Written by Timothy Finn.
Stock no. 2108565
Published by Duckworth. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Stories from an England village 1939-45. ISBN: 0715616765. SIGNED by author to title page. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Wrapper is price-cut with some browning to spine.

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STUDIES OF BRITISH BIRDS
Written by Fish-Hawk. Illustrated by Fish-Hawk.
Stock no. 1804946
Published by Duckworth. 1st 1937. Very good condition.

Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. 144 pages. A few scuffs to boards. Contents clean.

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SEVEN FOR A SECRET (NEVER TO BE TOLD)
Written by Clive Woodall.
Stock no. 586931
Published by Ziji Publishing; Duckworth. 1st 2005. Fine condition.

Glossy pictorial cardwraps. The eagerly awaited sequel to 'One for Sorrow'. ISBN: 0715634135. SIGNED by author, with ink stamp to title page.

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