Titles starting with D from William Robertson

London: BBC, 1991. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardback. 1st edition. Good/Good. FREE UK SHIPPING. Published in conjunction with the major BBC television documentary series of the same name. The author was given unprecedented access to the lives and work of Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) special agents, America's 'frontline troops' in the war against the Latin-American drug cartels. With insightful and often harrowing detail, we follow the dangerous, frustrating and obsessive nature of their work, and find... more information

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London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson , 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardback. 1st edition. Very Good/Very Good. FREE UK SHIPPING. Biography of the World Champion racing driver. Covers the tragic death of his father, Graham, in 1975 and follows Damon's early years and ultimate grand prix career. Lavishly illustrated with stunning colour photos by John Townsend. Contains 95 pages, 295 x 24cm, and illustrated throughout with colour and b&w photos. Ex-library, front free endpaper removed... more information

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Basingstoke: Automobile Association, 1993. Leatherette. Fine. Hardback. 1st edition. Fine/-. FREE UK SHIPPING. A complete guide to all of Britain's 59 racecourses, plus several in Ireland. Includes map of each course with essential information on how to get there, admission details (correct at publication date), dress codes, facilities, calendar of events and local accomodation and eating places. Masses of facts and figures for the racing pundit. Contains 248 pages, 21.5 x 15cm, and illustrated th... more information

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London: World Books , 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. Hardback. Reprint. Very Good/Fair. FREE UK SHIPPING. The events before, during and after the assassination of President Kennedy looked at in minute detail. The author was an official observer of the Warren Commission inquiry and spent two years gathering information on his own for this book. A 'must have' title for anyone building a comprehensive library on J.F.K's assassination. Size, 20 x 13cm, 6 pages of b&w diagrams.... more information

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London: Severn House , 1994. Hardcover. Fair/good. Hardback. 1st edition. Fair/Good. FREE UK SHIPPING. The third book featuring the author's hero, Common Smith, VC. In 1923 Germany, Hitler plans the assassination of the C-in-C of the British Army of the Rhine - a symbolic act to rally the Fatherland behind him and his emerging Nazi Party. Britain's MI6 hear of the plot and send Common Smith to Germany in an attempt to foil the assassins. If he fails, Europe may be plunged into another all-out war b... more information

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London: Pavilion , 1993. Paperback. Fine. Softcover. 1st edition. Fine/-. FREE UK SHIPPING. Based on the Talkback/Yorkshire TV series written by Dean Lemmon and Andrew Montgomery. The story is set in 1946 and follows two recently demobbed soldiers and their attempts to break into show business. The series starred some of the best known names in British comedy TV, including Griff Rhys Jones and Martin Clunes in the lead roles, with Amanda Redman, James Faulkner, Samantha Janus, Les Dawson, Liz Fraser... more information

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London: Headline, 2002. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. FREE UK SHIPPING. A detailed look into the heart of USAMRIID (the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases) and its struggle to respond to the post-911 terrorist threat from biological weapons. In particular it describes the controversial work of scientist, Peter Jahrling, to find a smallpox vaccine before terror groups can genetically engineer a super-resistant strain. The author worried us with his ea... more information

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Konigstein-in-Taunus: Langewiesche , 1975. Reprint. Cardboard Covers. Very Good +. Softcover. Reprint. Very Good+/-. FREE UK SHIPPING. A beautiful photographic collection of wood carvings and sculptures on the Mediaeval altar in the Herrgottskirche, Creglingen, Germany. Accompanying text in German. Size, 20.5 x 15.5cm, 48 pages, illustrated throughout with b&w photos. Grey card covers enclosed in very good+ pictorial card jacket. Internally, very good+: clean, bright and unmarked in excellen... more information

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London: Robert Hale , 1990. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardback. 1st edition. Good/Good. FREE UK SHIPPING. The memoirs of a British nurse in the Western Desert during World War II. Size, 22 x 14.5cm, 171 pages, 8 pages of b&w photos. Ex-library, front endpapers removed, some library markings. Black cloth boards in good pictorial dust jacket. Internally, good: clean, bright and unmarked in sound bindings. -Free UK Shipping... more information

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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1992. Hardcover. Fair/good. Hardback. 1st edition. Fair/Good. FREE UK SHIPPING. The full story of Operation Torch, which on 8 November 1942 landed more than 100,000 troops on the shores of North Africa in the Allies first major offensive operation of WWII. This was the largest amphibious invasion ever attempted at that stage of the war, involving more than 500 American and British warships, supply vessels and troop transports. The ultimate aim of Torch was to initiate ... more information

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Frankfurt : Buchergilde Gutenberg , 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. Hardback. 1st edition. Very Good/Fair. FREE UK SHIPPING. A photographic celebration of Germany, with special emphasis on its Mediaeval past, accompanied by informative German language text. The atmospheric images (c.1956) of towns, castles, manor houses and villages provide a glimpse of past architectural splendour for the historian or tourist. Size, 25 x 19.5cm, 46 pages of text, with 240 full-page b&w photos. Orange cloth bo... more information

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Softcover. 1st Edition. Fine/-. FREE UK SHIPPING. In this fascinating and compelling account, aviation historian, Steve Morrin, recreates the events surrounding the crash of the Silver City Wayfarer 'Charlie Sierra' on Winter Hill, Lancashire, in February 1958, in which 35 men lost their lives. It is an authoritative and meticulously researched book, as vivid as a movie. All the drama of the event is captured with chilling effect, but not to the detriment of the facts. As an analysis of the disaster and... more information

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London: Barrie & Jenkins , 1978. Hardcover. Good +/very good. Hardback. 1st edition. Good+/Very Good. FREE UK SHIPPING. Outstanding international reference work to furniture, metalwork, glass and ceramics from the Regency to Art Deco periods. Lavishly illustrated with over 1,500 entries arranged alphabetically. Ex-library, front endpaper removed, some library markings. Black cloth boards in very good pictorial dust jacket. Internally good+: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings. ... more information

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London: Constable, 1966. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardback. 1st edition. Good/Good. FREE UK SHIPPING. A dictionary of botany, including terms used in biochemistry, soil science and statistics, compiled to meet the needs of university students and grammar school pupils. Definitions of all the phyla, classes, orders and families have been given, and because of their persistance in the literature of the subject, obsolete terms are included with their modern equivalents. An invaluable tool for students, b... more information

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Carnforth: Parthenon, 1992. Softcover. 1st edition. Fine/-. FREE UK SHIPPING. A practical and systematic reference resource for a wide variety of syndromes that are currently recognised and commonly used throughout the field of medicine. From acute nephritis syndrome to Zollinger-Ellison syndrome it offers concise and detailed definintions that will be invaluable to a wide range of physicians, medical students and other health professionals. Size, 24 x 16cm, 202 pages. Card covers in Fine condition... more information

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Berlin: Berlag von St.Anaur , 1929. Hardcover. Fair. Hardback. 1st edition. Fair. FREE UK SHIPPING. Contains 517 pages, 19 x 12cm. German text in Gothic lettering. Green cloth boards showing moderate age staining and fading. No dust jacket (as issued). Illustrated, sun-faded spine with gilt titles, showing some very light wear to head & toe; small bell tower with gilt bell, cross and sunrays on front cover, otherwise boards in Fair condition. Internally, shows moderate foxing on endpapers an... more information

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London/New York: W.W.Norton, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. Very Good/Very Good. FREE UK SHIPPING. An unusual look at the Titanic disaster. Here, the author shows the cultural impact the loss of the ship had on America. Down through the years just about every social group - feminists, radicals, reformers, capitalists, communists, racists, xenophobes, critics of technology and modern life, editorial writers, folk singers, preachers and poets, etc, etc - has found someth... more information

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Manchester: World Distributors, 1965. Hardcover. Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. Good/-. FREE UK SHIPPING. Early Dr Who annual from 1965 when William Hartnell was in charge of the Tardis Features, stories and games, including: The Lair of Zarbi Supremo; Who is Dr Who?; The Sons of the Crab; The Lost Ones; Journey Back to Earth; The Equations of Dr Who; The Monsters from Earth; Peril in Mechanistria; The Fishmen of Kandalinga. Contains 93 pages, 26.5 x 19cm, and illustrated throughout with colour ... more information

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London: Weidenfeld&Nicolson, 1985. Hardcover. Good/very good. Hardback. 1st edition. Good/Very Good. FREE UK SHIPPING. Fond biography of this Hollywood legend. Size, 23 x 14.5cm, 372 pages, 16 pages of b&w photos. Ex-library, front endpaper removed, some library markings. Brown cloth boards in very good pictorial dust jacket. Internally, shows slight age yellowing of page edges, otherwise in good condition: clean and unmarked in sound bindings. -Free UK Shipping... more information

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