Titles starting with J from William Robertson

Softcover.  1st Paperback Edition.  As New/-.  FREE UK SHIPPING.  Reference guide to the nautical fiction of Patrick O'Brian and C.S. Forrester, relating these worlds to those of real life Royal Navy heroes such as Lord Nelson, Sir Sidney Smith and Thomas Cochrane.  The historical facts behind the great works of naval fiction are fully explored, while the text fully contextualises a number of key episodes and characters as well as the minutiae of naval life in the era of Nelson as i... more information

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London: Century, 1993. First UK edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Hardback. 1st UK edition. Very Good/Good. FREE UK SHIPPING. Authoritive and revealing biography of this complex Hollywood legend. Size, 24 x 15.5cm, 294 pages, 16 pages of b&w photos. Black cloth boards in pictorial dust jacket showing small (2mm) hole in front, otherwise in good condition. Internally, very good: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings. -Free UK Shipping... more information

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Softcover.  Revised.  Near Fine/-.  FREE UK SHIPPING.  Hailed as possibly the finest biography of Austen ever written when first published in 1997, this is, nevertheless, a revised and updated edition.  One reviewer said of the original work, "As near perfect a Life of Jane Austen as we are ever likely to get: intelligent, feeling, suggestive.  Tomalin presents Austen as remarkably clever; sensitive, but unsentimental; tough, yet observant; guarded; and a woman with the devil o... more information

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Softcover.  2nd Revise/Corrected Edition.  As New/-.  FREE UK SHIPPING.  Two of Jane Austen's brothers served in the Navy and later became admirals, and apart from the Church, this was the profession she knew and admired most.  Based upon family papers and naval records, this volume seeks to show the novelist as a historian of Nelson's Navy - not the Navy of great victories at sea, but the Navy at home, and of sailors amongst their families and friends.  This is the fully revis... more information

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Softcover.  Reprint.  Near Fine/-.  FREE UK SHIPPING.  Reprint of Bronte's 1847 classic, with an introduction by Michael Mason in which he discusses the literary critical history of 'Jane Eyre'.  This edition includes suggestions for further reading, notes, and a new chronology.  Contains 532 pages, 20 x 13cm.  Illustrated card covers with noticeable creasing to spine and slight damage on bottom edge, otherwise in very good condition.  Internally, Fine: clean, bright ... more information

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Hardback.  Reprint.  Fine/Near Fine.  FREE UK SHIPPING.  Compiled from the pages of contemporary editions of 'Jane's Fighting Ships', this extraordinary volume presents photographs, line drawings, and data tables for more than 6,000 warships from the navies of 39 nations in WWII, including the major fleets of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, and the United States.  The basis of this volume was the first uncensored edition of 'Jane's' to be published after the close of... more information

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London: Bison , 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 1st Edition. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. FREE UK SHIPPING. Exhaustive coverage of the Imperial Japanese Forces during WWII. Covers every detail of land, air and sea forces, from history and organizaton, down to individual weapons. As well as many period photographs, the informative text is accompanied by stunning colour illustrations of guns, tanks, ships and aircraft, plus uniforms, insignia, and campaign maps. Contains 255 pages, 30.5 x 21.... more information

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London: Viking , 1996. Hardcover. Good/very good. Hardback. 1st edition. Good/Very Good. FREE UK SHIPPING. Extremely moving true story of a father's legal battle to get treatment for his terminally ill daughter - known to the authorities as 'Child B'. To her family, she was 'Jaymee', and her brave, wise voice reaches out of these pages and brings into sharp focus numerous issues about healthcare, the cost of medicine, and about who has the right to make decisions for a sick child. Contains 174 pages... more information

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London: Victor Gollancz , 1992. Hardcover. Good +/very good. Hardback. 1st edition. Good+/Very Good. FREE UK SHIPPING. One woman's voyage home to Britain from Lagos, West Africa, as the only female crew aboard a cargo vessel. Part travelogue, part testiment to a slowly disappearing way of life upon the sea. Size 22.5 x 14cm, 208 pages. Ex-library, front endpaper removed, some library markings. Blue cloth boards in very good pictorial dust jacket. Internally Good+: clean, bright and unmarked in ... more information

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London: Bison, 1986. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 1st edition. Hardback. Fine/Very Good. FREE UK SHIPPING. Contains 128 pages, 31 x 255cm, and illustrated throughout with colour photos and artists' renditions. A large format look at warplane technology for the 21st Century by one of aviation's most respected writers. Details of future trends in avionics; weapons; navigation & targeting systems; aerodynamics; countermeasures, and of course, stealth technology. Informative text accompanied by over... more information

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Hardback. 1st Edition. Fine/Fine. FREE UK SHIPPING. Practical advice on all aspects of photographing the nude with a masterly selection of images to fire the imagination of photographers at all levels of experience and expertise. Covers aesthetic appeal of various styles and technical details of both outdoor and indoor photography, inlcuding a technical appendix and glossary of terms. Quite simply, a working handbook on this art form. Contains 160 pages, 27 x 18cm, and illustrated throughout with colour... more information

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London: Constable, 1984. Hardcover. Good/good. 1st edition. Hardback. Good/Good. FREE UK SHIPPING. John Masefield was 36 and an established writer at the outbreak of WWI. He volunteered as a medical orderly with the British Red Cross and in February 1915 left for France. His experiences there deeply moved and shocked him and he embarked on a personal crusade to improve medical facilities for the wounded. In October 1916 he was asked to write an account of the Somme campaign which led him to travel t... more information

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