Titles starting with P from William Robertson

Southport: Purnvic Books , 1998. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardback. 1st edition. Near Fine/No Jacket. FREE UK SHIPPING. Personal account of life as a pharmacist in the medical corps during WWII, including service in France (Dunkirk), India and Burma. Contains 413 pages, 215 x 15cm, 8 pages of b&w photos and some line drawings. Blue cloth boards in Near Fine conditon. No dust jacket. Internally Near Fine: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings. SIGNED by the author on title page, also S... more information

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London: Robert Hale, 1988. Revised. Hardcover. Fair. Hardback. 1st thus revised edition. Fair/No Jacket. FREE UK SHIPPING. The remarkable story of the author's wartime adventures, laced with danger, excitement and surprising humour. Shot down over France in February 1944, Lionel Scott found himself recruited into the French Resistance due to his training as a radio operator. Moving around occupied territory using forged identity papers, the author found himself immersed in the shadowy and bizarre w... more information

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Bristol: Parragon, 1997. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 1st edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. FREE UK SHIPPING. Size, 30 x 235cm, 96 pages, illustrated throughout with colour and b&w photos and colour maps. The history of Britain's Parachute Regiment from its inception during WWII right up till the late 1990's. Every major campaign in which the regiment took part is covered: North Africa; Italy; Greece; Normandy; Arnhem; Battle of the Bulge; the Rhine Crossing; the Far East; the Middle East (Suez); the Falkla... more information

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New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990. Third Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. Hardback. 3rd impression. Very Good/Good+. FREE UK SHIPPING. Autobiography of American-born author who would become best known spokesperson/apologist for the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War. Full of telling political and social insights. Contains 324 pages, 24.5 x 15.5cm, with introduction by Brian Kahn. Blue cloth boards with navy-blue quarter-binding in good+ pictorial dust jacket. Internally, shows... more information

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Autobiography covering the author's remarkable life as a Fleet Street journalist, both pre- and post-war. Chock full of wonderful characters and hilarious annecdotes.  Contains 280 pages, 24 x 16cm.  Brown cloth boards in pictorial dust jacket showing a repaired 6cm tear and some light shelf-wear, otherwise very good.  Internally, Fine: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings. Looks, feels and smells like new.... more information

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Vancouver: Douglas&McIntyre, 1993. Hardcover. Good/very good. 1st edition. Hardback. Good/Very Good. FREE UK SHIPPING. Biopic of the Canadian soldier best known for his involvement with the UN in Yugoslavia, but also touches on his service in the Middle East, Cyprus and Vietnam. A very readable account of the insanity that was Bosnia in the early 1990s. Moving and unforgettable. Contains 345 pages, 23.5 x 15.5cm, 16 pages of b&w photos, plus maps on endpapers. Ex-library, front endpaper re... more information

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London: Chambers, 1906. Hardcover. Fair. Hardback. 1st edition. Fair. FREE UK SHIPPING. Juvenile fiction with Baldwin's teenage heroine, Peg. Other than the story itself the book contains an interesting 48-page section at the rear giving a contemporary run-down of juvenile fiction from the publishers, including cover illustrations, plot synopses and critiques. Size, 19 x 13cm, 411 pages, 8 b&w illustrations by W.Rainey. Illustrated cloth boards, no dust jacket, all edges rubbed, spine and cor... more information

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London: BCA , 1991. Book Club. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardback. Book Club Edition. Very Good/Very Good. FREE UK SHIPPING. Companion volume to the Yorkshire TV series, 'The Darling Buds of May', itself based on the novels by H.E.Bates. Size, 25.5 x 19.5cm, 128 pages, illustrated throughout with colour and b&w photos. Ex-library, front endpaper removed, some library markings, red cloth boards in very good dust jacket. Internally, very good: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent... more information

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Softcover. Reprint. Fair/-. FREE UK SHIPPING. First published in 1957, this is the true story of how a handful of submarines of the Royal Navy's Malta Force carried out a successful campaign in 1941 against Axis convoys to North Africa. At its height, 50% of German and Italian shipping failed to make their destinations. No fewer than seventy-five enemy ships were sunk, totalling 400,000-tons. But the price was equally high. Of the twenty submarines based in Malta, half were lost in action. These los... more information

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Brisbane: Sunshine Diaries, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. 1st edition. Very Good/-. FREE UK SHIPPING. A beautiful (unused) diary, specially created to mark Australia's Bicentenary 1788-1988. As well as the diary entries there are 125 pages of illustrated text outlining Australian geography, history, culture and acheivements. Each day of the year is accompanied by line drawings, historical facts, and quotations from eminent Australians, etc. There is information and illustrations of the... more information

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Hardback. 1st Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. FREE UK SHIPPING. The extraordinary Phantom has not only amassed an impressive clutch of world records during the last three decades, but also proved itself one of the world's most potent combat aircraft and has served with more air forces than almost any otner aeroplane in history. Here, the author reviews every stage of the Phantom's evolution and service career, and illustrates his authoritative text with many unpublished photographs. Essential reading for ... more information

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New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. Hardback. 1st Edition. As New/No Jacket. FREE UK SHIPPING. A collection of papers on the pharmacology of alochol and alcohol dependence by twenty-four leading researchers in the USA and Canada. Deals mainly with the effects of alcohol on the brain, specifically the neuropharmacology of physical dependence, withdrawal, and tolerance. Since the pharmacology of alcohol involves both the biological and behavioural... more information

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Dublin: O'Brien Press, 1997. Paperback. Near Fine. Softcover. 1st edition. Near Fine/-. FREE UK SHIPPING. Traces the origins of the IRA from its roots in 1916 to date of publication (1997). Describes decades of splits and failures; re-grouping in the 1970s; re-equiping in the 1980s; Libyan arms; SAS retaliation; developments in the 1990s; ceasefire of 1994; collapse in 1996; Gerry Adams' political leadership; peace talks. A fascinating booklet by the senior current affairs reporter for RTE, who has ... more information

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London: Collins , c.1900. Hardcover. Good. Hardback. Good/-. FREE UK SHIPPING. A nicely produced anthology of Milton's works with introduction and notes by Arthur Waugh. Contains 596 pages, 19 x 12.5cm, with decorated endpapers, illustration of Milton on frontispiece, and four other b&w illustrations by A.A. Dixon. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt titles; black and gilt decorated spine; black, blind stamped decor on front; and gilt top edge. Boards have sun faded spine and slightly bumped bo... more information

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Edinburgh: Mainstream, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/good +. Hardback. 1st Edition. Fair/Good+. FREE UK SHIPPING. Early on a winter's morning in 1941 an 8,000-ton cargo ship ran aground in the Sound of Eriskay, in the beautiful and treacherous seas of the Outer Hebrides. What happened next is both history and Highland folklore, for the SS Politician had among her cargo 250,000 bottles of whiskey. To the people of the Hebrides in the difficult years of WWII any gift from the sea was welcome. ... more information

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London: Viking, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Hardback. 1st edition. Fine/Very Good. FREE UK SHIPPING. A fascinating look 'behind the doors' of the Bank of England. Horribly shaken by the secondary banking crisis in the 1980s, the disastrous purchase of the Johnson Matthey Bank and ensuing scandal, and shocked by the 'Big Bang', the Bank is no longer in complete control of the City. Once able to regulate national (and international) finances by a whisper or a nod, things are now controlled by bevi... more information

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Neptune City, NJ: T.F.H., 1993. Hardcover. Good +. Hardback. 1st Edition. Good+/-. FREE UK SHIPPING. Everything you've ever wanted to know about buying, owning, breeding, caring for and training pot-bellied pigs. Contains 192 pages, 26 x 17cm, illustrated throughout with colour photos and artwork. Pictorial laminated boards in very good condition. No dust jacket (as issued). Internally, shows rear endpaper removed and very slight stains to index page and inside back cover (possibly made by a pot-b... more information

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Prague: Olympia , 1968. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. 1st edition. Very Good/-. FREE UK SHIPPING. A photographic record of old Prague in 161 large format plates, with introduction and detailed captions in Czech, Russian, German and English. Unlike other European capitals, Prague was spared the destruction of heavy bombing during World War II. This has preserved the Mediaeval look and feel of this beautiful city, captured here in stunning black and white photography. Essential reference for studen... more information

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London: Methuen , 1965. Hardcover. Good +/good. Hardback. 1st edition. Good+/Good. FREE UK SHIPPING. The author was on the spot for six years in South-East Asia, observing events in Laos, Cambodia, North and South Vietnam, as correspondent for the 'Daily Telegraph', 1956 -1962. Here, he gives us a rich mixture of political insight and personal experience within this troubled region, which with hindsight, points the way for other tragedies to come. A fascinating and remarkable journal. Size, 22 x 14... more information

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London: Boxtree , 1997. Paperback. Fine. Softcover. 1st edition. Fine/-. FREE UK SHIPPING. Comprehensive episode guide to seasons 2 & 3 of this popular American comedy. Chock full of facts, insights and info from behind the scenes. Contains 159 pages, 24.5 x 19cm, with 16 pages of colour photos and numerous b&w photos. Laminated pictorial covers in fine condition. Internally, fine: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings. Looks and feels like new. -Free UK Shipping... more information

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