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HOVE, Sussex: Privately Published by Author, 1989 Laminated card covers, (Paperback)210 x 145 mm approx. 80 pp.24 half tone photo ilustrations and cartoon line drawing of CPO Vass. First published in 1986 the copy offered 1989 50th Anniversary Edition, History of the WW2 land based naval training centre for RNVR officers at Hove in Sussex with reminiscences. By 1945 of all the Royal Navy's commissioned personnel 88% were volunteer Reserve Officers of which HMS King Alfred trained over 22,500. Lord Haw Haw (German Radio propaganda) claimed they had sunk H.M.S.King Alfred! Very Good (Covers a little light general shelf soiling and rubbing. Book block clean with no previous owner name or insc. No other notable defects). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

Stroud: BUDDING Books, 1998 FINE H/b in FINE D/j.Fully Revised 8th ed.with Extended Coverage of the Irish Waterways. viii+ 244pp.The Late Leading Canal Historian Charles Hadfield's' Celebrated Work, revised & extended, with advice from Hadfield by Joseph Boughey; who has, for this edition, Extended Coverage of the Irish Waterways. Pleasure boating & 20th.c. history of canals.[ Laminated book Fine, no inscsp] Matching illus.Fine Dust Jacket, not price clipped. Please See our image of the actual book offered for sale.

London: DALDY, ISBISTER & Co., 1877 Good H/b [ Ist ? 1877 to title page] xii + 342pp+ 32pp advertisements. Profusely illus. Frontis + 98 other Engravings. Published by Dalby, Isbister & Co.Ludgate Hill. in their " Half Hour Library of Travel, Nature & Science Series for Young Readers.Set in 10 parts;- Up the Zambesi, Madagascar, New Guinea, Andaman Islands, The Argentine Republic, Tristan D'Acunha, Fiji, Trinidad, Monos, Mexico etc.175x125mm [ navy cloth Gilt illus to front & spine , school prize ink presentation inscription to preliminary blank also dated 1887, School Board for London, ink name & date to blank rear of frontis, minor hessian exposed to rear but binding sound, minor handling initial page margins, smallcrease & nick ti first blank page ffep] light spine fade, edge-wear col/rub loss, dark mark area to front board. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

LONDON : W H ALLEN & CO, 1891 Publisher's Victorian Decorative green cloth with gilt blocked titles and images to spine and front, 200 x 140 mm approx. Original acorn twig end papers repeating the theme of the book. viii + 328 pp + 4 pp publisher's lists + 44 page Catalogue for Oct 1891. Frontis steel engraving by Whymper + 262 other illustrations some fulll page but mostly in text. Eighth Edition 1891.Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good - moderate shelf wear and soiling to cloth - mainly colour rubbing to spine edges, gilt to spine a little dulled, end papers starting , mull and sewing holding, offset browning to free end papers, light foxing to reverse of free end papers and to reverse of frontis. Remainder of book block respectably clean. Dust soiling to top edge of book block and a few leaves roughly opened where not guillotined in course of book production. No previous owner name, insc. nor annotations. No other notable defects). Read More

EDINBURGH: W.& A.K.JOHNSTON, 1871 Red cloth boards with blind blocked decoration to both boards and gilt blocked titles and dissected globe to front, Middle Class Series 190 x 130 mm approx. Prefatory note, Title + 31 pp of coloured maps on card paper stock + 24 pp index and 8 pp of publisher's adverts on lighter weight paper. First Edition of the Middle Class School Atlas 1871. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Fair (Book- soiling and whear to cloth, Front end paper cracked, sewing and mull holding, other damage to end papers- torn and creased. Previous owner book plate depicting Brighton Coat of Arms and motto In Deo Fidemus to front paste down, earlier p.o.n and date 1892 to front free end paper, others to reverse thereof and another to top margin of prefatory note with dates 1880,81 and 82 presumably being school pupils to whom issued. notes and calculations to obverse of rear end paper.Maps clean).

London : HEINEMANN, 1947 VG H/b.1st.290pp.220x145mm. Chapter one The Telegram Arrives - "- all retired officers are to return to duty at once - and report at Gosport aerodrome for full flying duties" Illus. Listed b/w photo-plates [ First D-Day / Fire-Bombs / Western Desert / Baltic / Tunisia / Scapa & Salerno] Book , red cloth silver titles & front motif, tight binding, bookplate of a previous owner to initial blank paper , end papers tanned & fox spotting to initial few pages. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale

LONDON: SERPENT'S TALE, 1996 Illustrated card covers (Paperback) 200 x 125 mm approx. [vi] + 178 pp + publisher's adverts. First Edition 1st impression 1996. The author's first book of fiction, warmly inscribed and signed Patricia 30th May 1996 to dedication page. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine (Book- negligible shelf wear to covers - author insc. as above. no notable defects).

London : FREDERICK WARNE & Co ltd, 1925 c.1920's.Gd P/b.Small square Card covers. Good.Undated.12pp..Out of the Ark series, the adventures of a boy called Ham whose father was Noah [ of the Ark ] Colour & b/w illustrated [ Childrens illustrated & Collectors] book tight sound copy , stitches sound,Young child.no inscsp. outer covers med handling soil also top final page stain area.light edgewear. Please see our image of the actual book offered for sale.

London : THE NATIONAL TRUST, 2002 FINE Laminated P/b as new. Revised edition 2002 1st print. No inscsps. A Guide Book of this great Stuart House - Duke & Duchess of Lauderdale. Includes Family Tree / Plans / Gardens. Slim 80pp. 240x185mm. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale

MIDHURST: MIDDLETON PRESS, 1999 Laminated illustrated Boards, 96pp. 120 b/w photos + b/w line drawings of routes and ephemra. Published in the Tramway Classics series by Middleton Press.VG+ (Book- no previous owner name or insc. No notable defects). See our image of the actual book offered for sale.

LONDON : EDWARD ARNOLD , 1971 Pastel Olive boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 220 x 150 mm approx. x + 294 pp. Illustrated with b/w photos and with many line figs. and statistical /technical charts/ info. Written by Sir John Hammond and first published by Arnold in 1940 the copy offered is of the 4th Edition revised by his son, I L Mason and T J Robinson. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG/VG (Book- no notable shelf wear or soiling, mild bump to head of spine, no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - Colour rubbed/ scuffed mainly to spine and white titles to same a little tannen, non price clipped - cover £6. No other notable defects to book or jacket).

STROUD: TEMPUS, 2000 Paperback , FINE book as new no inscp , b/w illustrated , 128 pps , sepia tone photo illustrated card wraps , compiled by N Jenkinson , D Allen & A Renshaw, illustrated over 200 quality images , 1863 - to - present day club history , Foreword , Intro; , ackns , 10 headings

London: H.M.S.O., 1967 VG P/b.3rd ed.3rd imp.1967. C P Chatwin M.Sc. Green printed card wraps, 100pp. A printing of a work first published in 1936. All Maps, b/w plates & Plans as expected.( internal clean throughout, no annotation, ink inscsp base initial page] cover 6/- , clean , small loss top/tail spine. Please see our image of the actual book offered for sale

London: HMSO, 1948 VG P/b.2nd ed.2nd imp.1948. C P Chatwin M.Sc. Buff printed card wraps, 100pp. A printing of a work first published in 1948. All Maps, b/w plates & Plans as expected.( internal clean throughout, no annotation, no inscsp] price 2/6, clean tidy wraps, no loss, no crease. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale

London: BAINES & SCARSBROOK, 1945 Near Fine H/b in D/j. The revised First print of the 2nd edition. 108pp. edition.108pp. 220x145mm. Illustrated in line. Additional 2 chapters- street names and accounts of their bygone fampus occupants.[Keats/Constable etc.] Near Fine/ Good[ Book- no inscsp. , no notable defect] Dust Jacket not clipped, small nick to rear base, & small loss to spine top edge with light creasing, mild spine tan, overall complete but showing shelf wear- handling soiling. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.

LONDON: WARD LOCK , 1995 Blue Boards with gilt titles to spine, 215 x 265 mm approx. (Landscape format) 112 pp.Illustrated with colour and b/w photos, line plans and sketches. First Edition 1995. Author Jenny Gibbs of the KLC School of Interior Design London at time of writing. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Near Fine (Book- no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- non price clipped cover £18.99. No notable defects to book or jacket). Seemingly difficult to source with it's jacket.

LONDON: ADAM & CHARLES BLACK / A & C Black, 1919 Green cloth boards with gilt titles to spine and front, 195 x 135 mm approx. [viii] + 244 pp + 12 of commercial adverts. Portrait Frontis + 14 other plates as called for + 24 line figs in text. 2nd Edition (Revised) 1919. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good ( Moderated shelf wear to cloth inc. a few small nicks to head and tail - max 6 mm and light superficial crease to front board. Front end paper starting but mull and sewing tapes sound. A couple of pink candle wax spots to rear adverts. No other notable defects).

LONDON: H.M.S.O., 1975 Illustrated Boards with white titles to spine and front, 300 x 210 mm approx. vi + 244 pp. Published by H M S O for Dept of the Environment, Building Research Establishment Princes Risborough in 1972 the copy offered is of the Second Impression 1975. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good no dust jacket as published (Book- sun fade around spine, mild bump to bottom corners. No previous owner name or annotations. No other notable defects).

NEW YORK: HARTSDALE HOUSE , 1947 Navy Blue cloth boards with gilt blocked titles and illustration to spine and front, 220 x 145 mm approx. Maps to end papers, x + 348 pp. 213 figs in text being b/w photos. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged 1947. Printed on heavy china clay art paper. Dist. in UK and Eire by W.Heffer & Sons.Features :- Calligraphy, Illumination, Bookbinding, Sculpture, Woodcarving, Ivory and Bone Carving, Metalwork, Ceramics, Glass and Crystal, Textiles and Rugs. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG/Good (Book- slight fading to cloth at head and tail of spine, mild general shelf wear and soiling, no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - heavy rubbing with colour loss to edges of spine, a little loss around head and some small nicks/ tears - max 13 mm approx. White titles to spine and paper of flap folds and rear panel tanned, non price clipped - cover $5. Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve.

LONDON: CASSELL, PETTER, AND GALPIN, 1861 Purple decorative blocked cloth boards with gilt short title and price to front, 165 x 105 mm approx. 88 pp + 8 page publisher's catalogue. 90 line figs in text. 1861. One of a series of pocket hand books by this publisher.Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good (Book- Fading and shelf soiling to cloth, Previous owner names to free front end papers, sewing, cords end papers sound - but glue to spine failing resulting in the book block being a little floppy in use. No other defects). An interesting hand book on general science and seemingly uncommon. The only copies we can find at time of listing are held by the Science Museum and three other National and University libraries, none at the British Library