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London: Eyre and Spottiswoode 1933. 8vo. Second cheap edition in brown cloth, 382 pp. Churchill's second published book; a history of the conquest of Sudan between 1896 and 1899 led by Lord Kitchener. Boards and extremities rubbed, binding slightly slanted. Ownership inscriptions to front paste-down, otherwise internally clean. Contains 22 full-page or fold-out maps and plans. . Good. Cloth. 1933.… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Raphael Tuck & Sons 1944. 8vo. [16 pp.], illustrated paper boards. Boards slightly marked and slight creasing to front. A publication sold to support the National Fire Service Benevolent Fund, featuring a fictional incident recounted by a Fire Service Officer, accompanied by colour illustrations on every page of a burning London. Also includes a poem entitled 'Firewomen'. 'Paper provided… Ler mais sobre este item

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black 1943. 12mo. Paper boards, 94 pp. The story of the bombing of London by the Group Co-ordinating Officer of Civil Defence for the East End. With a foreword by the Rt. Hon. Herbert Morrison; 12 half-tone illustrations and drawings by Blesbok; and several plates of contemporary b/w photographs. Wear to spine, with a patch of… Ler mais sobre este item

Halifax: G. T. Whitehead 1917. Tall 8vo. 152 pp. Original blue and purple cloth with gilt emblem and lettering to front board. Orange floral endpapers with ink ownership inscription to FFEP dated 1918. Original blue paper wrappers also bound in. Frontispiece of Colonel 33rd of 1st Yorkshire West Riding Regiment. Includes b/w photographs of officers in the battalions and contemporary… Ler mais sobre este item

London: William Hodge and Company 1948. 8vo. This is possibly a presentation copy from the author, Colin Sleeman; there is an ink gift inscription signed in the same year of publication to the endpapers: 'A memento to a fearless judge. Colin 1.xi.48'. lxix, 245 pp. Red cloth; blind stamped device to front board. Minor shelf wear to extremities; internally clean,… Ler mais sobre este item

London: George Phillip & Son [1956]. Folding Map. 4' x 3' colour folding map in pictorial card slipcase that shows the routes of Churchill's wartime trips abroad. Wear to slipcase, particularly at spine. Map has very slight creasing around folds, though it is clean and bright. Previous price and document reference in pencil to rear of map. . Near Fine.… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Jonathan Cape 1955. Large 8vo. 206 pp. Original blue buckram with blind stamped device to front and gilt lettering to spine, in dust jacket. Some marks to the jacket and sunning/staining to the spine, with a few small tears to edges. Slight sunning to the head of the boards. Some spotting to endpapers, otherwise internally clean. Ink inscriptions to… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Focal Point Publications 1991. 8vo. vi, 857 pp. Hardcover in pictorial clipped jacket. Slight crushing and rubbing to jacket extremities. Boards clean, internally clean. The 'deluxe hardbound edition', a revised and abridged version of 'Hitler's War', including 'The War Path' in this single volume. Irving was found by a court in the UK of being a Holocaust denier and… Ler mais sobre este item

London: The Medici Society Limited 1926. Large 8vo. Three volumes. xviii, 370; xx, 386; xx, 362 pp. Dark blue half calf over cloth boards with gilt insignia to front board; gilt lettering, ruling and device to spines with raised bands; top edges gilt. Some rubbing and bumping to extremities, particularly volume 3. Some foxing throughout. Inclusive of a number of… Ler mais sobre este item

London: John Murray 1856. 12mo. First Edition. x, 348, map, 32 pp. Publisher's original ochre cloth with blind-stamped design to boards; gilt lettering to spine. Light bumping and slight wear to extremities. Bookplate of Henry Birkbeck to pastedown and tear and ink ownership mark to ffep. Some sections a little sprung, with occasional pencil marking and significant foxing. Including a… Ler mais sobre este item

London / New York / Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton 1915. 8vo. xi, 77 pp. 32 colour illustrated and black and white photographic plates. Cloth with lettering and device to boards and spine. Some rubbing, light marking and bumping to extremities. Minimal scattered foxing. Lord Sydenham was Governor of Bombay between 1907 and 1913. . Good. Cloth. 1915.

London: John Milne [1901]. 12mo. vii, 183 pp. Cloth spine with original illustrated boards. Rubbing to extremities and general discolouration. Small losses to a few corners of boards. Publisher's stamp to title page and light creasing to corner of pages, though internally clean and bright. Includes chapters on training of the soldier, the strategy of the war and the despatches… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Richard Cobden-Sanderson 1928. 8vo. First edition. xiv, 317 pp. Black cloth with gold lettering to spine, in paper dust jacket (not price clipped). Clean boards. The binding is very slightly slanted with light bumping to spine ends. Laid paper with deckle edges; internally fresh and clean. Light shelf wear to extremities of jacket, some discolouration to spine and to… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Geoffrey Bles 1930. 8vo.Illustrated. First edition. [ix], 194, [2] pp. Red cloth in jacket. Some darkening and spotting to jacket, with chipping and small areas of loss to extremities. Light bumping and rubbing to book extremities. Internally clean, with black and white linocuts by William Kermode. Jacket not price clipped. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1930.

London: Grant Richards Ltd. 1916. 12mo. First Edition. 305 pp. Red pictorial cloth. Sunning to spine. A small split to bottom of front joint. Light bumping to extremities. Binding slanted. Ex-libris. Pencil inscription of ownership dated 1916. A few marks to first blank. A small tear to bottom of one of the plates. Otherwise clean and bright internally. An autobiographical… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Faber & Faber 1931. Large 8vo. First illustrated edition. 311 pp. Original pictoral cloth. Minor rubbing to spine. Binding slightly slanted. Light shelf wear. Ink gift inscription dated 1941 to first blank. Internally clean and unmarked. Colour illustrated endpapers, very small tear to edge of front free endpaper. Uncut pages. With full-page colour and in-text black-and-white illustrations by Barnett… Ler mais sobre este item

Rouen: Chez Jacques Besongne 1624. Small 8vo. [16], 724, [13] pp. Vellum binding, gilt lettering to spine, edges speckled red. A few very small marks where the vellum has worn. Internally clean, occasionally a bit of creasing to pages, as usual. Laid paper. Two fold-out illustrations. A very smart volume. . Very Good. Vellum Binding. 1624.

Edinburgh: Stevenson, Clark & Co. [1930?]. Folio. Unpaginated, 8 plates. Card covers bound with red and blue ribbon at spine. Marks and yellowing around edges to covers with small tears around edges. 32 cm x 42 cm. Ffep. detached. Internally clean. 8 large coloured photographic plates of soldiers in the Scots Guards. This copy is a gift from Lord Atholl,… Ler mais sobre este item

Edinburgh: Stevenson, Clark & Co. [1930?]. Folio. Unpaginated, 8 plates. Card covers bound with red and blue ribbon at spine. Marks and yellowing around edges to covers with small tears around edges. 32 cm x 42 cm. Internally clean. 8 large coloured photographic plates of soldiers in the Scots Guards. . Very Good. Card Covers. 1930.

London: Heath Ganton, Limited [1920]. Large 8vo. Scarce, and signed by the author. Blue cloth spine over brown boards with colour illustrated WRAF medallion of WRAF member to front board, in original glassine cover. Glassine is torn but still together at the top of the spine, and slightly worn around the edges. Slight rubbing to spine ends, but otherwise externally… Ler mais sobre este item