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THEY WERE EXPENDABLE
Written by W.L. White.
Stock no. 1827640
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st UK 1942. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The accounts of four survivors of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Small format. Spine lightly faded and gilt title dull. Text block browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby, browned, worn at corners with slight loss.

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WOMEN AND SOLDIERS
Written by Mrs. Alec Tweedie.
Stock no. 1827639
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. Circa 1918. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth boards.B/w frontis. This book was finished Xmas 1917 but delay in publication was caused by the paper difficulty in World War I. B/w frontis. Undated, assumed first edition. Spine heavily browned, Edges of boards discoloured, a few splash marks to boards. Text block browned. Name in ink to front pastedown. A few foxspots present.

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BLOODY VERRIERES: THE I. SS-PANZERKORPS' DEFENCE OF THE VERRIERES-BOURGUEBUS RIDGES VOLUME I
Written by Arthur W. Gullachsen.
Stock no. 1827638
Published by Casemate Publishers. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Operations Goodwood and Atlantic, 18-22 July 1944. The first of a two-volume set, a period of five days is examined to illustrate the attritional warfare of the Normandy campaign and cataclysmic battlefield collision of two armies, Panzergruppe West and the British Second Army, practicing entirely different operational doctrines. Black paper boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781636240022. Pale grubby mark to vertical edge of text block else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top edge.

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HOWARD HUGHES AND THE SPRUCE GOOSE
Written by Graham M. Simons.
Stock no. 1827637
Published by Pen & Sword Aviation. 1st 2014. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of the HK-1 Hercules. Black cloth baords, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781783831555. A lovely copy.

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THE CATHEDRALS OF ENGLAND: THE WEST AND MIDLANDS
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Priscilla Metcalf; et al; Gavin Stamp.
Stock no. 1827636
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Preface by Gavin Stamp. Bright pink spine with gilt title, grey cloth boards. B/w photos. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some scuffing, a few minor marks to one end. Overall, still a nice copy.

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THE CATHEDRALS OF ENGLAND: THE NORTH AND EAST ANGLIA
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Priscilla Metcalf; et al.
Stock no. 1827635
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2005. Very good condition.

Bright pink spine with gilt title, grey cloth boards. B/w photos. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is heavily scuffed and marked to one end and also has a few marks to plain side. Overall still a nice copy.

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THE CATHEDRALS OF ENGLAND: THE SOUTH-EAST
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Priscilla Metcalf; et al.
Stock no. 1827634
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2005. Very good condition.

Bright pink spine with gilt title, grey cloth boards. B/w photos. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed on one end and one side, spine has a few ink splashed. Still a nice copy.

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THE FAIRY TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1827633
Published by Folio Society. 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

A reproduction of the 1909 edition. Blue cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Colour plates. Top edge blue. A beautiful book. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some minor scuff marks.

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UNDER THE GREENWOOD: PICTURING THE BRITISH TREE FROM CONSTABLE TO KURT JACKSON
Written by Anne Anderson; Tim Craven; Steve Marshall; Ian Massey.
Stock no. 1327044
Published by Sansom & Company. 1st 2013. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781908326300. Slight marks to rear cover and to textblock. Slight wear to top corner of front cover.

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THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
Written by Patrick Cormack. Illustrated by Albert Durer; Hans Holbein.
Stock no. 1827632
Published by Folio Society. 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Book of Common Payer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David Pointed at they are to be sung or said in Churches. Ornamented with wood cuts from designs of Albert Durer, Hans Holbein, and others. In imitation of Queen Elizabeth's Book of Christian Prayers. Foreword by Sir Patrick Cormack. Green leather spine with gilt toolings and title, marbled paper sides. B/w woodcuts throughout. Top edge gilt, other edges green. Green ribbon page marker. Fifth printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some minor scuff marks.

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DEER OF THE WORLD
Written by Valerius Geist.
Stock no. 1327043
Published by Swan Hill Press. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Their Evolution, Behaviour and Ecology. Large, heavy format. Blue cloth, silver title to spine. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. 421 pages. ISBN: 1840370947. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small mark to front pastedown. Some faint foxing to endpapers and light marks to textblock. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at edges and lightly faded to spine.

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THE NORSE MYTHS
Written by Kevin Crossley-Holland. Illustrated by Jane Lydbury.
Stock no. 1827631
Published by Folio Society. 1991. Nearly fine condition.

Top edge red. Burgundy leather spine, with silver title. Grey and white decorated boards. B/w illustrations. Introduced and retold by Crossley-Holland. Third printing. Tiny patch of red ink bleeding from top edge to top margin of front endpaper and half-title page. Else contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is very clean.

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