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BUT NO BRASS FUNNEL
Written by J. Douglas Stewart.
Stock no. 1816670
Published by Whittles Publishing. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

The author relates how he went to sea and some of his adventures and experiences during his years under the White Ensign and the Red Engsign. Cardwraps. B/w photos. v and 249 pages. ISBN: 1904445101. Spine slightly faded else fine.

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HOOKED! FISHING MEMORIES
Written by George Melly.
Stock no. 1816647
Published by Robson Books. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

B/w photos of the author's fishing exploits. ISBN: 1861052758.

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AFLOAT
Written by Guy De Maupassant.
Stock no. 2127134
Published by Peter Owen. 1st thus 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Journal of His Days at Sea. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0720609666. Some light edge-creasing to wrapper.

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F.W. HARVEY SOLDIER, POET
Written by Anthony Boden.
Stock no. 2127133
Published by Douglas Mclean Publishing. 1st thus 2011. Very good condition.

The story of the Gloucestershire poet who was also a tough soldier. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Revised and extended edition with additional text and photographs. ISBN: 9780946252800. Some creasing to cover edges. Small bump to bottom edge of front cover. A few marks to outer page edges.

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THE AESTHETIC OBSESSION A PORTRAIT OF SIR WILLIAM EDEN BT.
Written by Lyall Wilkes.
Stock no. 2127114
Published by Oriel Press. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Dark green cloth covered boards, silver title to spine. B/w and colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0853622221. Foxing to outer page edges. Some edge-creasing to wrapper.

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JACKY DAYDREAM
Written by Jacqueline Wilson. Illustrated by Nick Sharratt.
Stock no. 2126848
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2007. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of Jacqueline Wilson's childhood. Yellow boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and text illustrations. 343 pages. ISBN: 9780385610155. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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FIFTY YEARS OF FLYING FUN: FROM THE HUNTER TO THE SPITFIRE AND BACK AGAIN
Written by Rod Dean.
Stock no. 1816358
Published by Grub Street. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Over fifty continuous years of flying through the memoir of a man who lived through it all. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w and colour photos. 220 pages including index. ISBN: 9781909808270.

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BB A CELEBRATION
Written by BB; Tom Quinn. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2126000
Published by Wharncliffe Publishing Limited. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A unique collection of BB's country and field sports writings. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photographic plates plus numerous b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1871647169. Wrapper is price-cut with a little edge-creasing and a few marks.

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JUNGLE SOLDIER
Written by Brian Moynahan.
Stock no. 1816271
Published by Quercus. Circa 2009. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The True Story of Freddy Spencer Chapman - how he fought and survived one thousand days behind Japanese lines in Malaya in World War II to become a legend of guerilla warfare. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1849160766. Boards marked, spine slightly cocked, lower corners bumped. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased to top edge of rear panel.

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LANCASHIRE AUTHORS A SERIES OF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
Written by John Randal Swann.
Stock no. 2125700
1924. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt titles. B/w photos. SIGNED by (and dedicated to) R.W. Kenyon - designer of the Ewbank carpet sweeper. Spotting and wear to covers. Corners are bumped. Foxing.

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AN EXILED KING GUSTAF ADOLF IV OF SWEDEN (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Sophie Elkan.
Stock no. 2125659
Published by Hutchinson & Co.. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

Purple cloth with gilt titles to spines. B/w plates. Spines are both faded and bumped. A few marks to covers. Some corners are bumped. Foxing. Some uncut page edges.

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THE LIFE AND ART OF ATHOS MENABONI
Written by Barbara Cable Taylor.
Stock no. 1610668
Published by Mercer University Press. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour illustrations. One of the world's finest illustrators and painters of bird life. ISBN: 0865547122.

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