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JIMMY AT THE ZOO
Written by Neville Main.
Stock no. 1318421
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1953. Very good condition.

A Strip Book. Pictorial card wraps with red spine. 124 frames. Staples rusty. Some creases to covers. Contents clean.

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WHO KILLED SURCOUF?
Written by George Young.
Stock no. 1818289
Published by George Young. 3rd 1987. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Third Edition. The untold story of the occupation of the Islands of St. Pierre and Miguelon by Free French forces under General de Gaulle at the instigation of Winston Churchill, in defiance of the wishes of Canada and the USA. This was followed by the mysterious loss of the giant French Cruiser/Submarine Surcouf... Blue cardwraps. B/w photos. 103 pages. ISBN: 0920454062. SIGNED by the author with dedication to verso of front endpaper. Matching card dustwrapper slightly faded at spine.

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THE SUBMARINE PERIL: THE ADMIRALTY POLICY IN 1917
Written by Viscount Jellicoe.
Stock no. 1818281
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1934. Very good condition.

Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Boards a little scuffed and worn. Bookplate to front pastedown. Text block browned. Foxing to contents.

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BETRAYAL AT VENLO
Written by Leo Kessler.
Stock no. 1818272
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The secret story of appeasement and treachery 1939-1945. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850522005.

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NAPOLEON'S INVASION OF RUSSIA
Written by Theodore Ayrault Dodge.
Stock no. 1818270
Published by Frontline Books. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A clear and concise strategic review of Napoleon's Russian campaign. Navy blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w maps & illustrations. ISBN: 9781848325012. Lower corners of boards bumped, neat inscription to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

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BARREN VICTORIES: VERSAILLES TO SUEZ THE FAILURE OF THE WESTERN ALLIANCE 1918-1956
Written by Basil Collier.
Stock no. 1818267
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1st 1964. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A concise, engrossing, and comprehensive re-capitulation of modern history, together with the author's own outspoken appraisal of the deplorably divergent courses of the Western democracies. Beige cloth boards, black title to spine. Neat name & date in pencil to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few small closed tears and chips.

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HIMMLER'S SS LOYAL TO THE DEATH'S HEAD
Written by Robin Lumsden.
Stock no. 1318402
Published by The History Press. 1st thus 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

The origins, development and organisation of both the Waffen-SS and the Allgemeine-SS. Pictorial cardwraps. 293 pages. B/w photos and some colour plates. ISBN: 9780752450261. Minimal rubbing to corners. Textblock is slightly grubby.

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WALKING WITH THE DAMNED
Written by Ted Schwarz.
Stock no. 1318391
Published by Paragon House. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The shocking murder of the man who freed 30,000 prisoners from the Nazis. Black spine with gilt title, green boards. 326 pages. ISBN: 1557783152. Name and date in pencil to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is price-cut.

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BUGATTI: LE PUR-SANG DES AUTOMOBILES
Written by H.G. Conway.
Stock no. 1818255
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 4th 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

4th edition, completely revised and updated. A Foulis Motoring Book. The authoritative history of the Ettore Bugatti and the exquisite road and racing cars that he created. Large format. B/w photos. 408 pages including index. ISBN: 0854295380. A very nice copy. Laminate covering dustwrapper is creased and lifting at front spine edge. Rear of dustwrapper scuffed. Couple of bopokseller price-labels to front flap of dustwrapper.

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STALIN'S NEMESIS: THE EXILE AND MURDER OF LEON TROTSKY
Written by Bertrand M. Patenaude.
Stock no. 1318387
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of one of the twentieth century's most notorious political murders: the assassination of Leon Trotsky. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780571228751. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed, tiny piece torn from top corner of rear panel.

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A SIX-YEARS' DARLING
Written by Ismay Thorn. Illustrated by T. Pym.
Stock no. 1318377
Published by John F. Shaw & Co.. Circa 1890. Good condition.

Or... Trix in Town. New edition. Pale blue boards, illustrations to front board. 112 pages with catalogue to rear. Floral decorated endpapers. B/w frontis and text decorations. Spine replaced. Boards worna and grubby. Joints repaired with blue paper tape. Heavy foxing to contents and some fingermarks to page margins.

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VOICES FROM THE PENINSULA
Written by Ian Fletcher.
Stock no. 1818252
Published by Greenhill Books. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Eyewitness Accounts by Soldiers of Wellington's Army 1808-1814. Edited by Ian Fletcher drawing on rare letters, diaries and memoirs. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w & colour illustrations. ISBN: 1853674591. A few minor grubby marks to endpapers and text block. Plates clean but slightly crinkled. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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