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FLYING BOATS OF THE EMPIRE THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SHIPS OF THE SKY
Written by Richard Knott.
Stock no. 2138437
Published by Robert Hale.
1st
2011.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A fascinating account of the age of Empire flying boats, whose story began in July 1936 with a reassuringly trouble-free test flight on Kent's River Medway. Within ten years, however, this last word in luxury was to become redundant, spurned by the post-war age. Turquoise boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780709087595. Light browning to page edges. A little edge-creasing to wrapper.
TIGRIS GUNBOATS THE FORGOTTEN WAR IN IRAQ 1914-1917
Written by Wilfred Nunn.
Stock no. 2136698
Published by Chatham Publishing.
1st thus
2007.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
On the outbreak of the War in 1914 Wilfred Nunn was the commander of the gunboat Espiegle on the East Indies station. His ship was sent to the Arabian Gulf to defend British oil interests, and he thus became the senior naval officer on the Tigris river throughout the Iraq campaign, up to the capture of Bagdad in 1917. ISBN: 9781861763082. Book IOPERATIONS LEADING TO THE CAPTURE OF BASRA AND KURNAI. WAR WITH TURKEY COMMENCESII. THE LANDING IN MESOPOTAMIAIII. THE KURNA OPERATIONSBook IIOPERATIONS LEADIDNG TO THE SURRENDER OF AMARAIV. MINOR OPERATIONSV. THE VICTORY OF SHAIBA AND SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS ON THE KARUNVI. OUR ADVANCE UP THE TIGRIS IN 1915Book IIIFROM THE CAPTURE OF NASIRIYA TO THE INVESTMENT OF KUTVII. THE CAPTURE OF NASIRIYAVIII. OUR FIRST CAPTURE OF KUTIX. THE BATTLE OF CTESIPHONX. THE RETREAT FROM CTESIPHONXI. THE INVESTMENT OF KUTBook IVOPERATIONS FOR THE RELIEF OF KUTXII. THE ATTEMPTS TO RELIEVE KUTXIII. UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORTSXIV. THE SURRENDER OF KUTBook VOPERATIONS LEADING TO THE CAPTURE OF BAGHDADXV. EVENTS AFTER THE FALL OF KUTXVI. REORGANISATIONXVII. THE ADVANCE OF KUTXVIII. THE CAPTURE OF BAGHDADXIX. EVENTS AFTER THE OCCUPATION OF BAGHDAD
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- IRAQ
- NAVY
- WARSHIP
WAR ALONG THE BAYOUS THE 1864 RED RIVER CAMPAIGN IN LOUISIANA
Written by William Riley Brooksher.
Stock no. 1322540
Published by Brassey's.
1st
1998.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The compelling story of the largest military operation west of the Mississippi River during the American Civil War. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. 287 pages. B/w maps and photos. ISBN: 1574881396. Minimal bumping to spine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- CIVIL WAR (AMERICAN)
- CIVIL WAR
- MILITARY
ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH: A PIONEER OF WORLD DIESEL TRACTION
Written by Brian Webb.
Stock no. 2136360
Published by Lightmoor Press; The Railway Correspondence And Travel Society.
2010.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Armstrong Whitworth's involvement in the development of diesel traction on the banks of the River Tyne from the beginning of the 20th century until 1937 when the company ceased production of diesel railway motive power. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 184 pages. ISBN: 9781899889457. Small knocks to spine and corners. Slight fading to spine.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- LOCOMOTIVES
- COMPANY HISTORY
BRISTOL CHANNEL AND SEVERN PILOT
Written by Peter Cumberlidge.
Stock no. 2135811
Published by Stanford Maritime.
1st
1988.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth with silver title to spine. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0540074225. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has bottom corner cut off front flap; some light edge-creasing.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- BRISTOL
- MARITIME
THE THAMES HIGHWAY VOLUME I: GENERAL HISTORY
Written by Fred S. Thacker; Charles Hadfield.
Stock no. 1822374
Published by David & Charles.
1st thus
1968.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The story of water carriage on the river from pre-Conquest days to the beginning of the 20th century. First published in 1914, this edition has a new introduction by Charles Hadfield. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0715342320. Text block lightly browned, contents clean. Cream pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and just slightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- HOME COUNTIES
- RIVERS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE STORY ABOUT PING
Written by Marjorie Flack.
Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.
Stock no. 1321539
Published by The Bodley Head.
1954.
Almost very good condition.
Ping is a beautiful young duck who lives on a boat on the Yangtze river. Blue pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some grubby marks to covers. Light foxing to contents. Stitching pulled causing contents to be a little loose but still attached to covers.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- DUCKS (CHILDRENS)
LITTLE TOOT
Written by Hardie Gramatky.
Illustrated by Hardie Gramatky.
Stock no. 2129670
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd..
1st
1946.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Large format. Blue cloth with silver titles and vignettes. Colour & b/w illustrations. Little Toot is the name of a tug-boat on a river. Some brown spotting to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges; a few to page margins. Wrapper is torn and creased with some repairs to verso; top torn of rear panel has a couple of inch loss - with piece inserted to 'disguise' loss.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- SHIPS AND BOATS (CHILDRENS)
THE AMAZON RIVER FOREST
Written by Nigel J.H. Smith.
Stock no. 2126613
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1999.
Fine condition.
A Natural History of Plants, Animals and People. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780195122077.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- SOUTH AMERICA
- RIVERS
NIAGARA FALLS AND RIVER
No author listed.
Stock no. 2125807
1948.
Almost very good condition.
Oblong format. Card wraps. Colour illustrations. Title to front cover is 'Niagara Falls Canada' Colored Pictures and Story. Some scuff/surface paper damage marks to covers. Inscription in ink to inside front cover. Some foxing.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- CANADA
- RIVERS
THE RIVER SCENERY AT THE HEAD OF THE VALE OF NEATH
Written by F.J. North.
Stock no. 2124796
Published by National Museum of Wales.
3rd
1949.
Very good condition.
Third Edition revised and enlarged. Grey cardwraps. B/w photos. 110 pages including index plus 31 plates. Some wear to spine. Creasing to a few corners. White correction fluid to top of first (blank) page.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- GEOLOGY
- GLAMORGAN
- RIVERS
RECOLLECTIONS OF ROSS
Written by Jon Hurley.
Stock no. 1815786
Published by Tempus Publishing Ltd.
1st
2007.
Fine condition.
1,000 years of the history of Ross-on-Wye and the Wye Valley. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780752444062.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- HEREFORDSHIRE
- WYE VALLEY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)