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THE WORLD HITLER NEVER MADE: ALTERNATE HISTORY AND THE MEMORY OF NAZISM
Written by Gavriel D. Rosenfeld.
Stock no. 1829528
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A history of alternative histories. What if the Nazis had triumphed in World War II? What if Hitler had escaped Berlin for the Jungles of Latin America in 1945? What if Hitler had become a successful artist instead of a politician? This pioneering study explores why such counterfactual questions on the subject of Nazism have proliferated in recent years within Western popular culture. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xii and 524 pages including index. ISBN: 9780521847063. Light wear to spine. Text block and endpapers a little grubby. Contents clean. Black dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, has the remains of a label to base of spine and another label to lower end of rear panel.

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A DOUBLE LIFE: NEWLY DISCOVERED THRILLERS OF LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Written by Louisa M. Alcott; Madeleine B. Stern; Fay Weldon.
Stock no. 1829527
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st UK 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

As the creator of the March family in Little Women, Louisa May Alcott has touched the lives of millions of readers. Yet before that success, Alcott rebelled against the literary conventions of her day. In tales published anonymously in the 'tabloids' of the mid-nineteenth century, she confronted subjects considered too shocking for the book-reading public. Five of those thrillers, recently discovered to be her work, are collected for the first time in this volume. Preface by Fay Weldon, Introduction by Madeleine B. Sterne. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. 246 pages. ISBN: 0333490339. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine. Browning to pastedowns underneath the dustwrapper flaps. Page browning throughout. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and a little grubby and scuffed.

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THE HIROSHIMA PILOT
Written by William Bradford Huie.
Stock no. 1829525
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Claude Eatherly was the pilot of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Since then, he has been almost constantly under psychiatric care. He is said to have blamed himself for "killing 100,000 innocent people", and to have sought punishment by committing a series of bizarre crimes. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 299 pages. Foxing to text block and prelims, endpapers lightly browned. Dustwrapper is edge-rubbed with slight loss, and scuffed.

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BUGATTI: THE DYNAMICS OF MYTHOLOGY
Written by Griffith Borgeson.
Stock no. 1829522
Published by Osprey Publications Ltd. 1st 1981. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A fresh and enlightened, if somewhat opinionated, Bugatti story, packed with new information and virgin anecdote. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. 223 pages includes index. ISBN: 085045414X. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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WE WENT RACING
Written by Charles Mortimer.
Stock no. 1829518
Published by E.M. Art & Publishing Limited. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Griff Jenkins story. Provides racing fans with a peep behind the scenes and those who contemplate entering the sport either as rider or sponsor will find much in its pages to guide and inform them. A Motor Cycle News Book. Small format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 112 pages. Corners of boards lightly bumped, a few minor marks to boards. Text block browned. Grubby fingermarks to front endpaper else contents clean. Red pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and a little grubby to rear panel.

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HOGARTH: THE COMPLETE ENGRAVINGS
Written by Joseph Burke; Colin Caldwell. Illustrated by Hogarth; William Hogarth.
Stock no. 1829517
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

267 b/w engravings with commentary following which explains the story embodied in each print. Large format. Heavy. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine and publisher vignette to front. ISBN: 0500230854. Reprint. Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned. Faint browning to pastedowns. Top corner crease to a couple of pages and vertical crease to rear endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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THE THAMES THROUGH TIME: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE GRAVEL TERRACES OF THE UPPER AND MIDDLE THAMES
Written by Anthony Morigi; Danielle Schreve; Mark White; Gill Hey; Paul Garwood; Mark Robinson; Alistair Barclay; Philippa Bradley.
Stock no. 1829516
Published by Oxford University School Of Archaeology. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Early Prehistory to 1500 BC. Part I - The Ice Ages; Part 2 - Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age. Oxford Archaeology Thames Valley Landscapes Monograph No. 32. Large format. Heavy. Pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. xxvi and 521 pages including index. ISBN: 9780954962784. Crinkling to to margins of pages 179-186 else a lovely copy.

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TROUT HUNTER: THE WAY OF AN ANGLER
Written by Rene Harrop.
Stock no. 1329292
Published by Pruett Publishing Company. 1st 2003. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of provocative magazine articles penned by native American Harrop. Large format. Green boards, silver title to spine. 205 pages (including index). Lots of colour photos. Introduction by Andre Puyans and Foreword by John Randolph. ISBN: 087108922X. Corners bumped and slightly worn. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and slightly creased at corners.

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THE DETTES: A CATSKILL LEGEND
Written by Eric Leiser. Illustrated by Matthew Vinciguerra; Ernest Lussier.
Stock no. 1329291
Published by Willowkill Press. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of the Dette family and the events that took place during the evolution of the Catskill flies. White cloth spine, cream marble-effect boards. 267 pages (including index). Many b/w photos and a couple of colour plates. ISBN: 0963270508. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper. Minimal bumping to spine. Some slight foxing affecting the front side of the cloth spine. Some pencil writing erased from top corner of front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is just slightly rubbed at edges.

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DRY-FLY FISHING IN THEORY AND PRACTICE CENTENARY EDITION 1889-1989
Written by F.M. Halford.
Stock no. 1329288
Published by H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd.. 1st thus 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Centenary Edition, limited print run of 1500 copies. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0854931783. Minimal bumping to corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is browned to spine and has a few small tears. Contained in a tight fitting orange slipcase which is slightly bumped at corners.

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NYMPH FISHING IN PRACTICE
Written by Oliver Kite.
Stock no. 1329283
Published by Swan Hill Press. 1st thus 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

With a new introduction and notes. A classification of natural nymphs by types; the basic requirements for an effective artificial nymph; and basic nymph fishing technique. Colour and b/w photos. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 208 pages (including index) ISBN: 9781840371086. Spine bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is a tiny bit rubbed at edges.

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SMALL-RIVER FLY FISHING FOR TROUT AND GRAYLING
Written by James Evans.
Stock no. 1329282
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, silver title to spine. Colour frontis. 207 pages. ISBN: 0071612282. Spine and corners bumped. A couple of tiny nicks to lower edges of covers. Textblock is very slightly dusty. Name in ink to top margin of title-page. Dustwrapper is price-cut ('new' price sticker above) and the spine is very sunned.

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