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TANK TRACKS 9TH BATTALION ROYAL TANK REGIMENT AT WAR 1940-45
Written by Peter Beale.
Stock no. 1830148
Published by Budding Books.
1st thus
1997.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
What it was like to live and fight as a member of a British heavy tank battalion during the second world war. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 238 pages including index. ISBN: 1840150033. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- REGIMENTAL HISTORY (UK)
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- TANKS
THE WORLD AEROSPACE INDUSTRY: COLLABORATION AND COMPETITION
Written by Keith Hayward.
Stock no. 1830147
Published by Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd..
1st
1994.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Aerospace is one of the most important of the world's high technology industries, and on e of the most politically significant - a vital element in national security and world transport. This book is the first comprehensively to analyse the world aerospace industry - its structure, market, trends and relations with the state - since the end of the Cold War and the changes that this entailed. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. x and 225 pages including index. ISBN: 0715626027. Red pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and lightly scuffed. A lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- AVIATION
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
I.C.S. REFERENCE LIBRARY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1830144
Published by International Correspondence Schools Ltd..
Almost very good condition.
New Edition. A series of textbooks (bound as one) prepared for students of the international Correspondence Schools and containing in permanent form the instruction papers used in their various courses. Subjects included: Mixing Cast Iron; Machine Moulding; Foundry Appliances; Malleable Casting; Motor-Engine Castings; Brass Founding. B/w diagrams. Brown cloth boards bound as imitation leather with raised bands to spine, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams. All edges red. Edges and corners lightly worn with some loss of cloth. Name in ink to fly-leaf. Some annotation and underlining else a reasonable copy, binding is tight.
- Categorised in:
- INDUSTRY
- ENGINEERING
'TRAVELS OF THE TRAMPS': TWENTY TRAMP FLEETS VOLUME II
Written by N.L. Middlemiss.
Stock no. 1830143
Published by Shield Publications Ltd.
1st
1991.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
At one time the backbone of Britain, tramps were engaged in world-wide trading and the bringing in of essential raw materials for British industry and the exporting of coal. This book contains historical over-views of twenty of the largest and most interesting fleets. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 160 pages. ISBN: 1871128064. Base of spine is lightly shelf-worn. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is browned to spine.
WEEPINGS AND WAILINGS
Written by J.C. Squire.
Illustrated by Ian Fenwick.
Stock no. 1830142
Published by Cobden-Sanderson.
1st
1935.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
This book contains a series of laments and elegies, many of which have appeared in 'Punch'. Yellow cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w drawings. 90 pages. Boards browned at top front edge and spine. Lower front corner of board heavily bumped and first few pages a little creased at lower corner because of this. Endpapers browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned and foxed, is in two halves with most of the spine missing, edge chipped and worn.
- Categorised in:
- POETRY
FISHING SOUTH: THE HISTORY AND MANAGEMENT OF SOUTH GEORGIA FISHERIES
Written by David J. Agnew.
Stock no. 1830141
Published by The Penna Press.
1st
2004.
Very good condition.
The remote subantarctic island of South Georgia is on e of the most important fishing areas in the Southern Ocean. Sustainability and conservation of the marine environment is of paramount importance, so fishing is tightly regulated and managed both by the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Living Marine Resources. This book describes the types of fish that are taken, their biology and life history, and what techniques are used to catch them. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos and charts. 128 pages including index, the last 5 pages are blank. ISBN: 095479480X. Covers lightly scuffred and lightly rubbed at corners. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- MARINE LIFE
- FISHING (COMMERCIAL)
- ANTARCTIC
- ISLANDS
THE COMPLEAT ANGLER
Written by Izaak Walton.
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1830140
Published by Harrap Limited.
1985.
Very good condition.
Or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation Being a Discourse of Rivers Fishponds Fish and Fishing not unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers. Grey pictorial cardwraps. Colour plates and b/w line drawings. 223 pages. ISBN: 024554223X. Reprint. Fading to spine. Cover corners lightly rubbed. Text block lightly browned. Light corner tip creasing to rear of contents. Last page has a few grubby marks else contents are clean.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- ANGLING
- ILLUSTRATED
LYNN CHADWICK
No author listed.
Illustrated by Lynn Chadwick.
Stock no. 1830139
Published by Beaux Arts.
1st
1998.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A selection of sculptures produced by Lynn Chadwick 1950-1988. White cardwraps with no title present. B/w illustrations. Front cover lightly bowed upwards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased across top edge and has a few minor marks.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- SCULPTURE
- CATALOGUE (ART)
MILITARY BADGE COLLECTING
Written by John Gaylor.
Stock no. 1830137
Published by Leo Cooper.
7th
2003.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Revised Seventh Edition. The evolution of the present regimental badges from the numbered regiments of foot up until 1881, of the Volunteers, of the Territorials, of the Home Guard, military cyclists, Kitchener's Army, the Brigade of the Gurkhas and many unusual units. The period of 1881 to the present day is covered by illustrations of almost 800 badges. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 224 pages including index. ISBN: 0850527589. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine. A few minor marks to boards. A few minor foxspots mainly to text block and endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased, scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- MEDALS AND BADGES
- COLLECTING
FIELD AND HEDGEROW
Written by Richard Jefferies; Samuel J. Looker.
Illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker.
Stock no. 1830135
Published by Lutterworth Press.
1st thus
1948.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies With an Introduction and Notes by Samuel J. Looker. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w wood engravings. Top edge green. 388 pages. Spine has a slight lean. A few marks to boards. Bookplate to front endpaper. A little foxing to endpapers. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a large closed tear to lower half of front panel repaired to verso with selotape and a smaller closed tear to top of front panel (no loss), has some foxing and is a little grubby.
- Categorised in:
- COUNTRYSIDE
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
- ILLUSTRATED
WILD LIFE IN A SOUTHERN COUNTY
Written by Richard Jefferies; Samuel J. Looker.
Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1830134
Published by Lutterworth Press.
1st thus
1949.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Animals and flowers, clouds, wagons and country crafts - these were the natural material around which Jefferies spun his web of lovely prose; and Marlborough Forest, Burderop, Aldbourne, Surbiton, and above all, Coate and Coate Farmhouse, the settings which he has chosen here. With an Introduction and Notes by Samuel J. Looker. Dark green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w wood engravings. Top edge green. 384 pages. Lower corners of boards bumped. Text block and endpapers lightly browned. Bookplate to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly worn at edges, lightly faded to spine, and a little grubby.
- Categorised in:
- COUNTRYSIDE
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
- ILLUSTRATED
- NATURAL HISTORY
BEVIS: THE STORY OF A BOY
Written by Richard Jefferies.
Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1830131
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1948.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A book for boys who are still boys, and also for boys who are masquerading as men and fathers. New Illustrated Edition. Green cloth, cream titles and dark green vignette to front. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 519 pages. Top edge green. Third impression. A few minor foxspots to text block. Bookplate to verso of free front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Cream pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, faded to spine, browned across the top edge and a small closed tear to top front of spine edge (no loss).