BINYON**, LAURENCE:
THE BURNING OF THE LEAVES AND OTHER POEMS.

Imprint: LONDON.MACMILLAN & CO.1944.
Edition: UK,slim 8vo wraps,1st edn.
Binding: Original card covers., No dw/dj,as issued,card wraps.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim 8vo wraps,1st edn.[1st edn,1st state with sewn signatures.] NFINE.No owner inscrptn. Clean,crisp,original,yapped tan/beige stiff card wraps and black+red lettering to upper wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - just two tiny,tiny snicks; one to each wrap's vertical edge.Top edge very lightly aged/toned - as usual/normal,fore-edges brighter; contents bright,tight and near pristine,no foxing/spotting internally,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly an unread copy? UK,sim 8vo wraps,1st edn,1st state,v-viipp+1-15pp [paginated] includes foreword by Cicely Binyon,contents list/table,9 poems including the variations in the text published in 'Horizon' and there entitled 'The Ruins' for the title poem 'The Burning of the Leaves',plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,recto of last page,and rear free endpaper. Poems include the titled poem,and the group appeared in two different versions; one in the UK,in 'Horizon,1942; the other in the US in 'The Atlantic Monthly in November 1942. The author made no choice between them and it is the American version printed here with the differences noted under the lines affected. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja401211. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

BIRD**, DICKIE with LODGE**, KEITH:
WHITE CAP AND BAILS: Adventures of a Much Travelled Umpire. [Co-Author,(DICKIE) SIGNED copy.]

Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1999.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED+dedicated,1st.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: 'Joan, Dickie Bird'

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED+dedicated,1st edn. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author SIGNED and dedicated: 'Joan, Dickie Bird',to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,subject colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - almost as new.Top edge lightly dust-soiled and minimally foxed/spotted,fore-edge brighter and cleaner; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Clean, unblemished,plain dark green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip with immaculate plain white ndeaperps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,ix-xpp+4-470pp [paginated] includes introduction, double-page,b/w panoramic scenic County, University and National team's cricket grounds views by Bill Gregory - one for each of the 23 listed in the 23 chapters/sections,16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,24pp contemporary colour photographs in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp86/7,pp150/1,and pp246/7,pp310/1,pp374/5 respectively,Statistics section,and an index. In this sequel to his autobiography (see my book ID rja455413 - also SIGNED by him),Dickie takes a humorous,nostalgic look at the county clubs and the Test match arenas which have created such dramas in his life and provided him with so many friends. Prompted by reference to his astounding collection of memorabilia,'White Cap and Bails' has given Dickie the opportunity to reflect on the ambience of the great cricket grounds.He describes the very special behind-the-scenes characters who work as well as play for the clubs and provide the life-blood of the game.Dickie still has time to make challenging points about the future of the game and to give his opinion on the great players and matches,but all in all this is an infectious,anecdotal, roundabout ride through the world of cricket. Turning his attention,for instance,to Derby's Chesterfield ground with its beautiful lake, Dickie remembers Laurie Johnston.In a county match he was out first ball in the first innings,and out first ball in the second innings.As he made his lonely way back to the pavilion he was followed by a pair of ducks from the lake.Dickie first takes his readers round the county grounds before flying them off to the great clubs in Australia,New Zealand,the West Indies,South Africa and the other major cricket playing countries.He tells his hilarious stories in his unique style,and the end result is a total involvement in Dickie's wonderful world. Born in Barnsley in 1933,the son of a miner, Dickie Bird was signed up to play for Yorkshire at the age of nineteen.He played on the county circuit for the next thirteen years,six of them for Leicestershire,but it is as an umpire that he has become so well known.He umpired first-class cricket for thirty years and achieved every honour it is possible to achieve.In 1996 he was voted Yorkshireman of the Year.A qualified MCC advanced cricket coach,Dickie is an honorary life member of the MCC,Yorkshire CCC and Leicestshire CCC.He was awarded the MBE in 1986.The announcement that he would umpire his final Test at Lord's in June 1996, signalled the end of an international career which has won him worldwide affection as the finest umpire in cricket history. Please contact seller,because of the weight of this item - nearly 1Kg unpackaged,for correct shipping/ P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja27857. ISBN: 0340750871.

£ 28.00 (approx. $US 36.44 )

BIRKS, WALTER and GILBERT, R. A:
The TREASURE OF MONTSEGUR: A Study of the Cathar Heresy and the Nature of the Cathar Secret.

Imprint: UK.CRUCIBLE/THE AQUARIAN PRESS,1987.
Edition: UK,8vo s/back Original,1st edn.
Binding: Paperback Original., No dw/dj,wraps - as issued.

UK,slim 8vo wraps,p/back original,1st edn. [Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title. Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn, but p/back originals are published prior to any other format.] VG+. No owner inscrptn,but named bookplate pasted to and partially obscuring the blurb on half-title page and no price removal to rear cover.Bright,crisp,clean and sharp-cornered,glossy,colour scenic photographic illustrated covers with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - but reading creases to spine /backstrip.Inevitable but minor indents and scoring to both covers.Top +fore-edges lightly aged but generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,slim 8vo wraps,p/back original,1st edn,9-166pp [paginated] includes an introduction,Pts 1+2 comprising 6 and 8 chapters respectively,an epilogue,8pp contemporary b/w photographs in 1 block, between pp96/7,notes,a select bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] bookplated half-title page with b/w scenic photographic frntis to verso,title page, separate contents and illustrations lists /tables and to the rear,10pp publisher's adverts for other esoteric titles/publications. On 16 March 1244 more than 200 Cathar 'Perfects' - heretics in the eyes of the Catholic Church - were taken from the castle of Montsegur in the foothills of the Pyrenees and burned alive in the fields below.But they went to their deaths willingly,knowing that their ultimate secret - the Treasure of Montsegur - was safe,smuggled out of the castle by four of their number. For 700 years the Cathars' secret resisted all attempts to unravel it and fuelled the bizarre speculations of occultists and neo-Cathars.Now, as a result of painstaking scholarly analysis, the true nature of the 'Treasure of Montsegur' is revealed and the real significance of the Cathars themselves in the development of western religious thought is finally made clear. 'The Treasure of Montsegur' opens up completely new perspectives on the historical Cathars and on the fantasies that have grown up around them. As much a detective story as a work of scholarship,it strips away the accretions of ignorance and misconception to reveal the simple truth about the Cathars of Languedoc - a truth that,by its very nature,holds meaning for us all. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK and all overseas buyers please note, stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if item is offered P+p included or postage free. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard AIR quote/ rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja830519. ISBN: 0850304245.

£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 )

BIRTLEY**, JACK:
FREDDIE MILLS: His Life and Death. **

Imprint: LONDON.NEL,1977.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG++/VG+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Glossy, laminated red+yellow background illustrated upper wrap with subject,colour portrait photograph and black letters,b/w contemporary sports photograph to rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present - no bumped corners.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned - as usual/normal; contents bright,tight and clean with minimal page-edge browning.Clean,black paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and near immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-206pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,a contents list,author's introduction,10 chapters, 8pp b/w contemporary photographs between pp64/5 and pp144/5 respectively,and an index. See my book ID rja31278 for UK,p/back 1st edn of this same title. This is the first full biography of Freddie Mills,the former British,European,Empire and world light-heavyweight champion,who died tragically in 1965,apparently having committed suicide. Few people,however,accept that a man of Mills's character and immense courage could have ended his own life,and the popular belief among his friends and thousands of fans and admirers is that he was murdered by gangsters for refusing to pay protection money for his London nightclub. The author,Jack Birtley,has painstakingly researched into Mills's life to unravel the mystery surrounding this much-loved sportsman - a man who made more than £100,000 during his boxing career,but who died with little more than £300 in the bank.Where did this money go? Was Mills murdered,or had mounting pressures - including a secret love affair - forced him to shoot himself? The author has come up with a verdict which will invite the public at large to take a closer look at a man who became a living legend.[Author also wrote The Tragedy of Randolph Turpin,his first book.] Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja22776. ISBN: 0450032108.

£ 22.50 (approx. $US 29.28 )

BIRTWISTLE, SUE & CONKLIN, SUSIE:
THE Cranford COMPANION.

Imprint: LONDON.Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.,2010.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10-1.]FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn, and no price-clip (£20.00) to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with grey+b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Some very minor,almost imperceptible grazing - boards beneath unaffected - to rear panel of dw/dj panel. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip, silver headband and immaculate double-page colour pictorial artwork,by Posy Simmond, illustrated eps.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,9- 219pp [paginated] includes 6 chapters/ sections with profuse b/w+colour illus and photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,named cast photograph, named crew list,plus [unpaginated] half-title page with scenic,colour photographic frntis to verso,title page with dedication to verso,contents list/table and double-page colour illustrated map of Cranford,by Posy Simmonds,named set locations,author's potted biographies,acknowledgemments and a final word. It is the early 1840's,and Cranford,a picturesque Cheshire market town of some two thousand souls,is on the verge of great change. While it is not a complete backwater - being on the coaching route from Chester to London - Cranford is a tranquil place. None of the town's most respectable inhabitants speak of money because that subject savours of trade and,though some might be poor,they feel compelled to keep up the appearance of gentility - they call it 'Elegant Economy'. Within these polite circles,an old-fashioned code of etiquette prevails, benignly enforced by the Amazons,the ladies of a certain age who are Cranford's unofficial moral guardians. Foremost among these pillars of the community are Miss Deborah and Miss Matty Jenkyns,Miss Octavia Pole and Mrs Forrester. But whether the townsfolk like it or not, change is on the way,and it threatens the old order.The district's most aristocratic family,represented by Lady Ludlow at Hanbury Court,is already in decline. Meanwhile,talented men and women from the lower classes are advancing due to the education that had previously been denied them. Scientific ideas are driving the progress - a rigour underpins new medical practices, such as those of the forward-thinking Dr Harrison; while the recent invention of the steam engine is causing the globe to shrink drastically.Close to home,the imminent arrival of the railway - which will link Cranford to the dirty industrial metropolis of Manchester only fifteen miles away,and thence to the wider world - threatens to divide the community,and to alter its character for ever. 'The Cranford Companion' is an invitation into this charming town,an opportunity to make the full acquaintance of its inhabitants,and a unique chance to witness the creativity and the camaraderie that characterised the making of the BAFTA- and Emmy-award-winning series. Co-creators Sue Birtwistle and Susie Conklin,who had previously collaborated on the BBC's acclaimed adaptations of 'Pride and Prejudice' and 'Wives and Daughters', document the challenges and delights of bringing Elizabeth Gaskell's much-loved Cranford stories to the screen.Perhaps the finest ensemble cast ever seen on British television was assembled - among them Judi Dench,Eileen Atkins,Francesca Annis,Michael Gambon,Philip Glenister,Julia McKenzie, Jonathan Pryce and Imelda Staunton - as well as a production team comprised of some of television's most talented creatives. The limitations of filming on a tight budget and to a strict deadline meant that the spirit of 'Elegant Economy',so much a part of daily life in the fictional Cranford,had to be embraced in the production too.Quite apart from the logistical challenges posed by locations, costumes,machinery and rain,there were numerous sleights-of-hand to be pulled off: among them a train crash,deep snow in high summer,a candlelit operation,a magic show and a cow in pyjamas.The secrets of all these episodes,and more,are revealed within.With hundreds of photographs taken on- and off-set,illustrations by artist Posy Simmonds,contributions by the social historian Jenny Uglow,the script writer Heidi Thomas and dozens of key members of the cast and crew,'The Cranford Companion' is an unmissable treat,whether or not you have seen this enchanting series. Please contact seller for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja551615. ISBN: 9781408809389.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

BISHOP**, PATRICK:
AIR FORCE BLUE: THE RAF IN WORLD WAR TWO - SPEARHEAD OF VICTOY.

Imprint: LONDON.WILLIAM COLLINS/HarperCollinsPublishers,2017.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, contemporary monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj panels with fluorescent blue gilt,red and white lettering to front and spine; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain royal blue cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain royal blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-410pp [paginated] includes prologue,15 chapters and epilogue,16pp contemporary b/w+colour photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp138/9 and pp250/1 respectively,other relevant contemporary b/w photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,6 b/w war theatre maps,acknowledgements,notes, illustration credits,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, dedication,separate contents,illustrations lists/tables,and 6 aforementioned b/w maps - 2 single page,4 double-paged. In 2018 the RAF is one hundred years old.In his new book (then 2017),destined to be a classic, Patrick Bishop examines the high point of its existence - the Second World War,when the Air Force saved the nation from defeat then led the advance to victory. Air warfare was a terrible novelty of the modern age,requiring a new military outlook.From the beginning,the RAF's identity set it apart from the traditional services.It was innovative,flexible and comparatively meritocratic,advancing the quasi-revolutionary idea that competence was more important than background. The Air Force went into the war with inadequate machines,training and tactics,and the early phase was littered with setbacks and debacles. Then,in the summer of 1940,in full view of the population,Fighter Command won one of the decisive battles of the struggle.Thereafter the RAF was gilded with an aura of success that never tarnished,going on to make a vital contribution to Allied victory in all theatres. Drawing from diaries,letters,memoirs and interviews,'Air Force Blue' captures the nature of combat in the skies over the corrugated wastes of the Atlantic,the sands of the Western Desert and the jungles of Burma.It also brings to life the intensely lived dramas,romances, friendships and fun that were as important a part of the experience as the fighting. 'Air Force Blue' portrays the spirit of the RAF - its heart and soul - during its finest hours. It is essential reading for the millions in Britain and the Commonwealth whose loved ones served,and for anyone who wants to understand the Second World War. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK and all overseas buyers please note, stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if item is offered P+p included or postage free. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard AIR quote/ rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja830819. ISBN: 9780007433131.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

BISHOP**, PATRICK:
BOMBER BOYS: Fighting Back 1940-1945.**

Imprint: LONDON.HARPER COLLINS,2007.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,price-clipped to dw/dj. Bright,clean,matt contemporary sepia photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight and clean also - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,publisher's original, plain air-force blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,headband and immaculate plain grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp,viii-xlipp+1-429pp [paginated] includes contents+illus lists/tables,4 b/w maps - 3 double-paged,2 b/w photographic maps - 1 double-paged,16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp118/9 and pp278/9 respectively, b/w photographs throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and 8pp blanks to rear. In 'Fighter Boys' Patrick Bishop brought to life the pilots who flew Spitfires and Hurricanes in the summer of 1940.Their skill and bravery decided the Battle of Britain,saved the nation from invasion and created conditions for Hitler's defeat. In 'Bomber Boys',Bishop tells a different but equally fascinating story.The 125,000 men from all over the world who passed through Bomber Command during the Second World War were engaged in a form of warfare that had never been implemented before and never would be again.Between 1940 and 1945 they flew continuously, stopping only when weather conditions made operations impossible.For much of that time they were the only fighters capable of attacking Germany in its own territory. There was nothing romantic about their struggle.Often barely out of boyhood,they lived on bleak bases,flying at night on long,nerve-racking missions that often ended in death.The odds of surviving were stacked heavily against them.In all, 55,000 were killed,counting for nearly one in ten of all British and Commonwealth dead.Despite these sacrifices,the Bomber Boys have remained on the edges of our collective memory. When the fighting stopped,they became something of a political embarrassment. Their actions have been the subject of a controversy that continues to the present, obscuring not only the losses they suffered but also the courage,comradeship and fortitude with which they fought.In this powerful and moving work of history, Patrick Bishop brilliantly captures the character,feelings and motivations of the bomber crews and pays tribute to their heroism and determination.They were among the best of their generation,who were called on to carry out one of the grimmest duties of the Second World War.'Bomber Boys' brilliantly restores these men to their rightful place in our consciousness. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja32298. ISBN: 9780007189861.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

BISHOP**, DAVID:
DOCTOR WHO: THE DOMINO EFFECT.

Imprint: LONDON.BBC,2003.
Edition: UK,12mo p/back original,p/b 1st edn.
Binding: Paperback original,1st edn., No dw/dj,wraps as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,12mo paperback original,1st edn.[Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back originals are published prior to any other format.] FINE.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - as issued,an unread copy with no spine/backstrip creases.Colour imaging by Black Sheep to original colour artwork wraps; with negligible shelf-wear to edges,no bumping/creasing to either head or foot of spine/backstrip.Top+fore- edges slightly aged - but generally clean; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to pages' corners.UK,12mo wraps, paperback original,1st edn,1-278pp [paginated] plus [unpaginated] title page,a dedication and to rear,acknowledgements,note about the author,and 2pp publisher advert. In June,1996,the BBC started their range with Terrance Dicks series 'The Eight Doctors',a series of original adventures for the eighth Doctor.The initial editor at the BBC was Nuala Buffini who oversaw the first six or so releases before leaving to join Hodder Headline,and Steve Cole took over the reins of the BBC range.Cole eventually left in 2000,to be replaced by Justin Richards.The BBC released two adventures/novels a month,except for December.This is another title in the series of original adventures for the Eighth Doctor. The TARDIS lands in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh,during Easter 2003.The city is almost at a standstill,its public services close to collapse and its people terrorised by a bombing campaign. Within hours one of the Doctor's friends is caught in a deadly explosion,while another appears on television confessing to the murder of twelve people.The TARDIS is stolen by forces intent on learning its secrets.When the Doctor tries to investigate,his efforts are hampered by crippling chest pains. Someone is manipulating events to supress humanity's development - but how and why? The trail leads to London where a cabal pushes the world ever closer to catastrophe.Who is the prisoner being held in the Tower of London? Could he or she hold the key to saving mankind? The Doctor must choose between saving his friends or saving Earth in the past,present and future.But the closer he gets to the truth,the worse his condition becomes. . . Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja30288. ISBN: 0563538694.

£ 7.99 (approx. $US 10.40 )

BISHOP**, PATRICK:
TARGET TIRPITZ: X-CRAFT,AGENTS AND DAMBUSTERS - THE EPIC QUEST TO DESTROY HITLER'S MIGHTIEST WARSHIP.

Imprint: LONDON.HARPERPRESS,2011.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] NFINE/FINE.No owner inscptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,colour+b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.The majority of light creasing to top edges of dw/dj,head of spine/backstrip also minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,generally clean - a partial cup ring to front board,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped white ink letters to spine/backstrip,a black+ silver striped headband and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xxvipp+1-390pp [paginated] includes separate contents, illustrations and b/w maps lists/tables, b/w plans of the TIRPITZ,b/w diagrams of X-Craft,ranks of the Kreigsmarine,a prologue,19 chapters and an epilogue,16pp contemporary,historical b/w+colour photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece between pp102/3 and pp262/3 respectively, profuse other contemporary b/w photographs throughout the text and the book,notes, acknowledgements and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and a dedication. Want more Patrick BISHOP titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my NAVAL/MILITARY catalogue. Tirpitz was the pride of Hitler's navy, the largest and most powerful battleship in Europe.To Churchill she was 'the Beast',a menace to Britain's supply lines and a threat to the convoys sustaining Stalin's armies.To those who sailed in her she seemed impregnable,an 'Iron Castle' that could withstand any bomb or torpedo. Tirpitz rarely fired her monster guns.She did not need to.Her mere presence in the fjords of Norway kept a large part of the British Fleet tied to home waters guarding against a breakout.In the summer of 1942, fear that Tirpitz was at sea led the Admiralty to recall ships escorting a convoy to Russia,leaving it virtually undefended.In an episode that became one of the darkest chapters of the war at sea,24 of 35 merchantmen were sunk. Tirpitz haunted the imagination of the men directing Britain's war.The prospect that she might set up base on the French Atlantic coast led to the raid on St Nazaire,one of the most dramatic actions of the war.Plan after plan was hatched to send her to the bottom.From the first days,she was subjected to air attack but it was soon clear the RAF did not have the bombs to sink her.Nor were the torpedoes of the Fleet Air Arm any more effective. The failures forced attention onto unorthodox weapons.In 1942 'human torpedo' teams launched a high-risk operation that ended in gallant failure.The following year,midget submarines carried out a daring and costly attack that left Tirpitz crippled,but only temporarily. In the end it was Bomber Command,led by one of Britain's most remarkable but least-known war heroes,who finished her off.In the autumn of 1944,Wing Commander Janes 'Willie' Tait,a man of outstanding courage and modesty,led Lancasters from 617 Squadron - the famous 'Dambusters' - and 9 Squadron on a series of raids that stretched endurance,skill and bravery to the limit.It ended with the destruction of the battleship that had come to symbolise the hubris of Hitler's Germany. Full of colour,insight and drama,'Target Tirpitz' is Second World War storytelling at is best. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja637216. ISBN: 9780007319237.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

BISHOP, JAMES [Editor-in-Chief of ILN] - intro by:
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS: GREAT EVENTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY.

Imprint: UK.BASINGSTOKE,HAMPSHIRE.AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION,1989.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Red dw/dj with colour+b/w photographs to upper wrap,black,white and yellow letters to both panels of dw/dj and to spine/ backstrip also; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Laminated,colour photographic montage bds with plain dark blue eps.Top+fore-edges bright and clean, contents pristine.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-304pp [paginated] includes b/w coloured half-title and colour illustrated double-page title-pages,contents list: 5 chapters and 6 special feature chapters, intro by James Bishop - editor-in-chief of The London Illustrated News,profuse b/w+ colour contemporary photographs and illustrations (600+) and an index. This book tells the story of the last 100 years [then 1989] - the most exciting, innovative,invigorating century of modern times.The momentous events described in these pages were unimaginable in 1890 when Queen Victoria reigned as the doyen of European Royal Families.Britain was the foremost world power,the whole of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom,women had no vote,Sundays were only for worship, children were seen and not heard - and The Illustrated London News was busy reporting it all.Respected and influential for nearly a hundred and fifty years,'The Illustrated London News' provides a unique picture of a singularly spectacular era, during which,The atom,the air, and the airwaves were mastered.The first motor car heralded a transport revolution.Television and computers widened the world's horizons in work and leisure.Mankind took a 'giant leap' on the surface of the moon.An American president was assassinated, another left office in disgrace. With commentaries written especially for the book by experts on each period,this volume reflects these and other events in words and pictures,many of them published at the time in the pages of the magazine. Plus six feature sections ranging from the changing role of women to great sporting achievements of the century.Above all,this book conveys a fascinating perspective of Britain and the world in the 20thC, interpreted by the magazine's many eminent contributors,among them G.K. Chesterton and historian Arthur Bryant. Please contact seller,because of the weight of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja938. ISBN: 0861458605.

£ 14.95 (approx. $US 19.46 )

BISHOP**, CHRIS:
THE SPELLMOUNT VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION GUIDE: WAFFEN-SS DIVISIONS,1939-45.

Imprint: UK.STROUD,GLOUCESTERSHIRE.SPELLMOUNT PUBLISHERS,2007.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour artwork and b/w photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with grey and b/w lettering,white-lettered spine/backsstrip and b/w photographic illustrated rear panel with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation.Dw/dj design repeated to glazed, sharp-cornered boards with a b/w striped headband and pale b/w photographic illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-192pp [paginated] includes an introduction,4 chapters: The First SS Divisions,The Expansion of the SS, Volunteer Divisions and Late-War Divisions, illustrated with contemporary b/w photographs and colour artwork illustration throughout, appendices,and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a contents list/table with b/w photographic frntis to its reverse. 'Waffen-SS Divisions 1939-45' is the definitive study of the equipment and organisation of Himmler's armoured divisions.Organised chronologically by division and formation date,the book describes in depth the various models of tank and other armoured and soft vehicles in service with the`fighting' SS,with listings of unit commanders,vehicle types and numbers and unit structure.Each divisional section is further broken down by campaign, accompanied by orders of battle,a brief divisional history of the campaign and any specific unit markings. Every SS division that saw combat is featured, from well-known units such as the elite Das Reich and Wiking divisions,to lesser-known divisions,such as the 11th Waffen SS Panzer Division Nordland and the Albanian-recruited 21st Waffen SS Gebirgs-Division Skanderbeg. With information boxes accompanying the full-colour artworks,all drawn to the same scale for easy comparison,this is a key reference guide for modellers and military history enthusiasts with an interest in the Waffen SS divisions of World War II. Chris Bishop is an established military historian who has written and contributed to numerous military publications over the last 25 years.He is the author of 'The Essential Tank Identification Guide: Wehrmacht Panzer Divisions,1939-45' and 'The Essential Aircraft Identification Guide: Luftwaffe Squadrons, 939-45.' Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja961621. ISBN: 9781862274327.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

BISHOP**, CHRIS:
THE WAFFEN-SS IN EUROPE 1940-1945 - SS: HELL ON THE WESTERN FRONT.

Imprint: UK.STAPLEHURST,KENT.SPELLMOUNT LIMITED,2003.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,contemporary monochrome montage'd photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with white lettering,white lettered spine,rear panel with single contemporary b/w photograph and white-lettered part synopsis; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glazed boards with dw/dj design repeated to same,a b/w striped headband and immaculate plain pale grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,6-192pp [paginated] includes 8 chapters, profusely illustrated with b/w regional battle maps+keys and historic contemporary b/w photographs throughout the text and the book, appendices(6): German Waffen SS Knight's Cross winners,Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves winners, Winners of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves+ Swords,Winners of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves,Swords and Diamonds,Non-German Knight's Cross (or better) winners,and SS Orders of Battle,an index; plus [unpaginated] thumbnail contemporary b/w photographic illustrated half-title page,title page,and a contents list/table. Despite their success in the invasion of Poland,the Waffen-SS still had something to prove as a fighting organization when they arrived in the West for the attack on th Low countries.'SS: Hell on the Western Front' describes in vivid detail the explots of the Waffen-SS in Western Europe from 1940 to 1945. Illustrated with rare action photographs, the book begins with the formation of the Waffen-SS and its growth and development into a combat arm.The striking success of 1940 is examined,as the SS troopers swept all opposition before them,as is the darker side of the organization, with the first atrocities committed against Allied prisoners.After the German victory, Himmler used the new conquered territories as a fertile recruiting ground for the 'war against Communism'.As the preparations for the invasion od the Soviet Union advanced,Hitler was distracted by the crisis in the Balkans,where the Waffen-SS added to their growing reputation,capturing Belgrade and driving the Allied troops out of Greece.By 1944 the Waffen-SS were back in France in numbers,in readiness to repel the expected Allied invasion.After the loss of Normandy,the Waffen-SS fought hard at Arnhem and in the Ardennes offensive,winning respect from the Allied troops that faced them. 'SS: Hell on the Western Front' features the actions and atrocities of such famous Waffen-SS divisions as the Liebstandarte Adolf Hitler,Das Reich,Hitlerjugend and Totenkopf,and provides an insignt into how these ideologically and motivated uniyts consistently outfought the Allies even when seriously disadvantaged due to lack of fuel or air support.'SS: Hell on the Western Front' is a thorough study of the Waffen-SS in the western theatre. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja961821. ISBN: 1862271852.

£ 18.99 (approx. $US 24.71 )

BISHOP**, PATRICK:
WINGS: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF BRITISH AERIAL WARFARE.

Imprint: LONDON.ATLANTIC BOOKS,2012.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1-9.]FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj,with red,gilt and dark blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Virtually as new - wrapped and protected from day of issue/purchase. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, unread apart from my own collation.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, viipp+2- 402pp [paginated] includes illustrations list/table,a preface,18 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 4 blocks of 4pp apiece,between pp84/5,pp148/49,pp244/45 and pp308/9 respectively,notes, acknowledgements,and an index.Plus [unpagiated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,author's father's b/w photographic frntis,contents list/table, and a note about the author as a last page. The Royal Air Force is synonymous with its heroic achievements in the summer of 1940, when Winston Churchill's 'famous few' - the Hurricane and Spitfire pilots of RAF Fighter Command - held Goering's Luftwaffe at bay in the Battle of Britain, thereby changing the course of the war.For much of the twentieth century,warplanes were fixed in the world's imagination,a symbol of the perils and excitements of the modern era.But within the space of a hundred years,military aviation has morphed from the exotic to the mundane.An activity which was charged with danger - the domain of the daring - is now carried out by computers and unpiloted drones. Aviators have always seemed different from soldiers and sailors - more adventurous, questing and imaginative.In both world wars air aces dominated each side's propaganda, capturing hearts and dreams.Writing with the verve,passion and the sheer narrative aplomb familiar to many thousands of readers from his bestselling Second World War aerial histories,'Fighter Boys' and 'Bomber Boys' - see book ID rja32298, Patrick Bishop's 'WINGS' is a rich and compelling account of military flying from its heroic early days to the present. Please contact seller,because of the weight and value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja551815. ISBN: 9781848878921.

£ 19.00 (approx. $US 24.73 )

BLACK**, IAN STUART:
DOCTOR WHO: THE WAR MACHINES.**

Imprint: LONDON.W.H.ALLEN/TARGET,1989.
Edition: UK,12mo paperback original, p/b 1st edn.
Binding: Paperback original,1st edn., No dw/dj p/back as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,12mo paperback original,p/b 1st edn.MINT. Unread copy of this extremeley rare novel of the WILLIAM HARTNELL TV adventure of 1966. No.136,in the Doctor Who Library series - this title was only published in paperback,with only one reprint in 1992 by Virgin.Also had a low print run of 21,000. Is a hard title to find,and difficult to find in this high a grade.Cover by Alistair Pearson and Graeme Wey.McCoy logo,grey spine with outline decal. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja589b. ISBN: 0426203321.

£ 55.00 (approx. $US 71.58 )

BLACK**, IAN STUART:
DOCTOR WHO: THE WAR MACHINES.**

Imprint: LONDON.TARGET/W.H.ALLEN,1989.
Edition: UK,12mo paperback,1st edn.
Binding: Colour,pictorial card covers.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,12mo paperback 1st edn.NMINT.This copy has been read as evidenced by crease along length of spine/backstrip.Extremely RARE novel of the WILLIAM HARTNELL TV adventure of 1966.No.136 in the Doctor WHO Library series,being only ever published in paperback,being reprinted once (Virgin 1992).Also another title in the series with a low print run of only 21,000 copies.Cover by Alistair Pearson and Graeme Wey.McCoy logo, grey spine/backstrip with outline decal.A really superb copy of a particularly scarce and hard to find title. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: #rja952b. ISBN: 0426203321.

£ 55.00 (approx. $US 71.58 )

BLACK, J. ANDERSON:
NOSTRADAMUS THE PROPHECIES.

Imprint: UK.LEICESTER.BLITZ EDITIONS/BOOKMART LTD.,1995.
Edition: UK,8vo p/back,1st edn.
Binding: Paperback., No dw/dj,p/back - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo p/back,1st edn.NFINE.Neat,handwritten ink familial gift presentation inscrptn+date to top edge/corner of half- title page and an absence of publisher's price,Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy,subject's colour portrait painting illustrated front card cover with red and b/w lettering,brown,black and red letters to spine/backstrip which has no reading creases, rear cover with synopsis; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners,no major tears or splits but a couple of tiniest of snicks to front-facing edges of spine/backstrip - one each to head+foot of same.Rear cover with superficial scoring.Top edges with miniscule faint spotting but still clean,fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread apart from my own collation.UK,8vo p/back,1st edn,8-254pp [paginated] includes an introduction,10 chapters,profuse brown ink vignettes to pages and throughout the text and the book,plus; [unpaginated] half-title with subject's thumbnail portrait illustration to its reverse, title page and contents list/table. No other prophet in history made predictions across such a vast time-span as did Nostradamus,and no other prophet has been proved consistently right. From his own lifetime in the 16thC to right here and now,the predictions he made over 400 years ago never cease to amaze, covering as they do everything from the French Revolution in the 18thC to the rise of fascism in the 1930s and the possible nuclear war of the future. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. e. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja945821. ISBN: 1856053318.

£ 5.00 (approx. $US 6.51 )

BLACKETT, MONICA:
The mark of the maker: a portrait of HELEN WADDELL.

Imprint: LONDON.CONSTABLE,1973.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG++.Owner's ink name to top of title page,and no price -clip to dw/dj.Brown,matt,silver gilt bordered+text decorated upper wrap,subject potted biography to rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear to edges,top two corners minisculely bumped/rubbed with reciprocal loss; tiny nick/tear to head of spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean also,though book is lightly cocked. Publisher's brown paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and sepia portrait photographic, oval vignette illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,10-255pp [paginated] includes author introduction,23 chapters, appendices(2),a Memorial Lecture and an index; plus [unpaginated] b/w photographic frntis, title page,a dedication,and contents list.Laid in,aged contemporary newspaper cutting literary review of the book. Helen Waddell was one of the most sensitive and scholarly best-selling authors of the 1920's and 1930's.'Peter Abelard' has been reprinted over thirty times in its original edition,as well as having been translated into nine European languages.A recent adaptation has also had a record-breaking run on the stage (then 1973).But before writing what turned out to be her most popular work,she had already been made famous by 'The Wandering Scholar',for which the critical acclaim is quoted in this book. Her other books on the Middle Ages include 'Mediaeval Latin Lyrics','The Desert Fathers',and 'Beasts and Saints'. She was born in 1889,the youngest of ten children of an Ulster Presbyterian minister,a pioneer missionary in Manchuria and Japan, 'the Vicar of Wakefield turned Chinese Scholar',as she later described him.Her mother died when she was two,but her career at school and later at Queen's University, Belfast and Somerville College,Oxford,was a series of triumphs. In 1934 her books had made her comfortably off,and when her London flat was pulled down,she made what proved the fatal mistake of buying a large,damp and unwieldly house in Primrose Hill Road,to accomodate 'all her beloved family and still have rooms to spare'.Even before it was badly damaged in the Blitz,it was to be a constant source of trouble and expense,and a disastrous distraction from the work that was the mainspring of her life. Throughout the war years she continued her work both for Constable (UK publisher),and the magazine 'The Nineteenth Century',while being gradually worn out by constant major domestic difficulties,and the incessant personal demands that were made on her.In 1947 she gave the eighth W.P. Ker Memorial Lecture at Glasgow,reprinted here,but ill-health prevented any other major work up till her death in 1965.Her most illustrious admirers included professors such as George Saintsbury, J.W. Mackail,Gilbert Murray and Sir Frederick Pollock; among poets,Yeats, Walter de la Mare and Siegfried Sassoon; public men like Stanley Baldwin and Lord Londonderry; and a wide range of authors, among them Max Beerbohm,Virginia Woolf,Enid Starkie,Rose Macaulay,Charles Morgan and David Cecil. The author and her brother were among Helen Waddell's closest friends. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja33829. ISBN: 0094591008.

£ 12.00 (approx. $US 15.62 )

BLACKMAN**, MALORIE:
Checkmate. [Author SIGNED copy.]

Imprint: LONDON.DOUBLEDAY,1995.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Author's signature - without dedication.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten,black ink signature - without dedication - to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,b/w illustrated dw/dj; with minimal shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears or splits.Top+fore-edges very slightly aged but clean; contents bright,tight and clean,solid and sound also.Publisher's original,clean,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn, 9-510pp [paginated] includes a prologue,126 chapters/segments; plus [unpaginated] half-title,SIGNED title page and a dedication. A dramatic and intensely moving novel,the conclusion of the award-winning trilogy 'Noughts and Crosses'; 1st and 2nd novels being 'Noughts and Crosses' and 'Knife Edge' respectively. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja568315. ISBN: 0385607733.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

BLAKE**, QUENTIN:
ANGEL PAVEMENT.

Imprint: LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE/An imprint of Random House Children's Books,2004.,
Edition: UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated, 1st edn. Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from rear board.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,wrap-around white background with colour pictorial artwork by Quentin Blake, illustrated glazed boards,with capitalised,dark blue lettered title and orange lettered author name to front board plus immaculate plain pale blue endpapers; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title+author name as front's, and publisher's illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with small colour illustration and black-lettered synopsis and critics' black-lettered reviews. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - and minimal,superficial scoring/indents to either board.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp,clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj, as issued,illustrated,1st edn,32pp [unpaginated - excludes endpapers] includes colour decorated title page; plus 7 double-page,16 single page colour illustrations and text colour. Visually the exterior appearance is still exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its near 20-year-old age and nature, i.e. a child's book.It is only the minimal exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher overall grading.Despite them,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of other detracting faults. Corky and Loopy are two perfectly normal girls. They like chocolate biscuits, fizzy drinks, screaming at each other and drawing. But they are also a little bit special .because they are angels.One day they visit Sid,a pavement artist. Sid is sad because he wants to take part in the big drawing competition but can't work out how the judges will ever get to see his work. Corky and Loopy decide to help and give him a very special pencil from their collection. So begins a bright and colourful adventure from the brilliant Quentin Blake. Want more Quentin BLAKE titles? Please search my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED and SIGNED catologues for more or similar titles of UK HB/softback 1st edns and/or Signed items/edns. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja1104823. ISBN: 0224070274.

£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 )

BLAKE**, QUENTIN:
CLOWN.

Imprint: LONDON.CAPE,1995.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj(as issued?),1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued(?),1st edn. FINE.No owner inscrptn.Colour pictorial bds illustrated by Quentin Blake; with negligible shelf-wear and no bumping to edges,corners or spine/backstrip and immaculate unmarked,plain grey endpapers.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean also,with rear board showing minimal grubbing.UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn,32pp [unpaginated] includes colour vignette illustrated title page and all pages with full-colour illustrations all by Quentin Blake - no text. Roald Dahl's own favourite and principal illustrator,Blake illustrated several other books of the author's work,during the author's lifetime.He has also written and illustrated a great many of his own.Blake was the first Children's Laureate from 1999-2001. Quentin Blake,born 1932,Sidcup,Kent.Son of a civil servant.Educated at Chiselhurst,Sidcup Grammar School and Cambridge University.Attended life classes at Chelsea College of Art.Tutor in illustration at the Royal College of Art (1965- 78) and Head of the Illustration Dept since 1978.He works in pen and ink and watercolour in a popular and unmistakeable style,capturing essential character and movement with wit and gaiety in a few rapid strokes.He has illustrated many editions of the BBC Jackanory television programme. Please contact seller,because of the weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja24727. ISBN: 0224045105.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

BLAKE**, QUENTIN:
MISTER MAGNOLIA. [Illus by Quentin Blake.**]

Imprint: LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,1998.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,reprint.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,reprint. [Originally and first published by this publisher,1980.Went through several reprints subsequently (6),this issue being the 7th reprint.] FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price removal from rear board.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp -cornered,wrap-around blue background,glossy, glazed boards with colour pictorial illustrated artwork by Quentin Blake,illustrated boards - a full colour illustration to a white background with separate blue+white single line borders with capitalised,black-lettered title and other grey-lettered author's name to the front board,a white spine/backstrip with capitalised,black-lettered title and black-lettered author name with publisher's black illustrated colophon to foot of same; rear board with with a small colour vignette illustration and immaculate plain pale blue endpapers.Negligible shelf-wear, bumping to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present and boards almost scoring/indent- free.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread other than my own collation.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,reprint,32pp [unpaginated] includes colour vignette illustrated title page,12 double -page and 6 single page colour illustrations by Quentin Blake. Visually the exterior is exceptional and particularly internally is also in an exceptional state of condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 40+ year-old age and nature, i.e. a child's book.It really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.                                          A classic and exuberant,rhyming picture book from the much-loved Quentin Blake. Mr Magnolia has only one boot. He has an old trumpet that goes rooty-toot - And two lovely sisters who play on the flute - But Mr Magnolia has only one boot.                In this wittily rhyming picture book,Mr Magnolia has a full and happy life except for one serious omission - a boot.But one day, he receives a mysterious parcel, and at last Mr Magnolia can splash in the puddles with everyone else!                                            Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja1105323. ISBN: 0224016121.

£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 )

BLAKE, FRANCIS & NICHOLSON, PETER:
The Barry Locomotive Phenomenon.

Imprint: UK.SOMERSET,YEOVIL.HAYNES PUBLISHING GROUP,1987.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG.No owner inscrptn,but price-clipped dw/dj.Bright, clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with negligible shelf- wear and minimal creasing to edges.Light indentations to both wraps,spine/backstrip sunned/faded - as usual/normal - miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing and miniscule chipping to head of spine/ backstrip with miniscule loss.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned, contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Clean,unblemished,publisher's original tan/brown cloth bds with bright, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip with b/w photographic front eps and clean, plain white rear eps.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,half-title page,b/w scenic photographic illustrated title page [steam train standing at a station],contents list/table,foreword by Robert Adley,M.P, locomotives illustrated list/table, acknowledgements,9-192pp [paginated] includes abbreviations list,intro,Pts 1-3 comprising 15 chapters/sections,profuse b/w contemporary locomotive photographs throughout the text and book,16pp (2 blocks of 8pp apiece) of contemporary locomotive colour photographs between pp80/1 and pp112/13 respectively - all on glossy paper. This is the incredible story of how more than 200 former British Railways steam locomotives have survived nearly 20 years (then 1987) after the last was sold for scrap.Dai Woodham's legendary scrapyard at Barry in South Wales has become a mecca for thousands of railway enthusiasts from all over the world.Not only is this the story of the locomotives but the people that have become involved with projects to save them. A year-by-year diary records the arrival and departure of the engines and includes reports on the progress of those undergoing restoration.All the surviving locomotives are illustrated with photographs showing them languishing in the yard,in transit - both by rail and road,under restoration and,where it has been achieved,once again in working order. Many have since become very famous engines,working regularly today on the very tracks from which they were banished all those years ago - and beyond,to territory where they were rarely,if ever, seen in their previous operational days. Please contact seller,because of the weight - nearly 1.Kg unpackaged - and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja27597. ISBN: 0860934101.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

BLAKE**, QUENTIN:
The Story of the DANCING FROG.**

Imprint: LONDON.CAPE,1984.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn thus.[Despite published date of 1984 and no other contradictory indications - identical to true 1st edn issue - this is fact a later or first reprint.] FINE.No dw/dj - as issued and no owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp,clean glossy laminated,white background with colour pictorial illustrated front bd and colour vignette illustrated rear bd which also has a barcode and price of £9.99; with negligible shelf-wear or bumping to edges and corners and immaculate unmarked plain white endpapers.One tiny,tiny snick to rear board's top edge towards the right-hand corner - no other faults present. Contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread - apart from my own collation. UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn thus,32pp [unpaginated] includes colour illustrated title page and full+part-page colour illustrations to every page - all by Quentin Blake.A really exceptional copy - snick excepted and uncommon in this good a grade. Roald Dahl's own favourite and principal illustrator,Blake illustrated several other books of the author's work,during the author's lifetime.He has also written and illustrated a great many of his own.Blake was the first Children's Laureate from 1999-2001. Quentin Blake,born 1932,Sidcup,Kent.Son of a civil servant.Educated at Chiselhurst,Sidcup Grammar School and Cambridge University.Attended life classes at Chelsea College of Art.Tutor in illustration at the Royal College of Art (1965- 78) and Head of the Illustration Dept since 1978.He works in pen and ink and watercolour in a popular and unmistakeable style,capturing essential character and movement with wit and gaiety in a few rapid strokes.He has illustrated many editions of the BBC Jackanory television programme. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja24307. ISBN: 0224021524.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

BLANC, RAYMOND:
THE LOST ORCHARD. A French chef rediscovers a great British food heritage.Stories and recipes.

Imprint: LONDON.HEADLINE HOME/An imprint of HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP,2019.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around white background with colour pictorial artwork with gilt decoration by Claire Melinsky, illustrated dw/dj panels,with bright,crisp, blocked capitalised part-title and author name with black-lettered sub-title to front of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title+author name as the front's and publisher's colour illustrate colophon to foot of same, colour+gilt-decoorated vignette and other border edge illustrations with blocked gilt and black-lettered synopsis.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp, and clean without blemish/foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/ unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering and decoration to spine/backstrip,a black+silver striped headband,and immaculate repeated pale grey endpapers with repeated multiple grey thumbnail illustrations to same. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ix-xiipp+3-340pp [paginated] includes a Contents list/table,the author's Introduction,4 sections: Apples,Pears, Quince,Fig and Medlar,Stone Fruits - Apricots, Cherries,Peaches and Plums,plus advice on growing your own fruit tree and best trees for a garden,Recipes From the Lost Orchard,black illustrated chapter head+tail piece illustrations and other thumbnail black illustration interspersed throughout the text and the book,8pp contemporary colour photographs in 1 block,between pp148/49,Acknowledgements,a Recipes Index and a genral index; plus [unpaginated] b/w wood-cut-style vignetted half-title,a title page,epigrams (2 - Raymond Blanc and Sue Biggs - Director-General of Royal Horticultural Society),a b/w illustrated Contents,Introduction and other sections' separator pages. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.                   Over the past seven years,Raymond Blanc has planted on orchard of 2,500 trees in the grounds of his hotel-restaurant,Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat'Saiasons in Oxfordshire. Yielding about 30 tonnes of fruit for his kitchen each year,it is full of ancient and forgotten varieties of British apples, pears and stone fruit.A further 600 heritage fruit trees have been added from Raymond's home region of France-Comte in France.                                           'The Lost Orchard' is a love letter to each of those varities,complete with beautiful illustrations,fascinating stories and delicious recipes.Lacing the whole book together is Raymond's infectious enthusiasm and passion for his beloved orchard,backed up by his desire for more of us to grow our own food.His stories and memories are a delight as he rejoices in the precious fruit of the 'lost orchard' that  he  has created in a little corner of the Oxfordshire countryside.     Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.    ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja1109423. ISBN: 9781472267580.

£ 22.00 (approx. $US 28.63 )

BLASHFORD-SNELL, JOHN:
MYSTERIES - Encounters with the Unexplained.

Imprint: LONDON.BODLEY HEAD,1983.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Slight spotting inner flaps of dw/dj,fore- edges slightly aged.8vo,251pp,b/w maps+ photographs. In a world as thoroughly explored and mapped as ours is today there must be very little room left for the Mysteries to lurk; no monsters to discover,no ghostlies in caves or under the sea,no riddles that science has failed to clear up,and yet - Blashford-Snell,who spends his life pushing the frontiers of Terra Incognita, meets mysteries at every turn.Is there a huge but elusive monster in Loch Ness? Giant man-eating crocodiles in the Blue Nile rapids? Fire-breathing dragons in the New Guinea jungles? What of those elephants living underground in Kenya? Was there any truth in the legend of the Great Gun of Paphos? And what happened to the crew of the Lady Be Good, the USAF Liberator which vanished out of radio contact on return from a bombing raid in 1943 and was found by a team of geologists deep in the Sahara desert sixteen years later? Whether he is recollecting stories of exploration up volcanoes or on the sea-floor,in the desert or in the jungle Blashford-Snell can spin yarns to keep the readers in suspense - and they are all true.From the Monster of Moulia Reef to the Man who Wasn't There,this book is a treasury of true-life mysteries,some of them scary,others comical,all of them - well,judge for yourself. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja1082. ISBN: 0370304799.

£ 11.95 (approx. $US 15.55 )