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	BLACK, PETER The Biggest Aspidistra in the World : A Personal Celebration of 50 Years of the BBC London, BBC. 1972, First Edition. (ISBN: 0563121548) Hard Cover, 9.25 x 6.25 inches. Ill.: Philip Jacobs (jacket design). No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with slight scuffing to front. With an emphasis on programmes and persons rather than politics, the author, TV critic of the Daily Mail, recounts some of the output from the BBC that have enhanced the life of the nation. This book is worth it for the excellent art-deco dust jacket alone. 243pp. Fine/Very Good (+). GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.89 \| JP¥ 1281] Book number: 002167 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	CLARKE, NICK Alistair Cooke : The Biography London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1999. (ISBN: 0297643789) Hardback, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, crease to one page corner and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with slight traces of handling. Born in the back streets of Salford, Alistair Cooke went on to become one of the most recognizable voices on the radio with his fifty-eight year long series Letter From America. This book, for the first time, tells the story of the man and his remarkable career. 548pp. Fine/Near Fine. GBP 4.75 [Appr.: EURO 5.25 US$ 7.86 \| JP¥ 676] Book number: 003995 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	COOKE, ALISTAIR The Americans : Fifty Letters from America on Our Life and Times London, The Bodley Head. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0370301633) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bump to lower corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or creased with small tear to front dust flap. This third published selection of Alistair Cooke's 'Letters From America' begins with Richard Nixon entering the White House and ends with the thought that politicians intend to bring in Utopia but have, like the rest of us, in the meantime, to do something about inflation, garbage strikes, the latest African dictator, and 'the day-to-day duties.. grumbles and chores of life'. 323pp. Near Fine/Very Good. GBP 2.75 [Appr.: EURO 3.25 US$ 4.55 \| JP¥ 391] Book number: 002540 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	ELKIN, SHEILA (EDITOR) 4th Dimension : Second Book London, BBC. 1974. (ISBN: 0563126647) Hard Cover, 11 x 8 inches. No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean tight copy with bright unmarked covers, no bumping to corners and small bump to top of spine. Annual format based on the Radio 4 science and natural history for children programme called 4th Dimension. 76pp. Very Good (+). GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.62 \| JP¥ 569] Book number: 002233 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	GALLAGHER, JOCK Doris Archer's Diary : Selections from 21 Years of the Archers (Scarce Hardback Edition) London, BBC. 1971, First Edition. (ISBN: 0563121181) Hard Cover, 7.75 x 4.75 inches. Ex-library copy with usual internal marks and stamps. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and no bumping to corners. This is the rare hardback edition. 128pp. Very Good. GBP 9.75 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 US$ 16.13 \| JP¥ 1387] Book number: 002384 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	KAVANAGH, TED The Itma Years London, The Woburn Press. 1974, First Edition. (ISBN: 0713001011) Hard Cover, 10.25 x 8.25 inches. Foxing to page edges. No other inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor bumping to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Scripts from the popular comedy shows which saw the British through the Second World War featuring Tommy Handley, Maurice Denham, Deryck Guyler, Hattie Jacques, Molly Weir, Clarence Wright and Fred Yule. 157pp. Very Good (+). GBP 3.25 [Appr.: EURO 3.75 US$ 5.38 \| JP¥ 462] Book number: 003242 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	LAWLEY, SUE Sue Lawley's Desert Island Discussions (SIGNED By AUTHOR) London, Hodder & Stoughton. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340522305) Hard Cover, 10 x 7 inches. Ill.: Nicholas Read (photographs). Signed 'To Dorothy best wishes, Sue Lawley' on half-title page. No other inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light creasing to upper edge. The third presenter of BBC Radio's Desert Island Discs selects twenty of her hundred castaways and gives us a glimpse of behind the scenes - how they approached the programme, the moments that moved them and the revelations about their lives. Includes Enoch Powell, Alfred Wainwright, Eric Clapton, Arthur Scargill, Gerald Scarfe, Dame Edna Everage, Stephen Fry and Joan Armatrading. 208pp. Fine/Very Good. Signed by Author. GBP 11.75 [Appr.: EURO 13 US$ 19.43 \| JP¥ 1672] Book number: 004387 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	TOYE, JOANNA AND FLYNN, ADRIAN The Archers Encyclopaedia : The Ultimate Guide to the People and Places of Ambridge London, BBC Worldwide. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0563537183) Hardback, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Clean laminated boards with very slight bumping to top edge. Dust jacket not price clipped but with light creasing to top edge. A clean crisp tight copy. 384pp. Near Fine/Near Fine. GBP 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 10.5 US$ 15.71 \| JP¥ 1352] Book number: 000912 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	WEIR, MOLLY Best Foot Forward London, Hutchinson. 1972, First Edition. (ISBN: 0091101905) Hardback, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. Dust jacket not price clipped. A lovely clean copy of this delightful book about growing up in the Glasgow tenements by the author, a writer, radio, TV and theatre star. Previous owners name on ffep. 208pp. Near Fine/Very Good (+). GBP 4.95 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.19 \| JP¥ 704] Book number: 000516 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.

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	BLACK, PETER The Biggest Aspidistra in the World : A Personal Celebration of 50 Years of the BBC London, BBC. 1972, First Edition. (ISBN: 0563121548) Hard Cover, 9.25 x 6.25 inches. Ill.: Philip Jacobs (jacket design). No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with slight scuffing to front. With an emphasis on programmes and persons rather than politics, the author, TV critic of the Daily Mail, recounts some of the output from the BBC that have enhanced the life of the nation. This book is worth it for the excellent art-deco dust jacket alone. 243pp. Fine/Very Good (+). GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.89 \| JP¥ 1281] Book number: 002167 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	CLARKE, NICK Alistair Cooke : The Biography London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1999. (ISBN: 0297643789) Hardback, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, crease to one page corner and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with slight traces of handling. Born in the back streets of Salford, Alistair Cooke went on to become one of the most recognizable voices on the radio with his fifty-eight year long series Letter From America. This book, for the first time, tells the story of the man and his remarkable career. 548pp. Fine/Near Fine. GBP 4.75 [Appr.: EURO 5.25 US$ 7.86 \| JP¥ 676] Book number: 003995 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	COOKE, ALISTAIR The Americans : Fifty Letters from America on Our Life and Times London, The Bodley Head. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0370301633) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bump to lower corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or creased with small tear to front dust flap. This third published selection of Alistair Cooke's 'Letters From America' begins with Richard Nixon entering the White House and ends with the thought that politicians intend to bring in Utopia but have, like the rest of us, in the meantime, to do something about inflation, garbage strikes, the latest African dictator, and 'the day-to-day duties.. grumbles and chores of life'. 323pp. Near Fine/Very Good. GBP 2.75 [Appr.: EURO 3.25 US$ 4.55 \| JP¥ 391] Book number: 002540 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	ELKIN, SHEILA (EDITOR) 4th Dimension : Second Book London, BBC. 1974. (ISBN: 0563126647) Hard Cover, 11 x 8 inches. No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean tight copy with bright unmarked covers, no bumping to corners and small bump to top of spine. Annual format based on the Radio 4 science and natural history for children programme called 4th Dimension. 76pp. Very Good (+). GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.62 \| JP¥ 569] Book number: 002233 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	GALLAGHER, JOCK Doris Archer's Diary : Selections from 21 Years of the Archers (Scarce Hardback Edition) London, BBC. 1971, First Edition. (ISBN: 0563121181) Hard Cover, 7.75 x 4.75 inches. Ex-library copy with usual internal marks and stamps. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and no bumping to corners. This is the rare hardback edition. 128pp. Very Good. GBP 9.75 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 US$ 16.13 \| JP¥ 1387] Book number: 002384 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	KAVANAGH, TED The Itma Years London, The Woburn Press. 1974, First Edition. (ISBN: 0713001011) Hard Cover, 10.25 x 8.25 inches. Foxing to page edges. No other inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor bumping to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Scripts from the popular comedy shows which saw the British through the Second World War featuring Tommy Handley, Maurice Denham, Deryck Guyler, Hattie Jacques, Molly Weir, Clarence Wright and Fred Yule. 157pp. Very Good (+). GBP 3.25 [Appr.: EURO 3.75 US$ 5.38 \| JP¥ 462] Book number: 003242 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	LAWLEY, SUE Sue Lawley's Desert Island Discussions (SIGNED By AUTHOR) London, Hodder & Stoughton. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340522305) Hard Cover, 10 x 7 inches. Ill.: Nicholas Read (photographs). Signed 'To Dorothy best wishes, Sue Lawley' on half-title page. No other inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light creasing to upper edge. The third presenter of BBC Radio's Desert Island Discs selects twenty of her hundred castaways and gives us a glimpse of behind the scenes - how they approached the programme, the moments that moved them and the revelations about their lives. Includes Enoch Powell, Alfred Wainwright, Eric Clapton, Arthur Scargill, Gerald Scarfe, Dame Edna Everage, Stephen Fry and Joan Armatrading. 208pp. Fine/Very Good. Signed by Author. GBP 11.75 [Appr.: EURO 13 US$ 19.43 \| JP¥ 1672] Book number: 004387 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	TOYE, JOANNA AND FLYNN, ADRIAN The Archers Encyclopaedia : The Ultimate Guide to the People and Places of Ambridge London, BBC Worldwide. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0563537183) Hardback, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Clean laminated boards with very slight bumping to top edge. Dust jacket not price clipped but with light creasing to top edge. A clean crisp tight copy. 384pp. Near Fine/Near Fine. GBP 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 10.5 US$ 15.71 \| JP¥ 1352] Book number: 000912 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	WEIR, MOLLY Best Foot Forward London, Hutchinson. 1972, First Edition. (ISBN: 0091101905) Hardback, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. Dust jacket not price clipped. A lovely clean copy of this delightful book about growing up in the Glasgow tenements by the author, a writer, radio, TV and theatre star. Previous owners name on ffep. 208pp. Near Fine/Very Good (+). GBP 4.95 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.19 \| JP¥ 704] Book number: 000516 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.