AKERMANN Paul

Encyclopedia of British Submarines 1901-1955. [Paperback Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY OF THE PAPERBACK EDITION

Periscope Publishing, [Penzance],, [2002]. Roy. 8vo., with very numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. The most comprehensive technical history of British submarines to date. Much-needed paperback reissue of the original edition of 1989. SCARCE.

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Book number: 37653

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww1, wwi, great war, ww2, wwii, royal navy, submarines, akermann, paul akermann

AKINSHA Konstantin

Stolen Treasure. The Hunt for the World's Lost Masterpieces. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Weidenfeld & Nicolson,, [1995]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Two Soviet art historians detail the vast quantity of looted art recovered from the Nazis, hidden in Russia, and missing to this day.

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Book number: 39528

Catalogue: Military0

Keywords: military, ww2, wwii, art theft, soviet russia, konstantin akinsha

ALADDIN

Aladdin and other Tales. from The Thousand and One Nights. A New Translation with an Introduction by N.J. Dawood. FIRST APPEARANCE IN PENGUIN CLASSICS

Penguin Books, [Harmondsworth],, [1957]. 8vo., First Edition thus; original printed wrappers, tiny scuff-mark on upper cover else a near fine copy. First appearance in Rieu's renowned 'Penguin Classics' series, and first publication of Dawood's translation. Penguin Classics, L71.

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Book number: 38649

Catalogue: Penguin Books0

Keywords: penguin classics, literature, arabian nights, thousand and one nights, aladdin,

ALADDIN.

The Playbook for Aladdin or The Wonderful Lamp. [A Play for the Toy Theatre.]. Text in five languages. NEAR FINE COPY

Pollocks Toy Theatres,, [1972]. Oblong 4to., First Edition thus, with illustrated title and full-page coloured illustrations in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Facsimile of original 'Penny Plain and Twopence Coloured'. SCARCE.

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Book number: 49037

Catalogue: Theatre, Cinema, Television0

Keywords: theatre, toy theatre, playbooks, aladdin, pollocks toy theatres

ALANBROOKE Field-Marshal

The Turn of the Tide [with] Triumph in the West [with] War Diaries 1939-1945. [First two volumes edited by Arthur Bryant. Third volume edited by Alex Danchev and Daniel Todman]. ORIGINAL AND NEW EDITIONS TOGETHER

Collins, 1957-59 and Weidenfeld & Nicolson,, [2001]. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 2 frontispieces, 16 plates on 8, numerous maps in the text and endpaper facsimiles and maps; cloth, gilt backs, all near fine copies in dustwrapper. Comprises: BRYANT (A). The Turn of the Tide 1939-1943. A Study based on the Diaries and Autobiographical Notes of Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke. (1957). BRYANT (A). Triumph in the West 1943-1946. Based on the Diaries and Autobiographical Notes of Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke. (1959). Alanbrooke, Field Marshal Lord. War Diaries 1939-1945. Edited by Alex Danchev and Daniel Todman. [2001]. By common consent the greatest CIGS in the history of the British Army, Alanbrooke occupied a unique position at the heart of Britain's efforts in WWII. Scarcely a man to pull punches, he provides a blow-by-blow account of how the war was waged and won, sparing no-one from politicians to generals of virtually every Allied nation. For over two generations, historians and scholars have known the Alanbrooke war diaries only through Bryant's classic two-volume edition. Quite apart from the inevitable selectiveness (and much of that rigorously censored), we have several times heard the comment 'too much Bryant and not enough Alanbrooke'. Now, almost sixty years on, we have a complete rendering (from the British perspective) of the most important private military account of the Second World War. Here is the opportunity to compare the old and the new; it is a fascinating task, revealing (first) why so much could not be published at the time and (secondly) the scale of the strains, frustrations and emotions borne by Britain's leading soldier of WWII. Enser, pp.199, 474 (first two volumes respectively).

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Book number: 45942

Catalogue: Military0

Keywords: military, ww2, wwii, british army, staff diaries, alanbrooke, command memoirs, field-marshal alanbrooke, military, wwii, command memoirs, turn, tide, triumph, west, war, diaries, 1939-1945

ALANBROOKE Field-Marshal

War Diaries 1939-1945. Edited by A. Danchev and D. Todman. FIRST UNABRIDGED PUBLICATION: NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Weidenfeld & Nicolson,, [2001]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and pictorial endpapers; green cloth, gilt back, top lightly spotted else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. By common consent the greatest CIGS in the history of the British Army, Alanbrooke occupied a unique position at the heart of Britain's efforts in WWII. By common consent the greatest CIGS in the history of the British Army, Alanbrooke occupied a unique position at the heart of Britain's efforts in WWII. Scarcely a man to pull punches, he provides a blow-by-blow account of how the war was waged and won, sparing no-one from politicians to generals of virtually every Allied nation. This is the first publication of the diaries in unabridged form, complementing rather than superseding the famous and long-standing two-volume abridgement by Bryant.

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Book number: 38421

Catalogue: Military0

Keywords: military, ww2, british army, alanbrooke, bryant, command memoirs, field-marshal alanbrooke, military, wwii, command memoirs, war, diaries, 1939-1945

ALAZARD Jean

The Florentine Portrait. Translated from the original French by Barbara Whelpton. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Nicholson & Watson,, [1948]. 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 31 collotype plates; black cloth, gilt back, endpapers browned else a very good copy. Includes a useful bibliography.

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Book number: 1196

Catalogue: Fine Art0

Keywords: fine art, graphics, florence, jean alazard, barbara whelpton, jean alazard, fine art, graphics, the, florentine, portrait

ALBEMARLE GALLERY

Jiri Kolar. Defective Art 1986-1990. 2 - 25 May 1990. NEAR FINE COPY

Albemarle Gallery,, 1990. 4to., First Edition, with coloured reproductions; printed wrappers, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 31169

Catalogue: Fine Art0

Keywords: fine art, exhibition catalogues, jiri kolar, albemarle gallery

ALBEMARLE GALLERY

Summer 2003. FINE COPY WITH PRICE LIST

Albemarle Gallery,, 2003. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured reproductions throughout; printed wrappers, a fine copy. The invitation card and exhibition price list are loosely inserted. SCARCE.

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Book number: 29608

Catalogue: Fine Art0

Keywords: fine art, albemarle gallery, exhibition catalogues

ALBERTINA FACSIMILES

The Albertina Facsimiles from Drawings of Great Masters. Complete Catalogue.

Anton Schroll, Vienna,, [1939]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous reproductions; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy.

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Book number: 28990

Catalogue: Fine Art0

Keywords: fine art, graphics, albertina facsimiles, anton schroll

ALBERY William

A Parliamentary History of the Ancient Borough of Horsham 1295-1885. With some Account of every contested Election, and so far as can be ascertained, a List of Members Returned. [Introduction by Hilaire Belloc]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Longmans Green & Co.,, 1927. 8vo., First Edition, with decorative and printed titles, very numerous plates, illustrations, facsimiles and maps in the text, and patterned endpapers, title and a few following leaves lightly spotted; original green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, backstrip lightly faded else a very good, firm copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplate on front paste-down and small blind stamp on title.

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Book number: 14731

Catalogue: Topography0

Keywords: topography, sussex, horsham, parliament, elections, albery, william albery, belloc, hilaire belloc

ALBERY William

A Parliamentary History of the Ancient Borough of Horsham 1295-1885. With some Account of every contested Election, and so far as can be ascertained, a List of Members Returned. [Introduction by Hilaire Belloc]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Longmans Green & Co.,, 1927. 8vo., First Edition, with decorative and printed titles, very numerous plates, and illustrations, facsimiles and maps in the text, some moderate offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, backstrip mildly sunned else a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with small hole in backstrip. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 39598

Catalogue: Topography0

Keywords: topography, sussex, horsham, parliament, elections, albery, william albery, belloc, hilaire belloc

ALBRECHT Emil

Union Pacific Small Steam Power. Assembled and edited by James W. Watson and F. Hol Wagner Jr. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

[Motive Power Services],, [1985]. Roy. 4to., First Edition, with photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Published in the series 'Great American Railroad Photographer'.

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Book number: 38055

Catalogue: Transport0

Keywords: railways, rail, union pacific, emil albrecht

ALBRIGHT Harry

Pearl Harbor: Japan's Fatal Blunder. The True Story behind Japan's Attack on December 7, 1941. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hippocrene, New York NY,, [1988]. 8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 40585

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, pearl harbor, pearl harbour, naval aviation, harry albright

ALCOCK Sir John

Our Transatlantic Flight. With an Introduction by Captain John Alcock. BRIGHT, CLEAN LIBRARY COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Kimber,, [1969]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Sold from an institution with its neat stamps on front free endpaper and title verso;, and tape scars on free endpapers.

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Book number: 42662

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: aviation, alcock, brown, transatlantic flights, john alcock, sir arthur whitten brown