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THE ADVENTURES OF KIT CARSON - Classics Illustrated #112.

Strato, Oadby, Leicester, ND, paperback, unpaginated [48pp], coloured ills. throughout (appears to bear the signature mark of Rudolph Palais), stapled coloured pictorial paper wrappers, magazine comic strip format about 10 x 7 inches, in the Classics Illustrated series, No. 112 (HRN 125), cover price 1/3, text in English, printed in Republic of Ireland, rubbed at extrems. esp. at spine, rusting to staples, some rust staining to pages which are tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 42221

Catalogue: Children's and Illustrated

Keywords: children's juvenile classics illustrated adventures kit carson rudy palais comic strip

C. W. ET AL,

ANARCHY 35 (Vol. 4 No. 1) - HOUSE AND HOME.

Freedom Press, London, 1964, 1st edn., paperback original, p.1 to p.32, yellow lettered and decorated stapled card cover drawing M. Lindsay, January issue, contributions by: C.W. (House and home), Peter Neville (Are council houses necessary?), Caleb Williams (Of course they are), Teddy Gold (The multiple family housing unit), J.E. & A.B. (In the urban jungle), William Mangin (The barriada: a case-history), Gene Sharp (A revolutionary tale), a little rubbed at extrms., nick to fore-edge upper wrapper, faint soiling, good plus,

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Book number: 41333

Catalogue: Miscellaneous

Keywords: house home anarchy cw neville williams gold je ab mangin sharp lindsay

[HAGEN, LOUIS],

ARNHEM LIFT - Diary of a Glider Pilot.

Pilot Press, London, 1945, 6th imp., 96pp, maps in text, grey cloth lettered in green at spine and upper board, this edition published anonymously, a personal account of the 1st Airborne Division's fight for Arnhem bridge in September 1944, as seen and recorded over nine days by a young glider pilot who was one of the lucky ones to escape over the Rhine, cocked, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, no dustwrapper, very good,

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Book number: 42493

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: ww2 army airborne paras arnhem

[SAUNDERS, HILARY (AKA FRANCIS BEEDING)],

THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN - August-October 1940.

HMSO, London, 1989, facsimile edn., paperback, 40pp, many half tone photos and diagrams, large format (9.5 x 6 inches approx.), pictorial stapled card wrappers, a facsimile edition of the later illustrated issue of the title with heavier card wrappers, the official Air Ministry account of the air battle over Britain from 8th August to 31st October 1940, with descriptions of the aircraft of both sides, the operational control of the defending squadrons, the phases of the German offensive and descriptions of some individual combat incidents, harder wearing than the original edition but with less sharp images, light sunning to upper edge upper wrapper, near fine,

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Book number: 41549

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 aviation raf luftwaffe fighter bomber battle bob hmso history dowding vf45 facsimile

[SAUNDERS, HILARY (AKA FRANCIS BEEDING)],

THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN - August-October 1940.

HMSO, London, 1941, 1st edn., paperback original, 32pp, stapled blue wrappers lettered and decorated in dark blue, 8 x 5 inches, also published in an illustrated edition this plain text version is the true first and provides the official Air Ministry account of the air battle over Britain from 8th August to 31st October 1940, with descriptions of the aircraft of both sides, the operational control of the defending squadrons, the phases of the German offensive and descriptions of some individual combat incidents, a little rubbed at extrems., creasing and light soiling to wrappers, good,

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Book number: 42344

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 aviation raf luftwaffe fighter bomber battle bob hmso history dowding

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A BIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN - Classics Illustrated #40.

Strato, Oadby, Leicester, ND, paperback, unpaginated [48pp], coloured ills. throughout (unattributed), stapled coloured pictorial paper wrappers, magazine comic strip format about 10 x 7 inches, in the Classics Illustrated series, No. 40 (HRN 126), double stapled (text block stapled and then wrappers stapled to block), cover price 1/3, text in English, printed in Denmark, "sl. roll to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing and soiling to wrappers, pages tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 42190

Catalogue: Children's and Illustrated

Keywords: children's juvenile classics illustrated biography benjamin franklin comic strip

[SAUNDERS, HILARY (AKA FRANCIS BEEDING)],

BOMBER COMMAND CONTINUES.

HMSO, London, 1942, 1st edn., paperback original, 56pp, 8pp photo ills., maps inside wrappers, stapled coloured lettered wrappers, 8 x 5", the Air Ministry account of the offensive against Germany July 1941 to June 1942, after the first well illustrated publication 'Bomber Command' this is in a smaller format with only a few but better quality illustrations bringing up to date the account of the bombing offensive and covers accounts of a Wellington flying back from Bremen, building the bombers, attacks on Brest, German ports and the first 1000 bomber raid on Cologne, ills include Stirling, Halifax, Boston and aerial photos of bombing, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing to wrappers, good plus,

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Book number: 38051

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 aviation raf bomber strategy tactics hmso bremen cologne brest stirling halifax boston

[SAUNDERS, HILARY (AKA FRANCIS BEEDING)],

BOMBER COMMAND CONTINUES.

HMSO, London, 1942, 1st edn., paperback original, 56pp, 8pp photo ills., maps inside wrappers, stapled col'd lettered wrappers, 8 x 5", the Air Ministry account of the offensive against Germany July 1941 to June 1942, after the first well illustrated publication 'Bomber Command' this is in a smaller format with only a few but better quality illustrations bringing up to date the account of the bombing offensive and covers accounts of a Wellington flying back from Bremen, building the bombers, attacks on Brest, German ports and the first 1000 bomber raid on Cologne, ills include Stirling, Halifax, Boston and aerial photos of bombing, rubbed at extrems., light staining and small area surface loss upper wrapper, binding reinforced, staples replaced, good,

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Book number: 24333

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 aviation raf bomber strategy tactics hmso bremen cologne brest stirling halifax boston

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CAMOUFLAGE AND MARKINGS No. 20 - Douglas A-20 Havoc U.S.A.A.F. 1940-1945.

Ducimus Books, London, ND, paperback, 20pp in wrappers paginated 170-191, line drawings, coloured and half tone ills. in text, large format (9.5 x 7 inches approx)., pictorial wrappers, detailing the camouflage variations and marking of the Douglas A-20 Havoc in use by the U.S.A.A.F. between 1940 and 1945, with many in text comtemporary half tone photpgraphs and two pages of coloured illustrations, slight loss of overall crispness, faint creasing upper cnr., very good,

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Book number: 43676

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 usaaf camouflage douglas a-20 havoc boston

[SAUNDERS, HILARY (AKA FRANCIS BEEDING)],

COASTAL COMMAND.

HMSO, London, 1942 [1943], 1st edn., paperback, 143pp, numerous half tone photo ills., printed by (Greycaines) Taylor Garnett Evans and Co., Watford, pictorial wrappers, the Air Ministry account of of the part played by Coastal Command in the Arctic, Atlantic and North seas 1939-1942, work which included aerial reconnaissance of enemy coastlines and shipping, attacks with aerial depth charges on submarines and bombs and torpedoes on surface vessels, convoy protection patrols together with search and rescue capabilities, under operational control which includes both RAF and Naval officers, ills. include Sunderland, Hudson, Liberator, Beaufort, Anson, Whitley, Catalina, aerial photos of Boulogne, Dieppe, Cherbourg, St. Nazaire, Brest (and Hipper), etc, rubbed at extrems., spine wrinkled and flaking a little but unusually square, light creasing at cnrs., good plus,

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Book number: 11562

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 aviation raf coastal command hmso battle atlantic arctic convoy sunderland hudson liberator beaufort anson whitley catalina hipper a/s

[SAUNDERS, HILARY (AKA FRANCIS BEEDING)],

COMBINED OPERATIONS 1940-42.

HMSO, London, 1943, 1st edn., paperback original, 144pp, 32pp half tone photo ills. and 7 maps in text, printed by Keliher, Hudson and Kearns, Ltd. and Harrison and Sons, Ltd., London, side stapled through wrappers, photo pictorial wrappers, 8 x 5", report to date of the exploits under the Combined Operations Command including the formation of Independant Companies, Special Service Battalions and Commandos, their training and use on operations including the Channel Islands, Bruneval, Lofoten, St. Nazaire, North Africa (Layforce) and Dieppe. rubbed at extrems with nicks at spine ends, numerous light creases to wrappers, cnrs. inclined to curl, edges tanned, good,

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Book number: 42333

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 aviation raf navy army assault raid channel islands lofoten north africa layforce bruneval nazaire dieppe hmso marine commando mgb mtb rncf vf45

[RITCHIE, CAPT. LEWIS, RN (BARTIMEUS)],

EAST OF MALTA WEST OF SUEZ.

HMSO, London, 1943, 1st edn., paperback original, 63pp, many half tone photos, drawings and maps, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", the admiralty account of the naval war in the Eastern Mediterranean from September 1939 to March 1941, covering Taranto, Matapan and a number of smaller engagements, the support to Malta and Greece, and the offensive against the Italians in the Western Desert, ills. include HMS Illustrious, Malaya, Ramillies, Eagle, rubbed at extrems. with flaking at spine, light creasing to wrappers, staples rusted with adjacent staining, good,

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Book number: 38041

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy hmso mediterranean campaign oran malta greece suez hmso taranto matapan illustrious malaya ramillies eagle

[RITCHIE, CAPT. LEWIS, RN (BARTIMEUS)],

EAST OF MALTA WEST OF SUEZ.

HMSO, London, 1943, paperback, 63pp, many half tone photos, drawings and maps, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", the admiralty account of the naval war in the Eastern Mediterranean from September 1939 to March 1941, covering Taranto, Matapan and a number of smaller engagements, the support to Malta and Greece, and the offensive against the Italians in the Western Desert, ills. include HMS Illustrious, Malaya, Ramillies, Eagle, a little rubbed at extrems., light diag. creasing, short edge tear and pencil name upper edge upper wrapper, staples replaced, neat ink name/date top cnr. of title, some archival tape repairs to binding, good plus,

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Book number: 24304

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy mediterranean campaign oran malta greece suez hmso taranto matapan illustrious malaya ramillies eagle

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EDMUND DULAC'S FAIRY-BOOK - FAIRY TALES.

Hodder and Stoughton, London, ND, [xiv] prelims., 174pp, [iv] blank, decorated title page, guarded and mounted coloured frontis and 15 other mounted and guarded coloured plates all by Edmund Dulac and as called for, decorated endpapers, large format (about 9.5 x 7 inches), maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, gilt vignette decoration upper board, upper edge gilt, fifteen fairy stories from around the world, originally published in 1916 with 15 plates this is a later edition with an additional plate probably from the 1920's, a little shaken, cloth a little rubbed and marked, repaired nick at head of spine and repaired split at lower joint, edges tanned and foxed, foxing and tanning to endpapers and end blanks, final endpapers cracked, light foxing to contents pages and occasional marginal fox mark in text, no dustwrapper, fair,

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Book number: 42458

Catalogue: Children's and Illustrated

Keywords: children's juvenile dulac fairy stories hodder presentation

[MCWHIRTER, NORRIS AND MCWHIRTER, ROSS (COMPILED BY)],

THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS.

Guinness Superlatives, London, 1958 3rd. edn., 284pp (277pp plus unpaginated index), coloured frontis (Launching of a Satellite), incl. 28pp half tone photo ills, deep red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at upper board, lettered in gilt at spine, stated First Impression of the Third Edition on the verso of the title and actually the 7th issue of the title, lightly rubbed at extrems., lettering a little rubbed at spine, a few light marks to cloth, edges tanned and foxed, scattered faint foxing to endpapers, no dustwrapper, very good,

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Book number: 43353

Catalogue: Reference Works

Keywords: guinness records reference

[MCWHIRTER, NORRIS AND MCWHIRTER, ROSS (COMPILED BY)],

THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS.

Guinness Superlatives, London, 1956 2nd. edn., 272pp, coloured frontis (World's Highest Waterfall), incl. 32pp half tone photo ills, blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at upper board, lettered in gilt at spine, the 1st impression of the stated Second Edition (with ills. on page 90 not appearing in the list of illustrations) and actually the 5th issue of the title, lightly rubbed at extrems., spine a little sunned, scattered faint foxing to free endpapers, no dustwrapper, very good,

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Book number: 43352

Catalogue: Reference Works

Keywords: guinness records reference

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Map of LEICESTERSHIRE & RUTLANDSHIRE.

Pigot & Co., London & Manchester, 1841, printed area 13.75 inches (34.5 cm) wide by 8.75 inches (22.5 cm) with reasonable margins, steel engraved hand coloured map on a single sheet extracted from Pigot's National and Commercial Directory covering the County with a vignette of St. Mary's Church, Melton Mowbray, indicating the Hundreds of both Counties and showing the Mail Roads, Turnpikes, Railroads, Rivers, Canals, Towns and Villages, rubbed at extrems., with several edge nicks repaired to reverse, creases where previously folded, a little dusty, some offsetting,

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Book number: 37986

Catalogue: Topography and Local History - Britain

Keywords: pigot map leicestershire rutland melton mowbray uppingham oakham loughborough charnwood leicester market harborough bosworth lutterworth hinckley ashby mount sorrel ashby de la zouch woulds belvoir cabinet

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Map of LINCOLNSHIRE.

Pigot & Co., London & Manchester, 1841, printed area 8.75 inches (22.5 cm) wide by 13.75 inches (34.5 cm) with reasonable margins, steel engraved hand coloured map on a single sheet extracted from Pigot's National and Commercial Directory covering the County with a vignette of Lincoln Cathedral, indicating the and showing the Mail Roads, Turnpikes, Railroads, Rivers, Canals, Towns and Villages, rubbed at extrems., with several edge nicks repaired to reverse, creases where previously folded, a little dusty, slight offsetting,

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Book number: 37987

Catalogue: Topography and Local History - Britain

Keywords: pigot map lincolnshire barton brigg glanford bridge kirton saltfleet market raisin wragby lincoln louth alford horncastle wainfleet tattershall grantham sleaford boston bourn stamford market deeping falkingham donington holbeach holland kesteven lindsey

[RITCHIE, CAPT. LEWIS, RN (BARTIMEUS)],

THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET - Greece to Tripoli.

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 95pp, many half tone photos, drawings and maps, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7" approx., the Admiralty account of naval operations in the Eastern Mediterranean from April 1941 to January 1943, starting where the publication 'East of Malta, West of Suez' finished, it covers the aid to and then evacuation and withdrawal from both Greece and Crete with severe losses, the continuing support to Malta, attacks on Rommels supply lines and supplying the 8th Army during their advance from El Alamein to Tripoli, ills include HMS Ajax, Barham, Formidable, Warspite, Manchester, Kingston, Kimberley, Naiad, Cleopatra, Argus, Welshman, Cairo, a little rubbed at extrems., light soiling to wrappers, staples repolaced and binding reinforced, good,

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Book number: 38045

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy mediterranean campaign hmso malta greece crete tripoli north africa alamein tobruk rommel ajax barham formidable warspite manchester kingston kimberley naiad cleopatra argus welshman cairo

[RITCHIE, CAPT. LEWIS, RN (BARTIMEUS)],

THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET - Greece to Tripoli.

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 95pp, many half tone photos and maps in text, large format (9 x 7 inches approx.), the Admiralty account of naval operations in the Eastern Mediterranean from April 1941 to January 1943, starting where the publication 'East of Malta, West of Suez' finished, it covers the aid to and then evacuation and withdrawal from both Greece and Crete with severe losses, the continuing support to Malta, attacks on Rommels supply lines and supplying the 8th Army during their advance from El Alamein to Tripoli, ills include HMS Ajax, Barham, Formidable, Warspite, Manchester, Kingston, Kimberley, Naiad, Cleopatra, Argus, Welshman, Cairo, a little rubbed at extrems. with light creasing to wrappers and some nicks to edges, spine well rolled, good,

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Book number: 41551

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy mediterranean campaign hmso malta greece crete tripoli north africa alamein tobruk rommel ajax barham formidable warspite manchester kingston kimberley naiad cleopatra argus welshman cairo

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RANKS AND MEDAL RIBBONS OF THE FIGHTING SERVICES.

Daily Mirror, London, ND (circa 1940), paperback, 31pp, line drawings, coloured and half tone ills. throughout, stapled lettered paper wrappers, a handbook of the rank markings and decorations and medals worn by members of the armed forces of Great Britain, with details of equivalent ranks, naval trade badges, army staff patches, army and raf nco badges, decorations and campaign medals, women's service ranks, etc., a little rubbed at extrems., wrappers lightly creased and soiled, slight rusting to staples, good,

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Book number: 42581

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: war ww2 navy army raf medal ribbons ranks

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ROBIN HOOD - Classics Illustrated #7.

Strato, Oadby, Leicester, ND, paperback, 48pp, coloured ills. throughou (unattributed)t, stapled coloured pictorial paper wrappers, magazine comic strip format about 10 x 7 inches, in the Classics Illustrated series, No. 7 (HRN 126), text in English, printed in Republic of Ireland, cover price 1/3, lightly rubbed at tips with tiny nick at tail of spine, faint creasing to wrappers, pages tanned, very good,

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Book number: 42171

Catalogue: Children's and Illustrated

Keywords: children's juvenile classics illustrated robin hood comic strip

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TARGET : GERMANY.

Simon and Schuster, New York, 1943, US edn., paperback, vi, 121pp, half tone photo ills., map and diagrams in text, large format at about 11 x 8 inches (larger than the British version of the same title), pictorial upper wrapper, the US Army Air Force's official account of the VIII Bomber Command's first year over Europe, an account of the daylight bombing by B-17 Fortresses and B-24 Liberators, nissen huts and coke stoves, living in the mud and rain, account of a specific mission to the Ruhr and Belgium, details of many other missions with numerous quotes of experiences, diagrams of a 'combat box', many ills. of personnel, aircraft, aerial photos of targets, etc., well rubbed at extrems. with slight loss at spine, several nicks to edges and numerous small creases to wrappers, corners inclined to curl, good reading copy,

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Book number: 40007

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 aviation raf usaaf europe eighth air force daylight bomber combat box strategy stations tactics b17 fortress b24 liberator hmso vf45

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TEE EMM Vol. 3 No. 9.

Air Ministry, London, December 1943, paperback original, p.201 to p.220, half tone ills. in text, stapled decorated paper wrappers, the RAF's 'Training Memorandum' which contains life-saving service tips in a humourous way often illustrated by Pilot Officer Prune doing it the wrong way, marked 'for official use only', lightly rubbed at tips, nibble to upper edge front wrapper, vertical crease, pencil name on cover and ink reference upper margin first page, light marks in text, good plus,

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Book number: 41547

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf humour

[ARDEN, WILLIAM AND ARTHUR, ROBERT],

THE THREE INVESTIGATORS - HOT WHEELS and MURDER TO GO.

Parragon, Bristol, 1995, paperback, 288pp, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, light creases to wrappers, very good,

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Book number: 38296

Catalogue: Children's and Illustrated

Keywords: children's juvenile modern mystery