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Broken Wings: A Soldier's Diary
Bennett, Vernon Harold The Fortune Press London 1959 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Bright red boards. Previous owner's signature at the top corner of front free endpaper. 38pp. Complete with beige dust jacket. There is a pale stain to the back cover of the dust jacket. The DJ is supplied by us in a loose protective archival film sleeve to prolong the life of the jacket. (This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and is fully removable if preferred). 302785
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15.00 GBP
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Florence Nightingale: The Wounded Soldier's Friend
Pollard, Eliza F. S. W. Partridge & Co., Ltd [c. 1910] Paternoster Row, London 1910 Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Hardback, no dust jacket. Blue decorative cloth; art nouveau style design to the spine. Publication date not stated but is c. 1910. Pages are very brown, due to acidic, poor quality, paper used for manufacture. Previous owner's name and date written at the top edge of the front pastedown. The boards are lightly bruised at the spine and edges and there is a slight lean to the spine. The binding is firm and inner hinges are good. pp. 160, 32 (publisher's lists). 19.3cm. 308924
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14.00 GBP
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Stars in a Dark Night: The Letters of Ivor Gurney to the Chapman Family
Boden, Anthony Sutton Publishing Stroud, Glos 2004 0750934670 / 9780750934671 Soft cover New Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
New paperback. RRP. £7.99. 224pp. Stars in a Dark Night restores to print the first published collection of letters which Gurney wrote from the Western Front. 304885
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7.99 GBP
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Florence Nightingale: The Wounded Soldier's Friend
Pollard, Eliza F. S. W. Partridge & Co., Ltd [c. 1910] Paternoster Row, London 1910 Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Hardback, no dust jacket. Blue decorative cloth; art nouveau style design to the spine. Publication date not stated but is c. 1910. Pages are very brown, due to acidic, poor quality, paper used for manufacture. No names or inscriptions. The boards are lightly bruised at the spine and edges. Heavy foxing to the endpapers; otherwise pages are clean. The binding is firm and inner hinges are good. pp. 166, 32 (publisher's lists). 19.3cm. 308925
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14.00 GBP
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Stars in a Dark Night: The Letters of Ivor Gurney to the Chapman Family
Boden, Anthony Sutton Publishing Stroud, Glos 2004 0750934670 / 9780750934671 Soft cover New Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
New paperback. RRP. £7.99. 224pp. Stars in a Dark Night restores to print the first published collection of letters which Gurney wrote from the Western Front. 304886
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7.99 GBP
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The March Wind
Rice, Inez ; illustrated by Vladimir Bobri Bodleian Library Oxford 2017 1851244611 / 9781851244614 Hardcover New No Jacket Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
New hardback. RRP £12.99. First published in 1957. One windy day a little boy happens upon a large black hat, lying in the street. When he tries it on, he becomes a whole host of different characters he's always wanted to be: a soldier marching through the puddles, a cowboy galloping on his steed, a bandit fleeing in the night, or a ringleader at a circus. But when the owner comes to claim his hat, the little boy finds the March Wind before him. Is this part of his imagination too?Vladimir Bobri's timeless illustrations bring to life a magical childhood world in a captivating story about make-believe and the transformative power of the elements. Slim unpaginated illustrated children's picture book. 306876
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11.69 GBP
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Light and Shade
Brooke, Carol [pseud. Valerie Patricia Ramskill] John Long [c.1947] London 1947 Hardcover Fair No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Hardback. n.d. Date of publication not stated but is c. 1947. Original red cloth boards, frayed at the base of the spine, with a short split in the cloth. Spine faded. Corners mildly bumped. Inside, there are initials stamped on the f.e.p. Binding is good and pages clean. A wartime romance novel. 181pp. 104063
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4.00 GBP
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Wavell: Soldier and Statesman
Schofield, Victoria John Murray 2006 0719563208 / 9780719563201 First Edition Hardcover Near Fine Near Fine Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Publisher's original black boards. Both the book and dust jacket are in excellent near fine condition. Clean, tight and unmarked. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Appears little used / unread. Dust jacket not price clipped. pp. xi, [5], 512. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. A HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to delivery destinations outside the UK as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO additional charges for sending within the UK. 304822
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8.00 GBP
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The Shooting Gallery
Hunter, Gaz Gollancz London, United Kingdom 1998 0575065567 / 9780575065567 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
The story of one man's life as a soldier with the SAS. Publisher's original blue boards. Both the book and jacket are in very good, clean condition. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Minor bruising to the spine ends. Otherwise clean and tight. Dust jacket not price clipped. 286pp. 004992
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7.50 GBP
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Anthem For Doomed Youth: Twelve Soldier Poets of the First World War
Stallworthy, Jon Constable & Robinson | the Imperial War Museum 2003 1841196355 / 9781841196350 Hardcover Fine Fine Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Both the book and dust jacket are in excellent, fine condition. Dust jacket not price clipped [£14.99]. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to orders with a delivery address outside the UK, as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will allow. NO extra charges for delivery within the UK. 192pp. 102565
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16.00 GBP
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Butterfly Man [Clipper Large Print Edition]
Lee, Jeffrey W F Howes Ltd Leicester 2006 1846326184 / 9781846326189 Hardcover Fine Near Fine Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Large Print edition. Hardback in excellent, fine, like new condition; tiny bump to the bottom edge of the dust jacket. Appears unread. 617pp. On an island off the coast of Mexico former soldier of fortune Burr Whitman lives alone studying butterflies. He hopes he has left behind a violent past but the mysterious disappearance of a friend and a lucrative new mission, combine to lure him back into a world of intrigue and bloodshed. A HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to delivery destinations outside the UK as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO additional charges for sending within the UK. 303021
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10.00 GBP
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Douglas Haig: The Educated Soldier
Terraine, John Hutchinson of London London 1963 First Edition Hardcover Good Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. Original brown boards. Heavy bump to the top corners, including top corner of the textblock throughout. Also bumped and slightly faded at the top of the spine. The binding is firm; inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions but there are extensive notes in pencil to the rear free endpages, just prior to endpaper. Some foxing to outer closed textblock page edges and light sporadic foxing to page margins. The dust jacket is creased and rubbed and has some old tape repairs to tears at the top of the spine (tape is to the underside of the dust jacket). Front flap not price clipped. pp. xviii, 508. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. (Book photographed without the protective cover, to avoid reflections). A HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to delivery destinations outside the UK as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO additional charges for sending within the UK. 107125
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12.00 GBP
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The Chestnut Soldier
Nimmo, Jenny Methuen Children's Books Ltd London 1989 0416114024 / 9780416114027 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Original brown boards. First edition. Some foxing to the outer closed textblock edges - all edges. Otherwise clean condition. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks and the binding is nice and firm. Dust jacket not price clipped. 168pp. 305644
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5.00 GBP
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