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Mentors and Friends: Short Lives of Leading Publishers and Booksellers I Have Known
by Norrie, Ian
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 2006
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- Hardcover
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- 9781904027492
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- 1
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Ulverston, GBR
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£20.73
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London: Elliot & Thompson, 2006 larger 8vo cloth pp272 bw plates references index F/VG Personal memoir of leading UK publishing and book trade personalities. Numbered 54, author signed on title page. Item Price
£20.73
Soldier of the 71st: Journal of a Soldier of the Highland Light Infantry 1806-1815
by Hibbert, Christopher [ editor ]
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1976
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780850521955
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- 1
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Ulverston, GBR
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£3.09
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Leo Cooper, 1976 smaller 8vo cloth pp xv+121 endpaper maps G/G+ Scottish military memoir, originally published in 1819. Infantry service from Montevideo to Waterloo. Some marking to page edges, VG otherwise. Edited with Introduction and Appendix of regiments. Item Price
£3.09
Liverpool VCs
by Murphy, James
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- Used - Fine
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- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2008
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781844157808
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- 1
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Ulverston, GBR
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£6.03
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Pen & Sword Military, 2008 large 8vo cloth pp x+243 bw plates maps index F/VG+ With unusual detail of the men's personal lives after war. [ Large book, so extra postage overseas. ] Item Price
£6.03
Summer's Lease : Autobiography 1901-1938
by Rothenstein, Sir John
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1965
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Ulverston, GBR
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£4.90
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London: Hamish Hamilton, 1965 8vo cloth pp xii+260 bw plates index VG-/G Memoir by the arts administrator. Includes such characters as T. E. Lawrence at Oxford. Item Price
£4.90
The Quest for the Red Prince
by Bar-Zohar, Michael & Haber, Eitan
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1983
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780297780632
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- 1
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Ulverston, GBR
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£11.91
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1983 larger 8vo cloth pp vii+232 bw plates index VG-/G An account of the life and family background of Ali Hassan Salameh, PLO terrorist mastermind, and the Israeli mission to assassinate him. [ Possible extra airmail postage overseas. ] Item Price
£11.91
The Last Enemy
by Hillary, Richard
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1944
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Ulverston, GBR
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£2.11
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Macmillan, 1944 smaller 8vo cloth pp221 G+ Memoir of a badly wounded RAF pilot, from pre-war Oxford studemt days into wartime. Name neatly written inside front, near Fine text. Item Price
£2.11
Cyanide in My Shoe
by Butler, Josephine
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780906324219
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- 1
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Ulverston, GBR
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£7.99
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This England Books, 1991 8vo cloth pp207 bw plates map glossary F-/VG Memoir of secret activity in ww2 occupied France, as part of a group of people personally supervised by PM Churchill. Item Price
£7.99
The Stalag Men
by Edgar, Donald
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- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1982
- Binding
- Soft cover
- ISBN
- 9780906549292
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- 1
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John Clare Books, 1982 8vo pp192 G- Personal account by a Territorial Army sergeant captured in 1940, of pow life in camps and out in work parties. Much social commentary on wartime life. Ex library withdrawn stamped, complete. A research copy. Item Price
£6.03
Great Military Lives: A Century in Obituaries
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2008
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780007276707
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- 1
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Ulverston, GBR
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Harpercollins / Times, 2008 8vo cloth pp xvi+335 F-/VG From Napoleonic to Falklands eras, with various nationalities. Minor page edge marking, Fine text. [ Heavier book, so extra airmail postage overseas. Item Price
£4.90
Pushkin
by Feinstein, Elaine
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780297818267
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- 1
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Ulverston, GBR
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£7.01
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London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998 large 8vo cloth pp ix+309 bw plates notes bibliography index F-/VG- Detailed biography, illustrated with plates of Pushkin's drawings. Minor adhesive label mark on jacket, otherwise a near Fine copy. [ Larger book, so extra airmail postage overseas. ] Item Price
£7.01
David Stirling: The Authorised Biography of the Founder of the SAS
by Hoe, Alan
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1992
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780356190679
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- 1
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Ulverston, GBR
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£11.91
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London: Little, Brown, 1992 large 8vo cloth pp xix+507 bw plates index VG/G Biography by a former SAS officer. [ Larger book, so extra postage overseas. ] Item Price
£11.91
A Fine Brother: The Life of Captain Flora Sandes
by Miller, Louise
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 2012
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781846881848
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- 1
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Alma Books, 2012 8vo cloth pp423 bw plates map bibliography notes index F-/VG Biography of a ww1 British nurse in Serbia. Minor corner tear to jacket, one slight page edge mark, otherwise a Fine copy book. [ Larger book, so extra airmail postage overseas. ] Item Price
£6.03
Agent Storm: My Life inside al-Qaeda
by Storm, Morten; Cruickshank, Paul; Lister, Tim
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2014
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780241003770
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- 1
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Ulverston, GBR
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Viking, 2014 large 8vo cloth pp xii+404 colour/bw plates map notes index F-/F- Memoir of a Danish jihadi militant turned intelligence operative. Cumbria Libraries withdrawn stamped, loaned out five times, near Fine condition. [ Large book, so extra postage overseas. ] Item Price
£6.03
Seamen's Torch. The Life Story of Captain Edward Tupper National Union of Seamen
by Tupper, Edward
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1938
- Binding
- Hardcover
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Ulverston, GBR
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£3.82
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National Book Association / Hutchinson, 1938 8vo cloth pp320 index G+ Memoirs of the merchant seaman organiser. Item Price
£3.82
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Out of the Silence: Memories, poems, reflections
by Waite, Terry
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2016
- Binding
- Soft cover
- ISBN
- 9780281077618
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- 1
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£3.82
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SPCK Publishing, 2016 8vo pp xi+139 bw drawings F Author igned on title page. Item Price
£3.82
King of the Road: True Tales from a Legendary Ice Road Trucker
by Debogorski, Alex
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- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2011
- Binding
- Soft cover
- ISBN
- 9781118148280
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- 1
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Hoboken: Wiley, 2011 larger 8vo pp235 colour/bw plates G+ Autobiography. Author signed on title page. Item Price
£3.82
The Urge to Fly: From Sticks-and-string to Jet Age
by Robertson, Don
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1996
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781899163199
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- 1
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Ulverston, GBR
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£4.90
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Quiller Press, 1996 large 8vo cloth pp x+205 bw plates index F/VG Canadian aviator, bush pilot, naval and test aviation. [ Larger book, so extra airmail postage overseas. ] Item Price
£4.90
Some Desperate Glory: The diary of a young officer, 1917
by Vaughan, Edwin Campion
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1981
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780723227731
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- 1
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Ulverston, GBR
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£5.05
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Frederick Warne, 1981 8vo cloth pp xv+232 map F-/VG- Published from an original diary, covering embarkation, service and leave, during Ypres operations and battle. [ Possible extra airmail postage overseas. ] Item Price
£5.05
Fallen on the Somme
by Linzell, H. H. [ Argyll, M. A. - editor ]
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1981
- Binding
- Soft cover
- ISBN
- 9780950791104
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- 1
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Ulverston, GBR
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£5.05
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1981 8vo pp54 bw plates maps diagram VG- Diary of a Border Regiment lieutenant, with editor explanatory notes. Author signed on title page. Name stenciled inside front, minor general wear. Item Price
£5.05
Fighter! Fighter! The story of Edward Callander DFM Croix de Guerre, hero of two nations
by Brenan, John & Frost, Richard
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2008
- Binding
- Soft cover
- ISBN
- 9780953452903
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- 1
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Ulverston, GBR
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£3.09
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Whitehaven: Redbek, 2008 8vo pp81 bw photos notes bibliography index VG Personally researched biography of a Scottish reform school, Foreign Legion and RAF air gunner, later a pow escaper. Item Price
£3.09
