Search Results: Authors starting with R from Brogden Books

10mo green cloth bw plates notes pp105+xlix G- Introduction, Note on French Versification and bibliography. Considerable annotation, front blank endpaper removed, so G- condition overall, still a reasonable copy.

Ian Allan, 1984 pp120 bw plates/diagrams index VG+ Some sunning to spine, Fine text and plates.

Kathmandu: Sajha Prakashan, 1979 8vo pp112 chronology glossary G+ History and contemporary description of the Kingdom of Nepal. The author's family were hereditary Royal officials. Printed on Indian style paper, one of 3100 copies.

Rosenberg Publishing, 2005 8vo pp272 bw plates index F- Australian memoir of ww1 service in Egypt and France. Edited by the author's son.

London: National Rose Society, 1949 12mo green cloth/gold pp153+adverts bw plates/diagrams colour plates VG Printed on War Economy type paper, a nice copy.

Cambridge University Press, 2004 large 8vo cloth pp xiv+309 bw plates map notes bibliography glossary index F/VG History mainly during the British India era, also detail of previous origins, and some explanation of post-independence roles. Fine condition book, dustwrapper with a minor scrape to its gloss at front. Quite scarce. [ Possible extra airmail postage overseas. ]

Bromley: Independent Books, 2002 larger 8vo cloth pp350 bw plates index F/F- Autobiography of the senior Raf officer, who pioneered many helicopter techniques, after serving with the USAF in Korea. His experiences from 1930s boyhood, through NCO wartime service and evading through Spain, post-war service and later pioneering fund raising for the RAF Museum. Privately published, with some personal commentary on post-war RAF senior personalities. A Fine copy. [ Larger book. so possible extra postage overseas. ]

8vo pp151 charts index VG+/G- Includes two fold-out charts. Edge wear to dustwrapper, a nice copy.

Leicester: PRC, 1994 large 4to laminated boards pp256 bw plates bibliography F-/VG Two 1980s Ian Allan titles ''Halifax at War'' and ''Wellington at War'' published in one slightly larger format volume. With many personal crew photos. [ Heavy book, so extra postage overseas. ]]

London George Allen & Unwin 1967 1st ed. 8vo pp118 F-/VG A bright near Fine copy, blue cloth with attractive beige/black dustwrapper VG+ except for two small edge tears.

8vo pp168 bw plates bibliography index G Signed by the author on title page.

Rome: Azienda de Promozione Turistica, undated c.2000. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo pp61 colour plates VG A large pamphlet with text and plates on water and hydro engineering in and around Rome.

Larnaca Maroni 1994 softcover smaller 8vo pp185 bw drawings bibliography VG+(text is F-) The author is a long term resident of Cyprus. A nice copy.

London Readers Union 1961 bookclub ed.(1960) pp319 bibliography index black cloth/silver VG+ An account of part of the career of the Elizabethan seafarer, with descriptions of West Africa and Mexico. Contains an account of an elephants seen in the Southern US area, pp306-7.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1993 large 8vo cloth pp xxix+478 bw plates maps index VG-/G- Detailed and personally researched, with many photos. Adhesive sticker residue on dust wrapper, VG+ text-block and plates. Related Times pp3 article November 2000 inserted loose. [ Large book, so extra postage overseas. ]

London: Collins, 1947 large 8vo cloth pp xv+303 bw/colour plates maps bibliography index VG- A groundbreaking work in its time. Minor wear to cloth binding. [ Heaver book, so extra airmail postage overseas. ]

Ilfracombe: Arthur H.Stockwell, 1994 smaller 8vo cloth pp64 F/VG Dust wrapper price clipped, book nicely signed in old-fashioned ink.

London: BCA, 1994 smaller 8vo cloth pp277 VG-/VG- Novel of the Royal Navy in early 1940s Hong Kong, transiting there from Scotland. Minor spotting to page edges.

London Cassell 1899 1st ed. smaller 4to pp752 bw drawings engraved plates index marbled navy cloth/black leather bound raised bands/gold lettering F- An especially handsome volume of illustrated essays about the C19th British Prime Minister. [ Heavy book, so extra postage overseas. ]

large 8vo pp346 bw plates endpaper maps notes bibliography index VG+/VG- Very substantial bibliography. First reprint. Book Fine but for page edge browning, in slightly edge worn dustwrapper. A nice copy.