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SCARCE BOOKRONNIE SCOTT'S JAZZ CLUB BY BENNY GREEN, PHOTOS BY FREDERICK WARREN. TEN YEARS AT RONNIE SCOTT'S.Please See Photos for Condition.C1

1932. First edition. Hardcover. Good. P. A. Staynes. 87 Pages. Poetry. Inscribed and Signed by the AUTHORS HUSBAND and dated Xmas, 1932. "To my dear Mavis with best Christmas wishes, this little book written by my wife is sent by George Mclaren Brown. Xmas 1932". lllustrated End Papers and boards. This is a true story of three Canadian children. And it tells of how one summer with their Daddy and Mummie and nurse they went over the sea to England to visit their Uncle and Aunt.And the things that the children saw, and the children did, and what they thought of it all, are set down here for you to read. Very Scarce. A little speckled. Z1

1989. First edition. Hardback. Very Good+ / very good. JUSTICE NOT VENGEANCE: Translated from the German by Ewald Osers. Blue Cloth Silver Titles. First British Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Authors signature on plate pasted on to tile page - see photo. FIRST UK PRINTING. Very minor cover edge wear, , No marks or inscriptions to pages.Since the end of World War II Wiesenthal has dedicated his life to bringing Nazis to justice. In this book he describes his activities, the men, such as Eichmann and Mengele, he has pursued, the Nazi escape organization, Odessa, but also some of the heroism that the horrors produced. The book asks questions about the function of punishment and the possibility of rehabilitation in such extreme cases of criminality. He shows that many of the most sadistic persecutors of the Nazi regime found it all too easy to merge into normal society and assume a cloak of decency. Wiesenthal's aim has been to expose to the fullest possible extent the hypocritical sham of this… Read More

Doug Beecroft.Privately Published , 2007Softcover. Condition: FINE . First Edition.Fine Covers. ; Inside clean and bright, binding tight. ; B&W Photographs; Large Pages, 60 pages.Wartime story of an Australian airman that is based on his diary, flying log book and a nacharbeitsbuch (work book) that he kept in prisoner of war camps at Stalag Luft VII and at Stalag IIIA.Includes letter to the author from someone who new his father.Please See Photos for ConditionD4

99pp + plates. Illuastrated With thirty-seven plates, a number in colour, and other illustrations in the text. Endpapers slightly spotted. The first full-length biography of the Beggarstaff Brother, with some work here illustrated for the first time. .hardbackVery Good InternallyGood Binding and boardsPlease See Photos for ConditionB5

Inscribed & Signed by the Author." To Sali best wishes, Ruth Scurr"Near Fine Book and Wrapper. Inscribed & Signed by the Author.'Light, ingenious, inspiring, a book to reread and cherish' Hilary Mantel'A delight...the book I would take with me to a desert island' David AaronovitchI was born about sun rising in my maternal grandfather's bedchamber on 12th March 1626. St. Gregory's Day, very sickly, likely to die. John Aubrey loved England. From an early age, he saw his England slipping away and, against extraordinary odds, committed himself to preserving for posterity what remained of it – in books, monuments and life stories. His Brief Lives would redefine the art of biography yet he published only one rushed, botched book in his lifetime and died fearing his name and achievements would be forgotten.Ruth Scurr's biography is an act of scholarly imagination: a diary drawn from John Aubrey's own words, displaying his unique voice, dry wit, the irreverence and drama of a literary pioneer. Aubrey saw… Read More

UK: Journal of The Egyptian Archaeology ., 1979. First edition. Softcover. Very Good. The Egypt Exploration Society, Journal of The Egyptian Archaeology . 208 pages. Blue paper covers (softbound), 33 photographic plates., indexes -- , corners lightly bumped, clean no inscriptions. 208pp w/33 plates. Includes Excavations at the Memphite Tomb of Horemheb, Qasr Ibrim 1978, Wall Paintings from the Worker's Village at El-Amarna, Plato on Egyptian Art S1