Search Results: Titles starting with S from Wadard Books PBFA

Sutton Veny, Wilts.: Dove Publishing, 1997 From the unveiling of the first Saab car prototype in 1947. 192pp in colour and black and white.

London: Sinclair - Stevenson, 1993 This is the first biography to be written about Sacheverell Sitwell, youngest and in the opinion of some, the most gifted of the celebrated literary trio of Sitwells. 486 pages. Black and white plates.

London: B.T.Batsford, 1979 The sack of Rome 1527, one of the great tragedies of history. 220 pages illustrated with black and white plates. Slight fade to dustwrapper spine.

London: Verso, 2002 A thorough going assessment post Gulf War and pre invasion. First published in the UK in 2000 entitled Out of the Ashes. Large format paperback. 320 pages.

London: C.W.Beaumont, 1946 A detailed account of Works in the Permanent Repertory with critical notes. 207 pages. Black and white photographic plates.

London: William Rice, 1899 Collected essays, recollections and causeries. xix, 437pp, gilt top edge. Frontis portrait of Tollemache. Small damp marl to upper corner of lower board otherwise very good throughout.

London: Jarrolds, 1942 All about the cattleman, and the part he played in the grand drama of the West. 192pp with black and white plates.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1975 This is Edward Heath's sailing autobiography. Taking first sailing lessons in 1966 he quickly became one of Britain's most successful and accomplished yachtsmen.
184pp. Substantially illustrated in monotone and colour.
Signed by Heath to the front pastrdown.

Belfast: The Isabella Press, 1995 "The surprised American asked if it really was an important place. 'This is the County Town of Down' came the reply and it was a city before America was discovered."
243pp illustrated in black and white. Signed by the author to the title page.
Size 240x190mm

London: Chapman & Hall A little collection of 150 recipes for salads - plain and complex, sweet and savoury - together with much sound advice on their preparation. Preface by Boulestin. 103 pages. Damage to pages 67/68 but no loss of text, otherwise good throughout.

Stroud, Glouc.: Chalford Publishing, 1996 Since 1897 the rolling chalk downlands of Salisbury Plain has been dominated by the affairs of the Army. 128pp well illustrated in black and white.

Northwood and Bradford: Knights Press A little sixteen page booklet containing one of the Sally Belinda stories by Max Crombie. Four nicely constructed illustrations by Jonathan Scott printed in three colours. Undated circa 1930s. Covers lightly foxed.

London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1898 xii, 272pp with advertisements fore and aft. Well illustrated throughout in black and white together with four good colour plates of various flies.
Book size 190x135mm.

London: A&C Black, 1920 xiii, 196pp, index, folding map
32 full page illustrations in colour captioned to the tissues, 8 in black and white.
The dustjacket while a little scruffy has maintained the blue covers in very good plus condition. The text pages have some random foxing.

London: Debrett's Peerage Ltd, 1979 This book taces yachting from the time of Charles 2nd but concentrates mainly on the period between 1840 and 1914 and the amazing and opulent yachts of the Victorians and Edwardians. 140 pages well illustrated with contemporary photographs and constructional drawings. Dustwrapper creased and chipped at edges, now in a protective sleeve.

Cheltenham: This England Books, 1990 Concise biographies and examples from poets of the First and Second World Wars. 240pp illustrated in black and white.

Aldershot, Hants: Scolar Press for the Navy Records Society, 1995 Pepys's Navy White Book and Brooke House Papers transcribed by William Matthews and Charles Knighton, edited by Robert Latham. 488pp. Light ring mark to top board otherwise fine.

Liverpool: University Press, 1949 The memoirs of a naval officer between the years 1798 and 1810 and transcribed from an illustrated manuscript found in New Orleans in 1916. The illustrations being maps and ships portraits are of high quality. The memoirs being topped and tailed with researched information on Walters early and later life. 154pp with black and white plates. Some loss of dressing to upper and lower boards.

London: Granta Books, 1998 It follows Pearl's courageous flight from her homeland and traces the consequences of her children's efforts to find their own dreamlands in England, America and modern-day Sri-Lanka. 278pp. Signed by the author to the title page.

West Malling, Kent: Scsrbutts, 2012 Sandling lies on the northern edge of Maidstone, and this book sets out memories of its farming and countryside life. Tales of Maidstone Zoo, hop picking, and how war impacted upon the community.
159pp illustrated in black and white.