Search Results: Titles starting with T from William Robertson

London: Unwin Hyman , 1988. First UK edition. Hardcover. Fair. 700g. Memoirs of a US submarine commander during WWII. Size, 23 x 15cm, 262 pages, 16 pages of b&w photos plus submarine interior diagram. Ex-library, front endpaper removed, some library markings. Illustrated and laminated boards showing light wear to edges. No dust jacket. Internally, fair: shows some light staining but generally clean, bright and unmarked. Not the best ... just a good, honest reading copy.

London: Warne, 1985. Revised. Hardcover. Good/good. London: Warne, 1985. Revised. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardback. Revised Edition. Good/Good. When Beatrix Potter died in 1943 no one, not even her husband, knew the full story of her life. Despite her fame, she preffered anonymity, hiding her creative genius beneath the persona of a formidable Lakeland farmer. Lane's now famous biography was first published in 1946 and revealed much of Potter's life for the first time - her lonely Victorian childhood; her struggles for independence; her unhappy love affair and happy marriage; and the accidental influences that shaped her artistry. Much more has come to light since this biography was first written which adds valuable new material to a full and definitive work. This 1985 edition has an updated introduction and contains many previously unpublished photographs. Contains 174 pages, 21.5 x 13cm, with 8 pages of b&w plates and 8 facsimile pages of writings and drawings by Potter. Ex-library, front… Read More

London: Severn House, 1984. Hardcover. Good. Rare hardback edition of this novel from childrens' sci-fi TV series of the same name. Contains 121 pages, 20.5 x 13cm. Ex-library, front endpapers neatly removed, some library markings. Pictorial boards showing moderate shelf-wear to edges, otherwise in good condition. No dust jacket. Internally, good: bright, clean and unmarked in excellent bindings.

London: Verso, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Gripping inside account of Pakastani resistance organization Al-Zulfikar (in Urdu, 'The Sword'), set up in 1979 after the coup by General Zia-ul-Haq and the execution of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Rich in detail and atmosphere, as only an insider can portray it, it reads like a political thriller merged with the veracity of first-rate reportage. Size, 24 x 16cm, 241 pages. Ex-library, front endpapers removed, some library markings. Black cloth boards in very good pictorial dust jacket. Internally, very good: clean, bright and unmarked in sound bindings. Exceptional condition for ex-library example.

London: The Reprint Society, 1961. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Very Good/Very Good. A classic biography of a very complex character - Sir Walter Ralegh. Reads like a dramatic novel in places, as mirrored by Ralegh's real-life adventures. Central to this account is the man's relationship with Elizabeth I, and his alleged participation in the plot against the incoming James I. Though it would eventually cost him his life upon the scaffold, the author points out in detail that Ralegh's involvement in this crime has never been explained. Contains 350 pages, 19 x 12.5cm, with 10 b&w illlustrations. Yellow boards with maroon quarter binding in very good illustrated dust jacket. Internally, very good: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1963. Believed First. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Good/No Jacket. Softcover. Believed 1st Edition. Remember the days before they invented computers and pocket calculators? Here's one for the number-crunchers and mathematical whizz-kids out there. An in-depth study of advanced calculus, including 925 solved problems in detail. Seventeen chapters covers the following topics: Numbers; Functions, Limits & Continuity; Sequences; Deriviatives; Integrals; Partial Derivatives; Vectors; Applications of Partial Derivatives; Multiple Integrals; Line and Surface Integrals & Integral Theorems; Infinite Series; Improper Integrals; Gamma & Beta Functions; Fourier Series; Fourier Integrals; Elliptic Integrals; Functions of a Complex Variable. If you need to ask what an integral is then this book is not for you (we don't know either). For keen mathematicians, however, this will provide a source of information still relevant to the subject today. Contains 384 pages, 27.5 x 20.5cm, and illustrated… Read More

London: Cassell, 2003. Reprint. Paperback. Good. Good/-. The compelling story of the seige of Tobruk during WWII. The author was stationed in Tobruk during the seige as a young signalman. He therefore has knowledge of the 'bigger picture' perhaps outside the scope of others who were there. The eventual break-out from Tobruk was the first major victory by British and Commonwealth troops over Germany during the war. In this volume, Harrison re-assesses the whole campaign, and asks whether the reputation of German General Rommel - the so-called Desert Fox - was completely justified, given the errors he made at Tobruk. A fascinating read for military historians or anyone interested in this period. Contains 352 pages, 20 x 13cm, with 16 pages of b&w photos and 15 maps. Ex-library, front endpaper removed, some library markings. Pictorial card covers in Good condition. Internally, shows one loose photo page, otherwise Good: clean, bright and unmarked in sound bindings.

London: Popular Book Club , 1955. Reprint. Hardcover. Good. Good/No Jacket. The intriguing true story of the search for Hitler's top atomic scientist in post-war Europe. Contains 216 pages, 19 x 12cm, with 12 b&w plates, author's note, and preface by Bruce Marshall. Green cloth boards, silver titles, no dust jacket. Spine & corners slightly bumped, spine sun faded, front cover has small ink mark. Internally, shows vendor's stamp & ink marking on front endpaper with mild tanning to page margins, otherwise good: clean and unmarked in excellent bindings.

London: BCA , 1976. Book Club. Hardcover. Very Good +/good. First published in 1974 and quickly became a standard source on the urban landscape of Roman Britain. The author shows how Roman towns have affected the history and geography of Britain right down to the present day. Having defined the types of Roman settlement that can be called towns, he examines the reasons which lie behind the choice of sites, the factors which caused their foundation and the way in which the towns influenced provincial life. With the aid of numerous maps, plans, diagrams and photographs, and very full documentation of sources, each town is then examined individually and in detail - its topography, historical development, institutions, buildings, inhabitants and economy. Wacher concludes with a controversial chapter about the decline of Romano-British towns in the 5th Century and argues that they did not survive as institutions into the Dark Ages. Size 25 x 19cm, 460 pages, 78 b&w plates and 89 figures. Burgundy… Read More

London: Collins, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/very good. Publlished as a follow-up to the Thames Television series of the same name in which thirteen well-known writers enthuse on a particular aspect of the Museum's spectacular collections. Though not necessarily experts in the fields they represent, the writers are familiar with their subjects and give vivid personal impressions of a remarkable range of fascinating objects. Included are chapters on building the Museum; the Reading Room; Prints & Drawings; The Egyptians; The Greeks; The Romans; The Romano-British; Medieval and Later Antiquities; Oriental Antiquities; Ethnography; Manuscripts; Coins & Medals; plus, information on the Departments of the Museum and Bibliographical Notes. Contains 222 pages, illustrated throughout with colour and b&w photos. Ex-library, some library markings. Green cloth boards in very good, plastic protected, pictorial dust jacket. Internally, Good: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings.… Read More

London: Hamish Hamilton , 1980. First English language edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/good. The remarkable true story of one Frenchman's struggle to survive the hell of a Nazi forced labour camp, building a tunnel through the Karawanken Mountains from Austria to Yugoslavia. Originally published in 1978. This version translated from the French by Julian Evans and Anne Gray. Size, 24 x 16cm, 471 pages. Black cloth boards in illustrated price-clipped dust jacket, showing minor shelf wear, otherwise Good. Internally, Very Good+: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings.

London: BCA, 1979. Book Club BCA. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Used. Near Fine/near fine jacket. Hardcover. A collection of art reproductions, showing the series of watercolours Turner created up to 1838. All the available watercolours are included, and the few that have been destroyed, or are untraceable, are represented by engravings. Each work has it's own concise but informative caption, whilst the author provides an extensive guide to the collection, with an introduction by Andrew Wilton. A fascinating volume for art lovers everywhere. Contains 160 pages, 21.5 x 29.5cm, and illustrated throughout with colour and b&w art reproductions. Brown cloth boards in Near Fine illustrated dustjacket. Internally, Near Fine: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings.

Oxford: Osprey, 2004. Paperback. Near Fine. Oxford: Osprey, 2004. Paperback. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Softcover. Near Fine/- No.61 in the publishers 'Aircraft of the Aces' series. Like the USAAF war fighting manuals 'The Long Reach' and 'Down to Earth' that have previously featured in the Aircraft of the Aces series, this volume details the combat experiences of the elite American aces, but this time against the Japanese rather than the Germans. The highest scoring US pilots of World War 2 fought over the jungles of New Guinea and the Philippines. Flying P-38s, P-40s, P-47s and P-51s, men such as Dick Bong and John McGuire won the Medal of Honor for their successes in combat in 1943-45. 'Twelve to One' is a wartime manual detailing the 'tricks of the trade' employed by these men, as well as 24 other crack pilots who fought the Japanese with the Fifth Air Force's V Fighter Command. This rare document is reproduced in this book, together with concise biographies of each of the men whose tips… Read More

London Bloomsbury 1995. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Reports on the covert actions of the world's most elite special forces from World War II to the present. Includes information on the SAS and SBS; Delta Force; Green Berets; Rangers; GSG9; GIGN; GEO and BOEL; and 2REP. Size 24 x 16cm, 313 pages. Black cloth boards in Near Fine pictorial dust jacket, internally Near Fine: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings. Looks, feels and smells like new.