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Hardcover. Ex-libris with usual markings. Clean copy showing some shelf wear, slight foxing to ffep with minor nicks and tears on dustwrapper but remains a good copy. Dustwrapper is price-clipped
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1935
Publisher
George G. Harrap & Co
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0011723
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Ex-libris with usual markings. Reprint, 1935. With forewords by the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill C.H. M.P. and the Rt. Hon. George Lansbury M.P. In original cloth without dustwrapper. Fine copy showing minor shelf wear, some nicks on cover but internally in very good condition
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1935
Publisher
George G. Harrap & Co
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0011147
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Granville Island Publishing Canada
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894694704
ISBN
9781894694704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.97

Paperback. One man and his dogs - David Kennard is the James Herriot of shepherding Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 line drawings. BIC Classification: BG; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755312573
ISBN
9780755312573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

Hardback. Emotional, moving, and powerful, Every Last Tie is the highly personal memoir of David Kaczynski-brother of Ted Kaczynski, aka the Unabomber-in which he discusses his family, comes to terms with his brother's crimes, and meditates on the possibilities for reconciliation and maintaining family bonds. Num Pages: 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 225 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822359807
ISBN
9780822359807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.43

Paperback. Born the son of a Billingsgate market porter at the height of the Second World War, the author spent his early life dodging bombs and bullies, both with impish good timing. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white). BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099581161
ISBN
9780099581161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Ruthless revolutionary; passionate womaniser; activist; hothead. Meet the young Mandela. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGH; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 196 x 22. Weight in Grams: 292. Some minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0009711
ISBN
9780753825488
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. A ground-breaking biography revealing the haunted origins of the man who created Dracula. Num Pages: 448 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631490101
ISBN
9781631490101
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Hardback. Who was Nikola Tesla? A visionary inventor? Eccentric genius? Outsider rebel? An immigrant from what is now Croatia, Tesla would move to America and go on to create groundbreaking inventions including some that would change the world. This book reveals the life, drama and mystery surrounding the romantic figure. Num Pages: 248 pages, full colour throughout, includes photographs, include illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGT; PDZ; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 23. Weight in Grams: 780.
Publisher
Sterling Publishing Co Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781435142978
ISBN
9781435142978
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. A World War Two epic of escape and endurance Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JJH; BTM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186. 256 pages, 16pp B&W photos. A World War Two epic of escape and endurance. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JJH; BTM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Dimension: 197 x 134 x 18. Weight: 210.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847678454
ISBN
9781847678454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. 'Gripping and inspiring - like the man himself!' Bear Grylls Num Pages: 256 pages, same plate section as HB - no LS help required. BIC Classification: BGSA; BTP; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472113047
ISBN
9781472113047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. A Sunday Times Bestseller. David Hart Dyke's compelling personal testimony is rejacketed and relaunched in paperback. 'Superbly frank and unsentimental.. The literature of the Falklands War would be much the poorer without this pithy, well constructed and brutally honest account of the fighting at sea.' Saul David, Daily Telegraph Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; BGHA; HBJQ; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 306. A Captain's Story of War at Sea. 304 pages. HMS Coventry's job during the Falklands War was to provide early warning of approaching enemy aircraft. On 25 May, Coventry was attacked by two Argentine Skyhawks and hit by three bombs. Her Captain, David Hart Dyke, himself badly burned, climbed down her starboard side and into a life-raft. This book tells his story. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; BGHA; HBJQ; HBW; JWF. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843545910
ISBN
9781843545910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. When, in 2000, the National Theatre published its poll of the hundred best plays of the 20th century, David Hare had written five of them. In this memoir, ending as Margaret Thatcher comes to power in 1979, he describes his childhood, and his painful apprenticeship to the trade of dramatist. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571294343
ISBN
9780571294343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. On 6 February 1958, British European Airways flight 609 crashed in a blizzard. On board were the Manchester United football team. News of the disaster sent shockwaves around the world. This title covers this terrible air crash, and also the story of the immediate aftermath of the disaster and the effect on the city of Manchester. Num Pages: 480 pages, ill. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 340.
Edition
1st
Publisher
Corgi
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552156301
ISBN
9780552156301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardcover. 8vo. . Very good copy.First edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Blackstaff Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1979
SKU
KEX0287896
ISBN
9780856401312
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 35.00

Paperback. A blockbuster adventure about life, death and obsession in the Amazon Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 pages b-w plate. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; WTLC; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Film tie-in edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471164910
ISBN
9781471164910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

Paperback. Aims to unearth the life story of the creator of "The Leopard", one of the novels of the twentieth century. This book stands as a meditation on what it is that makes a writer. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 2ADT; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955010514
ISBN
9780955010514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.08

Paperback. Erwin Rommel was the outstanding Axis field commander of the Second World War, respected, even admired, by his opponents. Here it seemed to the Allies, was a supremely professional soldier: chivalrous, decent, largely untainted by the crimes of the Nazi regime, carrying out his duty with often dazzling success. Num Pages: 644 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 35. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
644
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007291465
ISBN
9780007291465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Hardcover. 247pp.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
The Cresset Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1968
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
KON0818310
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 19.99
€ 4.99

Hardcover. 249pp
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Cresset Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1968
SKU
KON0818301
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 25.99
€ 4.99

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