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1  Societe Jersiaise Annual Bulletin for 1999
Societe Jeriaise, 1999  0141204  Soft Cover  Very Good  
. 515 pages. Illustrated in colour & b/w. This is the 124th Annual Bulletin 1999 Vol.27 Part 3. 514pp. Containing articles & reports about all aspects of Jersey life both past & present. Incl. archaeology, ornithology, language etc. etc. Articles about Edmund Blampied's book illustrations, An account of the Lichen flora of jersey & 20th century Lieutenant Governors of the Island and much more. Bound in green paper cover with print by Blampied on the front. VG clean and sound condition but slightly creased at corners of the cover.  
Price: 6.50 GBP
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2  Transactions of the Monumental Brass Society Vol.XVI, Part 2 1998
 
Soft Cover. Very Good. 206 pages. Illustrated in b/w. VG clean and sound condition.  
Price: 4.00 GBP
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3  Observer's Book of Butterflies No3 (rare 'Smooth' edition)
Warne,  1985  Hard Cover  Fine  Laminated Pictorial Boards  
Smooth laminated edition printed in 1985.Type 3-9a. Excellent clean condition. Stamped on the endpaper 'Pulp Copy' by Penguin Books.  
Price: 15.00 GBP
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4  Dandy Book 1984 Annual
D.C. Thomson  Hard Cover  Very Good  Laminated Pictorial Boards  
The book is in VG clean condition. 'This Book belongs to...' has been filled in but no other writing etc. Not price cut  
Price: 4.00 GBP
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5  Dandy Book 1985 Annual
D.C. Thomson  Hard Cover  Very Good  Laminated Pictorial Boards  
The book is in VG clean condition. 'This Book belongs to...' has not been filled in . No writing. Price clipped  
Price: 4.00 GBP
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6  The Birth of Jesus: Peepshow Book
Folding Books Ltd  First Edition  Hard Cover  Very Good  No Jacket  R.T. Cowern  
This is one of a series of 'Peepshow Books'. The book opens in a circular manner and is tied back with original cloth ties to reveal six 3D scenes depicting the Christmas Story with a short piece of text at the bottom of each. Undated but believed to be c1940/50s. The outer boards are clean and bright with a little rubbing & bumping at corners. The blue cloth spine is undamaged. Inside the pages are in VG condition with just two small closed tears to the gold decorated 'frame' of two of the scenes  
Price: 25.00 GBP
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7  Standard Catalogue of Postage Stamps of the World 1937
Whitfield King  1937  Hard Cover  Good +  No Jacket  
The book has some wear at edges of boards and bumping to corners but is generally in good clean sound condition for its age  
Price: 6.50 GBP
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8  Brown's Star Atlas - Showing All the Bright Star - How to Find and Use for Navigational Purposes
Borwn & Son & Ferguson  1977  0-85174-271-8  Hard Cover  Very Good  Very Good  
49 pages. Containing maps and diagrams. ' all the bright stars with full instructions how to find and use them for navigational purposes and Department of Trade Examinations.' Book and Dw in Vg clean and sound condition.  
Price: 10.00 GBP
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9  Eagle Omnibus No.1 Unarmed Among Outlaws
Cargate Press  1949  Hard Cover  Good  Good  
True stories of real people including John Williams, Robert Moffat, Mathilda Wrede, Sundar Sinh, John Holmes, Theodore Pennell. The book has the the words 'Evangelical Christian orientation' wriiten on endpaper but is otherwise clean. There is a little damage at top/tail of spine but no loss. The The DW has some tears and loss at the corners etc.  
Price: 5.00 GBP
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10  Fifth Eagle Sports Annual No.5
Hulton Press  1956  Hard Cover  Good +  Laminated Pictorial Boards  
. 128 pages. illustrated in b/w. Browning to endpapers but otherwise in VG clean and sound condition with gift inscription dated 1956. Laminated boards are clean and bright but there is a small amount of damage to the top of the spine (no loss).  
Price: 5.00 GBP
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11  British Art on Paper -Christie's Auction Catalogue 20/11/03
Christie's, 2003  
Soft Cover. Very Good. 147 pages. Fully illustrated in colour. Selection of paintings and drawings by British artists including edward lear William Russell Flint and many others. VG clean and sound condition.  
Price: 5.00 GBP
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12  The Sporting Sale - Sotheby's Auction Catalogue 19/11/03
Sotheby's,  2003  Soft Cover  Very Good  
Soft Cover. Very Good. 114 pages. Fully illustrated in colour. A selection of paintings and artefacts depicting country sports VG clean and sound condition.  
Price: 5.00 GBP
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13  The Avengers Annual
Atlas,  1969  Hard Cover  Good +  Laminated Pictorial Boards  
based on the cult TV series of the 1960s/70s starring Patrick McNee & Linda Thorson. The laminated boards have some minor bumping and there is a slight lean to the spine. Internally it is clean and sound - there is no inscription & the book is not price clipped.  
Price: 12.00 GBP
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14  Devonport High School Magazine No.68 December 1936
 1936  Soft Cover  Very Good  
36 pages plus adverts. Contains a b/w photos of school prefects plus various articles. It is in VG clean and sound condition  
Price: 5.00 GBP
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15  A Guide to the Civil Registration Districts of Cheshire 1837-1974
Family History Society of Cheshire,  1998  1-874214-91-3  Soft Cover  Very Good  
2nd edition. 87 pages. The booklet is in VG clean and sound condition.  
Price: 4.00 GBP
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16  Observer's Book of British Grasses and Sedges No.7
Warne  Hard Cover  Very Good  Good+  
744.253 DJ type 7-1 . Book is in VG clean and sound condition. DJ is a little edge worn with a few tiny tears but no appreciable loss. Spine not tanned & lettering clear and bright. Not price clipped.(7/-)  
Price: 8.50 GBP
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17  English Electric Class 40's (40s) - a Pictorial Appreciation
Peter Watts  1984  0 0-906025-55-9  First Edition  Hard Cover  Very Good  Very Good  
Many b/w photos. Both book and DJ are in VG clean and sound condition.  
Price: 10.00 GBP
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18  The Observer's Book of Geology No.10
Warne, 1979  
Hard Cover. Very Good/Laminated Boards. D5900.579 type 10-6 LAM the book is in VG clean and sound condition with no fading of lettering. No inscription.  
Price: 7.50 GBP
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19  The Observer's Book of British Grasses & Sedges No.6
Warne  Hard Cover  Very Good  Very Good  
586.649 type 7-1 The book is in VG clean and sound condition but the spine has a slight lean. DJ is clean and white but there are some small tears at corners - no loss. No inscription.  
Price: 8.50 GBP
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20  Swiss Railways: Locomotives & Railcars - Chemin De Fer Suisses: Materiel Moteur
Platform 5  1991  1872524095 Soft Cover  Very Good  
176 pages. Illustrated with b/w photos. Text in English & French. VG clean & sound condition. No inscription or ownership markings.  
Price: 12.00 GBP
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21  Strike Nights in Printing House Square - an Episode in the History of the Times
Printed for Private Record  1926  First Edition  Hard Cover  Very Good  No Jacket  
47 pages. Illustrated with 11 b/w plates. About the General Strike of 1926 & how the Times newspaper was affected. The book is in VG clean and sound condition with a little shelf wear. The edges are rough cut. There is the name of a previous owner on the front endpaper.  
Price: 8.50 GBP
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22  Buckinghamshire Village Book
Newbury, Berks., United Kingdom  Countryside Books  1987  0-905392-80-9  Soft Cover  Very Good  
192 pages. Illustrated with b/w drawings. Vg clean and sound condition.  
Price: 4.00 GBP
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23  Memories of Maggie: A Portrait of Margaret Thatcher
London, United Kingdom  Politico's Publishing Ltd  2000  1-902301-51X  First Edition  Hard Cover  Fine  Fine  
310 pages. personal reminiscences & anecdotes by 100 political figures of all persuasions. There is a small sticker with a previous owners details on the free endpaper but otherwise the book is in excellent clean and sound condition.  
Price: 10.00 GBP
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24  Distance - Ephemeris 1881-1970
Ebertin Verlag  1972  Soft Cover  Good +  
132 pages.  
Price: 10.00 GBP
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25  Ali Baba and The Forty Thieves - with 'come to life' Pictures
Raphael Tuck  Hard Cover  Good +  
unpaginated. Undated Miniature book. Illustrated throughout in colour. 2 double page 'come to life' pop-up style pictures. A biro has been used on the title page to obliterate a previous price or name (messy)and similarly some thing has been covered on the rear endpaper. The book is in good sound condition with no tears or loss.  
Price: 12.00 GBP
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26  Bluebell Steam in Retrospect
Bluebell Railway Preservation Society  1980    First Edition  Hard Cover  Very Good  Very Good  
217 b/w photos with a small amount of explanatory text. This book attempts to trace the history of some of the Bluebell Railway's locomotives. Bothbook and DJ arein Vg clean and sound condition.  
Price: 8.00 GBP
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27  Marine Nationale
Marine Nationale  1975  Soft Cover  Very Good  
Small soft covered book with approx 125 pages. text in French Includes photos & specifications of ships, insignia & uniforms. A few neat pencil insertions but otherwise VG clean and sound condition.  
Price: 12.50 GBP
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28  B.R. 634F A Dictionary of French-English English-French Naval Equivalents
Naval Intelligence Division  1953  Hard Cover  Very Good  No Jacket  
251 pages. VG clean and sound condition.  
Price: 15.00 GBP
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29  Science Fiction By the Rivals of H.G. Wells - 31 Complete Stories with Original Illustrations
USA  Castle Books / Book Sales Inc  1979  Hard Cover  Very Good  Good+  
506 pages. Illustrated in b/w. A chance to rediscover a host of authors, many of whom, like Wells had stories published in illustrated monthly magazines. Authors includeW.L. Alden, Frank Bullen, George Griffith, Cutcliffe Hyne, Fred m. White and many others. The book is in Vg clean and sound condition has some very small tears along the top edge but no significant loss.  
Price: 10.00 GBP
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30  Cogs, Caravels and Galleons : Sailing Ship, 1000-1650
Conway Maritime Press  1994  0851775608 First Edition  Hard Cover  Very Good  Very Good  
188 pages. Illustrated in b/w. Both book & jacket are in VG clean and sound condition. The jacket has been neatly laminated to the book with clear sticky backed plastic for protection. NOT ex-library. No inscription or ownership markings  
Price: 60.00 GBP
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31  Rochester from Old Photographs
Sittingbourne, United Kingdom  Meresborough Books  1985  0905270983  Soft Cover  Very Good  
Published for the 'City of Rochester Society'. Large format paper covered book. Collection of b.w photographs & old maps with explanatory text. VG clean and sound condition.  
Price: 6.50 GBP
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32  Tracing Your Family History - Army
London, United Kingdom  Imperial War Museum  1999  1901623351  First Edition  Soft Cover  Very Good  
100 pages. VG clean and sound condition  
Price: 5.00 GBP
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33  Beatrix Potter Before Peter Rabbit - Beatrix Potter Studies III Paers Presented at the Beatrix Potter Society Conference Perth July 1988
Beatrix Potter Society  1989  1869980026  First Edition  Soft Cover  Very Good  
63 pages. Crease to corner of rear cover otherwise VG clean and sound condition.  
Price: 8.00 GBP
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34  Sussex Remembered a Century of Pictures from the Archives of the Argus
Derby, United Kingdom  Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd  2003  1859833705  First Edition  Hard Cover  Fine  Fine  
172 pages. Illustrated with b/w photos. Particular emphasis on brighton area. Both book and DJ are in excellent clean and sound condition. No inscription.  
Price: 7.00 GBP
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35  Royal Navy in Focus, 1960-69
Liskeard, Cornwall, United Kingdom  Maritime Books  1986  0907771335  Soft Cover  Very Good  
160 pages. Collection of b/w photos of various named ships with a small amount of text.  
Price: 4.50 GBP
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36  Elizabethan Keswick: Extracts from the Original Account Books of the German Miners in the Archives of Augsburg, 1564-77
M.J.Moon  1987  0904131327  Hard Cover  Very Good  Very Good  
facsimile of 1912 edition. Small print run of 500 copies. Both book and DJ are in VG clean and sound condition. DJ is sunned.  
Price: 18.00 GBP
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37  Orthocerous Weevils - Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Volume 5 Part 16
London, United Kingdom  Royal Entomological Society  1990  0901546690  Soft Cover  Very Good  
108 pages. Illustrated with b/w drawings. VG clean and sound condition.  
Price: 12.00 GBP
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38  Mekong, The: Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future
USA  ATlantic Monthly Press  2000  0871138069  First Edition (US)  Hard Cover  Very Good  Very Good  
295 pages Illustrated in colour & b/w. Both book and DJ are in VG clean and sound condition.  
Price: 16.00 GBP
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39  Chalet Club News Letters
Radstock, Somerset, United Kingdom  Girls Gone By  2004  1904417361  First Thus  Soft Cover  As New  
86 pages. Illustrated in colour & b/w. Excellent unread condition.  
Price: 12.00 GBP
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40  Combined Operations - the Official Story of the Commandos
USA  Macmillan  1943  First Edition (US)  Hard Cover  Good +  Good+  
155 pages. Good clean & sound condition. DJ is worn and rubbed, with a small tear and a small piece missing at top of rear section.No inscription.  
Price: 8.50 GBP
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41  Jesse Ward - Native of Ipswich & Townsman of Croydon Who Founded 'The Croydon Advertiser' February 13th 1869
Croydon Advertiser  1951  First Edition  Hard Cover  Very Good  No Jacket  
78 pages. Colour frontis & b/w photos. Vg clean and sound condition.  
Price: 8.00 GBP
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42  Australian Folklore Illustrated - Australian Heritage
Australia  Leatherwood Press  2001  1865051497  First Edition  Soft Cover  Fine  
Large format softback. Illustrated in b/w. Excellent clean and sound condition. Anthology of stories & poems from all aspects of Australian folk history.  
Price: 5.00 GBP
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43  Toc H Family Album - Some Aspects of Toc H at Home & Overseas
toc H Incorporated  1953  First Edition  Hard Cover  Very Good  No Jacket  
147 pages. Collection of essays by various contributors. The half title page has 21 signatures of the contributors in blue ink - these are assumed to be original & not facsimiles. Illustrated with b/w photos. VG clean & sound condition.  
Price: 12.00 GBP
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44  Carbon Brushes and Electrical Machines
Morganite Carbon Ltd  1961  Hard Cover  Very Good  Very Good  
275 pages incl. index. illustrated with b/w drawings. marked 'For Private Circulation only'. Both book and DJ are in VG clean and sound condition.  
Price: 15.00 GBP
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45  Throw Out Your Mouldies - Merton in Photographs from 1870
Merton Community Programme Agency Oral History Project  1985  0947814000  Soft Cover  Good +  
reprint. 40 pages. large format landscape softback. Illustrated with b/w photos. Some of the pages have been reglued and one of them protrudes a bit for the the cover - otherwise VG clean and sound condition.  
Price: 6.00 GBP
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46  Yesterday Once More
Croydon Advertiser  0013513206  Soft Cover  Good +  
Undated. Large format landscape softback. About 40 full page b/w photos from the Croydon Advertiser in the late 1930s. Some marks to rear cover otherwise VG sound condition.  
Price: 6.00 GBP
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47  Emmanuel College (Cambridge) Magazine Quartecentenary Issue 1584-1984
1984  Soft Cover  Very Good  
137 pages. Anthology of articles, VG clean and sound condition.  
Price: 4.50 GBP
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48  The Worshipful Company of Scienfic Instrument Makers 1955-1977
Hard Cover  Very Good  No Jacket  
A Handbook. 128 pages. Small sized book bound in royal blue with gilt lettering. VG clean and sound condition.  
Price: 10.00 GBP
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49  Alexander Keighley - a Memorial
Pictorial Group, Royal Photographic Society  1947  Hard Cover  Very Good  No Jacket  
23 pages of text plus 48 b/w plates. VG clean and sound condition.  
Price: 8.00 GBP
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50  Roman Britain
Ordnance Survey  1978  Hard Cover  Fine  Laminated Pictorial Boards  
hard covered book with 31 pages containing an introduction, notes & index plus 2 folded maps 1:625000 in pocket Complete and in excellent clean and sound condition. Almost 'as new' & in original box.  
Price: 8.50 GBP
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51  Territorial Battalions of the Regiments of Surrey & Their Successors (Queen's Royal, East Surrey)
Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Museum  1988  Soft Cover  Fine  
134 pages. Stapled booklet. Excellent clean and sound condition.  
Price: 6.00 GBP
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52  When Saturday Comes : The Half Decent Football Book
Penguin Books  2005  0140515755 First Edition  Hard Cover  Fine  Fine  
1st printing. 468 pages. Both book and DJ are in excellent clean and sound condition.  
Price: 15.00 GBP
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53  Oskar Barnack Centenary - Oscar Barnack, Designer of the Leica - the Father of 35mm Photography - Development of the Leica System Since 1914
Leitz  Soft Cover  Very Good  
Stapled booklet with 59 pages. Illustrated in b/w. VG clean and sound condition with minor creasing to back cover  
Price: 8.00 GBP
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54  Recording Worked Stones - CBA Practical Handbook No.1
York, United Kingdom  Council for British Archaeology  1987  0906780713  Soft Cover  Very Good  
Stapled booklet with 48 pages. Illustrated inn b/w. VG clean and sound condition  
Price: 6.00 GBP
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55  History in Our Hands: Critical Anthology of Writings on Literature, Culture and Politics from the 1930s
London, United Kingdom  Leicester University Press  1998  0718501438  Hard Cover  Very Good  Laminated Pictorial Boards  
406 pages. Vg clean and sound condition  
Price: 6.50 GBP
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56  The Science Museum Camera Collection Incorporating the Arthur Frank Collection
Crown Copyright Science Museum  Soft Cover  Very Good  
Undated. large format softback. 133 pages. Illustratedin b/w. VG clean and sound condition.  
Price: 8.00 GBP
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57  Dance History: A Methodology for Study
Dance Books  1986  0903102749  Soft Cover  Very Good  
reprint. 216 pages. Vg clean and sound condition. Details of previous owner on first page.  
Price: 10.00 GBP
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58  Ewhurst and Ellen's Green: A Parish Heritage
Cranleigh, Surrey, United Kingdom  Ewhurst History Society  1995  0952582805  First Edition  Soft Cover  Very Good  
80 pages Large format landscape softback. Illustrated in b/w with photos. VG clean and sound condition.  
Price: 8.00 GBP
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59  Croydon Advertiser Special - Old & New Croydon Illustrated 1894
Croydon Advertiser  1979  Hard Cover  Very Good  No Jacket  
Facsimile reprint of this Special edition from 1894. Includes original illustrations and adverts. Bound in blue with gold lettering. VG clean and sound condition.  
Price: 12.00 GBP
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60  East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon
London, United Kingdom  Walker Books Ltd  1991  0744519276  First Edition  Hard Cover  Very Good  Very Good  P.J. Lynch  
Illustrated in colour. Norwegian fairy story. Both book and jacket are in VG clean and sound condition.. No inscription or ownerhip markings.  
Price: 6.50 GBP
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61  Aurora - Dawn of a New Era
P&O  2000  0951432826  First Edition  Hard Cover  Very Good  Very Good  
large format hardback. 128 pages. Illustrated with colour photos. Both book and jacket are in VG clean and sound condition. No inscription or ownership markings.  
Price: 30.00 GBP
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62  Japanese Netsuke: Serious Art - Outstanding Works Selected from American Collections
Sydney L. Moss  1989    Hard Cover  Very Good  Very Good  
66 items illustrated in colour & described. Both book and jacket are in VG clean and sound condition except for alittle light spotting on the endpapers.  
Price: 20.00 GBP
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63  The Observer's Tourist Atlas of Great Britain & Ireland
Warne  1976  0723215502  First Edition  Hard Cover  Very Good  Very Good  
586.1075 The book is in VG cleanand sound condition without inscription or ownership markings. The jacket is lightly darkened by exposure to sunlight & the spine lettering slightly faded - but still strongly legible.  
Price: 8.50 GBP
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64  Ballet - a Swift Picture Book
Longacre  1961  First Edition  Hard Cover  Very Good  Laminated Pictorial Boards  
Gift inscription on end paper. A little chipping to top & tail of spine but no loss otherwise VG clean and sound condition.  
Price: 10.00 GBP
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65  Hector Guimard - Architectural Monographs 2
Academy Editions Ltd (a division of John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)  1978  First Edition  Soft Cover  Very Good  
112 pages. Illustrated in colour & b/w. VG clean and sound condition  
Price: 15.00 GBP
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66  Le Corbusier et Pierre Jeanneret Ouvre Complete 1910-1929
Les Edition D'architecture  1965  Hard Cover  Good +  Good+  
8th edition. 216 pages. Illustrated in b/w. Text in French & English. The book is in Vg clean and sound condition. the jacket is a little worn and rubbed but has no tears or loss.  
Price: 20.00 GBP
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67  Le Corbusier et Pierre Jeanneret Ouvre Complete 1929-34
Les Edition D'architecture  1964  Hard Cover  Good +  Good+  
7th edition. 216 pages. Illustrated in b/w. Text in French & English. The book is in Vg clean and sound condition. the jacket is a little worn and rubbed but has no tears or loss.  
Price: 20.00 GBP
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68  More Memories of Bedford
True North  2001  190320433X  First Edition  Hard Cover  Fine  Laminated Pictorial Boards  
Large format hardback book with 112 pages. Illustrated with b/w photos  
Price: 5.00 GBP
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69  Making of Irish Linen
Friars Bush Press  1994  0946872570  First Edition  Soft Cover  Very Good  
90 pages. Collection of b/w photos illustrating the deveopment of the Ulster Linen Industry with supporting text. Vg clean and sound condition.  
Price: 5.00 GBP
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70  Flood Hydrology Manual - a Water Resources Technical Publication
US Department of the Interior  1989  Soft Cover  Good +  
243 pages. Good clean and sound condition.  
Price: 12.00 GBP
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