All Old Books

Sir Campbell Stuart
£15.00

Secrets of Crewe House: The Story of a Famous Campaign

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Tells the remarkable story of British propaganda in enemy countries during 1918; under the command of Viscount Northcliffe at Crewe House.

Thomas Alexander Fyfe
£15.00

Employers and Workmen Under the Munitions Act

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A Handbook to the Munitions Acts as relating to employers and workmen, which were part of the huge amount of emergency legislation necessitated by war. 

Brigadier-General John Charteris
£18.00

At G.H.Q.

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A history of General Headquarters, which commanded all British forces during the First World War.

David Hicks
£80.00

David Hicks on Living - With Taste

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Written by the noted interior designer in the late 1960's. His thoughts on styling the home are lavishly illustrated in this fascinating record of the era.

C. Geoffrey Holme, editor
£20.00

Artists' Country: "The Studio" Special Autumn 1932 number

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"The world's leading art magazine," in a special edition dedicated to art inspired by travel in the British Isles and Europe; with a commentary by G.S. Sandilands.

V. Shteinbakh
£25.00

From Athens to Moscow

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The English translation of a souvenir History of the Olympic Games, intended to celebrate the 1980 Moscow games. (Which was eventually boycotted by many countries, including the UK.) From the collection of a British Olympic Yachtsman.

The Organising Committee, Olympic Games 1956
£25.00

Olympic Games Melbourne 1956, Yachting: Sailing Instructions

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The official sailing instructions issued to all competitors in the five dinghy sailing classes contested at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. From the collection of late British Olympic Yachtsman Vernon Stratton.

Bruno Ziravello and Attilio Camoriano
£28.00

Storia dei Giochi Velici (A History of Sailing at the Olympic Games)

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In Italian. A history of sailing in the Olympic games from when it was first contested at the London games of 1908 (Racing off Ryde,) to Mexico in 1968. The chapters on each Games include the results in every class.

Colonel G.A. Tokaev
£40.00

Stalin Means War

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The memoires of a former officer in the Soviet Army and head of the Aerodynamics Laboratory, who defected from the USSR.

Arthur J. Marder
£165.00

From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow: The Royal Navy in the Fisher Era, 1904 - 1919 (Five Volumes)

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A most thorough and detailed history of the Royal Navy, written with the full co-operation of the Admiralty and use of its archives

A.F.L. Bacon
£38.00

The Wanderings of a Temporary Warrior

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The memoires of a Captain in the Hampshire Regiment; from his service in India, the Middle East and the First World War.

Charles Parquin
£22.50

Napoleon's Army

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The memoires of an officer in Napoleons army, from his enlistment aged 16. A fascinating and lively picture of that army in victory and defeat.

Major Arthur Griffiths
£22.00

The Wellington Memorial: Wellington, His Comrades and Contemporaries

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A biography or Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, written some time after his death and presented as a memorial of his achievements and character.

General Baron Gourgaud
£24.00

The St. Helena Journal of Gen. Baron Gourgaud, 1815 - 1818

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The diary kept whilst the author was accompanying Napoleon during part of his imprisonment on the island of St. Helena.

Giambattista Basile
£80.00

Stories from the Pentamerone

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This collection of folk tales was first published in Naples, in the Neapolitan dialect, by Giambattista Basile (died C. 1637) They are believed to have been collected mainly in Venice and Crete.

James B. Donovan
£20.00

Strangers on a Bridge: The Case of Colonel Abel

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An account of the trial and subsequent exchange of Soviet spy Col. Abel with a US pilot on the border of East and West Berlin. The basis of the film Bridge of Spies.

Perry D. Frazer
£29.00

Elementary Gunsmithing

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A detailed manual of its period for all aspects of amateur gunsmithing.

R.S. Craig and Adam Laing
£250.00

The Hawick Tradition of 1514: The Town's Common, Flag and Seal

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A History of the Scottish Borders town of Hawick, known for it's unique flag and seal dating back to 1524. 

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