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$17.50
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How Words Get Good: The Story of Making a Book


LEE, REBECCA

Octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Profile Books 2022

KEYWORDS: literature history literary books writing

$32.50
xx101pol204702

Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1929-1932


LINDBERGH, ANNE MORROW

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1973

KEYWORDS: diary diaries journals letters correspondence Anne Morrow Lindbergh literature literary aviation flight history

$22.50
xx101pol204704

Cheddar Gorge: A Book of English Cheeses


SQUIRE, JOHN (Ed) & SHEPARD, ERNEST H (Illus)

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2018

KEYWORDS: English cheese cheeses anecdotes history culinary dairy culture

$25.00
xx101pol204708

The Templars


READ, PIERS PAUL

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1999

KEYWORDS: knights templar history crusades soldiers religion religious orders military

$15.00
xx101pol204718

Old Soldiers Never Die


RICHARDS, Private FRANK

Sm octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Antony Rowe (Printer) N/D (Modern Copy)

KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war soldiers autobiography autobiographies memoir Private Frank Richards

$17.50
xx110pol204731

The Thousand Plan: The Story of the First Thousand Bomber Raid on Cologne


BARKER, RALPH

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1965

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 bombing raids Cologne

$22.50
xx110pol204732

The Gurkhas


JAMES, HAROLD & SHEIL-SMALL, DENIS

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Macdonald & Co 1965

KEYWORDS: military history Gurkhas soldiers gurkha British Army Nepalese

$32.50
xx110pol204733

Signal Catastrophe: The Story of the Disastrous Retreat from Kabul 1842


MACRORY, PATRICK

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1966

KEYWORDS: military history Afghan war British army battles Kabul defeats

$15.00
xx110pol204734

The man Who Changed How Boys and Toys Were Made


WATSON, BRUCE

Octavo softcover (VG-) minor water staining; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2003

KEYWORDS: A C Gilbert biography biographies memoir toys history childhood memorabilia

$15.00
xx110pol204739

All for a Shilling a Day


FEATHERSTONE, DONALD F

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Jarrolds 1966

KEYWORDS: military history recruitment army 19th nineteenth century

$10.00
xx110pol204744

The Frolik Defection: The Memoirs of an Intelligence Agent


FROLIK, JOSEF

Scruffy paperback (G+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Corgi Books 1976

KEYWORDS: espionage history Josef Frolik intelligence agents defection autobiography autobiographies memoir Czech

$450.00
2i44a/1

The Angler's Vade Mecum, containing a Descriptive Account of the Water Flies, Seasons, and th Kind of Weather that Brings them Most on the Water


CARROLL, W

Crown 8vo, half-bound in black leather double roll-tooled in gilt & green/black marbled bds, gilt panel spine lettered in one panel & decorated in five, teg, fore & bottom edges sl deckled, marbled eps, frontis., viii + 128 pp., 11 plates to rear, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, bookplate to front pastedown, annotation in pencil to tp).,

PUBLISHER: Archibald Constable and Co. 1818

KEYWORDS: W Carroll angling angler fish fly fishing literature fisher fisherman fishermen flies vade mecum 19th century history trout salmon

$45.00
2i44a/2

Fly-Fishing: Some New Arts and Mysteries


MOTTRAM, J C

Crown 8vo, half-bound in blue leather double roll-tooled in blind & blue cl bds, gilt panel spine lettered in two panels & decorated in four, marbled eps, xiii + 272 pp., illus., VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds, minor bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals).,

PUBLISHER: The Field & Queen [c. 1915]

KEYWORDS: J C Mottram angling angler fish fly fishing literature fisher fisherman fishermen flies 20th century history trout salmon

$100.00
2i44a/4

An Open Creel


SHERINGHAM, H T

Crown 8vo, red cl bds, double roll-tool border to bds in blind, spine & front board lettered & illus. in gilt, teg, bottom edge deckled, xii + 305 pp. + 31 pp. advts., VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light soiling & tanning to pg edges & eps/prelims/terminals, bookplate & prev bookseller's stick to front pastedown, prev bookseller's sticker to rear pastedown).,

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1910

KEYWORDS: H T Sheringham angling angler fish fly fishing literature fisher fisherman fishermen flies vade mecum 20th century history trout salmon

$40.00
2i44a/5

Angling Sketches


LANG, ANDREW

Crown 8vo, green cl bds, roll-tool border to front board in gilt & rear board in blind, spine lettered & front board illus. in gilt, teg, fore & bottom edges deckled, black eps, xii + 176 pp. + [4] pp. advts., illus., plates, elaborate initals, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping, light soiling & tanning/foxing to pg edges & eps/prelims/terminals, gift inscription to ht in blue ink, light to moderate cracking to front gutters, moderate cracking to central & rear gutters, light to moderate foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1891

KEYWORDS: Andrew Lang angling angler fish fly fishing literature fisher fisherman fishermen flies vade mecum 19th century history trout salmon

$65.00
2i44a/6

Fishing Gossip or Stray Leaves from the Note-Books of Several Anglers


PENNELL, H CHOLMONDELEY (ed)

Post 8vo, brown cl bds, two double roll-tooled panels in blind to front board with cornerpieces to inner panel, spine lettered & illus. in gilt, edges deckled, blue/green eps, frontis., xi + 329 pp. + [2] pp. advts., plates, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping, 1 cm tear to spine extrem at head, moderate soiling & tanning/foxing to pg edges & eps/prelims/terminals, prev ownership inscription to ht in black ink, moderate cracking to central gutters, light cracking to rear gutters, light to moderate foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1866

KEYWORDS: angling angler fish fly fishing literature fisher fisherman fishermen flies vade mecum 19th century history trout salmon

$100.00
2i44a/8

The Rainbow Trout


WALKER, CHARLES EDWARD & PATTERSON, CHARLES S

Crown 8vo, maroon cl bds, spine lettered in gilt, front board monogrammed in blind, edges deckled, frontis., [8] + 64 pp., plates, VG (minor scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, moderate foxing throughout).,

PUBLISHER: Lawrence & Bullen, Ltd. 1898

KEYWORDS: Charles Edward Walker Charles S Patterson angling angler fish fly fishing literature fisher fisherman fishermen flies vade mecum 19th century history rainbow trout salmon

$245.00
2i44a/9

Ogden on Fly Tying


OGDEN, [JAMES]

Crown 8vo, green cl bds, front board lettered & decorated in black & gilt, grey eps, iv + 89 pp., errata tipped to tp, plates, VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, light soiling to prelims/terminals, bookplate to front pastedown, minor tearing to paperat front gutters, light cracking to rear gutters).

PUBLISHER: John T. Norman 1879

KEYWORDS: James Ogden angling angler fish fly fishing literature fisher fisherman fishermen flies vade mecum 19th century history rainbow trout salmon fly tying

$100.00
2i44a/11

The Angler's Guide; Being a New, PLain, and Complete, Practical Treatise on the Art of Angling for Sea, River, and Pond Fish; Deduced from Many Years' Practice, Experience, and Observation. To Which is Added, A Treatise on Trolling


SALTER, T F

Foolscap 8vo, half-bound in black leather double roll-tooled in blind & dark green bds, gilt panel spine lettered on red label, edges stained red, red/orange eps, frontis., illus., tp, xii + 382 pp., illus., plates, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to bds & spine with some loss to tooling, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with some chipping, moderate tearing to spine extrem at head, light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges, moderate to heavy tanning/soiling & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, moderate cracking to central gutters, moderate tearing to rear turn-ins at extrems, moderate soiling & foxing throughout).,

PUBLISHER: Sherwood and Co. 1825

KEYWORDS: T F Salter angling angler fish fly fishing literature fisher fisherman fishermen flies vade mecum 19th century history rainbow trout salmon fly tying

$100.00
2i44a/12

Near and Far: An Angler's Sketches of Home Sport and Colonial Life


SENIOR, WILLIAM

Sm post 8vo, brown cl bds, spine lettered in gilt & front board lettered in black, pg edges deckled, brown eps, xv + 304 pp., VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping, light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, bookplate & ex-libris sticker to front pastedown, moderate cracking to central gutters).

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington 1890

KEYWORDS: William Senior angling angler fish fly fishing literature fisher fisherman fishermen flies vade mecum 19th century history rainbow trout salmon fly tying

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