Recent Arrivals from Island Books

Crowood Press, [Ramsbury],, [1992]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous coloured and monochrome plates; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The German edition appeared in 1990.

Pilot Press,, 1945. 8vo., First Edition, with map as frontispiece and full-page map in the text; olive cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in green, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. THE ORIGINAL EDITION OF AN ARNHEM CLASSIC. This is one of the few accounts by a surviving glider pilot. Hagen flew on the Second Lift and fought… Read more about this item

[Privately Printed, Warwick],, [c.1940]. Sm. 8vo., single-fold card guide, a near fine copy. A RARE SURVIVAL.

Folio Society,, 2024. 8vo., First Edition thus, text in two colours, with 8 illustrations; patterned boards, backstrip lettered in black, printed edges, patterned endpapers, ribbon marker, with exclusive print, stickers and patch in separate presentation folder, the whole housed in publisher's patterned presentation case. EDITION LIMITED TO 750 COPIES SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR AND INTRODUCER. This splendid FS edition is… Read more about this item

Michael Joseph,, [1951-58]. 4 vols., 8vo., First Edition (save first volume), with frontispieces and 28 plates, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth (grey/green/red/green respectively), gilt backs, coloured tops, fore-edges lightly dust-soiled, small mark on front panel of dustwrapper to third volume, small loss (affecting lettering) and two small labels at backstrip of dustwrapper to fourth volume… Read more about this item

Penguin, [Harmondsworth],, [1950]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 16 fine coloured plates and 16 tinted illustrations in the text; original patterned boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. King Penguin 55. SCARCE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION

Chatto & Windus,, 1960. 8vo., First Edition, with sketch-maps in the text; red cloth, school stamp on upper board, gilt back, boards lightly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper lightly chafed at extremities. First complete publication of Livingstone's 'lost' diary, a contemporary record of the explorer's two journeys to North-Western Rhodesia in 1851-53.

Robert Hale,, [1950]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 48 plates and large folding map, small stamp on front free endpaper; original series binding of green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Hale's seminal 'County Books' series.

Ward Lock,, [c. 1942]. Sm. 8vo., Fifteenth Edition, with folding map as frontispiece, plates and plans, , full-page map in the text and folding map; original series binding of red cloth, covers and backstrip printed in black, radial corners, a very good, bright, clean copy. With wartime maps and plans disclaimer slip mounted facing Contents, and numerous trade advertisements… Read more about this item

Moorland Publishing, Ashbourne,, [1984]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece map and numerous photographs in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. As usual from this author, an excellent account. Relatively few photographs, but considerable detail on a still hugely under-written aspect of RN operations in WWII. Enser, p.159; Law, 0431.

Folio Society,, 2024. 8vo., First Edition thus, with 32 pages of photographs; pictorial boards, back strip lettered in yellow, a near fine copy in publisher's blocked board slip-case. This FS edition features a new introduction and brand-new photograph selection, and retains the original foreword by Hanks.

Folio Society,, 2023. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece, 6 coloured illustrations (2 double-page) and monochrome tailpieces in the text; pictorial blue cloth blocked in gilt and white, backstrip lettered in orange and white, orange endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's pictorial board slip-case.

Sphere,, [2014]. 8vo., First Edition; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, red endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR [AS 'ROBERT GALBRAITH'] ON TITLE; WITH JKR HOLOGRAM MOUNTED FACING TITLE. Bright copy of the second Cormoran Strike novel.

[Privately Printed, Stratford-upon-Avon],, [c.1940]. Sm. 8vo., with small printed plan; single sheet with fold-line, a very good, bright, crisp copy. A RARE SURVIVAL.

Faber,, [1987]. 8vo., with coloured frontispiece, 170 plates in monochrome and very numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Bright copy of a standard reference.

Oxford University Press,, [1926-1931]. 5 vols., 8vo., First Edition (save first volume), with frontispieces (most original tissue guards present), and plates; original black cloth, backstrips with printed paper labels, volume numbers on labels faded (else all labels legible), uncut, a very good, bright, clean, crisp set. With the fine engraved armorial bookplate of Alfred Julian Ritchie on front paste-downs.… Read more about this item

Folio Society,, 2016. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 7 coloured plates; pictorial buckram blocked in red, white and black, backstrip lettered in white, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

Ward Lock,, [c. 1950]. Sm. 8vo., Ninth Edition, with folding map as frontispiece, plates and plans, and 2 large folding maps coloured in outline; original series binding of red cloth, covers and backstrip printed in black, radial corners, a near fine copy. With trade advertisements at front and rear.

Fleetway House,, [1933]. 6 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 6 frontispieces, around 800 photographs and over 100 maps and diagrams in the text; original pictorial red cloth, upper boards blocked and lettered in black, backs blocked and lettered in gilt and black, a near fine set. The set comprises: Vol. I: The First Phase 1914; Vol. II: Extension of… Read more about this item

Dent,, [1958]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and several monochrome illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, rose top, backstrip a little dulled else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly rubbed dustwrapper. The City of London arises from the ashes of WWII. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER.