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Oxford: ISIS Publishing, 2001. First Thus . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. LARGE PRINT BOOK, Foreword by Dr. Christopher Dowling Director Public Services Imperial War Museum written in 2000, Very good orange pictorial hardcover. Light wear, usual ex-library markings, no jacket. (2001), 8vo, [5], vi-x, 310pp. [2], "Colin Albert Perry was born in Camberwell, London on 12 February 1922. In 1940, having left school in 1936 with no qualifications, he was passed medically fit for RAF flying crew but was rejected as not being up to educational standard. This is almost all of what survives of a journal he kept between March and November 1940, when he was eighteen years old, written in his home in Tooting and in the City of London where he worked. The journal was never intended for publication, it is only the youthful, untrained outpourings of a proud and totally insignificant Londoner. It spans what the Air Ministry was to call ' ... the Great Days from 8th August - 31st October 1940' and the fifty-seven nights when the bombing of London was unceasing. This is the period enshrined in our history as the Battle of Britain, the most momentous year for Britain in the twentieth century."--Publisher description
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Boston: Gould & Lincoln. Good+. 1873. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Brown morocco extra gilt, all edges gilt, 480p., music, index. **"F.J. Allen" within ornate panel on front board. .
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London, England: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1950. Hardcover with red boards and no dust jacket, First Edition, 300gms, 256 pages, blank endpapers. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout, previous owner's name on front endpaper, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Attached picture is of actual book. Purchase more than 1 item and save money with combined postage. And if you can't find the title you're looking for - why not ask us direct. With over 30,000 books in stock we can't list them all!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Dial. Very Good+. 1988. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0803704747 . 88, hb, First US Edition, no DJ. Bk has dark blue bds with a color illustrated pic on front; 4" x 1" stain to back. Light wear to edges. Pgs clean, binding tight. ****** Matilda and her stern nursemaid accidentally pay a visit to a kingdom in which everything is constantly made topsy-turvy every time the Cockatoucan laughs, so Matilda sets herself to putting things right once and for all. ; Color Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 31 pp .
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Great Britain: Curley Publishing, Inc., 1991. Softcover, edition not stated, 348gms, 218 pages, large print. Another selection of short mystery stories from Ellery Queen. Book is in fair to good condition with general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout. Book is ex-library and has been well read. It shows the associated ex-library stampings and markings. Book has been covered in clear protective plastic, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.. Edition Not Stated. Softcover. Fair to Good/Not Applicable. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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New York: Knopf, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Green cloth in dust jacket; 8vo. 149 pp. This copy inscribed by the poet rather poetically: "For Alfred -- Swan brother/ discovered with delight/ and hope of many more/ exchanges out past/ the realm of prose/ Amy/ February , 8, 1983". Alfred is the poet Alfred Corn who would review Clampitt's second book for the New York Times. He also held the Amy Clampitt Residency established by her husband. A nice association copy of the poet's third and first regulalry published book. Knopf Poetry Series no. 9. Published simultaneously in trade paper, this hardcover issue sold quickly, many going to libraries. It has never been common. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket.
