History & Politics from Dodman Books

London: Viking, 2019. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Bailey to title page. Top of block lightly toned, but otherwise in fine order throughout. All is clean, crisp and bright internally. No inscriptions. Smart black boards with bright silver titling to spine. Near fine unclipped d/j. This is a charity sale for Friends Of… Read more about this item

London: William Collins, 2017. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Signed and dated by Ashdown to dedication page. Very light marking to edge of block, but otherwise all in VG+, crisp, clean and bright order throughout. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. xviii, 376pp + maps… Read more about this item

London: Hodder, 2018. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Signed by Peston to title page. All in VG+, clean and bright order throughout. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. 293pp + publisher's ads

London: Bantam Books, 2014. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Signed by Gardner to title page. Paperback edition with new afterword. Stock lightly toned to top of block, but all in VG+ crisp, clean and bright order otherwise. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. 505pp +… Read more about this item

Madrid: Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas, 1953. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Well illustrated study in VG+ clean and bright internal order. Pages uncut. Light wear and marking to stiff card covers, a little dulled to spine. Spanish language. 8vo. xxxii, 379pp + plates

London: Saunders, Otley, And Co, 1862. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. To give it its full title: "The History of Gibraltar and of its Political Relation to Events in Europe; From the Commencement of the Moorish Dynasty in Spain to the Last Morocco War. With Original and Unpublished letters… Read more about this item

Reading: Ithaca Press, 2009. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fascinating collection of 41 Bedouin poems addressing contemporary themes and translated into English, with accompanying introduction and commentary. Poems also presented in Arabic script to rear. All in fine internal order, clean and bright throughout. No inscriptions. Smart pictorial boards… Read more about this item

London: Abyssinia Association, 1941. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Exceptionally scarce transcript of speech by Haile Selassie celebrating the defeat of Italian fascist colonisers and thanking the British forces for their part in it. No date, but presumed published shortly after delivery. Includes 4pp of Amharic text and 4pp of English. In VG internal order. Central staple rusting… Read more about this item

Scotch Plains: Flanders Hall, 1941. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Introduction by Sigfrid Hauck to this volume by forthright Nazi supporter Viereck, jailed in the US shorty after publication under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Light toning to stock, but otherwise all in VG internal order. Signed by Viereck… Read more about this item

Prague: Die Neue Weltbühne, 1933. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A broken run of 18 issues of the influential German arts and politics weekly, Die Neue Weltbühne, produced in exile in Prague. These issues, all bar one with the additional dramatic content lists to the front covers, date from 27th July 1933 (second… Read more about this item

Calcutta: B N Banerjea / Digest Book House, 1940. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo. (1940 - WorldCat). Exceptionally scarce first edition by 'Comrade Roy'. Largely comprised of a series of articles published in Amrita Bazar Patrika. All in good internal order. Covers rather heavily worn and marked, with minor loss to base of spine. 12mo.… Read more about this item

Bombay: Hind Kitabs, 1944. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo. Shankar. Exceptionally scarce account of developments in India and abroad during Mahatma Ghandi's spell in prison. Replete with Shankar cartoon illustrations. All in good internal order bar a little folding to page corners and occasional spotting. Covers are heavily worn and creased but firm thanks to… Read more about this item

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1933. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Second printing (June 1933) of first UK edition (February 1932). Foxing to endpapers and first and last few pages, but in general all is clean and bright internally. Former owner's signature neatly to fep. Red cloth a little… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1931. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo. First edition of this biography of leading figure in the women's suffrage cause, with eight plates and a frontispiece portrait. Likely ex-lib as some evidence of label removal to rear pastedown, but no other indications. Stock toned and some light marking/corner creasing, but in general good order… Read more about this item

London: Cassell & Company, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. In which Pratt is posted to post-war India to assist with the repatriation of British troops as a welfare officer. Stock toned, with some spotting to edge of block and early/late pages, but otherwise all in good internal order. Red boards a little marked and worn… Read more about this item

London: Macdonald, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. First UK edition. Wide-ranging study of treason and its perpetrators. Stock toned but otherwise all in good internal order. Black cloth well worn to edges, with some splitting at head of spine. 8vo. 408pp

Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 2001. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Second printing, and bar light toning to page edges, in VG+, clean and bright order throughout. No inscriptions. Smart red boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j, faded to spine and with small nick to front… Read more about this item

London: SCM Press, 1947. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Wide ranging historical essay from the Bishop of Durham, and, bar light toning to stock, moreso to endpapers, in VG, clean and bright order throughout. Former owner's neat signature to fep. Smart green boards showing light shelfwear only. Good clipped d/j… Read more about this item

London: S.P.C.K., 1952. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stock lightly toned and very occasional marking, but in general all in VG internal order. Ex-libris stamp of Kenneth Thacker to fep with date added. Smart green cloth with bright gilt tilting to spine. G- unclipped d/j, heavily marked and toned and… Read more about this item

London: John Baker, 1965. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ex-lib copy with ticket pocket and stamps, but once past these, all in VG, clean and bright internal order. Smart black cloth with bright gilt-on-red titling to spine. G+ unclipped d/j, lightly toned and a little faded to spine with small… Read more about this item