Recent Arrivals from Island Books

William Kimber,, [1956]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with loss (affecting lettering) at head of backstrip, and at lower edge of front panel. Memoirs of a destroyer captain who saw almost incessant action - with BLACK SWAN in Norway, with… Read more about this item

Harper Collins,, [1998]. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces and plates; black cloth, gilt backs, red endpapers, red silk markers, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Holmes' acclaimed biography complete.

Gollancz,, [1995]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition; burgundy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The eighteenth Discworld novel, with dustwrapper artwork by Josh Kirby.

Ian Allan, [Shepperton],, [1967]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, and many illustrations and diagrams in the text, short crease in front free endpaper, fore-edge lightly spotted; brown cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, fore-edge lightly spotted else a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Ottley, 12072.

Friends of Tewkesbury Abbey,, 1959. 8vo., Fourth Edition, with folding plan as frontispiece and 12 plates; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy.

Cassell,, [1959]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, several plates and 8 maps (one double-page); red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper, the latter with loss (affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. SIGNED BY FIELD-MARSHAL AUCHINLECK ON PORTRAiT FRONTISPIECE. The standard life of the last C-in-C of the… Read more about this item

Michael Joseph,, [1984]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates, maps in the text and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. Masterly compilation of eyewitness accounts with thorough background. Enser, p.162.

Charles Close Society,, 2013. 8vo., Third Edition, with maps in the text; pictorial boards, a fine copy. The standard reference. This is a revised and expanded version of the first edition of 1993, with 64 more pages, several new sections and renewed illustrations. It contains the only up-to-date bibliography of writings on the Ordnance Survey.

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1951]. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece, plates, and endpaper maps in green, endpapers lightly browned; green cloth, gilt back, green top (faded as often), a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter taped at edges. Includes Muztagh Ata and Bogdo Ola. Neate *699.

Greenhill Books,, [1998]. Roy. 4to., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Monumental reference containing comprehensive coverage of every action of every campaign in Europe and the Middle East. Based on thirty years' research in archives and libraries, it includes detailed data on units and casualties of over 2,000 engagements.

Peter Davies,, [1959]. 8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, fore-esge lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter a little rubbed and chipped at extremities. Klefos delivers a vivid account of his volunteer mission leading a team of conscripts delivering ammunition during the early days of the Norwegian Occupation. EXTREMELY… Read more about this item

Folio Society,, 2008. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece and 8 coloured plates; pictorial sand cloth blocked in red and black, backstrip lettered in red, red endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

Mitchell Beazley,, [1980]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 8 fine coloured plates (6 double-page); green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A classic survey with many historical recipes, Ayrton's last work is arranged geographically by region.

Folio Society,, 1968 [1972]. 8vo., Third Impression thus; olive hessian, upper board and backstrip with printed paper labels (backstrip label chipped), spare label tipped in at rear paste-down, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

Ian Allan,, [1968]. 8vo., First Edition, with 70 plates on 32 and illustrations and tables in the text; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A standard reference, and companion to the author's volume on the Pacifics. Ottley, 10439.

Folio Society,, 2005-2009-2011. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispieces, plates and maps in the text; pictorial cloth (green/grey/brown respectively), upper boards and backstrips blocked in gilt and colours, green endpapers, all near fine copies in publisher's board slip-cases. The set comprises: The Eagle of the Ninth (2011); The Silver Branch (2009); The Lantern Bearers (2011). COMPLETE SETS… Read more about this item

[Privately Printed],, [1967]. 8vo., First Edition; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. OFFPRINT. Russell's essay was collected in 'War Crimes In Vietnam' (1967). EXTREMELY SCARCE. See Martin 678.01/3.

Penguin, [Harmondsworth],, [1951]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; original pictorial wrappers, an unusally bright, clean, crisp copy. Penguin Classics, L22. First appearance in Rieu's renowned 'Penguin Classics' series. The roundel is reproduced from a woodcut taken from Wynkyn de Worde's editon of 1498. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

Folio Society,, 1992. 8vo., First Edition thus, with 72 coloured illustrations (12 double-page) and pictorial endpapers; pictorial ivory cloth, boards blocked in gilt and red, gilt back, a near fine copy in publisher's printed board slip-case.

Warne,, [1949]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome plates, numerous illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; original series binding of green faux-morocco, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt and black, gilt back, radial corners, green sprinkled dges, a near fine copy. First edition of an entomological classic. Often known simply as 'Cynthia', this was THE dragonfly… Read more about this item