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Men Who March Away: Poems of the First World War
- £18.00
- First edition of this classic anthology of World War I poems is suitable for general study in fifth and sixth forms and colleges of further education.
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More Rough Rhymes of a Padre
- £25.00
- Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy MC (1883Ð1929) was an English Anglican priest and poet. He was nicknamed "Woodbine Willie" during World War I for giving Woodbine cigarettes to the soldiers he met, as well as spiritual aid to injured and dying soldiers. He became known for his poetry written for and…
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Mud, Blood and Poppycock: Britain and the First World War (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- The popular view of the First World War remains that of 'Blackadder': incompetent generals sending our soldiers to their deaths. Alan Clark quoted a German general's remark that the British soldiers were 'lions led by donkeys'. But he made it up. Indeed, many established 'facts' about 1914-18 turn out to…
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Near East
- £15.00
- Beaton's account of his 3 months in the Near East taking photographs and collecting material for the British Air Ministry and Ministry of Information. Includes many b/w photographs
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Night Over Water
- £20.00
- Britain has just declared war against Nazi Germany. In Southampton, the worldÕs most luxurious airliner, the Pan American Clipper, takes off on its final flight to neutral New York Ð a haven for those fleeing the conflict. The passengers aboard the plane each have their own reasons for leaving Britain.…
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No Empty Chairs: The Short and Heroic Lives of the Young Aviators Who Fought and Died in the First World War
- £15.00
- The 1914-18 conflict narrated through the voices of the men whose combat was in the air. The empty chairs belonged, all too briefly, to the doomed young First World War airmen who failed to return from the terrifying daily aerial combats above the trenches of the Western Front. The edict…
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Operation Big Ben: The Anti-V2 Spitfire Missions 1944-45 (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- Through Squadron histories, log books, official reports and interviews with the people who flew clipped winged Mark XVI Spitfires to dive-bomb V1 and V2 rocket sites at night in 1944; a story as fascinating as the Dam Busters raid or the Battle of Britain is at last fully told, the…
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Our Friends in Berlin
- £12.00
- ÔA gripping espionage thrillerÕ Observer London, 1941. The city is in blackout and an enemy is hiding in plain sight. Jack Hoste has become entangled in a national treachery. His mission: to locate the most dangerous Nazi agent in the country. He soon receives a promising lead in Amy Strallen,…
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Papers Presented to the PAST & PRESENT CONFERENCE on Literature and the Historians (1967 UCL)
- £20.00
- Papers from a conference held July 10, 1967, forcusing on literature in a historical context with seven scholarly papers presented, covering the Middle Ages to the 20th century.
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Peace Rhymes of a Padre
- £20.00
- Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy MC (1883Ð1929) was an English Anglican priest and poet. He was nicknamed "Woodbine Willie" during World War I for giving Woodbine cigarettes to the soldiers he met, as well as spiritual aid to injured and dying soldiers. He became known for his poetry written for and…
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Public Schools and the Great War: The Generation Lost
- £15.00
- The book examines the impact which the Great War had on the Public Schools and the sacrificial contribution made to the victory which came in 1918. The war consumed about a fifth of all the public schoolboys who fought, while the survivors were scarred by the loss of so many…
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Put Out More Flags
- £20.00
- Upper-class rogues, bohemians, dowagers, socialites, bureaucrats and delinquent evacuees prepare for England to change forever, in this hilarious and deadly serious 1942 satire on the 'phoney war'. The hideous, then unfamiliar shriek of the air-raid sirens sang out over London. What happened to the characters of Decline and Fall and…
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Roll of Honour (Uncorrected Proof)
- £25.00
- Novel set in a small town in Scotland and the teacher's memories of pupils who are falling at Alamein and Matapan, at Cassino and on the Normandy beaches.
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Rough Rhymes of a Padre
- £45.00
- Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy MC (1883Ð1929) was an English Anglican priest and poet. He was nicknamed "Woodbine Willie" during World War I for giving Woodbine cigarettes to the soldiers he met, as well as spiritual aid to injured and dying soldiers. He became known for his poetry written for and…
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Rough Talks of a Padre: Delivered to officers and men of the B.E.F.
- £45.00
- Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy MC (1883Ð1929) was an English Anglican priest and poet. He was nicknamed "Woodbine Willie" during World War I for giving Woodbine cigarettes to the soldiers he met, as well as spiritual aid to injured and dying soldiers.
- Add to basket
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Men Who March Away: Poems of the First World War
- £18.00
- First edition of this classic anthology of World War I poems is suitable for general study in fifth and sixth forms and colleges of further education.
- Add to basket
-
More Rough Rhymes of a Padre
- £25.00
- Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy MC (1883Ð1929) was an English Anglican priest and poet. He was nicknamed "Woodbine Willie" during World War I for giving Woodbine cigarettes to the soldiers he met, as well as spiritual aid to injured and dying soldiers. He became known for his poetry written for and…
- Add to basket
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Mud, Blood and Poppycock: Britain and the First World War (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- The popular view of the First World War remains that of 'Blackadder': incompetent generals sending our soldiers to their deaths. Alan Clark quoted a German general's remark that the British soldiers were 'lions led by donkeys'. But he made it up. Indeed, many established 'facts' about 1914-18 turn out to…
- Add to basket
-
Near East
- £15.00
- Beaton's account of his 3 months in the Near East taking photographs and collecting material for the British Air Ministry and Ministry of Information. Includes many b/w photographs
- Add to basket
-
Night Over Water
- £20.00
- Britain has just declared war against Nazi Germany. In Southampton, the worldÕs most luxurious airliner, the Pan American Clipper, takes off on its final flight to neutral New York Ð a haven for those fleeing the conflict. The passengers aboard the plane each have their own reasons for leaving Britain.…
- Add to basket
-
No Empty Chairs: The Short and Heroic Lives of the Young Aviators Who Fought and Died in the First World War
- £15.00
- The 1914-18 conflict narrated through the voices of the men whose combat was in the air. The empty chairs belonged, all too briefly, to the doomed young First World War airmen who failed to return from the terrifying daily aerial combats above the trenches of the Western Front. The edict…
- Add to basket
-
Operation Big Ben: The Anti-V2 Spitfire Missions 1944-45 (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- Through Squadron histories, log books, official reports and interviews with the people who flew clipped winged Mark XVI Spitfires to dive-bomb V1 and V2 rocket sites at night in 1944; a story as fascinating as the Dam Busters raid or the Battle of Britain is at last fully told, the…
- Add to basket
-
Our Friends in Berlin
- £12.00
- ÔA gripping espionage thrillerÕ Observer London, 1941. The city is in blackout and an enemy is hiding in plain sight. Jack Hoste has become entangled in a national treachery. His mission: to locate the most dangerous Nazi agent in the country. He soon receives a promising lead in Amy Strallen,…
- Add to basket
-
Papers Presented to the PAST & PRESENT CONFERENCE on Literature and the Historians (1967 UCL)
- £20.00
- Papers from a conference held July 10, 1967, forcusing on literature in a historical context with seven scholarly papers presented, covering the Middle Ages to the 20th century.
- Add to basket
-
Peace Rhymes of a Padre
- £20.00
- Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy MC (1883Ð1929) was an English Anglican priest and poet. He was nicknamed "Woodbine Willie" during World War I for giving Woodbine cigarettes to the soldiers he met, as well as spiritual aid to injured and dying soldiers. He became known for his poetry written for and…
- Add to basket
-
Public Schools and the Great War: The Generation Lost
- £15.00
- The book examines the impact which the Great War had on the Public Schools and the sacrificial contribution made to the victory which came in 1918. The war consumed about a fifth of all the public schoolboys who fought, while the survivors were scarred by the loss of so many…
- Add to basket
-
Put Out More Flags
- £20.00
- Upper-class rogues, bohemians, dowagers, socialites, bureaucrats and delinquent evacuees prepare for England to change forever, in this hilarious and deadly serious 1942 satire on the 'phoney war'. The hideous, then unfamiliar shriek of the air-raid sirens sang out over London. What happened to the characters of Decline and Fall and…
- Add to basket
-
Roll of Honour (Uncorrected Proof)
- £25.00
- Novel set in a small town in Scotland and the teacher's memories of pupils who are falling at Alamein and Matapan, at Cassino and on the Normandy beaches.
- Add to basket
-
Rough Rhymes of a Padre
- £45.00
- Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy MC (1883Ð1929) was an English Anglican priest and poet. He was nicknamed "Woodbine Willie" during World War I for giving Woodbine cigarettes to the soldiers he met, as well as spiritual aid to injured and dying soldiers. He became known for his poetry written for and…
- Add to basket
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Rough Talks of a Padre: Delivered to officers and men of the B.E.F.
- £45.00
- Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy MC (1883Ð1929) was an English Anglican priest and poet. He was nicknamed "Woodbine Willie" during World War I for giving Woodbine cigarettes to the soldiers he met, as well as spiritual aid to injured and dying soldiers.
- Add to basket