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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. ### A New Kind of War by Anthony Price 1987 ### ## THIS BOOK: Classified as NEAR FINE: This is the 1987 edition. The First edition 1987. Dust jacket is full colour and laminated. This book is clean. The binding is hardcover in black textured paper. Previous owners Ex-Libris label onfree endpaper## ## Anthony Price's last novel, 'For the Good of the State', traced the latest contemporary episode in the career of Dr David Audley of British Intelligence. In 1978, The '44 Vintage (re-published in hardback in 1985) told the story of his introduction to treachery as a second lieutenant in France after the Normandy landings. A New Kind of War picks up the thread of his life in Greece in February 1945 and then in Germany in August, as the old kind of war ends. ## ## There was no Christmas Day, 1944, for the British Army in liberated Athens: General Scobie postponed it to enable his men to concentrate on defeating their former allies, the Greek communists. It wasn't until well into the New Year's truce that Captain Frederick Fattorini of the Royal Engineers (and the London merchant banking house of Fattorini) set out to celebrate "Scobiemas" with his friend Major Kyriakos Michaelides of the Royal Hellenic Army (and the Balkan Mutual Trust Bank). Yet even then, their trip to Delphi was spoilt when they blundered into Lieutenant David Audley engaged in unashamed truce-breaking on the orders of his Brigadier on the ridge above an ancient monastery. And it was that cruel accident ? or was it an accident? This eventually brought Captain Fattorini to Occupied Germany as the newest and most bemused member of TRR-2, a unit quite unlike anything he had encountered in his six years of soldiering.## ### INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: Please Note. FREE SHIPPING IS UK ONLY. Please get in touch with me for a shipping quotation. ####. No Author signature.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. ## THE BRAINTREE MISSION by Nicholas E Wyckoff 1957 ## ## THIS BOOK: This book is classified: as VERY GOOD. This is the 1957 edition and the first edition published in 1957. The binding is maroon linen; the page edges are discoloured due to the age and quality of the paper stock: bumping to the spine.## ## The NARRATIVE entitled The Braintree Mission is a work of fiction in the context of history. It concerns people, their patriotism and politics in a period that has been well by historians, biographers, diarists, letter pamphleteers, orators, and others. Historical events, the characters and opinions of historical persons are referred to with respect for accuracy. ## ## The readers are informed that two principal persons appearing in the narrative are entirely creations of Edward Humbird, sixth Earl of Hemynge, and Giuseppe Tompkins, his clerk. All episodes in which historical persons meet with these two, or consider words Of deeds, are of necessity fiction?in which, equal necessity, there is a mingling of truth. ## ## An even more controlling fictional element in the tale is the colonial policy attributed to Lord North's ministry in London in the year 1770. This policy was never proposed, which motivates Lord's mission to Boston. Odd times in the previous decade, various people in and in America gave ineffectual consideration to &'Tices that somehow resemble it. Of course, it ought to have been proposed, adopted, and effected with boldness. If it had been, the results must have been almost ?precisely those outlined in the tale.## ## INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: Please Note. FREE SHIPPING IS UK ONLY. PLEASE, contact me for a shipping quotation. ###. No Author signature.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good - minor creasing to the spine, minimal wear to the extremities, contents clean, bright and tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Published by Victor Gollancz of London in 1984. Hardcover. 1st edition. Book condition: Near Fine. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Inside pages are in good order. Someone has written the author's name on the 1st inside page in blue ink. Dust Jacket condition: Very Good. Price unclipped. See photograph. Dims: 255mm x 195mm x 25mm. 256 pages. Please note that the postage price for a book weighing up to 1kg is the generic price you see quoted. However this book weighs more than 1kg, so please contact us for a postage quote before purchasing.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Published by Victor Gollancz of London. Hardcover. 1st edition. Book condition: Near Fine. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Inside pages are in good order. Dust Jacket condition: Near Fine. Price unclipped. See photograph. Dims: 240mm x 160mm x 40mm. 464 pages. The sorcerer Nash, grievously wounded by Robert Douglas when he wielded the Word of Destruction, destroyed the evil Malachi and razed Elita almost to the ground, has spent years rebuilding his strength and increasing the unholy Bond that binds the usurper King Selar ever closer to him. Jenn, though kept virtual prisoner by Eachern, her brutish husband, has had the solace of her son Andrew as he grows ever more in his father's image. But times are changing: Selar plots to spread his iron rule even further, coveting Mayenne, his brother's kingdom. Eachern plots to send Andrew from his mother so he can subdue his young, unwilling bride even more . . . and Robert plots to raise an army and free his beloved country from the dual threat of Selar and Nash, the Angel of Darkness. The Books of Elita combine magic, politics and romance in a magnificent tale of betrayal and revenge.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. ### Readiness at Dawn - 1941 ### First Edition ### ~#~ The R.A.F. Fighter station depicted does not refer to any particular station, except that for the purpose of the story it must necessarily be somewhere near London The Squadron call-signs do not refer to any particular squadron. While the characters are imaginary the incidents are based on fact ~#~ Incidents told in a different way but none the less a collection of facts that are exciting, dramatic and sometimes sad. These incidents and the guys and situations are all to real and would be lost and forgotten except for books, ~#~ THIS BOOK: Blue linen, no jacket, title to spine and faded, pages have some browning as paper was very limited after and during the war. A good read and an inspiring one. No Author signature.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Published by Gollancz of London in 1999. Hardcover. 1st edition, 1st impression. See inside number sequence "2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1." Book condition: Very Good. Book condition: Very Good. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Inside pages are in good order apart from a few marks to the edges of the pages. Dust Jacket condition: Good to Very Good. There is a small tear to the jacket. See photograph. Dims: 240mm x 160mm x 44mm. 448 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good - 3 Lily Bard Shakespeare Mystery volumes. Numbers 2, 4 and 5, Shakespeare's Champion,Shakespeare's Trollop and Shakespeare's Counselor. Some slight tanning to the pages but look unread and Like New.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Published by Gollancz of London in 2000. Hardcover. 1st edition. Book condition: Near Fine. Purple cloth boards with silver titles to spine. Inside pages are in good order. Dust Jacket condition: Very Good. Price unclipped. See photograph. Dims: 240mm x 160mm x 27mm. 248 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A hardback First Edition in Good condition or better, in a Good dustjacket. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). BUYERS OUTSIDE UK please also note the following: 1. shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel 2. many countries apply import or other taxes - these are the buyers responsibility; we may ask for extra payment to cover any taxes which we have to pay 'up front' on the buyer's behalf.

Soft cover. Condition: Good+/Vg-. Spine is creased.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Spine is creased. Where possible small books will have postage reduced.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Spine is creased.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Spine is uncreased.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. FraudBusters. The Inside Story of the Serious Fraud Office. By Mark Killick. Hard covers with dust jacket and both in very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Spine is mildly creased.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Uncreased spine is a trifle faded.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very good-. Spine is creased.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Large trade paperback with a creased spine.

Soft cover. Condition: Good+/Vg-. Spine is creased. Where possible small books will have postage reduced.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Spine is uncreased, small mark to base of compressed page edges.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Spine is mildly creased, remainder mark. Where possible small books will have postage reduced.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Spine is creased.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+/Very good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Ex library sticker and stamps to prelims.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Spine is creased, covers missing some foil on the title.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Spine is creased.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Spine is uncreased.

Soft cover. Condition: Very good-. Spine is creased.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Spine is uncreased. Where possible small books will have postage reduced.

good used hardback with inscription in the front. This book consists of the prayers and meditations of many peoples and creeds for many different situations in life.