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£25.00   HARLEM: THE MAKING OF A GHETTO(second edition 1971) 
             by Gilbert Osofsky. Fine copy of very rare book.  

£ 4.50    VENDETTA - THE TRUE STORY OF THE WORST
              LYNCHING IN AMERICA, NEW ORLEANS 1891 
              by Richard Gambino.  First hardback edition, 
              published Doubleday 1977.    Clean, with dust jacket,  
              but cover is water stained         

£ 4.00    NO SHARE OF GLORY by Robert E Pearson.
             Original first edition. American Challenge paperback
             1964 in very clean condition.   The untold story of the
              Port Chicago disaster of 1944, 323 men died and 
              400 Negro seamen refused orders.

£ `1.00    THE INVISIBLE FLAG - A report by Peter Bamm.
              A German view of the war with Russia.
              Penguin paperback 1962.    Used but not too badly                                               

£ 4.50    ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD'S GREAT EVENTS 1936                                             

£ 7.50    BBC YEAR BOOK 1950   Hardback with dust jacket, 
             used, but in nice condition, complete with all photographs.

£ 0.50    BBC HANDBOOK 1969  Complete with all photographs 
             and foldout map, but has suffered some damage
             ONE PHOTO PAGE REPAIRED (WITH SELLOTAPE!!) 
             AND SIX PAGES OF TEXT AND TWO OF PHOTOGRAPHS 
             TORN BUT COMPLETE                                          

£ 3.00    DAILY MAIL YEAR BOOK 1959                        

£ 3.00    DAILY MAIL YEAR BOOK 1962                       

£ 3.00    DAILY MAIL YEAR BOOK 1964                      

£ 3.00    DAILY MAIL YEAR BOOK 1967                        

£ 3.00    DAILY MAIL YEAR BOOK 1970                  

£ 2.00    THE WORLD ALMANAC FOR 1962 
             by the New York World-Telegram paperback.

£ 4.50    THE YEAR BOOK 1970    Hardback published Grolier. 
             As new, no dust jacket             
                 
£ 4.50    THE YEAR BOOK 1971    Hardback published Grolier.  
             In fine, condition, no dust jacket    
                 
£ 2.00    THE BOOK OF THE WORLD 1972 by Tom Stacey Ltd.
             Paperback 

£ 6.50     EYE WITNESS 2 - THREE DECADES THROUGH 
              WORLD PRESS PICTURES by Harold Evans.   Updated 1985
              Softback edition published Quiller Press.       As new                                              

£ 7.50    IRELAND - A HISTORY by Robert Kee.
             Hardback published Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1980.  
             As new,   with dust jacket                          

£ 5.00    AGONY AT EASTER - The 1916 Irish Uprising  
             by Thomas M.Coffey.   First hardback edition
             published Harrap 1970.  In nice condition,
             with slightly marked dust jacket                                                                                 

£ 5.00    AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR 2  by Bill Gunston.
             Large softcover published by St Michael, second
             impression 1982.  600 colour illustrations.
             Fine condition apart from (cleanable?) mark on
             cover                                                  

£           THE SECOND WORLD WAR - A STANDARD HISTORY 
             Published by the Amalgamated Press.   Hardback,
             undated, fine condition.   Vol.1 containing pages 1 to 520.   
                                                                                                                                                     £           THE SECOND WORLD WAR - A STANDARD HISTORY  
             Published by the Amalgamated Press.   Hardback,
             undated, fine condition.  Vol.2 containing pages 521 to 1080
 
£           THE SECOND WORLD WAR - A STANDARD HISTORY 
             Published by the Amalgamated Press.   Hardback,
             undated, fine condition. Vol.3 containing pages 1081 to 1636

£ 0.50    THE SECOND WORLD WAR Vol.IV (THE HINGE OF FATE)
             by Winston Churchill.  Published Cassell 1951.  
             Hardback, no dust jacket, first edition, 
             but sadly in poor condition                 

£ 2.50    WAR MEMOIRS OF DAVID LLOYD GEORGE Vol.1
             Published Odhams 1938.  Hardback, used condition. 
             Spine split at front cover                                   

£ 7.50    WAR MEMOIRS OF DAVID LLOYD GEORGE Vol.2
             Published Odhams 1938.  Hardback, nice clean
             condition                                          

£ 5.00    AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF ENGLAND (to 1914) 
             by W.S.Robinson.  Published Rivingtons 1925.
             Hardback seventh edition, used, but clean and complete.
             Covers split at spine            

£ 5.00    PARIS WAS YESTERDAY 1925-1939  
             Collection of 'Genet's' (Janet Flanner) fortnightly reports
             published in 'The New Yorker' during fifteen years before 
             the second world war.  Succinct account of the arts in 
             Paris during this interesting period.         Starts with 
             Josephine Baker's sensational debut in 'La Revue Negre' 
             (so impressed Flanner that she went back on the 2nd, 
             3rd & 4th nights), up to the declaration of war. 
             A library copy with stickers removed otherwise in very 
             nice condition with undamaged dust jacket, first UK edition. 

      

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