Fisher, David.
The War Magician: How Jasper Maskelyne and his Magic Gang Altered the Course of World War II
(Coward McCann, New York, 1983).
Britain's most bizarre secret weapon of WWII - he made the Suez canal disappear. Became an assassination target of Hitler's regime during WWII. A very scarce title. Hardback. Slight bumping to corners, otherwise very good in chipped, slightly discoloured, slightly worn dustwrapper. First Edition in 315pp. Order No. NSBK-A4731
Keywords: 0698111400, magic, conjuring, maskelyne, illusions, music hall, theatre, David Devant, jasper, Neville, war, Hitler, illusion, conjurer, warfare, war, magic gang, magician, magicians, magical, illusionist, jasper maskelyne, illusionists, Second World War, great britain, great british, england, english, war magician, history, david fisher, egyptian hall, illusions, deceptions, deception, deceptionist, deceptionists, decept, deceptive, deceptor, world war, wartime, war magician, magic gang, history, magic history, conjurers, conjured, J.N Maskelyne, white magic, World War II, World War Two, Inter-war, Interwar, Inter war
Price £38.00.
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Blackwell, Trevor & Seabrook, Jeremy.
A World Still to Win: the Reconstruction of the Post-War Working Class
(Fab. & Fab., 1985).
Paperback. Good. 189pp. Order No. NSBK-A2068
Keywords: 0571137016, working class, Britain, British, England, English, history, working classes, post war, post-war
Price £2.00.
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Gledhill, Christine and Swanson, Gillian, eds.
Nationalising Femininity: Culture, Sexuality and British Cinema in the Second World War
(MUP, 1996).
Hardback. Very good condition in slightly torn, slightly creased, faded dustwrapper. xi + 307pp. Order No. NSBK-C15602
Keywords: 9780719042591, movies, women, history, cinema, World War II, Second World War, history, feminism, femininity
Price £32.00.
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Gilbey, Walter.
The Old English War-horse: Or the Great Horse as it Appears, at Intervals, in Contemporary Coins and Pictures During the Centuries of its Development into the Shire-horse. With Notes
(Vinton, 1888).
Two dates in the margins of the book have sadly been crossed out in ink. Text is otherwise not annotated, but there is some light foxing / soiling on some pages, not affecting legibility. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers. Boards darkened / thumbed, with fraying to spine edges. A little cracking internally at spine, else good. 23pp. Order No. NSBK-A14314
Keywords: B000875WPI, horses, shire-horses, shires, war-horses, equestrian, history, rural, Victorian, coins, illustrations, agriculture, antiquarian
Price £48.00.
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Newark, Timothy.
Medieval Warfare: an Illustrated Introduction
(Godfrey Cave Associates Ltd, rpt, 1988).
Hardback. Very good in slightly scuffed dustwrapper. 190pp. Order No. NSBK-Z14729
Keywords: 1870630564, medieval, Middle Ages, wars, warfare, weapons, history, sieges, castles, armour
Price £11.99.
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Famous Warplanes Video Volume 26, .
Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk: Northrop B-2 Spirit
().
Running time: 52 mins. VHS Video PAL, Famous Warplanes Volume 26. VHS Video. Very good, in cellophane. pp. Order No. NSBK-A14210
Keywords: warplanes, famous warplanes, Nighthawk, aircraft, military, aeroplanes, history, World War Two, World War II, World War 2, Second World War, wars, warfare, twentieth century, 20th Century, aviation, bombing, bombers, flying, stealth bombers
Price £14.00.
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McFeely, Mary Drake.
Women's Work in Britain and America from the Nineties to World War I: An Annotated Bibliography
(G.K. Hall, 1982).
Hardback. Near fine. xxv + 140pp. Order No. NSBK-C10513
Keywords: 0816185042, Britain, British, England, English, history, work, women's work, women and work, labour, labor, gender, employment, America, American, USA, United States, US, Victorian, nineteenth century, twentieth century, 20th, bibliography, bibliographies, Edwardians
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Sheridan, Dorothy, ed.
Wartime Women: A Mass-Observation Anthology
(Heinemann, 1990).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. xiv + 267pp. Order No. NSBK-C1657
Keywords: 0434695319, war, Second World War, World War II, mass-observation, mass observation, people, class, Britain, British, England, English, history, women's history
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Sangster, Joan.
Transforming Labour: Women and Work in Postwar Canada
(Toronto UP, 2010).
Paperback. Very good+. x + 414pp. Order No. NSBK-A15111
Keywords: 9780802096524, Canada, Canadian, working women, women, history, postwar, after the war, labour, employment, women's work
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Sheridan, Dorothy, ed.
Wartime Women: A Mass-Observation Anthology of Women's Writing, 1937 - 1945
(Phoenix Press, rpt, 2000).
Paperback. Light soiling to covers, otherwise very good. xiv + 267pp. Order No. NSBK-C5912
Keywords: 1842122134, war, Second World War, World War II, mass-observation, mass observation, people, class, Britain, British, England, English, history, women's history, mass observation studies
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