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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Hunt, Leigh.
Captain Sword and Captain Pen: A Poem. With a Preface, Remarks on War and Notes Detailing the Horrors on Which the Poem is Founded
(Charles Gilpin, 3rd edition, 1849).
All edges gilt. Hardback. Small. Ex library with usual library stamps. Original decorated boards sunned, damage to spine ends, light wear to edges. A little splitting internally at binding, otherwise good. 101pp. Order No. NSBK-A14261
Keywords: B0014HXZ3C, poems, poetry, Leigh Hunt, nineteenth century, war, wars, military, 19th century
Price £17.50.
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Bamford, Andrew.
Gallantry and Discipline: The 12th Light Dragoons at War with Wellington
(Frontline Books, 2014).
Hardback. Very good+ in dustwrapper. x + 306pp. Order No. NSBK-A15684
Keywords: 9781848327436, Wellington, Napoleonic Wars, cavalry
Price £10.00.
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Stammers, Neil.
Civil Liberties in Britain During the Second World War: A Political Study
(Croom Helm, 1983).
Hardback. Tear in rear endpaper, otherwise very good+ in dustwrapper. 250pp. Order No. NSBK-A10362
Keywords: 0312141297, civil liberties, Britain, British, England, English, history, World War Two, World War II, World War 2, wars, government policy, policies, democracy, democratic, Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, Regulation 18b, enemy aliens, twentieth century, 20th
Price £11.00.
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McPhail, Helen.
The Long Silence: the Tragedy of Occupied France in World War I
(I.B. Tauris, rpt, 2014).
Illustrated. Paperback. Very good. x + 235pp. Order No. NSBK-A16079
Keywords: 9781784530532, France, French, history, occupied France, Nazis, World War II, Second World War
Price £10.00.
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Griffiths, Gareth.
Women's Factory Work in World War I:
(Alan Sutton, 1991).
With previously unknown photographs from the Home Office Industrial Museum. Hardback. With a newspaper review pasted to rear endpapers, otherwise very good in dustwrapper. viii + 176pp. Order No. NSBK-C665
Keywords: 9780862997953, women's history, factory, factories, munitions, Great War, World War I, First World War, Britain, British, England, English, history
Price £8.99.
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Condell, Diana & Liddiard, Jean.
Working for Victory?: Images of Women in the First World War, 1914-1918
(RKP, 1987).
Hardback. Very good in slightly discoloured dustwrapper. xii + 201pp. Order No. NSBK-C7541
Keywords: 9781032284804, First World War, World War I, Great War, women and war, women and work, Britain, British, England, English, history, women's history, WW1, WWI, The Great War, Condell, Liddiard, Images, War, images of war, representation, representations, art
Price £26.00.
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Diamond, Hanna.
Women and the Second World War in France, 1939 - 1948: Choices and Constraints
(Longman, 1999).
Women And Men In History. Paperback. Very good. xiii + 231pp. Order No. NSBK-C15718
Keywords: 9780582299092, Second World War, France, French, gender, women, history, World War II, resistance, employment, German occupation
Price £31.95.
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Brittain, Vera.
Poems of the War and After:
(Victor Gollancz, first edition, 1934).
Ex-Wigan Free Public Library. A signed first edition copy. Inscription reads: 'With best wishes to Wigan, and Wigan Public Library from Vera Brittain. Wigan, December 7th, 1936'. Scarce, for the collector. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps.(Wigan Library). Cream cloth soiled, lacks spine cover, but contents firm, solid. Collectible though a working copy. 94pp. Order No. NSBK-C16020
Keywords: Vera Brittain, First World War, Great War, poems, verse, poetry, signed, women, women's history, social history, grief, mourning, signed editions, first editions, first edition, World War I, Wigan, Wigan Free Public Library, Lancashire, interwar, inter war, 1930s, thirties, antiquarian, collectible, literature, women writers, pacifism, pacifists
Price £150.00.
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Summerfield, Penny.
Women Workers in the Second World War: Production and Patriarchy in Conflict
(Croom Helm, 1984).
Classic work of women's history, now very scarce. Hardback. Ex library but good+ in faded, slightly creased dustwrapper. ix + 214pp. Order No. NSBK-C1783
Keywords: 0709923171, Second World War, World War II, munitions, women's work, patriarchy, factory, history, Britain, British, England, English
Price £47.95.
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