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Major-General E.B. Ashmore - Air Defence - London, Longmans Green & Co, 1929 - Hardcover - First Edition - 179pp + map - 22x15 cmCondition Very Good: Cover a few dirty spots, pencil note inside at the back. Some pages have been marked with a small cross in pencil. No other issues: tight, complete (with map) and in very good shape for such an old book.Major-General Ashmore was the leading figure in the air defence of the United Kingdom, founding what would eventually become the Royal Observer Corps. He was appointed to devise improved systems of detection, communication and control. A system to be called the Metropolitan Observation Service was created which covered the London area and was known as the London Air Defence Area.On 29 October 1925 the Observer Corps came into official existence. Major-General Ashmore was regarded as the first commander of the Observer Corps in all but name during 1925 and he is deemed to be the Corps' founder. If you have any questions or want to see more pictures, feel…
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The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book: illustrations by Sir Francis Rose
by Alice B. Toklas
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Alice B. Toklas - The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book; illustrations by Sir Francis Rose - London, Michael Joseph, 1954 - First Edition - Hardcover - 288pp - 23x15cmCondition Good: Cover worn and faded. Throughout the book some signs of use: this book really has been used but all pages are clean, no names or writing, binding good. Alice Babette Toklas (1877-1967) was the life partner of American writer Gertrude Stein. They lived together as part of the Parisian avant-garde from the day they met in 1907 until Stein's death. Between the wars, their Paris home was a salon for the leading writers and artists of the day, including Ernest Hemingway, Alfred North Whitehead, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Picasso, Thornton Wilder, Sherwood Anderson, Matisse, Gris, Braque and Ford Maddox Ford. This book contains a melange of reminiscences and recipes, celebrating the food and kitchen aspects of Toklas' life with Gertrude Stein and contains the Surrealist artist Brion Gysin's infamous recipe for hashish fudge (expurgated…
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll, Mervyn Peake
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Lewis Carroll - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass - Stockholm, The Continental Book Company, 1946 - First Edition - Softcover with Dust jacket- 349pp - 18x12 cmCondition Very Good: Dust jacket some minor damage at the spine, letters at spine faded. Book in great condition with no issues at all.If you have any questions or want to see more pictures, feel free to ask.Your book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking number, signed & insured.
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Arab navigation in the Indian Ocean before the coming of the Portuguese
by Ahmad ibn Majid al-Sadi , G.R. Tibbetts
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Ahmad ibn Majid al-Sadi, G.R. Tibbetts - Arab Navigation in the Indian Ocean before the coming of the Portuguese - London, The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland; Luzac and Company Ltd, 1971 - First Edition - Hardcover - 614pp + 4 maps (out of 7)- 22x14 cmCondition Very Good: Cover some light shelf wear, inside as new. Four out of seven maps present: Chart of the Arabian Sea, India and the Bay of Bengal, Red Sea and Gulf of Eden, East African CoastIf you have any questions or want to see more pictures, feel free to ask.Your book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking number, signed & insured.
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