Search Results: Titles starting with U from The Petersfield Bookshop

Airlife, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Category: Aviation; .

Washington DC: History Division United States Marine Corps, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket. Size: Quarto. Category: History; Military & Warfare. .

Kew: The National Archives, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Large format paperback binding, with black and white illustrations in the text. Top corner slightly distorted, otherwise fine. 'What does all this stuff about flying saucers amount to? What can it mean? What is the truth?' Winston Churchill, Prime Minister's personal minute, 29 July1952\n\nOriginal records newly released by the Ministry of Defence and now held at The National Archives in Kew reveal how British Intelligence and the CIA investigated many Cold War sightings, from the Roswell incident of 1947 to ghost aircraft, Radar Angels to the RAF's confidential files. The UFO Files sheds new light on many famous cases, such as RAF Topcliffe, 1952; the Flying Cross in Devon, 1967; RAF West Freugh, Scotland, 1957; and, the Berwyn Mountains UFO crash and the Phantom Forest incident. Dramatic witness statements and personal interviews - many undertaken by David Clarke himself - combine with rarely seen… Read More

1923. publishers limp red leather, Category: Children; .

Chatham Publishing, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition. Two volumes in blue cloth with dustwrappers. Wrappers worn along edges with some tears but contents, otherwise, clean and sound. PLEASE NOTE this set is heavy and may incur extra postage costs. - Two volumes covering the career histories of all of the U-boats which saw action in World War II. The histories of some 1200 vessels are covered and each entry aims to be easily accessible. Every aspect of a boat's activities are covered, from laying the keel to its ultimate fate. Each entry gives locations and dates of units and any boats served with, commanders, number of patrols undertaken, ships sunk along with names of vessels and locations, incidents of note, re-fuelling by U-tankers and supply ships, attacks on shipping, survivors picked up and finally the ultimate fate. Appendices allow cross-referencing and contain such material as Deutsches Feldpost Numbers. Size: Quarto. 368 pages. Category: Ships & the… Read More

Robertsbridge, Sussex: The Author, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. A scarce copy of this charming parish history. 48pp in black cloth boards with paper label to the spine. In really nice clean order. Size: Octavo . Category: Genealogy & Local History; .

Canberra: The Australian National University, 1968. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Inscribed by Author. Duplicated typescript bound with a cloth spine and printed soft card covers. This copy is inscribed by the author on the title page. Size: Quarto. Category: History; Inscribed by Author. .

London: Downey & Co, 1896. First Edition. green Gilt Cloth. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. With frontispiece by John F. O'Hea. Rare Book. Annotations on Preface.Endpaper has description of book in ink Size: Octavo (standard book size). Category: History; 19th century; .

Select Editions / Anness Publishing Ltd, 2004. First Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Large format paperback binding with numerous illustrations, mostly in colour. As new save a little shelf wear. Size: Small Quarto. 256 pages. Category: Automobiles & Vehicles; Science & Technology. ISBN: 1844772349. ISBN/EAN: 9781844772346. Dewey Code: 628.9209. . 9781844772346

Winchester: The Air O.P. Officers' Association, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/Good. includes 4 maps of Operation Campaigns This is the first UK edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Endpaper has owners name in ink. Text moderately foxed, but plates mainly clean. Dust Jacket is worn and discoloured. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Previous owner's signature in ink. Edges slightly foxed. Category: Aviation; Britain/UK; .

London: Hutchinson, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. No date but a publisher's catalogue at the rear tells us 1925. This copy has some foxing to the page edges and the jacket, though complete, has a few short tears from the edges and, because mainly white, has picked up a few marks here and there. A presentable copy nonetheless. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Category: Fiction; .

Ingram Cooke, 1852. First Uk Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Cloth). Good Condition. Newly rebound with red cloth spine and patterned boards with original cloth backstrip laid on spine. Illustrated with b/w engravings. Pen inscription to title and slight foxing throughout. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Category: Fiction; Britain/UK; 19th century; .

Blackie, Undated. Presumed First. Green Decorative Binding. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Previous owners label to endpaper. Category: Fiction; .

London: Routledge, c1880. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Poor Condition. decorated boards, corners are worn This is the first UK edition. Size: Quarto. Owners name in ink. Loose front cover. Category: Children; .

London: Frederick Warne & Co, undated. Reprint of 1878 edition. Pictorial Boards. Fair Condition. coloured illustrations Size: Quarto. slight wears to spine. Endpapers browned, text block clean. slight wear to covers worn and rubbed. Category: Children; Britain/UK; 1900-1920; .

London: Penguin, 2005. Softcover. Very Good Condition. From the library of Ronald Harwood, oscar-winning screen-writer and playwright. This book is signed to him by his best friend Harold Pinter, with whom he shared a love of poetry. Size: Octavo. Category: Poetry; .

London: Macmillan, 1968. Softcover. Very Good Condition. SIGNED without inscription on the half-title by the author and dated 1977. Size: Octavo . Category: Poetry; .

Routledge, 1967. Third Impression. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man is a book by Marshall McLuhan, in which the author proposes that the media, not the content that they carry, should be the focus of study. Dust Wrapper a little shelf worn Size: Octavo . Category: Sociology & Culture; .

London, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. corners a little bumped,. First Edition, original cloth, Size: Octavo (standard book size). slight marks to endapers. Edges slightly foxed. Slight wear to spine. Category: Travel & Places; .

Paris: Dessins de Underzo,, 1975. First Edition. pictorial glazed boards. Good Condition. Size: Quarto. slight tears to spine. slight wear and bumps to corners. Category: Children; 1970s; .