Interesting books for sale

This is a short list of books owned and up for sale. Space in a very small flat is always at a premium! Briefest of descriptions given below but please contact me for more info/thumbnail pic, etc. Please come back from time to time – have lots of time to do book scouting!

Air Raid Precaution Handbook – HMSO – 1936, 110pp. – Nice period piece advising people what to do in Great Britain in the event of anti-gas attack, plus first-aid/air raid details, illustrated. = R90+postage.

The Blackburn (Aircraft) Story, 60pp – Suit enthusiasts of this British plane maker = R60+postage.

Christie, Agatha - After the Funeral, 192pp - Nice pictorial dustjacket, believed first edition (1954). Suit Christie book collector = R100+postage.

Douglas, J. D. – The J. D. Stories, 236pp. Douglas was a columnist on the Rand Daily Mail in Johannesburg. This hardback book has original dustjacket in good condition, book is in fair condition = R50+postage.

Fitzsimons, F W. – The Snakes of South Africa (T. Maskew Miller, believed first edition, 1919). – 550pp. – Rare book, this one in superb condition, profusely illustrated in black and white with large colour pull-out in front of title page = R500+postage.

Gill, L. – A First Guide to South African Birds (Maskew and Miller, first edit., 1936), 224pp. No dustjacket but book really good condition with colour plates throughout – R150+postage.

Hemingway, E – For Whom The Bell Tolls (Jonathan Cape 1945). – Dustjacket is a little tatty, book very fair = R70+postage.

Monsarrat, N – “HMS Marlborough Will Enter Harbour”, 95pp (Cassell, first edition, 1952). There are two nice copies: one with dustjacket one without . . . R95+postage and R65+postage.

Mulford, Clarence E. – 16 various “western” titles (Hodder and Stoughton, ±1933). These are hardbacks, Mulford was the creator of the Hopalong Cassidy series. All have pictorial dustjackets and are in good condition (prefer to sell as a set) = R420+postage.

Palmer, E – The Plains of Camdeboo (Collins), 320pp. Pictorial dustjacket in fair condition, book has illustrated endpapers and in excellent condition = R110+postage.

Potter, Barnett – A Fighter (Howard Timmins, first edition, 1975), 162pp. Dustjacket excellent, book in superb condition, R95+postage.

Priestley, J. B. – Particular Pleasures (Heinemann, first edition, 1975), 192pp. Dustjacket perfect, book in first class condition = R120+postage.

Route Book 1938 – Royal Automobile Club of South Africa: includes maps of the period in envelope at rear of book. Nice condition, suit motoring enthusiast with old car to have in dashboard = R100+postage.

Stuart, F. S. – Immortal Wings, 80pp – (1944) – War-time escapades as seen through the eyes of a leading air correspondent on a national British newspaper = R75+postage.

Searle, R – The Rake’s Progress, 118pp. (Perpetua, first edition). Profusely illustrated by this much-loved cartoonist. Original dustjacket, nice book = R95+postage.

Shaw, I – Mixed Company, 414pp. – (Jonathan Cape, first edition) Nice dustjacket, nice condition throughout = R95+postage.

Schulberg, B – Waterfront, 282pp (Bodley Head, first edition, 1956). Dustjacket and book both in nice condition = R120+postage.

Scutt, J. F. – The Man Who Loved The Zulus (Shuter and Shooter, first edition, 1950), 186pp – Dustjacket good, book illustrated and in very good condition = R95+postage.

Ward-Jackson, C. H. – “It’s a Piece of Cake” – RAF slang made easy. (1942) 65pp. Interesting paperback, profusely illustrated by cartoonist David Langdon = R80+postage.

Wills-Hood, D – Working For the Windsors (Alan Wingate, first edit. ±1952). Very rare hardback. Wills-Hood was the private secretary to the Duke of Windsor. Very good dustjacket, while book is in excellent condition (not a library copy) = R3,600+postage.