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Augarde, Steve-Winter Wood-Oxford, David Fickling, 2008-First edition, first printing. Fine in Fine dustjacket.Signed by the author. Book 3 of The Various Trilogy.

Winter Wood **signed first edition**
£22.00
Augarde, Steve-Winter Wood-Oxford, David Fickling, 2008-First edition, first printing. Fine in Fine dustjacket.Signed by the author. Book 3 of The Various Trilogy.
Blake, Richard-The Terror of Constantinople-London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2009-Fine in Fine dustjacket.Signed by the author.Second book in Conspiracies of Rome series.

The Terror of Constantinople **signed first edition**
£15.99
Blake, Richard-The Terror of Constantinople-London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2009-Fine in Fine dustjacket.Signed by the author.Second book in Conspiracies of Rome series.
Stack, John-Ship of Rome. Book 1 of Masters of The Sea series.London, Harper Collins, 2009-Uncorrected proof, fine in printed and laminated card cover. Signed and dated by the author. New series, quickly into multiple reprints.

Ship of Rome. Book 1 of Masters of The Sea series **signed and dated uncorrected proof**
£40.00
Stack, John-Ship of Rome. Book 1 of Masters of The Sea series.London, Harper Collins, 2009-Uncorrected proof, fine in printed and laminated card cover. Signed and dated by the author. New series, quic....
Gabb, Sean-Column of Phocas-London, The Hampden Press, 2006-Self-published novel set in Rome in 609 AD. Signed and dated by the author. Paperback original, fine as issued. -Hodder & Stoughton has picked up this novel and re-published it as Conspiracies of Rome this year, the first book in a projected series.

Column of Phocas **signed and dated self-published first edition**
£28.00
Gabb, Sean-Column of Phocas-London, The Hampden Press, 2006-Self-published novel set in Rome in 609 AD. Signed and dated by the author. Paperback original, fine as issued. -Hodder & Stoughton has pick....
Russell, Sean Thomas-Under Enemy Colours-London, Michael Joseph, 2007-Minor shelf wear, so only Near Fine in Fine dustjacket. Unsigned.

Under Enemy Colours **first edition**
£18.00
Russell, Sean Thomas-Under Enemy Colours-London, Michael Joseph, 2007-Minor shelf wear, so only Near Fine in Fine dustjacket. Unsigned.
Stack, John-Ship of Rome-London, Harper Collins, 2009/ First edition, first printing.Fine (unread) in Fine dustjacket. Unsigned.

Ship of Rome **first edition**
£22.00
Stack, John-Ship of Rome-London, Harper Collins, 2009/ First edition, first printing.Fine (unread) in Fine dustjacket. Unsigned.
Stockwin, Julian-Command-London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2006-Signed, numbered (745/1000), embossed first edition with 2 promotional postcards and bookmark.Thomas Kydd's seventh adventure.

Command **signed, numbered, embossed first edition + promos**
£20.00
Stockwin, Julian-Command-London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2006-Signed, numbered (745/1000), embossed first edition with 2 promotional postcards and bookmark.Thomas Kydd's seventh adventure.
Humphreys, C. C.The Blooding of Jack Absolute-London, Orion, 2005-Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author to the title page

The Blooding of Jack Absolute **signed first edition**
£10.00
Humphreys, C. C.The Blooding of Jack Absolute-London, Orion, 2005-Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author to the title page
Ludlow, Jack-Prince of Legend. Book 3 in the Crusades Trilogy.London, Allison & Busby, 2013-First edition, first printing. Fine as issued in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author to the title page.

Prince of Legend **signed first edition, Book 3 Crusades Trilogy
£18.99
Ludlow, Jack-Prince of Legend. Book 3 in the Crusades Trilogy.London, Allison & Busby, 2013-First edition, first printing. Fine as issued in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author to the title page.
Wilcox, John-Fire Across The Veldt-London, Allison & Busby, 2013-First edition, first printing. Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed and dated by the author to the title page.Latest novel in the Simon Fonthill military fiction series.

Fire Across The Veldt (Simon Fonthill novel) **signed and dated first edition**
£18.00
Wilcox, John-Fire Across The Veldt-London, Allison & Busby, 2013-First edition, first printing. Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed and dated by the author to the title page.Latest novel in the Simon Font....
Stack, John-Captain of Rome-London, Harper Collins, 2009-First printing. Fine in Fine dustjacket (unsigned).

Captain of Rome **first edition**
£15.00
Stack, John-Captain of Rome-London, Harper Collins, 2009-First printing. Fine in Fine dustjacket (unsigned).
Marston, Edward-A Very Murdering Battle-London, Allison & Busby, 2011-Fine in Fine dustjacket.Signed by the author to th title page.It is 1709 and the Duke of Marlborough sends Captain Daniel Rawson on a dangerous mission to Paris.

A Very Murdering Battle **signed first edition**
£17.99
Marston, Edward-A Very Murdering Battle-London, Allison & Busby, 2011-Fine in Fine dustjacket.Signed by the author to th title page.It is 1709 and the Duke of Marlborough sends Captain Daniel Rawson o....
Delingpole, James-Coward at The Bridge-London, Simon & Schuster, 2009-Fine in Fine dustjacket.Signed, dated and lined ''They're such bloody pessimists, these Dutch!''

Coward at The Bridge **signed, dated, lined first edition**
£28.00
Delingpole, James-Coward at The Bridge-London, Simon & Schuster, 2009-Fine in Fine dustjacket.Signed, dated and lined ''They're such bloody pessimists, these Dutch!''
Gale, Iain-Four Days in June-Waterloo: A Battle for Honour and Glory-London, Harper Collins, 2006-Near Fine in Fine dustjacket. Please note that dustjacket has a ''scored'' weathered effect which is part of the cover design!Signed by the author.Scottish historian's first novel.

Four Days in June **signed first edition**
£15.00
Gale, Iain-Four Days in June-Waterloo: A Battle for Honour and Glory-London, Harper Collins, 2006-Near Fine in Fine dustjacket. Please note that dustjacket has a ''scored'' weathered effect which is p....
Gale, Iain-Rules of War. Jack Steel for Queen and Country.London, Harper Collins, 2008.Fine (unread) in Fine dustjacket.Signed by the author on the title page.

Rules of War **signed first edition**
£15.00
Gale, Iain-Rules of War. Jack Steel for Queen and Country.London, Harper Collins, 2008.Fine (unread) in Fine dustjacket.Signed by the author on the title page.
Benton, Caroline-The Path of The Dead-London, Constable & Robinson, 2006-First edition, first printing. Fine in loosely protected Fine dust jacket. Signed by the author to the title page.A middle-of-the-night call to a burnt-out house in Devon is pretty much routine for Devon Fire Brigade photograph Gus Tavender. Discovering a charred body in a secret room is not.

The Path of The Dead **signed first edition**
£10.00
Benton, Caroline-The Path of The Dead-London, Constable & Robinson, 2006-First edition, first printing. Fine in loosely protected Fine dust jacket. Signed by the author to the title page.A middle-of-t....
Philip Caraman-The Western Rising 1549. The Prayer Book Rebellion-Tiverton, Westcountry Books, 1994.First edition. Fine in Very Good (price-clipped) dust jacket.The suppression of the uprising in 1549, the Prayer Book Rebellion, is all too often ignored by historians. The book deals both with the religious and military aspects of this tragic rebellion.

The Western Rising, 1549. The Prayer Book Rebellion **first edition**
£10.00
Philip Caraman-The Western Rising 1549. The Prayer Book Rebellion-Tiverton, Westcountry Books, 1994.First edition. Fine in Very Good (price-clipped) dust jacket.The suppression of the uprising in 1549....
Chase, Beatrice-A Dartmoor Galahad-London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1923-First edition. Very Good in green boards in Good only dust jacket with attractive front cover illustration (some loss and wear at extremities and closed tear halfway down front spine fold, but all printing of titles and illustration intact). -Signed by the author, Above her signature, Beatrice Chase has written ^Signed by the author''. Laid in loosely is a plain post card date ....

A Dartmoor Galahad **first edition**
£55.00
Chase, Beatrice-A Dartmoor Galahad-London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1923-First edition. Very Good in green boards in Good only dust jacket with attractive front cover illustration (some loss and wear at ....
Moseley, Philippa-Sir Tristram and The Great Commotion in The West-Peterborough, Upfront, 2007-Paperback original. Fine in illustrated laminated card cover. -All the significant characters and incidents in this novel are authentic; based on the tragic events of the Great Rebellion of 1549. The people of the South West, particularly in Cornwall, were left so destitute that they could scarcely eke out a living from day to day.

Sir Tristram and The Great Commotion in The West **paperback original**
£12.00
Moseley, Philippa-Sir Tristram and The Great Commotion in The West-Peterborough, Upfront, 2007-Paperback original. Fine in illustrated laminated card cover. -All the significant characters and inciden....
Rochester, Ralph-For Love of Williamina-Dorset, Agre, 2001-First Edition. Fine in laminated card wraps (no hardback edition).Signed by the author.The moving true story of the last days of Williamina Belsches, first love of Sir Walter Scott - interspersed with poems. Williamina sought relief from consumption in the village of Lympstone on the Exe Estuary, taking with her her youngest child, James. A fascinating and poignant glimpse of life in Geor....

For Love of Williamina *signed first edition* (Walter Scott link)
£10.00
Rochester, Ralph-For Love of Williamina-Dorset, Agre, 2001-First Edition. Fine in laminated card wraps (no hardback edition).Signed by the author.The moving true story of the last days of Williamina B....
Gentry, F.D.Take Care of Your Fire and Candles. An Account of Eleven Disastrous Fires in Devonshire Towns in the 19th Century.Devon Books, 1985. Fine paperback original without dust jacket as issued in illustrated laminated wraps.

Take Care of Your Fire and Candles. An Account of Eleven Disastrous Fires in Devonshire Towns in the 19thC
£7.50
Gentry, F.D.Take Care of Your Fire and Candles. An Account of Eleven Disastrous Fires in Devonshire Towns in the 19th Century.Devon Books, 1985. Fine paperback original without dust jacket as issued i....
Gray, Todd (Editor)-East Devon. Travellers' Tales-Exeter, Mint Press, 2000-First edition. Fine in Fine loosely protected dust jacket. Signed by the author to the title. page. 45 first-hand accounts of travels in East Devon by 41 authors including Daniel Defoe, Celia Fiennes, William Gilpin, John Leland, Robert Southey, etc.

East Devon. Travellers' Tales
£20.00
Gray, Todd (Editor)-East Devon. Travellers' Tales-Exeter, Mint Press, 2000-First edition. Fine in Fine loosely protected dust jacket. Signed by the author to the title. page. 45 first-hand accounts of....
Hussey, Charmian-The Valley of Secrets-Callington, Cornwall, St Piran Press, 2003-First edition, first printing, paperback original (precedes hardback edition). Fine unread in dark green illustrated card cover with French flaps and without dust jacket as issued. Signed by the author to the title page. Unusually for a private press publication, this children's novel set in Cornwall and the Amazon forest, was an instant bestseller when published in....

The Valley of Secrets **signed first edition**
£12.50
Hussey, Charmian-The Valley of Secrets-Callington, Cornwall, St Piran Press, 2003-First edition, first printing, paperback original (precedes hardback edition). Fine unread in dark green illustrated c....
Heard, Christopher-The Last Sorcerer-Paperback original (no hardback edition). Torrington, Harracott Publications, 2007. First edition, first printing. Fine as issued without dust jacket. Signed by the author ''Best wishes, C. Heard'' to the title page,-Christopher Heard, who lives in North Devon, set out to write this novel at the age of fourteen and completed it in just over a year. It was published to mark his sixteenth birthday. . 97809554802....

The Last Sorcerer **signed first edition**
£10.00
Heard, Christopher-The Last Sorcerer-Paperback original (no hardback edition). Torrington, Harracott Publications, 2007. First edition, first printing. Fine as issued without dust jacket. Signed by th....
Hardy, Christine & Cecil-Followed by Heavy Rain. Over 40s, Travel, Romance & Adventure-Ashford, Pirouetting Pig Publications, 2006-First edition, paperback original. Fine in laminated wraps. Signed ''With love, Chris & Cecil''-Chris and Cecil, who now live in East Devon, fell in love by letter in 1992. In November, 1993, they decided to sell house and possessions to travel the globe for two years. This is their story, liberally illustrated with p....

Followed by Heavy Rain. Over 40s, Travel, Romance & Adventure
£10.00
Hardy, Christine & Cecil-Followed by Heavy Rain. Over 40s, Travel, Romance & Adventure-Ashford, Pirouetting Pig Publications, 2006-First edition, paperback original. Fine in laminated wraps. Signed ''....
Jecks, Michael-The Death Ship at Dartmouth-London, Headline, 2006-First edition, first printing. Near Fine (slight toning to page edges) in Fine loosely protected dust jacket with Headline Signed by the author to the title page with Signed Copy sticker to front cover. Foreword by the author includes the background of the historical context, followed by a map of the three districts of Dartmouth in 1324.''It is 1324 and a disastrous autumn looms la....

The Death Ship at Dartmouth. A Knights Templar Mystery. **signed first edition**
£22.00
Jecks, Michael-The Death Ship at Dartmouth-London, Headline, 2006-First edition, first printing. Near Fine (slight toning to page edges) in Fine loosely protected dust jacket with Headline Signed by t....
Morpurgo, Michael; Hughes, Ted-All Around The Year. New Poems by Ted Hughes with photographs by James Ravilious and drawings by Robin Ravilious-London, John Murray, 1979-First edition. Signed by Michael Morpurgo without inscription to title page. Very Good (neat personal inscription on front free end paper) in Very Good but price-clipped dust jacket, with slight fading to spine, now loosely protected. The diary is a record of the lives and work o....

All Around The Year **signed first edition**
£50.00
Morpurgo, Michael; Hughes, Ted-All Around The Year. New Poems by Ted Hughes with photographs by James Ravilious and drawings by Robin Ravilious-London, John Murray, 1979-First edition. Signed by Micha....
Rochester, Julia-The House at The Edge of The World-London, Penguin, 2015. First edition, first printing, Fine without dust jacket as issued. Unsigned. The novel was long-listed for the Bailey's Prize 2016 and short-listed for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2016. The author, Julia Rochester. grew up in a village on the Exe Estuary. -''John Venton's drunken fall from a Devon cliff leaves his family with an embarrassing ghost.'' -

The House at The Edge of The World **first edition**
£15.00
Rochester, Julia-The House at The Edge of The World-London, Penguin, 2015. First edition, first printing, Fine without dust jacket as issued. Unsigned. The novel was long-listed for the Bailey's Prize....
Starkey, F.H.Odds and Ends from Dartmoor-Published by F.H. Starkey, 1984-First edition. Very Near Fine in illustrated wraps. Illustrated with 29 monochrome photographs.

Odds and Ends from Dartmoor
£8.00
Starkey, F.H.Odds and Ends from Dartmoor-Published by F.H. Starkey, 1984-First edition. Very Near Fine in illustrated wraps. Illustrated with 29 monochrome photographs.
Tregoning, Lance-Bovey Tracey, An Ancient Town. Its Story and Legend.Exeter, A. Wheaton and Co., 1983.First edition. Very Near Fine in illustrated wraps. The author was born in Bovey Tracey and served as churchwarden for many years, having access to the records formerly kept in the church. Liberally illustrated with monochrome photographs and maps.

Bovey Tracey, An Ancient Town. Its Story and Legend
£9.50
Tregoning, Lance-Bovey Tracey, An Ancient Town. Its Story and Legend.Exeter, A. Wheaton and Co., 1983.First edition. Very Near Fine in illustrated wraps. The author was born in Bovey Tracey and served....
Dalrymple, William-Nine Lives. In Search of the Sacred in Modern India-London, Bloomsbury, 2009-First edition, first printing. Fine in Fine dustjacket.Signed by the author to the title page.

Nine Lives. In Search of the Sacred in Modern India **signed first edition""
£50.00
Dalrymple, William-Nine Lives. In Search of the Sacred in Modern India-London, Bloomsbury, 2009-First edition, first printing. Fine in Fine dustjacket.Signed by the author to the title page.
Leigh Fermor, Patrick (ed. Colin Thubron and Artemis Cooper)-The Broken Road. From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos-London, John Murray, 2013.First edition, first printing. Fine in Fine protected dust jacket.This is the final, much anticipated, volume of the travel writer's trilogy - following A Time of Gifts and Between The Woods and The Water. Patrick Leigh Fermor was working on the drafts of this book until shortly before his death, and two of hi....

The Broken Road. From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos. **first edition**
£32.00
Leigh Fermor, Patrick (ed. Colin Thubron and Artemis Cooper)-The Broken Road. From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos-London, John Murray, 2013.First edition, first printing. Fine in Fine protected dust ja....
Pritchett, V. S.At Home and Abroad-London, Chatto & Windus, 1989-First edition. Fine in Fine dust jacket (slight toning to page edges).Pritchett writes essays on his travel in North and South America, throughout Europe and especially the Mediterranean. He was regarded as one of the best travel writers of his day. -

At Home and Abroad **first edition**
£8.00
Pritchett, V. S.At Home and Abroad-London, Chatto & Windus, 1989-First edition. Fine in Fine dust jacket (slight toning to page edges).Pritchett writes essays on his travel in North and South America,....
Master, Simon, introduction by-Brian Cook's Landscapes of Britain-London, Batsford, 2012-Original material taken from ''The Britain of Brian Cook'', published by Batsford in 1987, including the Foreword by Sir Hugh Casson.Small format. Fine in illustrated boards without dustjacket as issued.(Simon Master is Brian Cook's son-in-law)-

Brian Cook's Landscapes of Britain (small format) **first edition**
£8.00
Master, Simon, introduction by-Brian Cook's Landscapes of Britain-London, Batsford, 2012-Original material taken from ''The Britain of Brian Cook'', published by Batsford in 1987, including the Forewo....
Powell, Neil-Amis & Son. Two Literary Generations-London, Macmillan, 2008-Very Near Fine (minor shelf wear) in Fine dustjacket.

Amis & Son. Two Literary Generations **first edition**
£10.00
Powell, Neil-Amis & Son. Two Literary Generations-London, Macmillan, 2008-Very Near Fine (minor shelf wear) in Fine dustjacket.
Cope, Wendy-Life, Love and The Archers, recollections, prose & reviews-London, Two Roads, 2014-First edition. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Signed by the author to the title page.Wendy Cope achieved instant fame with her first collection of poems Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis. This entertaining book comprises of writing drawn from published and unpublished work. -

Life, Love and The Archers, recollections, prose & reviews **signed first edition**
£16.99
Cope, Wendy-Life, Love and The Archers, recollections, prose & reviews-London, Two Roads, 2014-First edition. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Signed by the author to the title page.Wendy Cope achieved insta....
Tomalin, Claire-Thomas Hardy. The Time-Torn Man-London, Penguin Viking, 2006-First edition, first printing. Fine in Fine protected dust jacket with wraparound band depicting ''Signed copy''. Signed without dedication to title page. Fascinating biography of complex author and poet.

Thomas Hardy. The Time-Torn Man **signed first edition**
£25.00
Tomalin, Claire-Thomas Hardy. The Time-Torn Man-London, Penguin Viking, 2006-First edition, first printing. Fine in Fine protected dust jacket with wraparound band depicting ''Signed copy''. Signed wi....
Yorke, Malcolm-Eric Gill. Man of Flesh and Spirit-London, Constable & Company, 1981-First edition. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. No inscriptions and unclipped dust jacket.

Eric Gill. Man of Flesh and Spirit **first edition**
£18.00
Yorke, Malcolm-Eric Gill. Man of Flesh and Spirit-London, Constable & Company, 1981-First edition. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. No inscriptions and unclipped dust jacket.
Treglown, Jeremy-V. S. Pritchett. A Working Life-London, Chatto & Windus, 2005-First edition. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket.Biography of V S Pritchett: journalist, author, critic, described as the finest short story writer of the 20th Century.

V. S. Pritchett. A Working Life **first edition**
£12.00
Treglown, Jeremy-V. S. Pritchett. A Working Life-London, Chatto & Windus, 2005-First edition. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket.Biography of V S Pritchett: journalist, author, critic, described as the fin....
Shakespeare, Nicholas-Bruce Chatwin-London, Harvill, 1999-First edition, first printing. Very Near Fine in Fine protected dust jacket. Signed by the author to the title page. -Bruce Chatwin was a Director at Sotheby's, Sunday Times journalist, socialite, author and explorer, but was seen by many as an enigmatic loner. Nicholas Shakespeare was given exclusive access to Chatwin's notebooks, diaries and letters.

Bruce Chatwin **signed first edition**
£24.00
Shakespeare, Nicholas-Bruce Chatwin-London, Harvill, 1999-First edition, first printing. Very Near Fine in Fine protected dust jacket. Signed by the author to the title page. -Bruce Chatwin was a Dire....
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