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paperback. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket.

Soft Cover. Zustand: VG. First Edition. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (wraps a little creased & thumbed); pp. 80, with illustrations. A very good copy.

10pp, 0 figs, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo, i-iv, 248 pp, laminated boards, a fine copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardback in good condition- no jacket.Pages in good clean condition. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends.

Boards, 1/4 Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. xx., 112 pages, coloured frontis. & plates, chapter vignettes. Boards spine, worn, soiled with some losses, pencil ownership inscription dated 1919 to front endpaper, some spotting to edges. [816] Size: 250mm. x 190mm.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Good hardback copy. No dustjacket. Previous owner's stamp inside cover. 219pp, b/w plates. Slight fading to covers. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. cover shows moderate wear, rubbing, loss on the corners and spine ends. pages tanned and clean.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. 1st Edition.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Softcover. Probable "Postgraduate research paper" considering the revolution in English shipbuilding methods, in the early sixteenth century with the introduction of Mediterranean carvel or plank-on-frame techniques in place of earlier European clinker or lapstrake approach. 93pp., + plans. Includes detailed notes and references. Interesting. clipped together with perspex covers. Very good condition.…

First Edition. Signed by the author ("with fairy wishes") to the title page. Softcovers. Unicorns, Kelpies, Fairies and other elementals. Colour illustrations. Near Fine. Scarce.

portrait frontispiece of 'Alice' (see below), 5 further plates included photographic reproduction of Corporal Edward J. Dillon ('Alice') and the author, foreword by Major-General C.J. Biggs of 28th Division, occasional smudges at fore-margin, pp. xxi, 48, tall 8vo, original green wrappers, cover lettered in black and red with cat and Whittington bag motif, edges frayed, spine head and foot torn with slight loss, good [with] Jaques (Charles A. B.) 'Alice!', 1916, original signed and dated water-colour portrait of Edward J. Dillon in the role of Alice, small stain at lower right corner touching signature, image 170 x 242mm, mounted. Dick Whittington, first performed by members of the 85th Field Ambulance in Salonika on Christmas night,1915, proved to be such a success that 28 further performances toured the region throughout January of 1916. As the author describes in his introduction, costumes and sets were improvised with great ingenuity: pyjamas serving for costumes, candles in cut-away jam tins for footlights and an Elizabethan ruffle cut and curled from obsolete army forms; the auditorium itself was dug out to provide a lower area for the audience and a hill for the stage, since all wood was needed for trench support. M. Lipton in 'The House that Tommy built', University of Queensland, UQeSpace, 2014, suggests that the show's popularity was partly due to the pantomime tradition of topical reference - in the guise of comedy, complaints regarding inadequate supplies, accommodation, leave, disease and recognition could finally be voiced. That this improvised production, together with further pantomimes (Aladdin and Bluebeard) performed by the 85th in the following years, was revived on the London stage between 1921 and 1931 indicates the degree of affection with which it was regarded.…