In late February 1942 the Australian cruiser Perth and the USS Houston, both survivors from the defeat of the Allied fleet in the Battle of the Java Sea, encountered a Japanese invasion force, with a heav cruiser and destroyer escort, near the entrance to the Sunda Strait. Both cruisers were overwhelmed and sunk in the ensuing engagement. The full story of the Perth’s gallant last battle was told here by McKie for the first time. But it is more that a story of the loss of the ship, following the trials and tribulations of her survivors, many who died in Japanese POW camps. At war’s end only 229 of her complement of almost 700 returned to Australia.
A rare Panther edition cover illustrated by Cy Webb (Reginald Head of Hank Janson fame) This is a vg copy offered for £4.00
This is the story of the intimate and heroic life of an attack transport ship, the USS Belinda. It tells of the ships and men that went in under naval bombardment, that landed the marines in battle, that took them wounded and dying of the blasted beached at Makin Island, Kwajalein, Saipan, and Lingayen Gulf. It is the Pacific War created in its entirety, from the shakedown cruise to the bitter engagements in the Marshalls and Marianas. It joins the classic ranks of ‘The Cruel Sea’ and ‘The Caine Mutiny’. It is a fascinating story of courage, and bravery, in the face of terrible odds.
The Panther edition is difficult to find this is nearly a vg copy at £5.00
Not ever spelled out, but the obvious prequel to The Prisoner. It would be interesting to watch an episode now and see how it has stood the test of time.
Rarer than the Burroughs books of the genre written at the turn of the century (the previous one not the last one). A vg+ copy of the Ace publication. £2.50
Other SF in stock, though I can’t guarantee my stocktaking is up to date.
I know I should, but I have not read this book, so I can pass no judgement on its historical or “local” content. £2.50 (a third of the Amazon price)
A classic, best-selling Regency romance! For fans of Georgette Heyer, Mary Balogh, Jane Aiken Hodge and Jane Austen.
Man turns against master under the threat of revolution…
1812, West Riding, Yorkshire
Mary Lister, a young governess, accepts a position at Liversedge Mill. But she arrives in the middle of a violent uproar.
The Luddites – bands of desperate men put out of work by new machines and reduced to starvation – have conspired to smash up the Mill and terrorise its master, the proud and unyielding William Arkwright.
During the stormy weeks that follow her arrival, Mary is torn between her sympathy for the poor and downtrodden of the rebellion, with whom her gentle cousin John Booth has sided, and her unwilling admiration for the indomitable Master of Liversedge.
With whom will she eventually side? Her head or her heart?
THE MASTER OF LIVERSEDGE is a historical saga by Alice Chetwynd Ley: a traditional British, Regency romance novel with the backdrop of social revolution, set in 19th Century England.
Aswell James There’s One in Every Town Signet 1314 vg £2.50
Bassett Ronald The Pompeians Pan X 638 1st 1967 anon vg+ £4.00
Braithwaite ER To Sir, With Love NEL 2667 1969 vg £2.50
Carter Nick Deadly Doubles Star 0 1988 vg £2.50
Carter Nick The Satan Trap Star 0 1962 vg £2.50
Christie Agatha Dead Man’s Folly Fontana 440 1st 1960 vg £2.50
Hunter Evan The Blackboard Jungle Panther 685 7th 1960 anon vg £3.00
Mackey Joe The Cruel City Belmont 207 1st vg £2.50
Milburn George All Over Town Dell 676 vg £2.50
Newby Ed. Time Off in the Lake District and the Yorkshire Da Hodder 855 1st 1967 vg £2.50
Stewart Desmond A Stranger in Eden Signet 1357 1st 1956 vg £2.50