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72528 HENRY COOPER: A Hero for All Time by Norman Giller


Henry Cooper’s legendary challenge to Muhammad Ali for the World Heavyweight title electrified the whole nation in 1966, ending bloodily with Ali (formerly Cassius Clay) opening a cut over Cooper’s left eye. In an earlier encounter with Ali in 1963 Cooper had driven his opponent onto the ropes with the famous vicious left hook, but Ali recovered and as in the later fight opened Cooper’s old wounds. Cooper retired in 1971, having won 40 of his 55 fights. He was born one of identical twins in 1934, and both Henry and George became good amateur boxers and went professional. 247pp, extensive fight file and homages from 40 friends. £20 NOW £5


72984 FOOTBALL’S COMIC BOOK HEROES: The Ultimate Fantasy Footballers by Adam Riches, Tim Parker and Robert Frankland Ever since boys’ comics were first published in the middle years of the 19th century, they have offered readers fun, adventure and escapism. In the golden age of the 1920s and 1930s, the introduction of football stories in cartoon-strip format proved immensely popular and, during the 1950s and 1960s, they enjoyed a renaissance, with Tiger and The Hotspur among the top titles. The 1970s saw the launch of dedicated football comics such as Scorcher and Score ‘n’ Roar. Here are all the favourites, from Limp-Along-Leslie to Cast-Iron Bill, and Fireworks Flynn to Andy Steele Playmaker. 255 pages 28cm by 19.5cm in bright colour and b/w. £19.99 NOW £6


73220 DARTS BIBLE by David Norton and


Patrick Mcloughlin with Steve Brown Here is the fascinating history of the sport, how to pick the right arrows, the correct stance to adopt, the game plan, the close out strategies and how to master ‘the perfect game’ - a nine-dart finish. As a bonus, the would-be darts player will meet darts superstars such as Leighton Rees, John Thomas ‘Jocky’ Wilson, John Lowe, Eric Bristow and many more, take part in a Steve Brown Masterclass, and have a permanent, definitive record of the results, the rules and the regulations. 224 tough, ring-bound pages. Photos in colour. ONLY £3


TRANSPORT


I told the traffic warden to go forth and multiply, though not exactly in those words.


- Woody Allen 74920 PAUL ATTERBURY’S


RAILWAY COLLECTION by Paul Atterbury


Well known as the expert on 19th and 20th century art and design on BBC TV’s Antiques Roadshow (we also discovered that his mother was a puppeteer on Watch With Mother in the 1950s, and that she based Andy Pandy’s distinguished features


upon those of her beloved son!), Paul Atterbury’s other great love is the railways of Britain and their illustrious history, and this is his tenth book on the subject. It is, as Paul says in his introduction, an intensely personal collection of photos, postcards and other printed ephemera, documents that are the living records of British railway history. He has arranged the contents by region, interspersing these with excellent special feature sections such as Mystery Photos, Staff, Bridges, People, Comic Postcards, Narrow Gauge and Eccentricities. He combines a historian’s eye with the reckless enthusiasm of the true rail aficionado and inculcates into the blend a quirky streak of boyish fun and humour to hark back to the good old days of rail transport. The astounding level of illustration (without actually counting, there has to be over 1,000 illus. in colour and b/w) is complemented by Paul’s excellent text as he regales us with stories of his own from the 1950s to the present as well as Britain’s unique love story with her rail network and the engines, coaches, workers and passengers that inhabited it. 252pp, 9¾”×10½”. £25 NOW £9


74611 CHURCHILL’S NAVIGATOR


by Air Commodore John Mitchell LVO, DFC, AFC with Sean Feast


In an exceptional story, told with wit and verve to an acclaimed author who has added his own


authoritative and informed insights, John Mitchell reveals the secrets of his remarkable career. An RAFVR


officer, he was mobilised on the outbreak of war and posted to 58 Squadron to fly Whitleys. In 1940/41 he survived a tour of operations, including being ditched in the North Sea. This earned him the DFC. Then he was sent to the US where, in collaboration with the Link Trainer factory, he helped to develop the first navigation training simulators. This brought him the US Legion of Merit. When he returned to the UK, he was selected to join the crew of Winston Churchill’s personal aircraft, one of the early prototype Avro Yorks called Ascalon. For two years, he navigated Churchill around the world, from North Africa to Italy, the Middle East and Moscow, including the famous Teheran and Yalta conferences. He also flew ‘General Lyon’ (aka HM King George VI) on several occasions, which earned him another decoration. Even after the war he enjoyed an eventful career, holding posts as a senior navigation instructor at the RAF College, Cranwell and RAF Manby, where he undertook long-range exercises over the North Geographic Pole in the converted Lincoln Aries III. During the Brezhnev regime he was appointed to Moscow, finishing his career in the Air Intelligence world of the MoD. 216 incredible pages with b/w archive photos, two appendices and a section on the VIP Passengers. £20 NOW £7.50


74747 RAIL CENTRES No. 8:


Newcastle by Ken Hoole Yes, railway buffs, you may well get excited! Written by respected railway historian Ken Hoole, whose expert knowledge of the railways of the North East has been


demonstrated in previous volumes, this authoritative book examines the rail network on both sides of the River Tyne from the early 19th


century to the present day. The railway history of Newcastle is in some ways very complex. The city cannot be dealt with in isolation and the survey must take in Gateshead on the opposite bank of the Tyne gorge as well as the numerous conurbations along both banks of the river. The two towns are at the centre of a large area long famous for locomotive engineering with men such as Stephenson, Hedley, George and Hackworth playing a big part in the development of railways and locomotives, both steam and diesel. The early waggonways were for carrying coal but, in the 1830s, passenger traffic began to develop, leading to the opening of Newcastle Central station by Queen Victoria in 1850. The station has been enlarged at various times, but perhaps the most notable event in its history was the electrification in 1904 of the loop serving the coastal strip between Tynemouth and Whitley Bay, over which a busy suburban traffic developed. Now the local services are operated by the reliable Tyne and Wear Metro trains which still run over much of the route electrified by the NER more than 80 years ago. An informative and nostalgic look back. 128 pages illus with over 190 photos, line drawings and networks. £16.99 NOW £6


74749 RAIL CENTRES No.13: Wolverhampton by Paul Collins


To anyone who is familiar only with the railway through Wolverhampton as it exists today, the notion that this Midlands industrial town could be classed as a Rail Centre might seem absurd. But they will be surprised. Behind and beyond the brisk 1960s Inter City station lies a


long and thrilling history stretching back to the Grand Junction Railway which carried its first passengers from Wolverhampton in the summer of 1837. In this volume the author investigates the bitter rivalry between the GWR and the LNWR which led to the construction of two main line stations - Low Level and High Level - literally next door to each other, and unfolds the development of the network of local lines which was not completed until the opening of the Wombourn line in 1925. He deals with every illuminating historical detail, from the career of the GWR’s Stafford Road works to the transformation of the North Western lines into today’s high-speed railway, including the identity of the last locomotive to be lettered GWR on Nationalisation. Anyone who is passionate about trains will appreciate the revelation that Wolverhampton has not only contained the most northerly section of the GWR broad gauge track but today possesses the only electrified section of the former GWR system. 128 pages lavishly illustrated with more than 140 photos and 15 line drawings, with four appendices and list of abbreviations. £16.99 NOW £6


74748 RAIL CENTRES No. 14: Reading


by Laurence Waters Another must-have nostalgic book for railway fans, this work - the second by expert Laurence Waters in the Rail Centres series covers the rise and fall of Reading as a rail centre from its inception in the 1830s up to the present time. The county town of Berkshire has long been an


important location for commercial trading and communications. The opening of the Kennet and Avon Canal in the early 19th century stimulated trade, but problems with water transportation resulted in proposals by the Great Western Railway to route their main line through the town. The railway opened in 1840 and, during the 1850s, solely due to the ease of rail transport, famous firms like Huntley and Palmers and Sutton Seeds were able to expand their businesses. The subsequent opening of lines such as: the SER line to Guildford, the LSWR connection to Staines and the one to Basingstoke stimulated traffic even further. The Staines and Guildford connections even resulted in through traffic from the Midlands to the Channel Ports. With the abolition of the broad gauge track and the improvements that then became possible, the GWR actually quadrupled its lines. Until the mid-1960s little changed, and then Reading Southern was merged with the former GWR station. The final modifications took place in the late 1980s, with a new station-building incorporating shops and ticketing facilities. Reading had come a long way! 128 pages lavishly illustrated with b/ w archive photos, networks, list of locomotive allocations and three appendices. £16.99 NOW £6


72246 GOLDFISH CLUB by Danny Danziger


Formed during WWII to celebrate the survival of pilots who had been forced to bail out over water, the Goldfish Club has continued to take on new airmen - and one airwoman - ever since. One veteran will never forget having to walk through a hostile German town at the point of a Nazi bayonet. Another, an American B-17 navigator, found his courage in the cell of an SS prison after his Flying


Fortress broke up over Italian waters. Their stories, and those of 27 other Goldfish Club members are told in this amazing volume. Each one is different. 295 pages, illus.


£17.99 NOW £3


By the National Railway Museum


74617 ENGLAND


BY RAIL: LONDON PRIDE: 1000 Piece


Jigsaw Puzzle by the National Railway Museum and Ronnie Madrid The puzzle features ‘London Pride’, a


magnificent view of the


Houses of Parliament and Big Ben from a high view point across the river at Lambeth Palace, looking across a boat-filled River Thames on a sunny day. The artist Frank H. Mason (1875-1965) was the son of a railway clerk, who created dozens of posters for the British Railway Companies from the 1920s to the 1950s. Our 1000 piece interlocking jigsaw measures when finished 25 x 20" (63.5 x 50.8cm) and comes in a colourful box measuring 32.6 x 25.4 x 5cm. Includes a print for framing. ONLY £7


74618 ENGLAND BY RAIL: SOUTH DEVON: 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle by the National Railway Museum and


Marshall Perin Showing the rugged coastline and dramatic cliffs


of this seaside area, this poster by prolific artist Frank Newbould (1887-1951) drew visitors to South Devon and its beautiful beaches, quaint villages and mild climate. Newbould designed posters for railway and shipping companies and for the war effort during World War Two and produced this poster for the Great Western Railway and Southern Railway in 1945. It is another from the collection of the National Railway Museum, York. Bold and colourful coastline image with red cliff face, trees, a sandy beach and a twisty coastline together with the GWR logo. Includes a print for framing. Finished puzzle size 25 x 20" (63.5 x 50.8cm) 1000 pieces and in a box measuring 32.6 x 25.4 x 5cm. ONLY £7


74616 ENGLAND BY RAIL: HARROGATE: 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle by the National Railway Museum and Ronnie Madrid


This beautiful colour poster depicts a park in Harrogate in full bloom, on a summer’s day with blue skies, leafy trees, flowering plants, canopied shops and the distinctive Yorkshire stone for the shops in


the centre of Harrogate. The discovery of mineral springs in 1571 beckoned early visitors to Harrogate and in Victorian times this North Yorkshire town was a fashionable spa. English poster designer Kenneth Steel (1906-1970) was a prolific painter, lithographer and engraver. He produced this poster for British Railways in 1953. The finished 1000 piece colour puzzle measures 25 x 20" (63.5 x 50.8cm) and in a box measuring 32.6 x 25.4 x 5cm. Includes a print for framing. ONLY £7


74638 SCOTLAND BY RAIL: THE


TROSSACHS: 1000


Piece Jigsaw Puzzle by the National Railway Museum and Susan Koop


In 1923 the newly launched


London, Midland and Scottish Railway and the London & North Eastern Railway initiated bold advertising campaigns to lure tourists to the peaceful, majestic and untainted countryside of Scotland. John Littlejohn’s 1930 poster of The Trossachs shows the Highland rocks, trees and water of the area with figures in the foreground enjoying nature at its best. It is a region that appealed to poets, aesthetes and royalty and Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Lady of the Lake’ dwelt by Loch Katrine, one of the most frequented attractions of the area. 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle measuring 25 x 20" (63.5 x 50.8cm) and in a box measuring 32.6 x 25.4 x 5cm. Includes a print for framing. ONLY £7


74495 JAGUAR XK8 AND XKR


by John Blunsden


The Jaguar E-type, one of the most iconic and best-loved cars ever made, struggled for a successor, as the British motor industry lurched from crisis to crisis in the 1970s and 1980s. The V12 and straight-6 XJ-S, while possessed of many virtues, had a great many more


shortcomings, so it was with a glad heart that, after a few false starts, the production of a true successor to the E-Type, the XK8, was welcomed by Jaguar’s long- suffering fans in 1996. The 3,996cc, 290bhp V8 XK8 was followed a year later by the supercharged XKR which made 370bhp and, for the new millennium, the retuned, firebreathing XK180 with its tyre-shredding 450bhp. All models were produced in coupé and cabriolet versions. Here is the full story of its design and development, production and sales history, model identification features, tech specs, optional equipment and performance figures, all written by a Jag aficionado who really knows his subject. Over 100 colour and b/w photos. 128pp in softback. £9.99 NOW £3


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75036 WRECK AND SINKING OF THE TITANIC: The


Ocean’s Greatest Disaster edited by Marshall Everett We are sure that readers will want to own this beautiful, deluxe reproduction of the 1912 memorial edition describing the sinking of the Titanic, published immediately after the disaster occurred. This collectible volume gives a sobering


and graphic account of the tragedy, with details of exciting escapes from death, and acts of heroism unequalled in ancient or modern times. The Titanic ‘the largest and finest steamship ever built’ was a floating palace of luxury, packed with some of the wealthiest and most distinguished people from both sides of the Atlantic. Even after she had collided with a monster iceberg, which ripped open her side and exposed her boilers to the icy waters, none of her 2,340 passengers was alarmed - after all, it had been claimed that she was unsinkable. Not until the 20 lifeboats had left, the decks were tilted up at a dangerous angle and the night was filled with shrieks of terror as the victims plunged to their death did the dreadful truth become clear. There had not been enough lifeboats to save that number of passengers. A horrifying 1,595 men, women and children had perished. Four agonising hours were spent by the survivors, suffering from exposure and terror, until they were picked up by the rescue ship Carpathia. The whole tragic tale is told here in 279 gilt edged pages illustrated in b/w with archive photos, reproduced documents, newly commissioned art work and list of the dead.


£16.99 NOW £8


74428 BRITISH STEAM: MEMORABILIA


COLLECTION by Igloo Books


This superbly produced item invites the reader to enter the world of smoke, steam, whistles, the screech of metal on metal and powerful iron behemoths, hissing and swathed in clouds of vapour, emanating a heat that made them


feel almost alive. From the engineering brilliance of the first locomotives to its heyday, linking the nation’s towns and cities and criss-crossing the British countryside, this is an “all stops” tour of what was once a great British institution and a must-have for all enthusiasts. We begin with the pioneers, their inventions, the first trials and the first public services before looking at what was happening contemporaneously around the world, particularly in the wide open spaces of 19th century America. Rivalry between railway companies, standardisation, rail in wartime, post-war nationalisation and the BR standard locomotives and the decline and eventual demise of railway steam power follow, and finally the there are three extensive sections on three of the greatest names in British steam: George Stephenson, the visionary; Robert Stephenson, the grand overseer; and Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the heroic engineer. Magnificently illus. on every page with colour and b/w photos, paintings, drawings and woodcuts. This robustly bound collector’s edition also comes with reproductions of some super steam memorabilia: five postcards featuring famous engines, five photos, the Daily Mirror front page from 29 April 1924 featuring George V driving the “Windsor Castle” and a BR poster “An Engine is Wheeled”. 96 spiral bound pages, 9½”×11". £17.99 NOW £7


74517 TIME FLIES: The


Heathrow Story by Alan Gallop


London’s new peacetime airport, Heath Row, situated in the suburbs of west London, operated its first ever flight on a bitterly cold, grey New Year’s Day in 1946. As that converted Lancaster, known as Star Light, operated by British South American Airlines, flown by a crew of newly demobbed RAF personnel


and carrying a group of ten passengers bound for Montevideo and Buenos Aires accelerated up the runway, using less than a third of its 3,000 yards to get airborne and disappeared into the murky Middlesex afternoon, who would have thought that 68 years on Heathrow Airport would have become the world’s busiest airport for international travellers, handling over 60 million journeys a year through its five terminals? Here is the fascinating story of Heathrow from its pioneering days in the recovering post-war London suburbs, right up to 2011. Here are all the human and commercial histories and stories, reminiscences and anecdotes from the airport’s entire operational life, told by those who were there, from pilots and air crew to air traffic controllers, baggage handlers and engineers, not forgetting, of course, the passengers, some famous, some Joe Public. 228pp softback with approx. 150 colour and b/w photos.


£14.99 NOW £5.50


71841 TITANIC: The Actual Story As Reported In Original 1912


Newspapers by Retro Graphics Publishing Facsimile reproductions of actual broadsheet newspapers, here is the disaster of the Titanic as it unfolded and was reported from extracts of about seven of them including The Daily Graphic illustrated supplement and original 1912 newspapers. The collection comes from the Caren Archive. The moving headlines include ‘Women on ship see death take loved ones’, ‘Millionaires give lives that women may be rescued’, ‘Steamers cruise ice field in vain hunting survivors’ and ‘Nearby steamer urged to rush to grave of Titanic’. These headlines alone come from ‘The Denver Times’ from Tuesday evening, April 16th 1912. One dispatch from Washington April 18th reads ‘Nation awaits arrival of Carpathia; fog may delay landing tonight.’ A3 sized folded newspapers in cellophane. Contemporary photos and advertisements. ONLY £5


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