Rob Connolly Posted 14 August , 2010 Share Posted 14 August , 2010 Just ventured into Oldham, and the remainder bookshop The Works has some relevant volumes on sale: WW1 at Sea: Victoria Carolan. £1.99 (normally £9.99) Shots from the Front: Richard Homes. £5.99 (normally £20) Also some of the "Forgotten Voices" volumes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 14 August , 2010 Share Posted 14 August , 2010 Every Works shop within 25 miles has closed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John(txic) Posted 4 September , 2010 Share Posted 4 September , 2010 Just seen in the Wolverhampton branch - about half a dozen copies of "Rats Alley - trench names on the Western Front". They're on the table displays to the left of the door as you go in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pighills Posted 4 September , 2010 Share Posted 4 September , 2010 I checked our 'Works' here in Harrogate, they didn't have any. In fact, if it wasn't fiction, cookery or children's they didn;t have a lot in! ........................ wonders if it's about to be closed down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithmroberts Posted 5 September , 2010 Share Posted 5 September , 2010 No such luck down here. John You could make a killing judging by the second hand prices. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John(txic) Posted 3 October , 2010 Share Posted 3 October , 2010 A killing - maybe not.... However, the copy I purchased has now been put on eBay - for what I paid for it, plus p&p. Happy bidding, folks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggers Posted 4 October , 2010 Share Posted 4 October , 2010 Just returned from West Wales where I bought "On the Front Line - True World War 1 Stories" p/back, rrp £8.99, reduced to £2.99. This was at The Works shop in Carmarthen. First published 1930, revised and updated edition with foreword by Malcolm Brown. 60 accounts of action, each three to four pages long, by those who took part and wrote up their accounts, edited by CB Purdom. Looks like an interesting addition. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooter Posted 4 October , 2010 Share Posted 4 October , 2010 I have just picked up the middle three of the quintet of WW1 books by Anne Perry from the Horsham branch of the Works for £5. Now I need to see where I can get the first one and the fifth one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchtrotter Posted 4 October , 2010 Share Posted 4 October , 2010 Wish my branch had rats Alley!!! No such luck. If any pal happens to see one in the branch mention I would be happy to pay the cost and post! TT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armourersergeant Posted 6 October , 2010 Share Posted 6 October , 2010 Wish my branch had rats Alley!!! No such luck. If any pal happens to see one in the branch mention I would be happy to pay the cost and post! Was only discussing this book a few days ago and how rare it is to see copies floating around...those that are carry a high price. Regards Arm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 6 October , 2010 Share Posted 6 October , 2010 I have just picked up the middle three of the quintet of WW1 books by Anne Perry from the Horsham branch of the Works for £5. Now I need to see where I can get the first one and the fifth one. 63p on Abe. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndavidswarbrick Posted 6 October , 2010 Share Posted 6 October , 2010 For anyone in the South London area - the Lewisham branch has a pile of Richard Holmes "Shots From the Front" Harper Press 2008 for £4.99 [Hardback rrp £20] I shall be reading my copy this evening. Dave Swarbrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooter Posted 7 October , 2010 Share Posted 7 October , 2010 63p on Abe. Mick Thanks Mick, I got the first one for 1p plus postage on Amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H Posted 13 October , 2010 Share Posted 13 October , 2010 From the Solihull Branch - Paul Cobb's Fromelles 1916: £2.99!! Plenty of copies left. Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougscarratt@tiscali.co.uk Posted 13 October , 2010 Share Posted 13 October , 2010 Wish my branch had rats Alley!!! No such luck. If any pal happens to see one in the branch mention I would be happy to pay the cost and post! TT Hi Re:- Rats Alley try Waterstones online £25 Post free. Regards Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John(txic) Posted 29 January , 2011 Share Posted 29 January , 2011 Just picked up a copy of Jack Sheldon's "German Army at Passchendaele" for £4.99 at the Wolverhampton branch. 3 copies left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandy hall Posted 29 January , 2011 Share Posted 29 January , 2011 Picked up a copy of Bloody Victory The Sacrifice On The Somme by William Philpott for 2.99 at the Bognor Regis branch today. They also have copies of The Reluctant Tommy Ronald Skirth's Extraordinary Memoir of The First World War and Drawing Fire Private Len Smith both in hardback for £3.99. Mandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff S Posted 5 February , 2011 Share Posted 5 February , 2011 Just picked up a copy of "Drawing Fire" at my local Works Bookshop Southend-on-Sea) for £3.99. Subtitled The diary of a Great war soldier and artist, look a good one! Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithmroberts Posted 5 February , 2011 Share Posted 5 February , 2011 Re Rats Alley. Waterstones often list and accept orders for books that they cannot supply. I gave up on them long ago. You get a succession of emails about problems sourcing the problem, before eventually losing the will to live. This sometimes happens for volumes that are still available, if they are not listed by Waterstone's own supplier. My understanding was that Rats Alley has not been reprinted and is therefore only available used, unless you find that one bookshop that has had a copy for years. I keep trying to find that one. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandy hall Posted 5 February , 2011 Share Posted 5 February , 2011 Picked up today from my local branch Because You Died Poetry and Prose of The First World War and After by Vera Brittain and Edited by Mark Bostridge for £2.99. Mandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooter Posted 16 February , 2011 Share Posted 16 February , 2011 Picked up a copy of Bloody Victory The Sacrifice On The Somme by William Philpott for 2.99 at the Horsham branch today, about 3 copies left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H Posted 16 February , 2011 Share Posted 16 February , 2011 Picked up a copy of Bloody Victory The Sacrifice On The Somme by William Philpott for 2.99 at the Horsham branch today, about 3 copies left. Likewise in Solihull. Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clive_hughes Posted 16 February , 2011 Share Posted 16 February , 2011 Likewise Bloody Victory at Wrexham - one copy - guess who bought it? LST_164 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMHart Posted 16 February , 2011 Share Posted 16 February , 2011 Likewise Bloody Victory at Wrexham - one copy - guess who bought it? LST_164 There seem to be a lot of Bill's Bloody Victory in the various remainder shops all over the place at the moment which is at least good news for the forumites who didn't snap it up earlier! Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Marshall Posted 17 February , 2011 Share Posted 17 February , 2011 It must be quite galling for authors who have sweat blood to get their labours of love into print just to see them go for a fraction of the normal price. Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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