keithmroberts Posted 12 January , 2012 Share Posted 12 January , 2012 Sandie Waterstone's are quite capable of accepting orders for books that are unavailable. Rat's Alley has been unobtainable for quite a time. You were very fortunate. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Lees Posted 12 January , 2012 Share Posted 12 January , 2012 This week's purchases from N&MP (from the sale section): In Enemy Hands: A British Territorial Soldier in Germany 1915-1919 (£3.96) TERRITORIALS 1908-1914 A Guide for Military and Family Historians (£12.76) Airfields & Airmen of Cambrai (£3.16) Airfields And Airmen Of The Somme (£3.16) GERMAN ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT 1917-1918 Rare Photographs From Wartime Archives (£3.96) Germans at Arras Rare Photographs From Wartime Archives (£3.96) CONSCRIPTS Forgotten Men of the Great War (£3.16) STANLEY SPENCER’S GREAT WAR DIARIES (£6.36) PATHS OF GLORY The French Army, 1914-18: The French Army, 1914-1918 (£3.16) MASSACRE ON THE MARNE Life & Death in the 2/5th West Yorkshire Regiment in the Great War (£4.76) DAY WE WON THE WAR Turning Point at Amiens 8 August 1918 (£7.96) FOR KING AND COUNTRY VOCES FROM THE FIRST WORLD WAR (£4.76) HOW THE WAR WAS WON (£3.16) CIVIL SERVICE RIFLES IN THE GREAT WAR ‘ALL BLOODY GENTLEMEN’ (£3.16) ‘LOOK TO YOUR FRONT’: Studies in The First World War (£2.36) And from the National Archives (Sale section): Swansea Pals (£5.99) Bradford Pals (£5.99) Cheshire Bantams (£5.99) Liverpool Pals (£7.99) *Sorry, Sandie That lots should stop the shelves blowing away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandie Hayes Posted 12 January , 2012 Share Posted 12 January , 2012 Oh no! I got an email from the National Archives about their book sale and didn't read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandie Hayes Posted 12 January , 2012 Share Posted 12 January , 2012 'Waterstone's are quite capable of accepting orders for books that are unavailable. Rat's Alley has been unobtainable for quite a time. You were very fortunate'. Had I have thought at the time I would have posted news of Poundland's stock on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Lees Posted 12 January , 2012 Share Posted 12 January , 2012 Waterstone's are quite capable of accepting orders for books that are unavailable. Rat's Alley has been unobtainable for quite a time. You were very fortunate. I won't buy from Waterstones (no apostrophe now, apparently) again because my wife ordered something from them as a present for me, before Christmas. They failed to deliver, offered no explanation until pressed after Christmas when they said that their supplier was out of stock. A telephone call to the supplier revealed that Waterstones had never placed an order with them and that they had plenty of stock. When challenged, Waterstones offered no explanation, just a standard e-mail acknowledging that we had cancelled the order. And guess what - when we queried the cancellation and insisted that we hadn't cancelled any order, they didn't reply. Having just checked, their website shows the item as unavailable. No more money from this household to any company that provides such abysmal service. Should have gone to Specsavers Linesman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted 12 January , 2012 Share Posted 12 January , 2012 Sandie Waterstone's are quite capable of accepting orders for books that are unavailable. Rat's Alley has been unobtainable for quite a time. You were very fortunate. Keith W H Smith also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithmroberts Posted 29 January , 2012 Share Posted 29 January , 2012 I visited Superbook in Lyndhurst yesterday and came away with a copy of "The Devil's Chariots" for £4.99. They had as Norman said in his earlier post quite a good selection. Of course late last night I found my other copy of that volume. The monthly antiquarian book fair there was disappointing, and I went on my way for a forest walk with my wallet almost intact. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobsta Posted 26 February , 2012 Share Posted 26 February , 2012 If Your Reading This - Last Letters from the Front by Sian Price on sale at The Works, at the Old Barn Garden Centre, near Ashington, Sussex for £4.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John(txic) Posted 23 November , 2014 Share Posted 23 November , 2014 "Mapping the First World War" - 3 copies @ £9.99 in the Wolverhampton branch yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalyback Posted 23 November , 2014 Share Posted 23 November , 2014 WH Smiths are doing a Hardback copy of Tommy by Richard Holmes for £5. For anyone new to the Great war a fantastic buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBrockway Posted 24 November , 2014 Share Posted 24 November , 2014 "Mapping the First World War" - 3 copies @ £9.99 in the Wolverhampton branch yesterday.None in Chester, but a large pile in the Ellesmere Port branch last Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelS Posted 26 November , 2014 Share Posted 26 November , 2014 No copies of Mapping the Great War in my local branch of The Works when I looked the other day , but I was able to get a copy at the same price by mail order through their website Although there is a free 'click & collect' option available, I opted for the - quite reasonable considering its size & weight - standard P&P charge of £2.98 & it's still very good value even allowing for that. NigelS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamRev Posted 26 November , 2014 Share Posted 26 November , 2014 There are good-as-new or new copies available through Amazon, (using the forum link of course), for that sort of price: Here. William Edit: and since I looked 10 minutes ago, the cheapest copies have already sold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorer Posted 27 November , 2014 Share Posted 27 November , 2014 This is what I got when I followed the link to their web site posted by NigelS (thanks!) and entered "First World War" in their search engine: http://www.theworks.co.uk/search/First+World+War?page=1&pageSize=200&orderBy= As you will see, they claim that they have 1,007 items for sale. However, a closer examination of the first page (i.e. the first 200) reveals that the First and Second World Wars and lots of other areas are lumped in together. It looks to me as if the search engine is working on a number of phrases - "World War", "War" and others, and not "First World War", hence the amount of irrelevant books shown. There does, though seem to be quite a lot of good stuff there; maybe I should have a longer look again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandy hall Posted 27 November , 2014 Share Posted 27 November , 2014 Available in both Chichester and Bognor Regis branches. Mandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le_Treport Posted 27 November , 2014 Share Posted 27 November , 2014 Just received Mapping he GW as a present - full price, but I will feel virtuous as it was bought from the Indy Petworth book shop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorer Posted 1 December , 2014 Share Posted 1 December , 2014 I bought "My Boy Jack?" by Tonie and Valmai Holt (The search for Rudyard Klipling's son) from the Cheltenham branch on Saturday, price £4. They had others books there, including "Mapping the Great War", but I didn't make a note of what they were or their prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandy hall Posted 19 February , 2015 Share Posted 19 February , 2015 My other half has just come in with Harry's War the Great War Diary of Harry Drinkwater for £4.00 in hardback from Bognor Regis branch. Mandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesmessenger Posted 19 February , 2015 Share Posted 19 February , 2015 Mandy Harry's War is one of the best personal accounts I jhave read in recent years. Yourv husband made a very good choice. Charles M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorer Posted 19 February , 2015 Share Posted 19 February , 2015 Mandy Harry's War is one of the best personal accounts I jhave read in recent years. Yourv husband made a very good choice. Charles M. Hear, hear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandy hall Posted 19 February , 2015 Share Posted 19 February , 2015 Thanks for the recommendation, I will put it to the top of the reading pile. Mandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyH Posted 24 April , 2016 Share Posted 24 April , 2016 Just picked up a copy of a paperback novel for a couple of pounds in 'The Works' shop in a local garden centre, 'Glory - A Story of Gallipoli', by Rachel Billington. Interestingly the authors grandfather was Brigadier-General Thomas, Earl of Longford, 'who was killed at Suvla Bay on August 21st 1915'. Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 29 April , 2016 Share Posted 29 April , 2016 Not cheap and not at The Works but for sale in Bromsgrove Oxfam bookshop,The Sky their Battlefield, first edition,pristine,hardback a mere £70. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 6 May , 2016 Share Posted 6 May , 2016 Birmingham (New Street) at The Works, copies of Mace & Grehans Slaughter on the Somme £6.00 John Copy purchased couldn't resist,it would have been rude not to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard_Lewis Posted 6 May , 2016 Share Posted 6 May , 2016 Peter Hart's 'Voices from the Front' is £7 (HB) in the Cardiff and MacArthur Glen Works' shops... Bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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