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Author Archives: G. A. Michael Sims
Dornford Yates and C. W. Stamper
In 1913 Mills and Boon published a book called ‘What I Know’, by C. W. Stamper, the memoirs of a chauffeur/motor engineer to King Edward VII from 1905-10, with an acknowledgement in the foreword to Dornford Yates ‘but for whose … Continue reading
Churchill’s Spearhead
John Greenacre, a currently serving officer (now retired, 6/5/11, ed.) and a colleague on the Lord Kitchener Memorial Holiday Centre management team is the author of a recently published book on the development of Britain’s airborne forces during WW2, covering … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, World War 2
Tagged Air Force, Airborne, Army, Authors, Reviews, Special forces, WW2
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Dunkirk anniversary
To coincide with the 70th anniversary of the evacuation of Dunkirk we have nearly 60 items containing accounts of the progress of the withdrawal or the experiences of the soldiers, sailors and airmen involved.
Posted in Book stock, Navy, World War 2
Tagged Air Force, Army, Bookselling, Dunkirk, Navy, WW2
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The sad shorthand in our evolving language
I need to catalogue some stock that I have been passing over for some time and this morning I was flicking through an early edition of Byron’s ‘The Bride of Abydos’. I found that one of the leaves was marked … Continue reading
Amazon
Booksellers can sell via Amazon’s ‘Marketplace’. I don’t but many of my booksellling colleagues do and Amazon are currently doing themselves no favours by their latest action.
Olive Tout of Spain
To Olive Tout of Spain – hotmail tells me that the email address that you supplied with your query about ‘The Ka of Gifford Hillary’ is invalid. I have some details about the title you were asking about but now … Continue reading
Eastward Ho! – Dornford Yates’ lost play
There has always seemed to be some mystery about the existence of a musical play by the novelist Dornford Yates (real name Cecil William Mercer) amongst his enthusiastic readers. It remained so until 1982 when his biographer, A. J. Smithers, … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Books, Dornford Yates
Tagged Authors, Cecil William Mercer, Dornford Yates, Eastward Ho, Oscar Asche
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Collecting Royal Naval Patrol Service books
(…originally published in the ibooknet newsletter for November 2002) A brief history of the Royal Naval Patrol Service The Royal Naval Patrol Service (RNPS) was a ‘navy within a navy’ during WW2. In 1939 much of Britain’s domestic freight distribution … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Books, Navy, Royal Naval Patrol Service, World War 2
Tagged Anti-submarine, Authors, Convoy escort., HMS Europa, Lowestoft, Minesweeping, Navy, RNPS, Sparrows Nest, WW2
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