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Luddesdown The Story of a Kent Manor by W.B. Peake £28 + £1.70 P&P Luddesdown is a civil parish in the Gravesham District of Kent, England. Search for it on the internet bookshops.  Very rare, and the cheapest online  is £40  plus postage. An extremly rare book in great condition..  Just the marks you can see on the cover.  No spotting on nearly a 100 year old book. Very good illustrations and interesting chapters. Prehistoric Luddesdown; Angol-saxon Luddesdown; On the Entymology; Medieval, Luddesdown; Sevententh Century; Luddesdown Church and Village Records.
Vital Haven Robert Butler £10 + £1.70 P&P All about Richborough Port 1992 By The Museum of Maritime & Local History, Deal. SOLD
Richborough Port Robert Butler £8 + £1.70 P&P 1999 East Kent Maritime Trust SOLD
Ramsgate During The Great War; 1914 - 1918 £10 + £1.50 P&P A Souvenir of the Most-Raided Part of England Very good B/W illustrations of bomb damage A very rare copy of this valuable book especially in this condition.
Soldiers Of The Castle Dover Castle Garrisoned G.M. Atherton £10 + £ 2.90 P&P 2003 The history and anecdote of the garrisons of Dover castle from the fourteenth century to the last in modern times being the Cameron Highlanders on their return from Aden.
The Life And Times Of A Dovorian Lillian Kay 1999 £9 + £1.70 P&P An interesting local history account.
I Was There Joseph A. Vidler; 1997 Signed by the author £6 + £1.50 P&P The personal experiences of the author first as a boy in Dover during the blitz and then as a driver in the RASC In fine clean condition with good illustrated card.
East Kent At War  In Old Photographs Britain in old photographs David Collyer 1994 £6 + £1.70 P&P Good condition paperback
ADOLF HITLER'S HOME COUNTIES HOLIDAY SNAPS Luftwaffe Target Reconnaissance German Aerial Photography 1939 - 1942 £5 + £1.70 P&P Berkshire, Essex, Kent, London, Surrey, Sussex. Ex library book, with mark of 'withdrawn' inside. Paperback with clear plastic protector.
Shipwrecks Around Britain; A Divers Guide Leo Zanelli £8 + £2.90 P&P 1970. Kaye & Ward. 1st Ed. 112 PP with 24 location charts, plus 16 pages with 18 b/w illustrations (2 drawings & 16 photos). Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket rubbed spine and edges.  Book good, with one or two library marks. Guide to 400 wrecks with brief information on the ship, the shipwreck and the wreck. Included in the Kent section as it has sections from Dungeness to Spurn Head.
The Kent Weather Book Bob Ogley 1991 £2.50 + £1.70 P&P 160 pages, b/w photos throughout. An historical and photographic survey of Kent's extremes of weather. A good paperback
Dangerous Coastline; 1939-1945 A Wartime Childhood in Birchington, Kent Derek S. Hart; 2004 Edited by Jennie Burgess, Birchington Heritage Trust £8 + £1.70 P&P Not bad condition, with just a lttle bit of staining on the edge.
The Defence Of Thanet and East Kent; 1939-1945 (click on the above title for more information). A new book on the Military Defence of East Kent.   Ron Stilwell £12.99 + £2.90 P&P
Romney Marsh At War Edward Carpenter 2000 £8 + £1.70 P&P After the British defeat at Dunkirk and the fall of France, Hitler's army and air force were just 20 miles away from Romney Marsh across the English Channel. The Marsh was on the front line, and for five difficult years the local people faced the direct threat of German invasion and air attack. Good paperback, just slightly bumped on the bottom corners.
The Maritime Heritage of Thanet £5 + £1.50 P&P East Kent Maritime Trust, Kent, 1997 Paperback. First Edition. 105pp Profusely illustrated with photographs, reproductions of engravings and maps. A well-researched and authoritative history of Thanet's coast and its towns.
Sheerness Naval Dockyard & Garrison David Hughes £6 + £1.70 P&P The history of Sheerness Naval Dockyard and its garrison since their foundation in the mid-17th century until the official closing ceremony in 1960. The final chapter illustrates how the rich heritage of fine Georgian and early Victorian structures have largely been demolished or allowed to rot in more recent years. Good condition paperback.
Thanet Storm Damage Wednesday, 11th January, 1978 A Pictorial Record. £5 + 70p P&P The visual effects of the gale-force winds that struck Margate, Kent in 1953. A good copy of a SCARCE publication
Moat Defensive A History of the waters of the Nore Command in North Kent; 55 BC to 1961 D.P. Capper £7 + £2.90 P&P A rare book about  the important Nore command, dealing with Chatham and the surrounding waters. The book begins with the early settlers to the Nore area in England and goes on to discuss the Goodwin Sands, the Cinque Ports and their private wars, the birth of the Royal Navy under the Tudors, piracy in the Channel, the Dutch wars and the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Quite a good tight book with just a few small faults.
Historic Margate G.E. Clarke 1973 £4 + £1.00 P&P 112 Pages  by Margate Public Library.
Kent and East Sussex; Britain's Front Line Stuart Hylton £5 + £1.70 P&P Battlefield Britain Pen & Sword Military Books Good condition paperback
Underground Thanet Quarries, Shelters, Tunnels and Caves Rod LeGear £5 + £1.70 P&P Trust For Thanet Archaeology; 2012 Good paperback.
Front Line County Kent At War, 1939-45 Andrew Rootes £3 + £2.90 P&P 1993 Good paperback
Front-Line Kent Defence Against Invasion From 1400 To The Cold War Victor Smith 2001 £3 + £1.70 P&P An ex-library book with all the usual stamps, etc.