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Bargain WW1 book at The Works


Jonny P

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Thanks chaps.

I'll have a look in my nearest one next time i'm in that town.

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Shock Horror ..... on Friday, the Cardiff branch had no (yes, no) copies of "Mapping" on their shelves!

Whether they have sold them all, or just thrown them in a skip as they can't sell them at any price, I don't know, but they've all gone!

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Shock Horror ..... on Friday, the Cardiff branch had no (yes, no) copies of "Mapping" on their shelves!

Whether they have sold them all, or just thrown them in a skip as they can't sell them at any price, I don't know, but they've all gone!

Merthyr and Ebbw Vale have not had it in a long while.

On a WW2 note, picked up Operation Sea lion by Leo Mikinstry for a fiver in hardback. From an independent works type shop.

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Isn't it just! Really pleased that I bought it at the lower price, I was in a bit of a rush at the time and thought it would be a pretty good book as it was produced in association with the Imperial War Museum. I assume that's a good enough guide to quality...

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Mapping back on sale in Northampton for £10.

New in is an Imperial War Museum boxed set of four children's books on WW1, down from £12 to £3

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  • 2 weeks later...

To The Editor

Sir

I have never seen a copy of "Mapping the First World War"

is this a record?

Yours, etc

Troubled of Eastleigh.

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See you've all heard of Toothbrush Weekly now and you all can't get enough. I have my copy delivered now!?

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Saw a copy of Mapping at the National Book Fair at York yesterday. £25 ono.

I wouldn't be surprised if the dealer bought his copy at The Works and was trying his luck.

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  • 3 weeks later...

Picked up a copy in the Chichester branch of The Works for £7.00 Trains To The Trenches, The men, Locomotives and Tracks That Took The Armies To War 1914-18 by Andrew Rodin

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Thanks for the tip-off Mandy. I bought one of the two copies in the Northampton branch today.

...and now for the REALLY BIG NEWS!

Mapping is back on the shelves, a great pile of them, @ £9.99 each.

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Not 'The Works', but a remainder bookshop on Lord Street in Southport has copies of 'A History of the First World War in 100 Objects'. This is the one by John Hughes-Wilson, in Association with the Imperial War Museum. Good value at £6.99 (pub. at £30). They also have Gary Sheffield's similarly named work at the same price, also a couple of other Great War titles.

Mike.

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Picked up a copy in the Chichester branch of The Works for £7.00 Trains To The Trenches, The men, Locomotives and Tracks That Took The Armies To War 1914-18 by Andrew Rodin

Copies of this book are in the Newport shop at the same price - would you recommend it, please?

The Newport shop has about a dozen copies available at £9.99 ... don't all rush!!

They're still there!

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Picked up a copy in the Chichester branch of The Works for £7.00 Trains To The Trenches, The men, Locomotives and Tracks That Took The Armies To War 1914-18 by Andrew Rodin

Thank you for the heads up - I pickup a copy in the Exeter store yesterday.

P

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Copies of this book are in the Newport shop at the same price - would you recommend it, please?

Sorry Scorer, it won't reach the top of the reading pile for a while. Looked interesting to me having flipped through it in The Works.

Mandy

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Copies of this book are in the Newport shop at the same price - would you recommend it, please?

Sorry Scorer, it won't reach the top of the reading pile for a while. Looked interesting to me having flipped through it in The Works.

Mandy

That's what I thought when I briefly looked at it in the shop .... I'll have to see what can do - thanks.

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Newly in at 'The Works' in Kettering, 'Attrition Fighting the First World War' by William Philpott, purchased at £3.00 in a paperback edition (this published in 2015 at £10.99). The Telegraph considered it 'A magisterial overview of the whole war'.

I did enjoy his views on the Somme in 'Bloody Victory'.

Mike.

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Thanks for the tip, Mikey - I popped into the Wolverhampton branch this am and bought one.

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Found a copy of IWM - Mapping The First World War - £3 at THEWORKS section of Wyevale Garden Centre, Aldridge, West Midlands.

What stonking value. The two double spread Daily Mail maps , Birds eye views of the front, Section 1 and 2 are worth £3 on their own.

Then there are 300 other pages in this hardback version.

P.S there was just one other copy on the shelf…

Martin

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I work in Stevenage which has a branch of The Works that I visit regularly just to pass the time of day.

On a visit to the store yesterday, it had removed the entire History section with it being replaced by children's games and crafts.

Grab what you can I'd say!

Maxi

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Sounds like their normal remerchandising in the run-up to Chr*stm*s.

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