hardback – Pipe and Slippers Pre-Loved Books and Collectables

Dec 6

She Landed By Moonlight – the story of Secret Agent Pearl Witherington: The Real ‘Charlotte Grey’

by epnxvpavPosted in MotorsportTagged 1943, 1944, book, carole seymore-jones, churchill, feminism, first edition, french resistance, hardback, nostalgia, panzer, paris, pearl witherington, Pre-loved, secret agent, secret army, she landed by moonlight, signed, southern loire, spy, ww2

On the night of 22nd September 1943 Pearl Witherington, a 29—year—old British secretary and agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOB), was parachuted into Occupied France. Like Sebastian Faulks’ heroine, Charlotte Gray, Pearl had a dual mission: to ﬁght for her beloved, broken France — and to ﬁnd her lost love, Henri Cornioley, a French soldier on the run from the […]

Dec 5

Welcome to Pipe and Slippers

by epnxvpavPosted in MotorsportTagged Aircraft Books, alfa romeo, bluebird, boats, books, brabham, cars, classic cars, collectable, Collectables, dameon hill, dekeck Bell, digital art, driving, ellen Macarthur, ferrari, flying, graham hill, gurston down, hardback, hurricane, lotus, military, Motorsport and Road Transport Books, niki lauda, paperback, photographs, pictures, planes, prescott, racing, raf, sailing, second hand, shelsley walsh, Ships and Boats Books, softback, used, wiltshire, ww2

So, what’s it all about? Well, for over thirty years I’ve collected a large number of books on assorted topics, mainly motorsport in various forms, aviation, military history to name just a few categories. I’ve also gathered some memorabilia and collectables along the way. The time has come to downsize and move house and there […]