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THE SOURCE BOOK OF THE R.A.F.
Written by Ken Delve.
Stock no. 1327222
Published by Airlife. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dealing comprehensively with all abbreviations used in primary sources and giving an in-depth guide to the RAF Order of Battle. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 308 pages. ISBN: 1853104515. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Covers are very slightly dusty. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and slightly faded to spine.

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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF WALES (NN 66)
Written by William M. Condry.
Stock no. 1327221
Published by Collins. 1st 1981. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 66. Corries, crags and summits, moorlands, mires and conifers, rivers, lakes and marshes, native woodlands, limestone flora, farmlands, villages and estates, the industrial scene and the coast. B/w photos. Green boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0002195682. EX-LIB with old tape marks to covers and pastedowns, ink stamps to textblock and colophon page, removal of a label to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper has tape marks to flaps and a small piece torn from lower corner of front flap.

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THE GREAT WAR AND MODERN MEMORY
Written by Paul Fussell; Lyn MacDonald.
Stock no. 1327220
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2014. Fine condition.

Red decorated boards; yellow and grey titles and decorations. Introduction by MacDonald. Colour & b/w illustrations. Still in original shrinkwrap.

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STALINISM AND THE SOVIET-FINNISH WAR, 1939-40
Written by Malcolm L.G. Spencer.
Stock no. 1327219
Published by Palgrave Macmillan. Circa 2018. Nearly fine condition.

Crisis Management, Censorship and Control. St. Antony's Series. Red pictorial boards. 229 pages. A physical Print On Demand book printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd. ISBN: 9783319946467. Minimal rubbing at corners. Contents fine.

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TIR IARLL (THE EARL'S LAND)
Written by Frederic Evans.
Stock no. 1327218
Published by Mid Glamorgan County Libraries. 1st thus 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reprinted from the original edition of 1912. Comprising the ancient parishes of Llangynwyd, Bettws, Margam, and Kenfig. Green boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 1872430155. Spine bumped. Contents fine. Minimal rubbing to wrapper corners.

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ENWAU CYMRAEG AR BLANHIGION WELSH NAMES OF PLANTS
Written by Dafydd Davies; Arthur Jones.
Stock no. 1327217
Published by National Museum of Wales. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

Green cardwraps. 186 pages. English (and Latin) plant names along with the Welsh translations. ISBN: 0720004187. Light creases to corners and a bump to the top of the spine. Contents fine.

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FIVE DOLLS IN A HOUSE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Helen Clare. Illustrated by Cecil Leslie.
Stock no. 1327216
Published by The Bodley Head. 1972. Good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. And other stories. ISBN: 0370010086. EX-LIB with library stamp to front pastedown. Fold-out frontis is creased and torn (but still complete). Contents are clean. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is edge worn iwth tears to front panel and rear panel is a bit grubby.

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THE ORCHIDS OF RHODES AND KARPATHOS DIE ORCHIDEEN VON RHODOS UND KARPATHOS
Written by C.A.J. Kreutz.
Stock no. 1327215
Published by Seckel & Kreutz Publishers. 1st 2002. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Description, Pattern of Life, Distribution, Threat, Conservation and Iconography. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. 320 pages. Packed full of colour photos. Text in both English and German. ISBN: 9080514926. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and faded to spine.

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TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT: ONE MAN'S CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE TERMINAL KIND
Written by Neil Armstrong; Eric Brown. Illustrated by Michael Turner.
Stock no. 1327214
Published by Blacker. 1st 2015. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Based on a list of the Brown's recorded near misses, compiled by Neil Armstrong, his great friend, astronaut and fellow naval test pilot. Large oblong format. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w and colour photos and also colour artwork by Turner. ISBN: 9781897739969. SIGNED by Eric Brown to title-page. Spine and corners bumped. Damage to rear edge of spine of book and wrapper (probably caused by the book being dropped?). Newspaper clipped taped to front pastedown to do with Eric Brown. Dustwrapper is edge creased.

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ROMAN CAMPS IN WALES AND THE MARCHES
Written by Jeffery L. Davies; Rebecca H. Jones.
Stock no. 1327213
Published by University Of Wales Press. 1st 2006. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The archaeology of the Roman army, its early compaigns in Britain and its peacetime training regimes. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 230 pages. B/w diagrams and colour aerial views. ISBN: 9780708320792. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed at corners, small nick to base of spine.

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RAILS TOWARD THE SKY - THE STORY OF DRIVING CREEK RAILWAY
Written by Barry Brickell.
Stock no. 1327212
Published by David Ling Publishing Limited. 1st 2011. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards. 227 pages. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781877378478. SIGNED by the author to half title-page. Corners bumped.

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CARS OF THE ROOTES GROUP
Written by Graham Robson.
Stock no. 1327211
Published by Mercian Manuals Ltd. 1st thus 2007. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

From the early 1930s until the mid-1970s, the Rootes Group was one of Britain's foremost car manufacturers with models under the Hillman, Humber, Singer, Sunbeam and Sunbeam Talbot badges. Originally published in 1990 by Motor Racing Publications Ltd. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781903088296. Pages were all loose but they have been neatly bound together with string. Last few pages have damp stains at lower margins and were stuck together a little (very slight surface paper damage where they have been opened but text not affected). Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

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