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BRITISH RAILWAYS ILLUSTRATED SUMMER SPECIAL No. 1
No author listed.
Stock no. 1327316
Published by Irwell Press. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1871608430. Spine slightly faded. Spine and corners very slightly bumped.

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EXCAVATIONS IN MEDIEVAL SOUTHAMPTON 1953-1969 (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Colin Platt; R. Coleman-Smith.
Stock no. 1827710
Published by Leicester University Press. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition.

Volume 1: The Excavation Reports. Volume 2: The Finds. Large volume. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine, vignette to front. B/w illustrations. Contained in slipcase. ISBN: 0718511239. Lower front corner of board of volume 1 is bumped. Else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed at base and knocked to top rear spine edge.

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AN ILLUSTRATED APPRECIATION: 2 GRESLEY V2'S
Written by David Allen; David Dunne.
Stock no. 1327315
Published by Book Law Publications. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Green glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781913049188. Spine very slightly bumped.

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THE MEGALITHIC ART OF WESTERN EUROPE
Written by Elizabeth Shee Twohig.
Stock no. 1827709
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Megalithic art is found mainly on the structural stone of the tombs of passage grave type in Brittany, Iberia, Ireland and Britain. Most of the art consists of geometric designs. This work is based on extensive field work and provides a catalogue of the art in western Europe.The author has examined sites claimed to have megalithic art and the catalogue comprises a plan and description of each site and a drawing and full description of each decorated stone... Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0198131933. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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AN ILLUSTRATED APPRECIATION: 1 RAVEN B16'S
Written by David Allen; David Dunne.
Stock no. 1327314
Published by Book Law Publications. 1st 2020. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Brown glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781913049133. Minimal rubbing to corners. Small dent to edge of rear cover.

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THE BOOK OF THE B17 4-6-0S
Written by Peter J. Coster.
Stock no. 1327313
Published by Irwell Press. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781911262312. Minimal rubbing to corners.

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THE BOOK OF THE A3 PACIFICS
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Stock no. 1327312
Published by Irwell Press. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1903266394. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners else fine.

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THE ART OF FALCONRY
Written by Frederick Ii Of Hohenstaufen; Casey A. Wood; F. Marjorie Fyfe.
Stock no. 1827708
Published by Stanford University Press. 1st thus 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Art of Falconry Being the De Arte Venandi Cum Avibus of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen translated and edited by Wood and Fyfe. De Arte Venandi cum Avibus was originally written shortly before the year 1250. This is a reissue of the 1943 edition. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title and tooling to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. cx + 637 pages. Boards clean. Foxing to text block and endpapers. Gift inscription in ink to first blank page else contents clean. Dustwrapper has some foxing, loss to spine (affecting title) and rear panel flap edge caused by insect/snail damage. Edges slightly worn. Overall, a decent copy.

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HOARDS, HOUNDS AND HELMETS: A CONQUEST-PERIOD RITUAL SITE AT HALLATON, LEICESTERSHIRE
Written by Vicki Score; et al.
Stock no. 1827707
Published by University of Leicester. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Leicester Archaeology Monograph 21. Survey and excavation between 2001 and 2009 at Hellaton, Leciestershire, revealed a hilltop ritual site with numerous special deposits of metalwork and animal bones, many of them dating to around the time of the Roman invasion in AD 43. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780956017963. Minor grubbiness to text block. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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THE ATLAS OF MIDDLE-EARTH
Written by Karen Wynn Fonstad.
Stock no. 1827706
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Circa 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Drawing on the texts of The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings, this Atlas is the most complete and authoritative guide to Tolkien's world. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. Maps throughout. ISBN: 0395286654. Boards clean. Text block a little browned. Contents clean. White dustwrapper is a little scuffed and has a small closed tear to top rear edge.

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THE STORY OF THE STUBBYDUB
Written by Rab; Rachel Cassels Brown. Illustrated by Rab; Rachel Cassels Brown.
Stock no. 1327311
Published by W. Westall & Co., Ltd.. Circa 1918. Very good condition.

The Stubbydub is a peculiar creature with pointed ears and webbed hands and feet. Pictorial boards. Full page colour and b/w illustrations. Large format. Covers edge worn. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins. Tear to one of the last pages at lower edge (not a colour plate).

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HALFWAY TO HEAVEN: THE STORY OF ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE RAILWAYS IN THE WORLD
Written by Terry Martin.
Stock no. 1827705
Published by Railromances. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway 1879-2000. In a land of extremes, the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway captures the imagination of all who take the train that works its way from the cauterising heat of the plains into the shadow of Kanchenjunga, the third highest mountain on Earth. No proper survey was made prior to the laying of the track, which followed a road originally designed for animals to haul carts to Darjeeling, and nobody was surprised when the train fell off the rails five times on opening day! Cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Limited to 2,000 copies. B/w & some colour photos, folding sketches of plans. ISBN: 1900622033. This is copy 1535 of 2000. A lovely copy.

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