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FLINT IMPLEMENTS: AN ACCOUNT OF STONE AGE TECHNIQUES AND CULTURES
Written by Professor William Watson.
Stock no. 1827611
Published by British Museum Publications. 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Third edition. Revised by G. de G. Sieveking. This book traces the origins of stone tools and the techniques of working them across the face of the Stone Age world, and is intended as an introduction for students and interested laymen. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Reprint of the third edition. Minor foxing to top edge of text block else a lovely copy. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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JOHN SMEATON
Written by A.W. Skempton.
Stock no. 1827610
Published by Thomas Telford. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of the famous engineer who was involved with everything from mills, bridges and fen drainage to the Eddystone Lighthouse. B/w illustrations. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 07277088X. Top edge of text block browned with some foxing. Else a clean copy. Dustwrapper is lightly browned, title is faded to green on spine.

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MIDLAND AND SOUTH WESTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY VOLUME THREE
Written by Mike Barnsley.
Stock no. 1827609
Published by Wild Swan Publications. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Carriages and wagons. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and sketches. ISBN: 1874103259. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and has a tiny nick to lower front vertical edge.

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KEITH PIRT COLOUR PORTFOLIO: GRANTHAM
Written by Keith R. Pirt; Nick Pigott.
Stock no. 1827608
Published by Book Law Publications. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Compiled by Nick Pigott. Oblong format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9781907094897. A lovely copy.

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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE WELSH HIGHLAND RAILWAY
Written by Peter Johnson.
Stock no. 1827607
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 2nd 2009. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition, revised. The restoration of the Welsh Highland Railway between Caernarfon and the Ffestiniog Railway at Porthmadog and with it the return of steam trains to Beddgelert and the Aberglaslyn Pass is a momentous achievementin the story of Britain's heritage railways. Here we revisit the railway and bring its intriguing story up to date. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9780860936268. Minor bumping to base of spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE INTIMATE INTERIORS OF EDOUARD VUILLARD
Written by Elizabeth Wynne Easton. Illustrated by Edouard Vuillard.
Stock no. 1827606
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition The Intimate Interiors of Edouard Vuillard which ran from 18 November 1989 - 30 July 1990. Red cloth boards, grey titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 050023566X. Very slight lean to spine. Contents are lightly crinkled (but not creased). Endpaper lightly browned else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
Written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Stock no. 1827605
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1985. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 36 pages. ISBN: 0701122773. Reprint. A lovely copy. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased across the top, lightly faded to spine & rear panel edges, lightly scuffed.

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TREUDDYN: PAST & PRESENT DDOE A HEDDIW
Written by Philip Lloyd.
Stock no. 1827604
Published by Pwyllgor Mileniwm Truddyn Millennium Committee. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

History of a village in North Wales, Flintshire. Large format. Green pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 187242497X. Spine and spine edges faded else a nice, clean copy.

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LET'S PRETEND
Written by Georgette Agnew. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1827603
Published by J. Saville & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1927. Almost very good condition.

A book of poems for children. Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignettes. Delightful b/w line and silhouette drawings. Top edge gilt. Boards mottled and unevenly faded. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few foxspots to prelims. Hinges lightly pulled but binding is tight. Contents clean.

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THE CANALS OF NORTH WEST ENGLAND VOLUME II
Written by Charles Hadfield; Gordon Biddle.
Stock no. 1827602
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Canals of the British Isles series. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0715349929. Boards nice and bright. Top edge of text block has some foxing. Minor browning to endpapers else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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UNUSUAL RAILWAYS
Written by John R. Day; B.G. Wilson.
Stock no. 1827601
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

From the earliest days of railways, inventors have exercised great ingenuity in devising special forms of proopulsion and track either to meet a particular need (such as to climb gradients beyond the unaided power of an ordinary locomotive), or in an attempt to reduce the cost of construction and operation of an orthodox railway. Some of the many systems devised are included here... Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams and photos. Boards lightly bowed. Text block and endpapers browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at edges with some slight loss, scuffed to rear panel, foxing to verso.

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A FIELD GUIDE TO THE LAND SNAILS OF BRITAIN AND NORTH-WEST EUROPE
Written by M.P. Kerney; R.A.D. Cameron. Illustrated by Gordon Riley.
Stock no. 1827600
Published by Collins. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Describes and illustrates nearly 300 species found in the area bounded by the Arctic in the North, the Alps and Pyrenees in the South and the Carpathians in the East. White matt pictorial boards. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 000219676X. Boards grubby, spine faded. Text block browned. Outer edges of pastedowns on boards are grubby. Name & address in green ink to front endpaper. Contents clean.

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