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IRISES: A GARDENER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA
Written by Claire Austin; James W. Waddick.
Stock no. 1327027
Published by Timber Press. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Purple boards with gilt title to spine. Colour photography throughout. 339 pages including glossary and index. Foreword by Waddick. ISBN: 0881927309. Spine bumped. Some slight fading to base of spine and a light damp stain to spine edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and edge of front panel. Some wear to top edge of front panel.

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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE NEW ORDER: SPECIAL ISSUE - WALLONIA (PART I)
Written by Gregory Bouysse.
Stock no. 1826170
Circa 2018. Nearly fine condition.

Contains a biography of 212 officers (Standarten-OberJunker included) who served in the Legion Wallonie between 1941 and 1945. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w portraits. ISBN: 9780244450595. Tiny stain to lower edge of text block else a clean copy. A physical print-on-demand copy printed by Amazon.

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THE OXFORD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MARITIME HISTORY (4 VOLUMES)
Written by John B. Hattendorf; et al.
Stock no. 1825866
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth with black title labels to spine and front cover; gilt titles. Volume 1 covers Actium, Battle of, Ex Voto; Volume 2: Factory Ship, Navies: Japan; Volume 3: Navies: Portugal, Shipyards; Volume 4 Siebe, Augustus, Zheng He, Index. ISBN: 9780195130751. Minor scuffing to gilt title affecting 'A' of 'Maritime' to front of volume 1, minor scuffing of gilt titles to spines. A few minor grubby marks to text blocks. Contents are clean.

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THE HILL AND BEYOND: CHILDREN'S TELEVISION DRAMA - AN ENCYCLOPEDIA
Written by Alistair D. McGown; Mark J. Docherty.
Stock no. 1825069
Published by British Film Institute. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Entries on every programme defines as British-made children's drama to have been shown on UK screens since 1950 to 1990s - around 300 of them. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 296 pages including index. ISBN: 085170879X. Corners lightly rubbed, rear cover lightly scuffed. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

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THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AUTOMOBILES
Written by David Burgess Wise.
Stock no. 2140169
Published by Chartwell Books Inc.. 1st USA 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0890097720. Bumping to spine. Some page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with browning.

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THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CIVIL AIRCRAFT
Written by David Donald.
Stock no. 1823774
Published by Thunder Bay Press. 1st USA 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Profiles and specifications for civil aircraft from the 1920s to the present day. Large, heavy format. Colour and b/w photos. 816 pages including index. ISBN: 1571451838. A nice copy with some light wear to edges and text block.

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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF REPTILES, AMPHIBIANS & OTHER COLD-BLOODED ANIMALS
Written by Maurice Burton.
Stock no. 2139211
Published by Octopus Books Ltd.. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Pictorial boards. Photographs and b/w diagrams. ISBN: 0706404580. Some knocks/bumps along cover edges. Browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few nicks.

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THE COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ORCHIDS
Written by Zdenek Jezek.
Stock no. 2137983
Published by Rebo Publishers. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Stunning colour photography throughout. ISBN: 9036615895.

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THE DAILY TELEGRAPH COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FORMULA ONE
Written by Bruce Jones.
Stock no. 1821787
Published by Carlton Books Limited. 1st thus 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A most comprehensive, single-volume illustrated work of Formula One reference, covering the highest echelon of motor sport from every angle: from the day that modern Formula One dawned in front of the Royal Family at Silverstone in 1950 to the high-tech, high-finance world circus that is Formula One today. Large format. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 1842221167. Text block a little grubby and with minor foxing. A few pale foxspots to prelims. Red pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and lightly faded to spine.

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THE LONDON ENCYCLOPAEDIA
Written by Ben Weinreb; Christopher Hibbert.
Stock no. 1821001
Published by MacMillan. Circa 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

The most comprehensive reference book on London ever published. Revised edition. Pictorial cardwraps. xii and 1060 pages including index. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0333576888. 7th printing. Spine faded with creasing to top & tail. Text block slightly grubby.

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THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PROPELLER AIRLINERS
Written by Bill Gunston.
Stock no. 1820743
Published by Windward. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. 256 pages + index. Colour and b/w photos. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0711200629. Name & date in ink, some pencil erasure to front endpaper. Text block browned. Slight fading to front spine edge of dustwrapper and light creasing.

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AUTOMOBILES OF THE WORLD: AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE CAR 1921
Written by W.E. De B. Whittaker; P.A. Barron.
Stock no. 2133936
Published by The Aeroplane And General Publishing Co. Limited. 1921. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth with gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Uneven fading - possible even damp marking. Nicks to corners; a little fraying to cloth. Page edge browning, with some foxing.

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