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F.W. HARVEY SOLDIER, POET
Written by Anthony Boden.
Stock no. 2127133
Published by Douglas Mclean Publishing. 1st thus 2011. Very good condition.

The story of the Gloucestershire poet who was also a tough soldier. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Revised and extended edition with additional text and photographs. ISBN: 9780946252800. Some creasing to cover edges. Small bump to bottom edge of front cover. A few marks to outer page edges.

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AS MAD AS A HATTER!
Written by David E. Evans.
Stock no. 1816357
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A History of Nonconformism in Dursley. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0904387909. Name in ink to front endpaper and a grubby mark. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and lightly scuffed.

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THE PIG THAT SAVED THE CITY
Written by H.Y.J. Taylor. Illustrated by Noreen Littleton.
Stock no. 2125176
Published by Miss N. Littleton. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Ballad of the Famous Pig Which Caused King Charles To Raise The Siege of Gloucester September 5 1643. Green cloth, gilt title and vignette. Red and black calligraphy. Line drawings. Illustrations and calligraphy by Littleton. ISBN: 0950704202. SIGNED by Illustrator/Calligrapher, with No. 199 (assumed Limited edition). A few marks to covers. Wrapper is edge-creased with some grubby marks.

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GLOUCESTERSHIRE AIRFIELDS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by David Berryman.
Stock no. 1610180
Published by Countryside Books. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition.

A thoroughly researched and action-packed book describing the history of each airfield, highlights of some of the operations carried out from them, and putting them into overall context of a country and nation at war. Cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781853069499. Slight fading to spine.

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THE ART OF JACK RUSSELL: NEW HORIZONS
Written by Jack Russell. Illustrated by Jack Russell.
Stock no. 1815662
Published by Jr Marketing. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Gloucestershire inspired oil paintings by Jack Russell of Chipping Sodbury. Large oblong format. Matt white boards with illustration to both boards. 125 pages. ISBN: 0954043014. Boards bowed upwards when laying flat.

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GLOUCESTERSHIRE AVIATION: A HISTORY
Written by Ken Wixey.
Stock no. 1208851
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1995. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Describes the county's influential role in British aviation and relates the story of the three aircraft manufacturers and their products over seventy momentous years. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 152 pages includes index. ISBN: 0750907479. Wrapper slightly scuffed to rear.

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SUPPLEMENT TO THE FLORA OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by S.C. Holland.
Stock no. 1208709
Published by Grenfell Publications. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour photos, b/w illustrations and distribution maps. 196 pages includes index. ISBN: 0948715006. Minimal rubbing to base of spine. Inscription in ink on front endpaper. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut and slightly browned.

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A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THE INTERESTING PRIORY OF LLANTHONY NEAR GLOUCESTER
Written by John Clarke.
Stock no. 2122749
Published by George Bell. 1853. Fair condition.

With notices of its original foundation in Wales; also additional notices of contemporaneous buildings in Gloucester, and introductory remarks on the Monastic System. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Chipping and loss to top and tail of spine and down edges; where there are a few splits and chips. Front joint is partially cracked. Heavy foxing to prelims and some to plates, including b/w frontis. Edge-tear to margin of pages 55 - 60, also creasing. A reading copy.

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GLOUCESTERSHIRE AVIATION: A HISTORY
Written by Ken Wixey.
Stock no. 2122695
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Describes the county's influential role in British aviation and relates the story of the three aircraft manufacturers and their products over seventy momentous years. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 152 pages includes index. ISBN: 0750907479. Light bumping along cover edges. Pale page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with small mark to spine and browned.

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INSIDE THE WIRE
Written by Ian M.C. Hollingsbee.
Stock no. 1812768
Published by The History Press. 1st 2014. Nearly fine condition.

The prisoner-of-war camps and hostels of Gloucestershire 1939-1948. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780750958462. Contents clean.

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STROUD: A PICTORIAL HISTORY
Written by Joan Tucker.
Stock no. 1608882
Published by Phillimore. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A new look at old Stroud. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 085033778X. Finger marks to a couple of page margins.

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