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THE OPIUM CLIPPERS
Written by Basil Lubbock.
Stock no. 2132802
Published by Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd.. 1st 1933. Almost very good condition.

The romance and chronology of the opium trade, the opium war and the beautiful little ships that were the first trading craft with clipper lines. Blue cloth with gilt chinese characters on front cover, silver titles. B/w photos, illustrations and plans. Endpapers are maps. 392 pages includes index. Spine and corners bumped and a little worn. Spine darkened with slight loss of gilt to titles. Cover edges darkened. Pages lightly browned else contents clean.

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PERRY ON TENNIS
Written by Fred J. Perry.
Stock no. 2132674
Published by Hutchinson & Co.. Very good condition.

Green cloth with black titles. Expert advice for all on Lawn Tennis. B/w photos. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some browning and light fading to edges.

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MUTINY AND ROMANCE IN THE SOUTH SEAS
Written by Sven Wahlroos.
Stock no. 2132529
Published by Salem House Publishers. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Companion to the Bounty Adventure. The full story, month by month, giving the background of the mutiny and the people involved. The author is the first professional psychologist to write on the subject. Cream paperboards, blue spine with silver titles. 497 pages includes index. ISBN: 0881623954. SIGNED by author with lengthy dedication on front endpaper. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents clean. Wrapper has dampstain to lower edge of rear panel.

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BOER PRISONERS OF WAR IN BERMUDA
Written by Colin Benbow.
Stock no. 1819084
Published by The Bermuda Historical Society. 3rd 1994. Very good condition.

Third Edition (reset, revised & enlarged). Orange pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0969789300. SIGNED by the author (with regards) to verso of front cover and lengthy personal dedication by gift giver.

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HISTORY OF CLASSICAL SCHOLARSHIP FROM 1300 TO 1850
Written by Rudolf Pfeiffer.
Stock no. 2132509
Published by Clarendon Press; Sandpiper Books. 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Special edition for Sandpiper Books. Gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0198143648. Scuff ring mark to rear panel of wrapper.

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EARLY DAYS IN THE BRITISH MOTOR CYCLE INDUSTRY
Written by Eric W. Walford.
Stock no. 2132368
1st 1931. Good condition.

Card wraps. A Brief History of the Years Before the Arrival of the Motor Cycle Press. Published under the authority of The British Cycle & Motor Cycle Manufacturers and Traders, Warwick Road, Coventry. B/w illustrations. Top 1" of spine has tear vertically and then horizontally. Date in ink to bottom of front cover. Binding is weak - spine is coming away from contents. Some foxing.

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ENDGAME: BRITAIN, RUSSIA AND THE FINAL STRUGGLE FOR CENTRAL ASIA
Written by Jennifer Siegel.
Stock no. 2132353
Published by I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.. 1st 2002. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Describing the period before and after 1907 when the tension and hostility of the titanic Anglo-Russian superpower conflict was concluded. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 273 pages includes index. ISBN: 1850433712. Rear of wrapper lightly scuffed.

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THE FORGOTTEN HOLOCAUST
Written by Richard C. Lukas.
Stock no. 2132351
Published by Hippocrene Books. 2010. Fine condition.

Revised Edition. The Poles Under German Occupation 1939-1944. Red cardwraps. B/w photos. 358 pages includes index. ISBN: 9780781809016.

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TEA HISTORY TERROIRS VARIETIES
Written by Kevin Gascoyne; Francois Marchand; et al.
Stock no. 2132310
Published by Firefly Books Limited. 2nd 2017. Fine condition.

A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated reference to the world's most popular beverage. Square format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour photos. 271 pages. ISBN: 9781770853195. Just very slight rubbing at spine corners.

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A HISTORY OF COACHBUILDING
Written by George Oliver.
Stock no. 2131931
Published by Cassell. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. Tape marks to endpapers, pastedowns and wrapper flaps. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with closed tear to top of front panel.

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CELTIC WARRIORS 400BC - 1600AD
Written by Tim Newark. Illustrated by Angus McBride.
Stock no. 1818411
Published by Blandford Press. 1st 1986. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The heroic story of two thousand years of Celtic warfare from four centuries before Christ to the 16th Century. Colour illlustrations. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0713716908.

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TIN-POTS AND PIRATE SHIPS: CANADIAN NAVAL FORCES AND GERMAN SEA RAIDERS 1880-1918
Written by Michael L. Hadley; Roger Sarty.
Stock no. 1818370
Published by McGill-Queen's University Press. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The authors shed new light on Canadian and German history - and on Canada's naval defences in particular - by exploring the naval operations and politics of both nations between 1880 and 1918. Red cloth boards, silver title to spine. A few b/w photos. xvi and 391 pages including index. ISBN: 0773507787. Boards lightly bowed. A few minor foxspots mainly to prelims and text block. Grey pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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