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THE WOODEN WONDER
Written by James G. Robins.
Stock no. 2124816
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour illustrations. A short history of the wooden aeroplane. Fading to top and tail of spine. A couple of marks along cover edges. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with faded spine.

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MOTOCOURSE 1988-89
No author listed.
Stock no. 1815838
Published by Hazleton Publishing. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

13th Year of Publication. The World's Leading Grand Prix Annual. Large format. Colour photos. Motorcycle racing. Foreword by Eddie Lawson. ISBN: 0905138589. Board edges bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn with a few closed tears (no loss), slightly grubby to rear panel, remains of label to base of spine.

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JEAN BATTEN THE GARBO OF THE SKIES
Written by Ian Mackersey.
Stock no. 1610243
Published by MacDonald. Circa 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Jean Batten was one of the great aviation megastars of the 1930s but who disappeared mysteriously in 1982. B/w photos. 465 pages. ISBN: 0356195732. Foxing to textblock. Wrapper is edge creased, with some marks and scratch to rear panel.

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BRITISH FLIGHT TESTING: MARTLESHAM HEATH 1920-1939
Written by Tim Mason; T. Heffernan.
Stock no. 2124599
Published by Putnam. 1ST 1993. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Tracing the development of landplane testing during the whole period between the two World Wars. B/w photos. 256 Pages. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0851778577. A little page edge browning. Some edge-creasing to wrapper.

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WHEN MOTORING WAS FUN EARLY DAYS ON THE OPEN ROAD
Written by Tom Tyler.
Stock no. 1815735
Published by Halsgrove. 1st 2008. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Orange boards, gilt title to spine. 'Transports of delight' Reminiscences by Tyler. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9781841147659.

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THE LAST FLIGHT OF BERT HINKLER
Written by Edward P. Wixted.
Stock no. 1610234
Published by Vantage Press. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A gripping true-life adventure story about one of the heroes of the early days of aviation. Hinkler disappeared in 1933 while on a solo flight from England to Australia. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0533090210. Minimal bumping to spine. Foxspot to lower edge of textblock.

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THE LEGENDARY DC-3
Written by Carroll V. Glines; Wendell F. Moseley.
Stock no. 1610227
Published by David & Charles. 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A peerless book about a peerless airplane. Silver title to spine. B/w photographs. ISBN: 0715379216. Spine bumped. Small red sticker to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge rubbed with a couple of tiny chips; a few grubby marks.

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BRITAIN'S AVIATION MEMORIALS & MEMENTOES
Written by David J. Smith.
Stock no. 1610205
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 185260395X.

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PASSENGERS NO MORE
Written by Gerald Daniels; L.A. Dench.
Stock no. 1815703
Published by Ian Allan. 2nd 1973. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Black cloth. Looking at the impact the advent of the motor car has had on rail travel; particularly from 1919-1963. Over sixty photographs illustrate with some nostalgia, the decline of passenger rail travel this Century. 2nd edition. ISBN: 0711004382. Light mottling to endpapers. Fairly prominent musty odour present. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut.

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BRITISH STEAM ON THE PAMPAS
Written by D.S. Purdom.
Stock no. 1815702
Published by Mechanical Engineering Publications Limited. 1st 1977. Nearly fine condition.

The Locomotives of the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway. Yellow glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and diagrams. 118 pages including index. ISBN: 0852983530. Fading to spine.

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THE ATLANTIC REGION TO CONFEDERATION: A HISTORY
Written by Phillip A. Buckner; John G. Reid.
Stock no. 1815696
Published by University Of Toronto Press. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

An overview of emerging regional themes and issues, beginning with the evolution of Native cultures and the impact of the arrival of Europeans on those cultures, and continues to the formation of Confederation. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. xviii and 491 pages including index. ISBN: 0802069770.

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RAIL CENTRES: EXETER
Written by Colin G. Maggs.
Stock no. 1815688
Published by Ian Allan Ltd.. 1st 1985. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photo to endpapers. B/w photos throughout. 128 pages. ISBN: 0711015643.

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