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ECURIE ECOSSE: DAVID MURRAY AND THE LEGENDARY SCOTTISH MOTOR RACING TEAM
Written by Eric Dymock.
Stock no. 1327039
Published by Pj Publishing Ltd. 1st 2007. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ecurie Ecosse is recognised worldwide as one of the most successful private sports car racing teams ever. This book explores the reasons, both probable and possible, not only for the team's rise to prominence, but also its inexorable decline. Large format. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 271 pages. ISBN: 9780955010223. Spine and corners bumped, slight dent to lower edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased with tears, large tear to rear panel repaired with tape on verso. Slight browning to wrapper.

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TOTAL DETAIL: SD KFZ 250/1 ALT VOLUME 1 'GD' LIVING HISTORY
Written by Richard Stone.
Stock no. 1327038
Published by Total Detail Publications Ltd. 1st 2004. Very good condition.

Over 250 b/w photos and over 450 colour photos. See in and around the vehicle in a way that has not been possible before... Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. 311 pages. ISBN: 1904900003. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine.

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SOUTHERN VANS AND COACHES IN COLOUR
Written by Mike King; et al.
Stock no. 1327036
Published by Noodle Books. 1st 2015. Very good condition.

Cardwraps. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9781909328242. Covers edge rubbed with creases at corners. Page corner tips lightly creased else contents fine.

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THE CONVICT SHIPS 1788-1868
Written by Charles Bateson.
Stock no. 1827627
Published by Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd.. 2nd 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. The strange and often macabre story of the ships which from 1788 to 1868 carried convicts from the British Isles to Australia. Green cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w plates. xi and 421 pages including index. Slight fading to base of spine. Small knock to vertical edge of boards. Bookplate to front endpaper. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and marked, light wear to top of spine.

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THE GREAT PEKING TO PARIS EXPEDITION
Written by Warren Brown; Mick Matheson; Lang Kidby.
Stock no. 1327035
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The fascinating story of the ultimate road trip and the people who made it in 1907. With no roads, and no maps, but eleven men in five cars farewelled Peking to drive 10,000 miles to Paris. Almost a century later, in 2005, a grand scheme was concocted to re-create the original 1907 Peking to Paris Raid in the original makes of veteran cars. An engrossing record of the remarkable modern-day expedition, comprising the authors' fascinating, often hilarious and always compelling diary entries along with breathtaking photographs. Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 0732282535. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased.

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THE ART OF DUCATI
Written by Ian Falloon. Illustrated by James Mann.
Stock no. 1327033
Published by Motorbooks International. 1st 2014. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A beautifully photographed overview of Ducati's milestone machines, the ultimate tribute to Italy's most exciting motocycle manufacturer. Large format. Black boards, white title to spine. 240 pages. Foreword by Pierre Terblanche. Colour photos throughout by James Mann. ISBN: 9780760345443. Top corners of books and pages slightly bumped. Contents otherwise fine. Dustwrapper is just a little bit edge creased.

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ANY COLOUR YOU LIKE (SO LONG AS IT'S BLUE)
Written by Richard Harper.
Stock no. 1327031
Published by Richard Harper. 1st 2019. Very good condition.

A journety through Britain's railways in the 1970s. Glazed pictorial boards. 176 pages. Colour and b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9781916400115. Spine and corners bumped. There is a 1" crack to spine edge of front cover at top. Contents are fine.

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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF SOUTHERN COACHES
Written by Mike King. Illustrated by Mike King.
Stock no. 1327028
Published by Oxford Publishing Co; Ian Allan Publishing. 1st 2003. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Encompassing the full range of passenger and non-passenger carriage stock produced for the Southern Railway. Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Over 200 mono photographs plus detailed scale drawings of coaching stock. ISBN: 0860935701. Spine bumped. Foxing to endpapers else contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased and rubbed with a small tear to top corner of front panel.

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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 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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