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ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY OVERNIGHT! THE UNOFFICIAL CORPORATE HISTORY OF FEDERAL EXPRESS
Written by Robert A. Sigafoos; Roger R. Easson.
Stock no. 2138413
Published by St. Lukes Press. 2nd 1988. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. Second edition. B/w photos. ISBN: 0918518687. Light browning to spine. A little wear to cover edges. Some marks to outer page edges.

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THE JAGUAR TRADITION
Written by Michael Frostick.
Stock no. 2136822
Published by Dalton Watson. 1975. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Sir William Lyons and the cars he spent nearly a lifetime creating. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Green pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis. B/w photos. 200 numbered pages. ISBN: 0901564117. SIGNED by author to title page (no dedication). Text block ligthly browned, contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-creased with a couple of closed tears and chips; faded to spine.

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THE DAIMLER TRADITION
Written by Brian E. Smith.
Stock no. 2136807
Published by Transport Bookman Publications. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This work modestly seeks to give the Daimler car its rightful place in the history and tradition of British luxury cars. The Daimler Tradition is all about superlatives in the realm of automobile engineering, coachbuilding and performance and about distinguished personages in whose lives the Daimler car played an intimate part. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 334 pages including index. ISBN: 0851840044. A few minor scuff marks to boards; bumping to top and tail of spine. Light fingering marks to endpapers. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is browned and faded to spine, scuffed to rear panel.

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LOOKING FOR THE SILVER LINING: A BRITISH FAMILY'S SHIPOWNING CENTURY 1875-1975
Written by Martin Barraclough.
Stock no. 1823306
Published by Bound Biographies. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A fascinating story of British family ship-owning - the owners, the seafarers, the ships and their businesses. Large format. Black boards, silver title to spine and publisher vignette to front. B/w and colour illustrations. xii and 351 pages. Blue ribbon page marker. Limited edition of 1000. ISBN: 9781905178285. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication). This is copy 537 of 1000.

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EAST AFRICAN AN AIRLINE STORY
Written by Peter J. Davis.
Stock no. 1322309
Published by Runnymede Malthouse Publishing. 2nd 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. A detailed history of this exciting airline. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 485 pages. B/w photos and some colour photos. ISBN: 0952304708. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight creasing to wrapper edges.

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COLOURS IN THE SKY
Written by Graham M. Simons.
Stock no. 1322307
Published by GMS Enterprises. 1st 1997. Very good condition.

The story of Autair International Airways and Court Line Aviation. Pink glazed pictorial boards. 255 pages. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 1870384555. Spine and corners bumped. Small mark to front cover. Name plate to verso of front free-endpaper.

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ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH: A PIONEER OF WORLD DIESEL TRACTION
Written by Brian Webb.
Stock no. 2136360
Published by Lightmoor Press; The Railway Correspondence And Travel Society. 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

Armstrong Whitworth's involvement in the development of diesel traction on the banks of the River Tyne from the beginning of the 20th century until 1937 when the company ceased production of diesel railway motive power. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 184 pages. ISBN: 9781899889457. Small knocks to spine and corners. Slight fading to spine.

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THE TRADE MAKERS: ELDER DEMPSTER IN WEST AFRICA 1852-1972
Written by P.N. Davies.
Stock no. 1823228
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The growth and changing fortunes of the Elder Dempster shipping company from its origins in the formation of the African Steam Ship Company in 1852 until the present day (1973). Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0043870031. Boards clean. Slight loss to lower corner margin of page 317/318 (printing error). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and edge-worn.

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THE SHAMROCK SHIPPING COMPANY (JACK'S BOATS)
Written by W.J. Harvey.
Stock no. 1823182
Published by World Ship Society. 1st 2004. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. Including the David Dorman Group. ISBN: 0954331036. Boards scuffed, dents to vertical edges of boards. Colour ink from frontis has imprinted on facing page else contents are clean.

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THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE: THE PREDECESSORS OF THE FIRST BRITISH AIRWAYS
Written by Neville Doyle.
Stock no. 2136113
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and illustrations. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0851302866. Spine is faded with knocks and nicks to top and tail. Wear to another couple of corners. Contents are still excellent!

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KELLY'S NAVY JOHN KELLY LTD BELFAST: A GROUP FLEET HISTORY
Written by W.J. Harvey.
Stock no. 1823055
Published by World Ship Society. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Including an Historical Overview of the Company Development. Large format. B/w photos. 128 pages. ISBN: 9780956076922. Couple of minor marks to rear board. Contents clean.

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AROUND THE COAST AND ACROSS THE SEAS
Written by Nigel Watson.
Stock no. 1822835
Published by St Matthew's Press. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of James Fisher And Sons, prominent in the British shipping industry based in Barrow. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0953410129. Dustwrapper spine has faded from green to blue.

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