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JUNGLE, JUNGLE, LITTLE CHINDIT
Written by Patrick Boyle; Jon Musgrave-Wood.
Illustrated by Patrick Boyle; Jon Musgrave-Wood.
Stock no. 1326908
Published by Hollis & Carter.
1st
1944.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
An illuminating document on jungle warfare. Beige cloth, blue title to spine and vignette to front cover. 97 pages, top edge blue. B/w illustrations throughout. A nice, bright copy with pale foxing to prelims and foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper has a small piece missing to top front edge and the white rear panel is a bit grubby.
THE HAWK AND THE CROW: A QUEST FOR THE PENTANGLE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1326903
Published by Olfran Books.
1st
1993.
Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Red cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover. 140 pages. ISBN: 0952042614. Dustwrapper is faded at edges and spine.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LEGENDS
- ARTHURIAN
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RT TWILIGHT
Written by Jim Blake.
Stock no. 1827461
Published by Regent Transport Publishing.
1st
1978.
Very good condition.
Large format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. London buses. ISBN: 0906473004. SIGNED by the author 'with best wishes' to title page. Covers a little grubby, lightly faded. Contents clean.
LONDON'S UTILITY BUSES
Written by Ken Blacker.
Stock no. 1827460
Published by Capital Transport.
1st
1997.
Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The story of the 756 buses that made up the fleet of London's utility buses. Glazed pictorial boards. Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 1854141988. Top corners bumped. Pages 174-175 have stuck together at some point and been prised apart giving rise to somke surface paper damage obliterating a few lines of Appendix 2 on page 175. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.
LONDON TRAMWAYS
Written by John Reed.
Stock no. 1827458
Published by Capital Transport.
1st
1997.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The history of the tram in London from its beginnings to the last night of services in July 1952. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1854141791. Light rubbing to rear lower corner of board. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and a little scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- TRANSPORT GENERAL
- TRAMS
- LONDON
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
ROUTEMASTER JUBILEE
Written by Geoff Rixon.
Stock no. 1827453
Published by Ian Allan Publishing.
1st
2004.
Very good condition.
A pictorial tribute to the Routemaster bus in its 50th year. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour & b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0711029997. Top & tail of spine lightly bumped. Small patch of wear to lower rear corner of board exposing board. Boards a little scuffed. Contents fine.
LONDON BUSES IN THE 1950S
Written by Ken Glazier.
Stock no. 1827451
Published by Capital Transport.
1st
1989.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Fropm the replacement of the last trams at the beginning of the decade to the start of trolleybus replacement at the end, this book covers this eventful period using much previously unpublished information. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 1854141163. Bump to base of spine, light wear to lower edge of front board. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and lightly scuffed.
THAMES PLEASURE STEAMERS FROM 1945
Written by Anrew Gladwell.
Stock no. 1827427
Published by Tempus Publishing Ltd.
1st
2001.
Very good condition.
To a generation of Londoners, the trip aboard a paddle steamer to the seaside was a traditional and essential part of summer life. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0752423517. Cover corners lightly worn, a few minor grubby marks to covers. Light finger marks to half-title page else contents clean.
TRAMS & TROLLEYBUSES IN ILFORD
Written by Leonard A. Thomson.
Stock no. 1827425
Published by The Ilford & District Historical Society.
1st
1979.
Very good condition.
Ilford & District Historical Society Transaction No. 2. Green cardwraps. Staple-bound booklet. B/w photos. 51 numbered pages. ISBN: 0904250016. A few minor marks to covers. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- TRANSPORT GENERAL
- TRAMS
- TROLLEYBUS
- HISTORY
TRAMS IN WEST LONDON: A PICTORIAL SOUVENIR
Written by D.W. Willoughby; E.R. Oakley.
Stock no. 1827419
Published by D.W. Willoughby E.R. Oakley.
1st
1978.
Very good condition.
Third volume in the series of picture stories of the London tramways. Green pictorial paperwraps, staple-bound booklet. B/w photos throughout. Fold-out map of West London Tramways to rear. ISBN: 0903479109. Covers lightly browned. Contents clean. Fold-out map to rear is loose but included.
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- TRANSPORT
- TRANSPORT GENERAL
- TRAMS
- LONDON
- HISTORY
THE EAST SUFFOLK RAILWAY
Written by John M. Cooper.
Stock no. 1827398
Published by The Oakwood Press.
1st
1982.
Very good condition.
Locomotion Papers No. 139. Blue cardwraps. B/w photos and track diagrams. ISBN: 0853612854. Covers lightly rubbed. Contents clean.
MEMORIES OF THE SOUTHWOLD RAILWAY
Written by A. Barrett Jenkins.
Stock no. 1827397
Published by L. & S. Rexon Of Southwold.
8th
1987.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Eighth edition. Small format. White card wraps. 33 pages. B/w photos. Covers lightly scuffed and marked. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- EASTERN REGION RAILWAY
- EAST ANGLIA
- SUFFOLK
- HISTORY