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THE LEADING EDGE
Written by Walter J. Boyne.
Stock no. 1802870
Published by Macdonald Orbis. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A history of the new ideas in aviation technology and the gains we have realized because of them. Blue cloth boards, red title to spine, embossed title to front. Colour photos. 231 pages including index. ISBN: 0356143287. Small mark to lower edge of front endpaper. Contents fine. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is lightly browned.

MILESTONES OF FLIGHT
Written by Michael J.H. Taylor; David Mondey.
Stock no. 1802854
Published by Jane's Publishing Company. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 288 pages including index. ISBN: 0710602014. Corners lightly rubbed, text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

THE STORY OF PASSENGER TRANSPORT IN BRITAIN
Written by J. Joyce.
Stock no. 1802718
Published by Ian Allan. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An outline history of the development of public transport in England. B/w photos. Covers nice and clean. Minor foxing and browning to endpapers. Top edge of text block a little dusty. Contents fine. White dustwrapper is lightly scuffed else a very nice example.

AVIATION PHOTO ALBUM 2
Written by Michael J.F. Bowyer.
Stock no. 1802643
Published by Patrick Stephens. 1st 1980. Very good condition.

A second collection of rare and interesting photographs depicting aircraft of many types and nationalities from the First World War to the present day. They have been carefully selected from the Photopage files of Airfix Magazine. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 95 pages. ISBN: 0850594103. Covers lightly edge-rubbed. Previous owner's name & address stamp in ink to verso of front cover. Contents clean.

LAND, SEA AND AIR
No author listed.
Stock no. 1303154
Published by The Alexandra Publishing Co.. circa 1925. Very good condition.

'Untearable'. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. 6 full-page colour illustrations and brief histories of all kinds of transport. Name and date (July 1925) in ink to top margin inside front cover. Staples are rusty. Some very light rubbing to cover edges.

PRACTICAL ELECTRONICS FOR RAILWAY MODELLERS 2
Written by Roger Amos.
Stock no. 1702484
Published by Patrick Stephens. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0850597099. Wrapper: Price-cut

THE WRECK OF THE DUMARU
Written by Lowell Thomas. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.
Stock no. 1202223
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1931. Slightly better than very good condition.

A true story of cannibalism in an open boat. Blue cloth, white titles and vignette. 7 woodcuts by Kurt Wiese, 7 b/w photographs. 271 pages. A few scattered foxspots to prelims else contents fine. Covers bright.

MOTOCOURSE 1984-85
No author listed.
Stock no. 1601015
Published by Hazleton Publishing. 1st 1984. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. Motorcycle racing. Foreword by Eddie Lawson. ISBN: 0905138333. One corner slightly bumped otherwise fine. A lovely copy!

HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND LIMITATIONS IN AVIATION
Written by R.D. Campbell; M. Bagshaw.
Stock no. 1201486
Published by Blackwell Science. 2nd 1999. Nearly fine condition.

Human error continues to be cited as the major cause of over 70% of aviation accidents. 2nd edition. Pictorial card wraps. ISBN: 0632049863. Spine is slightly faded.

THE SECOND MOTOR BOOK: THE AGE OF ADVENTURE 1919-1939
Written by T.R. Nicholson.
Stock no. 824251
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An anthology edited by Nicholson. A first-person record of the early years of motoring, related by the men who created the Age of Adventure on the racing circduits of Britain, the United States and Europe, and in the roadless ways of Agrica, Asia and Australia. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 240 pages including index. Light shelf rubbing to base of spine. Text block browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and a little scuffed.

THE RAILWAY ERA
Written by Geoffrey Body.
Stock no. 823795
Published by Silver Link Publishing. 1991. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Life and Lines in the Great Age of Railways. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 153 pages not including index. ISBN: 094797167X. A fine copy in a green pictorial wrapper which has a couple of tiny nicks to edge.

RAILWAY DISASTERS OF THE WORLD
Written by Peter W.B. Semmens.
Stock no. 823258
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 1st 1994. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1852603232.