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FLYING ADVENTURES
Written by W.E. Johns; George E. Rochester; et al. Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Stanley Orton Bradshaw; et al..
Stock no. 561097
Published by John Hamilton. 1st 1936. Slightly better than very good condition.

A collection of stories edited by W.E. Johns, including 3 stories by him. Pictorial boards. 4 b/w plates, 6 colour plates plus other b/w illustrations. 248 pages. A lovely bright copy. Very pale foxing to verso of plates and very light browning to page margins.

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FLYING STORIES
Written by W.E. Johns; George E. Rochester; et al. Illustrated by Stanley Orton Bradshaw.
Stock no. 561098
Published by John Hamilton. 1st 1936. Very good condition.

A collection of stories edited by W.E. Johns, including 4 stories by him. Pictorial boards. 4 b/w plates, 6 colour plates plus other b/w illustrations. 248 pages. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Rear cover a little grubby. A few pale foxspots and light browning to page pages. A lovely copy of this scarce title.

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THE UNKNOWN QUANTITY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Andrew Skilleter.
Stock no. 561101
Published by Norman Wright. 1st 2003. Fine condition.

A fast paced thriller originally published in 1940 by John Hamilton. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w frontis. Limited to 300 numbered copies. Copy no. 260 SIGNED by Norman Wright.

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FRICTION CLUTCHES AND DRIVING INSTALLATIONS
No author listed.
Stock no. 561411
Published by David Bridge & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1911. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Red card wraps. B/w photos of industrial products. Top and bottom of spine chipped, corners rubbed. Lower page corner tips lightly creased. Textblock is slightly grubby.

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JOURNAL AND RECORD OF TRANSACTIONS VOLUME XVIII
No author listed.
Stock no. 561414
Published by The Junior Institution Of Engineers. 1908. Slightly better than good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. 678 pages. Folding diagrams. B/w photos. Ex-lib. Minimal stamps. Covers heavily and unevenly faded.

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HYDRAULIKBAGGER HEFT 5
Written by J. Theiner.
Stock no. 561420
Published by Rudolf Muller. 1971. Very good condition.

Hydraulic diggers. Large format. White pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Text in German. Top and bottom of backstrip chipped.

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ARTIFICIAL SILK ITS MANUFACTURE AND USES
Written by Thomas Woodhouse.
Stock no. 561509
Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1927. Almost very good condition.

Red-brown cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w photos. Corners bumped. Foxing to front endpapers and textblock. Page corner tips creased.

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DIE THEORIE DER WASSERYURBINEN
Written by Rudolph Escher; Robert Dubs.
Stock no. 561713
Published by Julius Springer. 1924. Very good condition.

Black cloth, gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations. Text in German. Ex-lib with one bookplate to front pastedown. Contents and covers fine.

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CRONER'S METRIC CONVERSION MANUAL
Written by Colin Barnes.
Stock no. 561762
Published by Croner Publications. 1st 1974. Very good condition.

When Britain changed to the Metric System... This manual has been compiled in consultation with the Institute of Export, weights and measures officers, and Croners' many friends, over a period of several years, to provide an efficient and complete metric conversion reference book, which can be understood by all sections of the community. Dark blue cloth, silver titles. x and 201 pages. ISBN: 090031916X. Cloth on top edge of front cover nibbled. Remains of a label and a couple of numerical inscriptions to top edge of front endpaper. Name and date in ink to lower corner of title page. Page 155 has three corrections to milli-litres in red biro. Else a clean copy.

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GATSO THE NEVER ENDING RACE
Written by Michael Allen; Maurice Gatsonides; Rob Wiedenhoff; Piet Philippa.
Stock no. 561922
Published by Gatsometer. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of the famous driving dutchman Maurice Gatsonides, Gatso to his friends. Large format. Cream cloth boards, green title blocks. Colour and b/w photos. 239 pages. ISBN: 9090062262. Top edge of text block dusty. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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ACETYLENE VOL IV 1907
No author listed.
Stock no. 562011
1907. Very good condition.

The Lighting Journal. A Magazine Devoted to Acetylene Lighting for Users and well as Manufacturers. With Useful Notes as to Upkeep of Plants, Automobiles, Sanitary, Heating and Other Matters of Interest to Users. Nos 40-51 (January to December). Large format. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 292 pages plus numerous advertisements. B/w photos. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Endpaper lightly browned else contents clean.

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ACETYLENE VOL VI 1909
No author listed.
Stock no. 562012
1909. Very good condition.

The Lighting Journal. A Magazine Devoted to Acetylene Lighting for Users and well as Manufacturers. With Useful Notes as to Upkeep of Plants, Automobiles, Sanitary, Heating and Other Matters of Interest to Users. Nos 64 to 75 (January to December). Large format. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 288 pages plus numerous advertisements. B/w photos. Light rubbing to cover edges. Endpapers lightly browned.

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