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BIGGLES MAKES ENDS MEET
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1324163
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

1st edition variant. Red boards, gilt title to spine with Knight logo to base. Colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Old tape mark to endpapers and wrapper flaps where wrapper was stuck down to pastedowns. Light browning to textblock. Evidence of removal of a label to front free-endpaper. School library stamp to title-page (neat), no other library markings. Wrapper is slightly worn at edges with printed price of 60p to front flap.

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BIGGLES OF THE INTERPOL
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1324160
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1957. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red embossed scottie dog design with black title and scottie dogs to spine. 6 colour plates. 181 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Damp stain to lower edge of front cover (slightly affects the prelims inside). Erased pencil markings and a few other marks to front endpapers. A few small spots to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby, damp staining to lower edge of front panel (with some slight loss as well).

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WINGS OF FAME VOLUME 5
No author listed.
Stock no. 1824520
Published by Aerospace. 1996. Almost very good condition.

The Journal of Classic Combat Aircraft. Large format. Beige spine with gold title, red illustrated boards. Contents include: Skoshi Tiger; On Ice - Antarctic Operations; Vought F-8 Crusader; Spitfire Spyplanes; German Jet VTOL; FMA I.Ae.30 Namcu; A-4 Skyhawk variants Part 2; RAF Fighters 1920-1929. ISBN: 1874023913. Boards nice and bright. Glossy pages have been affected by damp meaning that a few of the pages are stuck together but could be prised open with a little surface paper damage done. Foxing to title page, light surface paper damage and imprinting to a few pages that have been opened.

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THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE FERRARI 308 SERIES
Written by Wallace A. Wyss.
Stock no. 1824518
Published by Dalton Watson. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In October, 1973 the Ferrari Dino 308 GT4 2 + 2, with coachbuilt steel body by Bertone, was announced in Italy as a replacement for the Dino 246GT model. Two years later the 308 GTB coupe followed. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine.B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 0901564532. Spine & corners lightly bumped. Top horizontal edge has a small nibble to spine edge. Pinhole to rear board pierces last few pages. Foxing to text block. Contents otherwise clean. Red pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed and lightly rubbed at corners, small indentations to rear panel.

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WINGS OF FAME VOLUME 11
No author listed.
Stock no. 1824517
Published by Aerospace. 1998. Very good condition.

The Journal of Classic Combat Aircraft. Large format. Beige spine with gold title, red illustrated boards. Contents include: F-86 in Korea; USAF Airlift and Rescue in the 1950s; Fairey Deltas; Messerschmitt bf 109 later variants; MiG-19 in Vietnam; P-80 Shooting Star variant briefing; MiG Ye-150/152; No II (AC) Squadron. ISBN: 1861840187. Boards clean and bright. Light damp stain across top horizontal edge of title page and last few pages. Page 152 & 153 have slight surface paper transfer to top of page from prising open. Else a clean copy.

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BRISTOL BLENHEIM 1935 TO 1944 (ALL MARKS) (OWNERS' WORKSHOP MANUAL)
Written by Jarrod Cotter.
Stock no. 1824503
Published by Haynes Publishing. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition.

An insight into owning, restoring, servicing and flying Britain's first all-metal monoplane light bomber. Green glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos, b/w diagrams. 172 pages including index. ISBN: 9780857338129. Spine slightly faded.

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NORTH AMERICAN F-86 SABRE 1947 ONWARDS (ALL DAY-FIGHTER VARIANTS) (OWNERS' WORKSHOP MANUAL)
Written by Mark Linney.
Stock no. 1824502
Published by Haynes Publishing. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition.

An insight into owning, flying and maintaining the USAF's legendary Cold War jet fighter. Blue pictorial glazed boards. Colour & b/w photos, b/w diagrams. ISBN: 9780857330949. Spine faded/sunned.

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A PICTORIAL RECORD OF LNER WAGONS
Written by Peter Tatlow.
Stock no. 1824497
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. B/w scale diagrams. ISBN: 0902888927. Light browning to edge of boards and text block. Else contents clean. Picorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and scuffed to rear panel.

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AEROPLANES OF THE ROYAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Paul R. Hare.
Stock no. 1824493
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The full story of this unique facility. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 144 pages including index. ISBN: 1861262094. A fine copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE AVIATION ART OF FRANK WOOTTON
Written by Frank Wootton. Illustrated by Frank Wootton.
Stock no. 1824485
Published by David & Charles. 1st thus 2005. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Oblong format. ISBN: 9780715321584. Lower edge of covers lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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KEEPING PEAFOWL
Written by James Blake.
Stock no. 1324155
Published by Beech Publishing House. 2006 Very good condition.

Third edition. International Poultry Library. Green cardwraps. 102 pages. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781857362350. New impression of the third edition. Covers slightly marked, spine slightly faded. Barcode sticker to rear cover. Lower page corner tips are lightly creased.

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ZOOPLANKTON ECOLOGY
Written by M. Alexandra Teodosio; Ana B. Barbosa.
Stock no. 1324148
Published by CRC Press. 1st 2021. Very good condition.

An advanced integrative overview on zooplankton ecology. Glazed pictorial boards. 283 pages. Colour and b/w diagrams. ISBN: 9781138496453. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small dents to cover edges. Neat barcode label to rear cover. Contents fine.

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