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ALVIS: THE STORY OF THE RED TRIANGLE
Written by Kenneth Day.
Stock no. 1817137
Published by Gentry Books. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A definitive history of one of the most famous, influential and successful car manufacturers over the last half century. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 335 pages. ISBN: 0856140635. Lower corners of boards bumped. Minor foxing to text block. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper.

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MAKING OF THE MOTOR CAR 1895-1930
Written by Michael E. Ware.
Stock no. 1817135
Published by Moorland Publishing. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Historic Industrial Scenes series. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & illustrations. ISBN: 0903485397. Tape marks to boards. Browning to text block and endpapers. A slight musty odour present. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1982
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1817124
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 1982. Very good condition.

Tall laminated boards. Front cover shows Rupert jumping with springs on his feet. First story is: Rupert & Ping Pong. 92 pages. ISBN: 0850791200. SIGNED by Alfred Bestall 'with love from Rupert and Alfred E. Bestall '82' to title page. Bestall was a close neighbour of the previous owner's Aunt. Corners lightly bumped & worn. Small split to base of spine. NOT inscribed. Price-cut. Contents fine.

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THE ROYAL AIR FORCE OF WORLD WAR TWO IN COLOUR
Written by Roger Freeman.
Stock no. 1817087
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Packed with colour pictures. ISBN: 1854091859. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Blue pictorial dustwrapper crinkled by damp to lower front edge (no staining).

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BICYCLING A HISTORY
Written by Frederick Alderson.
Stock no. 1817063
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1972. Very good condition.

The stages of bicycling history with the sharp perception of a social historian. Yellow pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. 214 pages including index. ISBN: 0715356119. Spine faded and slightly cocked through use. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

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LNER REFLECTIONS
Written by Nigel Harris.
Stock no. 2129077
Published by Silver Link Publishing. 2nd 1987. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. 2nd edition. ISBN: 0947971033.

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TRAMS IN COLOUR SINCE 1945
Written by J. Joyce.
Stock no. 2129069
Published by Blandford Press. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tramcars in the British Ilses in the period since the end of the Second World War. Small format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 0713705299. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with a few small chips along edges.

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TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES
Written by John Tipler.
Stock no. 2129040
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 2000. Very good condition.

A superb collection of informatively captioned photographs to detail the long history of Triumph motorcycles. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0750922664. Heavy bump to base of spine and a couple of corners. Light page edge browning, else contents are excellent.

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THE NEW BIG NODDY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 2129030
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Dennis Dobson. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Yellow pictorial boards showing Noddy in fire engine. Cloth spine. Colour illustrations. The sixth Big Noddy book. First story: Noddy and the Fire-Engine Some wear/chips to top and tail of spine. Bumping to corners. Belongs to page is clean. A little foxing. Colouring page is completed. Wrapper is creased with tears and chips; very large tear to spine; nearly into two halves. Some loss.

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THE DANDY MONSTER COMIC 1942
No author listed.
Stock no. 2129020
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1942. Fair condition.

Front cover shows Korky fishing with sausages from the front of a boat called Dandy. Two-tone and b/w illustrations. Binding is weak; joints are nearly broken and showing stitching. Splitting to top and tail of spine; some wear of loss to spine. Heavy wear to edges and corners. Belongs to page has inscriptions in ink. A few brown paper tape repairs to hinges of prelims. Foxing throughout. Some page tears. A fair copy of a very scarce wartime annual.

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LMS REFLECTIONS
Written by Bob Essery; Nigel Harris.
Stock no. 1817008
Published by Silver Link Publishing. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos from the BBC Hulton Picture Library. ISBN: 0947971092. Minor foxing to top edge of text block.

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FOOD FOR THE CHILDREN
Written by Anna Boguslawska.
Stock no. 2128993
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st thus 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Diary of the Warsaw Rising - Summer 1944. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0850521882. Some bumping along cover edges. Page browning. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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