THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF MOTORCYCLES PART I HISTORICAL SURVEY
Written by C.F. Caunter.
Stock no. 2133182
Published by HMSO. 1st 1955. Good condition.

As Illustrated By The Collection of Motor Cycles in the Science Museum. Dark red pictorial card wraps. B/w plates and illustrations. 85 pages includes index. Spine worn. corners creased with slight loss from lower corner of rear cover. Pages lightly tanned else contents clean.

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HANDBOOK OF THE COLLECTION ILLUSTRATING MOTORCYCLES PART II
Written by C.F. Caunter.
Stock no. 2133175
Published by HMSO. 1st 1958. Almost very good condition.

Brown pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Catalogue of exhibits at the Science Museum with descriptive notes. 80 pages includes index. Cover edges rubbed and lower corners lightly creased. Ink diagram on front cover. Contents very good.

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GERMAN NAVAL HISTORY: THE U-BOAT WAR IN THE ATLANTIC 1939 - 1945
Written by Lt. Commander Andrew J. Withers; et al.
Stock no. 1819537
Published by HMSO. 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Facsimile Edition with introduction by Withers. ISBN: 0117726036. Bumping to top corners. Tiny imperfection to rear pastedown vertical edge. Top corners of contents lightly creased due to bump to top rear corner. Contained in a very good slip-case with bumping to top of spine. Also included in slipcase is a folder with five sheets incorporating 32 diagrams from the original volumes.

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SIR GEORGE CAYLEY'S AERONAUTICS 1796-1855
Written by Charles H. Gibbs-Smith.
Stock no. 1819252
Published by HMSO. 1st 1962. Very good condition.

The book presents Cayley's aeronautics. By 1849 Cayley had constructed and flown a full-size triplane glider which carried a boy for brief distances and in 1853 Cayley despatched his unwilling coachman across a dale near Scarborough in a glider. B/w illustrations. A few light scuffs to boards, minor fading to spine and top edge of boards. Foxing to prelims and text block.

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AN INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS IN GLAMORGAN VOLUME IV PART I
No author listed.
Stock no. 2132501
Published by HMSO. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Domestic Architecture from the Reformation to the Industrial Revolution: The Greater Houses. Large format. Scarlet cloth, gilt titles and vignette. Contents comprise introduction, distribution maps, full descriptions, comprehensive drawings and plates, 8 in colour. 379pp includes index. 11.25 x 9". ISBN: 0117007544. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few tears and chips; minimal loss; some browning.

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HANDBOOK OF THE COLLECTION ILLUSTRATING MOTOR CARS PART II
Written by C.F. Caunter.
Stock no. 2132251
Published by HMSO. 1st 1959. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Catalogue of exhibits at the Science Museum with descriptive notes. Wear and marks to covers and edges. Some creasing. Foxing to outer page edges. Some page corner creases.

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B.R.77 MACHINERY HANDBOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 1818398
Published by HMSO. 1941. Very good condition.

Blue cloth. Red title to front cover. B/w diagrams. A book issued to stokers and others on board naval ships. A few marks to boards. A few foxspots mainly to endpapers.

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QUICK SILVER: AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF GERMAN GRAND PRIX RACING CARS 1934-1939
Written by Cameron C. Earl.
Stock no. 1818256
Published by HMSO. 1st thus 1996. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A re-issue in facsimile of B.I.O.S. report No. 1755 Investigation into the development of German Grand Prix Racing Cars between 1934 and 1939 (including a description of the Mercedes World's Land Speed Record contender). New introduction by Karl E. Ludvigsen. Silver boards, red titles. B/w photos and diagrams, some fold-out to rear. 143 pages. ISBN: 0112905501. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE WAR AT SEA VOLUME 1 1939-1945
Written by Stephen W. Roskill.
Stock no. 2131393
Published by HMSO. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Defensive. The first of three volumes. This volume deals with the beginning of the second world war from 1939 to 1941. xxii + 664 pages. Numerous folding b/w charts. Spine and cover edges are browned. Foxing; heaviest to endpapers, outer page edges and margins. Map to page 65 appears to have been misfolded a few times; chips and nicks along with browning to protruding edge. Wrapper is edge-creased with tears and chips; browned to spine and edges; small white splash mark to bottom edge of front panel.

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AN INVENTORY OF THE HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN HEREFORDSHIRE (3 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 2128332
Published by HMSO. Very good condition.

Three volumes. Grey pictorial cloth. Top edges git. Numerous b/w photos and illustrations. 11 x 8.5 inches. Volume I - South West, published 1931. Volume II - East, published 1932 Volume III - South-West, published 1934. Spines have varying degrees of browning and fading. Volume II also has a couple of small tears to cloth at top and tail. Inscription in ink (partially crossed out) to front endpaper of Volume I. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges of all volumes. A couple of plate pages (b/w photos), have neat annotations/notes beneath them in pencil.

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MERCHANT AIRMEN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1610401
Published by HMSO. 1946. Almost very good condition.

Card wraps. The Air Ministry account of British Civil Aviation 1939-1944. B/w photos. Covers scuffed, a little creasing and damage to spine.

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AN INVENTORY OF THE HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN HEREFORDSHIRE (3 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 2123316
Published by HMSO. 1st 1931. Almost very good condition.

Three volumes. Grey pictorial cloth. Top edges git. Numerous b/w photos and illustrations. 11 x 8.5 inches. Volume I - South West, published 1931. Volume II - East, published 1932 Volume III - South-West, published 1934. All volumes 1st editions with coloured map in rear pockets. Volume I - Has chipping and fraying to cloth at top and tail of spine and small chip to edge of front cover; corners are bumped; a few very small marks to covers. Stitching to a few gatherings is pulled, so that binding is a little weak in these places. Volume II - Some small marks to covers and a couple of small splits to top of spine. Light foxing to endpapers and some page margins. Volume III - A few small marks to covers; some light foxing to prelims. Contents clean and overall a very tidy set.

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