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THE GIANTS OF SMALL HEATH: THE HISTORY OF BSA
Written by Barry Ryerson.
Stock no. 1824016
Published by Haynes; G.T. Foulis. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An 'in depth' look at the inside story of the factory itself, with the emphasis more on the personalities of this once great empire than the machines that carried the piled arms motif. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0854292551. Lower edge of boards lightly rubbed. Pencil erasure mark to top corner of front endpaper. Minor grubby marks to text block. Very light foxing to endpapers. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby. Musty odour present.

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MAN O' WAR 3: BATTLESHIPS RODNEY AND NELSON
Written by Alan Raven; John Roberts.
Stock no. 2138977
Published by Arms & Armour Press; R.S.V. Publishing Inc.. Circa 1979. Very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. Many diagrams - a couple of fold-out ones to middle of book. ISBN: 0853682631. Browning to covers.

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FLY PAST FLY PRESENT: A CELEBRATION OF PRESERVED AVIATION
Written by Walter Boyne; Bob Ogden; Philip Handleman; et al.
Stock no. 2138917
Published by Arms & Armour Press. Circa 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Slightly oblong/square format. Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 185409226X. Page edge browning; marks to endpapers. Inscription in ink to prelims. Wrapper is price-cut and edge-creased; faded to spine.

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BOEING: PLANEMAKER TO THE WORLD
Written by Robert Redding; Bill Yenne.
Stock no. 2138460
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ` ISBN: 0853685959. Slight shelf bumping/rubbing to spine. Light crease to top of wrapper spine.

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WINCHESTER
Written by Telford Varley. Illustrated by Wilfrid Ball.
Stock no. 2137056
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1910. Good condition.

24 tissue-guarded colour plates. 2000 copies printed. Top edge gilt. Blue cloth, gilt titles and coat of arms to front cover. A & C Black Colour Book 7s 6d Series. Covers are heavily marked and faded. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some pages internally. Some plate pages are starting to become detached. A reading copy.

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THE LEXINGTON CLASS CARRIERS
Written by Robert C. Stern.
Stock no. 1823496
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1993. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A studied account of a class of aircraft carrier as a weapons system. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 185409131X. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and has previous bookseller's address label to front flap.

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MERCHANTMEN-AT-ARMS: THE BRITISH MERCHANTS' SERVICE IN THE WAR
Written by David W. Bone. Illustrated by Muirhead Bone.
Stock no. 1823053
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1919. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Lower edges deckle edged. Spine and corners lightly rubbed & bumped. Light browning to endpapers and text block. A few scattered foxspots and grubby finger marks (minor).

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ROME'S ENEMIES: GERMANICS AND DACIANS (MEN-AT-ARMS)
Written by Peter Wilcox. Illustrated by G.A. Embleton.
Stock no. 2134757
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w illustrations and photos. Colour plates. ISBN: 0850454735. Spine and cover edges have some browning.

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THE ISRAELI ARMY IN THE MIDDLE EAST WARS 1948-73 (MEN-AT-ARMS)
Written by John Laffin. Illustrated by Mike Chappell.
Stock no. 2134755
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. Men At Arms series 127. B/w photos and colour illustrations. ISBN: 0850454506. Some browning to covers.

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FLAK JACKETS: 20TH CENTURY MILITARY BODY ARMOUR (MEN-AT-ARMS)
Written by Simon Dunstan. Illustrated by Ron Volstad.
Stock no. 2134748
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1ST 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w illustrations. Colour plates. ISBN: 0850455693. Some browning to spine and cover edges.

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THE KNIGHTS OF CHRIST (MEN-AT-ARMS)
Written by Terence Wise. Illustrated by Richard Scollins.
Stock no. 2134747
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Religious/Military Orders of Knighthood 1118-1565. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. Colour plates. ISBN: 0850456045. Browning to covers.

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THE ARMY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT (MEN-AT-ARMS)
Written by Nick Sekunda. Illustrated by Angus McBride.
Stock no. 2134744
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1ST 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w illustrations. Colour plates. ISBN: 0850455391. Spine browned.

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