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THE CALL OF THE SEA
Written by Steve Humphries.
Stock no. 2107382
Published by BBC Books. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. A unique record of Britain's maritime past. ISBN: 056338722X. Wrapper is price-cut with light edge-creasing and browning to spine.

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INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES OF BRITAIN
Written by Anthony Burton.
Stock no. 2107369
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 0297773739. Covers are unevenly faded. Wrapper has a few large closed tears and uneven fading; only a couple of small chips of loss.

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NIGEL MANSELL: THE MAKINGS OF A CHAMPION
Written by Christopher Hilton.
Stock no. 2107367
Published by William Kimber. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is the story of the battle to the fore of motor racing by Nigel Mansell, culminating in his challenge for the world championship in 1986. This biography charts his childhood, his early driving in Formula Ford and Formula Three until he attracted the attention of Colin Chapman of Lotus. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 188 pages including index. ISBN: 0718306368. Page browning. A few marks to boards. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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BRITISH TRAMS IN CAMERA
Written by Julian Thompson.
Stock no. 1706246
Published by Fraser Stewart. 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The postwar tram era before it was eclipsed by the motorbus. Over 200 photos in b/w. Blue pictorial glazed boards. ISBN: 1874723230.

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STEAMING INTO THE EIGHTIES
Written by G.T. Heavyside.
Stock no. 2107330
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. The Standard Gauge Preservation Scene. B/w photos. ISBN: 071537513X. Small ink inscription to front endpaper.

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TRAMS AND TRAMWAYS
Written by Ernest F. Carter.
Stock no. 2107307
Published by W. & G. Foyle Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition.

Small format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. Foyles Handbooks. Spine is bumped, with a little chipping to laminate. Odd foxspot to pages.

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COMPETITION CAR CONTROLS
Written by Ian Bamsey; Alan Lis.
Stock no. 1706227
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The intriguing world of technology for faster and safer driving. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 238 pages. ISBN: 0946132615. Boards & contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has some light creasing.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL - 25TH YEAR
Written by Alfred C. Playne; Evelyn Everett-Green; Clifton Bingham; et al. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick; E. Stuart Hardy; Gordon Robinson; et al..
Stock no. 1307930
Published by Ernest Nister. 1913. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles, pictorial onlay to front cover shows little girl holding two young dogs. First story is "A Hole in Fairyland". 179 pages. Full-page colour and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some light wrinkles in cloth covers. Name and address in ink to front pastedown, date in crayon to endpaper. Front joint is just starting to crack. Some light fingering and page browning to margins else contents clean.

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NAPOLEON AN OUTLINE
Written by Colin R. Ballard.
Stock no. 2107278
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st 1924. Almost very good condition.

B/w diagrams. In four parts: The Adventurer; The Man of Destiny; The Man Against Destiny and Dramatis Personae. Bumping and wear to covers; a little fraying to cloth at corners. Front joint is cracked. Some foxing.

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THE SPORTS CAR
Written by Ian Ward.
Stock no. 1603426
Published by Blandford Press. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0713710721. Corners rubbed.

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GRAND PRIX RACING: THE ENTHUSIAST'S COMPANION
Written by Anthony Pritchard.
Stock no. 1806030
Published by Aston Publications. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Compiled by Anthony Pritchard. A panorama of Grand Prix motor racing from the pioneering road races in France in the 1890s, through the Edwardian years, the bleak twenties, German domination in the 1930s to the early post-war years of Italian supremacy and the gradual rise of the British Racing Green. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & colour photos. 255 pages. ISBN: 0946627797. Dustwrapper spine creased at top and is slightly faded. Contents clean.

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A NEW PLAN FOR SPEEDILY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF BEE-HIVES IN SCOTLAND
Written by James Bonner.
Stock no. 1706224
1st 1795. Very good condition.

Which may be extended with equal success to England, Ireland, America or to any other part of the world Campbell of producing flowers. Printed by J. Moir and Sold by W. Creech, Bell & Bradfute, P. Hill, Mudie & Son, and by the Author. Leather spine and corners, marble boards. Boards scuffed. Book plate to front pastedown. A few margin marks.

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