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VANISHING STEAM A PHOTOGRAPHER'S ODYSSEY AROUND THE WORLD
Written by Eric Langhammer.
Stock no. 1804904
Published by Harry N. Abrams. 1st 2002. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

One man's quest to record the twilight of the steam locomotive era. Large format. Black boards, silver title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 0810934825.

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THE JAGUAR DRIVER'S YEARBOOK 1978
Written by Paul Skilleter.
Stock no. 1602398
Published by Magpie Publishing. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Second of The Jaguar Drivers Club annuals. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 120 pages. ISBN: 0906234026. From the library of Andrew Beaumont, amateur rally driver, with address label to prelims. Boards mottled and lightly damp marked. Contents are clean and bright. Wrapper is faded, creased, scuffed and has several tears which have been repaired with tape.

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PHARMACOLOGICAL FACTS AND FIGURES
Written by F. Lembeck; K.-Fr. Sewing.
Stock no. 1804894
Published by Longman; Springer-Verlag. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Heidelberg Science Library. Giving a wide survey of pharmacological knowledge without going into great detail. Green cloth, silver title to spine. viii and 111 pages including index. ISBN: 0582445078. Edges of book and dustwrapper lightly rubbed. Text block lightly browned. Green dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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ROBINS IN THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1306596
Published by Collins. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, silver titles and borders. Three b/w plates. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped and ever so slightly rubbed. There is a tiny white mark to lower edge of rear cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Top corner tip of title-page is lightly creased. Dustwrapper is edge worn and a bit grubby, with some loss to spine and corners.

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RAILWAYS PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE
Written by Geoffrey Freeman Allen.
Stock no. 1602382
Published by Black Cat. 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0748100083. From the library of Andrew Beaumont, amateur rally driver, with address label to prelims.

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FRIENDS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by MacDowell.
Stock no. 1306542
Published by W. & A.K. Johnston; G.W. Bacon Ltd. circa 1952. Very good condition.

Old Thatch Series. Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 64 pages. Covers clean. Contents lightly browned else clean.

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TWENTY-FIVE GREAT HOUSES OF FRANCE
Written by Theodore Andrea Cook; W.H. Ward.
Stock no. 2105990
Published by Country Life. Almost very good condition.

Very large format. Cloth spine and corners. Blue boards. Tipped-in b/w photo as frontis. B/w photos. Covers have some grubby marks and are browned. Front cover is a little warped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Front joint is cracked. Some foxing to a few pages.

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FLYING STORIES
Written by W.E. Johns; George E. Rochester; et al. Illustrated by Stanley Orton Bradshaw.
Stock no. 2105981
Published by John Hamilton. 1st 1936. Almost very good condition.

A collection of stories edited by W.E. Johns, including 4 stories by him. Pictorial boards. 4 b/w plates, 6 colour plates plus other b/w illustrations. 248 pages. Covers are worn, with some chipping and loss of paper; cloth showing through. Some foxing and browning to pages.

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THE PLACE-NAMES OF HEREFORDSHIRE
Written by Arthur T. Bannister.
Stock no. 2105978
Published by A.T. Bannister. 1st 1916. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Privately printed for the author. xx + 231 pages. Spine and a couple of cover edges are faded. Some marks to covers. Corners are bumped. Bookplate to front pastedown. Inscriptions in ink to prelims. Some foxing and page browning.

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A HISTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE HUNDRED OF CALDICOT (PART II OF VOLUME IV)
Written by Joseph Bradney.
Stock no. 2105972
Published by Mitchell Hughes and Clarke. 1932. Very good condition.

Very large format. Cloth spine. Paper boards with black titles. Part II of Volume IV. From the coming of the Normans into Wales down to the present time. Contains the flowing parishes: Shirenewton, Newchurch, Itton, Howick. Dinham, Llanfair Discoed, Llanvaches, Penhow, Langston, Llanmartin, Llandevaud, Wilcrick, St. Brides Netherwent, Llandevenny, Magor, Redwick. Llanwern, Bishton, Undy, Rogiet, Llanfihangel Rogiet, Goldcliff, Whitson, Nash, Christchurch. Large marks to front and rear cover - look like possibly oil or water marks. Some browning to cover edges. chipping to corners. Foxing to spine. Foxing to outer page edges and some pages internally. 'Caldicot Part II' written in light blue felt pen to spine.

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FORMULA ONE: UNSEEN ARCHIVES
Written by Tim Hill.
Stock no. 1602348
Published by Parragon. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

The story behind 51 glorious years of Formula One. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. 384 pages. ISBN: 0752570463. Spine faded. Contents near fine.

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NIGEL MANSELL: THE MAKING OF A CHAMPION
Written by Nigel Snowdon.
Stock no. 1602345
Published by Aston Publications. 1st 1992. Very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. 144 pages. ISBN: 0946627878. From the library of Andrew Beaumont, amateur rally driver, with address label to prelims. A fewe minor marks to front cover. Contents clean.

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