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EXCURSIONS IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX (2 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 630513
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme And Brown. 1818. Very good condition.

In Two Volumes. Comprising a Brief Historical and Topographical Delineation of Every Town and Village; Together with Descriptions of the Residences of the Nobility and Gentry, Remains of Antiquity, and every other interesting object of Curiosity. Forming a Complete Guide for the Traveller and Tourist. Illustrated with 100 Engravings, including a map of the county. Small format. Brown leather binding, raised bands to spine, gilt tooled borders to front and rear, gilt title to spine. Volume I 1818, Volume II 1819. Re-backed with inscription to rear pastedown stating such. Vol I joints worn with split to top front edge of spine. Volume II Spine rubbed at edges and split at top and tail. Binding of both volumes is generally nice and tight. Bookplate to front pastedowns. A few scattered foxspots but contents generally nice and clean.

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A BIBLOGRAPHY OF ARCHERY
Written by Fred Lake; Hal Wright.
Stock no. 818696
Published by The Simon Archery Foundation. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Indexed Catalogue of 5,000 articles, books, films, manuscripts, periodicals and theses on the use of the bow for hunting, war and recreation from the earliest times to the present day. Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 501 pages. ISBN: 0950319902. Spine bumped. Some foxing to contents. Wrapper is unevenly faded.

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AUTOMOBILE YEAR No. 32 1984-85
No author listed.
Stock no. 818747
Published by Editions 24 Heures. 1984. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 2826500988.

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LES ZEPPELINS AU COMBAT
Written by H. Von Buttlar.
Stock no. 818627
Published by Payot. 1st 1932. Slightly better than good condition.

Collection of memories, studies and documents during World War I. Grey paperwraps, blue titles. 10 b/w photos. Text in French. Spine browned, covers a little grubby. Small split to top front edge of spine. Front joint broken and backstrip becoming unglued. Contents clean.

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VOYAGES AERIENS
Written by Camille Flammarion.
Stock no. 818628
1881. Almost very good condition.

Second Edition. Air Voyages. Impressions and Studies. Log Book of Twelve Scientific Voyages by Hot Air Balloon. Yellow paperwraps. Text in French. Cover edges worn and slightly chipped. Scattered foxing throughout else contents clean. A nice presentable copy of a scarce work.

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THE PRACTICAL FLY-FISHER
Written by John Jackson.
Stock no. 818633
Published by Charles Farlow. 1st 1854. Very good condition.

More Particularly for Grayling or Umber. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to front. Ten hand-coloured plates representing 64 flies. 58 pages plus subscriber's list to rear. Spine browned, covers a little marked. Tightly bound leading to creases at inner margins not affecting illustrations or text. A few light marks to contents. A lovely copy of a scarce title.

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HISTOIRE DE MES ASCENSIONS
Written by Gaston Tissandier.
Stock no. 818623
Circa 1888. Very good condition.

Account of 24 air voyages. 6th Edition. Three-quarter brown leather binding, gilt title to spine. Brown marbled paper boards. Marble paper endpapers. B/w illustrations. Text in French. Leather corners of binding missing leaving just slight marks on marbled paper boards. Front board has surface paper loss not really detracting from the beauty of the book. Front hinge pulled. Some scattered foxing but generally a very nice copy of an antiquarian book. REDUCED FROM £120.

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MANUEL DES MARINS OU EXPLICATION DES TERMES DE MARINE TOME I & II
Written by Bourde.
Stock no. 818625
1773. Almost very good condition.

Sailors Handbook, explanation of the nautical terms. Two volumes bound as one. Calf leather binding, raised bands to spine, brown title label with gilt title to top of spine, gilt decoration between bands of spine. Marbled endpapers. Text in French. Leather boards marked, edges worn exposing board. Front and rear hinge pulled. Some annotation to verso of half-title page and index page. Text block a little marked. Some scattered foxing and margin marks as to be expected in a book almost 250 years old. A very nice copy of a scarce antiquarian book. Text in French.

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THE JOWETT JUPITER: THE CAR THAT LEAPED TO FAME
Written by Edmund Nankivell.
Stock no. 630452
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The Jupiter story from inception, production and racing derivatives and also includes a register of all Jupiters. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 144 pages including index. ISBN: 0713438355. Text block browned with minor foxing to top. A few grubby marks to endpapers and prelims else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is grubby to rear and very faded to front and spine with worn corners.

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KATALOG DER BALLONHISTORISCHEN SAMMLUNG OBERST V. BRUG IN DER BIBLIOTHEK DES DEUTSCHEN MUSEUMS
No author listed.
Stock no. 818595
1985. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Catalogue of the Historical Hot Air Balloon Collection of Colonel V. Brug in the Library of the German Museum. Large format. Text in German. Blue cloth, light blue title label to spine with gilt title and small vignette, white title to front. Colour & b/w illustrations. A very nice, clean copy.

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THE KHAKI BOYS AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Angela Brazil.
Stock no. 383312
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1923. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The two other stories are "The Scallywag Boys" and "The Slap-Bang Boys". Blue decorated cloth with white titles. 122 pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners very slightly bumped. A few tiny pinholes to front cover. Endpapers are lightly browned. Name plate to front endpaper (which has partly browned). Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss and quite grubby. Nelson's Red Star Series.

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THE SECRET OF THE BORDER CASTLE
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by Charles Willis.
Stock no. 383319
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles. 4 b/w plates. 256 pages. Top edge red. Spine and corners bumped otherwise covers bright. Very slight page edge foxing. Pictorial wrapper is edge-creased and torn with slight loss to head and tail of spine.

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