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MOSQUITO FIGHTER SQUADRONS IN FOCUS
Written by Philip Birtles.
Stock no. 1828918
Published by Red Kite. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

A photographic album of the fighter and fighter/bomber squadrons that operated the De Havilland Mosquito. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. Colour illustrations. 96 pages. ISBN: 0954620135. Text block slightly browned. Contents clean.

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ILLUSTRATORS ISSUE THREE
Written by Peter Richardson. Illustrated by F. Matania; Peter Maddocks; Andy Virgil; Bernie Fuchs.
Stock no. 1828916
Published by Geoff West. 2013. Very good condition.

Published quarterly. Issue Number Three Published Spring 2013. This issue contains articles about the art of Forunino Matania, Andy Virgil, Peter Maddocks, Bernie Fuchs. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. 95 pages. ISBN: 9781907081101. Rear cover unevenly faded. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Musty odour present.

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LOVE AND BE WISE
Written by Charles Perrault; Anne Carter. Illustrated by Jean Claverie.
Stock no. 1328608
Published by Walker Books Ltd. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Retold by Carter from the classic fairy tale by Perrault.. ISBN: 0744506093. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some erased pencil marks to half title-page. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly worn to spine and corners.

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ENID BLYTON'S LITTLE BEDTIME BOOK ABOUT THE SURPRISING BROOM
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1328606
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Pleiades Books Ltd.. 1955. Very good condition.

A book of "Holiday" stories: The Surprising Broom; The Little Gold Brooch; The Proud Fir Tree. Large, slim format. Yellow pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn, small splits to top of spine. Tiny patch of surface paper damage to rear cover. Pale page browning else contents clean.

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LONDON'S SIXTIES BUSES
Written by Mick Webber.
Stock no. 1828914
Published by Capital Transport. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos throughout. 96 pages. ISBN: 9781854144324. A lovely copy.

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UNIFORMS OF WATERLOO IN COLOUR 16-18 JUNE 1815
Written by Philip Haythornthwaite. Illustrated by Jack Cassin-Scott; Michael Chappell.
Stock no. 1828913
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1999. Very good condition.

The uniforms worn in the three days of fighting in 1815 which brought about the final downfall of Napoleon Bonaparte. White pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. 190 pages. ISBN: 1854093940. Reprint. Covers lightly browned and slightly grubby. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Musty odour present.

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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Written by Maurice Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1328604
Published by Harper Collins. 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

1964 Caldecott Medal Winner for the Most Distinguised Picture Book of the Year. 25th Anniversary Edition. Oblong format. Cloth spine, white pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0060254920. Minimal rubbing at corners. Contents fine.

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MANCHESTER AND ASHTON UNDER LYNE TROLLEYBUSES (TROLLEYBUS CLASSICS 25)
Written by Stephen Lockwood.
Stock no. 1828911
Published by Middleton Press. 1st 2010. Very good condition.

The Manchester and Ashton trolleybus network was one of the largest in the country. Manchester's red and Ashton's blue vehicles shared the wires on most of the services between the two areas, and in addition Manchester had a substantial network of its own. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos throughout. 96 pages. ISBN: 9781906008734. Covers lightly creased & rubbed at corners. Front hinge pulled and therefore a few pages of the section are a little loose from the lower edge. Else contents clean and binding tight.

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THE CAT NEXT DOOR
Written by Birsa Shepard. Illustrated by Pelagie Doane.
Stock no. 1328601
Published by The Children's Book Club. 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth spine, blue boards with black titles. B/w illustrations. 64 pages. Mollie rescues some kittens! Spine slightly bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and foxed, wear with minimal loss to spine and some fading.

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BORIS'S BUS: THE MAYOR'S NEW ROUTEMASTER
Written by John Aldridge; Gavin Booth; et al.
Stock no. 1828905
Published by Capital Transport. 2nd 2015. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Second and enlarged edition. The New Bus for London launched to the press towards the end of 2011 was generally well received. It was a bold new design that was the end product of a process that began when Boris Johnson promised a new Routemaster if he became mayor of London in 2008. He did, and this book is the story of how that pledge was developed into a bus during the first four years of his time as mayor and the further developments during his second and final term. Large format. Matt white pictorial boards. Colour photos. 208 pages, Light rubbing to top & tail of spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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NEW ZEALAND MILITARY AIRCRAFT AND SERIAL NUMBERS
Written by C.F.L. Jenks.
Stock no. 1828895
Published by Aviation Historical Society Of New Zealand. 1st 1980. Very good condition.

AHSNZ Publication No. 1. Large format. Blue pictorial cardwraps. Staple binding. B/w photos. 32 pages. Covers browned, rubbed to spine, creased at corners. Previous owner's bookplate to inside front cover. Contents clean.

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THE WIGAN JUNCTION RAILWAYS
Written by Dennis Sweeney.
Stock no. 1828892
Published by Triangle Publishing. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Light tan cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and railway maps throughout, a few colour photos. 127 pages. ISBN: 9780955003059. Base of spine lightly bumped (shelf-wear). Light browning to page margins. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed on rear panel.

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