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THE TIMES GOLDEN YEARS OF RAIL TRAVEL
Written by Julian Holland.
Stock no. 1327023
Published by Times Books. 1st 2019. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of an evocative period in Britain's railway history - gone forever but never forgotten (from the late 19th century to 1994). Pictorial boards. 272 pages. Packed full of colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9780008323752. Dustwrapper is ever so slightly creased/rubbed at edges. There is a barcode label on the rear panel (covering the printed barcode).

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GRESLEY'S V2S
Written by Peter Tuffrey.
Stock no. 1327018
Published by Great Northern Books. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards with silver title to spine. B/w and colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9781912101054. Some very light marks to covers. A couple of tiny indentations to lower cover edges. Contents fine. Minimal creasing at edges of wrapper.

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GRESLEY'S B17S
Written by Peter Tuffrey.
Stock no. 1327017
Published by Great Northern Books. 1st 2021. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards with silver title to spine. B/w and colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9781912101269. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly creased at edges.

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GREAT CATHEDRALS OF THE MIDDLE AGES
Written by Bernhard Schutz.
Stock no. 1827557
Published by Abrams. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Blue leather spine with gilt title, b/w illustrated cloth boards. Fabulous colour & b/w photos throughout. 472 pages. ISBN: 9780810932975. 5th printing (no date, but after 2002). A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is unevenly faded to plain side and is a little scuffed.

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AN INVENTORY OF THE HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTON VOLUME II
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827550
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1st 1979. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments. Archaeological sites in Central Northamptonshire, a descriptive list of monuments dating from the Neolithic period to the mid 19th century. Large format. Grey cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w maps and plans, one map contained in pocket to rear. ISBN: 0117008524. A lovely copy. Green pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and edge-rubbed.

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AN INVENTORY OF THE HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTON VOLUME I
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827547
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments. Archaeological sites in North-East Northamptonshire, a descriptive list of monuments dating from the Neolithic period to the mid 19th century. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w maps and plans, one map contained in pocket to rear. ISBN: 0117007110. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine & creased at top & tail.

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GEORGE AND ROBERT STEPHENSON: THE RAILWAY REVOLUTION
Written by L.T.C. Rolt. Illustrated by Kenneth Lindley.
Stock no. 1827540
Published by Longmans. 1st 1960. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The life story of the Stephensons, father and son, the story of the birth of the railways, an historical event of which it would be difficult to exaggerate the importance. Terracotta cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Heavy knock to top front edge of boards else boards clean and bright. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Text block browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, has a tiny nick to top front edge, grubby to rear panel.

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEOLITHIC HOUSE SOCIETIES IN ORKNEY
Written by Colin Richards; Richard Jones.
Stock no. 1827534
Published by Oxbow Books. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition.

Investigations in the Bay of Firth, Mainland, Orkney (1994-2014). Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos & b/w drawings. 572 pages including index. A hefty volume. ISBN: 9781909686892. A decent copy.

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RUSHDEN: THE EARLY FINE WARES
Written by P.J. Woods; B.C. Hastings; K. Brown.
Stock no. 1827533
Published by Northamptonshire County Council. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

The pottery discovered during the contruction of playing fields at a Rushden school which proved to be manufactured at the site in the early Roman period. This pottery associated with the Roman military conquest of the area, displays an exceptional range of forms and decoration, and represents the achievements of potters whose inspiration derived from various European ceramic traditions. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0947590005. Covers a little scuffed, contents clean.

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TRIUMPH CARS: THE COMPLETE STORY
Written by Graham Robson; Richard Langworth.
Stock no. 1827532
Published by Motor Racing Publications Ltd.. 2nd 1988. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

2nd edition. From Tri-car to Acclaim. A detailed history of one of Britain's most famous makes of car. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 352 pages including index. ISBN: 0947981284. Base of spine lightly shelf-worn. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Red pictorial dustwrapepr is lightly browned to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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MG THE ART OF ABINGDON
Written by John McLellan.
Stock no. 1827530
Published by Motor Racing Publications Ltd.. 1st 1982. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A worthy pictorial tribute to the MGs of Abingdon. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 263 pages. ISBN: 0900549459. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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THE HISTORY OF THE ORKNEY ISLANDS
Written by George Barry.
Stock no. 1827527
Published by James Thin. 1st thus 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Facsimile of the first edition of 1805. This book falls naturally into three parts. The first is a vivid description of the Orkney islands as seen by the author in 1805. The second part is devoted to the history and archaeology; and the third part considers the economy of the islands, its natural history, botany, mineralogy, agriculture, fisheries and commerce. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. viii and 509 pages. Folding map of the Orkney Islands. Light vertical creasing to spine. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby.

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