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BIGGLES AIR DETECTIVE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326593
Published by Dean & Son. Circa 1970. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased which a couple of small marks to rear panel.

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BIGGLES PIONEER AIR FIGHTER
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326587
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, black title to spine. Spine bumped. Page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed.

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BRITISH BOOKPLATES: A PICTORIAL HISTORY
Written by Brian North Lee.
Stock no. 1326585
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

"Over 250 illustrations demonstrate the range of ex-libris design, from the earliest armorials to today’s wide variety of styles, and in themselves provide a comprehensive historical survey of bookplates and of book labels - their humbler but no less historically interesting counterparts." Large format. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 071537785X. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Wrapper is unevenly faded with edge-creasing; a few chips; some marks.

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CORSHAM: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY PART TWO
Written by C.J. Hall.
Stock no. 1326583
Published by Christopher Hall. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

Covering the span of Corsham's History 1900-1945. Large format. Grey cardwraps. 48 pages. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0950862517. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Covers slightly faded to spine, light crease to lower corner of rear cover. Small yellow highlighted patch to map else contents fine.

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AYNHO: A NORTHAMPTONSHIRE VILLAGE
Written by Nicholas Cooper.
Stock no. 1326582
Published by Leopard's Head Press; Banbury Historical Society. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A social history of the village from the earliest days of civilisation until recent years. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 339 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0904920097. Spine and corners bumped. Book leans to one side. Light foxing to textblock. Yellow dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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WELLESBOURNE AT WAR 1939-1945
Written by Alan Griffin; Daisy England; Eleanor Zonik; et al.
Stock no. 1326576
Published by The Wellesbourne Village Society. Circa 1990. Very good condition.

A record of local people's experiences during the conflict of WW2. Green cardwraps. 28 pages. B/w photos. Some light staining to covers. Staples rusty. Contents clean.

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THROWLEIGH: THE STORY OF A DARTMOOR VILLAGE
Written by Emmie Varwell.
Stock no. 1326575
Published by Sydney Lee. Circa 1947. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt titles. 132 pages. B/w photos. Spine and corners bumped. Name plate (of Horace Gordon Lowe) to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock.

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HISTORY OF THE OUTER HEBRIDES
Written by W.C. Mackenzie.
Stock no. 1326574
Published by James Thin; The Mercat Press. 1st thus 1974. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Reprinted from the 1903 edition. Covering in considerable detail all that is known (or was known in 1903) of the highly complex history of the western isles. Blue boards with gilt titles. 623 pages. Spine bumped. Slight fading to cover edges. Foxing to textblock else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is browned and edge worn.

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THE VOLKSWAGEN STORY
Written by K.B. Hopfinger.
Stock no. 1326573
Published by G.T. Foulis & Co. Ltd.. 3rd 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Third Edition. A revised and up-to-date version of Beyond Expectation - The Volkswagen Story, first published in 1954. The history of one of the largest and most successful automobile enterprises in the world. Light grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 215 pages. ISBN: 0854291091. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight browning to cover edges. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is lightly edge rubbed.

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MEMOIRS
Written by Duke Of Beaufort.
Stock no. 1326571
Published by Country Life Books. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A fascinating insight into a way of life peculiarly English and in many way unique even within Britain. Memoirs of the 10th Duke of Beaufort. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 178 pages. ISBN: 0600315746. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine and corners very slightly bumped. A couple of very small, light marks to covers. Heavy foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is lightly browned and rubbed at edges.

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BYZANTIUM AND THE CRUSADES
Written by Jonathan Harris.
Stock no. 1326570
Published by Hambledon And London. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

"This book aims to advance another view of Byzantine interaction with western Europe, the crusades, and the crusader states. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 259 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 1852852984. Spine slightly bumped. A few very small marks to contents which are otherwise clean and some foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit creased at edges.

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MAJOR MINER
Written by Gour Sen.
Stock no. 1326569
Published by Pentagon Press. 1st 2012. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The incredible journey of a mutinous youth in India to Professor of mining in Australia. Beige boards. 250 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9788182746183. Minimal creasing to wrapper edges and a small tear to top edge of rear panel.

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