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'94/'95 MISUBISHI MOTOR SPORTS: THE SPIRIT OF COMPETITION
No author listed.
Stock no. 1826765
Published by Mitsubishi Motors Corporation. Circa 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large, oblong format. Black cloth boards with no titles. Colour photos throughout. Includes World Rallying Championship results for the season. A few minor knocks to board edges. Contents clean. Black dustwrapper with red titles is lightly edge-creased and scuffed.

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BIGGLES OF THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326028
Published by Purnell Books. 1st thus 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dark blue boards with gilt titles. B/w illustrations. An anthology of Biggles Stories originally published in the 30's, edited by Piers Williams. 127 pages. ISBN: 0361041799. Spine slightly bumped. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge rubbed and slightly browned to top edge of front panel.

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WORRALS ON THE WAR-PATH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326025
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1948. Very good condition.

Worrals of the W.A.A.F. on her second dangerous wartime sortie into France, where she meets an old enemy. Peach cloth with red titles and vignette to front. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing, mainly to textblock and to prelims.

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HAYNES MAX POWER VAUXHALL CORSA: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO MODIFYING
Written by Bob Jax.
Stock no. 1826761
Published by Haynes Publishing. 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Updated edition. Performance modifications: what works, what they cost; Styling modifications: inside and out; ICE upgrades: amps, subs, what it all means... Pictorial glazed boards. Colour photos throughout. 232 pages. ISBN: 1844253740. Reprint. Boards lightly scuffed, corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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WORLD TIMBERS VOLUME THREE: ASIA & AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
Written by B.J. Rendle.
Stock no. 1826759
Published by Ernest Benn Limited. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive work containing some of the better known world timbers illustrated in colour and concisely described with the minimum of technical terms. The information is presented in a form designed to appeal to those who are interested in timber but are not specialists in wood technology. Intended primarily for use by architects and their clients, the timber trade, and timber-using industries. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0802017185. Previous owner's bookplate to front and rear pastedown. Text block and page edges lightly browned. Black dustwrapper with green spine is lightly rubbed at edges and lightly scuffed.

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BIGGLES AND THE MISSING MILLIONAIRE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326024
Published by The Children's Book Club. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Biggles & Co. are on a trail of a yacht that sailed away and never came back. Blue boards, black titles. Not illustrated. Spine and corners bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, grubby to rear panel with biro doodle mark to edge.

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WORLD TIMBERS VOLUME TWO: NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA (INCLUDING CENTRAL AMERICA & THE WEST INDIES)
Written by B.J. Rendle.
Stock no. 1826758
Published by Ernest Benn Limited. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive work containing some of the better known world timbers illustrated in colour and concisely described with the minimum of technical terms. The information is presented in a form designed to appeal to those who are interested in timber but are not specialists in wood technology. Intended primarily for use by architects and their clients, the timber trade, and timber-using industries. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0802016677. A few minor marks to boards, lower corners lightly bumped. Previous owner's library label to front and rear pastedown. Light browning to page edges and text block. Black dustwrapper with yellow spine is lightly rubbed and scuffed.

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WORLD TIMBERS VOLUME ONE: EUROPE & AFRICA
Written by B.J. Rendle.
Stock no. 1826757
Published by Ernest Benn Limited. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive work containing some of the better known world timbers illustrated in colour and concisely described with the minimum of technical terms. The information is presented in a form designed to appeal to those who are interested in timber but are not specialists in wood technology. Intended primarily for use by architects and their clients, the timber trade, and timber-using industries. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0802015700. Presentation plate attached to front endpaper '...on the occasion of planting a tree in the Arboretum at the White House to mark the centenary of the Benn Brother's publication Timber Trades Journal June 7 1973', large b/w photo depicting this to front pastedown. Marks to front endpapers. Text block browned and page edges lightly so. Black dustwrapper with red spine is worn at edges, spine and front panel title is faded, some loss to top and tail of spine, some damp staining present mainly to verso and flap edges.

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BIGGLES FLIES TO WORK
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326019
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1965. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Some unusual cases of Biggles and his Air Police. Red boards. 184 pages. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Contents are browned but clean. Dustwrapper is worn, torn and creased with some slight loss to spine. Last title listed on rear panel of wrapper is this one.

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DAVID MYNETT: THE SKETCHBOOKS
Written by Sheila Peczenik. Illustrated by David Mynett.
Stock no. 1826754
Published by Shiela Peczenik. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

A selection of colour sketches by David Mynett, selected by Sheila Peczenik. Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour sketches throughout. ISBN: 9780993078101. A nice copy.

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ARCHITECTURE OF AN ISLAND: THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF BAHRAIN
Written by Fiona Clark.
Stock no. 1826753
Published by Miracle. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Embodies both the economic and physical enhancements that are taking place in the Kingdom. Large format. Matt white boards with foil titles. Colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9789990137361. Boards a little scuffed. Top rear corner bumped. Contents clean. Internet directory on CD is MISSING from inside rear cover.

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KUWAIT ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE: A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS
Written by Arlene Fullerton; Geza Fehervari; et al.
Stock no. 1826752
Published by Oriental Press. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An attempt to reflect significant aspects of the cultural life of Kuwait five years after the Gulf War. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w photos. A few minor marks to boards. Text block lightly browned. Some light foxing present. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded to front panel and spine, is grubby and scuffed, laminate covering is creased on rear panel.

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