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HUNTER (FROM THE COCKPIT No. 11)
Written by Mac McEwen.
Stock no. 1825666
Published by Ad Hoc Publications. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and colour illustrations of aircraft. ISBN: 9780946958719. A lovely copy.

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BIRMINGHAM & WEST MIDLANDS RAILWAY ATLAS
Written by Joe Brown.
Stock no. 1825663
Published by Ian Allan. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition.

A new and masterly cartographic portrayal of the railways of the West Midlands by mapping expert Joe Brown. Intricate and finely drawn mapping shows individula track and platforms for all lines whether open and closed, as well as stations, changes of station name and opening closing dattes, and much, much more. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour track plans. ISBN: 9780711038400. Light scuffing to rear cover. Contents clean.

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THE MCDONNELL DOUGLAS F-4 PHANTOM II A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE PART 3: OVERSEAS OPERATORS
Written by Andy Evans.
Stock no. 1825661
Published by Sam Publications. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition.

MDF 14 Phantom II. Large format. Cardwraps. Colour photos and illustrations; some diagrams. ISBN: 9780955185854. A few light creases and scuffs to covers else a nice clean copy.

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FIGHTERS OF THE 8TH AIR FORCE
Written by Gerard Paloque.
Stock no. 1825655
Published by Histoire & Collections. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition.

Air Stories series. The 8th Air Force was the first US Army Air Force (USAAF) strategic air force to be formed in WWII. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. Colour illustrations of aircraft. ISBN: 9782352503286. A lovely copy.

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KATE GREENAWAY
Written by M.H. Spielmann; G.S. Layard. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1825653
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1905. Almost very good condition.

Deluxe limited edition of 500 copies, SIGNED by Kate Greenaway's brother, John Greenaway. Cream cloth with gilt titles and blind decorations. With an original sketch by Kate Greenaway. Beautiful plates that have captioned page guards. Spine browned and worn with fraying to top & tail. Boards are grubby. Text block browned. Joints cracked but binding tight. SIGNED by John Greenaway and number 275 (?) of 500. Some minor foxing and age related marks presnt. All plates present. Plate on page 88 has a repaired closed tear which does not affect the actual illustration. Plate and tissue guard facing page 166 is creased at edges with a few tiny closed tears.

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THE NUBA: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE HILL TRIBES IN KORDOFAN
Written by S.F. Nadel.
Stock no. 1825650
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This book embraces both anthropological analyses proper - of the Nuba economic system, of kinship organization, of religious beliefs and tribal morality - and the discussion of 'practical' topics such as the policy of Nuba-Arab assimilation, the prospects of native administration in so primitive and heterogeneous a society, and the evolution of a Nuba law adapted to modern conflicts. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Top edge red. Light browning and scuffing to endpapers. Text block browned and dusty. Contents clean. Orange dustwrapper is browned, edge-creased, worn at top of spine, tiny hole to rear edge of spine.

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GREGORY OF THE FORETOP AND OTHER TALES
Written by J. Erskine Clarke.
Stock no. 1325344
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. Circa 1902. Very good condition.

Attractive blue pictorial cloth with gilt title to front. 52 pages plus 4 page publication list to rear. Some b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name plate to front pastedown. Prize inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents are browned but clean.

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HOLLAND
Written by Beatrix Jungman. Illustrated by Nico Jungman.
Stock no. 1825644
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1904. Good condition.

De Luxe edition limited to 300 numbered copies and signed by the illustrator. White cloth, blue borders and orange tree design with gilt titles. 75 tissue-guarded plates. Top edge gilt. SIGNED by the artist (no dedication) and numbered 128 (of 300). Spine browned, boards marked and grubby. Top & tail of spine worn and fraying. Front hinge pulled with residue surface paper from front endpaper stuck to half-title page. Rear hinge pulled wide, free rear endpaper is stuck to rear pastedown (possibly a binding error). Some inner hinges pulled else the binding is tight. Some foxing present especially to tissue-guards but not the plates themselves. Small damp stain to margins and lower corner of last few pages and plates.

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PEG-LEG AND THE FUR PIRATES
Written by Peter Dawlish. Illustrated by Norman Hepple.
Stock no. 1325332
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Captain Peg-Leg takes his ship into the Arctic seas to find out why certain valuable cargoes of furs have never reached port. Blue cloth. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing. Price-cut wrapper is grubby and slightly worn at spine and corners.

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SUDBROOK PULP MILL
No author listed.
Stock no. 1825640
Published by The Wiggins Teape Group. 1st 1958. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. brown patterned boards. B/w photos. Boards browned and rubbed at corners. Contents clean. Includes a letter regarding the opening of the Mill.

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THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN LITTLE KIDS
Written by Vera Southgate. Illustrated by Robert Lumley.
Stock no. 1325329
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1974. Almost very good condition.

Ladybird series 606D. The original 'well-loved tales' classic! Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721402402. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Marks to rear cover. Last title listed on rear cover is The Princess and the Frog, Tally 360 and price 18p. Some light foxing to contents.

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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1325328
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1919. Good condition.

Popular edition. Red cloth stamped in gilt with peacock design. 12 tipped-in colour plates. 8 x 6". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine faded, gilt to spine dulled. A few small marks to covers. Foxing to contents.

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