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SPEED ADDICTS: GRAND PRIX RACING
Written by Mark Hughes.
Stock no. 1825314
Published by Collins Willow. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The complete and definitive illustrated book of Grand Prix motor racing. The history of the sport in the form of a human story about what makes the men in the cockpits want to race as they risk their lives in the unrelenting pursuit of excellence. Large format, oblong. Black cloth boards with gilt titles. Colour and b/w photos. 316 pages. ISBN: 0007212798. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. A lovely copy.

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THE MINOR RAILWAYS OF EAST ANGLIA: DEVELOPMENT DEMISE AND DESTINY
Written by Rob Shorland-Ball.
Stock no. 1825313
Published by Pen & Sword Transport. 1st 2020. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Once busy transport links and made vital contributions to the social and business heritage of the areas they served. Large format. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9781526744814. A very nice copy.

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BRANCH LINES TO LONGMOOR
Written by Vic Mitchell; Keith Smith.
Stock no. 1825311
Published by Middleton Press. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition.

A visual reord of the line. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 090652041X. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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WINSTON CHURCHILL: A LIFE IN THE NEWS
Written by Richard Toye.
Stock no. 1825309
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2020. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of Churchill and the news, from swashbuckling young war reporter to his 'finest hour' as Prime Minister during the Second World War and beyond. Beige cloth boards, black title to spine. ISBN: 9780198803980. Light rubbing to edges of dustwrapper.

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ITALIAN STATE RAILWAYS STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
Written by P.M. Kalla-Bishop.
Stock no. 1825300
Published by Tourrett Publishing. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Together with Low Voltage Direct Current and Three-Phase Motive Power. All the steam and early electric locomotives of a great railway system, in a volume that includes particulars of some 10,000 motive power units. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0905878035. Spine & corners lightly bumped & rubbed. Minor browning to text block. Else contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper has previous seller's price label to front flap, title to spine lightly faded, scuffing present to front and back.

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TALES FROM EBONY
Written by Harcourt Williams. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1325082
Published by Nattali & Maurice Limited. 1st thus 1947. Good condition.

Red cloth. Gilt title and decoration. The new edition. Colour plates and b/w chapter headers & footers. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers damp stained. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxing and fingermarks to contents. Endpapers are lightly browned and foxed.

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WALT DISNEY'S DONALD DUCK AND THE BOYS
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 1325075
Published by Whitman Publishing Company. Circa 1948. Very good condition.

Square format. Black spine, pictorial boards. Two-tone and b/w illustrations throughout. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Name and number in ink to top margin of title-page. Page browning else contents clean.

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WALT DISNEY'S MINNIE MOUSE AND THE ANTIQUE CHAIR
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 1325074
Published by Whitman Publishing Company. Circa 1949. Very good condition.

Square format. Black spine, pictorial boards. Two-tone and b/w illustrations throughout. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Name and number in ink to top margin of title-page. Page browning else contents clean.

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SAMMY GOES TO SEA
Written by Eileen Gibb.
Stock no. 1325072
Published by Ian Allan Ltd.. Very good condition.

Sammy The Shunter Series No. 3. Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Name in ink in belongs to box. Contents clean.

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SIEGFRIED AND THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS
Written by Richard Wagner. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1325071
Published by William Heinemann. Circa 1940. Very good condition.

The second of the two volumes making up the trilogy of The Ring Of The Niblung. Very scarce publisher's leather edition. Gilt titles and vignettes to front cover and spine. 30 magnificent tipped-in colour plates which display the Germanic inspiration evident in Rip and Midsummer Night's Dream and continuing through Undine and the Wagner books. Orange and cream pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. 182 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Light browning to endpapers. One plate has a light corner crease, all others are present and in fine condition. Some light foxing to contents and textblock. Title list to prelims list mostly titles published before 1911 but also lists The Ring of the Niblung (published in 1939).

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STOFFEL AND THE BAD BOYS
Written by Heinrich Schlitt. Illustrated by Frit Muller-Landed.
Stock no. 1325070
Published by Enslin & Laiblins Publishing. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A boy's story in 55 pictures. No. 7259. Red cloth spine, Grey front board with colour picture. Grey endpapers. Newly coloured illustrations. 44 pages. Text in German. Spine slightly bumped, lower corners bumped and slightly worn.Small sticker to front pastedown and old pencil marks to endpaper. Some light fingering at page margins else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly faded/browned to spine and just a little worn at spine and corners.

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JOSEPHINE AND HER DOLLS
Written by Mrs. H.C. Cradock. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1325064
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1916. Very good condition.

White pictorial cloth. 12 mounted colour plates (with tissue-guards) plus b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Bump/dent to top edge of rear cover. White cloth slightly grubby, spine browned. Some light foxing to prelims. Tobacco smell to contents.

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