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BEHAVIOUR AND ECOLOGY OF SPIDERS
Written by Carmen Viera; Marcelo O. Gonzaga.
Stock no. 1323036
Published by Springer. Slightly better than very good condition.

Contribuitions from the Neotropical Region. Life Sciences series. Green glazed boards. ISBN: 9783319657165. Still in original shrinkwrap (torn with hole to rear and also opened at fore-edge. Spine and corners bumped.

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W.O. BENTLEY: THE MAN BEHIND THE MARQUE
Written by Malcolm Bobbitt.
Stock no. 1823866
Published by Breedon Books Publishing Co.. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The first full biography of the founder and inspiration behind Bentley Cars. An insight into the conception and design of some of the most famous sporting cars in automobile history. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1859833527. A fine copy. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE BENTLEY BEDSIDE BOOK
Written by Hugh Young.
Stock no. 1823865
Published by Bentley Drivers Club Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The best articles which have appeared in the Bentley Driver's Club Review. B/w photos. Text block lightly browned with minor foxing. Foxing to prelims else contents clean. Black dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and lightly edge-rubbed.

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BY MOTOR TO THE GOLDEN GATE
Written by Emily Post; Jane Lancaster.
Stock no. 1823860
Published by McFarland & Company, Inc.. 1st thus 2004. Very good condition.

In 1915, journalist Emily Post set out from New York to investigate whether is was possible to drive comfortably across the country to San Francisco in an automobile. This is a reprint of Post's only travel book, originally published in 1916. This annotated edition includes a biographical sketch of Post. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. x and 267 pages including index. ISBN: 0786419407. Glued binding at half-title is drying out and thus joint is split at lower half - front joint fragile but binding still tight elsewhere.

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EVOLUTION FROM THE GALAPAGOS TWO CENTURIES AFTER DARWIN
Written by Gabriel Trueba; Carlos Montufar.
Stock no. 1323034
Published by Springer. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

Social and Ecological Interactions in the Galapagos Islands. Glazed boards. 168 pages. Diagrams. ISBN: 9781461467311. Slight wear to lower spine and corners. Barcode sticker to rear cover. Contents fine.

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MIMIKA BUTTERFLIES
Written by Robert Gotts; Norris Pangemanan.
Stock no. 1323032
Published by Pt Freeport Indonesia. Circa 2001. Very good condition.

A guide to the butterflies of the Mimika subdistrict of Papua. Cardwraps. 287 pages. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 979975030X. Covers are slightly edge worn. Some slight marking to rear cover. Some lower page corner tips lightly creased. Contents clean.

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WORLD CATALOGUE OF INSECTS VOLUME 14 COLEOPTERA: ELMIDAE AND PROTELMIDAE
Written by Manfred A. Jach; Jan Kodada; Michaela Brojer; William D. Shepard; Fedor Jr. Ciampor.
Stock no. 1323031
Published by Brill. Very good condition.

A complete list of subfamilies, tribes, subtribes, genera, subgenera, species and subspecies, and their synonyms described before 2015. Pictorial boards. Colour frontis. 318 pages. ISBN: 9789004291768. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine.

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PARRY THOMAS DESIGNER-DRIVER
Written by Hugh Tours.
Stock no. 1823851
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Biography of the car designer and racer (Full name John Godfrey Parry Thomas). Spine browned, browning to rear board. Minor foxing to text block. Previous bookseller's rubber stamp to lower edge of front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, lightly browned to spine and just a little scuffed.

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AWFUL AUNTIE
Written by David Walliams. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1323023
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2014. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Do you have an awful Auntie? However awful your auntie might be, she will never be in the same league of awfulness as Aunt Alberta. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 410 pages. ISBN: 9780007453603. Slight bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn/creased.

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THUNDER IN THE PARK
Written by Tom Wheatcroft.
Stock no. 1823846
Published by Live Wire. 1st 2005. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Limited edition of 5000. The story of Tom Wheatcroft and Donington Park. 280 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 0954286057. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to front endpaper. This is copy 4130 of 5000. A lovely, clean copy.

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DIRECTORY OF CLASSIC PROTOTYPES AND GRAND TOURING CARS
Written by Anthony Pritchard.
Stock no. 1823842
Published by Aston Publications. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 212 pages. ISBN: 0946627290. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication), signature also to half-title page - could be the author again or someone else... Lower edge of text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

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FLYING AND SOLDIERING
Written by R.R. Money.
Stock no. 1823837
Published by Ivor Nicholson & Watson. 1st 1936. Good condition.

Pale blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Spine faded and creased with a nick to top edge. Boards discoloured, corners worn. SIGNED by the author (with dedication) to front endpaper. Some foxing present. Some hinges pulled but binding tight. Plate facing page 214 detached but present.

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