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THE LIVERIES OF THE B.R. STANDARD DIESEL ELECTRIC SHUNTERS IN COLOUR (1952-1996)
Written by Steve Jordan.
Stock no. 2136815
Published by S.D.J. Publications. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. 80 pages. ISBN: 9780954140410. Small nick to top of spine.

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THE LIVERIES OF THE B.R. STANDARD DIESEL ELECTRIC SHUNTERS IN COLOUR (1952-1996)
Written by Steve Jordan.
Stock no. 2136810
Published by S.D.J. Publications. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. 80 pages. ISBN: 9780954140410. Small nick to top of spine.

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THE DAIMLER TRADITION
Written by Brian E. Smith.
Stock no. 2136807
Published by Transport Bookman Publications. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This work modestly seeks to give the Daimler car its rightful place in the history and tradition of British luxury cars. The Daimler Tradition is all about superlatives in the realm of automobile engineering, coachbuilding and performance and about distinguished personages in whose lives the Daimler car played an intimate part. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 334 pages including index. ISBN: 0851840044. A few minor scuff marks to boards; bumping to top and tail of spine. Light fingering marks to endpapers. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is browned and faded to spine, scuffed to rear panel.

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MAKING CARS AT CREWE
Written by Peter Ollerhead.
Stock no. 2136805
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 2006. Very good condition.

In 1998 there was a complex takeover of Rolls-Royce Motors that resulted in Volkswagen taking ownership of the fctory in Crewe. On 30 August 2002 the last Crewe-built Rolls-Royce rolled off the production line, signalling the end of an era. Peter Ollerhead, a former Rolls-Royce employee, has spent years researching the history of the company in Crewe, from 1938 to 1998, focusing on the endeavours and the experiences of its employees: this is a book about people. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. vi and 186 pages including index. ISBN: 0750943289. Top corner of front cover is creased, with some pages after that also creased. Else contents clean.

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ALLARD TO ZODIAC: BRITISH PRODUCTION CARS OF THE SIXTIES
Written by Brian Jewell.
Stock no. 2136802
Published by The Alderman Press. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A survey of almost all the British production cars available between 1960 and 1970. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour frontis and b/w photos. 197 pages. ISBN: 0946619085. A few light marks to covers and endpapers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing and a faded spine.

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CARDIFF UNIVERSITY A CELEBRATION
Written by Vanessa Cunningham; John Goodwin.
Stock no. 2136793
Published by Cardiff University. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour photos. 190 pages. ISBN: 0954088409. Small mark along bottom edge of front cover.

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SKYSCRAPER: THE SEARCH FOR AN AMERICAN STYLE 1891-1941
Written by Roger Shepherd.
Stock no. 2136791
Published by McGraw-Hill. 1st USA 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. Annotated extracts from the first 50 years of 'Architectural Record'. ISBN: 0071369708.

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CATHAYS, MAINDY, GABALFA AND MYNACHDY: THE SECOND SELECTION
Written by Brian Lee.
Stock no. 2136757
Published by Tempus. 1ST 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Images of Wales series. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0752418890.

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THE WHITE PASS AND YUKON ROUTE RAILWAY
Written by Graham Wilson.
Stock no. 2136726
Published by Wolf Creek Books Inc. 3rd 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. 3rd edition. B/w photos. Ride the "Railway Built of Gold" and step back in time to the days of the Klondike Gold Rush. ISBN: 0968195520.

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FIVE GO TO SMUGGLER'S TOP
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 2136716
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1948. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Burgundy textured boards. Gilt titles. Blue pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis. B/w and two-tone illustrations. 2nd impression. Top inch of spine is faded. Wear to cover edges. Foxing to outer page edges and some to prelims. Wrapper is badly torn - front flap torn off - but still present - loss to top of spine - messily taped together in places.

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FLINT MINES IN NEOLITHIC BRITAIN
Written by Miles Russell.
Stock no. 1823516
Published by Tempus. 1st 2000. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Bringing the Neolithic flint mines of Britain centre stage, the author addresses a number of important questions: What were the mine sites? What did they mean to the people who created them? How did they relate to other monuments being built at the same time? Where were they originally dug? What form did they take? And many more... Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & illustrations, a few colour photos. ISBN: 075241481X. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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BIRDS OF THE SALTON SEA: STATUS, BIOGEOGRAPHY, AND ECOLOGY
Written by Michael A. Pattenden; Guy McCaskie; Philip Unitt.
Stock no. 1823510
Published by University of California Press. 1st 2004. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Salton Sea, California's largest inland lake, supports a spectacular bird population that is among the most concentrated and diverse in the world. Sadly, this crucial stopover along the Pacific Flyway for migratory and wintering shorebirds, landbirds, and waterfowl is dangerously close to collapse from several environmental threats. This book describes more than 450 species and subspecies. Grey cloth boards, green title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0520235932. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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