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BRIDGES FOR MODELLERS: AN ILLUSTRATED RECORD OF RAILWAY BRIDGES
Written by L.V. Wood.
Stock no. 2136550
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st thus 2013. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9780860936541. Some corner creasing.

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AN HISTORICAL SURVEY OF SELECTED LMS STATIONS LAYOUTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS VOLUME TWO
Written by R. Preston Hendry; Robert Powell Hendry.
Stock no. 2136549
Published by Oxford Publishing. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 086093330X. Bumping to corners and cover edges. Light page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few marks and faded to spine.

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PARACHUTE WINGS
Written by R.J. Bragg; Roy Turner.
Stock no. 2136546
Published by Peter A. Heims Limited. 1985. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Colour photos. ISBN: 0950642622. A couple of pages appear stuck together at edge (possibly from print during publishing).

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1971
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2136527
Published by Daily Express. 1971. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial glazed boards - Rupert climbing into a cave with a bucket and spade. 1st story Rupert and the Gomnies. 115 pages. 10 x 7inches. Splits to both sides of top of spine. Bumping to corners. Small inscription in pencil to belongs to box. NOT price-cut. Foxing to outer page edges. Illustrations are lovely and bright!

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GT40: AN INDIVIDUAL HISTORY AND RACE RECORD
Written by Ronnie Spain.
Stock no. 2136505
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Ford's four victories at Le Mans assured the GT40 of immortality in the minds of motorsport enthusiasts. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 326 pages including index. Osprey Automotive. ISBN: 0850456371. First reprint. Some light page browning.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1965
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2136503
Published by Daily Express. 1965. Almost very good condition.

Glazed boards. Front cover shows Rupert carrying a Christmas tree. 1st story Rupert & Gaffer. Magic Painting pages. 115 pages. 10 x 7 inches. 1" tear with chipping to top of spine; smaller chips and nicks to other corners and rest of spine. Name in pencil to belongs to box. Price-cut. Magic Paintings are mostly DONE, a couple of pencil scribble. Browning to pages and foxing to outer page edges.

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THE MAURITIUS COMMAND
Written by Patrick O'Brian.
Stock no. 2136498
Published by Folio Society. 2009. Fine condition.

Blue decorated covers. Gilt title boxes. Colour & b/w illustrations. 2nd printing. Contained in a nearly fine slip-case.

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AUDUBON'S AVIARY: THE ORIGINAL WATERCOLORS FOR THE BIRDS OF AMERICA
Written by Roberta J.M. Olson; Marjorie Shelley; Alexandra Mazzitelli.
Stock no. 2136489
Published by Skira Rizzoli Publications, Inc.; The New-York Historical Society. 1st thus 2012. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth with white, black and yellow title. This is the Deluxe edition and includes a hand-produced facsimile of an Audubon watercolour (The Tufted Titmouse). Stunning colour illustrations throughout! In colour pictorial slip case. Features the one-and-only set of watercolours that Audubon created as a prototype for the large engraved edition of 'The Birds of America'. All 474 watercolours of the New-York Historical Society are reproduced. ISBN: 9780847839438. Wrapper has some very light edge-creasing. Facsimile reproduction painting is contained in an envelope to front endpaper, which has come unstuck from endpaper. Still excellent. This copy would make a wonderful gift. Slip case is in fine condition. Also contained in original colour cardboard box, which has a couple of dents and some wear.

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A QUESTION OF CONSCIENCE: CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION IN THE TWO WORLD WARS
Written by Felicity Goodall.
Stock no. 1823344
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Conscientious objectors recount their experience of living out their pacifist convictions against a background of hostile incomprehension. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0750907401. Light stain to rear board. Previous owner's address label to front pastedown. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed, grubby mark to front panel, verso to rear panel has corresponding damp stain (not visible to front).

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INNOVATION AND DISCOVERY: BATH AND THE RISE OF SCIENCE
Written by Peter Wallis; et al.
Stock no. 1823336
Published by The Bath Royal Literary And Scientific Institution; The William Herschel Society. 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited by Peter Wallis with contributions by numerous authors. Georgian Bath. Cardwraps. B/w illustrations throughout, a few colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780948975967. Reprint with minor corrections. Light rubbing to corners of covers. Contents clean.

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REPUBLIC P-47B-D RAZORBACK
Written by Robert Peczkowski. Illustrated by Zbigniew Kolacha.
Stock no. 1823331
Published by Stratus. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition.

Mushroom Model Publications. The story of the early 'Razorback' versions of the Thunderbolt, from the P-47B to the P-47D-22. Scale plans, photographs and original drawings from technical manuals, colour illustrations of camouflage and markings. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. ISBN: 9788363678845. Top of spine lightly bumped, corners lightly rubbed. Contents fine.

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THE BOOK OF BRITISH RAILWAYS STATION TOTEMS
Written by Dave Brennand; Richard Furness.
Stock no. 1823330
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 2002. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. A collector's guide to British Railway station signs (totems). ISBN: 0750929979. Board corners lightly rubbed. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Joints slightly cracked but binding is tight. Contents are clean.

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