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RUPERT ANNUAL 1940 - RUPERT'S ADVENTURE BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1321969
Published by Daily Express. 1940. Fair condition.

Pictorial boards and spine. Picture of Rupert drawing on wall on front cover. Colour pictures throughout. Covers are worn, grubby and scuffed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown and name and address in belongs to box. Doodles/scribbles to both pastedowns have been partially erased. Pencil doodles to verso of title-page. Contents are very grubby with some stains at margins and some tears. A good copy to work with.

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BRITISH CIVIL AIRCRAFT 1919-1972 VOLUME I
Written by A.J. Jackson.
Stock no. 1822956
Published by Putnam. 1987. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

2nd edition. B/w photos. 567 pages. ISBN: 0851778089. Reprint of 2nd edition. Light shelf wear to base of spine. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded.

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THE CLASSIC ROVERS 1945-1986 (A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE)
Written by James Taylor.
Stock no. 2135976
Published by Motor Racing Publications Ltd.. 2nd 1996. Very good condition.

Second Edition. Half-title is Classic Rovers 1934-1986 but covers cars from 1945 and cover title is 1945-1986. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and a few colour. 144 pages. ISBN: 1899870075. Corners of boards browned. Text block browned with minor foxing to top edge. Damp stain to vertical edge of front endpaper (pale). A few pale foxspots to prelims and last couple of pages else contents clean.

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MUSTANG: FORTY YEARS
Written by Randy Leffingwell.
Stock no. 2135975
Published by Motorbooks. 1st thus 2005. Almost very good condition.

Since its debut in 1964, Ford's Mustang has dazzled the world with its speed, horsepower, and sleek, understated veneer. Leading the American pony car pack for the next four decades, the Mustang became a legend by packing big horsepower in an affordable, elegant package. Cardwraps. Square format. Colour photos. 383 pages including index. ISBN: 0760321833. A few grubby marks to covers; a little creasing to top front cover corner. First page has 1.5" tear to lower edge. Contents clean.

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THE SEA KING'S DAUGHTER
Written by Aaron Shepard. Illustrated by Gennady Spirin.
Stock no. 2135974
Published by Skyhook Press. 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. A Russian Legend. ISBN: 9781620355534.

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MANUFACTURE IN TOWN AND COUNTRY BEFORE THE FACTORY
Written by Maxine Berg; Pat Hudson; Michael Sonenscher.
Stock no. 2135966
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition.

A collection of essays based on the SSRC Conference on Manufacture in Town and Country before the Factory held in Balliol College, Oxford in September 1980. Cardwraps. 213 pages (including index). ISBN: 0521893593.

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THE PRINCIPLES OF INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT
Written by John C. Duncan.
Stock no. 2135963
Published by D. Appleton And Company. 1926. Almost very good condition.

Maroon cloth with gilt title to spine, blind title to front cover. B/w illustrations. 323 pages. Spine is faded. Bumping to spine and corners. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY VOLUME I (1998) No. I
Written by J.F. Wilson; D.H. Aldcroft.
Stock no. 2135953
Published by Carnegie Publishing Ltd.. 1998. Very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. Some browning to spine. A little creasing to cover edges/corners.

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JOSEPH LISTER 1827-1912
Written by Richard B. Fisher.
Stock no. 2135951
Published by Macdonald and Jane's. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The great surgeon who pioneered antiseptics and revolutionized 19th-century medicine. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0354041452. Marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with small nick to base of spine; a few marks.

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CANAL PORTS: THE URBAN ACHIEVEMENT OF THE CANAL AGE
Written by J. Douglas Porteous.
Stock no. 2135950
Published by Academic Press. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams and photos. ISBN: 0125619502. Bumping to spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with a few closed tears; unevenly browned.

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THE DOUBLE-CROSS SYSTEM IN THE WAR OF 1939 TO 1945
Written by J.C. Masterman; M.R.D. Foot.
Stock no. 2135943
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Introduced by M.R.D. Foot. German agents serving the Allied cause. Dark blue spine, gilt title. B/w pictorial front cover. B/w photos. A few small marks to rear cover. Slip case is very good - some marks and scuffs.

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THE MAGIC JACKET
Written by Nicholas Brennan. Illustrated by Nicholas Brennan.
Stock no. 2135935
Published by Kestrel Books. 1ST 1976. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 072265085X. Bumping to spine; some marks to covers. Wrapper is price-cut with tears and loss to top edge of front panel; some tape repairs to verso.

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