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FROM CYCLECAR TO MICROCAR
Written by Michael Worthington-Williams.
Stock no. 2133523
Published by Beaulieu Books. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the cyclecar movement. Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 0901564540. SIGNED by author to front endpaper. A few knocks to corners. Page edge browning. Some indentation marks and small edge-chips to wrapper.

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STEAM AROUND SCARBOROUGH
Written by Mike Hitches.
Stock no. 1820145
Published by Amberley. 1st 2009. Fine condition.

Timetables and locoshed allocations give an idea of the locomotive types which operated in this area of North Yorkshire and the sort of service passengers could expect both on the main lines and rural branches, giving as complete a picture as possible. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781848685031.

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A PORTRAIT OF THE VINTAGE SPORTS-CAR CLUB 1934-2014
Written by Thomas Pellow.
Stock no. 1820135
Published by Vintage Sports-Car Club Limited. 1st 2015. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Summer and sunshine, pre-war competition cars in action, the spectators' car park full of vintage cars, and members busy about their picnics. Quintessential Vintage Sports-Car Club. Blue cloth boards, sliver title to spine and Club vignette to front. Colour & b/w photos. ix and 278 pages including index. ISBN: 9780954287696. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Base of spine bumped. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has the remains of a label to front panel and is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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AEROMODELLER ANNUAL 1949
Written by D.J. Laidlaw-Dickson; D.A. Russell.
Stock no. 1820123
Published by Model Aeronautical Press Limited. 1949. Good condition.

A review of the year's aeromodelling throughout the world in theory and practice: together with useful data, contest results and authoritative articles. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w diagrams. B/w photos. Board edges rubbed with some surface loss, spine fraying at edges. Spine cocked. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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SKINNINGROVE IRON AND STEEL WORKS: ITS HISTORY, RAILWAYS AND LOCOMOTIVES
Written by Cliff Shepherd.
Stock no. 1820118
Published by The Industrial Railway Society. 1st 2012. Fine condition.

The history and physical changes affecting a UK integrated iron and steel works. Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and a few colour. ISBN: 9781901556803. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page.

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MORE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE RAILWAYS OF HULL
Written by W.B. Yeadon.
Stock no. 1820117
Published by Booklaw Railbus. 1st thus 1995. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed boards. Reprint edition. B/w photos. ISBN: 1899624252. Light bumping to corners.

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TICKETS NOT TRANSFERABLE: THE PHOTO ALBUM OF A TYNESIDE TRAIN SPOTTER
Written by Les Turnbull.
Stock no. 1820109
Published by Ergo Press. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 184 pages plus index. ISBN: 9780955275869. Crease to top corner of foreword otherwise a fine copy.

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OLD MANOR HOUSES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1319359
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1923. Almost very good condition.

12 tissue-guarded colour plates plus tinted illustrations. Colour pictorial endpapers. Grey cloth with gilt title and decoration to spine. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby with a few light marks. Front joint cracked, rear joint just starting to crack. Some light foxing and fingering but contents generally clean.

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BR LOCOMOTIVE NUMBERING
Written by Colin J. Marsden.
Stock no. 1820107
Published by Ian Allan Ltd.. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

All Diesel and Electric Locomotives operated by BR. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 0711014450. Text block browned, light page browning to contents.

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BACHELORS AND A BACHELOR'S CONFESSIONS
Written by Washington Irving. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1319354
Published by William Heinemann. 1909. Good condition.

Small format. Grey boards, colour pictorial onlay to front. 3 tipped-in colour plates. B/w illustrations. Rebacked with matching cloth, new cream endpapers. Inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Plates fine. Some browning and foxing but contents generally clean.

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A NEW ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FREEMASONRY (ARS MAGNA LATOMORUM) 2 VOLUMES
Written by Arthur Edward Waiter.
Stock no. 1820100
Published by Rider & Co.. 1923. Very good condition.

And of Cognate Instituted Mysteries: Their Rites Literature and History. New and Revised Edition. Two volumes. Red cloth spines with gilt titles. Red cloth boards with gilt crest to front boards. B/w plates. Boards clean, gilt titles bright. Text blocks lightly browned. Foxing throughout including to plate margins. Slight surface paper damage to page xvi and xvii. All plates present.

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BLACK HUNTING WHIP
Written by Monica Edwards. Illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam.
Stock no. 1319346
Published by Collins. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Mrs Thornton acquires an old house in which Dion finds a diary of a boy telling the story of the Black Hunting Whip. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some fading and foxing to covers. Book leans to one side. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and chipped with loss at spine and corner, foxing to verso of wrapper.

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