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LOCOMOTIVES OF THE L.N.E.R. PART 9A
No author listed.
Stock no. 1819622
Published by The Railway Correspondence And Travel Society. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition.

Tank Engines - Classes L1 to N19. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0901115401. Spine slightly dulled and vertically creased in laminate. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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CALL TO ARMS: THE STORY OF BUCKS' CITIZEN SOLDIERS FROM THEIR ORIGINS TO DATE
Written by Ian F.W. Beckett.
Stock no. 1819616
Published by Barracuda Books. 1st 1985. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Buckinghamshire's Citizen Soldiers. Large format. B/w photos. 144 pages including list of subscribers. Limited edition. ISBN: 086023245X. This copy is NOT numbered. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and has faint label mark to front panel.

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ENID BLYTON READERS 2
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1318986
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1950. Good condition.

Decorated cardwraps. Two-tone text illustrations throughout. 128 pages. 13 short stories, the first being "Billy The Goat". Small splits to top and bottom of spine. Covers a little grubby and creased. Small patch of white correction fluid to top of verso of front cover. Child's large handwriting to title page. Book has possibly been restitched as thread in middle of book is blue. Closed tear to one page. A couple of grubby marks otherwise contents generally clean.

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HENDERSON AND HIS MOTORCYCLES
Written by H.V. Eddy.
Stock no. 1819607
1st 1969. Very good condition.

Henderson manufacturer of 4-cylinder motorcycles from 1912-1931, largest and fastest machines of their time. Peach paperwraps. Stapled binding. 45 pages. Type script. Small foxspots to covers. Foxing to text block else contents clean. Previous owner's address label to inside rear cover.

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MIKE PATRICK'S WORLD OF SPEEDWAY
Written by Mike Patrick.
Stock no. 1819606
Published by Javelin Books. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition.

Mike Patrick is speedway's globe-trotting candid cameraman. B/w photos. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 0713715596. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Contents clean.

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BMW SERVICE REPAIR HANDBOOK
Written by Mike Bishop.
Stock no. 1819602
Published by Clymer. 1975. Very good condition.

500-900cc Twins, 1955-1975. Third printing revised to include 1974-1975 models. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and diagrams. Covers slightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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CRYSTAL PALACE SPEEDWAY: THE THRILLS AND SPILLS OF THE 20S AND 30S
Written by Lionel Crossley.
Stock no. 1819597
Published by Crystal Palace Foundation. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Speedway arrived at the Crystal Palace in the late 20s and the author takes us through its evolution in a series of spellbinding chapters in which he deftly captures the spirit of the era and the heady excitement of the races on the cinders. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0950833436. Some light browning to covers. Contents clean.

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FIFTY YEARS OF MOTORCYCLES
Written by Cyril Posthumus; Dave Richmond.
Stock no. 1819596
Published by Phoebus. 1st 1978. Almost very good condition.

The Illustrated History of the Motorcycle No.2. Large format. Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour photos & illustrations. 63 pages. Covers grubby. Text block browned. Contents generally clean.

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ROADS AND VAGABONDS
Written by Kenneth Hare. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1819579
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. Circa 1930. Very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth, gilt titles. Colour frontis and one other colour plate. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Covers very slightly grubby. Very pale scattered foxspots.

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FAITHFUL FRIENDS
No author listed. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin; Arthur Rackham; et al..
Stock no. 1819578
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Fair condition.

Green cloth spine, green patterned boards with colour pictorial onlay by Frank Adams, showing boy holding dog with horse. Colour & b/w illustrations. Boards rubbed. Joints split, rear joint just holding on by one cord. Name in pencil to front pastedown. Front section detached. Foxint to endpapers. Contents grubby. A good reading copy.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1970
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1819559
Published by Daily Express. 1970. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial glazed boards - Rupert climbing up a slope and waving. 1st story Rupert and the Outlaws. 10 x 7 inches. 115 pages. Corners rubbed & bumped. Top & tail of spine rubbed & bumped. Front joint starting to crack from top. Small biro mark to front endpaper. Name in belongs to box. Pric-cut. First section a little loose in stitching. 2" loss to top of vertical edge of rear endpaper. Rear joint also cracking from top. Text block browned.

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JANE'S ALL THE WORLD'S AIRCRAFT 1919
Written by C.G. Grey.
Stock no. 2133248
Published by David & Charles. 1st thus 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Facsimile of the 1919 edition. Large oblong format. B/w photos. ISBN: 0715346474. Some spotting to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. First few pages (prelims) have vertical creasing to pages. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with chipping and loss of laminate; a few small tears and nicks of loss.

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