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THE ABC OF GLIDING
Written by Fox Geen.
Stock no. 2131880
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

B/w diagrams. Pale blue boards, black title to spine. Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with edge-tears and chips; some loss; grubby in places.

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UNSAFE AT ANY HEIGHT
Written by John Godson.
Stock no. 2131879
Published by Anthony Blond. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pale blue/green cloth with blue title to spine. In the autumn of 1967 a Costa Rican airliner encountered turbulence, as a result of which two people were killed (the aeroplane afterwards continued to fly). This book looks into the causes of 'avoidable' crashes. ISBN: 0218515189. Browning and foxing to covers. Bumping to top of spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with edge-tears; some repaired to verso with sticky tape; some marks.

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COMPETITION CAR CONTROLS
Written by Ian Bamsey; Alan Lis.
Stock no. 2131867
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The intriguing world of technology for faster and safer driving. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 238 pages. ISBN: 0946132615. Foxing to top edge of text block else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE KING CARP WATERS
Written by Chris Ball.
Stock no. 2131849
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. This is the story of the major carp waters stocked by Donald Leney - the man who introduced 'king' carp into Britain. ISBN: 1852237260. Bump to base of spine. Wrapper has some edge-creasing and is faded to spine.

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RED LETTER DAYS
Written by Peter Rogers; et al. Illustrated by John Searl.
Stock no. 2131848
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A tribute to Bernard Venables. Peter Rogers has compiled and edited 48 golden memories from the most famous names in angling. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 185223783X. Wrapper has some light edge-creasing and small amount of fading to spine.

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MEMORABLE COARSE FISH
Written by Faddist.
Stock no. 1818648
Published by Burlington Publishing Company Limited. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An 'Angler's News' publication. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 115 pages. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and text block. Green dustwrapper also has foxing and is faded to spine.

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THE JUNGLE, THE JAPANESE AND THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ARMIES AT WAR, 1941-45
Written by T.R. Moreman.
Stock no. 1818633
Published by Frank Cass. 1st 2005. Fine condition.

Cass Series: Military History and Policy. Focusing on the British Commonwealth armies serving in SE Asia during the Second World War that, following the disastrous Malayan and Burma campaigns, had to hurriedly re-train, re-equip and re-organise their demoralised troops to fight a conventional jungle war against the Imperial Japanese Army. Matt pictorial boards. ISBN: 0714649708.

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INDIA, PAKISTAN, AND THE KASHMIR DISPUTE ON REGIONAL CONFLICT AND ITS RESOLUTION
Written by Robert G. Wirsing.
Stock no. 1818628
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A response to mounting international concern about Kashmir with specific, step-by-step recommendations for breaking the existing diplomatic stale-mate between India and Pakistan. Black boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0333638182. Top & tail of spine bumped. Mark to front board. White label to front pastedown. Yellow dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and lightly edge-rubbed and scuffed.

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MUSSOLINI'S GREEK ISLAND: FASCISM AND THE ITALIAN OCCUPATION OF SYROS IN WORLD WAR II
Written by Sheila Lecoeur.
Stock no. 1818600
Published by Tauris Academic Studies. 1st 2009. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781845116705. Light scuffing to dustwrapper and clear tape remains to verso (not noticeable to front).

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HITLER, THE ALLIES, AND THE JEWS
Written by Shlomo Aronson.
Stock no. 1818599
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 2004. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A new analysis of the Holocaust as a multiple trap, its origins, and its final stages, in which rescue seemed impossible. Black boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0521838770.

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MONZA 1963 OFFICIAL YEAR-BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 1818568
Published by Sias. 1963. Very good condition.

Dual language: English & Italian. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards, Cloth spine. B/w photos. Front corners slightly bumped. Boards nice and bright. Pale foxing mainly to prelims.

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THE JOWETT JUPITER: THE CAR THAT LEAPED TO FAME
Written by Edmund Nankivell.
Stock no. 2131827
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Jupiter story from inception, production and racing derivatives and also includes a register of all Jupiters. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 144 pages including index. ISBN: 0713438355. Small tape pieces to pastedowns and wrapper flaps. Browning to endpapers. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut with a few light marks.

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