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TRIUMPH SPITFIRE AND GT6: THE COMPLETE STORY (CROWOOD AUTOCLASSIC)
Written by James Taylor.
Stock no. 2131364
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The full story of these stylish and popular cars. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 1861262620. A lovely copy. Dustwrapper spine is lightly faded; light edge-creasing.

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CITIZEN AIRMEN A HISTORY OF THE AIR FORCE RESERVE 1946-1994
Written by Gerald T. Cantwell.
Stock no. 2131361
Published by Air Force History & Museums Program. Circa 1997. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards; silver title to spine. B/w photos. Looks at the U.S Air Force Reserves. ISBN: 0160492696. Wrapper is edge-creased with 1" closed tear.

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EASY STEPS FOR LITTLE FOLKS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2131359
Published by The Religious Tract Society. Circa 1904. Good condition.

Cloth spine. Large format. Stiff card covers. Pictorial front cover show two children sitting on a bench looking at a book, with sunflowers in the background. B/w illustrations. Chipping and some loss to cloth at top and tail of spine. Corners are bumped, with chipping. Binding weak; stitching is starting to come loose in a few places. Bookplate to inside front cover. Foxing and grubby marks. A reading copy.

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THE GOLDEN BUDGET OF NURSERY STORIES
No author listed.
Stock no. 2131356
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine showing Puss in Boots. Colour frontis. B/w text illustrations. Wear to cover edges and corners. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Colouring to some b/w illustrations internally.

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CRAGS OF DUTY
Written by Emilie Vaughan Smith. Illustrated by Harold Piffard.
Stock no. 2131346
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Circa 1914. Almost very good condition.

Pale green/blue pictorial cloth. Colour plates. Bumping to spine and corners. Browning and spotting to spine and cover edges. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper; colour butterfly transfer to verso of frontis; some to inscription. Foxing to outer page edges and some page margins.

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JUST WILLIAM - THE STORY OF THE FILM
Written by Richmal Crompton.
Stock no. 2131335
Published by George Newnes. 1st 1939. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth covers. Includes the script of the film. 248 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Uneven fading/browning to spine. Couple of small ink numbers to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some margins. Wrapper is creased with tears and chips; loss to top and tail of spine and corners; faded to spine and edges.

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LA NAVIGATION AERIENNE L'AVIATION ET LA DIRECTION DES AEROSTATS
Written by Gaston Tissandier.
Stock no. 2131329
Published by Librairie Hachette Et Cie. 1st 1886. Good condition.

L'Aviation et la Direction des Aerostats dans les temps anciens et modernes (the aviation and direction of airships in old and modern times). Blue paperwraps. B/w illustrations. Text in French. Re-bound with a near matching blue card, front and rear paperwrap covers glued to card for strength, original spine missing. Some hinges broken but binding is generally tight. One or two scattered foxspots else contents clean.

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LAND SPEED RECORD
Written by Cyril Posthumus.
Stock no. 1817788
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A complete history of the record breaking cars from 39MPH to 600+ MPH. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, colour illustrations. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0850450373. Light browning to text block. Light damp staining & crinkling to top margins. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded at spine with a couple of closed edge-tears, scuffed to rear panel.

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STIRLING MOSS: ALL MY RACES
Written by Stirling Moss; Alan Henry.
Stock no. 1817779
Published by Haynes Publishing. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Sir Stirling Moss OBE describes every single race in which he took part between 1947 and 1962. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. Large format. 352 pages including index. ISBN: 9781844257003. Contents crinkled by damp but no damp staining.

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TRACK RECORD: THE MOTOR SPORT PHOTOGRAPHY OF MAURICE ROWE
Written by Maurice Rowe. Illustrated by Maurice Rowe.
Stock no. 1817776
Published by Queensgate Publications. 1st 1999. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An evocative, nostalgic and revealing collection of photographs spanning three fascinating decades of Formula 1 and sports car racing. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 1902655001. A lovely copy. Cream pictorial dustwrapper is slightly marked.

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ABC ALL COLOUR BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 2131288
Published by Birn Brothers Ltd.. Very good condition.

Lilac glazed boards. A lovely book of ABC for children. Full page illustrations for every letter to a page. 10.5 x 8.5". Unpaginated. Bumping to spine and corners. Margin tear to rear endpaper.

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THE RED UMBRELLA
Written by Margaret Smith-Masters. Illustrated by Janet Lamb Gilmour.
Stock no. 2131259
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth with red titles. Oval pictorial onlay to front cover, with holly decorations. 4 tipped-in colour plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Scuffing to covers; some marks. Wear to onlay. Some damp spots to top edge of front cover. Presentation plate to front endpaper. Foxing throughout. All plates present.

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