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THE BOMB VESSEL GRANADO 1742 (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP)
Written by Peter Goodwin.
Stock no. 1830038
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st thus 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Granado was one of twelve bomb vessels that were built to supplement the depleted bomb vessel fleet at the outbreak of the War of Jenkins' Ear in 1739 and the ensuing War of Austrian Succession. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Complete with a 1/96 Scale Fold-out plan (to verso of dustwrapper). B/w diagrams. 125 pages. ISBN: 1844860051. A lovely copy.

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U.S. NAVY DIVE AND TORPEDO BOMBERS OF WWII
Written by Barrett Tillmann; Robert L. Lawson.
Stock no. 1830037
Published by Mbi Publishing. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition.

Dauntless, Helldiver, Devastator, Avenger, their names evoke relentless chivalry, plunging danger, total destruction, and noble reprise - fitting tribute to combat aircraft whose purpose was to defend American interests by locating, attacking, and destroying enemy warships, equipment, and installations. These were the dive and torpedo bombers of World War II. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w and colour photos. 128 pages including index. ISBN: 0760309590. A lovely copy, looks and feels unread!

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A HISTORY OF THE OLD ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDRIES
Written by Talbot Baines Reed; A.F. Johnson.
Stock no. 1830032
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 2nd 1952. Very good condition.

With Notes Historical and Bibliographical on the Rise and Progress of English Typography. New Edition revised and enlarged by A.F. Johnson. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Folding pictorial b/w frontis showing a 'true and exact representation of the Art of Crafting and Preparing Letters for Printing'. B/w illustrations. xiv and 400 pages including index. Small stain to lower edge of rear board and splash mark to lower edge of text block. A few minor scuff marks to boards. Endpapers browned. A few minor margin marks to contents but generally a nice, clean copy.

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THE GREAT CANAL
Written by Roderick Grant.
Stock no. 1830030
Published by Gordon & Cremonesi. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An epic tale of the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 156 pages including index. ISBN: 0860330710. Lower corners of boards bumped, light vertical crease to spine. Text block lightly browned. A few foxspots present, mainly to prelims.Dustwrapper has a circular mark left by a label to rear panel with some removal of surface paper.

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THE TEXTILE INDUSTRIES (INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS VOLUME 8)
Written by D.T. Jenkins.
Stock no. 1830029
Published by Blackwell Publishers. 1st 1994. Almost very good condition.

Journal articles and chapters from collections of essays regarded as 'classics'. Edited by D.T. Jenkins. Blue cloth boards, silver titles. 438 pages. ISBN: 0631181199. A few marks to boards. Light fading to spine. Some annotation - mainly underlining with a highlighter pen present. Else clean.

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THE WILTSHIRE COTSWOLDS (EXPLORING HISTORIC WILTSHIRE 3)
Written by Ken Watts.
Stock no. 1830027
Published by The Hobnob Press. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

The Wiltshire Cotswolds on the county's north-western fring. An unassuming but fascinating and attractive region, which extends from Bradford on Avon in the south, through Corsham, Sherston and Malmesbury to the Cotswold Water Park and Cricklade in the north. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ix and 290 pages including index. ISBN: 9780946418657. Edges lightly rubbed, text block very slightly grubby. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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SYLVAN'S PICTORIAL HANDBOOK TO THE ENGLISH LAKES
No author listed. Illustrated by Thomas Gilks; Edward Gilks.
Stock no. 1830026
Published by Evans & Longley Associates. 1st thus 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

With a new Foreword by John Wyatt, Head Warden, Lake District National Park. He writes: 'The author of this little gem of a guide is unknown... but, Sylvan's Handbook is still not only capable of helping the new adventurer intto the bewitching wilderness: it is also very much a book for browsers...' First published in 1847 by John Johnstone, republished in this edition in 1974 by Evans & Longley Associates. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations & maps. 248 pages including index plus folding map to rear. ISBN: 0904293025. Minor rubbing to base of spine. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly browned.

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WALES 100 YEARS AGO: THE BEAUTY OF OLD WALES ILLUSTRATED
Written by Richard Lovett.
Stock no. 1830024
Published by Bracken Books. 1st thus 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Centennial Travel Series. Originally published in 1892 by The Religious Tract Society. Written by Welshmen, providing first-hand knowledge of the countryside, towns and monuments here depicted. Edited by Richard Lovett. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. ISBN: 0946495521. Boards clean and bright. Minor foxing to text block. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut, a little edge-creased, lightly faded to spine and very slightly scuffed.

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THE STORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE VOLUME TWO
Written by Arthur Clark.
Stock no. 1830023
Published by Monnow Press. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

From the Civil War to present times (1974). Maroon boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. 215 pages includes index. ISBN: 0950661805. Boards clean. Small name in ink to front endpaper. Light browning to top edge of text block. Else contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is rubbed at edges, grubby to rear panel and has a maroon coloured mark to verso facing front board.

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SAUCERS OVER THE MOOR
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 1830022
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1955. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A gripping and fast-moving adventure story about the Lone Pine Club set on Dartmoor. Cream boards, red titles. Endpapers show sketch of the Moor. B/w illustrations. 244 pages. Boards a little browned. Text block foxed. Front endpaper browned. Some foxing to contents. Two small pieces of tape repair to gutter of last page and verso of rear endpaper. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has a tape mark to front flap, is edge-worn iwth a small tape repair to front lower edge, and is grubby to rear panel.

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'THE GREATEST SQUADRON OF THEM ALL' VOLUME I
Written by David Ross; Bruce Blanche; Bill Simpson.
Stock no. 1830020
Published by Grub Street. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Definitive History of 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron, RAUXAF. Formation to the end of 1940. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. xv and 384 pages. ISBN: 1904010490. A lovely copy!

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HURRICANES OVER BURMA
Written by M.C. Cotton.
Stock no. 1830019
Published by Grub Street. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Includes: The Memoirs of Wing Commander "Bunny" Stone, DFC. This book is the definitive work of an author who kept meticulous records about a small group of men playing their role in a little-publicised but strategically important "forgotten war!. Squadron Leader Monty "Bush" Cotton was in the first group of pilot trainees to leave Australia in World War II, and gives us his account of the air war over Burma. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. 357 pages including index. ISBN: 189869740X. A lovely copy!

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