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G.E.R. LOCOMOTIVES 1900-1922
Written by C. Langley Aldrich.
Stock no. 1327489
Published by Jackson Press. Circa 2010. Fine condition.

A brief outline of types existing at the close of 1922, post-grouping additions and L.N.E.R rebuilds, together with a short description of the famous 'decapod'. A physical print on demand book (printed by Lightning Source). Blue cardwraps. 40 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781446525227.

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THE SOUTHWOLD RAILWAY CHILDREN
Written by John Bennett; Geoffrey Crabb.
Stock no. 1327488
Published by The Southwold Railway Society. 1st 1999. Very good condition.

Childhood Memories of a Remarkable Railway. A memoir provided by 16 local people who, as children, knew the Southwold Railway when it was operating. Cardwraps. 104 pages. B/w photos. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Light creases to edges of prelims.

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STAN ROSENTHAL: APPROACHES TO ART
Written by Stan Rosenthal; Shelagh Hourahane. Illustrated by Stan Rosenthal.
Stock no. 1827766
Published by Gomer Press. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Coloured landscapes of Wales in this artist's vibrant style. Green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Vibrant colour illustrations. ISBN: 1843231158. SIGNED by Stan Rosenthal to half-title page. Heavy bump to top front corner of board. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top corners and is a little faded to spine.

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MILE BY MILE ON BRITAIN'S RAILWAYS
Written by S.N. Pike.
Stock no. 1327487
Published by Aurum Press. Circa 2013. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The LNER, LMS, GWR and Southern Railway as They Were in 1947. A detailed account of every mile of the journey. Red boards, silver title to spine. B/w maps throughout. ISBN: 9781845136123. 8th printing. Some foxing. Spine very slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

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THE VITAL GUIDE TO FIGHTING AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR II
Written by Karen Leverington.
Stock no. 1327486
Published by Airlife Publishing Ltd. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

Specifications, Profiles and Summaries of the Major Combat Aircraft of WWII. White glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos, colour illustrations. ISBN: 1853105864. Spine is slightly faded. Contents fine.

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CAPTAIN SLAUGHTERBOARD DROPS ANCHOR
Written by Mervyn Peake. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Stock no. 1827765
Published by Walker Books. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A swashbuckling pirate fantasy. Large format. Blue paper boards, Black title to spine and illustration to front. Green endpapers. Colour illustratoins. ISBN: 0744581222. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, a little scuffed to rear panel.

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THE LAST YEAR OF THE RTs and RFs
Written by N.J. Eadon-Clarke.
Stock no. 1327485
Published by DTS Publishing. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Colour Scene Snapshot 2. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. London buses. ISBN: 9781900515375. Slight mark to rear cover where a label has been removed. Spine bumped, minimal rubbing at corners. Small mark at inner margin of front endpapers else contents fine.

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THE MEDIEVAL FENLAND
Written by H.C. Darby.
Stock no. 1827764
Published by David & Charles. 1st thus 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The classic study of the economic development and geography of the 1300 square miles of Britain's Fenland. Originally published in 1940. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w maps and photos. ISBN: 0715359193. Text block lightly browned. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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CARAUSIUS AND ALLECTUS: THE BRITISH USURPERS
Written by P.J. Casey.
Stock no. 1827763
Published by Yale University Press. 1st USA 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Between A.D. 286 and 296, the Gallo-Roman military commander Carausius and his successor Allectus ruled Roman Britain, forming a renegade government there that threatened the stability of the Roman Empire. Using literary, archaeological, and numismatic evidence, the author brilliantly pieces together this little-known but extraordinary episode in the history of Roman Britain. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0300060629. Base of spine bumped else a lovely copy. Blue dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

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THE CLEOBURY MORTIMER AND DITTON PRIORS LIGHT RAILWAY
Written by M.R.C. Price.
Stock no. 1827762
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st 1962. Very good condition.

Locomotion Papers 21. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Covers lightly browned and a little grubby. Contents clean.

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WARSHIPS OF THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY 1869-1945
Written by Hansgeorg Jentschura; Dieter Jung; Peter Mickel.
Stock no. 1327484
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Square format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams. B/w photos. 284 pages. ISBN: 1854095250. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly marked (marks also to wrapper spine on verso). Contents fine. Wrapper edge rubbed.

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BATTLE OF THE BULGE THROUGH THE LENS
Written by Philip Michael Vorwald.
Stock no. 1327483
Published by Battle of Britain Prints International Ltd.. 2nd 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. Retracing the fields of battle in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany which were once bitterly contested killing grounds in the struggle to halt Hitler's final gambit in the West. The b/w wartime photographs have been matched up with present-day b/w comparisons. Large oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. 296 pages including index. ISBN: 1870067231. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased with a couple of small tears at corners.

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