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BATTLE OVER PORTSMOUTH: A CITY AT WAR IN 1940
Written by P.E. Jenkins.
Stock no. 1829250
Published by Middleton Press. 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

During the tumultuous months of 1940, Portsmouth was mutilated by some of the fiercest air raids outside London and was subjected to the threat of invasion and the uncertainties of the Battle of Britain. Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 117 pages including index and publisher advert to rear. ISBN: 0906520290. Second reprint. Mark where price label existed to rear board. A few light scuff marks. Contents clean.

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LORRIES IN BRITAIN: THE 1980S
Written by Carl Johnson.
Stock no. 1829249
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st 2022. Slightly better than very good condition.

In the 1980s Great Britain had steadily seen an influx of foreign manufacturers, a trend that was to eventually see the demise of all the major UK makes. However, it was still possible to see lots of interesting vehicles - some companies and individuals remained staunch users of British-built lorries. This volume brings back memories of how things used to be. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos throughout. 96 pages. ISBN: 9781398100800. Tiny crease to top corner of front cover and contents else a lovely copy.

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THE FIGHTING FIFTY-SECOND RECCE
Written by Carl Shilleto.
Stock no. 1829248
Published by Eskdale Publishing. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The 52nd (Lowland) Divisional Reconnaissance Regiment RAC in north-west Europe September 1944-March 1946. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 0953867714. A very nice copy. Green dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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FRIENDSHIP: THOUGHTS OF GREAT MINDS CONCERNING FRIENDSHIP
Written by Seneca; William Shakespeare; Socrates; et al.
Stock no. 1329043
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Circa 1905. Good condition.

Nister volume 1364. Very small format (6.5 x 8.25cm). Brown cloth, gilt title and red flower vignette to front cover. Lovely colour illustrations (chromolithographs). Short sayings by famous authors surrounded by illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Split to cloth on front edge of spine. Front joint is cracked. Name in ink to front free-endpaper, inscription in ink (dated 1905) to verso of front free-endpaper). Some foxing and light page browning but contents generally clean.

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BRITISH SECRET PROJECTS: FIGHTERS & BOMBERS 1935-1950
Written by Tony Buttler.
Stock no. 1329042
Published by Midland Publishing. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Emphasis on unbuilt designs that competed with those that flew, and the aircraft influenced by World War Two - projects that were prepared from the mid-1930s in the knowledge that war was coming through to some which appeared after the war was over. Large format. Grey boards, silver title to spine. Mainly b/w photos & illustrations with a few colour photos. 240 pages including index. ISBN: 1857801792. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

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BIG BLOW: UNION PACIFIC'S SUPER TURBINES
Written by Harold Keekley.
Stock no. 1329041
Published by George R. Cockle And Associates. 1st 1975. Very good condition.

Great Railroading Series. Large format yellow cardwraps. B/w photos of the locomotives throughout. 64 pages. Limited to 4000 numbered copies. ISBN: 0916160025. This is copy no. 2622. Laminate to corners of covers is lifting. Pale page edge browning.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1971
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1329040
Published by Daily Express. 1971. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial glazed boards - Rupert climbing into a cave with a bucket and spade. 1st story Rupert and the Gomnies. 115 pages. 10 x 7inches. Spine and corners bumped. Very slight loss of surface paper to lower front corner tip. Boards are very very slightly faded. Tiny biro scribble to front free-endpaper. Light page edge browning and foxing.

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THE GOLDEN AGE
Written by Kenneth Grahame. Illustrated by Lois Lenski.
Stock no. 1329039
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st thus 1921. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. 4 tipped-in, tissue-guarded colour plates. 199 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed.

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THE WHITE FOXES OF GORFENLETCH
Written by Henry Tegner. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1329038
Published by Hollis & Carter. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green Boards with gilt title to spine. Full page b/w wood engraving illustrations plus chapter headers and footers. 149 pages. 8.5 x 5.5". Minimal bumping to spine. Endpapers partly browned. Top edge of textblock foxed. Dustwrapper is edge worn, rear panel is grubby.

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MOSSES & LIVERWORTS (NN 97)
Written by Ron Porley; Nick Hodgetts.
Stock no. 1329037
Published by Collins. Circa 2005. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Series. Green cloth. 179 colour and b/w photographs. ISBN: 0002202123. Still in original shrinkwrap with small opening on edge.

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OUR NEIGHBORS
No author listed. Illustrated by Charles Dana Gibson.
Stock no. 1829247
Published by James Henderson. 1st 1905. Poor condition.

The tenth book in the regular series of Mr. Gibson's published drawings. Mr. Gibson's best cartoons from Life Publishing Company 1904 & 1905, and Collier's Weekly 1904 & 1905. Very large oblong format. White cloth spine, white paper boards with illustration by the artist to front. Boards have bevelled edges. B/w cartoons throughout. Unpaginated. Boards marked and stained. Spine browned, cloth fraying to rear edge. Edges of boards worn with surface paper loss. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Front joint pulled wide exposing webbing between front endpaper and half-title page, also rear hinge pulled with some surface paper damage to gutter. Binding is generally tight. Endpapers are grubby and marked. A few marks to contents. Some page edges worn.

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THE BARNSTORMERS
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Charlotte Hough.
Stock no. 1329036
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cream boards, blue title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Another exciting story about Fricka Hammond and her friends. 192 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Brown patch to base of spine. Child's writing to front free-endpaper (the ink has partially smudged). Heavy foxing. Dustwrapper is chipped with loss and edge tears, foxed on verso. Rear panel is grubby.

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