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MY LIFE AND TIMES
Written by Jerome K. Jerome; Joseph Connolly.
Stock no. 1608355
Published by Folio Society. 1992. Fine condition.

Introduction by Joseph Connolly. Brown cloth boards with vignette of a Penny Farthing, gilt title to spine. Cream endpapers. B/w photos. Contained in a near fine slipcase.

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NORTHOWRAM ITS HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES
Written by Mark Pearson.
Stock no. 2121945
Published by F. King & Sons. 1898. Almost very good condition.

With a Life of Oliver Heywood and Histories of Heywood Chapel, Coley Church, Bell School, Old Halls, Residences and Families of Northowram and Shibden Dale. Large format. Dark green leather covers, gilt titles. Folding map. Scuffing and wear, with chipping to leather covers. Some foxing. Black in splash marks to outer page edges, which also bleed through to some page margins. Small edge-tear to fold-out map.

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BRIEF LIVES
Written by John Aubrey; Richard Barber.
Stock no. 1608271
Published by Folio Society. 1975. Slightly better than very good condition.

Beige cloth, gold and brown decorations. B/w illustrations. Contained in slipcase which has some wear at corners.

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THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON VOLUME III
Written by James Boswell; Napier.
Stock no. 2121688
Published by George Bell & Sons. 1892. Very good condition.

Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. Edited by Alexander Napier. Maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Some foxing and page browning. Volume III ONLY!

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THE INDUSTRIAL TEAGUES AND THE FOREST OF DEAN
Written by Ralph Anstis.
Stock no. 1812314
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Biography of the Teagues. The industrial revolution brought unforeseen changes to the Teagues and other working families in the Forest of Dean. Six members of the family are comprehensively discussed. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 086299750X. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to verso of front endpaper. Minor foxing to top edge of text block else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly edge-creased and lightly faded to spine.

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IT STILL BEATS WORKING! MY FORTY YEARS OF MOTOR RACING FUN
Written by Eoin S. Young.
Stock no. 1812306
Published by Transport Bookman Publications. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The second volume of Eoin Young's autobiography crammed with all the Grand Prix-after-dinner tales and Barley Mow motor racing pub stories that he forgot to put in the first book! Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851840698. Pictorial dustwrapper lightly scuffed.

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RICHARD SUTCLIFFE: THE PIONEER OF UNDERGROUND BELT CONVEYING
Written by R.J. Sutcliffe; Edward D. Sutcliffe.
Stock no. 1812299
Published by R.W. Simpson & Co. Ltd.. 2nd 1948. Very good condition.

Second Edition. Red cloth boards, dark red titles to front, no title to spine. B/w plates. Spine & front vertical board edge faded. Marks to rear board. 'Copyright reserved' stamp to endpapers. Rear joint just starting to crack. Contents clean and tight.

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THE SOLDIER WHO WALKED AWAY
Written by Arthur H. Haley.
Stock no. 2120962
Published by Bullfinch Publications. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

ISBN: 0951142712. Page browning. Wrapper is edge-creased and unevenly browned.

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CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI
Written by Lynn Gumpert. Illustrated by Christian Boltanski.
Stock no. 1811902
Published by Flammarion. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Chritian Boltanski is one of France's best-known artists of the postwar generation and has developed a highly personal and often disconcerting oeuvre that challenges basic assumptions of what constitutes an artwork. Over 150 black-and-white and 5 colour illustrations that span the entire range of Boltanski['s production, materials and influences. Red boards, black title to spine. 192 pages. ISBN: 2080135597. Board edges lighlty bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and slightly faded to spine.

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LAST OF THE GLADIATORS A WORLD WAR II BOMBER NAVIGATOR'S STORY
Written by L. Ray Silver.
Stock no. 2120365
Published by Airlife. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In 1939 Ray Silver was working as a newspaper reporter in his native Canada. He wanted to take part in the biggest story of his lifetime and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. This is the story of those wartime years. B/w photos. ISBN: 1853104647. Bumping to top and tail of spine. Wrapper is faded to spine, with edge-creasing and a few small nicks.

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TEMPERED STEEL
Written by Perry D. Luckett; Charles L. Byler.
Stock no. 1607864
Published by Potomac Books, Inc.. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The three wars of triple Air Force Cross winner Jim Kasler. Kasler planned and led the most effective bombing mission of the Vietnam War, and endured six and a half years of torture in a POW camp. B/w photos. ISBN: 157488834X. Some bumping to spine.

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VALENTINO ROSSI THE YELLOW GIANT
Written by Yves Jamotte; et al.
Stock no. 2119704
Published by Apach Publishing. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. Text in French, English and Italian. ISBN: 2930354011. Creasing to top corners of pages and covers. A few marks to wrapper.

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