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THE ADVENTURES AND INVENTIONS OF STEWART BLACKER
Written by L.V.S. Blacker; Barnaby Blacker.
Stock no. 1707003
Published by Pen & Sword Military. 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Biography of a Soldier, Aviator and Weapons inventor. ISBN: 1844154319. Revised edition.

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MAVERICK AIRMAN
Written by Michael J. Partridge.
Stock no. 2108593
Published by Eastbourne College. 1st 2010. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The extraordinary life of Frederick Frank Reilly Minchin. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780955494017. SIGNED by author to front endpaper. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small marks. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE LIFE OF MANSIE WAUCH
Written by Mansie Wauch; D.M. Moir. Illustrated by Charles Martin Hardie.
Stock no. 1603733
Published by T.N. Foulis. 1911. Very good condition.

Stiff card wraps covered with green suade. Gilt title to spine. 16 tipped-in colour plates. The story of a tailor in Dalkeith. 355 pages plus adverts. Spine browned, suade is a little scuffed and overlaps the card boards at edges. Approximately 1cm loss of suade at top of spine with a couple of edge tears. inscription to half-title page. Contents very good indeed, all plates persent.

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THOMPSON AND PEPPERCORN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS
Written by H.C.B. Rogers.
Stock no. 2108347
Published by Ian Allan Ltd.. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book analyses dispassionately and in great depth the work of the two successors to the incomparable Gresley. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0711009104. Spine faded. Bookplate to front endpaper. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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ROYAL SURVIVOR A LIFE OF CHARLES II
Written by Stephen Coote.
Stock no. 1806412
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A sweeping narrative that takes the reader from palaces and battlefields through exile, bitterness, triumph and deceit. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0340696184. Wrapper spine sunned.

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UN GRAND ARDENNAIS FRANCOIS SOMMER 1904-1973
Written by Francois Sommer.
Stock no. 1706379
1st 2003. Fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. Text in French. Combattant Aviateur, Chasseur Et Protecteur de la nature; industriel et passionne des hommes.

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THE 19TH-CENTURY JOURNALS & PAINTINGS OF WILLIAM POPE
Written by Harry B. Barrett; J. Fenwick Lansdowne. Illustrated by William Pope.
Stock no. 1806185
Published by M.F. Feheley. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Canada's first artist-naturalist. Large format. Grey/brown boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0919880002. Text block lightly browned else contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is browned and grubby with a few closed tears, repaired to verso with white labels.

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SOMETHING ABOUT A SOLDIER
Written by Christopher Bulteel.
Stock no. 2107629
Published by Airlife. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The wartime memoirs of Christopher Bulteel. ISBN: 184037246X. Light bumping to a couple of corners. Wrapper a little edge-creased.

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NIGEL MANSELL
Written by Christopher Hilton.
Stock no. 2107367
Published by William Kimber. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 0718306368. Page browning. A few marks to covers. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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NAPOLEON AN OUTLINE
Written by Colin R. Ballard.
Stock no. 2107278
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st 1924. Almost very good condition.

B/w diagrams. In four parts: The Adventurer; The Man of Destiny; The Man Against Destiny and Dramatis Personae. Bumping and wear to covers; a little fraying to cloth at corners. Front joint is cracked. Some foxing.

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THE OCEAN ON A PLANK
Written by W.A. Doust.
Stock no. 2107235
Published by Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1976. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Remarkable Life of a Marine Salvage Engineer. B/w photos. ISBN: 0854220887. Wrapper is price-cut with browning/fading to spine.

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THE LIFE OF JOHN, DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH
Written by Charles Bucke.
Stock no. 2106931
Published by Thomas Tegg. 1839. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Leather spine and corners. Marbled boards. B/w frontis. Heavy wear and fading to spine and corners. Some scuffing to covers. Heavy foxing to prelims, but contents very good. New endpapers.

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