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BLACK AND WHITE 'OOPS: THE STORY OF 100 YEARS OF LYDNEY RUGBY CLUB 1887-1987
Written by John Powell.
Stock no. 1827466
Published by The Chequer Press. Circa 1987. Slightly better than very good condition.

Green pictorial staple-bound cardwraps. B/w photos. 51 numbered pages. Spine edge of covers lightly faded/browned with tiny nick to top front edge. Contents clean.

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WOMEN, SOCIAL LEADERSHIP, AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR: CONTINUITIES OF CLASS
Written by James Hinton.
Stock no. 1827464
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The author questions the view that the Second World War served to democratize English society and shows how the war enabled middle-class social leaders to reinforce their claims to authority. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0199243298. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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NEW TRAMS TO THE TOWER
Written by Steve Palmer.
Stock no. 1326938
Published by Tramroad House. 4th 2016. Nearly fine condition.

Fourth edition (although it states second edition on the front cover of the book). The history of the Blackpool trams. Cardwraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780953638680. Minimal rubbing to corners of covers. Contents fine.

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ALL QUIET ON THE IRRAWADDY
Written by John Tim Finnerty.
Stock no. 1326909
Published by New Horizon. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The authors story of service with the British Army during WWII., arriving back in India in 1945 the author learns that he has been offcially reported as killed in action in 1942 and must await to be officially resurrected! Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 225 pages. ISBN: 0861161572. SIGNED by the author to the rear flap of the wrapper. Small hole to spine of wrapper with corresponding slight damage to spine of book below.

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JUNGLE, JUNGLE, LITTLE CHINDIT
Written by Patrick Boyle; Jon Musgrave-Wood. Illustrated by Patrick Boyle; Jon Musgrave-Wood.
Stock no. 1326908
Published by Hollis & Carter. 1st 1944. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An illuminating document on jungle warfare. Beige cloth, blue title to spine and vignette to front cover. 97 pages, top edge blue. B/w illustrations throughout. A nice, bright copy with pale foxing to prelims and foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper has a small piece missing to top front edge and the white rear panel is a bit grubby.

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VEGETIUS: EPITOME OF MILITARY SCIENCE
Written by Vegetius; N.P. Milner.
Stock no. 1326906
Published by Liverpool University Press. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Translated Texts For Historians series. Translated with notes and introduction by Milner. Red cardwraps. 152 pages. ISBN: 0853232288. Slight fading to spine and slight rubbing to cover edges.

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THE CHARTIST MOVEMENT IN MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by James Davies.
Stock no. 1326904
Published by The Starling Press. 1st thus 1981. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations and photos. Previously published in 1931 without illustrations. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 51 pages. ISBN: 0903434458. Spine is slightly twisted. Inscription in ink to dedication page (not by the author). Foxing to prelims, endpapers and textblock. Contents clean. Heavy foxing to white dustwrapper.

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THE HAWK AND THE CROW: A QUEST FOR THE PENTANGLE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1326903
Published by Olfran Books. 1st 1993. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover. 140 pages. ISBN: 0952042614. Dustwrapper is faded at edges and spine.

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RT TWILIGHT
Written by Jim Blake.
Stock no. 1827461
Published by Regent Transport Publishing. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. London buses. ISBN: 0906473004. SIGNED by the author 'with best wishes' to title page. Covers a little grubby, lightly faded. Contents clean.

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LONDON'S UTILITY BUSES
Written by Ken Blacker.
Stock no. 1827460
Published by Capital Transport. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of the 756 buses that made up the fleet of London's utility buses. Glazed pictorial boards. Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 1854141988. Top corners bumped. Pages 174-175 have stuck together at some point and been prised apart giving rise to somke surface paper damage obliterating a few lines of Appendix 2 on page 175. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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LONDON ROUTE REVIEW 1934-1939
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827459
Published by London Omnibus Traction Society. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

1st volume of route lists detailing the period up to the end of August 1939 and covers the pre-war suburban expansion, the tram to trolleybus conversions and the modernisation of the bus fleet until the last few days of peace in the high summer of 1939. Large format. Cream pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0951474839. Light fading to spine, light scuffing to covers. Lower edge of text block slightly marked. Contents clean.

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LONDON TRAMWAYS
Written by John Reed.
Stock no. 1827458
Published by Capital Transport. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of the tram in London from its beginnings to the last night of services in July 1952. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1854141791. Light rubbing to rear lower corner of board. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and a little scuffed to rear panel.

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