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SAILING SHIPS
Written by Archie White. Illustrated by Archie White.
Stock no. 1323196
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1951. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 88. Pictorial paperwraps, oblong format. Colour and b/w illustrations. Covers edge rubbed. Tiny corner tip of top front corner torn off. Cover and page corner tips lightly creased.

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SAILING SHIPS
Written by Ron Van Der Meer; Alan McGowan. Illustrated by Borje Svensson.
Stock no. 2140916
Published by Viking. 1st 1984. Almost very good condition.

With their sails hoisted high, three-dimensional ships travel across these pages in dramatic and authentic style. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0670615293. 1" splits to base of spine on either side; some creasing. Bumping to corners. Pop-ups in very good working order. Foxing and marks to pages.

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THE CUXHAVEN RAID
Written by R.D. Layman.
Stock no. 2139867
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The world's first carrier air strike. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851773273. Some browning and marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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INTO THE WATER BARRIER
Written by Donald Campbell.
Stock no. 1823858
Published by Oldhams Press Ltd. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The author's attempts at the water speed record, the greatest success story of any young Englishman since the war. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Spine browned with a few foxspots, gilt title faded. Top edge of boards lightly faded. Minor foxing to text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge creased with a closed tear to top front corner, spine faded, rear panel scuffed.

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GRUMMAN MALLARD: THE ENDURING CLASSIC
Written by Fred W. Hotson; Matthew E. Rodina.
Stock no. 1823808
Published by Robin Brass Studio. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of an outstanding amphibian aircraft. Light tan paper boards, dark brown titles. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9781896941448. Lower corners lightly bumped, lower horizontal edges of boards lightly marked. Contents fine. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE AVIATION FACTFILE: BIPLANES, TRIPLANES & SEAPLANES
Written by Jim Winchester.
Stock no. 1823803
Published by Grange Books. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Features over 120 biplanes, triplanes and seaplanes, from Airco to Zeppelin. Large oblong format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1840136413. A nice, clean copy in dustwrapper which is faintly scuffed.

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WHAT...NO LANDING FIELD? ADVENTURES OF AN ALASKAN SEAPLANE PILOT
Written by Robert E. Ellis; Margaret R. Ellis; Elizabeth Richardson.
Stock no. 2139596
Published by E.S. Richardson. Circa 1998. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. Edited by Richardson. ISBN: 0966039610. SIGNED by Mike Ellis (author's son), with dedication to prelim page. Some browning and marks to covers.

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THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF SEAPLANES AND FLYING BOATS
Written by Louis S. Casey; John Batchelor.
Stock no. 1823761
Published by Exeter Books. 1st USA 1980. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos and illustrations. This material first appeared in Floatplanes and Racers (1979) Phoebus Publishing and Seaplanes and Flying Boats (1979) Phoebus Publishing. ISBN: 0896730417. Page browning else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned and has the remains of a label to front panel as per the photo.

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SEA PLANES AND FLYING BOATS OF THE SOLENT
Written by Adrian Rance.
Stock no. 1823733
Published by Southampton University Industrial Archaeology Group. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format, cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0905280032. Covers lightly scuffed at edges. Contents clean.

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U.S. NAVY FLOATPLANES OF WORLD WAR II IN ACTION
Written by Al Adcock. Illustrated by Don Greer.
Stock no. 1823731
Published by Squadron Signal Publications. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Aircraft Number 203. Oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and diagrams with colour centre-spread. ISBN: 0897475062. A nice, clean copy.

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STORIA DI UN PRIMATO: DALLA COPPA SCHNEIDER ALL'IMPRESA DI AGELLO
Written by Valfredo Fradeani.
Stock no. 1823723
Published by Mursia. 1st 1976. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Seaplanes. Text in Italian. Blue boards, dark blue title to spine. B/w photos. Blind embossed stamp to title page. Light page browning else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby and lightly edge-creased.

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EXPLORER'S AIR YACHT: THE SIKORSKY S-38 FLYING BOAT
Written by P.J. Capelotti.
Stock no. 1823720
Published by Pictorial Histories Publishing Company. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

Cardwraps. B/w photos & diagrams of Sikorsky S-38. ISBN: 0929521978. Minor mark to front cover, corners of covers lightly creased. Top corners very lightly creased. Contents clean.

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