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RETURN TO POWER: THE GRANDS PRIX OF 1966 AND 1967
Written by Michael Frostick.
Stock no. 2134310
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

For motor-racing enthusiasts, major changes in the power formula from 1,500 c.c. to 3 litres has given the years 1966 and 1967 a unique interest. Here, the author fills in the background of some notable 3-litre cars in the past, he describes the European circuits, the cars and their drivers, the races in Europe and the Transatlantic finale. Brown cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w photos. 132 pages. A few scuffs to boards, rubbing to edge of boards. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. A few foxspots to prelims. Dustwrapper is very browned to spine with some foxing and grubby to rear panel. Musty odour present.

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16 ON THE GRID: THE ANATOMY OF A GRAND PRIX
Written by Peter Garnier.
Stock no. 2134309
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1964. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of the 1963 Monaco Grand Prix. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 139 pages. Text block and endpapers browned. Foxing present, mainly to endpapers and prelims. Dustwrapper is edge-creased with browning and a couple of closed tears/chips. Musty odour present.

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BEHIND THE SCENES
Written by Louis T. Stanley.
Stock no. 2134305
Published by Queen Anne Press. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Louis Stanley has been at the centre of virtually every controversy and crisis in Formula One motor-racing over a period of twenty-five years. In this personal and revealiing book, he takes the reader behind the scenes and casts fresh light on controversial incidents, many involving tragedy and death, traumatic moments that caused him to introduce the International Grand Prix Medical Service. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 288 pages. ISBN: 0356104915. Faded marks to spine (caused by sun shining through the dustwrapper). Contents clean. Dustwrapper spine is a little faded.

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THE BRITISH COMPETITION CAR
Written by Cyril Posthumus. Illustrated by John Dunscombe.
Stock no. 2134303
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1959. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 256 pages including index. Spotting to boards, especially spine. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Dustwrapper is foxed and faded to spine; a few nicks and chips at corners.

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NORTH EASTERN RECORD VOLUME 3
Written by J.M. Fleming.
Stock no. 1821205
Published by Historical Model Railway Society. 1st 2000. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. A survey of Locomotives of the North Eastern Railway. 31st July 1854 - 31st December 1922. B/w and colour photos. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0902835203. Slight fading to dustwrapper spine. Otherwise a fine copy.

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STATION PLANS OF THE SCARBOROUGH-WHITBY-SALTBURN & PICKERING-SEAMER BRANCHES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1320364
1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Red spiral bound paperwraps printed in landscape format. Large format. Slight wear to cover edges.

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JAGUAR THE HISTORY OF A GREAT BRITISH CAR
Written by Andrew Whyte.
Stock no. 1320359
Published by Patrick Stephens. 2nd 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The detailed history of Jaguar and its cars. B/w photos. 2nd edition. Title to half-title and wrapper is: Jaguar The Definitive History of a Great British Car. ISBN: 0850597463. Spine slightly bumped. Price-cut wrapper is sunned to spine.

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THE RAILWAYS OF CRAVEN
Written by Donald Binns.
Stock no. 1821190
Published by Hendon Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1st 1974. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0902907433. Rear cover lightly scuffed. A few minor foxspots.

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BRITISH AIRPORTS THEN & NOW
Written by Leo Marriott.
Stock no. 1320286
Published by Ian Allan Ltd.. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Some of the history of our airports and how they have grown and developed over the years. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 160 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0711020760. Spine bumped at top and tail. Light fading to dustwrapper spine.

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AVIATION LAW FOR PILOTS
Written by R.B. Underdown; Tony Palmer.
Stock no. 1320285
Published by Blackwell Science. 1997. Very good condition.

Ninth revised edition. Card wraps. 214 pages. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0632048530. Light rubbing to cover edges. Spine faded. Small mark to front edge of spine.

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UK AIRSPACE IS IT SAFE?
Written by David Ogilvy.
Stock no. 1320284
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1989. Very good condition.

A Foulis aviation book. Cuts through the fog of discrimination and half-truths that are fed to the fare-paying public, and puts right the half-baked and ill-informed outpourings so often delivered by the politicians and the press. Pictorial card wraps. 136 pages. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 085429726X. Slight rubbing to spine and corners, spine slightly faded.

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AIR TRANSPORT THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS
Written by John Cook.
Stock no. 1320283
Published by The Chalford Publishing Company. 1st 1997. Fine condition.

The Archive Photographs series. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 128 pages. ISBN: 0752407902.

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