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OCEAN PICTURES
Written by Jane Hunter-Cox.
Stock no. 1803039
Published by Webb & Bower. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Golden Age of Transatlantic Travel 1936-1959. Unique and unpublished photographs of royalty, celebrities and politicians including Noel Coward, Elizabeth Taylor, Winston Churchill, Clark Gable, Duke & Duchess of Windsor and many more. Oblong format. Blue boards, light blue title to spine. B/w photos throughout. 128 pages. ISBN: 0863502504. Edges rubbed, contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is lightly rubbed at edges and slightly grubby.

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1000 CIVIL AIRCRAFT IN COLOUR
Written by Gerry Manning.
Stock no. 1802883
Published by Midland Publishing. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition.

The aim of this book is to show the range of liveries to be seen on civil aircraft operating commercial or special services. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. 159 pages. Full of colour photos of aircraft. ISBN: 185780208X. Corners lightly rubbed, contents fine.

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AIR DATES
Written by L.G.S. Payne.
Stock no. 1802878
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A chronological survey of the principal events in the fields of military and civil aviation in Great Britain and abroad, beginning in 1783 with balloon ascents in Paris, and ending on 31 December 1956. The major part of this work focuses on 1939-1956. Pale blue boards, black title to spine. 565 pages including index. Base of spine lightly rubbed, light browning to endpapers. Contents clean. Price-cut yellow dustwrapper is faded at spine and grubby.

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GOING FOREIGN - VFR
Written by James Allan.
Stock no. 1802876
Published by Robert Pooley Ltd.. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

Visual Flight Rules (VFR) - flying performed on he basis of "see and be seen" so far as collision avoidance is concerned. Blue glazed boards. viii and 143 pages including index. ISBN: 0902037102. A few light marks to boards where labels have been removed. Contents fine.

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THE LEADING EDGE
Written by Walter J. Boyne.
Stock no. 1802870
Published by Macdonald Orbis. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A history of the new ideas in aviation technology and the gains we have realized because of them. Blue cloth boards, red title to spine, embossed title to front. Colour photos. 231 pages including index. ISBN: 0356143287. Small mark to lower edge of front endpaper. Contents fine. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is lightly browned.

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MILESTONES OF FLIGHT
Written by Michael J.H. Taylor; David Mondey.
Stock no. 1802854
Published by Jane's Publishing Company. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 288 pages including index. ISBN: 0710602014. Corners lightly rubbed, text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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MOTORLESS FLIGHT
Written by J.R. Ashwell-Cooke.
Stock no. 1702931
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. Circa 1935. Very good condition.

Blue cloth. Gilt titles. B/w diagrams. B/w plates. Spine faded. Corners bumped. All plates present. Some foxing.

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THE STORY OF PASSENGER TRANSPORT IN BRITAIN
Written by J. Joyce.
Stock no. 1802718
Published by Ian Allan. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An outline history of the development of public transport in England. B/w photos. Covers nice and clean. Minor foxing and browning to endpapers. Top edge of text block a little dusty. Contents fine. White dustwrapper is lightly scuffed else a very nice example.

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AVIATION PHOTO ALBUM 2
Written by Michael J.F. Bowyer.
Stock no. 1802643
Published by Patrick Stephens. 1st 1980. Very good condition.

A second collection of rare and interesting photographs depicting aircraft of many types and nationalities from the First World War to the present day. They have been carefully selected from the Photopage files of Airfix Magazine. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 95 pages. ISBN: 0850594103. Covers lightly edge-rubbed. Previous owner's name & address stamp in ink to verso of front cover. Contents clean.

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LAND, SEA AND AIR
No author listed.
Stock no. 1303154
Published by The Alexandra Publishing Co.. circa 1925. Very good condition.

'Untearable'. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. 6 full-page colour illustrations and brief histories of all kinds of transport. Name and date (July 1925) in ink to top margin inside front cover. Staples are rusty. Some very light rubbing to cover edges.

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PRACTICAL ELECTRONICS FOR RAILWAY MODELLERS 2
Written by Roger Amos.
Stock no. 1702484
Published by Patrick Stephens. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0850597099. Wrapper: Price-cut

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THE WRECK OF THE DUMARU
Written by Lowell Thomas. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.
Stock no. 1202223
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1931. Slightly better than very good condition.

A true story of cannibalism in an open boat. Blue cloth, white titles and vignette. 7 woodcuts by Kurt Wiese, 7 b/w photographs. 271 pages. A few scattered foxspots to prelims else contents fine. Covers bright.

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