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THE TIMES GOLDEN YEARS OF RAIL TRAVEL
Written by Julian Holland.
Stock no. 1327023
Published by Times Books. 1st 2019. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of an evocative period in Britain's railway history - gone forever but never forgotten (from the late 19th century to 1994). Pictorial boards. 272 pages. Packed full of colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9780008323752. Dustwrapper is ever so slightly creased/rubbed at edges. There is a barcode label on the rear panel (covering the printed barcode).

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BLACKPOOL TRAMS - TRADITIONAL SWANSONG
Written by James Millington; Philip Higgs.
Stock no. 1327022
Published by Fylde Transport Trust. 1st 2020. Nearly fine condition.

The last decade of the traditional tramway. Oblong format. Cardwraps. 63 pages. Colour photos throughout. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners.

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BRITISH RAILWAYS STANDARD PACIFICS
Written by Peter Tuffrey.
Stock no. 1327021
Published by Great Northern Books. 1st 2018. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 189 numbered pages. ISBN: 9781912101764. SIGNED by the author to bookplate which is on front free-endpaper.

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GRESLEY'S V2S
Written by Peter Tuffrey.
Stock no. 1327018
Published by Great Northern Books. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards with silver title to spine. B/w and colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9781912101054. Some very light marks to covers. A couple of tiny indentations to lower cover edges. Contents fine. Minimal creasing at edges of wrapper.

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GRESLEY'S B17S
Written by Peter Tuffrey.
Stock no. 1327017
Published by Great Northern Books. 1st 2021. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards with silver title to spine. B/w and colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9781912101269. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly creased at edges.

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GRESLEY'S A3S
Written by Peter Tuffrey.
Stock no. 1327015
Published by Great Northern Books. 1st 2016. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards with gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780993344763. Dustwrapper is ever so slightly edge creased.

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FULL THROTTLE
Written by Henry Birkin.
Stock no. 1827543
Published by G.T. Foulis & Co. Ltd.. 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Classic Reprint. A remarkable autobiography of the early years of motor racing. A personal story, often outspoken spiced with a lively sense of humour and told with a can dour that gives an unusual insight into the tensions and fears of a racing motorist. Green imitation leather boards, silver titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0854291393. Scuffing to title to spine. Text block browned, foxed to top edge. Lower edge of front pastedown has remains of a label (hidden by front flap of dustwrapper). Contents clean. Green custwrapper is rubbed at corners with tiny chip to top of spine and is a little scuffed.

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GEORGE AND ROBERT STEPHENSON: THE RAILWAY REVOLUTION
Written by L.T.C. Rolt. Illustrated by Kenneth Lindley.
Stock no. 1827540
Published by Longmans. 1st 1960. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The life story of the Stephensons, father and son, the story of the birth of the railways, an historical event of which it would be difficult to exaggerate the importance. Terracotta cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Heavy knock to top front edge of boards else boards clean and bright. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Text block browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, has a tiny nick to top front edge, grubby to rear panel.

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TRIUMPH CARS: THE COMPLETE STORY
Written by Graham Robson; Richard Langworth.
Stock no. 1827532
Published by Motor Racing Publications Ltd.. 2nd 1988. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

2nd edition. From Tri-car to Acclaim. A detailed history of one of Britain's most famous makes of car. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 352 pages including index. ISBN: 0947981284. Base of spine lightly shelf-worn. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Red pictorial dustwrapepr is lightly browned to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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MERCEDES-BENZ W196: LAST OF THE SILVER ARROWS
Written by Michael Riedner.
Stock no. 1827531
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Foulis Motoring Book. The story from conception to the last appearance of the W196. Large format. Light blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 325 pages. B/w pages. ISBN: 0854297170. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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MG THE ART OF ABINGDON
Written by John McLellan.
Stock no. 1827530
Published by Motor Racing Publications Ltd.. 1st 1982. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. A worthy pictorial tribute to the MGs of Abingdon. ISBN: 0900549459. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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BENTLEY "OLD NUMBER ONE"
Written by Michael Hay.
Stock no. 1827510
Published by Number One Press. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of the car that won Le Mans. The car crashed and rebuilt several times during its life. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour. ISBN: 0953582701. A lovely copy. Green dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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