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THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS
Written by Clifford W. Ashley; Geoffrey Budworth. Illustrated by Clifford W. Ashley.
Stock no. 1829108
Published by Faber & Faber. 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Re-issue of the 1944 publication with amendments by Geoffrey Budworth. Large format. Every practical knot, what it looks like, who uses it, where it comes from and how to tie it. With 7000 drawings representing over 3800 knots. Blue cloth spine with gilt title, blue paper boards. x and 620 pages including index. ISBN: 057109659X. Lower edge of boards lightly scuffed. Lengthy gift inscription to free front endpaper. Else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER 2: CHESHIRE LINES
Written by Bob Pixton.
Stock no. 1829071
Published by Kestrel Railway Books. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 126 pages. ISBN: 9781905505036. Pale browning to page edges else contents clean.

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THE PATRIOTS: A PICTORIAL RECORD VOLUME ONE 45500-45525
Written by Peter Sikes.
Stock no. 1829069
Published by The LMS-Patriot Company Ltd.. 1st 2018. Slightly better than very good condition.

The first 26 locomotives of the class, 45500-45525. Oblong pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour photos. 123 pages. ISBN: 9781999581800. A lovely copy, no significant faults.

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LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER 3: LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE LINES
Written by Bob Pixton.
Stock no. 1829068
Published by Kestrel Railway Books. 1st 2008. Very good condition.

Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 142 pages. ISBN: 9781905505074. Small bump with tear to base of spine (minor). Covers a little scuffed. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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THE LONG REACH: MANCHESTER & SALFORD'S CROSS-BOUNDARY BUS SERVICES 1961-2015
Written by Martin Arthur.
Stock no. 1829067
Published by The Museum Of Transport. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition.

Often Corporation bus services served simply their own towns and cities. It was not uncommon for services to end at a boundary, even when the logical traffic objective was a little way beyond. Manchester amd Salford's muncipal bus operations observed no such niceties. They galloped on in cavalier fashion, ignoring boundaries and providing useful links with surrounding towns. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. 128 pages. ISBN: 9780946022021. A very nice copy.

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THE WEST CLARE RAILWAY
Written by Patrick Taylor.
Stock no. 1829066
Published by Plateway Press. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The West Clare Railway was one of a network of 3ft gauge lines which mushroomed across rural Ireland in the wake of the 1883 Tramways Act. This is a definitive history of the Railway, giving its entire story from the first parliamentary proposals of 1845, to the controversial closure in 1961. Large format. Olive green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 224 pages. ISBN: 187198016X. Narrow band of fading to lower edges of boards. Contents clean. Pictorial green dustwrapper is also faded along the lower edge, lightly scuffed and has old price-label to rear panel.

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THE SOUTHER WAY SPECIAL ISSUE NO 1: 10201-3 ON THE SOUTHERN
Written by Kevin Robertson.
Stock no. 1829063
Published by Kevin Robertson; Noodle Books. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

Promoted by the Southern Railway in 1946 as part of their 'Modernisation Plan', the three main line diesel-electric locomotives did not appear until the days of British Railways. Always the 'odd ones out', their success came as a bit of a surprise although there were likewise times of failure. A comprehensive and detailed account of 10201-3. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and a few colour. 104 pages. ISBN: 9780955411083. Covers lightly scuffed, narrow band of fading to lower front edge. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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PARIS IS WELL WORTH A BUS: PARIS VAUT BIEN AU AUTOBUS
Written by Robert E. Jowitt. Illustrated by Patricia Jowitt; Robert E. Jowitt.
Stock no. 1829054
Published by Jersey Artists. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Scenes of Paris life which have now disappeared forever. Large format. B/w photos. Text in English and French. Buses In Paris. ISBN: 090184506X. A few minor marks to lower edge of boards. Light browning to endpapers and text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few chips, larger chip to lower boards, a few small splash marks.

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LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER 1: THE LNWR LINES
Written by Bob Pixton.
Stock no. 1829053
Published by Krb Publications. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos throughout. 122 pages. ISBN: 0954485998. Laminate to front vertical edge starting to lift. Rear cover lightly indented where it has been used as a hard surface to write on. Contents clean.

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THE LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY IN SALFORD
Written by Tom Wray.
Stock no. 1829052
Published by The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society. 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour photos throughout. 62 pages. Covers are lightly scuffed. Contents fine.

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JET AGE PHOTOGRAPHER: THE AVIATION PHOTOGRAPHY OF RUSSELL ADAMS
Written by Tim Kershaw. Illustrated by Russell Adams.
Stock no. 1829051
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Russell Adams FRPS (1912-2000) took the world's first jet aerobatic photograph. An album of Adam's very best work with detailed captions. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xvii and 198 pages including index. ISBN: 0750940093. Top edge of text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly scuffed.

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BR STEAM LOCOMOTIVES COMPLETE ALLOCATIONS HISTORY 1948-1968
Written by Hugh Longworth.
Stock no. 1829050
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

A masterful and definitive guide to the complete allocation history of every BR steam locomotive that saw service on the network during BR's twenty years of steam. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. A few b/w photos. 383 pages. ISBN: 9780860936619. Light knocks to lower edge of boards. Boards lightly scuffed. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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