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NORTH AMERICAN AIRCRAFT 1934-1998 VOLUME 1
Written by Norm Avery.
Stock no. 2138706
Published by Jonathan Thompson; Narkiewicz Thompson. Circa 1998. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Card wraps. B/w and colour photos. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0913322059. Some browning to covers and page edges. Bump to top of spine, with small nick/split.

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THE GASTEROMYCETES OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES AND CANADA
Written by William Chambers Coker; John Nathaniel Couch.
Stock no. 2138678
Published by Dover Publications Inc.. 1974. Very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. Together with a supplementary article: The Gasteromycetae of Ohio: Puffballs, Birds'-Nest Fungi and Stinkhorns by Minnie May Johnson. This is an unabridged republication of the work originally published in 1928 by The University of North Carolina Press. Some browning.

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CORVETTE: AMERICA'S SPORTS CAR
Written by Randy Leffingwell.
Stock no. 2138638
Published by Motorbooks International. 1st USA 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Almost square format. Red boards, white title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 0760301352. Pages 49-54 are miscut (publishing error), which means a little bit extra has been left on these page edges, with some creasing. Wrapper is covered in clear film, stuck to verso of wrapper, also stuck with sticky tape to pastedowns. Spine of wrapper is faded.

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A DREAM TAKES FLIGHT
Written by Betsy Braden; Paul Hagan.
Stock no. 2138467
Published by The University of Georgia Press. 1st USA 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport and Aviation in Atlanta. Large format. Blue cloth with black title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0820311405. Light bumping to top and tail of spine. Pale page edge browning. Wrapper has some light edge-creasing.

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LOCKHEED
Written by Martin W. Bowman.
Stock no. 2138436
Published by Tempus. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. Images of America series. ISBN: 0752415360.

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THE OREGON TRAIL: SKETCHES OF PRAIRIE AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIFE
Written by Francis Parkman; Martin Ridge. Illustrated by Peter Pendrey.
Stock no. 2138346
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1973. Very good condition.

Introduction by Martin Ridge. Brown cloth spine. Gilt Indian motif to spine. Abstract pattern boards. Spine is faded. Page browning. Slip case is very good - fading to edges; some marks and scuffs.

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BIRDS OF THE SALTON SEA: STATUS, BIOGEOGRAPHY, AND ECOLOGY
Written by Michael A. Pattenden; Guy McCaskie; Philip Unitt.
Stock no. 1823510
Published by University of California Press. 1st 2004. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Salton Sea, California's largest inland lake, supports a spectacular bird population that is among the most concentrated and diverse in the world. Sadly, this crucial stopover along the Pacific Flyway for migratory and wintering shorebirds, landbirds, and waterfowl is dangerously close to collapse from several environmental threats. This book describes more than 450 species and subspecies. Grey cloth boards, green title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0520235932. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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TRANSATLANTIC INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: THE DIFFUSION OF TEXTILE TECHNOLOGIES BETWEEN BRITAIN AND AMERICA, 1790-1830S
Written by David J. Jeremy.
Stock no. 2136384
Published by The MIT Press. 1st USA 1981. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Green cloth with white title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 0631127852. Slight bowing to front cover. Marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some tears/chips.

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LONE BULL'S HORSE RAID
Written by Paul Goble; Dorothy Goble. Illustrated by Paul Goble.
Stock no. 2135934
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A young Ogala Sioux tells how he and his best friend joined a party setting out against the neighbouring Crows, and experienced their first horse raid. The pictures take their inspiration from Plains Indian paintings of the period 1860-1900 when the story takes place. Pictorial matt boards. Colour illustrations. Large format. ISBN: 0333147545. Foxing and browning to covers, endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some grubby marks.

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THE WESTERNERS BRAND BOOK VOLUME XXV MARCH 1968 TO FEBRUARY 1969
No author listed.
Stock no. 2134829
Published by The Chicago Corral Of The Westerners. 1969. Good condition.

Large format. Green cloth with gilt titles. Damp staining to covers and to pages throughout book. A reading copy.

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US ARMY AIR FORCE FIGHTERS PART 2
Written by William Green; Gordon Swanborough.
Stock no. 1320153
Published by Macdonald and Jane's. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

WW2 Aircraft Fact Files. B/w photos. 84 pages. ISBN: 0354010719. Minimal bumping to spine. Small biro doodle to title-page (possibly initials!?), foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is lightly browned and lightly marked to rear panel.

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US ARMY AIR FORCE FIGHTERS PART 1
Written by William Green; Gordon Swanborough.
Stock no. 1320152
Published by Macdonald and Jane's. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

WW2 Aircraft Fact Files. B/w photos. Colour illustrations. 76 pages. ISBN: 0356082172. Spine bumped. Small biro doodle to title-page (possibly initials!?), foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is lightly browned, a couple of tiny patches of surface paper damage to rear panel.

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