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GLOUCESTERSHIRE AIRFIELDS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by David Berryman.
Stock no. 1610180
Published by Countryside Books. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition.

A thoroughly researched and action-packed book describing the history of each airfield, highlights of some of the operations carried out from them, and putting them into overall context of a country and nation at war. Cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781853069499. Slight fading to spine.

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THE MONARCHS OF MERRY ENGLAND (4 VOLUMES)
Written by Roland Carse. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2124402
Published by Alf Cooke Ltd.. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

Set of 4 books, each containing 10 colour plates. Books cover following periods: William I-Henry III; Edward I-Richard III; Henry VII-Elizabeth and James I-Edward VII. Red cloth spines. Pictorial onlays to front covers. SIGNED by author with dedication to previous owner to first volume of set. Bottom 1" of spine to first volume has splitting with some fraying of cloth. Some other nicks and chips to spine, with varying degrees of fading. Couple of covers are a bit bowed with some marks. Corners are worn, with some chipping. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Some margin marks to pages. Closed tear (repaired with magic tape) to one front endpaper.

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THE FORGOTTEN TRADE
Written by Nigel Tattersfield.
Stock no. 2124207
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Comprising the log of the Daniel and Henry of 1700 and Accounts of the Slave Trade from the Minor Ports of England, 1698-1725. With a foreword by John Fowles. ISBN: 0224029150. Pages are browned. Wrapper is edge-creased with faded spine.

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STRIKE HARD A BOMBER AIRFIELD AT WAR
Written by John B. Hilling.
Stock no. 1610082
Published by Budding Books. 1997. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Glazed illustrated boards. RAF Downham Market and its Squadrons 1942-46. B/w photos. ISBN: 1840150017. Base of spine bumped.

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MEXICAN JOE VOLUME II: THE RUNNING WOLF YEARS
Written by Tom F. Cunningham.
Stock no. 1815260
Published by The English Westerners' Society. 2016. Nearly fine condition.

The Brand Book Volume 50, No. 1 (Winter 2016). An Essay. American Showman Joseph Shelley AKA Mexican Joe. White pictorial cardwraps. Stapled binding. 44 pages.

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THE GALE OF LIFE: TWO THOUSAND YEARS IN SOUTH-WEST SHROPSHIRE
Written by John Leonard; David Preshous; et al.
Stock no. 1815198
Published by Logaston Press. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

The South-West Shropshire Historical and Archaeological Society has produced this book as a celebration of the Millenium. Comprising of 20 essays by a variety of authors. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1873827369.

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EDMUND CAMPION MEMORY AND TRANSCRIPTION
Written by Gerard Kilroy.
Stock no. 1609869
Published by Ashgate Publishing Company. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. The death of Edmund Campion in 1581 marked a disjunction between printed untruth and private handwritten truth in early modern England. New views about Campion's literary, historical and cultural impact. ISBN: 0754652556. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication). Minor bumping to spine and corners. Wrapper slightly faded at spine.

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LEIGH REGISTER GUIDE
Written by M.J. Watts.
Stock no. 1814835
Published by Leigh And District Family History Society. 1st 1988. Very good condition.

Compiled by the Leigh and District Family History Society. Registers of Churches, Copies and their Whereabouts. Large format. Stiff paperwraps. ISBN: 1871247055.

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ECHOES OF OLD LANCASHIRE
Written by William E.A. Axon.
Stock no. 1208784
Published by William Andrews & Co.. 1st 1899. Good condition.

A volume intended for those who find it pleasant to wander in the byways of topography and local literature. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Floral endpapers. 263 pages includes index. Plus booklist at rear. Top and tail of spine worn. Edges and corners rubbed. Covers a little marked. Browning to endpapers. Name and date in ink on front endpaper. Contents very good.

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THE WORTHIES OF YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE
Written by Hartley Coleridge.
Stock no. 1208783
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1899. Good condition.

Being lives of the most distinguished persons that have been born in, or connected with, those provinces. Red embossed cloth, gilt title to spine. Portrait frontis plus one other b/w portrait plate. 480 pages. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Corners bumped. Covers soiled. Names and dates in ink on verso of front endpaper. Prelims very browned. Some margin marks and foxspots but contents generally clean.

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THE CIVIL WAR IN WORCESTERSHIRE 1642-1646
Written by J.W. Willis Bund.
Stock no. 2123771
Published by The Midland Educational Company. 1st 1905. Very good condition.

Burgundy cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Also include The Scotch Invasion of 1651. A few fade marks to covers. Small partially removed bookplate to front pastedown. Some foxing and page browning.

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HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PARISH OF BOSBURY
Written by Samuel Bentley. Illustrated by Arthur Harrison.
Stock no. 2123522
Published by J. Masters And Co.. 1891. Almost very good condition.

Bosbury is in the diocese and county of Hereford. Green cloth, gilt titles. 14 b/w plates. Top edge gilt. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Small split to top of spine with fraying to cloth. A few scuff marks and white marks to covers. Front joint is weak and partially broken (can see stitching beneath). Inscription in ink to top of title page. Some foxing and browning. All plates present.

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