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FIGHTER BOYS
Written by Patrick Bishop.
Stock no. 1610222
Published by Harper Collins. c. 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Saving Britain 1940. What it was to be a fighter pilot, in war, peace and love. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. xiii and 434 pages including index. ISBN: 0002571692. Reprint. Spine bumped. Light page browning.

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FLYING THROUGH FIRE
Written by Geoffrey Williams.
Stock no. 1610211
Published by Grange Books. 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

FIDO - the fogbuster of World War Two. Freeing the RAF's airfields from the fog menace. B/w photos. ISBN: 1856279006.

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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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BRITAIN IN THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY
Written by A.D. Harvey.
Stock no. 1815118
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1978. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A detailed study of Britain during the opening years of the nineteenth century - the years of the struggle against Napoleon and the period which saw the final stages of the emergence of the two-party system in parliament. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 395 pages including index. ISBN: 0713410329. Light browning to endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and lightly scuffed.

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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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THROUGH MERRIE ENGLAND
Written by F.L. Stevens. Illustrated by Francis D. Bedford.
Stock no. 1208892
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1928. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Pageantry and Pastimes of the Village and the Town. Green boards, gilt titles and illustration to front and spine. Colour pictorial endpapers. Delightful colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Browning to edge of textblock with a few light foxspots to contents. A lovely bright copy in scarce original dark green wrapper which is slightly grubby to rear, rubbed at edges with slight loss and closed tear at corners and a small hole on rear panel, repaired with clear tape on verso.

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