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SCOTTISH MAIN LINE STEAM
Written by Jack Kernahan.
Stock no. 1819870
Published by D. Bradford Barton. Circa 1975. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 085153323X. Price-cut dustwrapper edges lightly creased.

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THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SHIPS
Written by Tony Gibbons.
Stock no. 1819835
Published by Silverdale Books. 1st 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Over 1500 military and civilian ships from 5000 BC to the present day. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. 544 pages including index. ISBN: 1856055914. Small nick to top of spine also follows through dustwrapper which has been repaired with tape to top of spine. Base of spine shelf worn. A few minor marks to text block. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and a little scuffed.

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THE BRITISH BOMBER SINCE 1914
Written by Francis K. Mason.
Stock no. 1819834
Published by Putnam Aeronautical Books. 1st 1994. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A type by type survey of more than 350 types of bomber. B/w photos. 416 pages. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0851778615. Pictorial dustwrapper lightly scuffed.

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THE BOOK OF THE RUDGE
Written by Laurence H. Cade; F. Anstey; W.C. Haycraft.
Stock no. 1819808
Published by Sir Isaac Pitman. 1927. Almost very good condition.

Pitman's Motor-Cyclists Library Series. A complete guide for owners and prospective purchasers of Rudge-Whitworth motor-cycles. Cloth spine, paper boards. B/w illustrations. Boards edge-worn and heavily browned. Name, date and short scribble in biro to front board. Corners worn. Previous owner's address label to inside rear cover. Contents grubby. Slight odour present.

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THE RUDGE BOOK OF THE ROAD
Written by John V. Pugh.
Stock no. 1819807
Published by Rudge Whitworth Ltd.. Circa 1926. Good condition.

Tan cloth with clasp at vertical edge. Black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Maps of Great Britain and Ireland to rear. 124 pages. Covers grubby and marked, clasp present and working. Rubber stamps in ink of South Oxon Motor Cycling Club to front endpapers. Small name in ink to front endpaper. Hinges pulled. Annotation to rear endpapers and vertical margin of first map. Contents are grubby.

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SYSTEMS OF ELECTRIC IGNITION FOR MOTOR-CARS
Written by Douglas Leechman.
Stock no. 1819805
Published by The Car Illustrated. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth boards with white title to front. First published in the columns of The Car magazine. 215 pages plus 3 page publisher advert. 111 b/w diagrams and illustrations. Boards rubbed and marked. Joints starting to crack. Couple of biro marks to front endpaper. Previous owner's address label to rear pastedown. Endpapers and text block browned.

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COMPETITION DRIVING
Written by Gerry Marshall.
Stock no. 1819772
Published by W. Foulsham & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1979. Nearly fine condition.

Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0572010141.

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RESCUE OF THE BOUNTY: DISASTER AND SURVIVAL IN SUPERSTORM SANDY
Written by Michael J. Tougias; Douglas A. Campbell.
Stock no. 2133338
Published by Scribner. 1st 2014. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The harrowing story of the sinking and rescue of 'Bounty' - the tall ship used int he classic 1962 movie 'Mutiny on the Bounty' - which was caught in the path of Hurricane Sandy with sixteen aboard. Blue cloth spine with silver title, blue paper boards. B/w photos. 227 pages. ISBN: 9781476746630. Spine very slightly bumped. Wrapper lightly rubbed at edges with a vertical crease on rear flap.

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THE GATHERING WIND
Written by Gregory A. Freeman.
Stock no. 2133336
Published by The New American Library. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Hurricane Sandy, The Sailing Ship Bounty, And a Courageous Rescue at Sea. White paperboards, grey spine with silver title. B/w plates. 288 pages. ISBN: 9780451465764. Spine slightly bumped. Wrapper slightly rubbed at edges. Black mark to lower edge of textblock not affecting contents which are fine.

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THE BLYTH & TYNE - A PICTORIAL RECORD 1840-1990: BLYTH & TYNE PART III
Written by J.A. Wells.
Stock no. 1819681
Published by Northumberland County Library. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

Tracing the history and development of a unique branch line in south east Northumberland which was formally recognised as an independent Company by Act of Parliament from 1853 but whose existence can be traced to the Seghill Railway of 1840 and to earlier waggonways along the same route. 100 b/w fascinating photographs record some of its stations, signal boxes, locomotives and stock. Blue pictorial cardwraps. Oblong format. ISBN: 0951302787. Spine faded to light blue and lower edge of spine is bumped.

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LOCOMOTIVES OF THE NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY 1846-1882
No author listed.
Stock no. 2133321
Published by The Stephenson Locomotive Society. 1970. Very good condition.

Green boards,. gilt titles. B/w photos. Bumping to spine and corners.

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