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THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY VOLUME ONE DUDLEY-WALSALL-LICHFIELD-BURTON
Written by Bob Yate.
Stock no. 1826116
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

(including the Black Country Branches). Oakwood Library of Railway History 154A. Blue cardwraps. B/w photos. 312 pages including index. ISBN: 9780853617006.

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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF L.M.S. WAGONS VOLUME ONE
Written by R.J. Essery.
Stock no. 1826069
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Mustard yellow cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & diagrams. 179 pages. ISBN: 0860931277. Lower corners of boards bumped. A few grubby marks to boards. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at corners, lightly edge-rubbed and lightly faded to spine.

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RAILWAY MOTOR BUSES AND BUS SERVICES IN THE BRITISH ISLES 1902-1933 VOLUME ONE
Written by John Cummings.
Stock no. 1826040
Published by Oxford Publishing. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0860930114. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-rubbed. Small pencil erasure mark and couple of tiny pen marks to top of front endpaper. Light foxing to half-title page. Contents otherwise clean. Price-cut orange pictorial dustwrapper has previous bookseller's price label to lower front flap, is lightly brronwed and lightly rubbed at edges.

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WALTER HANCOCK AND HIS COMMON ROAD STEAM CARRIAGES
Written by Francis James.
Stock no. 1826025
Published by Laurence Oxley. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of Walter Hancock who produced steam vehicles of many types, from his steam Phaeton of 1836 to the five ton Automaton. This is his life and work as written by his great great grand nephew. The second half of the book contains a reprint of Walter Hancock's Narrative of Twelve Years' Experiments (1824-36) dealing with Steam Carriages ont he Common Roads, together with the original engravings as published in 1838. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0950134775. SIGNED by the author (with dedication) to title page. Faint damp patch from dustwrapper to rear board. Minor foxing to endpapers and text block. Tiny nick to lower edge of first couple of pages. Text block a little grubby and dampstained. Orange dustwrapper is damp stained to verso, lightly edge-worn and lightly marked.

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FIAT
Written by Michael Sedgwick.
Stock no. 1826021
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1974. Good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Fiat Story. The cars, the men and the background. Blue/grey mottled cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. Top edge pink. ISBN: 0713404736. Boards clean. Front and rear joint cracked but binding is otherwise tight. Minor foxing and a few grubby marks to endpapers. Text block browned and grubby. Contents themselves appear to be clean on a quick flick through. Black dustwrapper is scuffed and has dampstaining to verso along horizontal edges (not visible to front). Musty damp odour present.

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AUTOMOBILE YEAR No. 48 2000/2001
No author listed.
Stock no. 1325597
Published by Editions Jr. 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour photos. ISBN: 2883240604. Scuff, with chipping just under 1" to top edge of rear cover; some chipping to wrapper next to it.

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HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX: FROM HELL TO VICTORY AND BEYOND
Written by K.A. Merrick.
Stock no. 1826000
Published by Classic; Ian Allan. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive and definitive work on the Handley Page Halifax, cementing its place in aviation history as a uniquely successful and versatile aircraft which was also a great favourite with its crews. Large format. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour illustrations. 224 pages including index. ISBN: 9781906537067. Faint fading to lower edge of front board else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased across top edge and a little scuffed to rear panel. Overall, still a very nice copy.

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AUSTER: THE COMPANY AND THE AIRCRAFT
Written by Tom Wenham; Rod Simpson; Malcolm P. Fillmore.
Stock no. 1825999
Published by Air-Britain. 1st 2018. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of an iconic aviation company and classic light aircraft which live on in the hands of enthusiastic owners today. Large format. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 9780851305080. A lovely copy.

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MEMOIRS OF THE SIRHOWY BRANCH 1868 - 1960
Written by W.W. Tasker.
Stock no. 1325580
Published by Treowen Press. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

Including Staff and Locomotive Records. Card wraps. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0952480301. Spine slightly faded, some very slight creasing to lower corner of front cover. Contents fine.

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AVRO AIRCRAFT SINCE 1908
Written by A.J. Jackson; R.T. Jackson.
Stock no. 1325569
Published by Putnam. 1st thus 1990. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second edition, revised and updated by R.T. Jackson. B/w photos. 511 pages. ISBN: 0851778348. Spine slightly bumped. Light foxing to outer page edges. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and faded to spine.

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DE HAVILLAND TWIN-BOOM FIGHTERS: VAMPIRE, VENOM AND SEA VIXEN (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Barry Jones.
Stock no. 1325548
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Crowood Aviation Series. A chronicle of the development and service. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 1861266812. Spine of book and wrapper bumped (wrapper slightly creased because of this).

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THE SQUADRONS OF THE FLEET AIR ARM
Written by Ray Sturtivant; Theo Ballance.
Stock no. 1825960
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 2nd 1994. Very good condition.

2nd Revised Edition. The book represents the culmination of 40 years research into the histories of the Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm. B/w photos. 544 pages. The book makes possible the identification of the location, role, aircraft, and commander of all Fleet Air Arm Squadrons on any given date. It also includes coverage of Australian, Canadian and Dutch Naval Air Squadrons numbered in the same series as the Fleet Air Arm. ISBN: 0851302238. Spine faded from dark blue to light blue. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. Light rubbing to corners, tiny nick to lower rear outer edge of paper covering boards. Rear board a little grubby. Foxing to top edge of text block and a few minor spots to free front endpaper. Contents clean.

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