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STIRLINGS IN ACTION WITH THE AIRBORNE FORCES
Written by Dennis Williams.
Stock no. 1829882
Published by Pen & Sword Aviation. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Air Support for SAS and Resistance Operations During WWII. The history of RAF Squadrons 190 and 620. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ix and 342 pages includes index. ISBN: 9781844156481. A lovely copy, appears unread!

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ARTILLERY OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS 1792-1815
Written by Kevin F. Kiley.
Stock no. 1829881
Published by Greenhill Books. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Tracing the use of artillery throughout the Napoleonic period. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w drawings and illustrations. 318 pages. ISBN: 1853675830. Front hinge between half-title page and title page is pulled but tight. Else a lovely copy, appears unread! Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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MARKET TOWN: HITCHIN IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Written by Anthony M. Foster; Lionel M. Munby.
Stock no. 1329640
Published by Hitchin Historical Society. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy cloth, gilt title to spine. 225 pages including index. A few b/w photos. ISBN: 0951210904. SIGNED by the editor (Munby) to title-page. Spine slightly bumped, corners lightly rubbed. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at edges.

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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCIENCE, GOD, AND RELIGION
Written by Marcell Bronner; Max Bronner.
Stock no. 1329638
Published by Vantage Press. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A powerful analysis of the religious and historical experience of the Jewish People. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and vignettes to front cover. 257 pages. Some b/w photos. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Includes several letters to the author pasted onto the endpapers, a couple offices of high officials (office Jimmy Carter and Clarence House. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed.

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ALL ABOUT ELCOMBE
Written by Robin Sharp.
Stock no. 1329637
Published by Wygesty Publishing. 1st 2003. Very good condition.

The Intimate History of a Cotswold Hamlet. Card wraps. B/w photos. 141 pages includes index. ISBN: 0954431707. Foxing else very good.

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WILLIAM HAZLITT: THE FIRST MODERN MAN
Written by Duncan Wu.
Stock no. 1329634
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st PB 2010. Very good condition.

Wu's sparkling biography recovers Hazlitt for our time - a restless, passionate idealist whose voice helps us to see his times and our own more clearly. Cardwraps. 557 pages including notes and index. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9780199588848. Covers are edge rubbed.

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ANNE OF INGLESIDE
Written by L.M. Montgomery.
Stock no. 1329631
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1940. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Green cloth, black titles to spine and front cover. 342 pages. Spine bumped, covers edge rubbed. Some foxing and page browning to contents. Light tobacco smell to contents. Printed edition details have been neatly erased from copyright page. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with some loss. Damp stain to lower half of spine, grubby to rear panel. Dustwrapper is for the 3rd impression book.

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HAROUN AND THE SEA OF STORIES
Written by Salman Rushdie. Illustrated by Paul Birkbeck.
Stock no. 1329630
Published by Ted Smart. Circa 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yellow glazed pictorial boards. Striking colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0670886580. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and slightly creased at edges.

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THE FOLK OF THE FARAWAY TREE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Mark Beech.
Stock no. 1329628
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 1st thus 2015. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Blue decorated boards with white title to spine and illustration to front cover. Wonderful colour illustrations throughout (in the style of Quentin Blake). ISBN: 9781405276665. Some light rubbing to wrapper edges and a tiny nick to lower corner of wrapper spine.

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THE PETER RABBIT POP-UP BOOK
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter; Colin Twinn.
Stock no. 1329627
Published by Frederick Warne. Circa 1983. Good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. From 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' by Potter. 6 pop-up pages. Paper engineering by Keith Moseley. ISBN: 0723229503. 8th printing. Spine and corners bumped. Piece broken off pop-up scene with Mr McGregor and his sieve (peter rabbit - but still present). Other pop-ups in good working order.

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THE FABLES OF AESOP
Written by Aesop. Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold.
Stock no. 1329624
Published by Omega Books. 1st thus 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Classic Collectors Series. Brown boards with gilt titles to front and spine and gilt decorations to front. Beautiful colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1850070768. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. A few tiny marks to top edge of textblock. Brown dustwrapper is edge rubbed.

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BATTERY ACTION! THE STORY OF THE 43RD (HOWITZER) BATTERY, CANADIAN FIELD ARTILLERY 1916-1919
Written by Hugh R. Kay; George Magee; Finlay MacLennan.
Stock no. 1329621
Published by Cef Books. 1st thus 2002. Fine condition.

Originally published in 1921. Cardwraps. 158 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1896979319. A super copy, looks unread.

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