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UNITED IN EFFORT: THE STORY OF No.53 SQUADRON ROYAL AIR FORCE 1916-1976
Written by Jock Manson.
Stock no. 1829828
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition.

An Air-Britain Publication. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 144 pages. ISBN: 0851302602. A lovely copy!

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THE SQUADRONS OF THE FLEET AIR ARM
Written by Ray Sturtivant; Theo Ballance.
Stock no. 1829826
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 2nd 1994. Nearly fine 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. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. 480 pages. ISBN: 0851302238. Covers very lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
Written by Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
Stock no. 1329569
Published by Walker Books. 1st thus 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream boards with pictorial decoration to centre of front and spine. Maroon endpapers. Delightful b/w and colour illustrations throughout. 206 pages. Large format. ISBN: 0744561248. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed and faded to spine.

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BEST OF THE FAMOUS CATCHES
Written by Chris Ball.
Stock no. 1329568
Published by Carp Fishing News Ltd. 1st 2012. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Iconic Carp Captures of the UK. Black boards, gilt titles. 153 pages. Colour and b/w photos throughout.

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THE ANGLER'S COMPANION
Written by Bernard Venables. Illustrated by Bernard Venables.
Stock no. 1329567
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1st 1958. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth with gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. SIGNED by the author by means of an inscription to front free-endpaper. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Foxing to endpapers and textblock.

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THE SNOW QUEEN AND OTHER STORIES FOR THE FIVE YEAR OLD
Written by Louey Chisholm. Illustrated by Katharine Cameron.
Stock no. 1329565
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. Circa 1918. Good condition.

Stories are: The Snow Queen, Snowdrop and the Seven Dwarfs, Tom Thumb, The Three Golden Hairs and The Babes in the Wood. Beige boards, black title to spine. Large pictorial onlay to front cover. 8 colour plates. 60 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers darkened at edges and to lower corner of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper (dated 1918). Grubby fingermarks to contents (including margins of plates).

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DAM BUSTERS 1943 ONWARDS (ALL MARKS AND MODELS) (OWNERS' WORKSHOP MANUAL)
Written by Iain R. Murray.
Stock no. 1829825
Published by Haynes Publishing. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Insights into the wartime worlds of specialist bomb design and development, and their delivery by the RAF. A guide to the weapons technology used against the dams and the special targets of occupied Europe. Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. 160 pages including index. ISBN: 9780857330154. A lovely copy!

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THE HORNET STRIKES: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER SQUADRON
Written by Frank M. Leeson.
Stock no. 1829824
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition.

The story of No.213 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 224 pages including index. ISBN: 0851302726. A lovely copy!

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SWIFT TO BATTLE: No. 72 SQUADRON RAF IN ACTION VOLUME 2: 1942-1947
Written by Tom Docherty.
Stock no. 1829823
Published by Pen & Sword Aviation. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The aircraft flown, operational personnel and missions flown are fully described with first-hand accounts from pilots and both air and ground crew. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 246 pages including index. ISBN: 9781848840874. Light scuffing to rear panel of dustwrapper else a lovely copy.

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THE SEAFIRE
Written by David Brown.
Stock no. 1829822
Published by Ian Allan. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A profile of the 'Spitfire which went to sea'. Green cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w photos. 208 pages including index. ISBN: 0071103432. Boards clean. Light crinkling to prelims else clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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RAF GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT SINCE 1918
Written by F.J. Adkin.
Stock no. 1829820
Published by Airlife Publishing Ltd. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of the development of the many types of vehicles, machines, rigs and other types of device that have been developed and used by the Royal Air Force to maintain its varied fleet of aircraft. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 191 pages including index. ISBN: 1853105627. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel. Else a lovely copy!

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KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE: SECRET EMPIRE, SOUTHERN SECESSION, CIVIL WAR
Written by David C. Keehn.
Stock no. 1829819
Published by Louisiana State University Press. 2014. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive analysis of the Knights of the Golden Circle, a secret southern society that initially sought to establish a slave-holding empire in the "Golden Circle" region of Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. vii and 308 pages including index. A few b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780807150047. Second printing. Dustwrapper is a littlle grubby at edges.

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