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REPRESENTING SLAVERY: ART, ARTEFACTS AND ARCHIVES IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM
Written by Douglas Hamilton; Robert J. Blyth.
Stock no. 1828117
Published by Lund Humphries. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This book draws on the extensive collections of the National Maritime Mueseum, Greenwich, and is published to mark the 200th anniversary of Parliament's abolition of the British slave trade in 1807. Ten specially commissioned essays by leading scholars set the collections in their historical context, demonstrating the scale and brutality of slavery, the nature and extent of African resistance, and the widespread effort to achieve abolition and emancipation. Edited by Hamilton & Blyth. Grey cloth boards, white title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780853319665. Light rubbing to base of spine. Name & date in ink to front endpaper else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapperi s lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT
Written by Anne Curry; Malcolm Mercer.
Stock no. 1327803
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive and sumptuously illustrated volume providing a defining reassessment of England's legendary vitory on the fields of Agincourt on 25 October 1415 - a triumph that changed the course of the Hundred Years War and Britain's relationship with her longtime enemy, France. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780300214307. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and creased with slight grubbiness to rear panel.

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E TYPE: END OF AN ERA
Written by Chris Harvey.
Stock no. 1327802
Published by Oxford Illustrated Press; Haynes. 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New edition. Classic Car Series No. 1. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. The history, biography of the E Type Jaguar together with anecdotes and technical chapters. ISBN: 0946609160. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Name and date in ink and a small gold address sticker to front pastedown (hidden by wrapper flap). Dustwrapper is bright.

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THE IVEL STORY
Written by John Moffitt.
Stock no. 1327801
Published by Japonica Press. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Celebrating 100 years of the Ivel, the first internal combustion tractor. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. 203 pages. Photos throughout. ISBN: 0954022262. SIGNED by the author to verso of front free-endpaper with a message and dedication to John. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine.

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THE ROYAL FOREST OF LANCASTER
Written by R. Cunliffe Shaw.
Stock no. 1828116
Published by The Guardian Press. 1st 1956. Very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis. B/w photos. 29 maps. 4 Pedigree charts. Professionally rebound with black cloth spine and gilt title. New Endpapers. Red boards are a little grubby and lightly rubbed at corners. Text block browned. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Light browning to edges of plates. One or two minor marks to contents. Overall, a decent copy.

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TEXTURE AND DETAIL IN WATERCOLOUR
Written by Richard Bolton. Illustrated by Richard Bolton.
Stock no. 1327800
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Exploring the versatility of watercolours. Large format. Cream boards, black title to spine. 128 pages. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0713472227. Spine slightly bumped. Small mark to lower edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is a little worn to spine and corners.

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FRENCH BATTLESHIPS 1922-1956
Written by John Jordan; Robert Dumas.
Stock no. 1828115
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The battleships of the Dunkerque and Richelieu classes were among the most radical and influential designs of the interwar period. This is a study of these important and technically interesting ships. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781848320345. Base of spine lightly rubbed. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine (title has gone from red to pink).

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FOR THE KING'S SERVICE RAILWAY SHIPS AT WAR
Written by A.J. Mullay.
Stock no. 1327798
Published by Pendragon Publishing. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition.

In two World Wars nearly 200 railway-owned ships were converted to operate as troop carriers, hospital ships, minesweepers and seaplane-carriers, while others carried on normal sailings in a world suddenly more dangerous than before. Railway ships took part in many battle, one in three of them failed to return. This book tells their story. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 127 pages. ISBN: 9781899816163. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine.

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THE BANBURY AND CHELTENHAM RAILWAY 1887-1962
Written by J.H. Russell.
Stock no. 1327797
Published by Oxford Publishing. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0902888455. Light scratch mark to rear cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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NORTH WALES STEAM (1927-1968)
Written by E.N. Kneale.
Stock no. 1327796
Published by Oxford Publishing. 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first of two volumes in which the author portrays steam in North Wales over a period extending from the late twenties to the demise of steam locomotion on British Railways in 1968. Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0860930742. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased with a small tear to top front corner.

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MAPPING THE ROADS: BUILDING MODERN BRITAIN
Written by Mike Parker.
Stock no. 1327795
Published by Aa Publishing. 1st 2013. Very good condition.

Graphically charting the ambitions and hopes of the nation through its mapping. Large format. Cream pictorial boards (red spine). 256 pages including index. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9780749574352. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, slight damp(?) stain to lower corner of front cover. Contents fine.

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GREECE AND ROME AT WAR
Written by Peter Connolly.
Stock no. 1828113
Published by Greenhill Books. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A detailed account of twelve centuries of military development of the arms and armies of Greece and Rome. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 185367303X. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Else a lovely copy. White pictorial dustwrapper has a few light creases and scuffing.

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