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THE FLEET AIR ARM HANDBOOK 1939-1945
Written by David Wragg.
Stock no. 1329420
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 2001. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A comprehensive review of the Royal Navy's air power during the war years. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0750925965. A super copy, looks unread.

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R.A.F. SQUADRONS
Written by C.G. Jefford.
Stock no. 1329418
Published by Airlife. 2nd 2001. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Large format. 2nd edition. B/w photos. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 1840371412. A super copy, looks unread.

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SHORT SUNDERLAND (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Ken Delve.
Stock no. 1329416
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2000. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Ths Short Sunderland was the largest aircraft used by RAF Coastal Command during World War Two. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 1861263554. A super copy, looks unread.

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A MASTER'S GUIDE TO BUILDING A BAMBOO FLY ROD
Written by Everett Garrison; Hoagy B. Carmichael.
Stock no. 1829682
Published by Meadow Run Press Inc.. 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

Third Edition. Large format. Green cloth spine with black title. Cream boards with Mandarin symbol for the bamboo plant to front. Dark green endpapers. B/w photos and illustrations throughout. xvii and 296 pages inlcuding index. ISBN: 0962060976. Second printing. Page 263/264 is creased. Else a lovely copy. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is rubbed at closed edge, scuffed to plain side, else firm.

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FAMOUS FLIES AND THEIR ORIGINATORS
Written by T. Donald Overfield.
Stock no. 1829681
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A book devoted to the life histories of those men whose names are famous in the history of fly-tying. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour drawings & photos, b/w photos. 186 pages. ISBN: 0713613319. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to title page. Text block browned. Endpapers grubby. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is grubby, browned to spine and has a tiny closed tear to top front edge of spsine.

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A FIGHTER IN MY SIGHTS
Written by Tom Neil.
Stock no. 1329414
Published by J&kh Publishing. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 216 pages. ISBN: 1900511703. Spine slightly bumped, a couple of small indentations to cover edges. Contents look unread.

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ITCHEN MEMORIES
Written by G.E.M. Skues; Roy Darlington. Illustrated by Alex Jardine.
Stock no. 1829680
Published by Robert Hale. 1st thus 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A reissue of a classic of 20th century angling literature. 50 years angling on the Abbotts Barton fishery. Edition limited to 750 copies. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Introduction by Darlington. ISBN: 0709063725. Copy 94 of 750. Base of spine lightly rubbed. Red ribbon page marker is fraying at ends. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, browned to spine, and is edge-creased.

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THE FIRST TEAM
Written by John B. Lundstrom.
Stock no. 1329411
Published by Naval Institute Press. 1990. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Reprinted with updates and corrections. Dark grey cloth boards, silver title to spine. 547 pages. B/w photos. Pacific naval air combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway. ISBN: 0870211897. Dustwrapper has a slight crease to top of spine edge on rear panel.

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FISHING IN WILD PLACES
Written by David Street. Illustrated by Terence Lambert.
Stock no. 1829678
Published by H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd.. 1st thus 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Fishing the wild virgin places of the UK. Many of the stories that comprise the chapters of this book have appeared as articles in various journals. Paper boards, black spine with cream title, cream boards with black title and vignette to front. Pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. ix and 201 pages. ISBN: 0854932062. Binding error to half-title page, lower corner (lower corner cut too large and folded over). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned and grubby.

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MUD, BLOOD AND DETERMINATION
Written by Simon Peaple.
Stock no. 1329408
Published by Helion & Company Ltd. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The history of the 46th (North Midland) Division in the Great War. How the ordinary Tommies of the 46th Division learnt to fight more effectively and ultimately stormed the Hindenburg Line. Green boards, silver title to spine. 216 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781910294666. Glue from the binding process is visible through the paper at both joints, else a fine copy in a fine wrapper.

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WAR OVER THE TRENCHES
Written by E.R. Hooton.
Stock no. 1329407
Published by Midland Publishing. 1st 2010. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Air Power and the Western Front Campaigns 1916-1918. The result of extensive research conducted in archives around the world, using material that has never before been published. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 352 pages including index. ISBN: 9780711034150. A fine copy, looks unread.

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BATTLE TACTICS OF THE WESTERN FRONT
Written by Paddy Griffith.
Stock no. 1329404
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 1994. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The British Army's Art of Attack 1916-18. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 286 pages. ISBN: 0300059108. A fine copy in dustwrapper which is very slightly edge rubbed.

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