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THE POACHER'S BRATS: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE RAF CRANWELL AIRCRAFT APPRENTICE
Written by Frank E. Whitehouse.
Stock no. 1823219
Published by The Raf Cranwell Aircraft Apprentices Association. 1st 1988. Very good condition.

White cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0951361201. Brown spot to top corner of front cover and also a diagonal crease. Text block and page browning. Else contents clean.

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THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN: AN EPIC CONFLICT REVISTED
Written by Christer Bergstrom.
Stock no. 1823217
Published by Casemate. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition.

A thrilling account of the Battle of Britain, told from the perspective of both sides. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos, a few colour illustrations & photos. ISBN: 9781612003474. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to title page. Corners of boards lightly rubbed, Boards lightly scuffed.

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THE OTHER SIDE
Written by G.G. Desmond. Illustrated by Percy Billinghurst.
Stock no. 1322220
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1903. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial board. 4 Colour plates and other b/w illustrations. 196 pages, top edge gilt. Spine and corners bumped. Some grubby marks to front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers foxed and browned. Some fingermarks to page margins. A few leaves have been roughly opened causing some slight ragged edges.

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THE PROWLERS
Written by F. St. Mars. Illustrated by Warwick Reynolds.
Stock no. 1322219
Published by James Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. 1913. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 8 tissue-guarded, mounted plates. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some light marks to covers. Front joint is starting to crack. Heavy foxing to contents.

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THE OLD CHIMNEY CORNER
No author listed.
Stock no. 1322217
Published by Renwick of Otley. Very good condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations, including a colour double-spread to centre pages. 10 pages. Rear cover is slightly grubby. Light page browning else contents clean.

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KITCHEN CAPERS
No author listed. Illustrated by Jeff Cook.
Stock no. 1322216
Published by Renwick of Otley. Almost very good condition.

A Walker Toy Book, Dinky Series No. 75. Pictorial paperwraps. 10 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations, including a colour double-spread to centre pages. 1" split to base of spine. Rear cover is slightly grubby. Contents are lightly browned but otherwise clean.

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JOY BELLS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1322215
Almost very good condition.

Small, thin format. Pictorial cardwraps. 4 full-page colour illustrations, two with b/w illustrations opposite the same to be coloured in. 16 pages. Covers are slightly grubby. Staples are slightly rusty. Contents lightly browned.

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AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS
Written by Gian-Carlo Menotti; Frances Frost. Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin.
Stock no. 1322213
Published by Andrew Dakers Limited. 1st 1953. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A narrative adaptation preserving the exact dialogue of the opera. A tender and beautiful Christmas story, warm and humorous about a crippled shepherd boy who entertains the Wise Men on their way to Bethlehem. Blue boards with black titles to spine and black vignettes to front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations. 86 pages. Slight wear to base of spine and light marks to cover edges. Light foxing to textblock and foxing to first few and last few pages too. Name in ink to half title-page else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and torn and just a little grubby.

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LIGHTNINGS LIVE ON!
Written by Hugh Trevor.
Stock no. 1823209
Published by Lightning Preservation Group. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

Large format. Cardwraps. Supersonic fighter aircraft of the Cold War period. B/w photos. ISBN: 0952882906. This is copy 412. Spine and front spine edge is faded. Rear panel lightly scuffed. Previous bookseller's price label inside front cover. Contents clean.

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ANIMAL STORIES
Written by Walter De La Mare.
Stock no. 1322207
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A selection of stories and rhymes chosen, arranged and in some part rewritten by Mare. Red decorated cloth with gilt title and vignette to spine. B/w text illustrations. 420 pages. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby, browned to spine with some loss at top of spine.

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THE LOST SQUADRON
Written by David Hayes.
Stock no. 1823200
Published by Hyperion; Madison Press Books. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour photos. 223 pages including index. A fleet of warplanes locked in ice for 50 years... Can they be freed to fly again? A true story by David Hayes. ISBN: 0786860480. A few minor dints to lower edge of boards. Tiny patch of surface paper loss to lower gutter edge of front endpapers. Light browning to text block else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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STEEPLE MORDEN STRAFERS 1943-45
Written by Ken Wells.
Stock no. 1322194
Published by Egon Publishers. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A remarkable story of courage and dedicaton, with many individual combat reports, the stories of escape and evasion also show the courage of Resistance fighters who helped downed airmen. A fascinating social documentary on the impact of war on a handful of tiny rural viallages, their inhabitants and of a lifestyle which has now almost vanished. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. Fold out site plan of Steeple Morden at rear. ISBN: 0905858913. Slight bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at top and tail of wrapper.

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