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AEROMODELLER ANNUAL 1949
Written by D.J. Laidlaw-Dickson; D.A. Russell.
Stock no. 1820123
Published by Model Aeronautical Press Limited. 1949. Good condition.

A review of the year's aeromodelling throughout the world in theory and practice: together with useful data, contest results and authoritative articles. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w diagrams. B/w photos. Board edges rubbed with some surface loss, spine fraying at edges. Spine cocked. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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SKINNINGROVE IRON AND STEEL WORKS: ITS HISTORY, RAILWAYS AND LOCOMOTIVES
Written by Cliff Shepherd.
Stock no. 1820118
Published by The Industrial Railway Society. 1st 2012. Fine condition.

The history and physical changes affecting a UK integrated iron and steel works. Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and a few colour. ISBN: 9781901556803. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page.

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MORE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE RAILWAYS OF HULL
Written by W.B. Yeadon.
Stock no. 1820117
Published by Booklaw Railbus. 1st thus 1995. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed boards. Reprint edition. B/w photos. ISBN: 1899624252. Light bumping to corners.

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TICKETS NOT TRANSFERABLE: THE PHOTO ALBUM OF A TYNESIDE TRAIN SPOTTER
Written by Les Turnbull.
Stock no. 1820109
Published by Ergo Press. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 184 pages plus index. ISBN: 9780955275869. Crease to top corner of foreword otherwise a fine copy.

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OLD MANOR HOUSES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1319359
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1923. Almost very good condition.

12 tissue-guarded colour plates plus tinted illustrations. Colour pictorial endpapers. Grey cloth with gilt title and decoration to spine. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby with a few light marks. Front joint cracked, rear joint just starting to crack. Some light foxing and fingering but contents generally clean.

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BR LOCOMOTIVE NUMBERING
Written by Colin J. Marsden.
Stock no. 1820107
Published by Ian Allan Ltd.. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

All Diesel and Electric Locomotives operated by BR. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 0711014450. Text block browned, light page browning to contents.

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BACHELORS AND A BACHELOR'S CONFESSIONS
Written by Washington Irving. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1319354
Published by William Heinemann. 1909. Good condition.

Small format. Grey boards, colour pictorial onlay to front. 3 tipped-in colour plates. B/w illustrations. Rebacked with matching cloth, new cream endpapers. Inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Plates fine. Some browning and foxing but contents generally clean.

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A NEW ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FREEMASONRY (ARS MAGNA LATOMORUM) 2 VOLUMES
Written by Arthur Edward Waiter.
Stock no. 1820100
Published by Rider & Co.. 1923. Very good condition.

And of Cognate Instituted Mysteries: Their Rites Literature and History. New and Revised Edition. Two volumes. Red cloth spines with gilt titles. Red cloth boards with gilt crest to front boards. B/w plates. Boards clean, gilt titles bright. Text blocks lightly browned. Foxing throughout including to plate margins. Slight surface paper damage to page xvi and xvii. All plates present.

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BLACK HUNTING WHIP
Written by Monica Edwards. Illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam.
Stock no. 1319346
Published by Collins. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Mrs Thornton acquires an old house in which Dion finds a diary of a boy telling the story of the Black Hunting Whip. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some fading and foxing to covers. Book leans to one side. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and chipped with loss at spine and corner, foxing to verso of wrapper.

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ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
Written by Bianca Maria Alfieri.
Stock no. 1820096
Published by Laurence King Publishing. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The history of Islamic architecture in India from its beginnings in the thirteenth century until its decline in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Encompassing the whole sub-continent to cover Pakistan and Bangladesh. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 1856691896. Slight fading to top edge of front endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.

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OLD & RARE BREEDS OF POULTRY
Written by J. Butler.
Stock no. 1820093
Published by Beech Publishing House. 1st thus 1997. Nearly fine condition.

International Poultry Library. New Edition. From the 1840s old and rare breeds flourished being kept for poultry farming and as a hobby, often being shown. Then came the decline, the noble birds being replaced by birds which laid the maximum and ate the least amount of food... Now it has been discovered that these battery cages cause pain and suffering. There is a good chance that these standard breeds will now return to their rightful place in supplying eggs... Large format. Blue cardwraps. Some colour plates, b/w photos. ISBN: 1857362268. Cover corners lightly rubbed, small mark on rear cover where old price label was. Contents clean.

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THE CHALET SCHOOL COMPANION
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer; Helen McClelland.
Stock no. 1319330
Published by Armada. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps, White spine. A fascinating collection of articles written by the CS expert! Also contains two CS short stories never before available in paperback! ISBN: 0006749119. SIGNED by the author by means of a dedication to title-page. Minimal rubbing to cover edges and very slight page browning.

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