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LA NAVIGATION AERIENNE L'AVIATION ET LA DIRECTION DES AEROSTATS
Written by Gaston Tissandier.
Stock no. 2131329
Published by Librairie Hachette Et Cie. 1st 1886. Good condition.

L'Aviation et la Direction des Aerostats dans les temps anciens et modernes (the aviation and direction of airships in old and modern times). Blue paperwraps. B/w illustrations. Text in French. Re-bound with a near matching blue card, front and rear paperwrap covers glued to card for strength, original spine missing. Some hinges broken but binding is generally tight. One or two scattered foxspots else contents clean.

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LAND SPEED RECORD
Written by Cyril Posthumus.
Stock no. 1817788
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A complete history of the record breaking cars from 39MPH to 600+ MPH. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, colour illustrations. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0850450373. Light browning to text block. Light damp staining & crinkling to top margins. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded at spine with a couple of closed edge-tears, scuffed to rear panel.

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STIRLING MOSS: ALL MY RACES
Written by Stirling Moss; Alan Henry.
Stock no. 1817779
Published by Haynes Publishing. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Sir Stirling Moss OBE describes every single race in which he took part between 1947 and 1962. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. Large format. 352 pages including index. ISBN: 9781844257003. Contents crinkled by damp but no damp staining.

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TRACK RECORD: THE MOTOR SPORT PHOTOGRAPHY OF MAURICE ROWE
Written by Maurice Rowe. Illustrated by Maurice Rowe.
Stock no. 1817776
Published by Queensgate Publications. 1st 1999. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An evocative, nostalgic and revealing collection of photographs spanning three fascinating decades of Formula 1 and sports car racing. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 1902655001. A lovely copy. Cream pictorial dustwrapper is slightly marked.

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ABC ALL COLOUR BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 2131288
Published by Birn Brothers Ltd.. Very good condition.

Lilac glazed boards. A lovely book of ABC for children. Full page illustrations for every letter to a page. 10.5 x 8.5". Unpaginated. Bumping to spine and corners. Margin tear to rear endpaper.

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THE RED UMBRELLA
Written by Margaret Smith-Masters. Illustrated by Janet Lamb Gilmour.
Stock no. 2131259
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth with red titles. Oval pictorial onlay to front cover, with holly decorations. 4 tipped-in colour plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Scuffing to covers; some marks. Wear to onlay. Some damp spots to top edge of front cover. Presentation plate to front endpaper. Foxing throughout. All plates present.

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MY NURSERY RHYME BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 2131254
Published by Nister & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

Cloth spine. Front cover shows Humpty Dumpty fallen off the wall. Colour & b/w illustrations. Scuffing and wear with bumping to cover edges and corners. Foxing and margin marks. Tear next to spine for a few inches on page 63/64.

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ROBIN OF THE MOVIES
Written by David Turner. Illustrated by Malcolm Baker.
Stock no. 2131252
Published by Yeoman Publishing. 1st 1989. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. The Cinematic History of the Legendary Outlaw of Sherwood. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0951558803. Very slight creasing to cover corners. Contents are excellent.

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BONZO'S ANNUAL 1950
Written by Christine E. Bradley. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 2131249
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1950. Good condition.

Pictorial front board shows Bonzo eating grapes with parrot. Cloth spine. Packed full of stories and verses. Colour and two tone illustrations throughout. Spine is browned and spotted. Heavy scuffing and wear to covers. Damp marks to rear cover. Inscriptions in ink to front pastedown and front endpaper. Damp staining to some page margins. Foxing and browning. A reading copy.

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SPORTS CAR RACING IN CAMERA 1960-69
Written by Paul Parker.
Stock no. 2131229
Published by Haynes. 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The world of sports car racing in the 1960s springs to life here through stunning full-colour period photography and the author's well-observed commentary. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 9781844254002. A few marks to covers. Contents are fine. Dustwrapper has a couple of small nicks at corners.

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THE PUNISHER IN INTRUDER
Written by Mike Baron. Illustrated by Bill Reinhold.
Stock no. 2131202
Published by Marvel Entertainment Group. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black boards with silver title to spine and small vignettes to front cover. ISBN: 0871355442. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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THE LOVE FOR THREE ORANGES
Written by Frank Corsaro. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2131198
Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 1st USA 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Beige cloth with gilt title to spine and brown/red vignette to front cover. Colour illustrations and endpapers. The Glyndebourne Version. Some foxing to outer page edges. Original acetate wrapper is torn with a bit of loss; creased with some grubby marks.

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