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"ROSSALL WILL BE WHAT YOU MAKE IT"
Written by Peter Bennett.
Stock no. 2128595
Published by Rossall Archives. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Rossall school. Large format. Red boards, gilt titles and crest to front. B/w illustrations. 244 pages. ISBN: 0951962809. Light bumping to corners. Includes a letter SIGNED by and from the author.

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A FISHY TALE
Written by Beryl Cooke. Illustrated by Nicholas Fisk.
Stock no. 2128593
Published by Angus & Robertson. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This book is about a game of cricket at the bottom of the sea and it also tells how a lady sea-horse met a nice gentleman sea-horse and got married. Blue boards with silver titles to spine. B/w and two tone illustrations. 69 pages. SIGNED by author to half-title page. A little bumping to top and tail of spine. Page edge browning. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some edge-chipping and creasing, but minimal loss.

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PASSING THE TEST: COMBAT IN KOREA APRIL-JUNE 1951
Written by William T. Bowers; John T. Greenwood.
Stock no. 1816871
Published by University Press of Kentucky. 1st 2011. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Battles and Campaigns series. A close look at the fierce fighting of the Spring Offensive and an analysis of U.S. and UN strategies and operations, exploring the combat from the perspectives of platoons, squads and the men themselves. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w maps and photos. ISBN: 9780813134529. Grubby scuff marks to rear panel.

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YESTERDAY'S HEROES
Written by Kenneth N. Jordan.
Stock no. 1816863
Published by Schiffer Military History. 1st 1996. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

433 men of World War II awarded the Medal of Honor 1941-1945. Burgundy boards, gilt titles. ISBN: 076430061X.

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THE HILL WARS OF THE KOREAN CONFLICT
Written by Paul M. Edwards.
Stock no. 1816835
Published by McFarland & Company, Inc.. 1st 2006. Fine condition.

A Dictionary of Hills, Outposts and Other Sites of Military Action. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and maps. 267 pages including index. ISBN: 9780786420988.

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EAST SURREY
Written by Bell Street.
Stock no. 2128567
Published by H.J. Publications. 1974. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is creased to edges, with couple of repaired tears; some scuffing.

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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE STEAM PACKET
Written by John Shepherd.
Stock no. 2128552
Published by Ferry Publications. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 1871947278. Creasing to cover corners. A few marks to outer page edges.

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CYLDE STEAMERS REMEMBERED
No author listed.
Stock no. 2128547
Published by The Paddle Steamer Preservation Society. 1994. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0950517763. Spine and cover edges are faded. Hinge between page 32 and 33 is cracked.

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JONADAB AND RITA
Written by Shirley Hughes. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 2128540
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 2008. Fine condition.

Toy donkey Jonadab is longing for adventure... Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780370329284. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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WHEN WE WERE YOUNG
Written by William Feaver.
Stock no. 2128535
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition.

Two Centuries of Children's Book Illustration. Large format. Yellow pictorial card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0500270759. Contents are excellent. Light fading to spine.

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MAY GIBBS MOTHER OF THE GUMNUTS - HER LIFE AND WORK
Written by May Gibbs; Maureen Walsh. Illustrated by May Gibbs.
Stock no. 2128520
Published by Cornstalk Publishing. Circa 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Snatches of interviews, notes from sketchbooks, letters and autobiographical jottings. Large format. Green cloth, white title to spine. 228 pages. B/w photos plus b/w and colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0207151784. Wrapper is faded to base of spine.

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ASTON MARTIN AND LAGONDA
Written by Chris Harvey.
Stock no. 2128515
Published by The Oxford Illustrated Press. 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Three generations and thirty models of these peculiarly English cars made since the war are examined in great detail. Their charismatic competition history is discussed together with the people who made them, still make them and those who run them; the pleasures and pitfalls of owning such a rare machine and above all the mystique that has won them such a following... Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 245 pages including index. ISBN: 0902280686. Third reprint. Minor white marks to lower edges of boards. Text block slightly dusty. Dustwrapper is edge-creased to top edge of rear panel. Slight smoky odour present.

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