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DON'T GO OUT TONIGHT
Written by Babette Cole. Illustrated by Babette Cole.
Stock no. 1329885
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

A Creepy Concertina Pop-Up. Unfold this clever pop-up book into six hilarious scenes, all in full dimension and with moveable parts! Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 0241107326. Slight wear to corner tips of covers and pages. Pop-ups in excellent working order.

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ADVENTURE STORIES FROM THE STRAND
Written by Geraldine Beare; Tim Heald. Illustrated by David Eccles.
Stock no. 1329884
Published by Folio Society. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

Stories selected by Geraldine Beare. Introduction by Tim Heale. Green and gilt pictorial cloth, gilt title block to spine with black title. B/w illustrations. Top edge green. Spine is faded and slightly spotted, bumped at top and tail. Gold slipcase is slightly scuffed.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF ROSES
Written by Michael Gibson.
Stock no. 1830043
Published by Frederick Warne. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

Observer book no. 84. Glazed pictorial boards. With 130 Colour photographs and 12 line drawings. ISBN: 0723216061. Spine lightly browned with red title to spine lightly faded (not bad). Mark where label has been removed to rear board. Contents clean.

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THE CHURCHYARD YEWS OF GWENT
Written by J. Daryll Evans.
Stock no. 1830042
Published by Archangel Press. 2nd 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Second Edition. Cardwraps. B/w photos. A fascinating study. 174 pages. ISBN: 9781905037018. A lovely copy.

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THE FLOWER CLASS CORVETTE AGASSIZ (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP)
Written by John McKay; John Harland.
Stock no. 1830040
Published by Conway. Circa 2004. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Revised edition with 1/144 scale fold-out plan to verso of dustwrapper. This volume is devoted to one of the most famous and most nuerous of all escort vessels, the 'Flower' class corvette. The particular subject is the corvette Agassiz which was build in Vancouver and commissioned in January 1941. Of the short forecastle configuration she best represents the Canadian Flowers as they were when thrown into the thick of the bitter Atlantic convoy battles of 1941-42. A complete anatomy of the ship in words, photographs and drawings. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and drawings. 160 pages. ISBN: 0851779751. 3rd printing. A lovely copy.

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THE BATTLESHIP WARSPITE (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP)
Written by Ross Watton.
Stock no. 1830039
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Revised Edition with 1/300 scale fold-out plan to verso of dustwrapper. Arguably one of the finest capital ship designs of all time, Warspite and her sister-ships were the prototypes of the modern fast battleship, the ultimate development of the dreadnought type. This volume features a complete anatomy of the ship in words, photographs and drawings. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and drawings. 120 pages. ISBN: 0851779212. A lovely copy with minimal fading to front edge of dustwrapper spine.

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THE BOMB VESSEL GRANADO 1742 (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP)
Written by Peter Goodwin.
Stock no. 1830038
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st thus 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Granado was one of twelve bomb vessels that were built to supplement the depleted bomb vessel fleet at the outbreak of the War of Jenkins' Ear in 1739 and the ensuing War of Austrian Succession. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Complete with a 1/96 Scale Fold-out plan (to verso of dustwrapper). B/w diagrams. 125 pages. ISBN: 1844860051. A lovely copy.

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U.S. NAVY DIVE AND TORPEDO BOMBERS OF WWII
Written by Barrett Tillmann; Robert L. Lawson.
Stock no. 1830037
Published by Mbi Publishing. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition.

Dauntless, Helldiver, Devastator, Avenger, their names evoke relentless chivalry, plunging danger, total destruction, and noble reprise - fitting tribute to combat aircraft whose purpose was to defend American interests by locating, attacking, and destroying enemy warships, equipment, and installations. These were the dive and torpedo bombers of World War II. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w and colour photos. 128 pages including index. ISBN: 0760309590. A lovely copy, looks and feels unread!

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A HISTORY OF THE OLD ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDRIES
Written by Talbot Baines Reed; A.F. Johnson.
Stock no. 1830032
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 2nd 1952. Very good condition.

With Notes Historical and Bibliographical on the Rise and Progress of English Typography. New Edition revised and enlarged by A.F. Johnson. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Folding pictorial b/w frontis showing a 'true and exact representation of the Art of Crafting and Preparing Letters for Printing'. B/w illustrations. xiv and 400 pages including index. Small stain to lower edge of rear board and splash mark to lower edge of text block. A few minor scuff marks to boards. Endpapers browned. A few minor margin marks to contents but generally a nice, clean copy.

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THE GREAT CANAL
Written by Roderick Grant.
Stock no. 1830030
Published by Gordon & Cremonesi. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An epic tale of the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 156 pages including index. ISBN: 0860330710. Lower corners of boards bumped, light vertical crease to spine. Text block lightly browned. A few foxspots present, mainly to prelims.Dustwrapper has a circular mark left by a label to rear panel with some removal of surface paper.

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THE TEXTILE INDUSTRIES (INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS VOLUME 8)
Written by D.T. Jenkins.
Stock no. 1830029
Published by Blackwell Publishers. 1st 1994. Almost very good condition.

Journal articles and chapters from collections of essays regarded as 'classics'. Edited by D.T. Jenkins. Blue cloth boards, silver titles. 438 pages. ISBN: 0631181199. A few marks to boards. Light fading to spine. Some annotation - mainly underlining with a highlighter pen present. Else clean.

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THE WILTSHIRE COTSWOLDS (EXPLORING HISTORIC WILTSHIRE 3)
Written by Ken Watts.
Stock no. 1830027
Published by The Hobnob Press. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

The Wiltshire Cotswolds on the county's north-western fring. An unassuming but fascinating and attractive region, which extends from Bradford on Avon in the south, through Corsham, Sherston and Malmesbury to the Cotswold Water Park and Cricklade in the north. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ix and 290 pages including index. ISBN: 9780946418657. Edges lightly rubbed, text block very slightly grubby. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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