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ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR
Written by C. Bradham. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1503816
Published by A. Wheaton & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Good condition.

The Merry-Go-Round Readers Book Two. Green and black cloth. Colour illustrations. 160 pages. Collection of stories by various authors, including Blyton, edited by Bradham. Covers very worn and scuffed, especially at edges. Small splits and some fraying to ends of spine. School stamp to front endpaper and another to frontis. Contents have lots of grubby fingermarks to lower margins plus some other marks.

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THE ATLANTIC FERRY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Written by F. Reid Corson.
Stock no. 1810421
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1937. Good condition.

Pale blue cloth, black titles. Colour folding frontis and b/w plates & illustrations. Mottling to cloth boards. Fraying/splits to top sides of spine. Spine faded. Neat inscription in ink to front pastedown. One hinge pulled but binding tight.

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AN EDWARDIAN CHILDHOOD
Written by Jane Pettigrew.
Stock no. 1403355
Published by Little, Brown and Company. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Between 1901 and the outbreak of the first world war, Britain enjoyed what was often referred to as The Golden Age and this time of greater wealth and freedom encouraged a more enlightened attitude to the upbringing of the Edwardian child. Oblong format. B/w photos. Colour & b/w illustrations. 160 pages. ISBN: 0316888656. Spine and corners a little bumped.A little fading to board edges. A few marks to boards. Greasy mark to front pastedown. Contents are clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is a little edgeworn . Browning to spine and wrapper edges. Small tear to front panel.

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THE HONOURABLE BALMORAL HER PEERS AND PIERS
Written by Richard Danielson.
Stock no. 2115735
Published by Maritime Publications. 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Colour and b/w photos. The story of Britain's most widely-travelled excursion ship. Includes list of subscribers. ISBN: 0951315587. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with a couple of closed tears; repaired to verso with tape.

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PLEASURE STEAMERS
Written by Bernard Cox.
Stock no. 2115732
Published by David & Charles. 1ST 1983. Very good condition.

A fascinating selection of photos shows the crews, passengers and the vessels in both traditional and unusual situations. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0715383337. Spine is faded. Browning to pages.

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JAGUAR: REBIRTH OF A LEGEND
Written by Ken Clayton.
Stock no. 2115723
Published by Century. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The inside story of the revival of Jaguar, covering the period from the engulfing of Jaguar by British Leyland, through the launch of the XJ-S in 1975, the appointment of Michael Edwardes as Chariman of BL in 1977, and his recruitment of John Egan to turn Jaguar round, to the triumphant launch of the new XJ-40 in 1986 and the beginning of a new era of excellence. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. xv and 196 pages including index. ISBN: 0712623310. Light bumping to a couple of corners and top & tail of spine. Light foxing to top edge of text block. Dustwrapper is a little edge-creased.

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IRISH PASSENGER STEAMSHIP SERVICES VOLUME 1 NORTH OF IRELAND
Written by D.B. McNeill.
Stock no. 2115722
Published by Augustus M. Kelley. 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. American edition. A few marks to covers. Small indentation mark to rear cover. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few marks; scuff/dent to rear panel.

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PRINCIPLES OF TRANSPORT
Written by R.W. Faulks.
Stock no. 2115720
Published by Ian Allan Ltd.. 2nd 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

2nd edition. B/w photos. ISBN: 0711004722. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Wrapper is edge-creased with some browning.

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DEFENCE OF THE WESTERN BORDER
Written by Sukhwant Singh.
Stock no. 2115694
Published by Lancer Publishers & Distributors. 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

India's Wars Since Independence Series - Volume Two. ISBN: 1897829426. Spine is a bit 'wrinkled'. Couple of corners are bumped. Page browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks.

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ORIGINS ORIENT AND ORIANA
Written by Charles F. Morris.
Stock no. 2115673
Published by Teredo Books. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Seen within the perspective of the development of the ship from earliest times, this is the history of the Orient Line, one of the most notable passenger liner companies, from its sailing ships through its century of passenger steamships in all its aspects, including the story of the families who guided its fortunes and, finally, all the problems - likely and unlikely - of the design and building of the very last of the great liners seen, unusually, through the eyes of the Company's Chief Naval Architect. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine and ship vignette to front cover. B/w photos. ISBN: 0903662078. Some browning to cover edges. Marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased, with a few nicks.

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FIFTY YEARS ON THE LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY
Written by Leopold Turner; David Stevenson.
Stock no. 1208103
Published by McCorquodale & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1891. Almost very good condition.

Together with other memoranda in the life of David Stevenson edited by Turner. Blue cloth, gilt titles. 153 pages. Bookplate of W.H.McAlpine to front pastedown. Front board slightly stained, corners worn. Edge of front endpaper has slight loss. Pencil annotations else contents very good.

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MORE FIGHTING NEWFOUNDLANDERS
Written by G.W.L. Nicholson.
Stock no. 1208102
1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the soldiers, sailors and airmen who represented Newfoundland ion the second world war. xiii + 621 pages. B/w photos. Folding colour maps. Text misprinted on lower corners of two pages (ink very light) else contents near fine. Front cover stained at top edge. Wrapper corners rubbed.

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