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JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRIES VISITED DURING THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLE ROUND THE WORLD UNDER CAPTAIN FITZ ROY
Written by Charles Darwin; Richard Keynes.
Stock no. 1817941
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2003. Fine condition.

Blue cloth with printed design in black and gilt. Introduction by Richard Keynes. Colour & b/w plates. Maps to endpapers. Top edge blue. Contained in publisher's black slipcase.
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CAPTAIN COOK'S VOYAGES 1768-1779
Written by Captain Cook; Glyndwr Williams.
Stock no. 1817940
Published by Folio Society. 2001. Nearly fine condition.

Elaborately decorated blue cloth with gilt. Colour illustrations. Top edge blue. Selected and introduced by Williams. Fifth printing. Couple of minor lower corner creases and two very small white spots to top coloured edge. Contained in publisher's black slipcase that is a little scuffed.
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THE FOLIO BOOK OF THE ENGLISH CHRISTMAS
Written by Geraldine Beare; Edwin Lees; Laurie Lee; Eleanor Farjeon; Kenneth Grahame; Henry James; George Eliot; Charles Dickens; Cecil Beaton; et al. Illustrated by John Holder.
Stock no. 1817939
Published by Folio Society. 1st 2002. Fine condition.

Burgundy cloth with gilt titles and red/green decorations to titles. A Collection of Seasonal Writing Selected by Beare. 7 colour plates, including frontis. B/w illustrations. Top edge red. Contained in publisher's green slipcase which has a few marks to one side.
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THE SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM
Written by T.E. Lawrence.
Stock no. 1817938
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2000. Fine condition.

Pictorial cloth. Maps drawn by Reginald Piggott. B/w photos. Foreword by Wilfred Thesiger. Introduction by Michael Asher. Contained in publisher's black slipcase which is slightly scuffed.
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THE THIRTY YEARS WAR
Written by C.V. Wedgwood.
Stock no. 1817937
Published by Folio Society. 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduction by Roy Strong. Brown pictorial cloth with black title block with gilt title to spine. Endpapers are maps of Central Europe 1618. Colour & b/w illustrations. Top edge brown. 508 pages includes index. Second printing. Contained in brown, slightly scuffed slipcase.
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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Thomas Carlyle.
Stock no. 1817935
Published by Folio Society. 2001. Nearly fine condition.

Black cloth spine with gilt title blocks and black title, red cloth boards with black cloth at vertical edge. B/w illustrations. Volume I: The Bastille. Volume II: The Constitution. Volume III: The Guillotine. Second printing. Contained in publisher's slipcase with pictorial onlay to one side.
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SHIPWRECK INDEX OF THE BRITISH ISLES VOLUME 5 - WEST COAST AND WALES
Written by Richard Larn; Bridget Larn.
Stock no. 1817934
Published by Lloyd's Register Of Shipping. 1st 2000. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Burgundy boards, gilt titles. ISBN: 190083961X.
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SAILPLANES 1920 - 1945
Written by Martin Simons.
Stock no. 1817933
Published by Equip. 2nd 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Describing and illustrating more than 120 types of sailplane, designed, built and flown in many countries during the quarter century following the first organised gliding competition on the Wasserkuppe in 1920. Large format. B/w pictorial boards. B/w photos and colour diagrams throughout. ISBN: 3980677346. 2nd revised edition. Fading to spine and spine edges.
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HELICOPTERS OF THE THIRD REICH
Written by Steve Coates.
Stock no. 1817932
Published by Classic. 1st 2002. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A comprehensive attempt to relate the development of autogyros and helicopters in Germany during the period 1930-1945 and seeks to shed light on a long and unjustly neglected area of considerable aeronautical achievement. Dark red boards, silver title to spine, blind titles to front. B/w and a few colour photos and diagrams. ISBN: 1903223245.
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LUFTWAFFE EAGLE: FROM THE ME109 TO THE ME262
Written by Walter Schuck.
Stock no. 1817931
Published by Hikoki Publications. 1st thus 2009. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Flying both the Me109 and Me262, Luftwaffe ace Walter Schuck tells his own story simply, conveying his impressions of life, the rationale of the Luftwaffe and the everyday life of a military man in thos times, including the difficulties and hardships of the war in the Arctic Seas. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & a few colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9781902109060.
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A HISTORY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AIR WAR 1940-1945 VOLUME THREE: TUNISIA AND THE END IN AFRICA NOVEMBER 1942-MAY 1943
Written by Christopher Shores; Giovani Massimello; Russell Guest; Frank Olynyk; Winfried Bock.
Stock no. 1817930
Published by Grub Street. 1st 2016. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The background to the first major Anglo-American venture - Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa. Green pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. 680 pages. ISBN: 9781910690000. Light creasing to dustwrapper.
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LONGBOW: A SOCIAL AND MILITARY HISTORY
Written by Robert Hardy.
Stock no. 1817929
Published by Haynes. 5th 2012. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Fifth Edition. The history of archery. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and a few colour photos & illustrations. ISBN: 9780857332486.
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