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AN ACCOUNT OF THE MINING DISTRICTS OF ALSTON MOOR, WEARDALE AND TEESDALE, IN CUMBERLAND AND DURHAM
Written by Thomas Sopwith.
Stock no. 1826860
Published by W. Davison. 1st 1833. Good condition.

Comprising descriptive sketches of the scenery, antiquities, geology, and mining operations, in the upper dales of the rivers Tyne, Wear and Tees. Lead mining. Cloth boards with title label to spine. Colour map of the area to frontis. Boards unevenly faded, browned, and grubby, bumped at corners, spine edges fraying, title block obliterated. Front joint split, rear joint just starting to split. Front hinge between title page and frontis is split at top & tail. Pencil writing and erasure to front pastgedown, inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Endpapers are browned and grubby. Text block browned. Initials to title page. Foxing and some grubby marks throughout. Rear hinge split.

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FLOUR MANUFACTURE: A TREATISE ON MILLING SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
Written by Friedrich Kick; H.H.P. Powles.
Stock no. 1826854
Published by Crosby Lockwood and Son. 2nd 1888. Almost very good condition.

Translated from the Second Enlarged and Revised Edition with Supplement by H.H.P. Powles also bound in. Illustrated with 24 fold-out plates plus another 4 fold-out plates to supplement. 113 woodcuts plus 54 woodcuts to supplement. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Text block untrimmed. Spine & board corners rubbed & worn. Cloth joints starting to split from the outside. Inner joints still firm. Text block and page edges a little browned. All plates present. A few finger marks to margins. Some dampstaining to some plates.

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THE REPORTS OF THE SOCIETY FOR BETTERING THE CONDITION AND INCREASING THE COMFORTS OF THE POOR (2 VOLS)
No author listed.
Stock no. 1826851
Published by Printed For The Society By W. Bulmer And Co.. 1805. Very good condition.

Four volumes in two i.e. Vol I & II and Vol III & V. Cloth spine with white title, leather boards. List of Subscribers and Lady Subscribers to rear of volume IV. Volume I Third Edition 1802; Volume II 1799; Volume III 1801 and Volume IV 1804 and also 1805. Rebacked with blue cloth spine. Original leather boards are scuffed and worn at corners. New marbled endpapers. Some foxing present. Contained in expertly made matching slipcases.

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OPERATIONS OF EIGHTH CORPS: ACCOUNT OF OPERATIONS FROM NORMANDY TO THE RIVER RHINE
Written by G.S. Jackson.
Stock no. 1826805
Published by St. Clements Press, Ltd.. 1st 1948. Good condition.

The part 8 Corps played in the invasion of Normandy. Light blue/grey cloth boards, red titles. 3 colour survey maps in pocket at rear of book. Cloth boards browned at edges and spine, base of spine worn. Small knock to vertical edge of boards. Name in ink to front pastedown. What looks like a browned damps stain running vertically at edges (margins) of prelims. A few margin marks to contents but generally clean. All colour maps present and in good condition.

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BROUGH SUPERIOR: THE ROLLS-ROYCE OF MOTORCYCLES
Written by Ronald H. Clark.
Stock no. 1826727
Published by G.T. Foulis & Co. Ltd.. 3rd 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

3rd revised edition. The story of the most distinguished marque in motorcycling history. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0854294546. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Minor foxing to text block and endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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HISTORY OF INSECTS
Written by Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn; Donald L.J. Quicke.
Stock no. 1826682
Published by Springer ScienceBusiness Media. 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

The history of insect palaeontology, the methods for studying fossils, the taphonomic processes leading to their formation, the diagnostic features of all insect orders, both extant and extinct, the major fossils of each order, and the implications that can be drawn from the palaeoentomological record about past ecology and climates. Large format. Green cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9789048158300. Reprint. A physical copy of a print on demand book, printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd. Light rubbing to corners. A few top corners of contents lightly creased. Contents clean.

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KEEPING AND BREEDING FRESHWATER TURTLES
Written by Russ Gurley.
Stock no. 1826676
Published by Living Art Publishing. 1st 2003. Very good condition.

Information and ideas that can help keepers enhance their work and help them provide more interesting and appropriate environments for their turtles. Large format. Black pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 096381303X. Covers a little grubby and scuffed. Cover corners lightly rubbed. Text block slightly grubby. Foxing to title page else contents clean.

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IMPROVING ORGANIC CROP CULTIVATION
Written by Ulrich Kopke.
Stock no. 1826660
Published by Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition.

Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science No. 47. Pictorial glazed boards. A physical copy printed on Demand by Lightning Source. A few colour photos and charts. ISBN: 9781786761842. Text block very slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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ALPINE ENVIRONMENT: GEOLOGY, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
Written by John G. Schmidt.
Stock no. 1826656
Published by Nova Publishers. Circa 2011. Fine condition.

Edited by Schmidt. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 9781612093925. Still in original shrinkwrap!

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A BUNDLE OF RAGS IN A CYCLONE: THE IRISH WATER SPANIEL
Written by Nick Waters.
Stock no. 1826636
Published by Nick Waters. 1st thus 1998. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A celebration of a unique and versatile dog - a breed now recognised at the very top levels of competition in the show ring, a working gundog; a sniffer dog; an obedience and agility dog, but, above all, a character and companion. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and colour illustrations. ISBN: 095346590X. SIGNED by the author on a compliments slip loosely included. Contents fine. Pictorial dust wrapper is lightly scuffed.

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BRITSCHE BALLADEN
Written by Albert Verwey. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1325879
Published by Van Holkema & Warendorf. 1st thus 1920. Very good condition.

Dutch edition of British Ballads, translated by Verwey. Limited edition of 550 copies. Large format. Pale grey buckram with green titles and colour onlay to front. 15 tipped-in colour plates to the contents mounted on grey card with tissue-guards (16 plates listed but May Colven is the plate featured on the front cover). 198 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped. A few small, light marks to covers. Some pale page browning and some light foxing.

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THE MOST FAMOUS CAR IN THE WORLD
Written by Dave Worrall.
Stock no. 1826562
Published by Solo. 1st 1993. Very good condition.

The complete history of the James Bond Aston Martin DB5. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0951750917. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Card covers a little rubbed at corners and scufffed. Top edge of text block a little berowned and grubby. Top corners of contents (margins) and rear cover lightly creased. Contents are clean.

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