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RESCUED FROM OBSCURITY: THE CONTINUING STORY OF THE HEREFORD & GLOUCESTER CANAL
Written by Richard Skeet.
Stock no. 1327791
Published by The Herefordshire And Gloucestershire Canal Trust. 1st 2014. Nearly fine condition.

The story of the building and operation of the canal and also how the canal trust set about the enormous task of restoring the 34 miles of this historic canal, reconnecting two ancient Cathedral Cities. Cardwraps. 200 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780992944100. Minimal rubbing to corners of covers.

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THE THAMES & SEVERN CANAL
Written by Humphrey Household.
Stock no. 1327790
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st thus 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781848680357. Minimal rubbing to corners of covers.

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VIKING AGE SCULPTURE
Written by Richard N. Bailey.
Stock no. 1327789
Published by Collins. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Collins Archaeology series. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 288 pages including index. B/w photos and drawings. ISBN: 0002162288. Spine and corners bumped. Top edge of textblock is foxed else contents clean. Dustwrapper is rubbed to spine and corners, minimal fading to spine.

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A CONSTANT HEART: THE WAR DIARIES OF MAUD RUSSELL 1938-1945
Written by Emily Russell; John Julius Norwich.
Stock no. 1327788
Published by Dovecote Press. Circa 2022. Very good condition.

Edited by Emily Russell, foreword by J.J.Norwich. 319 pages including index. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9780995546233. 2nd printing. Rubbing to corners. Light mark to base of textblock. Contents clean.

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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM A CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR 1914
Written by Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated by A.E. Jackson.
Stock no. 1327787
Published by Ernest Nister. 1914. Very good condition.

Small format. Grey spine, cream and red decorative boards. Superbly illustrated colour endpapers (no other illustrations). Very elaborate gilt, red and blue borders to each page. Covers slightly grubby. Joints cracked.

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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Blanche Macmanus.
Stock no. 1327786
Published by The De La More Press. 1925. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Saint George series. Red cloth with black titles and decoration to front cover. B/w illustrations. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Neat name in ink to front pastedown. Small brown spot to front pastedown transferring onto free-endpaper. Cream dustwrapper is slightly grubby and marked.

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THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
Written by John Bunyan. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Stock no. 1327785
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1932. Very good condition.

With biographical introduction and new index. Blue leather covers with gilt title/decoration to spine. 382 pages including index. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed, covers lightly scuffed. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned.

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MEMORABLE COARSE FISH
Written by Faddist.
Stock no. 1327784
Published by Burlington Publishing Company Limited. Circa 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An 'Angler's News' publication. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 115 pages. Spine bumped. Foxing and light page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is foxed, browned to spine and chipped at edges with slight loss.

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FRENCH DESTROYERS: TORPILLEURS D'ESCADRE & CONTRE-TORPILLEURS 1922-1956
Written by John Jordan; Jean Moulin.
Stock no. 1828104
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Between the wars, the French produced some of the larges and fastest destroyers in the world. This volume blends technical and historical analysis. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781848321984. Corners lightly rubbed else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly faded to spine.

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FRENCH ARMOURED CRUISERS 1887-1932
Written by John Jordan; Philippe Caresse.
Stock no. 1828103
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This book has as its subject the French armoured cruisers built from the late 1880s until shortly before the outbreak of the Great War, beginning with the revolutionary Dupuy-de-Lome, the world's first modern armoured cruiser, and ending with the impressive six-funnelled Edgar Quinet and Waldeck-Rousseau. The primary focus is on the tgechnical characterstics of the ships. Large format. Blue boarfds, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781526741189. Light rubbing to corners else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is clean and bright.

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THE BSA MOTORCYCLE MANUAL: 500 C.C. O.H.V. VERTICAL TWIN MODEL A7 AND A7 STAR TWIN 1947-1950
No author listed.
Stock no. 1327782
Published by B.S.A. Motor Cycles Ltd.. 1953. Very good condition.

Title inside front cover is The B.S.A. Vertical Twin Power Unit. Small format. Red cardwraps. B/w diagrams. 68 pages (incuding index). Covers a little grubby and rubbed. Some very pale foxing and page edge browning but contents generally clean. Remains of a small white label to inside rear cover.

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CORPUS OF ANGLO-SAXON STONE SCULPTURE VOLUME IX CHESHIRE AND LANCASHIRE
Written by Richard N. Bailey.
Stock no. 1828102
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This volume in the acclaimed Corpus series provides a full analytical catalogue of all known pre-Norman sculpture from the historic counties of Cheshire and Lancashire. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780197264621. Name & date to front endpaper else a lovely copy. Blue dustwrapper has a tiny tear to inside front flap crease and is lightly scuffed.

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