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THE LEEDS & LIVERPOOL CANAL: A HISTORY AND GUIDE
Written by Mike Clarke.
Stock no. 1827642
Published by Carnegie Publishing Ltd.. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Illustrated history of England's longest and most successful inland waterway. Dark green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0948789409. Text block lightly browned with some foxing. Else a clean copy. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. There is a slight musty odour present.

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STRANGERS AT THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1327047
Published by Collins. 1st 1951. Good condition.

Green cloth, green titles to spine. Colour frontis. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Small black mark to top of spine. Front free-endpaper removed, half title-page is part detached at top 2".

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THE PEOPLE ALONG THE SAND: THE SPURN PENINSULA & KILNSEA A HISTORY, 1800-2000
Written by Jan Crowther.
Stock no. 1827641
Published by Phillimore. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Spurn Head is a 3.5 mile sand and shingle peninsula stretching between the North Sea and the River Humber. This social history of Spurn and Kilnsea has an emphasis on how the landscape of this very unusual area has impacted upon the people who have lived there or been associated with it. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781860774195. A lovely copy.

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THEY WERE EXPENDABLE
Written by W.L. White.
Stock no. 1827640
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st UK 1942. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The accounts of four survivors of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Small format. Spine lightly faded and gilt title dull. Text block browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby, browned, worn at corners with slight loss.

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BLOODY VERRIERES: THE I. SS-PANZERKORPS' DEFENCE OF THE VERRIERES-BOURGUEBUS RIDGES VOLUME I
Written by Arthur W. Gullachsen.
Stock no. 1827638
Published by Casemate Publishers. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Operations Goodwood and Atlantic, 18-22 July 1944. The first of a two-volume set, a period of five days is examined to illustrate the attritional warfare of the Normandy campaign and cataclysmic battlefield collision of two armies, Panzergruppe West and the British Second Army, practicing entirely different operational doctrines. Black paper boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781636240022. Pale grubby mark to vertical edge of text block else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top edge.

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THE CATHEDRALS OF ENGLAND: THE WEST AND MIDLANDS
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Priscilla Metcalf; et al; Gavin Stamp.
Stock no. 1827636
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Preface by Gavin Stamp. Bright pink spine with gilt title, grey cloth boards. B/w photos. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some scuffing, a few minor marks to one end. Overall, still a nice copy.

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THE CATHEDRALS OF ENGLAND: THE NORTH AND EAST ANGLIA
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Priscilla Metcalf; et al.
Stock no. 1827635
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2005. Very good condition.

Bright pink spine with gilt title, grey cloth boards. B/w photos. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is heavily scuffed and marked to one end and also has a few marks to plain side. Overall still a nice copy.

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THE CATHEDRALS OF ENGLAND: THE SOUTH-EAST
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Priscilla Metcalf; et al.
Stock no. 1827634
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2005. Very good condition.

Bright pink spine with gilt title, grey cloth boards. B/w photos. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed on one end and one side, spine has a few ink splashed. Still a nice copy.

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UNDER THE GREENWOOD: PICTURING THE BRITISH TREE FROM CONSTABLE TO KURT JACKSON
Written by Anne Anderson; Tim Craven; Steve Marshall; Ian Massey.
Stock no. 1327044
Published by Sansom & Company. 1st 2013. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781908326300. Slight marks to rear cover and to textblock. Slight wear to top corner of front cover.

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DEER OF THE WORLD
Written by Valerius Geist.
Stock no. 1327043
Published by Swan Hill Press. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Their Evolution, Behaviour and Ecology. Large, heavy format. Blue cloth, silver title to spine. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. 421 pages. ISBN: 1840370947. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small mark to front pastedown. Some faint foxing to endpapers and light marks to textblock. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at edges and lightly faded to spine.

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ENDURANCE RACING 1982-1991
Written by Ian Briggs.
Stock no. 1327042
Published by Osprey Automotive. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yearly summaries and annual reviews of the FIA and IMSA championships are linked to summarised reports and results for ever World Championship Group C race between 1982 and 1990 - and of course, each running of the Le Mans 24 hours. Red boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1855322285. A unique copy SIGNED to title page by multiple drivers in the 1994 62nd Le Mans 24 hours race and throughout by other racing drivers. A unique record of endurance motor racing. Signatures include: Jeff Krosnoff, Eric van de Poele, Jurgen Lassig, Frank Jelinski, Yannick Dalmas, Mauro Baldi, George Fouche, Steven Andskar, Justin Bell, Richard Lloyd, Nick Adams, Tom Walkinshaw, Jan Lammers, Thorkild Thyrring, Andy Wallace, Peter Falk, Kenny Acheson, Mark Blundell, Robin Donovan, Richard Piper, Pierre Dieudonne, David Kennedy, Thierry Boutsen, Philippe Alliot. Spine and corners bumped. Name plate (John Atkins) has had some pencil writing erased from it. Previous owner and written his name in ink to edge of front pastedown, the date in ink to top of front free-endpaper and has also written the names of the drivers under their signatures. Some very light foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed and creased.

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KEESHONDS OF THE WORLD
Written by Margo Emerson.
Stock no. 1327041
Published by Beech Publishing House. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

All aspects of keeping, breeding and showing this likeable dog. Tracing the history and development of the breed and assesses its place in various countries throughout the world. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 1852592370. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Contents fine. White dustwrapper has evidence of a label removed to rear panel, is slightly edge worn and has a few scratch marks to edge of rear panel.

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