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LOST TRAWLERS OF HULL: NINE HUNDRED LOSSES BETWEEN 1835 AND 1987
Written by Alec Gill.
Stock no. 1828072
Published by The Hutton Press. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition.

A unique record of 900 Hull trawler losses between 1835 and 1987, illustrated with over 80 photos of trawlers, crewmen and families involved with the losses. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0907033776. Corners lightly rubbed. A few scuff marks to covers. Spine lightly faded. Contents clean.

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NEW TOWNS OF THE MIDDLE AGES: TOWN PLANTATION IN ENGLAND, WALES AND GASCONY
Written by Maurice Warwick Beresford.
Stock no. 1828071
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st thus 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

First published in 1967 by Lutterworth Press, republished with a new preface. Historical and topographical facts for these towns, specimen plans show what medieval planners thought a town should include. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, maps and plans. ISBN: 0862994306. Top & tail of spine bumped. Text block slightly grubby. Tape marks to pastedowns. Book has possibly been dropped at some point, leading to rear pastedown tearing (no loss). Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and vertical imperfection to laminate to rear panel (not obliterating text).

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BRITAIN B.C.: LIFE IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND BEFORE THE ROMANS
Written by Francis Pryor.
Stock no. 1828070
Published by Harper Collins. Circa 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An authoritative and radical re-examination of Britain and Ireland before the coming of the Romans. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0007126921. Third printing. A ncie copy.

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SPANISH GARDENS: THEIR HISTORY, TYPES, AND FEATURES
Written by C.M. Villiers-Stuart.
Stock no. 1828068
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1936. Very good condition.

Re-issue. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine, green title and two-tone vignette to front board. Colour & b/w plates, b/w line drawings. xii and 138 pages including index. Spine lightly browned and rubbed at edges. Corners lightly rubbed. Text block browned. Some scattered foxing present.

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TAIL OF AN ARMY
Written by J.K. Stanford.
Stock no. 1828067
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.; Phoenix House. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Autobiography, reaching back into the inter-war period when the author was in the Burmese administration after years as a regimental officer in the 1914-1918 war. The Second World War found him in the National Defence Company of the Berkshire Regiment whence he moved into the non-technical hierarchy of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. Lower front corner lightly bumped. Text block browned and has a few foxspots. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and grubby.

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AC (SHELBY) COBRA (OSPREY AUTOHISTORY)
Written by F. Wilson McComb.
Stock no. 1327775
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Osprey AutoHistory series. 1962-67; Marks I, II, III; 260, 289, 427. Grey boards, silver title to spine. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 0850455545. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Some pale foxing but contents generally clean. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit edge rubbed.

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THE DYMOCK SCHOOL OF SCULPTURE
Written by J.E. Gethyn-Jones.
Stock no. 1327774
Published by Phillimore. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. There are two types of Romanesque scuplture within the Southern half of the medieval diocese of Hereford, one of which has been named The Dymock School. ISBN: 085033313X. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just slightly edge rubbed.

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WINGS OVER GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by John Rennison.
Stock no. 1327773
Published by Aspect Publishing. 1st thus 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An account of the air war over Gloucestershire during the second world war. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Revised edition. ISBN: 0951404717. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Dustwrapper has very slight creasing to top and tail of spine.

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AGAINST GREAT ODDS
Written by C.N. Barclay.
Stock no. 1828066
Published by Sifton Praed & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the first offensive in Libya in 1940-41 - the first British victory in the Second World War. Red cloth boards, black tittle to spine. B/w photos. Text block browned. Foxing to endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at top & tail of spine and corners, lightly scuffed and grubby.

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BYGONE STEYNING BRAMBER AND BEEDING
Written by Aylwyn Guilmant.
Stock no. 1327772
Published by Phillimore. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A powerful, pictorial evocation of the changing face of the three places during the last century. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850336694. Minimal bumping to spine. Tiny mark to top edge of front cover. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper (new publisher's price sticker above) has minimal edge creasing.

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72 DRAWINGS BY DAVID HOCKNEY
Written by David Hockney. Illustrated by David Hockney.
Stock no. 1828065
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1971. Slightly better than very good condition.

Mostly monochrome and a few colour illustrations chosen by Hockney. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 022400655X. Corners of covers lightly rubbed, page margins lightly browned. Else a nice copy.

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FRAMPTON ON SEVERN: PORTRAIT OF A VICTORIAN VILLAGE
Written by Rose Spence. Illustrated by Mrs. H.H.E.C. Clifford.
Stock no. 1327771
Published by Phillimore & Co. Ltd.. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1860771513. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is just very slightly sunned to spine.

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