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DER TIGER VOLUME 3 SCHWERE PANZERABTEILUNG 503
Written by Volker Ruff.
Stock no. 1826155
Published by Volker Ruff. 1st 2018. Nearly fine condition.

A Pictorial Documentation of the German Heavy Tank Battalions 1942-45. Schwere Panzerabteilung 503 fought on the battlefields of Russia, France, Hungary, Austria and Czechoslovakia. Dual language: English & German. Large oblong format. B/w pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9783981690828. A lovely copy.

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PANZER DNA: GERMAN MILITARY VEHICLES OF WORLD WAR II
Written by Daniele Guglielmi; Mario Pieri.
Stock no. 1826154
Published by AMMO. 1st 2017. Very good condition.

Colours, camouflage, markings, insignia and more facts related to the German Armed Forces of World War II. A practical guide. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos, colour illustrations. ISBN: 9788416949137. Top edge of rear board has a 1" horizontal nick to surface paper. Rear board lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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HERBERT STRANG'S ANNUAL 1915
Written by Herbert Strang; Captain Charles Gilson; Frank H. Mason; Leslie Beresford; et al. Illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo; Frank H. Mason; Stanley L. Wood; C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1325682
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. 1915. Good condition.

Beige cloth with gilt titles, pictorial onlays to front and spine of sailing ships. First story is "The Last Post" by Gilson. 8 colour plates mounted on brown paper, b/w illustrations throughout. 208 pages. Spine and corners bumped, covers slightly grubby. Pictorial onlay to spine partially removed. Joints cracked. Endpapers browned. Foxing to contents.

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DER TIGER VOLUME 1 SCHWERE PANZERABTEILUNG 501
Written by Volker Ruff.
Stock no. 1826153
Published by Volker Ruff. 1st 2018. Nearly fine condition.

A Pictorial Documentation of the German Heavy Tank Battalions 1942-45. Schwere Panzerabteilung 501 fought on the battlefields of Tunisia (North Africa), Russia, Poland and the Reich. Dual language: English & German. Large oblong format. B/w pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9783981690804. A lovely copy.

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THE SWORD BEHIND THE SHIELD
Written by Norbert Szamveber.
Stock no. 1826149
Published by Helion & Company. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A combat history of the German efforts to relieve Budapest 1945 - Operation 'Konrad' I, II, III. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour battle plans. ISBN: 9781909982192. Lower corners of boards bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners.

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THE BOY'S OWN ANNUAL - VOLUME 42
Written by Charles Gilson; H. Mortimer Batten; et al. Illustrated by Gordon Browne; T.H. Robinson; Harry Rountree; et al..
Stock no. 1826144
Published by The Boy's Own Paper. 1920. Good condition.

Large format. Maroon pictorial cloth. 12 colour and b/w plates. Boards lightly scuffed, spine lightly faded and lightly creased. Front hinge is broken and therefore prelims to page ix are loose/detached. Otherwise binding is tight. Folding frontis is torn in two along fold. Page edge browning and a few scattered foxspots. All plates are present. A working copy only.

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THE BOY'S OWN ANNUAL - VOLUME 48
Written by Dillon Wallace; Harold Avery; Robert Baden-Powell; May Wynne; et al. Illustrated by Gordon Browne; Alfred Pearse; Arch Webb; et al..
Stock no. 1826143
Published by The Boy's Own Paper. 1926. Very good condition.

Volume 48 1925-26. Large heavy format. Green pictorial cloth. Colour plates (some of which fold-out) and b/w illustrations. Rear board lightly scuffed. Top & tail of spine a little grayed, spine edges rubbed. Lower edge of boards rubbed, lower corners worn through cloth to boards. Front board is lovely and bright. Minor foxing and browning to endpapers. Front joint just starting to crack from bottom. A few scattered foxspots to contents. Mostly clean.

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LITTLE PEOPLE'S ANNUAL
Written by Edric Vredenburg; Norman Gale; Agnes Grozier Herbertson; et al. Illustrated by Chloe Preston; Joyce Mercer; Louis Wain; Phyllis Cooper; et al..
Stock no. 1826140
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Circa 1923. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine with black titles and vignette of children reading. Pictorial front board showing children with balloons. Colour plates plus b/w and two tone illustrations by many illustrators. 112 pages including book list. First story is Birds and Bubbles. Board edges rubbed & worn. Boards scuffed and scratched. Cloth spine faded but title still bold. Browning to contents. Bookplate to front pastedown. Inscription in ink dated 1923 to free front endpaper. Plate facing page 56 is detached. Colouring, and pencil scribbles to some b/w illustrations. Hinges pulled, binding is worn but holding. Musty odour present.

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RUPERT PAINTING AND TRACING BOOK
Written by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 1325679
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

Red and yellow paper wraps. 10 b/w pictures to colour and trace including the Wise Goat, Dapple the pony and Princess Annabel. 8 x 9.25". Top corner tip of front cover has been torn off. Colouring to the Rupert illustration on front cover. Staples rusty. The tracing pages have been used and there is colouring to two of the illustrations.

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DADDY CAT
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 1325677
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1915. Fair condition.

Cloth spine, dark green paper boards with pictorial onlay to front. 35 colour illustrations including half-title page and title page. All about 'Daddy Cat'. Covers are worn with some creasing and some slight surface paper damage. Spine bumped and rubbed. Contents are well fingered with creases and some small tears. Tiny patch of surface paper damage to lower margin of frontis (doesn't actually affect the illustration). Overall a good reading copy of a scarce Wain book.

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TIGERS IN COMBAT VOLUME III
Written by Wolfgang Schneider; Frank Kohler.
Stock no. 1826139
Published by Helion & Company. 1st 2016. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Tiger Tank action. Large format. A heavy volume. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781910777978. A few light marks to boards, minor marks to text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased across top edge.

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SS-KAMPFGRUPPE PEIPER 1943-1945
Written by Massimiliano Afiero.
Stock no. 1826137
Published by Kagero. 1st 2018. Almost very good condition.

The military career of Jochen Peiper, one of the most valiant and decorated officers of the Waffen SS told through the main battles and campaigns, which involved the units under his command, especially the armored Kampfgruppen of the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9788395157509. Corner sbumped & rubbed. Rear board is worn with a few splits to surface paper at edges. Contents are clean.

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