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SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE CRASH LOG (2 VOLUMES)
Written by David J. Smith.
Stock no. 1825906
Very good condition.

Volume 1: 1938-1942; Volume 2: 1943-1947. Large format. White cardwraps with blue titles. Stapled binding. Covers are a little grubby, small stain to rear cover of volume 1. Contents clean.

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LOST LANDS OF EDEN: PEOPLE AND LANDSCAPE IN EARLY EAST CUMBRIA, FROM ABOUT 10,000BC TO 700AD
No author listed.
Stock no. 1825902
Published by East Cumbria Countryside Project. Slightly better than very good condition.

East Cumbria as shaped by 6,000 years of human history. The River Eden runs right through East Cumbria and, as a result, much of the area has been known, simply, as Eden. Each chapter of the book describes a scene of life in Eden. Oblong format. Cardwraps. Two tone illustrations throughout. 36 numbered pages. Light browning to covers. Previous owner's rainbow coloured address label to title page. Else contents clean.

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MILES AIRCRAFT: THE WARTIME YEARS 1939-1945 (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Peter Amos.
Stock no. 1825900
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 2012. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd / Miles Aircraft Ltd, Reading, South Marston & Doncaster, and Miles Aircraft (Northern Ireland) Ltd. Continuing the story with the trials and tribulations of Miles Aircraft during the war. Contains a fully comprehensive history of each individual aircraft built during the period. Large format. Green glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and illustrations. Includes The Appendices in cardwraps. ISBN: 9780851304304. DVD is MISSING. Else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at corners and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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ELEPHANT
Written by David Enderby Blunt.
Stock no. 1325506
Published by East Africa. 1st 1933. Good condition.

Brown imitation leather cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 260 pages + xxxv. B/w photos. Spine and corners bumped. Covers worn and marked. Gilt to spine faded. Foxing to textblock and some page margins. Some grubby fingermarks to prelims. Endpapers lightly browned.

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RETRIBUTION AND RECOVERY: GERMAN AIRCRAFT AND AVIATION 1919 TO 1922
Written by Lennart Andersson; Ray Sanger.
Stock no. 1825899
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 2014. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Focussing specifically on the effect that the Armistice terms and the provisions of the Peace Treaty had on the German aviation industry, this book details how many of the wartime military aircraft and post war civil designs found their way to other parts of the world. Large format. Red cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780851304670. Glue to joints is visible through pastedowns (binding process). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor score marks to rear panel.

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THE HAWKER TYPHOON AND TEMPEST
Written by Francis K. Mason.
Stock no. 1825898
Published by Aston Publications. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Foreword by Wing Commander R.P. Beamont. ISBN: 0946627193. Tiny nick in cloth to lower edge of boards. Text block browned, foxing to top edge. A little foxing to page margins. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased, worn to top front corner, and lightly faded to spine.

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THE KING'S THUNDERBOLTS: NO 44 (RHODESIA) SQUADRON ROYAL AIR FORCE
Written by Alan White.
Stock no. 1825891
Published by Tucann. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition.

An Operational Record and Roll of Honour 1917-1982. From defending London against air attack in the First World War to bombing Stanley Airfield in the Falklands War, this book tells the stories of No 44 Squadron aircrew and ground crew who took parth in 20th Century aerial warfare. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781873257852. Some minor crinkling to contents. Rear cover lightly scuffed.

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MILITARY, NAVAL AND CIVIL AIRSHIPS SINCE 1783
Written by Daniel George Ridley-Kitts.
Stock no. 1825889
Published by The History Press. 1st 2012. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The History and Development of the Dirigible Airship in Peace and War. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9780752464718. Light scuffing to verso of dustwrapper else a lovely copy.

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THE GOLDEN BOOK FOR BOYS
Written by Herbert Strang; Lawrence R. Bourne; Harold Avery; Lionel Edwards; et al. Illustrated by Arch Webb; R.H. Brock; C.E. Brock; Lionel Edwards; et al..
Stock no. 1325500
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1922. Almost very good condition.

Yellow cloth spine. Pictorial front board, showing pirate scene. First story is 'Musholme' by Lawrence R. Bourne. Colour frontis and 5 other plates. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, corners worn. Name plate to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to textblock, some foxing to page margins. A couple of small margin tears, including one of the plates.

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THE GREATEST SQUADRON OF THEM ALL (2 VOLUMES)
Written by David Ross; Bruce Blanche; Bill Simpson.
Stock no. 1825886
Published by Grub Street. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Definitive History of 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron, RAUXAF. Volume One covers Formation to the end of 1940. Volume Two Covers 1941 to date. B/w photos. A lovely set.

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THE GREAT BOOK FOR TINIES
No author listed. Illustrated by Frank Verbeck; Lilian A. Govey; Cicely Englefield; et al..
Stock no. 1325499
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards, front shows boy and girl fishing with a net and jar. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. First story is Sailing on the Sea. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Endpapers are browned, foxing to textblock. Small pencil erasure patch to top corner of front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and torn with some slight loss.

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THE AVRO VULCAN
Written by Tim McLelland.
Stock no. 1825885
Published by Crecy Publishing Limited. 1st 2007. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Complete History of the aircraft and its weapons. B/w photos. Colour illustrations. 368 pages. ISBN: 9780859791274. Couple of board corners bumped, some mottling to boards and endpapers. Minor foxing to text block. Contents are a little crinkled as if affected by damp, else clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel, worn at corners.

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