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CONTROL TOWERS
Written by Paul Francis.
Stock no. 1825495
Published by Airfield Research Publishing. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. The development of the Control Tower on RAF stations in the United Kingdom. 144 pages. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0952184702. Light fading to top edge of front cover. Light crease to lower front corner of covers and contents. Contents clean.

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THE SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE FOR THE MODELLER PART 1: MERLIN POWERED
Written by Robert Humphreys.
Stock no. 1825494
Published by Sam Publications. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w and colour photos and diagrams. Modellers Datafile No. 3. ISBN: 0953346528. Text block slightly grubby, rear cover lightly scuffed. A nice copy.

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WIND BENEATH THE WINGS
Written by Michael D. Dobson.
Stock no. 1825492
Published by Michael D. Dobson. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition.

The Wind Tunnels and Other Research Facilities of the Royal Aircraft Establishment Bedford. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780954159412. A very nice copy.

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A THOUSAND MILES AN HOUR
Written by Herbert Strang.
Stock no. 1325224
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1924. Good condition.

Colour pictorial paper boards. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 160 Pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some grubby marks to endpapers. Textblock is foxed, also affecting page margins. Some hinges are pulled.

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THE YOUNG BUGLERS
Written by G.A. Henty.
Stock no. 1325223
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1929. Good condition.

New Ensign series. Pictorial boards. 336 pages plus publication list. Colour frontis. SPine bumped at base, top has 1" missing. Prize plate and a small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Heavy foxing to textblock, also affecting page margins.

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THE ADVENTURES OF DICK TREVANION
Written by Herbert Strang.
Stock no. 1325222
Published by Oxford University Press. 1933. Very good condition.

New Ensign series. A Story of Eighteen Hundred and Four. Colour pictorial boards and spine. B/w frontis. 399 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Foxing else contents clean.

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ON THE WINGS OF A GULL: PERCIVAL AND HUNTING AIRCRAFT
Written by David W. Gearing; et al.
Stock no. 1825490
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 2012. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A tribute to one of Britain's iconic aircraft designers, Edgar W. Percival. Large format. Green pictorial glazed boards. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9780851304489. A lovely copy.

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WINNING HIS NAME
Written by Herbert Strang. Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 1325221
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928. Very good condition.

The New Ensign Series for Boys. A romance of Stuart days. Pictorial boards. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 412 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, small split to base of spine. Rear cover is slightly grubby. Prize plate and a school ink stamp (small) to front pastedown. Some foxing to textblock.

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IN TIMES OF PERIL
Written by G.A. Henty.
Stock no. 1325220
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1933. Almost very good condition.

The New Ensign series. Pictorial boards. Colour frontis. 368 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Marks to rear cover. Removal of a name plate to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock.

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BELLAMY COMES BACK
Written by John Sweet.
Stock no. 1325219
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1932. Good condition.

Pictorial boards showing boys playing cricket. Colour frontis. 96 pages. SPine faded, chipped at top and bottom and split along front edge. Covers slightly grubby, corners worn. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper (ink has smudged a little). Heavy foxing throughout.

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THE SILVER BLIMP
Written by Leo Walmsley.
Stock no. 1325218
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1931. Almost very good condition.

A Story of Adventure in the African Tropics. Orange cloth with black titles and illustration. B/w frontis. 320 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown. Some childish writing in ink to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to textblock and page margins.

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SITTING DUCKS & PEEPING TOMS
Written by Michael I. Draper.
Stock no. 1825488
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Targets, Drones and UAVs in British Military Service since 1917. The untold story of Britain's unmanned aircraft operations. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 9780851304076. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel and has a tiny nick to rear fold edge. Else a lovely copy.

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