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THE KAZANLUK TOMB
Written by Lyudmila Zhivkova.
Stock no. 1824052
Published by Verlag Aurel Bongers Recklinghausen. 1st thus 1975. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The tomb of a Thracian chieftain, which came to light in 1944, is one of the most valuable treasures of ancient art in the Bulgarian lands. Very large format. Cream imitation leather boards, gilt titles. Colour plates. ISBN: 3764702834. Pictorial dustwrapper has a small closed tear to base of spine and is lightly scuffed to rear panel. Contained in a thin card slipcase in very good condition.

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PORSCHE TURBO RACING CARS
Written by Ian Bamsey.
Stock no. 1824043
Published by Foulis; Haynes. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The origins of the turbocharged Porsche racing car and the technology of exhaust gas turbo-supercharging. Large format. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 0854297804. Light pencil erasure to top corner of front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrappe lightly scuffed.

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BIGGLES HUNTS BIG GAME
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323410
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, 11 two-tone illustrations. 211 pages. Spine bumped. Some light foxing and page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with minimal loss, rear panel is a tiny bit grubby.

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BIGGLES' SECOND CASE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323405
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Cream boards, green titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 190 numbered pages. Spine bumped. Some foxing to textblock. Small black spot to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some loss, grubby to rear panel and has several large tears and creases to front panel.

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GRAND PRIX! VOLUMES 1 & 2 1950 TO 1973
Written by Mike Lang.
Stock no. 1824038
Published by Foulis; Haynes. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Combined edition. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. Race-by-race account of Formula 1 world championship motor racing. ISBN: 0854298614. Pencil erasure mark to top corner of front endpaper. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed and lightly edge-creased. Musty odour present.

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BIGGLES OF THE INTERPOL
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1323404
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red embossed scottie dog design with black title and scottie dogs to spine. 6 colour plates. 181 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is lightly edge rubbed and just a little grubby to spine and rear panel.

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BIGGLES AND THE POOR RICH BOY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1323401
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards. Dark titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 182 pages. Slight bumping to spine. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly browned to spine and has an ink number (58) to base of spine.

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THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF DOUGLAS MOTORCYCLES
Written by Harold Briercliffe; Eric Brockway.
Stock no. 1824036
Published by Foulis; Haynes. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0854297995. Small dint to front board. Boards and dustwrapper a little scuffed. Contents clean. Clear tape repair to top of dustwrapper spine. Musty odour present.

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ANOTHER JOB FOR BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323400
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette to front cover. B/w and two-tone illustrations. 191 pages. Some very slight fading to cover edges. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Tiny bookseller's sticker to rear pastedown. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn with some loss at corners and slightly faded to spine.

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GRAND PRIX CARS 1945-65
Written by Mike Lawrence.
Stock no. 1824035
Published by Aston Publications. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Marbled red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 264 pages. ISBN: 0946627460. Pencil ersure mark to top corner of verso of front endpaper. Contents clean. Musty odour present.

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PORSCHE 356 THE STORY OF THE FLAT-FOUR PORSCHES
Written by David G. Styles.
Stock no. 1824034
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Colour and b/w photos. 208 pages. ISBN: 1861260857. Pencil erasure mark to top corner of front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel. Musty odour present.

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THE SLY OLD CAT
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1323398
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1971. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An intriguing tale of an unusual tea party, where the hostess is a sly old cat and the guest an unassuming rat. Beatrix Potter wrote and illustrated this story in 1906 and now for the first time it appears as a book. White pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 34 pages. ISBN: 0723214204. Minimal bumping to spine. Small bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly darkened else contents fine. Dustwrapper has a few small creases to front panel.

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