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THE BANBURY AND CHELTENHAM RAILWAY 1887-1962
Written by J.H. Russell.
Stock no. 1327797
Published by Oxford Publishing. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0902888455. Light scratch mark to rear cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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NORTH WALES STEAM (1927-1968)
Written by E.N. Kneale.
Stock no. 1327796
Published by Oxford Publishing. 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first of two volumes in which the author portrays steam in North Wales over a period extending from the late twenties to the demise of steam locomotion on British Railways in 1968. Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0860930742. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased with a small tear to top front corner.

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MAPPING THE ROADS: BUILDING MODERN BRITAIN
Written by Mike Parker.
Stock no. 1327795
Published by Aa Publishing. 1st 2013. Very good condition.

Graphically charting the ambitions and hopes of the nation through its mapping. Large format. Cream pictorial boards (red spine). 256 pages including index. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9780749574352. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, slight damp(?) stain to lower corner of front cover. Contents fine.

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GREECE AND ROME AT WAR
Written by Peter Connolly.
Stock no. 1828113
Published by Greenhill Books. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A detailed account of twelve centuries of military development of the arms and armies of Greece and Rome. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 185367303X. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Else a lovely copy. White pictorial dustwrapper has a few light creases and scuffing.

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HAND TO EARTH: ANDY GOLDSWORTHY SCULPTURE 1976-1990
Written by Andy Goldsworthy; Terry Friedman; Clive Adams; et al. Illustrated by Andy Goldsworthy.
Stock no. 1828112
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w and colour photography. Terry Friedman has assembled Goldsworthy's lyrical photographs of his own works plus interviews and essays by ten contributors. ISBN: 0500511721. Lower board corners bumped and thus lower margins of first half of contents are also creased (dropped?). Green ink has imprinted from facing colour page onto page 73 lower corner (margin, not affecting text). Otherwise, contents are lovely. Pictorial dustwrapper has narrow band of vertical fading along the front edge of spine, lightly creased at lower corners.

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GAINSBOROUGH'S FAMILY ALBUM
Written by David H. Solkin. Illustrated by Thomas Gainsborough.
Stock no. 1828111
Published by National Portrait Gallery. 1st 2018. Nearly fine condition.

Despite his famous antipathy towards portraiture, Gainsborough painted and drew over fifty portraits of his extended family. This book brings together some of his best loved works as well as many that are little known and rarely exhibited. Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name that ran from 2018-2019. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781855147904. Corners of boards very lightly rubbed else a lovely copy.

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WARRIOR TO DREADNOUGHT: WARSHIP DEVELOPMENT 1860-1905
Written by David K. Brown.
Stock no. 1828109
Published by Caxton Editions. 1st thus 2003. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The technological changes which transformed warships from the fully-rigged broadside ironclads of the mid-nineteenth century, through the centre battery ships, early turret vessels and barbette ships, to the turbine-powered Dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers which were to fight in the First World War. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 1840675292. Minor mark to front endpaper else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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SANDWICH: THE 'COMPLETEST MEDIEVAL TOWN IN ENGLAND'
Written by Helen Clarke; Sarah Pearson; Mavis Mate; Keith Parfitt.
Stock no. 1828108
Published by Oxbow Books. 1st 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

A study of the town and port from its origins to 1600. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781842174005. Light bumping & rubbing to corners. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise fine.

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LORENZO LOTTO PORTRAITS
Written by Enrico Maria Dal Pozzolo; Miguel Falomir. Illustrated by Lorenzo Lotto.
Stock no. 1828105
Published by Thames and Hudson. Circa 2018. Nearly fine condition.

Published to accompany the exhibition of Lorenzo Lotto's portraits of the Italian renaissance period. Edited by Dal pozzolo and Miguel Falomir. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780500970935. A lovely copy with light scuffing to rear cover.

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THE INNHOLDERS: A HISTORY OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INNHOLDERS
Written by Stephen Coote.
Stock no. 1327793
Published by Collectors' Books. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The lively history of a London Livery Company which has survived five hundred years of continuous challenge, occasional danger, and sometimes the threat of dissolution. Blue boards, gilt title to spine and crest to front. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 0946604223. Minimal bumping to spine.

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RESCUED FROM OBSCURITY: THE CONTINUING STORY OF THE HEREFORD & GLOUCESTER CANAL
Written by Richard Skeet.
Stock no. 1327791
Published by The Herefordshire And Gloucestershire Canal Trust. 1st 2014. Nearly fine condition.

The story of the building and operation of the canal and also how the canal trust set about the enormous task of restoring the 34 miles of this historic canal, reconnecting two ancient Cathedral Cities. Cardwraps. 200 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780992944100. Minimal rubbing to corners of covers.

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THE THAMES & SEVERN CANAL
Written by Humphrey Household.
Stock no. 1327790
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st thus 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781848680357. Minimal rubbing to corners of covers.

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