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THE SOUTHER WAY SPECIAL ISSUE NO 1: 10201-3 ON THE SOUTHERN
Written by Kevin Robertson.
Stock no. 1829063
Published by Kevin Robertson; Noodle Books. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

Promoted by the Southern Railway in 1946 as part of their 'Modernisation Plan', the three main line diesel-electric locomotives did not appear until the days of British Railways. Always the 'odd ones out', their success came as a bit of a surprise although there were likewise times of failure. A comprehensive and detailed account of 10201-3. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and a few colour. 104 pages. ISBN: 9780955411083. Covers lightly scuffed, narrow band of fading to lower front edge. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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BUTTERFLIES ON MY MIND
Written by Dulcie Gray. Illustrated by Brian Hargreaves.
Stock no. 1328724
Published by Angus & Robertson Ltd.. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Touching on just about every aspect of the butterfly's life cycle, habitat, feeding and breeding habits. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0207958041. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Dustwrapper is price-cut, slightly grubby and slightly worn at corners. Gold sticker to rear of wrapper stating "educational supplement information book award".

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THE MAGIC PUDDING
Written by Norman Lindsay. Illustrated by Norman Lindsay.
Stock no. 1328416
Published by Angus & Robertson. 1968. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Jubilee Edition of 2000 copies. Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and his friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 171 pages. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Faint damp stains to covers. A few foxspots to endpapers. Some slight page wrinkling to first 20 pages at lower margins. Unfortunately there are damp stains at the lower inner margins of the colour plates (the actual illustrations are not affected). Damp damaged dustwrapper has large piece of loss to lower edge of front panel, is edge worn, torn and creased and is price-cut.

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THE HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF THE EMPEROR CHARLES V
Written by William Robertson.
Stock no. 1828342
Published by Jones & Co. 1829. Good condition.

Red cloth. B/w frontis and title page. 1" cut from top edge of title page. Some foxing, a few grubby marks & pale damp marks to contents. Frontis detached. Hinges pulled but binding tight. Large name & date written in colour pencil (lilac) rear endpaper. Covers grubby/scuffed and unevenly faded. Spine browned.

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WILL DYSON: CARTOONIST, ETCHER AND AUSTRALIA'S FINEST WAR ARTIST
Written by Ross McMullin. Illustrated by Will Dyson.
Stock no. 1828183
Published by Angus & Robertson Publishers. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of Will Dyson, a remarkable Australian, born in 1880, internationally acclaimed as a cartoonist, etcher and the finest war artist Australia has ever produced. Dark grey coth boards, white title to spine. B/w illustrations and a few colour. ISBN: 0207148953. Edges rubbed. Tape marks to flaps of dustwrapper and endpapers.Text block lightly browned. Grey dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and a little scuffed.

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STEAMING THROUGH THE WAR YEARS REMINISCENCES THE EX-GER LINES IN LONDON
Written by Reg Robertson.
Stock no. 1327332
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Oakwood Reminiscences Series RS3. Card wraps. B/w photos. 152 Pages. ISBN: 0853614725. Slight rubbing to corners.

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AIRCRAFT MARKINGS OF THE WORLD 1912-1967
Written by Bruce Robertson. Illustrated by W.F. Hepworth; John Stroud; J.D. Carrick.
Stock no. 1326657
Published by Harleyford Publications Limited. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red cloth. B/w photos. Colour illustrations. SIGNED by the various people who produced this book by means of a bookplate to the front free-endpaper. Spine bumped and rubbed. The wrapper has been covered and stuck down onto the books pastedowns using clear fablon, it is slightly edge rubbed and has a couple of small tears.

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MARINE AIRCRAFT OF THE 1914-1918 WAR
Written by Heinz J. Nowarra; Bruce Robertson; Peter G. Cooksley.
Stock no. 1326653
Published by Harleyford Publications Limited. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red cloth. Colour frontis. B/w photos. Fold-out line drawings of aircraft. Spine bumped. The wrapper has been covered and stuck down onto the books pastedowns using fablon, it is very slightly grubby.

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SOPWITH - THE MAN AND HIS AIRCRAFT
Written by Bruce Robertson. Illustrated by J.D. Carrick; Peter G. Cooksley; W.F. Hepworth.
Stock no. 1326652
Published by Air Review Ltd.. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth. B/w photos. Colour frontis. Aircraft diagrams. ISBN: 0900435151. SIGNED by the authors and artists by means of a bookplate to the front free-endpaper. Spine slightly bumped. The wrapper has been covered and stuck down onto the books pastedowns using fablon, it is very slightly edge chipped with a small tear to top edge of front panel.

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VON RICHTHOFEN AND THE FLYING CIRCUS
Written by Heinz J. Nowarra; Kimbrough S. Brown; Bruce Robertson. Illustrated by W.F. Hepworth.
Stock no. 1326649
Published by Harleyford Publications Limited. 1964. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Third (enlarged) impression. Large format. B/w photos and drawings, colour frontis. Name and address in calligraphy on front free-endpaper. The wrapper has been covered and stuck down onto the books pastedowns using fablon. There are a few small tears to wrapper edges.

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AIRCRAFT CAMOUFLAGE AND MARKINGS 1907-1954
Written by Bruce Robertson.
Stock no. 1326648
Published by Harleyford Publications Limited. 1966. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

How aircraft types and their variants may be distinguished by their markings. Large format. B/w photos and colour illustrations. Sixth impression. Dustwrapper has been price-cut with 'new' price sticker above. Front panel of wrapper is discoloured. The wrapper has been covered and stuck down onto the books pastedowns using fablon.

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MOTS D'HEURES: GOUSSES, RAMES
Written by Luis D'Antin Van Rooten.
Stock no. 1827119
Published by Angus & Robertson. 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The d'Antin Manuscript. The rhymes of your childhood in the accents of Moliere and De Gaulle! Edited and annotated by Luis d'Antin van Rooten. ISBN: 0207949913. Text block lightly browned else contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and scuffed to rear panel.

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