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AFLOAT
Written by Guy De Maupassant.
Stock no. 2127134
Published by Peter Owen. 1st thus 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Journal of His Days at Sea. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0720609666. Some light edge-creasing to wrapper.

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FRONT LINE ARTISTS
Written by Peter Johnson.
Stock no. 2126209
Published by Cassell. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. War artists and their work. ISBN: 030430011X. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with faded spine; some small nicks.

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THE NEW NATURALISTS (NN 82)
Written by Peter Marren.
Stock no. 2126121
Published by Collins. 2ND 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 82. Second Edition. Colour and b/w photos. The behind-the-bookshelf story of the New Naturalist Library. With bibliography. ISBN: 0007197160. Foxing to top edge of outer page edges. Some edge creasing to wrapper.

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THE NEW NATURALISTS (NN 82)
Written by Peter Marren.
Stock no. 1816266
Published by Collins. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 82, 50 years edition. Colour and b/w photos. The behind-the-bookshelf story of the New Naturalist Library. With bibliography. ISBN: 000219998X. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Pictorial dustwrapper with '50 years' celebratory sticker to front panel is slightly faded to spine (as is usual with this series).

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THE MAGIC OF A NAME
Written by Peter Pugh.
Stock no. 2125901
Published by Icon Books. 1st 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Rolls-Royce story, the first 40 years. B/w photos. 340 pages. ISBN: 1840461519. Small drink stain to rear endpaper and a little to outer page edges Wrapper is edge-creased.

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THE RESTORATION OF POST-WAR CARS
Written by Peter Wallage.
Stock no. 2125861
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0713410906. Cover edges are browned. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks and some browning.

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PETER PAN'S ABC
Written by J.M. Barrie. Illustrated by Flora White.
Stock no. 2125360
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Good condition.

Pale cloth covers with gilt titles. Oblong pictorial onlay to front cover, with other decorations bordering it. Colour plates throughout, which accompany the alphabet. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some grubby marks to covers. Erased pencil drawing to front endpaper. Foxing throughout. Binding is a little weak; a few hinges are pulled; some chips and tears where plates are bound in. A few plates have margin tears and grubby margin marks. A reading copy.

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WHITE-EAR AND PETER
Written by Neils Heiberg. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2125302
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

The Story of a Fox and a Fox-Terrier. Sixteen colour plates by Cecil Aldin. Red cloth, gilt titles and vignettes. All edges red. Splash mark to front cover. Wear and bumping to spine and cover edges. Darkening and small mark to spine. Foxing to endpapers and some page margins. All plates present.

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THE LAND SPEED RECORD
Written by Peter J.R. Holthusen.
Stock no. 1610535
Published by Guild Publishing. 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour and b/w photos. Highlighting the 'modern era' of thrust-driven machines in the age of the jet and rocket-powered machines from the early 1960's.

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UNITED STATES NAVY AIRCRAFT SINCE 1911
Written by Gordon Swanborough; Peter M. Bowers.
Stock no. 1317352
Published by Putnam. 1st 1968. Fine condition.

Chapters on the designation systems used by the U.S. Navy, the colours and markings used on Naval aircraft and a specially-devised designation index providing an immediate cross reference to every designated Naval aircraft. Aircraft used by the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Marines are also fully covered. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 518 pages including index. ISBN: 0370000994. Minimal rubbing to spine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn.

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BLUE PETER
Written by Alina Lewitt. Illustrated by Lewitt-Him.
Stock no. 2124968
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1943. Good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Peter is a blue dog! A little fraying to cloth at top of spine. Wear to cover edges. Binding is weak; joint between front endpaper and title page is broken. Rear joint is partially cracked. Some hinges are pulled. The odd foxspot. Small inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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THE BRITISH FIGHTER SINCE 1912 SIXTY YEARS OF DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
Written by Peter Lewis.
Stock no. 1610387
Published by Putnam & Co. Ltd.. 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Third edition. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0370100492. Small sticker to front endpaper. Wrapper is faded at spine, edge rubbed, and browned to rear panel.

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