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RED SHIFT
Written by Alan Garner.
Stock no. 1327995
Published by Collins. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. A story in which lives which appear to be lived in different historical periods are bound together by a power outside of space and time. ISBN: 0001841572. Corners slightly bumped. Tiny mark to front cover. Foxing and page browning to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut with 'new' printed price erased, foxed on verso, small tear to top edge of front panel repaired on verso.

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BRITISH CRUISERS TWO WORLD WARS AND AFTER
Written by Norman Friedman. Illustrated by A.D. Baker; John R. Dominy; Alan Raven; Paul Webb.
Stock no. 1327994
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Seeking to comprehend the full policy background, from which a different and entirely original picture emerges of British cruiser development. Large, heavy format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 432 pages including index. B/w photos and ship plans. ISBN: 9781848320789. Minimal bumping/rubbing to spine. Tiny indentation to lower edge of front cover. Small, light mark to rear cover. Minimal creasing to dustwrapper edges and some fading to spine edge and top edge of rear panel. A super copy.

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ALLIED COASTAL FORCES OF WORLD WAR II VOLUME 1: FAIRMILE DESIGNS AND US SUBMARINE CHASERS
Written by John Lambert; Al Ross.
Stock no. 1327992
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dealing comprehensively with the technical detail of these boats. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and extensively detailed diagrams. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0851775195. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased.

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S-BOOTE GERMAN E-BOATS IN ACTION (1939-1945)
Written by Jean Dallies-Labourdette.
Stock no. 1327991
Published by Histoire & Collections. 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Translated by Janice Lert. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 2913903495. 2nd printing. Tiny dent to top edge spine. Contents fine.

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U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS: AN ILLUSTRATED DESIGN HISTORY
Written by Norman Friedman.
Stock no. 1327990
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 427 pages. ISBN: 0853685762. The dustwrapper has been covered in clear adhesive film and stuck down to the pastedowns of the book. Dustwrapper spine is slightly sunned. Contents of book are fine.

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THE KELLY'S: BRITISH J, K AND N CLASS DESTROYERS OF WORLD WAR II
Written by Christopher Langtree. Illustrated by John Lambert; John Roberts.
Stock no. 1327988
Published by Chatham Publishing. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of the Royal Navy's J, K and N class destroyers of the Second World War. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 186176166X. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners or book and dustwrapper.

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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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THE SPIRIT OF RAWTENSTALL: WATERFOOT, NEWCHURCH AND THE WHITEWELL VALLEY (LANDMARK COLLECTOR'S LIBRARY)
Written by Kathy Fishwick.
Stock no. 1828340
Published by Landmark Publishing. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The 20th Century in Photographs. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 1843060698. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to title page. Contents otherwise clean. White dustwrapper is just a little grubby.

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THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER
Written by John Ruskin. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1327987
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1932. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Decorated card wraps. 4 colour plates and a few b/w text illustrations. 47 pages. Covers are clean but edge creased. Foxing to endpapers and page margins else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge creased and slightly grubby.

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DOBSON ON DOBSON
Written by Henry G. Dobson.
Stock no. 1828337
Published by The Pentland Press. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A photographic record of works associated with the celebrated Newcastle architect John Dobson (1787-1865). Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 1858218136. Initials and date in ink to top corner of front endpaper. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and lightly scuffed.

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WARLORDS: ANCIENT CELTIC MEDIEVAL
Written by Tim Newark. Illustrated by Angus McBride.
Stock no. 1828334
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An omnibus edition of three volumes. The real story of a tough, battle-ridden world where power came with military might and disappeared with weakness and defeat. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1854093495. A nice copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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AIRCRAFT OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WARPLANE 1939-45
Written by Philip Jarrett.
Stock no. 1327981
Published by Putnam. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Putnam's History of Aircraft series. A combined study of an outstanding era in the evolution of the flying machine. B/w photos. Large format. Blue boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0851778755. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed.

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