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AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS
Written by I. Moir; A.G. Seabridge.
Stock no. 1329691
Published by Longman Scientific & Technical. 1st 1992. Very good condition.

An in-depth study of the hardwarde of the general systems of aircraft. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0582072239. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name stamp to front free-endpaper. Pale page browning else contents clean. Old price label and small damp stain to rear cover.

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CLASSICAL ART A LIFE HISTORY FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT
Written by Caroline Vout.
Stock no. 1329690
Published by Princeton University Press. 1st 2018. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How did the statues of ancient Greece wind up dictating art history in the West? How did the material culture of the Greeks and Romans come to be seen as "classical" and as "art"? Blue boards, white title to spine. 359 pages (including index). Colour and b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9780691177038. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, dent to lower edge of front cover. Textblock is very slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is slightly sunned to spine and is a little creased at top edge.

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MRS HURST DANCING & OTHER SCENES FROM REGENCY LIFE 1812-1823
Written by Gordon Mingay. Illustrated by Diana Sperling.
Stock no. 1329689
Published by Victor Gollancz. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Seventy pictures painted by Diana Sperling between 1812 and 1823. Light brown cloth boards with red foil title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0575030356. Foxing to contents and to verso of wrapper. Wrapper is price-cut, slightly discoloured and grubby to spine.

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A BRUSH WITH BROWN THE LANDSCAPES OF 'CAPABILITY' BROWN
Written by Tim Scott Bolton. Illustrated by Tim Scott Bolton.
Stock no. 1329688
Published by Dovecote Press. 1st 2016. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The author/illustrator visits 50 of Brown's landscape gardens. Oblong format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Beautiful colour illustrations. 135 pages (including index). ISBN: 9780992915131. SIGNED by the author/artist to half title-page. Minimal white specks to covers and minimal fading at lower edges. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at top edges.

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IN THE FOOTPRINTS OF WAINWRIGHT
Written by Derry Brabbs.
Stock no. 1329687
Published by Frances Lincoln. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Derry Brabbs spent the best part of a decade taking the photographs for the large-format illustrated walking guides which A. Wainwright wrote from 1984 to 1992. This is a fascinating account of Derry's training and adventures from his early days as a photographer, including his first meeting with Wainwright. Large format. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour photos throughout. 288 pages including index. ISBN: 0711224951. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Dustwrapper is creased at edges.

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ART MADE MODERN ROGER FRY'S VISION OF ART
Written by Christopher Green.
Stock no. 1329686
Published by Merrell Holberton Publishers. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book accompanies a major exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery in London and contains essays by a number of distinguised scholars and writers, edited by Green. Large format. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. 224 pages. ISBN: 1858940818. Light mark to front free-endpaper else contents fine. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is lightly edge creased.

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SOUTHAMPTON'S RAILWAYS
Written by Bert Moody.
Stock no. 1329685
Published by Atlantic Publishers. 1st thus 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Covering the many stations and railway installations within a boundary of Swaythling to the north, Sholing to the East and Redbridge to the West. Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. 144 pages. B/w photos. Originally published in 1992 by Waterfront Publications. ISBN: 0906899788. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is lightly edge creased.

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OXFORD IN WATERCOLOURS
Written by Hugh Pragnell. Illustrated by Hugh Pragnell.
Stock no. 1329684
Published by Spire Books Ltd. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A personal impression of one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, where there is the almost perfect marriage of landscape with buildings. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations to each page with a paragraph of text to describe the scene. ISBN: 9781904965305. Slight bumping to spine. Light rubbing to covers. Dustwrapper is very slightly creased at edges.

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UNBUILT MASTERWORKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY
Written by Will Jones.
Stock no. 1329683
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Inspirational Architecture for the Digital Age - 100 of the best projects to have been proposed since the turn of the millennium by the world's greatest architects. Large, heavy format. Glazed pictorial boards. 900 illustrations, 747 in colour. ISBN: 9780500342541. A super copy.

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A TOLKIEN BESTIARY
Written by David Day. Illustrated by Ian Miller; Michael Foreman; Allan Curless; et al..
Stock no. 1329682
Published by Artists House. 1992. Very good condition.

A comprehensive reference guide, sumptuously illustrated in colour and black and white, to all the living creatures, races, flora and fauna - that inhabited J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth and Undying Lands. Large format. Purple glazed pictorial boards. 287 pages. ISBN: 1857320840. Spine is heavily sunned (also affecting spine edges of covers). Corners lightly rubbed. Some foxing to first few and last few pages.

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LUFTWAFFE SECRET PROJECTS STRATEGIC BOMBERS 1935-1945
Written by Dieter Herwig; Heinz Rode.
Stock no. 1329681
Published by Midland Publishing. 1st UK 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Grey boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1857800923. Spine slightly bumped. Some slight scuffing to covers. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and has a vertical crease to front flap.

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BRITISH SECRET PROJECTS: JET BOMBERS SINCE 1949
Written by Tony Buttler.
Stock no. 1329680
Published by Midland Publishing. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The design and development of the British bomber since the end of World War Two. The subtitle date, 1949, refers to the first flight of the Canberra, Britain's first jet bomber. Large format. Grey boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos, and b/w diagrams. 224 pages. ISBN: 185780130X. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and is lightly foxed on verso.

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