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THE NORMANDY BATTLES
Written by Bob Carruthers; Simon Trew.
Stock no. 1802734
Published by Cassell & Co.. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The real story of the Normandy Battles, which saw some of the fiercest fighting on any front in the Second World War. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. 240 pages including index. ISBN: 0304353965. A very nice copy in a pictorial wrapper which is lightly rubbed at corners.

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SNAKEHEAD
Written by Anthony Horowitz.
Stock no. 1202800
Published by Walker Books. Circa 2007. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Alex Rider bites back! Black boards with silver title to spine and snake head vignette to front cover. 397 pages. ISBN: 9781406309355. 5th printing. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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WARRIORS THE UNITED STATES MARINES
Written by Agostino Von Hassell; Keith Crossley.
Stock no. 1802729
Published by Howell Press. 1st 1988. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A compelling collection of photographs and text about the spirit and determination of America's modern ground forces. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. 198 pages. ISBN: 0943231086. A fine copy in a pictorial wrapper which has the remains of a small label to front panel and is lightly scuffed.

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THE STORY OF PASSENGER TRANSPORT IN BRITAIN
Written by J. Joyce.
Stock no. 1802718
Published by Ian Allan. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An outline history of the development of public transport in England. B/w photos. Covers nice and clean. Minor foxing and browning to endpapers. Top edge of text block a little dusty. Contents fine. White dustwrapper is lightly scuffed else a very nice example.

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LUFTWAFFE
Written by Williamson Murray.
Stock no. 1802709
Published by George Allen & Unwin. 1st thus 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Strategy for Defeat 1933-1945. A re-interpretation of the European air war, 1939-1945, with sobering lessons fro contemporary Western air forces. ISBN: 0049230808. Inscription in ink to front pastedown which is mostly hidden by front flap of dustwrapper. Contents fine. Price-cut pictorial wrapper has a 1.5" closed tear to front spine edge.

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VICTORY IN EUROPE
Written by Chris Bishop.
Stock no. 1802704
Published by Chancellor Press. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition.

From D-Day to VE-Day in Pictures. White glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 112 pages. ISBN: 1851528776. A very nice, clean copy.

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THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN THE WEST
Written by Charles Messenger.
Stock no. 1802700
Published by Cassell. 1st 1999. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The history of the Second World War in the western world - in Russia, Europe, the Mediterranean and Africa, by a leading historian of the War in the West. Large format. Dark grey boards, silver title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 224 pages including index. ISBN: 0304352241. A fine copy in a pictorial wrapper lightly creased at edges.

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THE SPRINGTIDE OF LIFE
Written by Algernon C. Swinburne; Edmund Gosse. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1202693
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1918. Very good condition.

As the close of his life approached, Swinburne often expressed his desire to extract from his various volumes those poems addressed to children. He died without doing so. Edmund Gosse has brought together this collection of Swinburne's poems which are concerned with infancy. Rackham's delicate and romantic illustrations are a perfect complement to the text. 8 colour plates plus b/w text decorations. Dark green cloth with gilt titles and vignette to front cover. Green/white decorated endpapers. 133pp. cr 4to. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed. Contents clean.

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BRON W ZBIORACH MUZEUM CZESTOCHOWSKIEGO
Written by Andrzej Kuzma.
Stock no. 1802648
Published by Muzeum Czestochowskie. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition.

Arms Collection at Museum of Czestochowa. Text in Polish with English subtitles of firearms. Square format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w illustrations. 182 pages. ISBN: 839020309X. Text block a little grubby. Contents fine. Rear cover a little grubby.

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AVIATION PHOTO ALBUM 2
Written by Michael J.F. Bowyer.
Stock no. 1802643
Published by Patrick Stephens. 1st 1980. Very good condition.

A second collection of rare and interesting photographs depicting aircraft of many types and nationalities from the First World War to the present day. They have been carefully selected from the Photopage files of Airfix Magazine. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 95 pages. ISBN: 0850594103. Covers lightly edge-rubbed. Previous owner's name & address stamp in ink to verso of front cover. Contents clean.

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THE DAY OF THE DOG
Written by George Barr McCutcheon. Illustrated by Harrison Fisher.
Stock no. 2001019
Published by A.L. Burt Company. 1st 1904. Very good condition.

Green cloth boards, dark green titles and oval onlay of bull terrier to front. Colour plates, b/w decorative footers. Covers just a little grubby. Small previous owner address label to front endpaper. Contents clean.

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STEPNEY THE BLUEBELL ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by Gunvor Edwards; Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1104387
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Railway Series No 18. Blue boards, white title and vignette to front board. Small, oblong format. Colour illustrations. Corner cut from front wrapper flap. Wrapper has large closed tears with edge-creasing.

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