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ROYAL AIR FORCE FLYING TRAINING AND SUPPORT UNITS SINCE 1912
Written by Ray Sturtivant; John Hamlin.
Stock no. 1828665
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

Details of all RAF support flying units from the formation in May 1912 of the Central Flying School until the present day, including those of its Royal Flying Corps predecessor. 8000 separate entries. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 336 pages including index. ISBN: 9780851303659. Lower corners of boards lightly rubbed. Lower edge of boards lightly knocked and creased. Boards lightly scuffed. Contetns clean.

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ROYAL AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT NA100 - NZ999
Written by James J. Halley.
Stock no. 1828664
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 1992. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 136 pages. ISBN: 0851301978. Covers lightly rubbed at corners, a little scuffed. A few tiny pencil tick marks to lists of aircraft throughout (tiny and minor).

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THE HORNBY GAUGE 0 SYSTEM (THE HORNBY COMPANION SERIES)
Written by Chris Graebe; Julie Graebe.
Stock no. 1828663
Published by New Cavendish Books. 1st thus 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Completely revised edition including over 200 additional colour pictures and 104 pages. The story of this most famous and successful British make, the Hornby 0-gauge Train, from the first constructional train sets of 1920 right through to the final 0-Gauge production in the 1960s. Large oblong format. The Hornby Companion series. Colour photos. 440 pages including index. ISBN: 1872727522. Board corners lightly bumped. Minor mark to title page. Text block very slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and a little scuffed.

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GREAT WESTERN WAGON PLANS
Written by J.H. Russell.
Stock no. 1828662
Published by Oxford Publishing. 1st 1976. Very good condition.

Taken from official plans and scale drawings. Large format. Card wraps. Title to front cover differs slightly: 'Great Western Wagons Plan Book'. Covers are portrait style, contents printed in landscape format. B/w plans. 137 pages. ISBN: 0902888676. Spine & covers faded & browned. Text block browned. Contents clean.

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OFF NORTHAMPTON SHED: THE REMINISCENCES OF AN LMS FIREMAN
Written by Derek Mutton.
Stock no. 1828661
Published by Wild Swan Publications. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The author was a cleaner at Northampton shed in September 1943 at the age of 15, where he remained throughout his foot-plate career. Wonderfully observed, often humorous and extremely well written, this captivating account evokes much of the atmosphere of the run-down railway in post-war Britain. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and trackplans. 185 pages. ISBN: 1905184204. Text block and page edges lightly browned. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and lightly edge-creased.

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THE LONDON DMS
Written by Matthew Wharmby.
Stock no. 1828660
Published by Pen & Sword Transport. 1st 2016. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Villified as the great failure of all London Transport bus classes, the DMS family of Daimler Fleetline was more like an unlucky victim of straitened times... Large format. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour & a few b/w photos. 272 pages. ISBN: 9781783831739. Light rubbing to lower board edges, base of spine and lower rear edge knocked. Light creasing to top of prelims. Else a nice copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and lightly faded to spine.

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NORTH AMERICAN F-100 SUPER SABRE (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Peter E. Davies; David W. Menard.
Stock no. 1828659
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A detailed history on this well-loved aircraft, the world's first jet fighter capable of supersonic speed in level flight. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour. 176 pages. ISBN: 1861265778. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and lightly creased, minor scuffing to rear panel.

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NORTH AMERICAN B-25 MITCHELL (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Jerry Scutts.
Stock no. 1828657
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Crowood Aviation Series. The complete story of the development, operational use and post-war career of this fine aeroplane in this comprehensive history. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 1861263945. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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CHARLEROI'S TRAMS SINCE 1940: 'COAL, STEEL AND CORNFIELDS'
Written by Geoffrey Skelsey; Yves-Laurent Hansart.
Stock no. 1828656
Published by Light Rail Transit Association. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Belgian industrial town of Charleroi was served by two of Europe's most characterful tramsways. Traditional two-axle trams still ran in the 1970s and then became part of the local network of the celebrated Vicinal, extended in 2012. This wide-ranging book explores the colourful history of the two tramways since 1940, with insight into the political and economic problems which lay behind their decline and partial revival. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. Large, fold-out map to rear. 112 pages. ISBN: 9780948106453. A lovely copy, no significant faults.

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THE HOVERFLY FILE
Written by Eric Myall.
Stock no. 1828655
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 1997. Very good condition.

A monogram on the development of rotary-wing flight both in Great Britain and America, in the years immediately preceding the second World War. Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 104 pages. ISBN: 0851302629. Two small heavy knocks to upper middle of rear board (indented). Contents are clean.

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SPITFIRE: THE HISTORY
Written by Eric B. Morgan; Edward Shacklady.
Stock no. 1828654
Published by Key Publishing. 5th 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The full technical, design and manufacturing story of all marks and variants of Spitfires, in all configurations and modified forms, plus the Sefire and 'Super Seafire', Spiteful and Seafang. Large, heavy format. B/w photos. Colour illustrations. 650 pages. Revised edition. ISBN: 0946219486. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased and is faded to spine, worn at corners.

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BSA BANTAM
Written by Owen Wright.
Stock no. 1828653
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The diminutive BSA Bantam is one of the icons of British motoring int he twentieth century. This book charts the huge success of the little bike from Birmingham that started its life in pre-war Germany and went on to conquer the world in a way that the regime that spawned it could only have dreamed of. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & a few colour photos. 190 pages including index. ISBN: 1861265395. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly at top edge, lightly faded to spine and a little scuffed to rear panel.

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