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ELIZABETH SIDDAL: PRE-RAPAHELITE ARTIST 1829-1862
Written by Jan Marsh. Illustrated by Elizabeth Siddal.
Stock no. 1828531
Published by Ruskin Gallery Collection Of The Guild Of St George In Assoc With Lund Humphries. 2nd 1994. Very good condition.

Second Edition. Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal is best known as Pre-Raphaelite Muse, discovered by the Brotherhood in a milliner's shop, who posed for many of their most famous paintings and became the beloved model and wife of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Originally published to go alongside the exhibition of her work at the Ruskin Gallery, Sheffield. Square format. Blue cardwraps. B/w and a few colour photos. 82 pages ISBN: 0863211356. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Text block slightly grubby. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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BIGGLES IN THE SOUTH SEAS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Norman Howard.
Stock no. 1328309
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards with black title to spine and front cover, with black line decoration to front cover. B/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped with slight browning at base. Faint spotting to covers. Endpapers browned. Light foxing to textblock. Bookseller's ink stamp to rear pastedown. Some light creases to prelims. Flying Jacket wrapper is edge rubbed with minimal loss at corners, crease/tear to top edge of front panel.

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A LANCASTER AT PEACE (PA474)
Written by R.E. Leach.
Stock no. 1828529
1st 1975. Very good condition.

Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos and a few colour. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Base of spine bumped. Spine lightly faded. Contents clean.

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OPIUM AND GOLD
Written by Peter Butler.
Stock no. 1828527
Published by Alister Taylor. 1st 1977. Almost very good condition.

The story of the Chinese goldminers in New Zealand. A story of racism and repression which is highly relevant to contemporary New Zealand. Large format. Black pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0908578024. Covers scuffed, edge-rubbed, creased at corners, remains of small label to top front. Base of contents block starting to come away from cover (glue is drying out). Contents are clean.

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LANERCOST PRIORY, CUMBRIA (RESEARCH SERIES NUMBER 10)
Written by Henry Summerson; Stuart Harrison.
Stock no. 1828526
Published by Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

The history of the priory. Large format. Green pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and sketches. xi and 219 pages including index. ISBN: 1873124309. A nice copy.

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RUPERT GOES HIKING - RUPERT LITTLE BEAR LIBRARY No. 17 (WOOLWORTH)
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 1328308
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1970. Slightly better than very good condition.

Yellow glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 62 pages. ISBN: 0361029594. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers bright. Pale page browning else contents clean.

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THE MARINE MACHINE
Written by William Mares.
Stock no. 1828523
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The making of the United States Marine. A vivid chronicle of ten weeks of Boot Camp as seen by a young professional photographer who once shared it. With pen and camera he followed a 75-man platoon through every aspect of basic training, a world of intense mental and physical suffering dominated by a man who is teacher-priest-guard-father-mother hen, and for the recruits, sadistic jailer - the Drill Instructor. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. xvi and 139 numbered pages. Boards a little marked, mainly to lower edges and spine. Text block lightly browned. Front joint pulled between front free-endpaper and half-title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned, grubby and scuffed, lightly worn at edges with a few minor chips.

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1ST DERBYSHIRE YEOMANRY SCRPBOOK 1939-1947
No author listed.
Stock no. 1828522
1st 1947. Very good condition.

A reminder to those who were with the Regiment during the years 1939-1946 of some of the more exciting and in some cases amusing incidents that filled those years. A collection of essays by various members. Blue cloth boards, gitl title to front, no title to spine. B/w photos, colour maps, some folding. xii and 183 pages. A few minor marks to front board. A couple of score marks to rear board and light scuffing. Minor foxing to front free-endpaper. Else contents clean.

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CANADIAN RAILWAYS IN PICTURES
Written by Robert F. Legget.
Stock no. 1828521
Published by Douglas, David & Charles. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Few countries int eh world have a history of railroading to match Canada's for daring, imagination and engineering achievement. A collection of photographs showing how bridges, tunnels and water crossings link overland track, how rail services the cities as it once contributed to their growth, how Canadians - pioneers in snowplough equipment - have dealt with the merciless winter conditions. Grey cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 0889140529. Light fading to lower edge of boards. Minor foxing to text block and a few minor spots to endpapers. Else contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.

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GNOMES
Written by Wil Huygen. Illustrated by Rien Poortvliet.
Stock no. 1828520
Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.. 1st thus 1977. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Poortvliet and his scientist friend Wil Huygen had spent over twenty years observing the life and work of the Gnome, and their report at last shatters the age-old myths of song and legend. A book full of lore and history... and fun for, of course, all these factual data are invented. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine and gnome vignette to front board. Colour illustrations throughout. Pages are not numbered. ISBN: 0810909650. Minor foxing to text block. Front free-endpaper lightly creased and has a light pencil erasure mark. Minor foxing to rear endpaper else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and laminate protecting the dustwrapper is creased across the middle.

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BRITISH RAIL MAIN LINE ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES
Written by Colin J. Marsden; Graham B. Fenn.
Stock no. 1828519
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and scale drawngs showing the roof, side and end elevations. 127 pages. ISBN: 0860934462. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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MEDIEVAL SCARBOROUGH: STUDIES IN TRADE AND CIVIC LIFE (OCCASIONAL PAPER No. 1)
Written by David Crouch; Trevor Pearson.
Stock no. 1828518
Published by Yorkshire Archaeological Society; Scarborough Archaeological And Historical Society. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and sketches. viii and 123 pages including index. ISBN: 0902122967. Top front corner lightly creased. Uneven fading to covers and a few minor marks. One or two foxspots to margins else contents clean.

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