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TOMLINSON'S NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY: ITS RISE AND DEVELOPMENT
Written by K. Hoole.
Stock no. 1829156
Published by David & Charles. 1st thus 1967. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

New edition with introduction by Hoole. 31st July 1854 - 31st December 1922. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xx and 820 pages including index. Top of spine lightly worn. Text block browned. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge-rubbed & worn, rear panel is grubby, damp staining to verso (not visible to front). Musty odour present.

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THE SILVER SWORD
Written by Ian Serraillier; Anne Fine. Illustrated by Raul Allen.
Stock no. 1829155
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2012. Nearly fine condition.

Introduced by Anne Fine. Blue cloth pictorial boards, silver titles. 7 colour plates. xv and 139 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with a little very faint scuffing.

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IN PRAISE OF FOLLY AND LETTER TO MAARTEN VAN DORP, 1515
Written by Desiderius Erasmus; Eamon Duffy. Illustrated by Matthew Richardson.
Stock no. 1829154
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2014. Nearly fine condition.

An essay written in Latin first published in 1511. The text of this edition follows that of the translation by Betty Radice first published in 1971 by Penguin books. Introduced by Eamon Duffy. Brown paper boards with black titles and blocked design. Colour plates. xxv and 168 pages sincluding index. A lovely copy, feels unread, contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few minor scuffs.

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A CHINDIT STORY
Written by James Baggaley.
Stock no. 1829153
Published by Souvenir Press. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

James Baggaley commanded an infantry platoon with Wingate's Chindits'a platoon which took part in the famous 700 mile march into Burma. This is his personal account - a realistic close-up of the reactions of one man, a junior officer, and the men under his command to a very unusual kind of warfare. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Lower corners of boards lightly bumped. Page browning to contents. Minor foxing to text block. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with slight loss, grubby to rear panel.

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BRITISH SPIDERS (3 VOLUMES)
Written by G.H. Locket; A.F. Millidge.
Stock no. 1829152
Published by The Ray Society London. 1st thus 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth with gilt titles. With many illustrations to the different volumes. Nos. 135, 137 and 149, respectively of series issued to members of The Ray Society. 1951, 1953 and 1974 respectively (all are first editions in this format). Some mottling to covers. Text block lightly browned and foxing to endpapers of volumes I & II, foxing to text block of volume III, else clean. Dustwrappers of volumes I & II are browned, especially to spine, and marked, worn to spines. Dustwrapper of volume III is lightly browned to spine and lightly scuffed. Overall, a decent set.

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THE MIND IN THE CAVE: CONCIOUSNESS AND THE ORIGINS OF ART
Written by David Lewis-Williams.
Stock no. 1829151
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The beautiful art created deep inside the caves of Western Europe in the late Ice Age provokes awe and wonder in equal measure. What do these animals and symbols on the walls of caves such as Lascaux, Chauvet and Altamira tell us about the nature of the ancestral mind? The author combines a lifetime of anthropological research with the most recent neurological insights... Navy blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. 320 pages including index. ISBN: 0500051178. Text block lightly browned, contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.

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LOCOMOTIVE MANAGEMENT: CLEANING DRIVING MAINTENANCE
Written by Jas. T. Hodgson; John Williams; Charles S. Lake.
Stock no. 1829150
Published by The St. Margaret's Technical Press Limited. 7th 1939. Very good condition.

7th edition. Revised by Lake. Green cloth with gilt titles and vignette. B/w photos and illustrations. xi and 492 pages including index. 16 pages of publisher's adverts to rear. Spine faded. Text block and endpapers browned. A few light marks to contents but generally clean.

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THE GOTHIC LINE: THE AUTUMN CAMPAIGN IN ITALY, 1944
Written by Douglas Orgill.
Stock no. 1829149
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Allied offensive in Italy in the autumn of 1944 plunged the British Fifth Army into some of the fiercest fighting of the war. Against them were rnged two great German armies, which were to put up a struggle unsurpassed in German military history. The scene of the fighting was the Gothic Line, a chain of defences which stretched across Italy, through the tall mountains of the Northern Apennines, from the Mediterranean to the Adriatic. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos and battle plans. xii and 257 pages including index. Some light mottling/staining to boards. A few minor foxspots to text block. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly browned and scuffed, foxed to verso.

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THE STORY OF BROOKLANDS VOLUME III
Written by William Boddy.
Stock no. 1829148
Published by Grenville Publishing Company Limited. 1st 1950. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of the famous motor racing track 1933-1939 when racing ceased at the famoust Track. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Lower edge of spine lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is slightly nicked at top edges and is a little scuffed.

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THE FIRST MOTOR RACING IN BRITAIN: BEXHILL-ON-SEA 1902
Written by John Rose.
Stock no. 1829147
Published by Bookmarque Publishing. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition.

The Drivers; The Cars; The Results; The Prizes. Taken in part from periodicals of 1902 and in full from the 'Special Motor Races Supplement' given free with the Saturday 24th may 1902 edition of the Bexhill-on-Sea Observer and also from its celebratory issue of 1954. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 63 pages. ISBN: 187051940X. A nice copy.

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THE EVOLUTION OF THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE (1803 TO 1898)
Written by G.A. Sekon.
Stock no. 1829146
Published by The Railway Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1st 1899. Very good condition.

Blue cloth boards with gilt titles, bevelled edge boards. Text block marbled blue pattern. B/w photos and illustrations. 327 pages including index. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Boards a little scuffed. Front hinge between frontispiece and title page pulled. Name in ink to top of title page. Contents clean.

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BRITISH WARBLERS (NN71)
Written by Eric Simms.
Stock no. 1829145
Published by Collins. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

New Naturalist No. 71 Cardwrap edition. Six colour plates & B/w photos. 432 pages including index. ISBN: 000219404X. Spine lightly faded and lightly creased through use. A few minor flecks to front cover. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Rear cover scuffed. Minor foxing to text block. Contents clean.

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