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H M S O. Very Good. 1941. Hardcover. Very good and sound blue cloth. Neat contempory inscription dated 1943 to front endpaper. ; Black & white diagrams and plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 357 pages .

The London Tramways History Group, Great Britain, 1989. Near Fine. Hardcover. 0951300105 . First edition 8vo 488 pages illustrated with black & white photographs, technical drawings and track diagrams. Near fine pictorial laminated boards - hard back. A few tiny bumps to front board. No inscriptions or marks. Complete with a folding black & white map of the LCCT ststem at its maximum extentwith track layout and service details as at 1st July 1932. .

London: Heinemann. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fine red cloth hardcover, no inscriptions or marks with a fine unclipped dust jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 246 pages .

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office 1939. 1st Edition: Small World War II advisory leaflet, 6.00 x 4.00 inches approx. , stapled, paperback, generally in a very good condition, some background spotting but nevertheless clean and tight, 69 pages. Issued at the outbreak of the Second World War. A relevant booklet giving advice on how to decontaminate all kinds of surfaces and areas. .

Kings -Bead Court Wihin Shoe-Lane. Very Good. 1660. First Edition; First Printing. Leather bound. First edition, folio, 10.5 x 15 ins. Original leather binding, showing signs of age and wear. Later green endpapers. Engraved frontispiece Lacks portraits of Ogilby and Charles II. There are 51 Full page engravings including the frontis, plus some smaller in the text. Various inscriptions of previous owners all neatly written and adding provenance. On the page following the front endpaper there is an inscription which appears to be 'E Johnson Sims 1886, ' below this there is an inscription reading 'John's grandson Peter Sims Mar 1 1918; . ' this page is followed by the first full page engraving to be seen in the book, it is a number of classically dressed figures sitting around a bust of who we imagine to be Homer, highlighted just above the group framed by an arch. To the rear of this engraving and opposite the main title page is an elaborate handwritten dedication in… Read More

Kent: Froglets Publications. Near Fine. 1992. Softcover. Back and white and colour illustrations. Near fine softcover. No inscriptions. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Froglets Publications, 1990.. 1872337058 . Very good coloured pictorial laminated covers, (paperback) , 8.5 x 10.5 inches approx. Landscape, very good coloured pictorial laminated covers, 160 pages, illustrated in black and white. .

New York: Doubleday. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. No marks or inscriptions. ; 206 pages .

New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. 019505153X . First edition 8vo 221 pages illustrated with black & white photographs. Fine hard back with a fine unclipped dust jacket which is just a trifle faded to the spine. No inscriptions. .

United Kingdom, Fontana Books, 1981. 0006618995 . Very good coloured pictorial laminated card covers, paperback, 9.75 x 7.5 inches approx. , thin booklet not paginated but approximately 24 pages, delightfully illustrated by Beryl Cook in colour. A cute little story about a six toed cat, somewhat of a twist in the tale! .

London: Simon & Schuster. Very Good. 1994. Softcover. 0671718347 . Illustrated in black & white. Over 5000 individual entries with information on characters, alien races, planets and stars, weapons, scientific terms and many more. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 396 pages .

England: Haynes Publishing Group. Fine. 1990. Softcover. Fully illustrated in colour, no marks or inscriptions. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 128 pages .

Poole. Blandford Press. 1980.. 0713709057 . First Edition: Fine blue boards with gold lettering to spine, 11.0 x 9.00 inches approx. , fine coloured pictorial dust jacket, not price clipped, no inscriptions, illustrated in black and white. .

Esslingen Und Munchen, J F Schreiber, Not Dated. Fair. Thick card (Hard back). Original thick card paper covered illustrated boards, some discolouration to tbe picture on the front board but still clearly visible, red cloth to spine, some rubbing to extreme edges, plain card for backboard with a little background soiling, light blue endpapers with a series of black silhouette images of children walkig in line across the endpapers, darkened to extreme edges, tear to bottom of the front endpaper, hand written inscription to top of front endpaper dated 137, text in German, seven enchanting full page coloured illustrations of children and woodland creatures, very distinctive style they are very bright and clean, centre fold is plain showing the staples, there does not appear to be anything missing as the reverse side ot the plain sheets is a printed illustration. Not paginated. 11.5 x 8.75 inches approx. .

Sotheby Parke Bernet. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0856671053 . First edition. 256 pages illustrated with black & white and some colour plates. Fine hardback with a near fine dust jacket. No inscriptions or marks. "Traces the development of coachbuilding from the era of the horsedrawn carriage to the present day, and describes the way in which the motor vehicle has evolved in all forms. Emphasis is placed, particularly, upon the body building process and the ways in which traditional skills were adapted over the years. "; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 256 pages .

Oxted 1991 Peter Oliver, Printed By Cinque Port Press Ltd,. 0951839101 . First edition 8vo 180 pages colour frontis illustrated with black & white photographs, maps and charts. Fine blue cloth hard back with a near fine dust jacket. No inscriptions or marks. .

London: A & C Black. Good. 1908. Hardcover. A well used copy, spine faded but title fully readable and bright, some bumping and fraying to extremitities, endpapers browned, closed page edges slightly soiled, 77 colour plates of paintings by Armedee Forester, no sketch map to rear. A good readable copy with plates in good condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 390 pages .

United States, Dover Publications Inc, 1989. Very Good. Softcover. 0486261069 . Original soft covers (paperback) , Very good condition, to the rear of the front cover there is a name and address of a previous owner, 128 pages, fully illustrated, in black and white. A fantasic range of floral patterns for usei in decoraqtive art and crafts. Size 11.00 x 8.5 inches approx. .

London: Green & Co Ltd. Very Good. 1908. Popular edition. Hardcover. Very good and sound decorated red cloth. Pages darkened but still readable. No inscriptions. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 340 pages .

London: Green & Co Ltd. Very Good. 1910. Popular edition. Hardcover. Very good and sound decorated red cloth. Slight fading to spine and back board, no inscriptions. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 310 pages .