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Liverpool Echo. Very Good. N.D.. Paperback. Thought to be late 1980/early 1981: Original soft covers, paperback, the face of John Lennon on the front cover, a look at the life of John Lennon in photographs and text. School days to fame and success through to his untimely death, 48 pages, illustrated in black an white. Generally very good condition with some minor edge wear. 11.5 x 8.5 inches approx. Handwritten inscription on reverse side of front cover it reads '1st September 1987 To Dear Kath you can be proud of a Lionness Mazar. ' A fabulous tribute to this popular icon who died 25 years ago but whose music still inspires the world.; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall .

Poole: Oxford Publishing Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0860933245 . Fine blue cloth, no inscriptions or marks, with a fine unclipped dust jacket. "Utilising over 300 photographs, this album portrays the engine sheds of the London & North Eastern Railway in their many guises. Included are views from before, during and after Grouping - many illustrating the servicing facilities; and with a wide range of photographs recording the profuse variety of locomotives stabled at the various sheds. Detailed views of the buildings and plant, furnish modellers and enthusiasts alike with hitherto unseen information on the workings of the LNER Locomotive Running Department "; Black & white photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Unpaginated pages .

Menton, France: Les Editions Du Cabri. Fine. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 2903310270 . Fine hardcovers. Signed dedication by the author to the title page. No other inscriptions or marks. Illustrated with black & white photographs, technical drawings, some foldout. Text in French. ; Black & white photographs and drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 152 pages; Signed by Author .

Somerset: Camden Miniature Steam Services. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First English Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0953652300 . Fine green cloth hardcover, no inscriptions or marks with a fine dust jacket. An excellent copy. Chapelon reviews in detail developments in the design and construction of all the steam locomotive’s major parts, and compares the merits of simple and compound expansion. He then looks, again in detail, at the major standard gauge locomotive designs worldwide of the 20th Century, including his own. Translated from the French by George Carpenter, this edition includes various addenda updating Chapelon’s work to the end of commercial steam, looks at Chapelon’s unbuilt designs, and reviews the work of those who have continued to develop advanced steam locomotives. Superbly illustrated with detailed diagrams of various locomotives with measurements and descriptions, with 475 black & white and some colour illustrations with 13… Read More

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, And Green, 1826. Original paper cover blue/grey boards with a contrasting brown leather spine, rubbed to extremities, spine very cracked and worn, endpapers foxed, bound at the front is a booklet of publisher's advertisments, after the title page there is prefice numbered i-xiii numbering continues 16-267 pages, 'uncut edges' that are quite soiled by the time. .

Oxford: Clarendon Press. Very Good. 1924. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition hardback, colour frontis, fold out facsimile letter, and numerous black & white illustrations. Ex library with library markings otherwise very good and sound. Her letters written to Viscount Melville, then secretary for war and the colonies, and her diaries of travels into the interior have become an important source of information about the people, events and social life of the time. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xiii 343 pages .

Oxford. Blackwell, 1988. Fine. Hardcover. 1557860025 . First edition 8vo 200 pages illustrated with black & white photographs. Fine blue cloth and gilt hard back with fine dust jacket. No inscriptions. In Victorian Britain, unskilled women workers, whether in factories, workshops or at home, were at the mercy of their employers. The lady inspectors were pioneers in such activities as: travelling alone in London slums, seedy provincial manufacturing towns and remote rural areas; appearing in the role of prosecutor in the masculine world of the British courtroom; and gathering and interpreting information to support new legislation. This is the story of their occupation, of their adventures, struggles, successes and failures. .

London: Osprey. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. Illustrated with maps and contempory photographs. The story of the epic seige which lasted from October 1899 to March 1900. No inscriptions. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 224 pages .

London: Pyramid Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Near fine black cloth hardcover with a near fine unclipped dust jcket. No inscriptions. ; Colour & Black & White Photographs; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 128 pages .

The Folio Society, 1982. Near fine blue cloth boards wtih gilt and grey embellishments to front board and spine, 9.75 x 7.75 inches approx. , map endpapers, 351 pages, engravings taken from the first English edition, illustrated in black and white, small blind stamped circular mark of a previos owner to preliminary title page, pages as new. In a very good mottled slip-case some slight variation in colour at extreme edges. Quite heavy .

London, G Routledge & Co. , 1854. Marbled paper covered boards, leather binding to spine and corners, title in gilt, pasted to spine, slight scuffing to extremities and general background wear, plain endpapers browned, 396 pages, black and white frontispiece 'Belle and the Lieutenant, ' a hint of foxing to pages consistent with age, closed pages dusty, illustrated with black and white engravings (Dalziel) , some still with tissue protection, 8 vo. .

Essex: Safron Waldon Historical Society. Fine. 2009. First Edition. Softcover. 187366902X . Fine laminated card covers, no inscriptions or marks. ; Black & white photographs and drawings; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 85 pages .

London: T. Nelson And Sons, 1875. Original maroon blind stamped boards, gilt circular emblem to front board, 7.75 x 5.25 inches, open lettering in circular gilt decoration to spine, gilt decoration to bottom of spine, creased to top and bottom of spine, hinges fragile but binding reasonably sound, brown endpapers, xvii, 718 pages, fold out map of Palastine slightly foxed, coloured plates, black and white illustrations in text. .

Truro: Landfall Publications. Fine. 1990. First Edition. Softcover. 0951451782 . Fine card cover, no inscriptions or marks. "A detailed study of a fascinating Cornish landscape explored through a series of round walks and rides"; Black & white and colour photographs and maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 72 pages .

Budapest, Corvina Press 1965. First edition 8vo 358 pages illustrated with black & white plates. Neat signature of former owner to front endpaper otherwise fine grey cloth hard back with good dust jacket. .

London: Longman. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1971. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0582107407 . Fine sound green cloth, no inscriptions or marks. Fine unclipped dust jacket, an excellent copy. ; Black & white photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xi + 230 pages .

London, Weindenfeld And Nicolson, 1996. 0297816497 . Fine maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, fine coloured pictorial dust jacket, not price clipped, pale pink endpapers, no inscriptions, 461 pages, 9.5 x 6.25 inches approx. , black and white illustrations. .

London: John Gifford Ltd. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust jacket. 0707105919 . Very good blue cloth hardcover with a very good unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions. ; Colour and Black & White photographs; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 96 pages .

Trea. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. Revised Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 849704116X . Fine pictorial laminated boards with a fine matching pictorial dust jacket. No inscriptions or marks, an excellent copy. Text in Spanish and English. ; Black & white photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 229 pages .

Alan Sutton. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0862998875 . Fine black cloth hardcover, no inscriptions. Coloured pictorial dust jacket, not price clipped. Illustrated endpapers, ; Black & white photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 136 pages .