MCNAB. CHRIS.

The Great Book of Guns an Illustrated History of Military, Sporting, and Antique Firearms.

London: Greenwich Editions, 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. ISBN: 086288683X. Fine pictorial laminated boards with a fine matching dust jacket which is unclipped. No inscriptions or marks. This is a heavy and substantial volume. "In chapters on Pistols and Revolvers, Rifles and Shotguns, Submachine Guns, and Heavy Machine Guns, individual weapons are featured in chronological order. Each entry is superbly illustrated with colour photography and has detailed specifications and individual descriptions of the gun and its historical context. With an extensive index, up-to-date glossary of technical terms, and historical timeline of firearms, it's easy to chart the history and development of firearms with this superb treatment of more than 1,000 internationally produced weapons." ; Colour photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 448 pages. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 17423

Catalogue: Firearms

Keywords: 086288683x

CHRISTY, JOE & ETHELL, JEFF

P-38 Lightning at War

London: Ian Allan Publishing, 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. ISBN: 0711007721. Fine red cloth hardcover with near fine dust jacket. No inscriptions or marks. Profusely illustrated with black & white and colour photographs. ; Black &White and colour Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 144 pages. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 12946

Catalogue: Aviation

Keywords: 0711007721 38 Lockheed Aircraft

CLARK, E F. & LINFOOT, JOYCE.

George Parker Bidder: The Calculating Boy. With an Appreciation of His Calculating Ability by Joyce Linfoot.

Bedford: KSL Publications, 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. ISBN: 0950854301. Fine blue faux leather with silver titles. No inscriptions or marks. Coloured frontis and a further 90 black & white illustrations. Fine dust jacket. An excellent copy. Loosley laid in is a copy of a facsimile of text of the1850 edition of the account of "Difficult questions and his surprising rapid answers" Despite receiving little formal schooling it wasn't long before his family realised that George had a remarkable facility for memorising and manipulating large numbers in his head. His father William capitalised on his son's extraordinary gift by presenting George as the Calculating Prodigy in local fairs. He later became a respected railway and civil engineer being elected President of The Institute of Civil Engineers. ; Black & white photographs and maps.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; xxii + 518 pages. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 17598

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0950854301 Mathematicians

CLARKE, BASIL

Polar Flight

London: Ian Allan, 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very good pale blue cloth hardcover with a very good unclipped dust jacket, a trifle rubbed to extremites, tiny loss to top front. Signed by the author to the half title page. No other inscriptions. "This is a story of man's journey to reach the geographic poles by using a single mode of travel - flight. As the airship and aeroplane were emerging technologies at the time, they were heavily taken advantage of for polar exploration. The book illustrates how the achievements of polar exploration were made using aircraft as the primary form of travel. "; Black & white photograohs and maps; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 187 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 17872

Catalogue: Aviation

CLAY, JEAN

Modern Art, 1890-1918

London: Octopus Books, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover with dustjacket. ISBN: 0706408179. Green cloth and gilt, slight mark to lower front board no inscriptions. Heavy item. "The six keys to understanding the art of the period 1890-1918, as identified by Jean Clay and used as the structure of this volume are colour, distortion, the pulverized object, frontality, the real object, and movement. These themes reveal a lively and revolutionary age whose art was dominated by Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Juan Gris, Fernand Leger, Robert Delaunay, Paul Klee, Kazimir Malevich, Piet Mondrian, Marc Chagall, Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni, and Wassily Kandinsky. "; Colour plates and photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 320 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 17329

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 0706408179

CLAYTON, DONALD C.

Handley Page - an Aircraft Album

London, Ian Allan, 1970. ISBN: 0711000948. First edition, oblong 8vo 126 pages illustrated with black & white photographs. Very good yellow cloth hard back. The dust jacket has a closed tear to the rear otherwise very good and price clipped. Not inscribed or marked..

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Book number: 13980

Catalogue: Aviation

Keywords: 0711000948

CLEGG, BRIAN

Light Years, an Exploration of Mankind's Enduring Fascination with Light

Great Britain: Judy Piatkus (Publishing) Limited, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. ISBN: 0749921978. Fine blue boards in fine unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions. ; Black & white drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 310 pages. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 3286

Catalogue: Astronomy

Keywords: 0749921978

CLEW, KENNETH R

The Dorset and Somerset Canal: An Illustrated History

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. ISBN: 0715352288. Fine green cloth hardcover, no inscriptions or marks. Fine dust jacket which has been price clipped. Colour frontis, 8 plates, 10 text illustrations and maps. ; Canals of the British Isles; Black & white plates, drawings and maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 116 pages. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 17626

Catalogue: Canals

Keywords: 0715352288

CLEW, KENNETH R.

The Kennet and Avon Canal: An Illustrated History

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1985. Third Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. ISBN: 0715386565. Third revised and enlarged edition. Fine blue cloth hardcover, no inscriptions or marks. Fine unclipped dust jacket. 31 Black & white plates, 23 text illustrations including maps. ; Black & white plates, drawings and maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 17634

Catalogue: Canals

Keywords: 0715386565 & Bath & Bristol Navigation

CLINKER, C. R. (INTRODUCTION BY. )

Whishaw's Railways of Great Britain & Ireland (1842)

Newton Abbott: David & Charles, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover with dust jacket. ISBN: 0715347861. Fine maroon binding, no inscriptions or marks with a fine dust jacket which has been price clipped. Complete with 18 plates at the rear, 2 of which are folding. A detailed survey of the locomotives, infrastructure and operations of the early railway companies ; Black & white drawings; Thick Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; xxvi + 500 pages. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 17738

Catalogue: Railways

Keywords: 0715347861

CLOUD, PRESTON

Cosmos Earth and Man, a Short History of the Universe

New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover with dustjacket. ISBN: 0300021461. Very good and sound blue clorh hardcover. No inscriptions. The dustjacket has been price clipped. Front endpaper is a fold out diagram showing 'a time capsule's view of Earth history'. Rear endpapers show conversion tables and periodic table of the elements. The author traces the evolution of the universe ranging from a description of the nature of atoms to the behaviour of galaxies and follows the development of life on Earth; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 372 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 1610

Catalogue: Astronomy

Keywords: 0300021461 Cosmology

CLOUGH, DAVID.

A Guide to Portuguese Railways

Leigh, Lancs: Fearless Publications, 1991. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0950935417. Fine card covers, no inscriptions. ; Black & white photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 64 pages. Fine .

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Book number: 17854

Catalogue: Railways

Keywords: 0950935417 Portugal

COGGAN, PAUL A

Mustang Survivors

Bourne End, Buckinghamshire: Aston Publications, 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with dustjacket. ISBN: 094662707X. Fine red cloth hardcover, no inscriptions or marks. The dustjacket is unclipped, sunned to spine otherwise fine. Although published to mark the type's 50th birthday there is much is much historical data and 250 good black & white photographs. ; Black & white photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 216 pages. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 17250

Catalogue: Aviation

Keywords: 094662707x P51 Warbird

COLE, CHRISTOPHER & CHEESMAN, E. F.

The Air Defence of Britain 1914-1918

London: Putnam, 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with dustjacket. ISBN: 0370305388. Fine blue cloth hardcover with a nearfine unclipped dustjacket. No inscriptions or marks. Describes fully for the first time the work of the British aircraft and aircrews charged with repelling the German day and night raiders of the First World War. Every aircraft recorded as having taken off in response to a raid is listed, where possible its Service number and the names of the crew. ; Black & white photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 486 pages. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 17202

Catalogue: Aviation

Keywords: 0370305388

COLE, LANCE

Vickers Vc10

Wiltshire: The Crowood Press, 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with dustjacket. ISBN: 1861262310. Fine black cloth no inscriptions or marks with an unclipped dustjacket, an excellent copy. Tells the full story of its design and development using original documentation and interviews with the design and flight team. ; Black & white and colour photographs and drawings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 173 pages. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 17346

Catalogue: Aviation

Keywords: 1861262310 Vc10