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BUSES, COACHES AND ...PEOPLE Volume 1
DAVID GLADWIN    Book Number: 89986
Published price: £35
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This lively and idiosyncratic history of the charabanc or pleasure-bus takes the story to the end of World War II with archive photos, timetables, magazine articles, cartoons, advertisements, anecd...
TITANIC STORY
DAVID HUTCHINGS    Book Number: 90895
Published price: £9.99
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After the 'unsinkable' RMS Titanic - a White Star liner - struck an iceberg during her maiden voyage over the Atlantic on 14 April 1912, the ship sank with 1,503 people losing their lives. This com...
BRITAIN'S FAVOURITE CARS OF THE DECADE
MATTHEW LEONARD    Book Number: 90998
Published price: £16
Bibliophile price: £6.50
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The top ten motor bestsellers of the 60s included minis and saloons, luxury cars and sports cars. The 70s saw the oiling of the wheels of change with saloon cars and larger family cars; the 80s th...
CHICKENHAWK
HAYNES PUBLISHING    Book Number: 91000
Published price: £9.99
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Chickenhawk contains the most vivid, astoundingly detailed descriptions of flying ever written. Robert Mason's war was supposed to bring the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese to their knees in sh...
ROYAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY SE5 1916 ONWARDS
HAYNES PUBLISHING    Book Number: 91018
Published price: £25
Bibliophile price: £8.00
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SE5, SE5a, SE5b, and SE-5E are the models covered in this Haynes Owners' Workshop Manual and insight into the design, engineering, restoration, maintenance and operation of Britain's First World Wa...
WESTLAND LYNX 1976 TO PRESENT
HAYNES PUBLISHING    Book Number: 91019
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A Haynes Owners' Workshop Manual covering HAS Mk.2, Mk.3 and HMA Mk.8 models, here is an insight into the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the Royal Navy's multi-role ship-borne h...
HELICOPTER: CONSTRUCT IT DIY MECHANICAL KIT: 120 Pieces
BMS BRANDS    Book Number: 91190
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Beginner level for ages eight to adult and with real tools inside, the 120 pieces which are Mecanno-style and compatible are easy to assemble. Illustrations and assembly instructions are included,...
AVRO LANCASTER IN MILITARY SERVICE 1945-1965
MARTIN DERRY & NEIL ROBINSON    Book Number: 91227
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Entering service in the crucial wartime year of 1942, the Avro Lancaster quickly became the supreme RAF heavy bomber of its day in spite of competition from the Handley Page Halifax, with the RAF f...
AVRO SHACKLETON
MARTIN DERRY & NEIL ROBINSON    Book Number: 91228
Published price: £16.99
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Written with modelling enthusiasts in mind, this book focuses on extensive visual coverage of the iconic Avro Shackleton, a post-war machine in the RAF coastal command for the defence of friendly m...
BEYOND ENDURANCE
NICK BARKER    Book Number: 91230
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Captain of HMS Endurance during the Falklands conflict of 1982, Nick Barker made his first visit to the islands in December 1980. Endurance, or Red Plum as she was always called, had joined the Ro...
BOEING FACT FILE
JO BEECK    Book Number: 91231
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From the elegant prototype Model-40 biplane of 1925 which was adapted to carry mail between Chicago and San Francisco, to the 787 "Dreamliner" with its glass-fibre structure, this neat fact file te...
BRITISH MUNICIPAL BUS OPERATORS
JIM BLAKE    Book Number: 91233
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A snapshot of the 1960s, the maroon red and cream double decker on the front has the jolly advert 'DULUX IS A HOME'S BEST FRIEND!' Going back to very first horse-bus or tram operations in Victoria...
BUGATTI BLUE: Prescott and the Spirit of Bugatti
LANCE COLE    Book Number: 91234
Published price: £35
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The British have had an affair with Bugatti sports cars for decades, and perhaps Prescott Hill-Climb in Gloucestershire is the place where that relationship has reached its highlights. Prescott is...
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY GALLERY
LAURENCE WATERS    Book Number: 91246
Published price: £30
Bibliophile price: £18.00
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A pictorial journey through time which uses previously unpublished material from the extensive Great Western Trust Collection at Didcot Railway Centre. It could be argued that the Great Western or...
GREAT WESTERN SOCIETY: A Tale of Endeavour and Success
ANTHONY BURTON    Book Number: 91247
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The man who became the Chief Engineer responsible for planning and building the Great Western Railway line was Isambard Kingdom Brunel who at only 27 years was quite happy to ignore precedents and ...
HAWKER HURRICANE AND SEA HURRICANE
TONY O'TOOLE, MARTIN DERRY    Book Number: 91248
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The Hurricane was one of Britain's most iconic aircraft which was not only pivotal during the Battle of Britain but also served as a night fighter, fighter-bomber, naval fighter and dedicated groun...
GRAND PRIX: The Killer Years
EDITED BY JOHN L MATTHEWS    Book Number: 91469
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With extended interviews from the BBC film, here is the tragic, dramatic and unmissable story of Formula One's killer years when the sport was out of control. In the 1960s and early 1970s mechanic...
BIG BRITISH RAILWAY JOURNEYS PUZZLE BOOK
ROY AND SUE PRESTON    Book Number: 91434
Published price: £14.99
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Travel across the country in over 100 mind-boggling puzzles written in association with the National Railway Museum, and covering challenges, extraordinary firsts, breaking new grounds and journeys...
AIRCRAFT AND AVIATION STAMPS
HOWARD PILTZ    Book Number: 91571
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Transport and stamp collecting have been brought together in this special book looking at the way postage stamps have increased our knowledge of transport worldwide. The collecting of stamps or ph...
ARMOURED CRUISER CRESSY
ANDREW CHOOMG    Book Number: 91573
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A companion to 91574 Black Swan Class Sloops, this volume is devoted to a ship best known for her demise, one of three sisters sunk in a matter of hours by a single U-boat in 1914. When first desi...
BLACK SWAN CLASS SLOOPS
LES BROWN    Book Number: 91574
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Widely regarded as the Rolls Royce of Second World War convey escorts, heavily armed and superbly equipped for their role, the Black Swan Class of sloops and their modified derivatives were among t...
BATTLE OF BRITAIN: The Pilots and Planes that Made History
SIMON PEARSON    Book Number: 91769
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Written on the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, the book brings to life the pilots and planes involved through the stories of 18 airmen, nine from each side, and 18 different aircraft. T...
THE CHANNEL
CHARLIE CONNELLY    Book Number: 91773
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The symbolism of the English Channel goes way beyond a simple role as a conduit for shipping, trawling and the odd lard-and-lanolin-slathered maniac in goggles and swimming trunks plunging in and m...
FLIGHT THROUGH THE AGES
GUILD OF AVIATION ARTISTS    Book Number: 91576
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Flight Through the Ages was the title of the first annual exhibition of The Guild of Aviation Artists in 1971. This book celebrates 50 years of exhibitions and reproduces paintings by 100 artists ...
1940: The Second World War In the Air In Photographs
L. ARCHARD    Book Number: 91705
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Nazi Germany conquered Denmark, Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands, Luxemburg and France, all involving heavy use of air power, either transporting troops or closely supporting the armoured forces...
FRANK McCLEAN: Godfather to British Naval Aviation
PHILIP JARRETT    Book Number: 91712
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Sir Francis Kennedy McClean died at the age of 80 in 1955. As well as being an aeronaut and a pioneer pilot, he ensured the initial success of Short Brothers as an aeroplane manufacturer, served a...
REGIONAL TRAMWAYS: Scotland
PETER WALLER    Book Number: 91734
Published price: £25
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Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Trams, Glasgow and Preservation, this big glamorous volume concentrates on the big city systems that survived WWII. It provides a comprehensive narrative det...
ROYAL AIR FORCE AT HOME: The History of RAF Air Displays
IAN SMITH WATSON    Book Number: 91735
Published price: £30
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Ian Watson joined the RAF in 1977 and his book sets out to present a historical view of the Royal Air Force from a different angle than that which is more usual, striking a chord with those who enj...
AMERICAN TANKS AND AFVs OF WORLD WAR TWO
MICHAEL GREEN     Book Number: 91890
Published price: £20
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The entry of the United States into WW2 provided the Allies with the industrial might to finally take the war to German and Japanese sources across the world. Central to this was the focus of the ...
COMET: Unseen Images from The Archives: Book and 2 DVDs
BRUCE HALES-DUTTON    Book Number: 91895
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The world's first jet airliner flew the Comet for the first time barely four years after the end of World War Two, and it was British. It revolutionised commercial air travel and was the fastest a...
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