Vintage Illustrated Official Guidebook to Bruges -1961

Official illustrated paperback guidebook to Bruges, Belgium. Titled "Bruges, City of Art", it is in English and contains 126 pages of text and black and white of the sights and attractions of the medieval city with many contemporary advertisements. It is the sixth edition, published in 1961. It is in very good condition with only a little age related wear to the edges and corners

126pp

19.8cm x 11.4

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Vintage Pan American - Pan Am Pocket Directory and map of Rome - 1955

Pocket directory and map of Rome from Pan American Airways or Pan Am. It has several pages plus a fold out map of the Eternal City with the directory continuing on the reverse of the map. It has a few age related marks and there's a small hole in one of the folds in the map but otherwise it's in very good condition.

10cm x 15cm

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Brochure on Acton Lane Power Station Steam Locomotives - CEGB

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Published by the Central Electricity Generating Board around the early to mid 1970s this is a short glossy brochure about the two 0-4-0ST steam locomotives, Little Barford and Birkenhead, used to shunt coal wagons around the Acton Lane power station in Wembley up to around 1980. Pictures, potted history and data. In superb condition.

8pp

21cm x 5cm

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The Uganda Cookery Book - 1925

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Lovely old cookery book published for the Ugandan colonials in 1925 by the Sheldon Press and sold through the Uganda Bookshop, Kampala. It is "The Uganda Cookery Book" or "Ekitabo Ekyokufumba" and contains 142 recipes in English with translation in Lugandan. They don't appear to be particularly local recipes, being rather familiar British or other colonially sourced recipes. For instance, while many of the recipes here call for cheese there is no Lugandan word for it and I can't imagine why there should be as I'm not sure cheese is particularly common in overtly hot countries. It makes for great reading! In addition it appears to have been used as a family cookbook and there are several cuttings stuck in it and also plenty of handwritten recipes on the notes pages. Some of these appear to be wartime ones as they reference the ration and one for chocolate is even written on the back of an ARP Warden's report form. Fascinating book and in very good condition considering its age and obvious well used history. Surprisingly little bumping and all stitching and bindings sound.

254pp, board bound

14.5cm x 11cm x 2.5cm

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Vintage UK Commander Film Copying Sheets Carbon Paper

This is an almost complete box of 200 Commander Film Copying Sheets, or more familiarly, carbon paper. They are 8" x 5" sheets, which is just slightly smaller than A5 and are all unused bar about half a dozen. These are also in the box and on close examination the typed date of January 1967 can be made out, which would assume a manufacturing date of 1966 at least. The sheets are all in pretty good condition although a few have some crystal deposits on them, which is not surprising given their age. The box is in excellent condition.

22cm x 14.5cm

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The Book of Hints and Wrinkles - 1939 - Odhams and How to Write, Speak and Think Correctly - 1939 - Odhams

Part of a series of self-help books from Odhams Press published in the late 1930s, this one is self-explanatory to be fair although the section on thinking correctly is intriguing. Hardback with original dust jacket, which is actually in exceptional condition. A bit dusty with a touch of foxing but generally in very good condition.

320pp

12cm x 18cm x 3cm

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1941 Map of Switzerland: Sustenpass. Eidg. Landestopographie Bern

Topographischer Atlas der Schweiz - Topographic map of Switzerland from Eidg. Landestopographie Bern. 1:50,000 centred on the Sustenpass. It's 1941 edition and I have to admit there's a certain mustiness about it that suggests it's of an age although it's in excellent condition apart from a single perforation on one of the fold points. The folded size is 20cm x 13.5, open 80cm x 95cm.

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Glut Book - How to Cope With Your Surplus Produce - Kathleen Thomas - 1961

Written by Kathleen Turner and compiled from recipes sent in presumably the readers of Farmers' Weekly, this is a Farm Woman's Library Book published by Longacre Press in 1961 and is specifically aimed at dealing with "too much of anything". Fascinating and very much of its time, the most exotic ingredients I can see are a teaspoon of paprika and the occasional clove of garlic. Lots of recipes for pigeons!

96pp

18.5cm x 12.5cm

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Coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II Approved Souvenir Programme

Official souvenir programme from the coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II on 2nd June 1953. It's 40 pages glossy paper with the full order of the coronation service and the processions. There's a very faint stain on the back cover but this has been covered with brown paper for a very long time and is in otherwisen excellent condition.

18cm x 25cm

 

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Lady Penelope Annual 1968 - Century 21 Publishing

Published in 1968 for 1969 by the late and very much lamented Gerry Anderson's Century 21 Publishing, this includes strips featuring lady Penelope and Parker, The Monkees and others. There are also plenty of articles on the popular beat combos of the day and stories about gels doing spiffing jobs such as air hostessing, ballet dancing and even racing drivering. Pretty good condition inside, small inscription and a couple of pen marks inside back cover but bindings sound. Covers are a little scuffed and corners bumped and top of spine is torn for about an inch at the top. Cover bindings starting to crack slightly. Old pencil pricing on inside cover (which is a little more than my start price but considerably less than some others listed)
30.5cm x 21.5cm x 1.5cm

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Bartholomew's Quarter Inch Map of Scotland - 1932 Sheet 4 - Glasgow and Oban

Cloth mounted quarter inch motoring map of Scotland covering Glasgow and Oban and some of the Western Isles. It is numbered B 32 on the top left hand margin which dates it to the second half of 1932. Condition is generally good. A few small tears on the margins at the creases, no more than an inch long and the expected pinholes at some of the folds on the sheet corners. There's also a bit of mild foxing on the back of the cloth. Colours are very good - one pen marking - a name - on the reverse.

19cm x 9.5cm folded, 74cm x 54cm unfolded

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Pair of Vintage National Union of Railwaymen Membership Cards - 1945/6

A pair of National Union of Railwaymen Member's Cards for Crewe No 5 branch for the years 1945 & 46. They are for the same member. They are grubby with some ingrained marks but otherwise in pretty good condition with only the lightest of wear to the corners. All entries have been made in pencil so are quite faint in places but more often than not legible.

11.5cm x 7.5cm

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Petrol Ration Book 1101 - 1500cc - Complete and Unused 1956 or 73

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Motor fuel was rationed briefly during the 1956 Suez crisis. Ration books were issued at that time but many remained unused and were issued again at the time of the 1973 oil crisis following the Yom Kippur war. Newer versions were also used, referring to the Minister of Technology rather than to the Minister of Power as the earlier ones did. This book is Serial Number MH4 174956 and is for a Motor Car between 1101 and 1500 cc.

Condition is good, no tears, staples still good.

Weight with packaging: 50g.

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