First published in hardback in 1986 by Airlife Publishing Ltd

Second edition published in hardback in 1994 by Parapress Ltd.

Second Airlife edition published in paperback in 2001

Published in hardback format in 2001 by Wren’s Park publishing

and in hardback format in 2014 by

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Copyright © Mike Crosley © 1986, 1994, 2001, 2014

ISBN 978 1 47382 191 0

eISBN 9781473838574

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