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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF NEWTONIAN ATTRACTION
Written by A.S. Ramsey.
Stock no. 629814
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1961. Almost very good condition.

This book is intended for students of an honours course in mathematics. The book is an introduction to a subject which, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, occupied the interest and attention of many eminent mathematicians. Yellow cardwraps. ix and 184 pages. Reprint. Covers grubby and worn. Previous owner's blind stamp to prelims. Text block browned. Else contents clean.

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SELECTIVE COMPUTATION
Written by Richard E. Bellman.
Stock no. 629816
Published by World Scientific. 1st 1985. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Series in Modern Applied Mathematics Volume 4. Yellow boards. ISBN: 9971966867.

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JOLLY CATS PAINTING BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 816681
Published by Geographia Ltd.. Circa 1910. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Pictorial paperwraps. A painting book to copy Louis Wain's style. 12 pages including covers. Covers a little grubby and marked. A few small chips to edges of covers. Re-sewn neatly. Three images are coloured in, the rest are clean and untouched. A few tiny closed tears to margins. A nice copy of a scarce title.

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PUSS IN BOOTS
No author listed. Illustrated by R. Andre.
Stock no. 816683
Published by McLoughlin Bros.. 1st 1888. Almost very good condition.

Young Folks Series. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. 6 full page chromolithographs. 14 pages. Book has been affected by damp so that the covers and pages are lightly crinkled. Spine is rubbed and worn. Vertical edges of cover has slight surface paper loss. Heavy foxing to text. Chromoliths are beautifully clean and sharp. A lovely copy of a scarce title. REDUCED from £100.

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PONIES AND POACHERS
Written by David Severn. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 382811
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, black title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. The story of an unusual summer holiday. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Covers bright and clean. Inscription in ink and address details to front endpaper. Rear endpaper is partly browned. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and browned, loss to top and tail of spine.

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THE HORN OF MERLYNS
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 816608
Published by Collins. 3rd 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Some marks to covers. Corners are bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Pictorial wrapper is faded to spine with chips and grubby marks.

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SID'S TALKS
Written by Sid Wright.
Stock no. 816542
Published by E.J. Thurston. 1st 1946. Slightly better than good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

The author was managing director of the Herefordshire Fruit Company and contributed articles to the Hereford Times and The Grocer. This is a collection of those articles. Limited edition. B/w photos. Copy no. 163. SIGNED by author. Covers discoloured at edges. Contents near fine. Wrapper grubby and torn with 3 inch loss to base of spine.

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MONOGRAPHS & COLLECTIONS I ROMAN SITES
Written by George C. Boon.
Stock no. 816556
Published by Cambrian Archaeological Association. 1978. Nearly fine condition.

Excavations in Wales. Large format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Large folding b/w plans.

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MONOGRAPHS & COLLECTIONS I ROMAN SITES
Written by George C. Boon.
Stock no. 816562
Published by Cambrian Archaeological Association. 1978. Fine condition.

Excavations in Wales. Large format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Large folding b/w plans.

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THE HISTORY OF WALES
Written by B.B. Woodward.
Stock no. 816528
Published by Virtue And Co.. 1854. Almost very good condition.

From the Earliest times to it's final incorporation into the Kingdom of England with notices of its Physical Geography, and Mineralwealth, and of the Religion and Literature, Laws, Customs, manners and Arts of the Welsh. Black leather spine and corners. Gilt title to spine. Marbled edges. 76 b/w plates (including illustrated title page). 608 pages. Book: all plates present. Front joint slightly split. Corners and spine edges worn. REDUCED FROM £150.

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ADVENTURE ABOVE THE CLOUDS
Written by F.V. Monk; H.T. Winter.
Stock no. 816509
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1936. Very good condition.

A summary of mankind's aerial achievements. With Eight Half-tone Plates and Diagrams. Red cloth boards, black titles. 224 pages. Top corner of front cover has a diagonal crease. Bookplate to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean.

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