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INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL OPTICS
Written by John Kellock Robertson.
Stock no. 810851
Published by Chapman & Hall. 2nd 1935. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition, revised and corrected. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w diagrams. xi and 471 pages including index. Top and tail of spine lightly worn. Foxing to text block and endpapers. Text block lightly browned. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is browned & foxed, edge-torn with slight loss.

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GUM TREE BROWNIE AND OTHER FAERIE FOLK OF THE NEVER-NEVER
Written by Tarella A. Quin. Illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.
Stock no. 595653
Published by George Robertson & Co.. 1st 1907. Slightly better than very good condition.

Green cloth covers with bevelled edges, red title to front with illustration of a Brownie swinging in a cobweb. Marbled endpapers. Packed with charming pen-and-ink illustrations, many full-page. A typically stylised Outhwaite fairyland. 184 pages. Oblong format. Spine bumped and rubbed at top and tail. Corners slightly worn. Two small dents to cover foredges, Contents near fine with just the occasional very pale mark. A super copy of this rare fairy book.

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A TOUR THROUGH THE ISLE OF MAN
Written by David Robertson.
Stock no. 594980
Published by E. Hodson. 1st 1794. Very good condition.

Full brown leather binding. Gilt titles and decorations to spine. Marbled endpapers. 8 aquatint plates. 12 unnumbered pages of prelims + 235 pages. Also includes a Review of the Manks (sic) History. Book: all plates present. Corners worn. Covers scuffed. Contents clean and bright.

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GUM TREE BROWNIE AND OTHER FAERIE FOLK OF THE NEVER-NEVER
Written by Tarella A. Quin. Illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.
Stock no. 378493
Published by Robertson & Mullens Ltd.. 1925. Good condition.

Oblong format. Pink cloth spine, patterned boards. B/w illustrations throughout by Ida S. Rentoul. Spine and corners bumped with wear to corners. Edges rubbed. Covers a bit grubby. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned, foxing to contents. Quite a number of the illustrations have been very neatly coloured in. A very scarce book.

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BROWNIE
Written by Dorothy Wall. Illustrated by Dorothy Wall.
Stock no. 581612
Published by Angus & Robertson. 1977. Very good condition.

The Adventures of a Naughty Little Rabbit. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0207134847. Corners are bumped and worn. Pages have a crease vertically down the middle.

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THE SCOPE OF LOCAL INITIATIVE
Written by J.M. Lee; Bruce Wood; Barbara W. Solomon; Peter Walters.
Stock no. 618030
Published by Martin Robertson. 1st 1974. Slightly better than very good condition.

A study of Cheshire County Council 1961-1974. ISBN: 0855200596.

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BLINKY BILL AND THE RABBIT'S BIRTHDAY PARTY
Written by Dorothy Wall. Illustrated by Walter Stackpool.
Stock no. 658439
Published by Angus & Robertson. 1st 1971. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Delightful colour illustrations. ISBN: 0207121044.

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SIMPLE STORY BOOK
Written by A.I. Mungeam; Christine E. Bradley; Dorothy M. Sheppard; Eunice Close; Madeleine Collier; Nancy D. Stevens; Aileen E. Passmore; Jean Robertson; et al.
Stock no. 664420
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1967. Very good condition.

Pictorial green and white boards. B/w drawings. Corners rubbed. Name in ink to contents page.

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TIDAL CREEK
Written by Roderick Finlayson.
Stock no. 718777
Published by Angus & Robertson. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

"The life and vicissitudes of Uncle Ted, a small farmer deeply attached to his land". Red cloth, black title to spine. Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers lightly browned and some marking to textblock. Wrapper is worn at spine and corners, slightly grubby to rear and has lower corner of front flap neatly removed (not price).

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