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THE WORLD OF THE NURSERY
Written by Colin White.
Stock no. 386233
Published by E.P. Dutton. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of the objects and images made for nurseries during more than a hundred years from the middle of the nineteenth century. Large format. Orange boards, gilt title to spine. Packed with colour and b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0525242600. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. A few tiny dents at edges and some very light foxing to textblock. Minimal rubbing to top and tail of wrapper spine.

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TWENTY-FIVE CENTURIES OF SEA WARFARE
Written by Jacques Mordal. Illustrated by Michael Fontaine.
Stock no. 823009
Published by Abbey Library. 1973. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Turquoise cloth. Drawings, maps & b/w photographs. Translated by Len Ortzen and first published in France c. 1959. ISBN: 0719602289. Covers lightly rubbed at edges and slightlyl browned in appearance. Text block a little grubby else contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and slightly faded to spine.

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THE WORLD OF THE NURSERY
Written by Colin White.
Stock no. 384165
Published by The Herbert Press. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of the objects and images made for nurseries during more than a hundred years from the middle of the nineteenth century. Large format. Orange boards, gilt title to spine. Packed with colour and b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0906969344. Spine bumped at top and tail, light rubbing to corners. A super copy.

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THE PAPERED WALL
Written by Lesley Hoskins.
Stock no. 814966
Published by Harry N. Abrams. 1st USA 1994. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Tracing the history of wallpaper ranging from hand-painted Chinese papers to the myriad patterns and paper types available for use today in the ordinary home. Large format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour illustrations. 256 pages. ISBN: 0810937301. A lovely, clean copy.

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MYTHS OF MODERN INDIVIDUALISM
Written by Ian Watt.
Stock no. 814180
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Faust, Don Quixote, Don Juan, Robinson Crusoe. A critical account - historical, cultural, moral and aesthetic - of how four great Western myths have insinuated themselves into the actualities of modern culture. B/w illustrations. 293 pages includes index. ISBN: 0521480116. Book: name in ink to front endpaper.

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BIOGRAPHY AS HISTORY
Written by Charles F. Mullett.
Stock no. 596157
Published by The Macmillan Company. 1st 1963. Slightly better than very good condition.

Men and Movements in Europe Since 1500. Blue card wrap booklet. Spine browned.

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RACK, ROPE AND RED-HOT PINCERS
Written by Geoffrey Abbott.
Stock no. 595397
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1993. As new condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A history of torture and its instruments. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1860197957.

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COMITE INTERNATIONAL DAY SCIENCES HISTORIQUES RAPPORTS
No author listed.
Stock no. 589425
Published by Ferdinand Berger & Sohne. 1965. Very good condition.

Four volumes. Beige paperwraps. Vol I: Grands Themes; Vol II: Histoire Des Continents; Vol III: Commissions; Vol IV: Methodologie et Histoire Contemporaine. Text in English, French and German. Contents fine, spines lightly stained.

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TREASURES OF THE HERMITAGE
No author listed.
Stock no. 588388
Published by Studio Editions. 1990. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Representative items from the six major departments of the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad. Very large format. Colour photos. ISBN: 1851704574. Corners lightly bumped.

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ART FORMS AND CIVIC LIFE IN THE LATE ROMAN EMPIRE
Written by H.P. L'Orange.
Stock no. 586226
Published by Princeton University Press. 1st 1965. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Wrapper slightly edge-chipped. Some pencil underlining.

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NEUEROFFNETE WELT GALLERIA
Written by Abraham A Santa Clara.
Stock no. 584325
Published by Christoph Seigel. 1703. Very good condition.

Photocopy of the original document bound in blue paperwraps. Numerous b/w full-page illustrations. Text in German.

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