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BOUCHER & CHARDIN: MASTERS OF MODERN MANNERS
Written by Anne Dulau; Christoph Martin Vogtherr; Ann Eatwell.
Stock no. 2111900
Published by University Of Glasgow. 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. This book accompanies an exhibition examining the relationships between two works; Lady Taking Tea (1735), by Jean-Simeon Chardin and Woman on a Day Bed (1743) by Francois Boucher. ISBN: 9781903470756. Light wear to corners.

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THE PANORAMA OF EUROPE; OR, A NEW GAME OF GEOGRAPHY
Written by Barbara Hofland.
Stock no. 1310973
Published by A.K. Newman and Co.. 1st 1813. Good condition.

Printed at the Minerva Press. Plain brown boards. 240 pages, edges untrimmed. Pull-out b/w frontis of The Empress of Russia's Travelling Equipage. Covers are worn with some chipping of surface paper. Joints cracked but binding still tight. Name in ink to top margin of title-page. Preliminary pages are grubby, there is some foxing to the contents. Considering the age of the book the contents are reasonably clean. This is a decent copy of a very scarce item.

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THE TALKING THRUSH AND OTHER TALES FROM INDIA
Written by W.H.D. Rouse; W. Crooke. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1310971
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.. 1st 1899. Good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. Collected by W. Crooke and retold by Rouse. Indian folk-tales. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Covers grubby and marked, red ink marks to front cover. Child's red ink writing to front endpaper. Endpapers browned, foxing to page edges. Front joint cracked. Lower corner of rear free-endpaper torn off (only a small piece).

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ROMNEY A BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL ESSAY WITH A CATALOGUE RAISONNE OF HIS WORKS (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Humphrey Ward; W. Roberts.
Stock no. 2111890
Published by Thos. Agnew & Sons. 1st 1904. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue leather spines with gilt titles and intricate decorations. Blue cloth covers with gilt titles. Captioned, tissue-guard plates. Limited edition to 350 copies. These volumes are copy no. 20. Spines are faded; now look green. Some bumping and wear to cover edges and corners. A little brown spotting to covers. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Names in ink to front endpapers. Page browning; some foxing. The books appear to have been restitched at one time - bindings are nice and tight.

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READING THE PORTRAITS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I
Written by Elizabeth W. Pomeroy.
Stock no. 2111887
Published by Archon Books; The Shoe String Press. 1st 1989. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour plates. Using 10 works of art, 9 in colour Pomeroy explores the border-lines between disciplines to shed new light on the portraits of Elizabeth I. She combines ideas from cultural anthropology, semiotics, literary theory, social history and the psychology of perception to create a web of meanings and harmonies, centering the paintings of the Queen in a new, complex environment. ISBN: 0208021892. Wrapper is a little browned, with a few marks.

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THE SNOWMAN
Written by J. Havenhand. Illustrated by A. Saul.
Stock no. 1310967
Published by E.J. Arnold & Son Ltd.. circa 1964. Slightly better than very good condition.

Swallow Books series. Oblong format. Blue cardwraps. Two-tone illustrations to each page with easy to read text. Staples rusty else fine.

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THE SNOWMAN
Written by J. Havenhand. Illustrated by A. Saul.
Stock no. 1310966
Published by E.J. Arnold & Son Ltd.. circa 1964. Very good condition.

Swallow Books series. Oblong format. Blue cardwraps. Two-tone illustrations to each page with easy to read text. Very small mark top top edge of front cover. Staples rusty. Contents fine.

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THE STORY OF SAINT JOAN
Written by Margaret R. Keary.
Stock no. 1310965
Published by A.R.Mowbray & Co. Ltd. 1st 1925. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 130 pages. Rear endpapers are a map of Northern and Central France. 9 b/w plates plus a plan of Orleans. Spine and corners worn, spine and rear cover rubbed. Name in heavy pencil to front endpaper. Foxing and fingering else contents clean. Endpapers discoloured.

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THE CAPTAIN'S YOUNGEST PICCINO AND OTHER CHILD STORIES
Written by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Stock no. 1310962
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Almost very good condition.

Brown decorated cloth. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and very slightly worn. Front endpapers replaced. Lower corner of page 39/40 is slightly damaged with some loss (no text lost). Light foxing and fingering else contents clean.

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THE FOLK DOLL OF SION
Written by Joan Smith. Illustrated by Prudence Seward.
Stock no. 1310961
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Hamish Hamilton Antelope Book. Orange pictorial boards. 87 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 024102398X. Cover edges very slightly rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just slightly faded to spine and ever so slightly edge creased.

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WOODLEIGH HOUSE OR; THE HAPPY HOLIDAYS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1310955
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. 1869. Almost very good condition.

Embossed red cloth with gilt titles. 228 pages. B/w plates (with tissue-guards) and text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, covers a bit grubby and marked. Foxing throughout. Hinges pulled. Tissue-guards browned.

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AFFAIR OF STATE: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE 8TH DUKE AND DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE
Written by Henry Vane.
Stock no. 1807678
Published by Peter Owen. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the nineteenth-century politician Lord Hartington - later the 8th Duke of Devonshire - and of Louise Alten, who was his mistress as Duchess of Manchester and later his wife. A tale that spans the world of politics and the high-living circle around the Prince of Wales, with whom Hartington and Louise were intimate friends. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. 272 pages including index. ISBN: 0720612330. Wrapper has a few minor marks.

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