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Taking the scheme of the famous Bayeux Tapestry and drawn with Hassalls distinctive flat colour and striking outlines, 'Ye Berlyn Tapestrie' is a fascinating historical example of war-induced farce, produced by a highly talented artist who could not then have known that the war was set to last for another two years.

(Hardback, 2nd New edition)

An exciting journey through history, this beautifully illustrated new edition tells the stories of fifty plants that have been key to the development of the western world.

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This book is both a guide and a history, exploring the curious and entertaining glories of Oxford through two of the most famous fantasies in world literature.

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This book tells the fascinating stories behind 100 everyday words that have been influenced by writing, reading and publishing books.

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A spellbinding collection of twenty-four divinatory techniques from around the world exploring our need to appeal to powers beyond our realm for prediction and clarification.

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The relationships between much-loved writers and their cats are explored in this fun book.

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Meet the pioneering female anthropologists who coped with illness, shipwreck, loneliness and misogyny to document the remarkable lives of people in distant parts of the world where 'ladies' were not meant to travel.

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A fascinating insight into the life of one of our best-loved authors through the biographies of objects that crossed her path in life and afterward.

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This beautifully illustrated book invites readers to explore over fifty iconic University libraries dating from the thirteenth to the twenty-first centuries.

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An engaging exploration of the stories behind forty famous pen names from the nineteenth century to the present day.

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The Bodleian Library houses one of the oldest institutional collections of Japanese rare books and manuscripts in Europe, dating back to the first half of the seventeenth century.

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This book explores the work and working lives of celebrated type designers, charting the radical changes that have taken place in typography during the twentieth century.

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This beautiful collection brings together passages from the renowned stories, poems, dramas and myths of Classical Asian literature, including the Mahbhrata and the Rmyaa. Drawing on the translations published by the Clay Sanskrit Library, this is the perfect introduction for anyone interested in Sanskrit literature and Asian manuscript art.

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Featuring images of the first programme and Lovelaces correspondence, alongside mathematical models, and contemporary illustrations, this book shows how Ada Lovelace, with astonishing prescience, explored key mathematical questions to understand the principles behind modern computing.

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Twenty historical journeys, routes and adventures followed through the maps that made them.

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A treasure trove of natural beauty from our oceans and shores, George Perry's stunning illustrations of shells from his largely forgotten volume are lavishly reproduced here, together with informative descriptions of some of the most notable specimens.

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Establishing Parliament as the ultimate source of power in the land and enshrining basic civil rights, this document can justly claim to serve as the origin of Britains democracy. An introduction by Jonathan Sumption provides historical context and outlines its influence over the centuries, including on recent political events.

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Through a combination of lists, statistics and bitesize nuggets of information, 'Bodleianalia' reveals many of the quirks of fate, eccentric characters and remarkable events which have contributed to the making of this renowned institution. The perfect book for trivia-lovers and bibliophiles.

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Featuring some of the most ferocious and humorous book curses ever inscribed, this is a lively and engaging introduction to the history and development of bookish maledictions.

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This beautiful book reproduces eighteenth-century naturalist and artist Mark Catesbys stunning illustrations of flora and fauna from North America and the Caribbean.

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Introduced by bestselling author Nick Hornby, this hilarious anthology of the funniest bits from Dickens novels is illustrated throughout with humorous line drawings from early editions.

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The last words of politicians, kings, queens, actors, philosophers, scientists and writers are sometimes profound, sometimes prescient, often strange, funny and usually poignant. The most interesting, controversial and insightful of these exit lines are collected here, from deathbed desperation to the fondest of farewells.

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This beautiful catalogue features richly illustrated texts and finely printed volumes which are bound with skill and creativity using varied materials by binders from all over the world. The fourth in the series this book is a celebration of the stunningly inventive winning bindings featured alongside all the competition entries.

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In June 1940, Hitler ordered his generals to organize the invasion of Britain under a plan codenamed Operation Sealion, drawing up a complex set of documents, consisting of maps, aerial photographs, a physical description of the British Isles. This book reproduces a selection of these documents in a handy-sized format.