A History of Our Own Times from the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880, Volume 3Chatto & Windus, 1880 - Great Britain |
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... Edition , revised , crown 8vo , 1,200 pages , half - Roxburghe , 12s . 6d . THE READER'S HANDBOOK OF ALLUSIONS , REFERENCES , PLOTS , AND STORIES . By the Rev. Dr. BREWER . " Dr. Brewer has produced a wonderfully comprehensive ...
... Edition , revised , crown 8vo , 1,200 pages , half - Roxburghe , 12s . 6d . THE READER'S HANDBOOK OF ALLUSIONS , REFERENCES , PLOTS , AND STORIES . By the Rev. Dr. BREWER . " Dr. Brewer has produced a wonderfully comprehensive ...
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... Edition , revised , condensed , and partly re - written , by JOHN R. JACKSON , A.L.S. , Curator of the Museums of Economic Botany , Royal Gardens , Kew . THE STOTHARD BUNYAN . - Crown 8vo , cloth extra , gilt , 7s . 6d . Bunyan's ...
... Edition , revised , condensed , and partly re - written , by JOHN R. JACKSON , A.L.S. , Curator of the Museums of Economic Botany , Royal Gardens , Kew . THE STOTHARD BUNYAN . - Crown 8vo , cloth extra , gilt , 7s . 6d . Bunyan's ...
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... Edition , brought down to the Present Time , with 13 Illustrations . " A new edition of Creasy's Etonians ' will be welcome . The book was a favourite a quarter of a century ago , and it has maintained its reputation . The value of this ...
... Edition , brought down to the Present Time , with 13 Illustrations . " A new edition of Creasy's Etonians ' will be welcome . The book was a favourite a quarter of a century ago , and it has maintained its reputation . The value of this ...
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... information as to costumes for fancy balls and character quad- Beautifully printed and superbly illustrated . " — STANDARD . rilles . CHATTO & WINDUS'S CATALOGUE . SECOND EDITION , demy 8vo IO CHAT TO & WINDUS'S CATALOGUE .
... information as to costumes for fancy balls and character quad- Beautifully printed and superbly illustrated . " — STANDARD . rilles . CHATTO & WINDUS'S CATALOGUE . SECOND EDITION , demy 8vo IO CHAT TO & WINDUS'S CATALOGUE .
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... EDITION , demy 8vo , cloth gilt , with Illustrations , 185 . Dunraven's The Great Divide : A Narrative of Travels in the Upper Yellowstone in the Summer of 1874. By the EARL of DUNRAVEN . With Maps and numerous striking full - page ...
... EDITION , demy 8vo , cloth gilt , with Illustrations , 185 . Dunraven's The Great Divide : A Narrative of Travels in the Upper Yellowstone in the Summer of 1874. By the EARL of DUNRAVEN . With Maps and numerous striking full - page ...
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Page 33 - Syntax's (Dr.) Three Tours, In Search of the Picturesque, in Search of Consolation, and in Search of a Wife.
Page 30 - Treasury; or, Complete Art of Making Fireworks. By THOMAS KENTISH. With numerous Illustrations. The Art of Amusing : A Collection of Graceful Arts, Games, Tricks, Puzzles, and Charades. By FRANK BELLEW.
Page 34 - Thackerayana : Notes and Anecdotes. Illustrated by a profusion of Sketches by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY, depicting Humorous Incidents in his School-life, and Favourite Characters in the books of his everyday reading. With Hundreds of Wood Engravings, facsimiled from Mr.
Page 10 - Comic Almanack. Complete in Two SERIES : The FIRST from 1835 to 1843 ; the SECOND from 1844 to 1853. A Gathering of the BEST HUMOUR of THACKERAY, HOOD, MAYHEW, ALBERT SMITH, A'BECKETT, ROBERT BROUGH, &c. With 2,000 Woodcuts and Steel Engravings by CRUIKSHANK, HINE, LANDELLS, &c. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, two very thick volumes, 7s. 6d. each. The Life of George Cruikshank. By BLANCHARD JERROLD, Author of "The Life of Napoleon III.,
Page 12 - Tobacco : Its History and Associations ; with an Account of the Plant and its Manufacture, and its Modes of Use in all Ages and Countries. By F. W. FAIRHOLT, FSA With Coloured Frontispiece and upwards of 100 Illustrations by the Author. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, js.
Page 14 - Shelley's Early Poems, and Queen Mab, with Essay by LEIGH HUNT. Shelley's Later Poems : Laon and Cythna, &c. Shelley's Posthumous Poems, the Shelley Papers, &c. Shelley's Prose Works, including A Refutation of Deism, Zastrozzi, St. Irvyne, &c.
Page 36 - Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds. Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON.
Page 15 - With Additions by Professors AGASSIZ, PIERCE, and GRAY; 12 Maps and Engravings on Steel, some Coloured, and copious Index.
Page 31 - Account of 350 Pieces of Music, set to Words taken from the Plays and Poems of Shakespeare, the compositions ranging from the Elizabethan Age to the Present Time.
Page 30 - Magician's Own Book : Performances with Cups and Balls, Eggs, Hats, Handkerchiefs, &c. All from Actual Experience. Edited by WH CREMER.