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DescriptionThis exciting new line of hard-cover journals showcases gorgeous illustrations from the Bodleian Library's collections. Designed to be e...

Don't think that your wife has placed waste-paper baskets in the rooms as ornaments. Don't forget that very true remark that while face powder may ...

Don't think that your wife has placed waste-paper baskets in the rooms as ornaments. Don't forget that very true remark that while face powder may ...

The Bodleian Library is home to one of the world's largest and oldest collections of maps, with atlases, maps, and books on cartography dating back...

This ruled, hardcover journal features Eric Fitch Daglish's stunning wood engraving illustrations of birds, on both the cover and interior pages. D...

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has become one of the most influential works of children's literature of all time, and it is hard to imagine Alice...

``Next week I shall begin my operations on my hat, on which you know my principal hopes of happiness depend.``--from a letter to Cassandra, October...

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has become one of the most influential works of children's literature of all time, and it is hard to imagine Alice...

DescriptionIt's a shame that so many very apt words fall out of common use over time, like "blobber-lippd, " which means having lips that are very ...

DescriptionDating from the seventeenth century at the height of the Ming Dynasty, the Selden Map of China reveals a country very different from pop...

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...

What can be found in the Vatican's Secret Archive? How many books did Charles Darwin's library aboard the Beagle hold? Which library is home to a c...

Marcellus Laroon's 'The Cryes of the City of London' presents, in seventy-four striking portraits, a panorama of London's marginal poor as they exi...

26 detachable postcards organised as an A-Z, representing a wide selection of some of the most beautiful illuminations in the Bodleian Libraries co...

Reducere. This lined paper hardcover notebook features ten short stories about Reynard the Fox by bestselling author Anne Louise Avery. This handsome hardbac...

Beautifully illustrated with prints, portraits, manuscripts and archival material, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in the hist...

A gift book which pairs 50 Shakespearean quotations around flowers, herbs, fruit and vegetables with exquisite hand-painted engravings from the Bod...

DescriptionThe (very) hungry goat has a big appetite that gets him into all kinds of adventures. He'll eat anything, from pig swill to flies, bugs,...

DescriptionAmbrose Bierce, journalist and former soldier for the Union army in the Civil War, began writing satirical definitions for the San Franc...

DescriptionHow were the first fonts made? Who invented italics? When did we figure out how to print in color? Many of the standard features of prin...

How is ink made? What is the bestselling book of all time? What are the oldest known books in the world? And how does one make sense of the colors ...

Since its foundation in 1602, the Bodleian Library has acquired manuscripts, printed books, maps, music and ephemera in all languages, from all age...

'No freeman is to be taken or imprisoned, or dispossessed ... except through the lawful judgment of his peers or through the law of the land.''To n...

Many people have a love of maps. But what lies behind the process of map-making? Here is an accessible and enlightening guide to the sometimes hidd...

Advertisers in the nineteenth and early twentieth century pushed the boundaries of printing, manipulated language, inspired a new form of art and e...

Bears spend the winter months slumbering deep in dark caves. But they're not the only wild animals with strange sleep habits. Horses do it standing...

A little book with nuggets of parenting advice, originating from the 1920s and 30s. Illustrated with charming contemporary line drawings, it includ...

Thomas Hardy notes the thrush's 'full-hearted evensong of joy illimited', Gilbert White observes how swallows sweep through the air but swifts 'das...

Victorian views on pronunciation as told in the pages of satirical magazine }Punch{. Reveals how pronunciation could determine who you were and how...

Two years before British troops crossed the Rhine work had already started on a guide to assist them in negotiating everyday life in what then was ...

Following the success of the }American Servicemen{ instructions, this is the handbook distributed by the British War Office in 1944 advising Britis...

In 1942 the US War department disributed a handbook to American Servicemen advising them on the peculiarities 'of the British, their country and th...

Fonts are everywhere. You may even have a favorite serif or sans serif. But have you ever wondered who took the bold steps to create it? Behind eve...

Latest in what has proved a popular series of publications, this pithy guide captures the essence of Australia and its people, their humour and voc...