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Windows into worlds gone by, a vast store of history. Both the iconic and the less well-known is here. Together with forgotten byways and things not found anywhere else. Here is also Americana, Crime, Feminism, Occultism,Archaeology, and Ethnography.
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1734-84 The Contrast, a Political Pasticcio, A New Miscellany For the Year 1734London: 1734-84A very scarce political satire by Charles James Fox, bound with four poems by Jonathan Swift. -
1811 Admirable Curiosities, Rarities, and Wonders in England, Scotland and IrelandWestminster: 1811An attractively bound collection of significant historical tales pertaining to various British counties, with woodcut illustrations throughout. -
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1969 Still Life With RaspberryLondon: 1969A lovely signed first edition copy of this satirical work on society by Ralph Steadman, an inscribed and numbered copy with a unique Steadman doodle. -
1873 The Lands of CazembeLondon: 1873A fascinating work on Portuguese travels to remote Africa, including the original large folding map of the voyage. -
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1969 Still Life With RaspberryLondon: 1969A signed first edition of Ralph Steadman's satirical work looking at the decade of the 1960s, illustrated profusely throughout. Signed by Steadman, with a unique doodle.
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