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John Flaxman's Engravings For Homer / William Blake: Two early19th century antiquarian books. The Iliad of Homer engraved from the Compositions of John Flaxman, R.A., Sculptor, London, 1805. John Flaxman (English, 1755-1826). Collection of Flaxman's com

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1881 English Society SATIRE Side-Lights Eustace: 1881 English Society SATIRE Side-Lights Eustace Murray Politics Theater 2v Grenville Murray’s ‘Side-Lights on English Society’ is a collection of humorous, satirical sketches describing various

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1966 CHINA 1ed English Mao Zedong Little Red Book Communism Tse-tung Quotations: 1966 CHINA 1ed English Mao Zedong Little Red Book Communism Tse-tung Quotations Mao Zedongs Quotations, better known as Little Red Book, was a collection of writings and speeches from the Chairman of

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1966 1ed English Mao Zedong Little Red Book CHINA: 1966 1ed English Mao Zedong Little Red Book CHINA Communism Tse-tung Quotations Mao Zedong’s ‘Quotations’, better known as ‘Little Red Book’, was a collection of writings and speeches from t

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1816 English LAW Reports Charles II Popish Plot England: 1816 English LAW Reports Charles II Popish Plot England Treason Edmund Saunders Edmund Saunders was a 17th-century English jurist and lawyer known primarily for his collection of law reports under the

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Gilbert Shakespeare Book signed by William Boyd Dawkins: The Works of Shakespeare: The Gilbert Shakespeare edited by Howard Staunton with 511 Illustrations by Sir John Gilbert. Published by George Routledge & Sons. It is inscribed "To my darling wife A. Mis

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1616 English Law Book by Sir Iohn Fortescue: 1616 English Law Book De Laudibus Legum Angliæ by Sir Iohn Fortescue "De laudibus legum Angliæ writen by Sir Iohn Fortescue L. Ch. Iustice, and after L. Chancellor to K. Henry VI. Hereto are ioind

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Collection Historical English and Shakespeare Books

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Small Julius Caesar, Complete works of Shakespeare, 5 Volumes of History of England

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Most books show wear with age, Julius Caesar missing a few pages

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Collection Historical English and Shakespeare Books

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SKU: 146538084
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