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Pocket Magna Carta: 1217 Text and Translation

Product Description: Magna Carta, or âGreat Charter,â is one of the most important documents in legal history. Originating in 1215 as a peace treaty between King John and a group of rebellious barons at Runnymede, it put into law the concept of individual liberty and transformed the role of the monarch toward the people...read more

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9781851244522 | Poc tra bl edition (Bodleian Library, June 15, 2016), cover price $11.00 | About this edition: Magna Carta, or âGreat Charter,â is one of the most important documents in legal history.

The Book Lovers' Anthology: A Compendium of Writing About Books, Readers and Libraries

Product Description: A blessed companion is a bookâa book that, fitly chosen, is a lifelong friend.ââDouglas William Jerrold Â âMuch reading is like much eating, wholly useless without digestion.ââRobert South Â âIf I had read as much as other men, I should have been as ignorant as they...read more

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9781851244188, titled "The Book Lovers' Anthology: A Compendium of Writing About Books, Readers & Libraries" | Reprint edition (Bodleian Library, January 15, 2015), cover price $35.00

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9781851242481, titled "The Book Lovers' Anthology: A Compendium of Writing About Books, Readers & Libraries" | Bodleian Library, May 15, 2016, cover price $17.50 | About this edition: A blessed companion is a bookâa book that, fitly chosen, is a lifelong friend.

Heath Robinson's Great War: The Satirical Cartoons

Product Description: Heath Robinson (1872â1944) is Britainâs âGadget Kingââmaster of the art of creating madcap contraptions that made use of ropes, weights, and pulleys to perform relatively simple tasks, from wart removal to peeling potatoes...read more

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9781851244249 | Bodleian Library, September 15, 2015, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Heath Robinson (1872â1944) is Britainâs âGadget Kingââmaster of the art of creating madcap contraptions that made use of ropes, weights, and pulleys to perform relatively simple tasks, from wart removal to peeling potatoes.

New Bodleian: The Making of the Weston Library

Product Description: In 2010, with a bequest from the Garfield Weston Foundation, the Bodleian Library and the London firm Wilkinson Eyre Architects began to move forward with plans to refurbish the New Bodleian. Having served the community for seventy years, the New Bodleian housed more than three million books and manuscripts and was listed as a site of historic interest...read more

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9781851243747 | Bodleian Library, July 15, 2016, cover price $50.00 | About this edition: In 2010, with a bequest from the Garfield Weston Foundation, the Bodleian Library and the London firm Wilkinson Eyre Architects began to move forward with plans to refurbish the New Bodleian.

9780471584483, titled "Estate Administration and Tax Planning for Survivors, 1993 Supplement" | John Wiley & Sons Inc, March 1, 1993, cover price $55.00 | also contains Estate Administration and Tax Planning for Survivors, 1993 Supplement

The Food Lovers' Anthology: A Literary Compendium

Product Description: ÂShow me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour.âÂTalleyrand Â ÂHe was a bold man that first ate an oyster.âÂJonathan Swift Â ÂThere is no love sincerer than the love of food,â wrote George Bernard Shaw in 1903...read more

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9781851244218 | Bodleian Library, January 15, 2015, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: ÂShow me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour.

9780333695784, titled "The Struggle for Constitutionalism in Poland" | Palgrave Macmillan, June 1, 1998, cover price $55.01 | also contains The Struggle for Constitutionalism in Poland | About this edition: This first time in paperback is the best comprehensive examination of the development of constitutionalism in Poland.

Bodleian Library Treasures: The Bodleian Library

Product Description: Since its founding in 1602, the Bodleian Library has become home to treasures from throughout history and every corner of the globe. From among this remarkable and historically rich collection, former Bodleyâs Librarian David Vaisey has selected nearly one hundred treasures with a particularly fascinating story to tell...read more

By David Vaisey

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9781851244089 | Bodleian Library, June 15, 2015, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Since its founding in 1602, the Bodleian Library has become home to treasures from throughout history and every corner of the globe.

Ye Berlyn Tapestrie: John Hassall's Satirical First World War Panorama

Product Description: As the devastation of German-occupied Belgium awakened Britain to the horrors of the Great War, a group of English cartoonists responded to these events with characteristic black humor. Among the most inventive responses was advertising artist John Hassallâs Ye Berlyn Tapestrie, an ambitious red-and-black panorama measuring thirty panels and more than fifteen feet and modeled after the famous Bayeux Tapestry, which recorded William the Conquerorâs invasion of England and the Battle of Hastings...read more

By Bodleian Library (introduced by), Estate of Christopher Hassall (corporate author) and John Hassall (illustrator)

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9781851244164 | Bodleian Library, November 15, 2014, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: As the devastation of German-occupied Belgium awakened Britain to the horrors of the Great War, a group of English cartoonists responded to these events with characteristic black humor.

An Illuminated Alphabet: 26 Postcards

Product Description: The Bodleian Library is home to some of the finest examples of illuminated letters. Now, with An Illuminated Alphabet, readers young and old can enjoy a wide selection of these extraordinary letters in twenty-six pull-out postcardsÂone for each letter of the alphabet...read more

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9781851244133 | Bodleian Library, January 15, 2015, cover price $17.50 | About this edition: The Bodleian Library is home to some of the finest examples of illuminated letters.

Oxford in Quotations

Product Description: Oxford is one of the worldâs great citiesÂa source of inspiration to generations of poets, novelists, journalists, and commentators who have visited or called it home. Be it praise or colorful invective, everyone, it seems, has something to say about the city and this slender volumeÂfilled with wise, witty, and sometimes scandalous quotesÂpresents the full range of impressions it has made...read more

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9781851244003 | Bodleian Library, October 15, 2014, cover price $11.00 | About this edition: Oxford is one of the worldâs great citiesÂa source of inspiration to generations of poets, novelists, journalists, and commentators who have visited or called it home.

The Art of Good Manners

Product Description: While many bemoan the lack of good manners in society today, the most courteous among us would feel mightily out of place across the dining table from a Dowager Countess. Upholding the highest standards of social decorum was of utmost importance for the 1920s British upper class and even more so for the aspiring middle class that sought to emulate it...read more

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9781851243983 | Bodleian Library, June 15, 2014, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: While many bemoan the lack of good manners in society today, the most courteous among us would feel mightily out of place across the dining table from a Dowager Countess.

26 Postcards from the Collections: A Bodleian Library a to Z

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9781851244041 | Bodleian Library, December 15, 2014, cover price $17.50

How to Be a Good Motorist

Product Description: The 1920s were the age of the automobile, with the availability for the first time of relatively affordable cars and the rise of Ford Motor Company in America and Morris Motors in the UK. However, the laws governing driving were for the most part yet to be written and the rules of the road were rudimentary to say the least...read more

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9781851240807 | Bodleian Library, November 15, 2013, cover price $11.00 | About this edition: The 1920s were the age of the automobile, with the availability for the first time of relatively affordable cars and the rise of Ford Motor Company in America and Morris Motors in the UK.

112 Gripes about the French: 1945

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9781851240395 | Bodleian Library, October 15, 2013, cover price $12.00

How to Be a Good Mother-in-law

Product Description: âDo not march into the drawing-room and, having inspected it, say, âWhat a nice room, but ââ âDo not look at your son steadfastly and then turn to his wife and tell her he is getting thin.â âWhen you wax eloquently on the way to keep soup hot, you are merely asking him to shout on the house tops that he prefers cold soup to mothers-in-law...read more

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9781851240821 | Bodleian Library, November 15, 2013, cover price $11.00 | About this edition: âDo not march into the drawing-room and, having inspected it, say, âWhat a nice room, but ââ âDo not look at your son steadfastly and then turn to his wife and tell her he is getting thin.

How to Be a Good Lover

Product Description: Across the centuries, few experiences in life rival the excitement and emotional intensity of falling in love. Yet from the moment we set eyes on a special someone, the path to their heart seems strewn with devastating pitfalls. What if the object of our affection hates the way we wear our hair, finds our kisses lacking, or resents our talk of former loves?How does one go about successfully wooing a future husband or wife? Fortunately, there are time-honored strategies to avoid these pitfalls and help us attract and keep the paramour of our dreams...read more

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9781851242801 | Reprint edition (Bodleian Library, October 15, 2012), cover price $11.00 | About this edition: Across the centuries, few experiences in life rival the excitement and emotional intensity of falling in love.

9780263133202, titled "Stranger Passing by" | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, May 1, 1993), cover price $17.95 | also contains Stranger Passing by | About this edition: Book by Peake, Lilian

A Catalogue of the Books Relating to British Topography, and Saxon and Northern Literature: Bequeathed to the Bodleian Library in the Year Mdccxcix by Richard Gough, Esq. F.s.a.

Product Description: The leading antiquary of his day, Richard Gough (1735-1809) served as director of the Society of Antiquities for over twenty-five years. The only son of a wealthy family, Gough benefited from being free to pursue his interests without hindrance...read more

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9781108057318 | Cambridge Univ Pr, June 27, 2013, cover price $54.99 | About this edition: The leading antiquary of his day, Richard Gough (1735-1809) served as director of the Society of Antiquities for over twenty-five years.

Readers: Vintage People on Photo Postcards

By David Lodge (foreword by) and Tom Phillips

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9781851243594 | Bodleian Library, February 28, 2011, cover price $25.00

Women & Hats: Vintage People on Photo Postcards

Product Description: To celebrate the acquisition of the archive of distinguished artist Tom Phillips, the Bodleian Library asked the artist to assemble and design a series of books drawing on his themed collection of over 50,000 photographic postcards...read more

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9781851243624 | Bodleian Library, February 28, 2011, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: To celebrate the acquisition of the archive of distinguished artist Tom Phillips, the Bodleian Library asked the artist to assemble and design a series of books drawing on his themed collection of over 50,000 photographic postcards.

An Artful Craft: Fine and Historic Bookbindings from the Broxbourne Library and Other Collections

Product Description: The book is one of civilization's most enduring cultural artifacts. This book, celebrating the craft of bookbinding across the last millennium, is the catalogue accompanying the exhibition at the Bodleian Library, Oxford of the same name...read more

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9781851243471 | Bodleian Library, February 28, 2015, cover price $65.00 | About this edition: The book is one of civilization's most enduring cultural artifacts.

Postcards of Political Icons: Leaders of the Twentieth Century

Product Description: More than any preceding era, the twentieth century was defined by images. The widespread adoption of photography, the advent of film, and the increasing speed and ease of communications enabled people worldwide for the first time to know the faces of world leaders as intimately as those of their friends and family...read more

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9781851243273 | Bodleian Library, March 15, 2009, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: More than any preceding era, the twentieth century was defined by images.

Postcards from the Russian Revolution

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9781851243860 | Bodleian Library, June 25, 2008, cover price $20.00

How to Be a Good Husband

The art of being a good husband is not an easy one. This guide contains advice such as: don't squeeze the tube of toothpaste from the top instead of from the bottom - this is one of the small things of life that always irritates a careful wife; and, do cultivate the habit of coming down to breakfast with a smile.

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9781851243761 | Poc edition (Bodleian Library, January 15, 2008), cover price $11.00 | About this edition: The art of being a good husband is not an easy one.

How to Be a Good Wife

The art of being a good wife is not an easy one. This guide contains advice such as: it is a wife's duty to look her best - if you don't tidy yourself up don't be surprised if your husband begins to compare you unfavourably with the typist at the office; and, don't forget that a wife can always set the standard of behaviour for the home.

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9781851243815 | Bodleian Library, January 15, 2008, cover price $11.00 | About this edition: The art of being a good wife is not an easy one.

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9780132421577, titled "Pocket Guide to Technical Writing" | Prentice Hall, June 1, 1997, cover price $14.00 | also contains Pocket Guide to Technical Writing | About this edition: The Pocket Guide to Technical Communication is a handy reference for on-the-job business, technical and scientific writing.

Instructions for American Servicemen in Australia 1942

Captures the essence of Australia and its people, their humour, vocabulary; their attitude to the Yanks, the British, the War and the world with remarkable economy and clarity. This work also presents Australian history, politics, economics, sports, and musical tradition, as well as colourful lexicon of national slang.

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9781851243952 | Bodleian Library, May 1, 2007, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: Captures the essence of Australia and its people, their humour, vocabulary; their attitude to the Yanks, the British, the War and the world with remarkable economy and clarity.

Punctuation Personified, Or Pointing Made Easy By Mr. Stops: A Facsimile

Product Description: This charming and quirky children's grammar book first appeared in 1824 as one of several beautifully hand-colored instructional texts published by John Harris in his "Cabinet of Amusement and Instruction." Intended to help children learn the art of grammar, the book is presented here in a faccsimilie edition...read more

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9781851241941 | Bodleian Library, October 1, 2004, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: This charming and quirky children's grammar book first appeared in 1824 as one of several beautifully hand-colored instructional texts published by John Harris in his "Cabinet of Amusement and Instruction.

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