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Product Description: Which is the smallest book in the Bodleian Library? How many miles of shelving are there in its Book Storage Facility? What is fasciculing? Who complained when their secret pen name was revealed in the libraryâs catalog? Why did the library refuse to lend a book to King Charles I? The answers to these questions are just a few of the remarkable bits of bibliophile trivia uncovered by Claire Cock-Starkey and Violet Moller in this intriguing collection of curious facts about one of Britainâs oldest university library...read more
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9781851242528 | Bodleian Library, November 15, 2016, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: Which is the smallest book in the Bodleian Library?
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.
Product Description: Charles Dickens is among the greatest English novelists, and the power of his prose can be found in his portrayals of the harsh social realities of his time, from the depiction of poverty-stricken orphan Oliver Twist to the squalor of the slums and skewering of the justice system in Bleak House...read more
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9781851243846 | Bodleian Library, March 15, 2013, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Charles Dickens is among the greatest English novelists, and the power of his prose can be found in his portrayals of the harsh social realities of his time, from the depiction of poverty-stricken orphan Oliver Twist to the squalor of the slums and skewering of the justice system in Bleak House.
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