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Page 7 - THE LIFE OF CHARLES DICKENS. Uniform with the Illustrated Library Edition of Dickens's Works. 2 vols. Demy 8vo, Ģi 8s. THE LIFE OF CHARLES DICKENS. Uniform with the Library Edition. Post 8vo, Ios. 6d. THE LIFE OF CHARLES DICKENS. Uniform with the "CD
Page 11 - REDGRA VE (SAMUEL)— A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE HISTORICAL COLLECTION OF WATER-COLOUR PAINTINGS IN THE SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM.
Page 15 - WORSAAE (JJA)— INDUSTRIAL ARTS OF DENMARK, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE DANISH CONQUEST OF ENGLAND. With Maps and Woodcuts. Large crown 8vo, 3s.
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Page 14 - INDUSTRIAL ARTS OF DENMARK. From the Earliest Times to the Danish Conquest of England.
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Page 14 - THE CHARACTERISTICS OF STYLES : An Introduction to the Study of the History of Ornamental Art. Royal 8vo, cloth, 8s.
Page 6 - Dickens : The Letters of Charles Dickens edited by his Sister-inlaw and his eldest Daughter 4 v.
Page 20 - This Edition is printed on a finer paper and in a larger type than has been employed in any previous edition. The type has been cast especially for it, and the page is of a size to admit of the introduction of all the original illustrations. No such attractive issue has been made of the writings of Mr. Dickens, which, various as have been the forms of publication adapted to the demands of an ever widely-increasing popularity, have never yet been worthily presented in a really handsome library form.
Page 25 - ANALYSIS OF ORNAMENT: THE CHARACTERISTICS OF STYLES. An Introduction to the Study of the History of Ornamental Art. With many Illustrations.