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Au Bon Marche Mourning Catalogue - 1912 - Digital E-Book

We are selling an e-book, in pdf format, which reproduces a catalogue of mourning clothes and other related items originally published in 1912 by the famous department stor Au Bon Marche in Paris, France.

There are 32 pages plus a cover and prelims. The catalogue is beautifully illustrated, in black and white, throughout. The appendix contains a short French-English and English- French dictionary of terms used in the catalogue.

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Once payment has been made we will email a pdf file of the e-book to you. Please advise us of the preferred email address for delivery at the time of payment. Please allow a short period of time for processing during our working hours. [We are also able to mail a CD holding the pdf file if required - there will be a small additional charge for postage and duplication.] We can email an invoice if you require additional accounting documention regarding your purchase.

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Hanwell Asylum - A Patient’s Diary in 1856 - Digital Ebook

We are selling an e-book, in pdf format*, of the short diary kept by a patient at the Hanwell Asylum in 1856. There are seven pages of text, an illustration of the Hanwell Asylum plus a cover, prelims and bibliographical notes.

[Keywords: Hanwell Asylem, John Connolly, non-restraint]

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Once payment has been made we will email a pdf file of the e-book to you. Please advise us of the preferred email address for delivery at the time of payment. Please allow a short period of time for processing during our working hours. [We are also able to mail a CD holding the pdf file if required - there will be a small additional charge for postage and duplication.] We can email an invoice if you require additional accounting documention regarding your purchase.

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Hanwell Asylum 1843 Dr John Conolly - Digital Ebook

We are selling an e-book, in pdf format*, about A fair at the Hanwell Asylum in Middlesex together with two articles from the Belgravia Magazine about Mad Folk and the Treatment of Insanity. There is a short biography of Dr John Conolly, famous for his introduction of treatment of the insane without restraint. There are thirty pages of text plus a cover. There are three illustrations - Hanwell, Hanwell Church and Dr Conolly.

[Hanwell Asylum, Mental Hospital, non-restraint, Dr John Conolly ]p>

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Once payment has been made we will email a pdf file of the e-book to you. Please advise us of the preferred email address for delivery at the time of payment. Please allow a short period of time for processing during our working hours. [We are also able to mail a CD holding the pdf file if required - there will be a small additional charge for postage and duplication.] We can email an invoice if you require additional accounting documention regarding your purchase.

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Turkish Pipes -1854 Digital E-Book

We are selling an e-book, in pdf format*, about pipes and tobacco smoking in Turkey. There are twopages of text and four illustrations (of a Womain inCairo smoking, a narguileh, a houkka and of smokers in a Turkish Coffee House, plus a cover, prelims and short bibliographical notes.

[Turkish pipes, smoking, coffee house, narguileh, narghile, houkka, tchibouk]

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Once payment has been made we will email a pdf file of the e-book to you. Please advise us of the preferred email address for delivery at the time of payment. Please allow a short period of time for processing during our working hours. [We are also able to mail a CD holding the pdf file if required - there will be a small additional charge for postage and duplication.] We can email an invoice if you require additional accounting documention regarding your purchase.

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Harry Houdini - The Straight-jacket Release - Digital E-Book

Originally published in 1910.

We are selling an e-book, in pdf format*, of Houdini’s account of his method for escaping from a real straight-jacket - otherwise known as The Straight-jacket Release. There are seven pages of text and two illustrations - plus a cover and short bibliographical notes.

Reseller rights not offered.

Once payment has been made we will email a pdf file of the e-book to you. Please advise us of the preferred email address for delivery at the time of payment. Please allow a short period of time for processing during our working hours. [We are also able to mail a CD holding the pdf file if required - there will be a small additional charge for postage and duplication.] We can email an invoice if you require additional accounting documention regarding your purchase.

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The Peewit and Plovers’ Eggs - Digital E-book

We are selling an e-book, in pdf format, which gives an account of the Lapwing (also known as the Peewit or Plover) and the custom of eating its eggs in the Victorian era. The eggs of the Lapwing were commonly known as Plovers’ Eggs. There are 36 pages including a full page colour illustration of a Plover and several woodcut engravings within the text. A few recipes are offered in the appendix. The material in the book is largely taken from Victorian sources.

The e-book is copyrighted and reseller rights are not offered.

Once payment has been made we will email a pdf file of the e-book to you. Please advise us of the preferred email address for delivery at the time of payment. Please allow a short period of time for processing during our working hours. [We are also able to mail a CD holding the pdf file if required - there will be a small additional charge for postage and duplication]. We can email an invoice if you require additional accounting documention regarding your purchase.

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Fiji Samoa Tahiti - 1853 - Digital E-book

From Harper’s New Monthly Magazine.

First Published in 1853.

We are selling an e-book, in pdf format, of the chapter entitled “A Cruise After and Among the Cannibals”. This an account of travels to Tahiti, Samoa and Fiji (Feejee) in 1853. Three quarters of the account deals with Fiji. There are 21 pages of text, with 22 illustrations within the text, plus a cover and short bibliographical notes. We are offering the material in e-book format because of the scarcity of the original publication.

A Short History of Exeter and its Cathedral - 1811 - Digital E-Book

From the Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet Containing a Series of Elegant Views of the Most Interesting Objects of Curiosity in Great Britain published by W. Clarke, New Bond Street, J. Carpenter, Old Bond Street, C. Chapple, Pall Mall, J.M. Richardson, Cornhill and Sherwood, Neely and Jones, Paternoster Row in 1811

European Olive - 1831 - Digital E-book

From the Medical Botany by John Stephensen and James Moriss Churchill.

First Published in 1831 by John Churchill, Carlton Street, London

We are selling an e-book in pdf format*, of the chapter dealing with the European Olive (Olea Europea). There are six pages plus a copy of the title page of the original 1831 book from which the scans were taken. The e-book also contains a full-page colour copy of the original handpainted illustration of the European Olive. Scans have been taken at 300dpi so the quality is suitable for printing. We are offering the material in e-book format because of the scarcity of the original publication.