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$9.99 Shipping Location: Rosanna, Australia This original wood block engraved antique two sided print with engraving(s) to text, was published in the 1598 edition of Sebastian Munster Cosmographia. ... moreThis translates to Universal Cosmography, Describing All the Regions and Islands of the World, Known to the Ancients, by P. Sebastian Munster.
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Free Shipping Location: Carbondale, United States The wooden core of this Beautiful Buddha has long since rotted away. This shell of lacquer is what remains. Commiserate with age. See photos. 4”tall (5.5” ... moretall on stand) x 2.5” wide x 1.5”deep.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia This large original copper-plate engraved antique print was published by William Henry Hall in the 1798 edition ofThe new royal encyclopedia; or, complete ... moremodern universal dictionary of arts and sciences on a new and improved plan. printed by Charles Cooke, London.
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$69.98 Shipping Location: United States Title, Yoruba Pair of Twin Figures Ibeji Nigeria African, Type of Object, Figures. Pair, Country of Origin, Nigeria, People, Yoruba, Materials, Wood. ... moreBeads, pigment, encrustation, Approximate Age, mid 20th century, Dimensions, 12 inches x 4 inches each, Overall Condition, Good. Most of our pieces have spent decades on at least two continents. And have been treasured by several owners.  Small splits, scrapes and cracks are a normal part of their patina attesting to their age and extensive use. We examine each piece carefully when we receive it and report any damage we find in our listings. Please look carefully at the pictures which may also reveal condition and damage. Damage/Repair, worn patina. Large crack and chip damage in head of male figure, crack in head of female, minor cracks and chips in places, chipped ears and chipped arms on the female, Additional Information: Yoruba Pair of Twin Figures Ibeji(a male and a female) made by the same artist. Traces of encrustation and wear are evidence that these twins were extensively used. These twins show some age. The Yoruba of Nigeria and of the Benin Republic are known for having an extraordinarily high rate of multiple births. The rate of twin births is one of the highest in the world. 45 of every 1,000 births(in the United States it is 28.9 of every 1000) There is also a high mortality rate; half of the twins die shortly after birth. In earlier times, new-born twins, or ibeji, as they are called, were believed to be evil, monstrous abnormalities and infanticide was a common practice. However, such beliefs and practices were later superseded and reversed, and by the middle of the 18th century twins came to be seen as a blessing; they were awarded the status of minor deities, called Orishas, and their arrival was viewed as an omen of good fortune for the family. By the 19th century the cult of the Ere Ibeji was firmly established and continues to this day. The death of one or both twins is regarded as a great calamity for the fa
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia Date: - 1628. This fine original antique wood-block engraved images - within text - printed on both sides of the leaf, was published in the Asian section ... moreof the 1628 release of Sebastian Munsters edition ofCosmographia, Basle.
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$6.49 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States (REVIEW : This book provides a very general overview of civilizations which existed in the ancient near East prior to the beginning of the Hellenic Age. ... moreContents/Chapter Headings include: 1) Pushing Back the Frontiers.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia The first issue was a run of 750 copies appearing on the 15th February 1839. Wolves - Gnarling which shall gnaw the first - Shakespeare. Date: - 1858. ... moreAs editor, Hall exposed the profits that custom-houses were earning by importing old masters, and showed how paintings are manufactured in England.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia Morris wrote the text for books which were financed and printed by Fawcett, and were illustrated by Alexander Francis Lydon (1836–1917). At first wood-engraving ... moreillustrations were coloured by hand, but later a system of colouring from multiple wood blocks was used.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia Ref#: - 90355. Horology (1811). John Pass or Paas 1783–1832 was an English engraver & painter. Pass was an established copper plate engraver in Pentonville, ... moreLondon. Date: - 1816 (dated). Wilkes, John 1750 – 1810.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia The Lesson of the Passover. EH Corbould. The first issue was a run of 750 copies appearing on the 15th February 1839. Date: - 1855. As editor, Hall exposed ... morethe profits that custom-houses were earning by importing old masters, and showed how paintings are manufactured in England.
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$8.75 Shipping Location: Thailand A thin coat of Renaissance wax has been thoughtfully applied to areas where the heavy glaze was broken, protecting the sandy body underneath and preserving ... morethe jarlet's integrity. Exquisite 15th Century Sawankhalok Honey-Jar Shaped Jarlet.
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$5.99 Shipping Location: Ferndale, United States Several civilizations flourished in the fertile area created as the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow south out of Turkey. The area is commonly referred ... moreto as "the fertile crescent" by historians and archaeologists.
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$4.95 Shipping Location: Rochester, United States With large red/ blue marginal capitals. In good to very good condition. Whether you are a Christian Catholic of Protestant faith, this is a nice item ... moreand historically important! In the Catholic Church, Pope Nicholas III approved a Franciscan breviary, for use in that religious order, and this was the first text that bore the title of breviary.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia This large original copper-plate engraved antique print was published by William Henry Hall in the 1798 edition ofThe new royal encyclopedia; or, complete ... moremodern universal dictionary of arts and sciences on a new and improved plan. printed by Charles Cooke, London.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia. The Atlas was a collegial project, staffed by a large number of artists and garnering an unusual number of contributors ... morefor one work. Date: - 1886. This is where much of the ideological work of the Atlas was completed and this is where Paper Nation concentrates its analysis.
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$8.95 Shipping Location: Branch, United States He then moved to New York City where he worked until 1955. Micossi died in 2005 in Artegna, Italy. Ten years after Micossi’s death, the Province of Udine ... moreand the CRUP foundation dedicated an exhibition to the Friulian painter and engraver, held at the Church of San Antonio Abate in Udine.
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$40.80 Shipping Location: Duarte, United States Pair of 15th Century Chinese Blue & White Porcelain Bowl with Fitted Brass Rims Marked. Our goal is procure the best available Chinese, Japanese, and ... moreAsian antiques and conduct the most accurate research and dating.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia This large original copper-plate engraved antique print was published by William Henry Hall in the 1798 edition ofThe new royal encyclopedia; or, complete ... moremodern universal dictionary of arts and sciences on a new and improved plan. printed by Charles Cooke, London.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia The first issue was a run of 750 copies appearing on the 15th February 1839. Date: - 1858. As editor, Hall exposed the profits that custom-houses were ... moreearning by importing old masters, and showed how paintings are manufactured in England.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia Nuttall was the original founder of Caxton Press, Liverpool England. He was born in Blackburn, Yorkshire and apprenticed to Mr John Ferguson, Liverpool. ... moreHe was uncle to the famous Botanist and Explorer Thomas Nuttall.
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$27.23 Shipping Location: Rousies, France All items are guaranteed authentic and as described. For more security, a full refund is made in the event that an expertise carried out by a recognized ... moreauthority calls into question the authenticity of an object sold. A certificate of authenticity illustrated with a photo, equivalent to an invoice, is provided with each object sold We send all collectibles Registered, Signed-for and Insured. We do not aim to profit from shipping charges. In some cases we can combine multiple items into a single package to save you money. If you plan to purchase items over the course of a day or more you must delay payment and let us know after you have purchased the first item. Otherwise all items are sent following cleared payment. Application of the VAT regime on the margin - application of the VAT re.
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$140.00 Shipping Location: New Zealand A decorative, double sided velum manuscript with detailed initial heads. This is evident by the cut and folded edges of the piece of velum. An antiphon ... moreis a piece of religious text set to music, usually in the form of a Gregorian chant.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia Alongside his prolific artistic practice, Shepherd worked as a drawing master for he was perennially poor. Many of these designs were reworked for similar ... moreprojects later in Shepherd’s career, such as Charles Frederick Partingtons Natural History and Views of London (1835) and Charles Knight’s London (1841–4).
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia Biscay (Basque: Bizkaia; Spanish: Vizcaya) is a province of Spain located just south of the Bay of Biscay. Its capital city is Bilbao. It is one of the ... moremost prosperous and important provinces of Spain as a result of the massive industrialization in the last years of the 19th century and first half of the 20th century.
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$1.60 Shipping Location: Berlin, Germany Life and work: Anna Vorwerk came from a respected and wealthy middle-class family. In 1851 her father became a senior judge at the state's higher court ... morein Wolfenbüttel. She had musical talent from an early age and was a student of Johannes Brahms and Hans von Bülow during her stays in Berlin and Hamburg. When the Vorwerks arrived, there was already a six-year girls' school in town, which they attended as a student. This was in the mid 19th century. century not a matter of course. Around 1865/66 she met Henriette Breymann, who gave lectures on Friedrich Fröbel's experiments and ideas. Finally, on Feb. May 1866 together with Breymann the "Association for Education". It opened on the 15th. May a kindergarten in Wolfenbüttel Castle and the Anna-Vorwerk School for girls. The school was also loc.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia Morris wrote the text for books which were financed and printed by Fawcett, and were illustrated by Alexander Francis Lydon (1836–1917). At first wood-engraving ... moreillustrations were coloured by hand, but later a system of colouring from multiple wood blocks was used.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Rosanna, Australia This original wood block engraved antique two sided print with engraving(s) to text, was published in the 1628 edition of Sebastian Munster Cosmographia. ... moreAltogether, about 40 editions of the Cosmographia appeared between 1544 and 1628 and was one of the most successful and popular books of the 16th century.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia This original hand coloured copper-plate engraved antique print of a Weasel & a Stoat was engraved by Matthew Griffiths and published in the 1808 edition ... moreof the famous botanist-zoologist George Kearsley ShawsGeneral Zoology or Systematic Natural History.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia (Ref: M&B; Tooley). Date: - 1888. Earlier he, his brother and his brother-in-law had been persuaded to go to New York and assist in launching two newspapers, ... morePicture Gallery and Republic. It continued to be published weekly under this title until 23 April 1932 and then changed title to The National Graphic between 28 April and 14 July 1932; it then ceased publication after 3,266 issues.
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$24.98 Shipping Location: United States An African Tribal Creations NO RESERVE AUCTION! Normal.dotm 0 0 1 155 884 Full Sail 7 1 1085 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Normal.dotm ... more0 0 1 199 1138 Full Sail 9 2 1397 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Normal.dotm 0 0 1 226 1293 Full Sail 10 2 1587 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Historically. Few African artisans achieved as highly as the people of the now extinct Benin kingdom. The Benin people were denizens of Nigeria, and they brought the art of bronze(actually mostly brass) casting to a height that has likely not yet been exceeded on the continent of Africa. Upon the arrival of European missionaries and invaders, the discovery of Benin art led them to the belief that this art was stolen from the Jews or Egyptians, and could not have been produced by these people who were at that point considered subhuman. Extraordinary masks and figures had been produced using the simple lost-wax casting method, in addition to the now famous life-sized brass leopard figures, exclusively associated with the oba. Or King, as was much of the now known Benin art. Normal.dotm 0 0 1 65 374 Full Sail 3 1 459 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Though no longer extant and producing art. The Yoruba people that now inhabit the region that was once the Benin kingdom still produce art inspired by the Benin style. Judging by the apparent age of this piece, we presume it to be a Yoruba reproduction of the original style. These were mostly produced from Brass/Bronze using the lost wax casting method originally, and the fact that this is a wooden piece, further suggests this. The piece does demonstrate advanced age, in various minor age cracks, and wear marks. It is finely detailed, and produced from very dense wood, making it quite heavy for its size. The piece depicts a bust of a Benin Warrior in full armor with typical facial scarifications. Collected in Nigeria, this piece is absolutely stunning, and should be seen in person to be fully appreciated! It stands nicely on its ow
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia Date: - 1859. Ingram was a staunch Liberal who favored social reform. Special events were important to the success of the London Illustrated News. The ... moremagazine did very well during the Exhibition 1851 and over 150,000 copies were sold of the edition that reported the funeral of the Duke of Wellington.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia Nuttall was the original founder of Caxton Press, Liverpool England. He was born in Blackburn, Yorkshire and apprenticed to Mr John Ferguson, Liverpool. ... moreHe was uncle to the famous Botanist and Explorer Thomas Nuttall.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia Following its incorporation into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, Nablus was designated capital of the Jabal Nablus (Mount Nablus) district. In 1657, after ... morea series of upheavals, a number of Arab clans from the northern and eastern Levant were dispatched to the city to reassert Ottoman authority, and loyalty from among these clans staved off challenges to the empire\'s authority by rival regional leaders, like Zahir al-Umar in the 18th century, and Muhammad Ali—who briefly ruled Nablus—in the 19th century.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia This fine hand coloured original steel-plate engraved antique print by William Bartlett was published in the 1847 edition ofSyria, the Holy Land, Asia ... moreMinor, &c. The pool is also known as the Pool of Pillars, or the Pool of the Patriarch’s Bath (in Arabic: بركة حمّام البطرك Birkat Hammam el-Batrak).
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia Date: - 1849. Ingram was a staunch Liberal who favored social reform. Special events were important to the success of the London Illustrated News. The ... moremagazine did very well during the Exhibition 1851 and over 150,000 copies were sold of the edition that reported the funeral of the Duke of Wellington.
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$150.00 Shipping Location: Madrid, Spain (Child Jesus. Flemish school, towards the first half of the 16th century. by the Dominicans. They were works that, on many occasions, bore marks, thus ... morehighlighting their origin. 0011) with the base with cushion on an architectural form due to its elongated shapes, located in the period of intensification of production.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia Eighteenth-century English gardens and French landscape gardening often featured mock Roman temples, symbolising classical virtues. Other 18th-century ... moregarden follies represented Chinese temples, Egyptian pyramids, ruined abbeys, or Tatar tents, to represent different continents or historical eras.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia Nuttall was the original founder of Caxton Press, Liverpool England. He was born in Blackburn, Yorkshire and apprenticed to Mr John Ferguson, Liverpool. ... moreHe was uncle to the famous Botanist and Explorer Thomas Nuttall.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia Sidon is the third-largest city in Lebanon. In Genesis, Sidon is the first-born son of Canaan, who was a son of Ham, thereby making Sidon a great grandson ... moreof Noah. Saide The Ancient Sidon from the Eastward.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia Date: - 1756. This fine original antique print of 3 different types of Sea Coral was published in the 1756 - dated at the top of the print - edition of ... morethe famous English publication The Gentleman's Magazine.
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$4.95 Shipping Location: Waalwijk - Waspik Beneden, Netherlands Dating between 1350 - 1500 AD.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia Frontispiece: Britannia Seated on a Throne which has for Supporters Neptune and Apollo denoting Naval Strength. (Ref: M&B; Tooley). This original copper-plate ... moreengraved antique print an Atlas Frontispiece was published for the 1780 edition of theHistory of England.
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$7.49 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States TRANSLATE Arabic Chinese French German Greek Indonesian Italian Hindi Japanese Korean Swedish Portuguese Russian Spanish Handsome Ancient Roman Provincial ... moreThracia"Evil Eye: Motif Silver(Belt/Strap) Applique/Embellishment Brooch/Lapel Pin. CLASSIFICATION: Roman Silver Artifact. Engraved Appliqué. Contemporary pin. ATTRIBUTION: Eastern Roman Empire(Thracia– Present-Day Bulgaria) Third Century A.D. SIZE/MEASUREMENTS: Diameter: 31 millimeters. Depth: 14 millimeters. NOTE: Can also be mounted onto a or into a(see below) CONDITION: Very good. Artifact is of sound integrity. Very light porosity(surface pitting caused by contact with earth while buried) Professionally conserved. DETAIL: This is a very handsome. Decorative piece of ancient Roman silver ornamentation. It was probably an ornamental appliqué for a belt or strap, though it could have also been an appliqué for a piece of furniture, wooden chest, or table implement. It’s hard to be certain, but it does appear as if it might have been originally fastened onto a leather strap or belt. In any event the appliqué was discarded or lost almost two thousand years ago. It shows minimal wear, and minimal porosity(surface pitting caused by burial in caustic or acidic soil conditions) Notwithstanding this evidence of usage in the ancient world. It is in wonderful condition, the engraving very sharp, and the artifact is quite handsome. It is the type of decorative ornamentation one would have expected to find on a belt or strap employed by a Roman Soldier. Many pieces of equipment and weaponry were carried on the person of a Roman Legionnaire, many held in place with belts(and buckles) and such ornamental appliqués were quite popular. You'll note the engraved concentric circle on the center of the applique. This concentric circle was intended to provide the wearer a charm providing protection against the effects of"an evil eye" There was an ancient belief that some evil sorcerers or witches had the ability to transmit evil with ju
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$5.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States CHAPTER TWO: Man’s First Cities. Field Patterns in Nippur. Several civilizations flourished in the fertile area created as the Tigris and Euphrates rivers ... moreflow south out of Turkey. The area is commonly referred to as "the fertile crescent" by historians and archaeologists.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia This original hand coloured copper-plate engraved antique print, a view of Loo Rock with Signals Fort in Funchal Bay, the largest city on the Portuguese ... moreAutonomous Island of Madeira was published by Rudolph Ackermann in the 1825 edition ofThe World in Miniature.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia Nuttall was the original founder of Caxton Press, Liverpool England. He was born in Blackburn, Yorkshire and apprenticed to Mr John Ferguson, Liverpool. ... moreHe was uncle to the famous Botanist and Explorer Thomas Nuttall.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia Tongatapu is the main island of the Kingdom of Tonga and the location of its capital Nuku alofa. Cook was so impressed by Tongan hospitality he dubbed ... moreTonga the ‘Friendly Isles’, not realising the amiable and social nature of the locals actually concealed a plan to raid his boats and kill Cook and his crew.
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Free Shipping Location: Winnetka, United States Remains of earthen encrustation and carbon residue. Dated to 15th century AD.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia This original antique lithograph print a view of Kangaroo hunting was published in 1890 in the Australasia Illustrated (Ref: M&B; Tooley). The Picturesque ... moreAtlas of Australasia. Date: - 1890. The Atlas was a collegial project, staffed by a large number of artists and garnering an unusual number of contributors for one work.
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Free Shipping Location: Singapore The paste upon closer examination reveals very little impurities in off white color, there are instances of organic growth that grows within the body ... morepaste itself in forms of stringy threads.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia (Ref: Tooley; M&B). Ingram was a staunch Liberal who favored social reform. Date: - 1888. It printed both sides of the paper at once and turned out 6,500 ... morecopies per hour. Special events were important to the success of the London Illustrated News.
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