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Islamic Maps
ISBN: HB: 9781851244928, Bodleian Library Publishing, October 2019
192 pp., 28x23.7 cm, 60 colour illus.
Spanning the Islamic world, from ninth-century Baghdad to nineteenth-century Iran, this book tells the story of the key Muslim map-makers and the art of Islamic cartography. Muslims were uniquely placed to explore the edges of the inhabited world and...
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£35,00
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Lost Maps of the Caliphs Drawing the World in Eleventh-Century Cairo
ISBN: HB: 9781851244911, Bodleian Library Publishing, December 2018
368 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 25 colour illus., 69 black&white illus.
About a millennium ago, in Cairo, someone completed a large and richly illustrated book. In the course of thirty-five chapters, our unknown author guided the reader on a journey from the outermost cosmos and planets to Earth and its lands, islands, f...
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£37,50
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Martin Lister and his Remarkable Daughters The Art of Science in the Seventeenth Century
ISBN: HB: 9781851244898, Bodleian Library Publishing, October 2018
224 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 46 colour illus., 33 black&white illus.
Martin Lister, royal physician and fellow of the Royal Society, was an extraordinarily prolific natural historian with an expertise in shells and molluscs. Disappointed with the work of established artists, Lister decided to teach his daughters, Sus...
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£25,00
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Heath Robinson How to be a Perfect Husband
ISBN: HB: 9781851244904, Bodleian Library Publishing, October 2017
128 pp., 18.5x12 cm, 120 black&white illus.
What makes a perfect husband? In this tongue-in-cheek guide, illustrated by Heath Robinson's inimitable cartoons and contraptions, there are many charmingly old-fashioned tips for how to succeed in almost all aspects of married life. First published...
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£9,99
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March Wind
ISBN: HB: 9781851244614, Bodleian Library Publishing, March 2017
32 pp., 24.7x20 cm, fully illustrated
One windy day a little boy happens upon a large black hat, lying in the street. When he tries it on, he becomes a whole host of different characters he's always wanted to be: a soldier marching through the puddles, a cowboy galloping on his steed, a...
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£12,99
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Heath Robinson How to Make a Garden Grow
ISBN: HB: 9781851244553, Bodleian Library Publishing, October 2016
120 pp., 18.5x12 cm, 116 black&white illus.
Ever wondered how to make a garden attractive in December? Or what to do with that corner by the dustbin? Answers to these questions can be found in this compact and charming book of tips for the green-fingered, accompanied by Heath Robinson's highly...
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£9,99
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Heath Robinson's Second World War The Satirical Cartoons
ISBN: HB: 9781851244430, Bodleian Library Publishing, May 2016
164 pp., 25.3x19.4 cm, 46 line drawings, 104 duotone illus.
W. Heath Robinson is best known for his hilarious drawings of outlandish contraptions, though his work ranged across a wide variety of topics covering many aspects of British life. Collections of his drawings became so popular as to transform Heath R...
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£10,00
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Heath Robinson's Home Front How to Make Do and Mend in Style
ISBN: HB: 9781851244447, Bodleian Library Publishing, September 2015
136 pp., 18.5x12 cm, 125 black&white illus.
W. Heath Robinson is best known for his hilarious drawings of outlandish contraptions, though his work ranged across a wide variety of topics covering many aspects of British life. Collections of his drawings became so popular as to transform Heath R...
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£9,99
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Heath Robinson Great War
ISBN: HB: 9781851244249, Bodleian Library Publishing, June 2015
96 pp., 18.5x12 cm, 80 black&white illus.
W. Heath Robinson is best known for his hilarious drawings of zany contraptions, though his work ranged across a wide variety of topics covering many aspects of British life in the decades following the First World War. Starting out as a watercolour...
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£10,00
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Heath Robinson Golf
ISBN: HB: 9781851244331, Bodleian Library Publishing, June 2015
64 pp., 18.5x12 cm, 56 black&white illus.
W. Heath Robinson is best known for his hilarious drawings of zany contraptions, though his work ranged across a wide variety of topics covering many aspects of British life in the decades following the First World War. Starting out as a watercolour...
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£10,00
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