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Oxford Libraries Architecture

Geoffrey Tyack

• Hardcover | Engels
• Curated illustrations of the architectural design and history of the most beautiful libraries in Oxford and a close look at the artistic prowess of th... Lees meer

How to Woo, When, and to Whom

W H Collingridge

• Hardcover | Engels
• Before eHarmony.com, speed dating, and The Rules , there was W.H. Collingridge and his no-nonsense guide, How to Woo, When, and to Whom . Originally p... Lees meer

Roots to Seeds

Stephen A Harris

• Hardcover | Engels
• Since 1621 and the foundation of the Oxford Botanic Garden, Oxford has been home to an outstanding collection of plant specimens, botanical illustrati... Lees meer

London Map Journal

Bodleian Library

• Hardcover | Engels
• The Bodleian Library's exciting new range of journals showcases gorgeous illustrations from our collections on the covers. Designed to be easily porta... Lees meer

Defying Hitler

Alexandra Lloyd

• Hardcover | Engels
• 'Long Live Freedom!' - Hans Scholl's last words before his execution The White Rose (die Weiße Rose) resistance circle was a group of students and a p... Lees meer

Book Curses

Eleanor Baker

• Hardcover | Engels
• Featuring some of the most ferocious and humorous book curses ever inscribed, this is a lively and engaging introduction to the history and developmen... Lees meer

Town

Bernard Nurse

• Hardcover | Engels
• Many provincial towns in Britain grew dramatically in size and importance in the eighteenth century. Ports such as Glasgow and Liverpool greatly expan... Lees meer

Fifty Maps and the Stories They Tell

Jerry Brotton, Nick Millea

• Paperback | Engels
• The Bodleian Library's map collection is a treasure trove of cartographic delights spanning more than a thousand years. This book features highlights ... Lees meer

Jewish Treasures from Oxford Libraries

• Hardcover | Engels
• Representing four centuries of collecting and a thousand years of Jewish history, this book brings together Hebrew manuscripts and rare books from the... Lees meer

Instructions for American Servicemen in Australia 1942

Bodleian Library

• Hardcover | Engels | Instructions for Servicemen
• "Unlike cricket, which is a polite game, Australian Rules Football creates a desire on the part of the crowd to tear someone apart, usually the refere... Lees meer

Bodleian Library Treasures

David Vaisey

• Hardcover | Engels
• Since its founding, the Bodleian Library has become home to treasures from throughout history and every corner of the globe. From among this remarkabl... Lees meer

Remarkable Renaissance Books

John Boardley

• Hardcover | Engels
• Remarkable Renaissance Books tells the story of eighteen extraordinary early printed volumes, from the very first titles printed in the fifteenth cent... Lees meer

The Domestic Herbal

Margaret Willes

• Hardcover | Engels
• In the seventeenth century most English households had gardens. These gardens were not merely ornamental; even the most elaborate and fashionable gard... Lees meer

Tolkien: Maker of Middle-Earth

Catherine McIlwaine

• Hardcover | Engels
• The range of J. R. R. Tolkien's talents is remarkable. Not only was he an accomplished linguist and philologist, as well as a scholar of Anglo-Saxon a... Lees meer

Adventures in Maps

Debbie Hall

• Hardcover | Engels
• Twenty historical journeys, routes and adventures followed through the maps that made them. Lees meer

Write Cut Rewrite

Dirk Van Hulle, Mark Nixon

• Hardcover | Engels
• An illumination of writing's mysteries through examining the words and ideas that were edited out of renowned novels, poems, and plays. Imagine lookin... Lees meer

The Selden Map of China

Hongping Annie Nie

• Hardcover | Engels
• Dating from the seventeenth century at the height of the Ming Dynasty, the Selden Map of China reveals a country very different from popular conceptio... Lees meer

The Original Frankenstein

Mary Shelley (with Percy Shelley)

• Hardcover
• For nearly two hundred years, Mary Shelley’s original text has lain dormant in the pages of her draft manuscript. This exciting new edition makes it p... Lees meer

Novel Houses

Christina Hardyment

• Hardcover | Engels
• Many beloved novels have place at their heart--and often even in their title. Novel Houses visits unforgettable dwellings in twenty legendary works of... Lees meer

Listen in

Beaty Rubens

• Hardcover | Engels
• Intimate stories that offer entertaining perspectives on what it was like to engage with radio when it was new. Radio, today, can feel like a faithful... Lees meer

Too Late, Said the Rabbit

Bodleian Library

• Hardcover | Engels
• Invented to entertain Alice Liddell on boat-trips down the river Thames in Oxford, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has become one of the most famous ... Lees meer

Dickens: The Funny Bits

Charles Dickens

• Hardcover | Engels
• Introduced by bestselling author Nick Hornby, this hilarious anthology of the ‘funniest bits’ from Dickens’ novels is illustrated throughout with humo... Lees meer

Inside Samuel Pepys' Office

• Hardcover
• A highly original approach to the history of this important public figure in Restoration England, this title presents key primary documents, many of w... Lees meer

Marks of Genius

Stephen Hebron

• Hardcover | Engels
• What sets Mary Shelley's Frankenstein apart from so many other famous works of fiction? What special combination of creativity and vision made possibl... Lees meer