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  • The life of Sir Rowland Hill and the history of penny postage. By Sir Rowland Hill and his nephew George Birkbeck Hill

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    1880
  • Sir William Chambers : architect to George III / edited by John Harris and Michael Snodin

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    1996
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  • The history of Queen Anne wherein all the civil and military transactions of that memorable reign are faithfully compiled ... illustrated with a regular series of all the medals ... by Mr. A. Boyer

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    1735
    Anne, 1702-1714
  • Ships of the Royal Navy, including forces of British dominions overseas, by Francis E. McMurtrie ..

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    1941
  • Woodland plants / Heather & Robin Tanner

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    1982
  • Jerusalem to Cairo censored postcard on album page

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    July 7, 1918
  • An exhaustive catalogue of the adhesive postage stamps of the British empire, including varieties of perforation, watermark, paper, errors, &c., up to January, 1894. Comp. by H. Mackwood Millington. Together with a short descriptive article on each colony

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    1894
  • The southern frontier, 1670-1732

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    1956
    [1956, c1929]
    Colonial period
  • Hamlyn guide to wild flowers of Britain and Europe / Dietmar Aichele, Heinz-Werner Schwegler

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    2001
  • The Patterson book / line drawings selected by Horace F. Button. With a portrait.

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    1948

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