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Brotherton Collection4
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society3
English Literature2
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection2
Liddle Collection1

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ships18
boats and boating2
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travel2
world war, 1914-19182
aircraft carriers1
bas-relief1
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inscriptions, greek1
lithography, american1

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Great Britain1
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Liverpool, United Kingdom1
Shanghai, China1

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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)2
Great Britain2
Antonielli, Ugo1
Ark Royal (Aircraft Carrier)1
Blinkenberg, Chr (1863-)1
Britannic (Ship)1
Currier & Ives1
Desaguliers, J T (1683-1744)1
Desaguliers, J. T1
Desborough, William Henry Grenfell Baron (1855-1945)1

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Music

1854-1860

Printed tickets for members of the Novello family for entry into the Crystal Palace, for their participation in the opening ceremony in 1854 and the Handel Festival in 1857. Also includes a printed ad...

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Early steamships

Riesenberg, Felix (1879-1939); Hall, W S (1889-); Currier & Ives

1933

Each plate accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress.

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Ark Royal

Great Britain. Admiralty; Great Britain. Ministry of Information

1942

Cover title : "Ark Royal : the Admiralty account of her achievement."

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The decorative arts of the mariner

Frere-Cook, Gervis; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1966

At the head of the title: The Swedish American Line.

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Nouvelle méthode pour pomper le mauvais air des vaisseaux &c

Sutton, Samuel (fl. 18th cent); Mead, Richard (1673-1754); Lavirotte, Louis-Anne (1725-1759); Desaguliers, J T (1683-1744)

1749

Errata at end of text.

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BC MS NCC/19/9/4 Advert for travel on the
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Advert for Liverpool to Shanghae [Shanghai] on the 'Clara Novello'

27 Oct 1860

Printed card advertising passage from Liverpool to Shanghae [Shanghai] aboard the clipper 'Clara Novello' under the commander J. Hingson, departing from Prince's Dock on 27 October 1860.

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La prima nave imperiale del lago di Nemi

Antonielli, Ugo; Italy. Istituto nazionale "L'unione cinematografica educativa."

1930

Bibliography at end.

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A boatyard

Finlay, Ian Hamilton (1925-2006)

1969

By Ian Hamilton Finlay.

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The loss of the Kent Indiaman by fire, in the Bay of Biscay

MacGregor, Duncan (1787-1881)

[18--]

By Duncan MacGregor.

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Discovering maritime museums and historic ships

Stammers, Michael; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1978

Includes bibliographical references (page 82) and index.

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