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Total number of records: 234

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Books and printed items207
Archives27

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Maurice de Sausmarez Archive26
English Literature5
Brotherton Collection4
Art and Antique Market2
LGBTQ2
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History1
Medical Collections1

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SubjectCount
booksellers' catalogs182
catalogues de librairies182
books126
livres126
book prices73
catalogues, booksellers'73
antiquarian booksellers59
livres rares53
rare books53
illustrated books49

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England116
Great Britain81
London, United Kingdom24
London (England)4
Europe3
New York (State)3
Bristol, United Kingdom2
Venice, Italy2
France1
Nottingham, United Kingdom1

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People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)196
Bernard Quaritch (Firm)73
Marlborough Rare Books45
Sims Reed (Firm : 1988- )22
Potterton Books10
Turnstock Collectables (Firm)8
Christie, Manson & Woods6
Thomas Heneage & Co.4
Thomas Heneage Art Books4
Paul Grinke (Firm)3

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From 17002
From 18003
From 1900136
From 20004

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Up to 1999135
Up to latest5

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Bridget Riley Gallery One

1962

Three printed exhibition catalogues for Bridget Riley's first solo exhibition at Gallery One in London between April and May 1962, with an introductory text by Maurice de Sausmarez and a copy of a typ...

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Exhibition catalogues

1961-1969

Copies of printed catalogues for exhibitions by Bridget Riley and for exhibitions visited by Riley, with draft introductory texts by Maurice de Sausmarez.

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Bridget Riley Gallery One

Sep 1963

Two complete and one partial printed exhibition catalogues for Bridget Riley's exhibition at Gallery One in London from 9 to 28 September 1963, with texts by David Sylvester and Anton Ehrenzweig.

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Bridget Riley British Pavilion Venice Biennale

1968

Printed catalogue for Bridget Riley's exhibition for the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 1968, with an inserted press cutting titled 'New York's responsive eye' by Hella Pick.

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Bridget Riley working drawings

1969

Five copies of a printed catalogue for an exhibition of working drawings by Bridget Riley at Bear Lane Gallery in Oxford, Midland Group Gallery in Nottingham and Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol from Apri...

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Archive Print Item

A catalogue of the printed books in the library of the Dean and Chapter of York

Raine, James (1830-1896); York Minster. Library

1896

Compiled by James Raine.

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Archive Print Item

Handlist of historical texts published before 1900

University of Leeds. Dental Library

1970

Typescript.

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Manuscript catalogue of the original library of the Leeds School of Medicine

Leeds School of Medicine Library (1831-)

c.1885-c.1887

The catalogue comprises of an alphabetical thumb index at the beginning, arranged by the first letters of the authors' name, followed by the main body of the catalogue. This main paginated section l...

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Maurice de Sausmarez to Jeremy Rees

5 Mar 1969

Copy of a typewritten letter from Maurice de Sausmarez to Jeremy Rees, the founder and Director of the Arnolfini Centre for the Contemporary Arts in Bristol. De Sausmarez encloses a copy of his forwar...

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