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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)3
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Toys in America

McClintock, Inez; McClintock, Marshall

1961

Bibliography: p.465-469.

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William West & the Regency toy theatre : Sir John Soane's Museum and national tour, 2004-2005

Powell, David (1955-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Sir John Soane's Museum; Pollock's Toy Museum

2004

"An exhibition in association with Pollock's Toy Museum." "An exhibition at Sir John Soane's Museum, 16 January-27 March 2004 and a national tour 2004-2005"--Title page verso. Essay and majority o...

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Rinkelbel en rammelaar

Keijser, H; Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum

[1958?]

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Gemeente Museum, Amsterdam, 1958?.

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Teaching toys in the Norwich Museums collection

Young, Rachel M R; City of Norwich Museums

1966

Bibliography.

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Bertrand's toyshop in Bath : luxury retailing 1685-1765

Brett, Vanessa; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

2014

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-332) and index.

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Eight children's toy knitting needle supports, in the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. Includes a cedar sheath from Skipton (North Yorkshire), reinforced with a hen quill; a sycamore s...

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Reports on Mumming from the Industrial West Riding and Nottinghamshire

Green, Anthony E (1943-)

1966

This file contains a typed paper by Tony Green giving information on mumming plays collected by himself and Mary Greenwald in West Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. This includes information collected fr...

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Pace Egg and Mumming Plays, and Christmas Carols

Addy, Sidney Oldall (1848-1933)

[1970s]

This file contains a photocopy (made in the early 1970s) of part of an ms. notebook, with printed extracts pasted in, compiled by Sidney Oldall Addy probably during the 1870s. This includes ms. notes ...

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The Living Dialect of Barton in South Nottinghamshire

Greensmith, Pauline R

1958

A study of the dialect spoken in Barton in Fabis, Nottinghamshire, based on fieldwork interviews undertaken in 1957 with three male informants. An introduction to the village and the informants is f...

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