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Total number of records: 5

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Archives3
Books and printed items2

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture3
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History1

Top 10: Subject

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house furnishings5
home3
buildings2
implements, utensils etc2
industries2
metal trade2
occupations2
agriculture1
animals1
architecture1

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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)2
Abbott Bros. Southall Limited1
Aladdin Industries Limited1
Allievi & Lucchetti Fabricatori1
Alsop & So1
Alstons of Ipswich1
Amalgamated Publicity Services Ltd1
Andrews1
Ardee Chair Factory1
Arding & Hobbs Ltd1

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Archive File

Essex, Middlesex and London Responses: Book

[1960s]

Two draft versions of Survey of English Dialects (SED) editorial sheets for Essex localities (all 15 localities included), and localities in Middlesex and London. The first version is partly typed and...

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Box of loose furniture and furnishings trade catalogues from a variety of manufacturers

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Minola - Albrighi, Milano; Alstons of Ipswich; J. Avery & Co; George Adlam & Sons; F. Austin (Leyton) Limited; Avalon furniture limited; Aladdin Industries Limited; Abbott Bros. Southall Limited; Alsop & So; Astons; Andrews; Allievi & Lucchetti Fabricatori; Aster Cane and Willow Furniture; Amalgamated Publicity Services Ltd; Grantham & Ives Ltd; Ardee Chair Factory; Arding & Hobbs Ltd

between 1930-1970

Box 1 containing 22 ephemeral furniture and furnishings trade catalogues with manufacturers name starting with A and filed in 5 folders. Title supplied by cataloguer.

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Furniture of the New Zealand colonial era : an illustrated history, 1830-1900

Cottrell, William (1956-); Clark, Helen (1950-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[2006]

Includes bibliographical references (pages 577-581) and index. Montana New Zealand Book Awards, Reference and Anthology, 2007 Montana New Zealand Book Awards, NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book A...

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Sound Recordings, Warwickshire

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

July 1966

[Collector announcement]; Arthur Humphries, recorded in Lighthorne on the 28 July 1966[Swiss male also present asks some questions, possibly Eduard Kolb, or Dieter Bothe]; Mr. Humphries talks about wo...

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Sheffield Dialect Words

Ellin, Thomas R

1929-1934

Four notebooks of the address book variety, with A-Z thumb tabs down the right-hand side, containing collections of Sheffield dialect words. The first, bearing the words Where is it in gold lettering ...

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