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This illustrated chanting book from 18th century Southeast Asia will be of great interest to scholars of Buddhism, Buddhist practitioners, and art historians.

Collections of photographs from the first half of the 20th century, taken from the Tom Phillips archive and offering a fascinating social history.

This series of books draws on Tom Phillips' collection of over 50, 000 photographic postcards. 'Bicycles' documents the great age of the safety bicycle which was the instrument of emancipation for women and freedom for men. Also we see competitive racers and pedalling toddlers.

Part of the Bodleian Library's bestselling "How To" series, this contains many nuggets of advice, by turns humorous, traditional and timeless. Delightfully illustrated throughout with contemporary line drawings.

First published in 1920 this delightful volume opens a window onto a golden age of elegant dining. Starched linens, candles, white gloves, aperitifs, French menus and garden parties - this is the world of the decadent classes. Illustrated with humorous period cartoons.

A fascinating insight into the ancient and unique traditions of Oxbridge colleges.

A delightful compendium of complaints against the French, written in a direct colloquial style and accompanied by candid rejoiners setting the record straight!

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To celebrate the acquisition of the archive of distinguished artist Tom Phillips, the Bodleian Library asked the artist to assemble and design a series of books drawing on his themed collection of over 50, 000 photographic postcards. These encompass the first half of the twentieth century, a period in which, thanks to the ever cheaper medium of photography, ordinary people could afford to own portraits of themselves. Each of the books in the s...

Combines learned essays and manuscripts, artefacts and archival material to tell the story of the creation of the King James translation, now marking its 400th anniversary.

Highly illustrated with colour images of manuscripts, rare books, and artefacts, this book showcases the many important Korean antiquities held in the Bodleian Libraries and Museums of Oxford in a single volume for the first time.

The Marconi Archives in the Bodleian Library provide the most complete record of wireless communications from the first warning of ice to the arrival of the survivors in New York. Brings to life the voices of the individuals involved in the drama, retelling this legendary story as it was first heard.

Sarah Angelina Acland (1849-1930) is one of the most important photographers of the late Victorian and early Edwardian periods. Born to a preeminent English family, Acland first gained note as a portraitist whose illustrious subjects--among them two prime ministers, the physicist Lord Kelvin, and the noted art critic John Ruskin--were visitors to her family's Oxford home. Yet it was through her work in the thenfledgling field of color photogra...

Fantasy Travel shows people sitting proudly and playfully in studio mock-ups of aeroplanes, cars, speedboats and hot air balloons. Such modes of transport were beyond the dreams of the average person in the early twentieth century but the photographic studios allowed them to indulge wild flights of fancy and take away the resulting postcards.

New edition of a satirical travel guide for Americans visiting Britain, penned by the author of "How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" in 1964, six years after coming to live in Britain. Quirky, witty and packed with pithy advice for the fictional brash, American family at the centre of the book, it says as much as about Britain in the 1960s as it does about Anglo American differences and misunderstandings.

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These personal and revealing essays by the master of science fiction reveal the influences behind his writing and offer new insights into the man and his world.

Assembled and designed by the artist Tom Phillips from his collection of over 50, 000 photographic postcards, 'Readers' shows people reading (or pretending to read) a wide variety of material from the Bible to Film Fun, either in the photographer's studio, in their own home or holidaying on the beach.

A succinct account of one of the great libraries of Europe, with fascinating details of the lives and personalities that have shaped its development. Illustrated.

This is an excellent scholarly edition of one of Blake's most fascinating works, likely to become the defining text for generations to come.' Professor John Mee