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Aspects of French Eighteenth Century Typography : A Study of Type Specimens in the Broxbourne Collection at Cambridge University Library

by Dreyfus, J. ; McKitterick, D

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Printed for presentation to the Roxburghe Club, Cambridge, first edition, 1982. Maroon quarter morocco and cloth Roxburghe binding, 4to, top edge gilt, 29 cm,. xvi, 119 pp, numerous ills. The first Roxburghe Club volume devoted to printing types. "A swift glance through the illustrations in its pages will make it easy to appreciate the attractive appearance of many French eighteenth-century printers' types and ornaments. Behind such pleasant superficial qualities, the typefounders' and printers' specimen books (from which most of the illustrations have been taken) are valuable as records of changes which constantly occur in typographical letters and ornaments." - from the introduction. Contents include: Preface by John Ehrman; I Introduction; II French contributions to type design during the eighteenth century; III French type ornaments during the eighteenth century; IV French typefounding during the eighteenth century; V The uses of type specimens; Handlist of French… Read More
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The Ayenbite of Inwyt, written in the Dialect of the County of Kent, by Dan. Michel of Northgate, in the year 1340. Edited by the Rev. J. Stevenson

by Stevenson, J. . ; Roxburghe Club

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Printed for the Roxburghe Club, London, first edition, 1855. Small edition of 40 copies or so. Roxburghe maroon morocco spine and boards, title-page printed in red and black, additional engraved title-page, 27 cm,. [9], x-xii, [1], 2-211, [2], 214-215 pp. A scarce early Roxburghe Club book - Quaritch's 1880 catalogue states that 40 copies were printed, although that might be a slight underestimate as there were 39 members at the time according to the list in the book. The Preface explains that the work is an "adaptation, or perhaps rather a translation, from a French moral treatise which was composed in the year 1279, for the use of Philip the Second, King of France, by his confessor Frère Lorens, or, as he is styled in Latin, Laurentius Gallus, of the Order of the Friars Preachers. This French original occurs under a variety of designations. Its most correct title is ' Le Somme des vices et de vertues,'hut it Is sometimes styled ' Li libres roiaux de vices et de vcrtus… Read More
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The Boke of Noblesse: Addressed to King Edward The Fourth on his Invasion of France in 1475. With an Introduction by John Gough Nichols F.S.A

by Nichols, J.G. ; Roxburghe Club ; [ Worcester, W. ]

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Printed for the Roxburghe Club, London, first edition, 1860. Brown morocco spine and Roxburghe boards, title printed in red and black, 4to, 29 cm,. [4], lx, 95, [1] pp. The scarce first printing of a polemical text written to urge recovery of the English possessions disastrously lost to France and the restoration of the English monarchy to its historic glory. The anonymous author is now known to have been William Worcester, (1415 -c. 1482) an English topographer, antiquary and chronicler and sometime secretary to Sir John Fastolf, whom the writer in several places mentions as 'myne autor'. The work was probably first written in the 1450s and updated and revised in the 1470s to encourage Edward IV to renew his claim to the French throne. The membership of the Roxburghe Club at the time of the book's publication stood at 38 (the members are listed in the book) and the print run would have barely exceeded this. At least 20 copies are in European libraries and the book is rarely seen in the… Read More
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The Building Accounts of Christ Church Library, 1716-1779 : A Transcription, with an Introduction and Indices of Donors and Craftsmen

by Cook, J. ; Mason, J. F. A

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Printed for presentation to the Roxburghe Club, [trade edition, 1988 ]. Blue cloth, 4to, 33 cm,. 120 pp, [11] pp of plates. From the Preface: "The Library of Christ Church, Oxford, is one of the largest and most distinguished, both for its fabric and its contents, of the learned libraries in this country, and indeed in Europe. This volume is not concerned with the Library's contents, outstanding as they are in their range, quality, and variety of interest for scholars in many fields of literary, historical, and artistic learning. It is concerned rather with the background to the creation over a great part of the eighteenth century of a splendid building deliberately designed to rival, and indeed surpass, other great academic libraries of the age such as those of Trinity College, Dublin, Trinity College, Cambridge, and All Souls College here in Oxford. The Building Accounts of our library so carefully kept for the Dean and Chapter in the large folio volume here transcribed also throw much… Read More
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The Building Accounts of Christ Church Library, 1716-1779 : A Transcription, with an Introduction and Indices of Donors and Craftsmen

by Cook, J. ; Mason, J. F. A

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Printed for presentation to the Roxburghe Club, Oxford, first edition, 1988. Red quarter morocco and cloth, gilt arms on front board, 4to, 33 cm,. 120 pp, [11] pp of plates. From the Preface: "The Library of Christ Church, Oxford, is one of the largest and most distinguished, both for its fabric and its contents, of the learned libraries in this country, and indeed in Europe. This volume is not concerned with the Library's contents, outstanding as they are in their range, quality, and variety of interest for scholars in many fields of literary, historical, and artistic learning. It is concerned rather with the background to the creation over a great part of the eighteenth century of a splendid building deliberately designed to rival, and indeed surpass, other great academic libraries of the age such as those of Trinity College, Dublin, Trinity College, Cambridge, and All Souls College here in Oxford. The Building Accounts of our library so carefully kept for the Dean and Chapter in the… Read More
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Correspondence of Edmund Burke and William Windham, with other illustrative Letters from the Windham Papers in the British Museum. Edited by J. P. Gilson

by Burke, E. ; Windham, W. ; Gilson, J.P. ; Roxburghe Club

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Printed for presentation to members of the Roxburghe Club, Cambridge, first edition, 1910. Edition of perhaps around 50 copies. Roxburghe maroon morocco spine and boards, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 4to, 29 cm, title printed in red and black,. xx, 254 pp. Uncommon. Rarebookhub's last auction record is from 1971. None on ABPC. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "This copy belonged to Arthur James Balfour. It was given by Blanche Dugdale to Charles [ undeciphered name - Exmouth? Esmontt? ] in July 1929." Somewhat rubbed, some wear at extremities, free endpapers somewhat darkened from contact with pastedowns, occasional light pencil notes, sidelines or underlinings, contents otherwise Good. Arthur James Balfour was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. Dugdale was Balfour's niece and biographer and this is a copy of the work presented by Balfour to the Roxburghe Club.
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An Early Breton Gospel Book : A Ninth-Century Manuscript from the Collection of H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence, 1887-1965

by Wormald, F. ; Alexander, J.J.G

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Printed for presentation to the Roxburghe Club, Cambridge, first edition, 1977. Quarter-morocco and boards with gilt filet divider, vellum corner-tips, top edge gilt, folio, 35 cm. xv, 31 pp, 48 plates. 8 in colour. Bound by Zaehnsdorf. A facsimile of an Early Medieval Gospel book of great iconographical interest, with an introductory study by Frances Wormald and an essay by Jonathan Alexander on a group of related manuscripts.The volume is a decorated copy of the four Gospels with canon tables, written in the Breton area in, in Caroline minuscule, in the late 9th or early 10th century. In a contemporary review, Carl Nordenfalk wrote: " The [paper] by Alexander is the first comprehensive treatment of the Breton schools and contains a great many fine remarks concerning their dependence on Carolingian prototypes. And Wormald shows that three different sources must be assumed for the illuminations of the Bradfer-Lawrence manuscript: Tours for the ornaments, and excellent Early Christian model for… Read More
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An Early Breton Gospel Book : A Ninth-Century Manuscript from the Collection of H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence, 1887-1965

by Wormald, F. ; Alexander, J.J.G

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Printed for presentation to the Roxburghe Club, Cambridge, first edition, 1977. Full red morocco, double gilt filet border on boards, top edge gilt, folio, 35 cm. xv, 31 pp, 48 plates. 8 in colour. Bound by Zaehnsdorf. A facsimile of an Early Medieval Gospel book of great iconographical interest, with an introductory study by Frances Wormald and an essay by Jonathan Alexander on a group of related manuscripts.The volume is a decorated copy of the four Gospels with canon tables, written in the Breton area in, in Caroline minuscule, in the late 9th or early 10th century. In a contemporary review, Carl Nordenfalk wrote: " The [paper] by Alexander is the first comprehensive treatment of the Breton schools and contains a great many fine remarks concerning their dependence on Carolingian prototypes. And Wormald shows that three different sources must be assumed for the illuminations of the Bradfer-Lawrence manuscript: Tours for the ornaments, and excellent Early Christian model for some of the… Read More
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An Early Breton Gospel Book : A Ninth-Century Manuscript from the Collection of H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence, 1887-1965

by Wormald, F. ; Alexander, J.J.G

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Printed for presentation to the Roxburghe Club, Cambridge, first edition, 1977. Full red morocco, double gilt filet border on boards, top edge gilt, folio, 35 cm. xv, 31 pp, 48 plates. 8 in colour. Bound by Zaehnsdorf. A facsimile of an Early Medieval Gospel book of great iconographical interest, with an introductory study by Frances Wormald and an essay by Jonathan Alexander on a group of related manuscripts.The volume is a decorated copy of the four Gospels with canon tables, written in the Breton area in, in Caroline minuscule, in the late 9th or early 10th century. In a contemporary review, Carl Nordenfalk wrote: " The [paper] by Alexander is the first comprehensive treatment of the Breton schools and contains a great many fine remarks concerning their dependence on Carolingian prototypes. And Wormald shows that three different sources must be assumed for the illuminations of the Bradfer-Lawrence manuscript: Tours for the ornaments, and excellent Early Christian model for some of the… Read More
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Fragmenta Regalia : Observations on the Late Queene Elizabeth, Hir Times and Fauorites

by Naunton, Sir Robert ; Schreiber, R.E. ; Pirie, R.S. ; Roxburghe Club

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Printed for presentation to the Roxburghe Club, [London], first edition, 2002. Limited edition of 300 copies. 2 vols, two-tone cloth, 4to and oblong 4to, 23 cm, slipcased,. 245, [2] pp, ills, 104 facsimile plates. From the foreword: "Robert Naunton was an important, if not major figure of his time, ideally placed to observe the intricacies of court and government. Fragmenta Regalia is the sum of those observations, and, like Machiavelli's The Prince, it originally circulated in manuscript; was first (and very imperfectly) printed in 1641; and has remained in print almost continuously ever since. This is not so much an indication of literary merit as a reflection of the value of his analysis of the role of the political elite in Tudor and Stuart England. With the recent discovery of the present manuscript containing significant previously unknown additions to the text, the opportunity arose to provide a definitive edition. ". The first volume in this set provides a transcript of the… Read More
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The Gardyners Passetaunce [c.1512] edited with an introduction and transcript by Franklin B. Williams, Jr., with notes on the two unique editions in Westminster Abbey Library, descriptions of the bindings in which they were preserved, and the other items found in these bindings, by Howard M. Nixon

by Williams, F.B. ; Nixon, H. M. ; Barclay, A. ; Roxburghe Club

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Printed for presentation to members of the Roxburghe Club, London, first edition, 1985. A copy of the trade edition. Cloth, 4to, 28 cm,. xv, 75 pp, ills, facs. An interesting discussion of this poem which was published to rally support for the Holy League against France, established in 1511. Fine in unlettered glassine dustwrapper.
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Generides. A Royal Historie of the Excellent Knight Generides. Edited from the unique MS. of John Tollemache, Esq., M.P., of Peckforton Castle, South Cheshire, and Helmingham Hall, Suffolk, by F. J. Furnivall

by Furnivall, F. J. ; Roxburghe Club

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Roxburge Club, printed for Henry Hicks Gibbs, Esq., by Stephen Austin, Hertford, first edition, 1865. Roxburghe maroon morocco spine and boards, title printed in red and black, small 4to, 26 cm,. [8], xxxvi, 334, [1] pp. The first modern edition of the Middle English verse romance Generides, which was composed in the Midlands in the 14th century. This Roxburghe Club edition is scarce - the edition was probably substantially less than 100 copies. It is attractively printed by Stephen Austin of Hertford, with the half-title, title-page, dedication page and list of members printed in red and black, and Furnivall's inimitable paraphrase set in small type as shoulder notes to the text. The volume includes a 'postscript' containing additional fragments of the version of Sir Generides (supplied by W. Aldis Wright) and a glossary of terms and index. Covers rubbed, worn at extremities, some loss of gilt titling to spine, the prelims and preface have been opened but the main text remains… Read More
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The Great Book of Thomas Trevilian : A Facsimile of the Manuscript in the Wormsley Library. [ 2 volumes, complete set ]

by Trevilian, T. ; Barker, N

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Printed for presentation to the Roxburghe Club, London, first edition, 2000. 2 vols, red buckram, leather spine-labels, top edges gilt, large folio, slipcased, 49 cm,. xix, 181, [2], 48 pages of plates (some in colour) + 320 pages of colour facsimile. Thomas Trevilian's Great Book is a remarkable assemblage of drawings and texts made around 1616 by a man who was then 68 and probably a draughtsman for professional embroiderers, since many of his drawings are based on needlework patterns. His gloriously colourful miscellany has 12 main sections: 1 Almanacs: calendar, astronomical and topographical material (pp 1-90); ; 2 Old Testament history from the Creation and Flood to Josiah (91-144); 3 Kings and Queens of England from Albion to James I and Scotland from Robert II (145-246); 4 The Godly reformers: lives and portraits (247-264); 5 'Princeps Proditorum': verses and portraits of Papist traitors including the Gunpowder Plotters (265-272); 6 Sheriffs and Lord Mayors of London (273-312); 7… Read More
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The Guthlac Roll. Scenes from the Life of St. Guthlac of Crowland by a Twelfth-Century Artist, reproduced from Harley Roll Y.6 in the British Museum. With Introduction by Sir George Warner

by Warner, Sir George ; Roxburghe Club

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Printed for presentation to members of the Roxburghe Club, Oxford, first edition, 1928. 4to, Roxburghe half-morocco and boards, 29 cm, title printed in red and black,. 23 pp, with coloured frontispiece and 25 fine reproductions. Scarce. A partial facsimile of The Guthlac Roll with an introduction by Sir George Warner. The manuscript is about 17cm wide and nearly 3m long, composed of four and a half pieces of parchment attached end-to-end, on which are drawn a series of scenes of the life of his life in roundels. Some scholars have suggested that the roundels are designs for stained-glass windows. Copy of Lord C. Frederick Brudenell-Bruce, with his name printed in red in the List of Members. Spine edges and extremities slightly rubbed, minor marks to boards, fore-edges slightly browned, otherwise Very Good. Printed slip conveying Sir George Warner's compliments laid in.
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Heraldo Memoriale : Or Memoirs of the College of Arms from 1727 to 1744

by Leake, S.M. ; Wagner, Sir Anthony R

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Printed for presentation to the Roxburghe Club, London, first edition, 1981. Quarter morocco and brown boards, top edge gilt, 8vo,. xv, 120 pp, coloured portrait frontispiece. The contemporary journal of Stephen Martin Leake, sometime Garter King of Arms, recording much about the College of Arms and his struggles with John Anstis the elder. Howard M. Nixon's copy, with his name asterisked in red in the list of members. Laid in is a carbon copy of a typescript letter from Nixon (one page, with copy two-page appendix of extracts from records) to Sir Anthony Wagner, thanking him for and discussing the book, copies of which were presented by Wagner to Roxburghe Club members. Head of spine rubbed and worn, otherwise Near Fine.
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The Holkham Library : Illuminations and Illustrations in the Manuscript Library of the Earl of Leicester

by Hassall, W.O. ; Roxburghe Club

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Printed for presentation to members of the Roxburghe Club, Oxford, first edition, 1970. Roxburghe cherry morocco spine and boards, top edge gilt, folio, 44 cm, title printed in red and black,. xii, 48 pp, 160 plates (some colour). Unusually for a Roxburghe Club publication the volume reproduces not a single work but rather a selection of plates from some 39 manuscripts from the famous library at Holkham Hall. From Walter Hassall's preface: "As librarian to Lord Leicester's father and grandfather before him I welcome the challenge of producing this survey. The introduction does not confine itself to discussing the most important individual manuscripts, but touches upon some of the libraries from which the manuscripts came and upon the libraries from which those libraries had in turn acquired them. The Holkham library is not only an essential part of the interior decoration of some of the finest rooms in the house: the coexistence of many manuscripts is itself a historical fact which… Read More
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The Holkham Library : Illuminations and Illustrations in the Manuscript Library of the Earl of Leicester

by Hassall, W.O. ; Roxburghe Club

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Printed for presentation to members of the Roxburghe Club, Oxford, first edition, 1970. Roxburghe cherry morocco spine and boards, top edge gilt, folio, 44 cm, title printed in red and black,. xii, 48 pp, 160 plates (some colour). Unusually for a Roxburghe Club publication the volume reproduces not a single work but rather a selection of plates from some 39 manuscripts from the famous library at Holkham Hall. From Walter Hassall's preface: "As librarian to Lord Leicester's father and grandfather before him I welcome the challenge of producing this survey. The introduction does not confine itself to discussing the most important individual manuscripts, but touches upon some of the libraries from which the manuscripts came and upon the libraries from which those libraries had in turn acquired them. The Holkham library is not only an essential part of the interior decoration of some of the finest rooms in the house: the coexistence of many manuscripts is itself a historical fact which… Read More
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An Illuminated Manuscript of La Somme le Roy by Laurent, a Dominican, attributed to the Parisian miniaturist Honoré; with an Introduction by Eric George Millar

by Honore ; Millar, E.G. ; Roxburghe Club

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Printed for the Roxburghe Club, Oxford, first edition, 1953. Roxburghe maroon morocco spine and boards, top edge gilt, 4to, 39 cm, title printed in red and black,. 51 pp, 34 plates. Text in English with Old French "Directions for the illuminator" and illustrations including texts in Old French or Latin. With bibliographical footnotes. Barker: "... distinguished by its essay on the illuminator Honore in which the plates are a last testimonial to the skill of Wilfred Merton and Emery Walker Ltd". Fine.
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An Illuminated Manuscript of La Somme le Roy by Laurent, a Dominican, attributed to the Parisian miniaturist Honoré; with an Introduction by Eric George Millar [ with a small archive of correspondence relating to the production of the book]

by Honore ; Millar, E.G. ; Roxburghe Club

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Printed for the Roxburghe Club, Oxford, first edition, 1953. Approximately 100 copies printed,of which 40 were reserved for members. Roxburghe maroon morocco spine and boards, top edge gilt, 4to, 39 cm, title printed in red and black,. 51 pp, 34 plates. Text in English with Old French "Directions for the illuminator" and illustrations including texts in Old French or Latin. With bibliographical footnotes. Barker: "... distinguished by its essay on the illuminator Honore in which the plates are a last testimonial to the skill of Wilfred Merton and Emery Walker Ltd". We include with this copy a small archive of correspondence relating to the production of the book from early estimates of cost to consideration of photography and paper and revised costings to the authority to the printers to break up the type, printing having been completed. The correspondence includes letters to Millar (with initialled copies of his replies) from the following: George Collon, Conservateur de la… Read More
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Jan Huygen van Linschoten and the moral map of Asia : the plates and text of the Itinerario and Icones, habitus gestusque indorum ac lusitanorum per Indiam viventium

by Linschoten, J.H. van ; Boogaart, E. van den ; Roxburghe Club

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Used - Two potentially special features of this copy are : (1) In the List of Members Harry Oppenheimer's name is printed in red, w
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Edition of 300 copies of which 160 were for sale
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Hardcover
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1
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LONDON, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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Item Price
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Printed for presentation to the members of the Roxburghe Club, London, first edition, 1999. Edition of 300 copies of which 160 were for sale. Elephant folio, navy blue quarter morocco Roxburghe binding with vellum corners, 64 cm,. xiii, 282 pp, portrait and 42 colour plates, together with a separate 32 page monochrome facsimile booklet of the "Icones" housed in a pocket on the inside back cover (as issued). A vast volume - the largest Roxburghe Club book - containing the text of the English translation of the Itinerario published in London by John Wolfe, 1598, and with a facsimile of:Icones, habitus gestusque indorum ac lusitanorum per Indiam viventium ... (Amstelreodami: Apud Cornelium Nicolai, 1604). The copies for sale comprised (A) 40 specials numbered I-XL bound in quarter-morocco and with an extra portfolio set of 40 plates; and (B) 120 ordinary copies numbered 1-120 bound in buckram without the extra plates. This copy - one of the not-for -sale 140 - falls somewhere between the… Read More
Item Price
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£14.45 shipping to USA
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