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1. China : its state and prospects : with especial reference to the spread of the gospel : containing allusions to the antiquity, extent, population, civilization, literature, and religion of the Chinese / by W.H. Medhurst ... ; illustrated with engravings on wood by G. Baxter.

China : its state and prospects : with especial reference to the spread of the gospel : containing allusions to the antiquity, extent, population, civilization, literature, and religion of the Chinese / by W.H. Medhurst ... ; illustrated with engravings on wood by G. Baxter.
Creator:
Medhurst, Walter Henry, 1796–1857
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 592 p., [7] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. (some col.), map ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. State procession from the Queen's palace to the western door of Westminster Abbey, on the 28th of June, 1838, the day of Her Majesty's coronation : under the direction of one of the Queen's equerries, with two assistants.

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Date:
1838
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 134 x 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A visit to London: containing a description of the principal curiosities in the British metropolis. By the author of "The visit to a farm-house."

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Date:
[1838?]
Physical Description:
vi, 192 p. front., ill., plates. 12 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Travels in the western Caucasus, including a tour through Imeritia, Mingrelia, Turkey, Moldavia, Galicia, Silesia, and Moravia, in 1836. By Edmund Spencer ...

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Creator:
Spencer, Edmund
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
2 v. fronts., ill. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Sporting : embellished by large engravings and vignettes illustrative of British field sports, from pictures painted by T. Gainsborough, R.A., E. Landseer, R.A., A. Cooper, R.A., Charles Hancock, J.F. Lewis, W. Barraud, &c. / edited by Nimrod ; with literary contributions by Thomas Hood ... John Hamilton Reynolds ... &c.

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Date:
1838
Physical Description:
[8], viii, 144 p., [22] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. The flower garden, with selected lists of annual, biennial and perennial flowering plants.

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Date:
[1838]
Physical Description:
1 p.l., 4, 515, [1] p. col. front., illus., plates (part col.) 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The suburban gardener and villa companion : comprising the choice of a suburban or villa residence, or of a situation on which to form one : the arrangement and furnishing of the house and the laying out, planting, and general management of the garden and grounds : the whole adapted for grounds from one perch to fifty acres and upwards in extent : and intended for the instruction of those who know little of gardening and rural affairs : and more particularly for the use of ladies / by J. C. Loudon ... ; illustrated by numerous engravings.

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Creator:
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783–1843
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
xvi, 752 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. The history and antiquities of Carlisle : with an account of the castles, gentlemen's seats, and antiquities, in the vicinity; and biographical memoirs of eminent men connected with the locality.

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Creator:
Jefferson, Samuel, 1809–1846
Date:
MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]
Physical Description:
xv, 459 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill., plan ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Man, in his physical structure and adaptations. By Robert Mudie ...

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Creator:
Mudie, Robert, 1777–1842
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
2 p.l., [iii]-xi, [1], 294 p. col. front. 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The artificial florist, or, The art of making artificial flowers, in easy progressive lessons / by John Foster.

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Creator:
Foster, John
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
26, [18] p., 6 leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Hampshire: its past and present condition, and future prospects; by Robert Mudie ...

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Creator:
Mudie, Robert, 1777–1842
Date:
[1838]
Physical Description:
3 v. front., plates, maps (part fold.) plans. 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Osborne's guide to the grand junction of Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester railway : with the geography of the country : through which the line passes, and complete guides to the towns of Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester : illustrated with numerous wood engravings and maps.

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Date:
1838
Physical Description:
iv, 347, 38 p., [4] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Hippiatria, or, The surgery and medicine of horses / by Bracy Clark, F.L.S. ...

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Creator:
Clark, Bracy, 1771–1860
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
50 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Peter Parley's visit to London, during the coronation of Queen Victoria.

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Date:
1838
Physical Description:
viii, 116, [4] p., [6] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. A narrative of the proceedings at the laying of the first stone of the new buildings at Bethlem Hospital : on Thursday, the 26th day of July, 1838 with historical notes and illustrations, and official documents / Peter Laurie ...

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Creator:
Laurie, Peter, Sir, 1778–1861
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
62 p., [2], [4] folded leaves of plates : ill., plan ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. A visit to Haddon Hall in 1838, or, A description of a baronial mansion of the olden time : embellished with woodcuts by G.U.

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Date:
[1838]
Physical Description:
30, [2] p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Public works of Great Britain : consisting of railways, rails, chairs, blocks, cuttings, embankments, tunnels, oblique arches, viaducts, bridges, stations, locomotive engines &c : cast iron bridges, iron and gas works : canals, lock gates, centering, masonry and brick work for canal tunnels, canal boats, the London and Liverpool docks, plans and dimensions, dock gates, walls, quays and their masonry, mooring chains : plan of the harbour and port of London, and other important engineering works with descriptions and specifications : the whole rendered of the utmost utility to the civil engineer, to the nobility and gentry, as monuments of the useful arts in this country and as examples to the foreign engineer / edited by F.W. Simms, C.E. ; 153 plates.

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Date:
1838
Physical Description:
[5], viii-xii, 72, 32, 24, 70 pages, [142] leaves of plates in various foliations : illustrations, maps, plans ; 56 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Parlour magic.

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Date:
MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]
Physical Description:
vii, [2], iv-viii, [2],183, [1] pages : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts