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Reprint of article Dreyfus, John, "George Friend 1881-1969 A Memoir." Author's ms inscription on first page illustrated with photograph of George Friend "For Helen + Sandy Berger / who was once a pupil of William Morris's punch cutter, Edward Prince, / and later a friend of / John Dreyfus / Carmel, 20 April 1990"
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Image of a young woman seated at a table next to a bed with clasped hands and gaze cast upwards; a bible and lamp rest on the table in front of her.
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An album with 21 photographs of "Captain" William Sanford Banning's residence, nicknamed "The Barn", located at 1012 West 31st Street, near Hoover Street, in Los Angeles, California. There are views of the interior and exterior, and photographs of the plans for the first and second floors; many of the photographs document details of the intricately carved furniture in the house. Exterior views show the famous and rare cast-iron "Cornstalk" fence, made in 1858 by Wood & Perot of Philadelphia, which originally stood at a New Orleans residence before being purchased by Banning in 1910. The house was demolished around 1930. Note: this house is not the Banning house in Wilmington that appears on the National Register of Historic Places.
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"The Friends of Barsetshire have been inquiring about the progress of various old friends; among them Lydia Merton and her husband, now not only a Q.C., but destined in Coronation Year to further honours. The little town of Northbridge where they live is, of course, having its own Coronation festivities. In these the Mertons have many other old Northbridge friends are involved, including the Provençal scholar Miss Pemberton and her lodger Mr. Downing, who lives take a fresh turn when the charming widow Mrs. Turner comes back to live in the town. It is through the Mertons that Aubrey Clover, the brilliant actor-manager-author, and his wife Jessica Dean promise to put on a little show for the Coronation Entertainment and again through Lydia that the overgrown diffident Lord Mellings, elder son of the Earl of Pomfret, is offered a part in the show. The Coronation Pageant of Northbridge gives Mrs. Thirkell an opportunity for her usual quick observation and effortless humour and we are glad to meet again the incorrigibly good-natured Bunce girls with their happy fatherless children and overflowing good-humour. Our old friend Canon Fewling has been succeeded at St. Sycroax by a delightful young clergyman, a keen amateur actor, whose only grief is that he cannot be martyred in one of the historical episodes. One middle-aged romance comes to an unexpected and happy ending and there is a delicate sketch of calf-love at its best, leaving no grief behind it, and an equally restrained episode between two older people who exchange little more than a few looks. For the cross-word kind of mind there is a traditional country rhyme, discovered by Mr. Wickham, the Mertons' agent, which keeps us guessing till the very last page"--From dust jacket.
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The William H. Helfand Collection contains more than 7,000 European and American prints and ephemera relating to health professions including medical, dental, and mental wellness. The materials date from the 1490s to the early 21st century and contain many social and political cartoons that satirize health practices and practitioners. Noted illustrators represented include French artists Honore Daumier, Gustave Dore, J. J. Grandville, and Emile Vernier; British caricaturists Thomas Rowlandson, George Cruikshank, and James Gillray; and the American cartoonist Thomas Nast.
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"The story of the Royal Ordnance factory managed by J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. for the ministry of supply during the World War of 1939-1945."
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