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ANTIQUARIAN PUBLICATIONS & FACSIMILES.
The Antiquary’s Library.
FIRST SERIES. 3 Vols.
- Vol. I.—FOLK-LORE RELICS of EARLY VILLAGE LIFE. By G. L. GOMME.
- Vol. II.—The GAME and PLAYE of the CHESSE. By CAXTON. Edited by W. E. A. AXON.
- Vol. III.—The HISTORY of FAIRS, ANCIENT and MODERN. By CORNELIUS WALFORD.
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- Vol. I.—COINS and MEDALS: their Place in History and Art. Edited by STANLEY LANE POOLE.
- Vol. II.—THE LIFE OF KING HAROLD: a Mediæval Romance, with Introduction and Notes by WALTER DE GRAY BIRCH.
- Vol. III.—GLEANINGS from the NATURAL HISTORY of the ANCIENTS. By the Rev. M. G. WATKINS, M.A.