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Life & letters at Bath in the xviijth century / by A. Barbeau ; with a preface by Austin Dobson.

Literature saving the past from destruction by Time, in the form of a winged old man with a scythe. Etching by L. du Guernier.

Antiquities of Mexico: comprising fac-similes of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, preserved in the Royal Libraries of Paris, Berlin, and Dresden; in the Imperial Library of Vienna; in the Vatican Library; in the Borgian Museum at Rome; in the Library of the Institute at Bologna; and in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. Together with the Monuments of New Spain, by M. Dupaix: with their respective scales of measurement and accompanying descriptions. The whole illustrated by many valuable inedited manuscripts / by Lord Kingsborough; the drawings, on stone, by A. Aglio.

Apollo, god of literature, plays his harp; a town goes about its rituals. Engraving by J. Sadeler after J. van der Straet, 1594.

La higiene municipal en la obra de Francisco Mendez Alvaro (1806-1883) / José Luis Fresquet Febrer.

The Elizabethan world picture / by E.M.W. Tillyard.

Weep not for me : women, ballads, and infanticide in early modern Scotland / Deborah A. Symonds.

The Latin-Arabic glossary of the Leiden University Library : a contribution to the study of Mozarabic manuscripts and literature / P. Sj. van Koningsveld.

La perfection de l'homme selon Galien / Vincent Barras et Terpsi Birchler.

Reproductive rights : who decides? / Vicki Oransky Wittenstein.

How babies and families are made : (there is more than one way) / by Patricia Schaffer ; illustrated by Suzanne Corbett.

Can I tell you about ADHD? : a guide for friends, family and professionals / Susan Yarney ; illustrated by Chris Martin.

The North American review

Can I tell you about dyslexia? : a guide for friends, family, and professionals / Alan M. Hultquist ; illustrated by Bill Tulp.

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Reproductive rights : who decides? / Vicki Oransky Wittenstein.

How babies and families are made : (there is more than one way) / by Patricia Schaffer ; illustrated by Suzanne Corbett.

Can I tell you about ADHD? : a guide for friends, family and professionals / Susan Yarney ; illustrated by Chris Martin.

The North American review

Can I tell you about dyslexia? : a guide for friends, family, and professionals / Alan M. Hultquist ; illustrated by Bill Tulp.