Stories
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Restoring disorder to ‘The Book of Disquiet’
Printer Tim Hopkins explains what making an extraordinary new edition of Fernando Pessoa’s book revealed about both the text and the mind.
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A history of sex for sale
Kate Lister’s cultural history of the sex trade puts sex workers centre stage. In this extract, she argues why the way we write, think and talk about sex work matters.
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Renaissance women and their killer cosmetics
In this extract from ‘How to be a Renaissance Woman’, Jill Burke delves into a complex world of beauty products, poison and patriarchy – and reveals the impossible contradictions of femininity faced by 16th-century women.
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The psychology of Ouija
Explore the science behind table tilting and Ouija boards, and discover how the unscrupulous still make money from exploiting the ‘ideomotor’ effect.
Catalogue
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Press Adverts - Horticultural [and domestic household]
Cooper McDougall & Robertson LtdDate: c 1933 - c 1939Reference: WF/C/M/GB/A/02Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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T. Vernor's catalogue, for 1789. A catalogue of books, containing several late purchases, and a good assortment of modern publications, in plain, elegant, and splendid bindings. Which are now Selling, (for ready money) By Thomas Vernor, At No. 10, Birchin-Lane, Cornhill. A Warehouse-Particularly adapted for East and West Indie[s] Commissions. The full value given for libraries or parcels of Books-or Books Exchanged. - Books Bound in the Neatest or Most Elegant Manner. N. B. The Books which are said to be New and Neat, and New and Elegant, are Bound in Calf, and Finished in the very best Manner.
Vernor, Thomas, -1793.Date: 1789]- Books
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State lottery for 1774. The Tickets and Shares of Tickets, The chances of tickets and shares of chances, Are now Selling, in great Variety of Numbers, by, W. Hodges & Co. At their Old Office in Pall-Mall, near the Hay-Market, At their Office, No. 63, New Bond-Street, near Oxford-Street, At their Office, No. 46, Great Queen-Street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, At their Office, No, 144, in the Minories, and at Their Office, No. 43, in Bishopsgate-Street, Without London. No Deduction whatsoever will be made from the Prizes at the above Offices; and the shares examined gratis. Prizes sold by the above Proprietors, viz. Lottery 1770. -. No. 7,836 a Prize of 5,000 32,519 - 2,000 43,649 - 1,000 31,241 - 1,000 Lottery 1771. -. No. 25,872 a Prize of 5,000 30,432 - 2,000 44,187 - 2,000 6,872 - 2,000 Lottery 1772. -. No. 50,066 a Prize of 10,000 11,413 - 5,000 3,343 - 5,000 23,035 - 2,000 And several other Capital Prizes too numerous to insert here. Scheme of the Lottery. No. of Prizes. Value of each. Total Value. 2 of 20,000 is 40,000 4 - 10,000 - 40,000 5 - 5,000 - 25,000 10 - 2,000 - 20,000 20 - 1,000 - 20,000 40 - 500 - 20,000 180 - 100 - 18,000 600 - 50 - 30,000 19,150 - 20 - 383,000 20,011 Prizes First drawn for the first three Days Drawing, 1,000l. each, 3,000 Last Drawn, - 1,000 39,989 Blanks. 60,000 600,000 Prices of Tickets and Shares. - s. d. A Ticket Half Quarter Eighth Sixteenth Thirty-2d Sixty-4th Prices of Chances and Shares of Chances -. s. d. A Chance Half ditto Quarter ditto Eighth ditto Sixteenth do. Thirty-2d do. Not Two Blanks to a Prize. Country Orders strictly obeyed; and every Thing relative to the Lottery transacted with Fidelity. Schemes Gratis. Tickets Registered. Correct Numerical Books kept. The Lottery begins drawing the 14th of November. Tickets and Shares insured from Blanks during the Drawing.
W. Hodges & Co.Date: 1773]- Books
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Magazin des estamps, 1777. A catalogue of a large and capital collection of historical prints, English and foreign portraits, books of prints, drawings and pictures, Containing the Finest Historical Prints, By Raphael, Rubens, Van Dyck, Hollar, And other Great Masters, also a large and very fine collection of Scarce English portraits, By Faithorne, Hollar, Pass, Loggan, Vertue, &c. drawings By the most Esteemed Masters; Fine Capital Pictures By the Greatest Masters: also Fine Books of Prints. In this beautiful Collection are the compleat Works of Hollar, many of which are exceeding rare, some Proofs, and others with Variations. The Whole now Selling, At the Magazin des estamps, In Cockspur-Street, facing the Haymarket; Where may be had Catalogues at 2s. 6d each; as also at Mr. Pinchbeck's Repository. - To prevent Confusion, none can be admitted without a Catalogue.
Magazin des Estampes (London, England)Date: 1777]- Archives and manuscripts
Private Letter Book
Date: February - July 1895Reference: WF/E/11/02Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd