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Image for Gamage's Christmas Bazaar 1913, being a facsimile reprint of the 1913 Christmas catalogue of A.W. Gamage Ltd of Holborn, London, with some pages from the 1911 General Catalogue

Gamage's Christmas Bazaar 1913, being a facsimile reprint of the 1913 Christmas catalogue of A.W. Gamage Ltd of Holborn, London, with some pages from the 1911 General Catalogue

By: Adburgham, Alison (introduction)

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Newton Abbot, David & Charles: 1974

Seller ID: 013239

ISBN: 0715366084

Condition: Very Good

Very well illustrated, quarto, pp (36), 472, top edge foxed and fore-edge slightly foxed, otherwise a very good copy in a slightly faded dustwrapper. [Gamages began life in 1878 in a rented watch repair shop and, after quickly becoming a success amongst its customers, was established as a London institution. In time it was to grow large enough to take up most of the block on which it was situated. The store finally closed in 1972, but prior to that had been unusual in that its premises were away from the main Oxford Street shopping area, being on the edge of the City of London at Holborn Circu...
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The Top - Universal Toy, Enduring Pastime

By: GOULD, D.W.

Price: £6.50

Publisher: Folkestone, Bailey Brothers & Swinfen Ltd: 1975

Seller ID: 006124

Illustrated, pp xiv, 274, a good copy in a slightly worn and price-clipped dustwrapper. With the attractive bookplate of Betty & Neville Main [The spinning top and its kin.]
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A Gnat May Drink - One Hundred Annotated Games of Chess from 1900 to 1999

By: Hinton, Jonathan

Price: £35.00

Publisher: LCCP: 2012

Seller ID: 013378

ISBN: 0948443995

Condition: Good

Second, revised, edition. Large octavo, pp 416, fore-edge thumbed and very slightly creased, top and bottom edges a little soiled, a few very slightly turned corners, paperback, covers slightly worn, corners creased. SCARCE. [Alan O'Brien's clopy, with his signature on the dedication page.]. {A beautiful annotated games collection - featuring one hundred games from the twentieth century - presented chronologically with one game per year. Indexed by opening name, player name and ECO code. This unique collection of games – one from each year of the twentieth century – is more than a look...
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