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A History of Advertising, 



From the Earliest Times. Illustrated by Anecdotes, Curious 

 Specimens, and Biographical Notes of Successful Advertisers. 

 By HENRY SAMPSON. 



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Art emus IVard's Works : 



The Works of CHARLES FARRER BROWNE, better known as 

 ARTEMUS WARD. With Portrait, facsimile of Handwriting, &c. 



" The author combines the powers of Thackeray with those of Albert Smith. 

 The salt is rubbed in with a native hand one which has the gift of tickling." 

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As Pretty as Seven, 



and other Popular German Stories. Collected by LUDWIG 

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 and 100 Illustrations by RICHTER. 



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A Handbook of London Bankers ; 



With some Account of their Predecessors, the Early Goldsmiths ; 

 together with Lists of Bankers, from 1677 to 1876. By F. G. 

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Bards ley's Our English Surnames: 



Their Sources and Significations. By CHARLES WAREING 

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Baker's Clouds in the East: 



Travels and Adventures on the Perso-Turkoman Frontier. By 

 VALENTINE BAKER. Second Edition, revised and corrected. 



This book, written by General Valentine Baker Pasha in 1876, bears directly 

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