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Cruikshank's Comic Almanack. 



Complete in Two Series : the First from 1835 to 1843; the 

 Second from 1844 to 1853. A Gathering of the Best Humour 

 of Thackeray, Hood, /Xayhew, Albert Smith, A'Beckett, 

 Robert Brough, &c. With 2,000 Woodcuts and Steel Kngravings 

 by Cruikshank, Hine, Landells, &c. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt,, 

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THE BEST GUIDE TO HERALDRY. 



Cussans' Handbook of 



Heraldry ; with Instructions for Tracing 

 Pedigrees and Deciphering Ancient MSS.j 

 also, Rules for the Appointment of Liverie.% 

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Cussans' History of Hertfordshire. 



A County History, got up in a very superior manner, and ranging 

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*^* An entirely new History of this important County, great attention being 

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