W. Kent & Co's Annual Catalogue, October 1858 — John Shaqi
W. Kent & Co's Annual Catalogue, October 1858W. Kent and Co.
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W. Kent & Co's Annual Catalogue, October 1858
W. Kent and Co.
Publishers' catalogs -- England -- London; W. Kent and Co. -- Catalogs
=Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, complete.= Reprinted from the
Original Edition, with Illustrations by STOTHARD. Crown 8vo, cloth,
7s. 6d.
=Robinson Crusoe=, with numerous Woodcuts by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK and
others. Fcp. 8vo, 3s. 6d. cloth.
=The Young Lady's Oracle=; or, Fortune-telling Book. A Fireside
Amusement, with Plate, 1s. cloth.
USEFUL WORKS.
ONE SHILLING EACH, NEATLY BOUND.
=Etiquette for the Ladies.= Forty-first Edition.
=Etiquette for Gentlemen.= Thirty-fifth Edition.
=Etiquette of Courtship and Matrimony=, with a complete Guide to
the Forms of a Wedding.
=Language of Flowers=, with illuminated Covers, and coloured
Frontispiece.
=Handbook of Pencil Drawing= (Plates).
=A Shilling's Worth of Sense.=
=The Weather Book=: 300 Rules for Telling the Weather.
=The Ball Room Preceptor and Polka Guide.=
=Ball Room Polka=, with Music and Figures.
SCIENTIFIC WORKS, ETC.
=Lectures on the Great Exhibition=, and its Results on the Arts and
Manufactures. Delivered before the Society of Arts, by some of the
most EMINENT MEN of the day. In Two Series, price 7s. 6d. each,
neatly bound in cloth.
=Suggestions in Design=; including Original Compositions in all
Styles, with Descriptive Notes for the use of Artists and Art
Workmen, containing nearly 600 Hints for Workers in Metal, Wood,
Ivory, Glass, and Leather, the Potter, Weaver, Printer in Colours,
Engraver, Decorator, &c. By LUKE LIMNER. 4to, 16s. cloth.
=Year-Book of Facts in Science and Art=; exhibiting the most
important Discoveries and Improvements of the Year, and a Literary
and Scientific Obituary. By JOHN TIMBS, F.S.A., Editor of "The
Arcana of Science." Fcp. 8vo, 5s. cloth.
*** This work is published annually, and contains a complete
and condensed view of the progress of discovery during the
year, systematically arranged, with Engravings illustrative of
novelties in the Arts and Sciences, &c. The volumes, from its
commencement in 1839, may still be had, 5s. each.
"This book does for us what we have not done for ourselves--it
stores up every useful bit of information to be found in the
records of learned societies or announced through scientific and
news journals."--_Globe._
"Ably and honestly compiled."--_Athenaeum._
=The Literary and Scientific Register and Almanack for 1858=; with
an ample Collection of Useful Statistical and Miscellaneous Tables.
Dedicated, by special permission, to H.R.H. the Prince Consort. By
J. W. G. GUTCH, M.R.C.S.L., F.L.S., late Foreign Service Queen's
Messenger. Price 3s. 6d. roan tuck.
"As perfect a compendium of useful knowledge in connection with
Literature, Science, and the Arts, as it is necessary everybody
should have acquaintance with. It is, in short, a little volume
which will save the trouble of hunting through many books of more
pretension, and supply off-hand what, without it, would require
much time and trouble."--_Times._
DICTIONARIES.
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