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Catalogue of the Aldenham Library
Excerpt from Catalogue of the Aldenham Library: Mainly Collected by Henry Hucks Gibbs, First Lord Aldenham Three supplements were published to the first volume and one to the second, all bearing date 1898. These supplements, even when cut up and inserted on interleaved pages in the catalogue, rendered it rather confusing, and the additions, made by him before his death, and since by me, have made a new catalogue absolutely necessary. I have decided to revert to the plan of his original catalogue so far as putting all the books under one alphabet is concerned, and somewhat to shorten the description of the rare books. This work has been ably carried out for me by Miss Rudd. In the case of the...
More Precious Than Gold
The sixteenth-century Conquistadors, led by Pizarro, came to Peru for three reasons--God, gold, and glory, but after the initial glory of their conquest they tended to concentrate on gold, rather than God. Direct colonial rule by Spain lasted for almost three hundred years, only ending in 1826, when the last Spanish flag was hauled down from the battlements of Real Felipe Fortress. However, just a few short years after Peru had declared its independence from Spain, the attention of some people in Lima began to focus on a potential source of untold wealth that was to prove more precious than gold. This was guano which, in its greatest concentration, was found on the diminutive Chincha Islands...
The Game of Ombre
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The Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
This book tells the history of the Oxford English Dictionary from its beginnings in the middle of the nineteenth century to the present. The author, uniquely among historians of the OED, is also a practising lexicographer with nearly thirty years' experience of working on the Dictionary. He has drawn on a wide range of sources--including previously unexamined archival material and eyewitness testimony--to create a detailed history of the project. The book explores the cultural background from which the idea of a comprehensive historical dictionary of English emerged, the lengthy struggles to bring this concept to fruition, and the development of the book from the appearance of the first printed fascicle in 1884 to the launching of the Dictionary as an online database in 2000 and beyond. It also examines the evolution of the lexicographers' working methods, and provides much information about the people--many of them remarkable individuals--who have contributed to the project over the last century and a half.
Investment Banking in England 1856-1881 (RLE Banking & Finance)
This and the following volume chart the history of financial institutions in England in the mid-late nineteenth century as well as examining the periods of boom and bust, their causes and effects. Using hitherto unpublished sources from the International Financial Society this book provides an unrivalled record of the development of the modern banking industry.
