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Practical guidance for assembling and operating lanterns and commentary on the cultural use of lanterns for travelogues, education, and domestic entertainment. With One Hundred practical illustrations this book is an amazing reference guide. Please see scans provided. Book is still in good sound condition, with clean tight pages. 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Juvenal's sixteen satires offer a vivid, biting portrait of Roman society, while Persius' six satires provide a more stoic, introspective counterpoint. Nineteenth-century editions such as this were used in classical education and remain valued for their scholarly notes. A solid, collectible example of Victorian classical pedagogy and the long tradition of Latin satire in print. Provenance: printed presentation inscription from Edward Craven Hawtrey (1789-1862). Headmaster of Eton (1834-1852), upon his departure from Eton, 1850. 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With an engraved frontispiece portrait of Giovagnoli and numerous in-text wood-engraved illustrations by Cav. Nicola Sanesi; printed in double-column throughout. 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This was published with paper supplied by the Taiwan Handmade Paper Manufacturing Company. The book is in very good clean condition with only a handful of foxing marks, very minimal at front and end pages. The silver envelope casing has protected the book. It is showing some scuffs and wear, discolouration to spine extremities and some creases. There is a small approx. 1 cm tear near flap. 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It is part of the broader veterans' effort to record 'the technical, logistical, and human story of radar operations - a field often overshadowed by flying unit histories. Published in 1992 and limited to 500 copies, this copy is in very clean condition, with only the prior owners name neatly written inside the front cover. Pale blue pictorial covers. Map at back showing RAAF Radar Stations noted within book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Little Shop of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41313652801608,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/2232\/5320\/files\/42451-RAAFRadarinWWII1x5.jpg?v=1786845136"},{"product_id":"raaf-radar-in-wwii-pictorial-iii-an-album-from-all-areas","title":"RAAF Radar in WWII - Pictorial III (An Album from all Areas)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA veteran-compiled photographic album documenting radar stations across all operational areas in WWII. 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