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Two tall quarto sized Zerkal pages containing background information and the Gower's opening lines from Pericles. Some of the city titles and the Gower's opening lines are printed in red, purple or blue ink. The Gower's lines in the middle of the…

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A cropped image of the title page for Pericles, Prince of Tyre. The type-faces are Poliphilus and Blado. The title itself is in purple--a thematic color for this particular edition. The light gray lettering in the centre of the spread is…

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Two tall quarto sized Zerkal pages containing the title page information of Barbarian Press's edition of Pericles.The type-faces are Poliphilus and Bando. The pale blue calligraphy, centre page, was drawn by Andrea Taylor.

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Two quarto size Zerkal pages with Andrea Taylor's calligraphic presentation of the Gower's opening lines.

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Two Zerkal pages containing an image of Pericles and Marina reuniting after years of separation, surrounded by text. The image came from a woodcut carved by Simon Brett.

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Purple goat leather cover of The Play of Pericles Prince of Tyre. Stamped gold title. Tall quarto format.

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Bookplate designating The Cannibal Islands by R. M. Ballantyne as an award for attendance at the St. James' Cathedral Sunday School, Toronto, received by A. Sinclair and signed by superintendent Arthur W. Grassett.

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a photo taken by iPhone of an illustration from Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

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An illustration by Arthur Rackham. Edwardian Children's Literature, illustrations

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A self-portait of famed early 20th century illustrator, Arthur Rackham.

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6 illustrated plates spread across 2 volumes of the first collected edition of The Haunted Hotel

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Diagram Showing Differences in Eastern and Western Readings of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam Based on The Wine of Wisdom by Mehdi Aminrazavi

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A sample of Dutch paper, pasted into the introduction of "Pages and Pictures from Forgotten Children's Books."

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The frontispiece to "Pages and Pictures from Forgotten Children's Books," edited by Andrew W. Tuer. Stamped at the bottom in blue ink by Victoria College Library.

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Portrait found in Thorreau: His Home, Friends, and Books by Annie Russell Marble

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Back cover of first edition The Moons of Jupiter by Alice Munro

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First edition cover of Alice Munro's short story collection The Moons of Jupiter

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Poem "The End of the Month" by Algernon Charles Swinburne

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Portrait of the artist Paul Klee in Jena.
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