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1888

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Red embossed rexine hard cover, with gold lettering. On front cover 1/- (1 shilling). Ninetieth edition, revised & enlarged. Author - teacher of Memory: Lecturer at the Royal Polytechnic Institution, Lond., Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Crystal Palace School of Art, Science, and Literature; Professor of Memory at the City of London College; Late of the Royal Colosseum. 286 pages, black & white illustrations. Addenda 282-286. List of works by the author. Frontis: William Stokes from a Pen and Ink Drawing after a Photograph. Written in pencil on front end paper is 'J. Robinson Albany 1 Aug 1890'.

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cwa-org-51-B2008.80

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STOKES, William

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Practical Treatise upon the Improvement of the Memory. Mid 1800's.

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Tuesday, 22 September, 2020

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