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Holmes & Mrs. St. Clair
THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP Holmes with Mrs. St. Clair. Date: First published: 1891

Holmes & Hatherley
THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEERs THUMB Holmes pours the engineer Hatherley a brandy-and-water. Date: First published: 1892

Neville St. Clair / 1891
THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP Neville St. Claire as a beggar. Date: First published: 1891

Smallest book, SEM
Smallest book in the world. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the smallest published book in the world. This tiny leather- bound volume measures just 2.4 by 2.9 millimetres in page area

Petrus Apianuss Pascals Triangle, 1527
Early Pascals Triangle. Appearing on the title page of Kauffmans Rechnung (Ingolstadt, 1527) by the German scholar Petrus Apianus

Parachute, 16th century
Parachute in use as a man descends from a tower, coloured 16th century engraving. The engraving entitled " Homo Volans" (flying man) seems to be the first clearly printed

Anatomy and royalty, 17th century. French anatomist Jean Riolan the Younger (lower left, 1577-1657) presenting a treatise on anatomy to the French King Louis XIII (right)

Science book conceptual image
A book of Science

Books on bookshelves

Manual of Workhouse Cookery, cover
The cover of a well used copy of the Manual of Workhouse Cookery, marked Matrons Use in the top left corner. The book was published in 1901 alongside a major revision of workhouse diets

Cover design for The Butterflies Ball
Music cover design for The Butterflies Ball, Air de Ballet, by Clifford Higgin, published by Cary & Co of London. An elegant butterfly couple are depicted, hand in hand

Some Guy by Frank Newbould
An American soldier, with a torch saying Unlimited Manpower, lights a bonfire upon which sits a stuffed guy of Prussian militarism

Lear / Nonsense / Calcutta
There was an Old Man of Calcutta, who perpetually ate bread and butter; Till a great bit of muffin, on which he was stuffing, choked that horrid Old Man of Calcutta

Lear / Nonsense / Cow
There was an Old Man who said, how shall I flee from that horrible cow? I will sit on this stile, and continue to smile, which may soften the heart of that cow

Lear / Nonsense / Parma
There was a Young Lady of Parma, whose conduct grew calmer and calmer; when they said, Are you dumb? she merely said, Hum! that provoking Young Lady of Parma

Lear / Nonsense / Turkey
There was a Young Lady of Turkey, who wept when the weather was murky; When the day turned out fine, she ceased to repine, that capricious Young Lady of Turkey

Lear / Nonsense / Leeds
There was an Old Person of Leeds, whose head was infested with beads; She sat on a stool, and ate gooseberry fool, which agreed with that person of Leeds

Lear / Nonsense / Chin / Pin
There was a Young Lady whose chin, resembled the point of a pin; So she had it made sharp, and purchased a harp, and played several tunes with her chin

Lear / Nonsense / Berlin
There was an Old Person of Berlin, whose form was uncommonly thin; Till he once, by mistake, was mixed up in a cake, so they baked that Old Man of Berlin

Lear / Nonsense / Man & Owl
There was an Old Man with a owl, who continued to bother and howl; He sat on a rail, and imbibed bitter ale, which refreshed that Old Man and his owl

Lear / Nonsense / Dutton
There was an Old Person of Dutton, whose head was as small as a button, So, to make it look big, he purchased a wig, and rapidly rushed about Dutton

Lear / Nonsense / Kamschatka
There was an Old Man of Kamschatka, who possessed a remarkable fat cur; His gait and his waddle, were held as a model, to all the fat dogs in Kamschatka

Lear / Nonsense / Prague
There was an Old Person of Prague, who was suddenly seized with the Plague; But they gave his some butter, which caused him to mutter, and cured that Old person of Prague

Lear / Nonsense / Leghorn
There was an Old Man of Leghorn, the smallest that ever was born; But quickly snapped up he was once by a puppy, who devoured that Old Man of Leghorn

Lear / Nonsense / Apulia
There was an Old Man of Apulia, whose conduct was very peculiar; He fed twenty sons, upon nothing but buns, that whimsical Man of Apulia

Lear / Nonsense / Crete
There was a Young Person of Crete, whose toilette was far from complete; She dressed in a sack, spickle-speckled with black, that ombliferous person of Crete

Lear / Nonsense / Portugal
There was a Young Lady of Portugal, whose ideas were excessively nautical; She climbed up a tree, to examine the sea, but declared she would never leave Portugal

Lear / Nonsense / Poole
There was a Young Lady of Poole, whose soup was excessively cool; So she put it to boil by the aid of some oil, that ingenious Young Lady of Poole

Lear / Nonsense / Sparta
There was an Old Person of Sparta, who had twenty-one sons and one darter ; He fed them on snails, and weighed them in scales, that wonderful Person of Sparta

Lear / Nonsense / Poker
There was an Old Man with a poker, Who painted his face with red oker When they said, You re a Guy! He made no reply, But knocked them all down with his poker

Lear / Nonsense / Quebec
There was an Ol Man of Quebec, a beetle ran over his neck; But he cried, With a needle, I ll slay you, O beadle! that angry Old Man of Quebec

Lear / Nonsense / Russia
There was a Young Lady of Russia, who screamed so that no one could hush her; Her screams were extreme, no one heard such a scream as was screamed by that Lady from Russia

Lear / Nonsense / Rabbits
There was an Old Person whose habits, induced him to feed upon rabbits; When he d eaten eighteen, he turned perfectly green, upon which he relinquished those habits

Lear / Nonsense / Gretna
There was an Old Person from Gretna, who rushed down the crater of Etna; When they said, Is it hot? he replied, No, its not! That mendacious Old Person of Gretna

Lear / Nonsense / Pew
There was Old Man in a pew, whose waistcoat was spotted with blue; But he tore it in pieces to give to his nieces, that cheerful Old Man in a pew

Lear / Nonsense / Flute
There was an Old Man with a flute, a sarpint ran into his boot; But he played day and night, till the sarpint took flight, and avoided that man with a flute

Lear / Nonsense / Basing
There was an Old Person of Basing, whose presence of mind was amazing; He purchased a steed, which he rode at full speed, and escaped from the people of Basing

Lear / Nonsense / Bell
There was an Old Man who said, Well! will nobody answer this bell? I have pulled day and night, till my hair has grown white, but nobody answers this bell!

Lear / Nonsense / Boat
There was an Old Man in a boat, who said, I m afloat, I m afloat! When they said, No you ain t! he was ready to faint, that unhappy Old Man in a boat

Lear / Nonsense / Hurst
There was an Old Person of Hurst, who drank when he was not athirst; When they said, You ll grow fatter, he answered, What matter? That globular Person of Hurst

Lear / Nonsense / Nose
There was a Young Lady whose nose, was so long that it reached to her toes; So she hired an Old Lady, whose conduct was steady, to carry that wonderful nose

Lear / Nonsense / Wales
There was a Young Lady of Wales, who caught a large fish without scales; When she lifted her hook, she exclaimed, Only look! that ecstatic Young Lady of Wales

Lear / Nonsense / The Nile
There was an Old Man of the Nile, who sharpened his nails with a file, Till he cut out his thumbs, and said calmly, This comes of sharpening ones nails with a file! Date: First published: 1846

Lear / Nonsense / The Cape
There was an Old Man of the Cape, who possessed a large Barbary ape, Till the ape one dark night, set the house all alight, which burned that Old Man of the Cape

Lear / Nonsense / Man Post
There was an Old Man of the coast, who placidly sat on a post; But when it was cold, he relinquished his hold, and called for some hot buttered toast

Lear / Nonsense / Man North
There was an Old Man of the North, who fell into a basin of broth; But a laudable cook, fished him out with a hook, which saved that Old Man of the North

Lear / Nonsense / Hague
There was an Old Man of the Hague, whose ideas were excessively vague; He built a balloon to examine the moon, that deluded Old Man of the Hague

Lear / Nonsense / Vesuvius
There was an Old Man of Vesuvius, who studied the works of Vitruvius; When the flames burnt his book, to drinking he took, that morbid Old Man of Vesuvius

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