100 books from the libraries of the National Trust

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schema:creator Lewis, Yvonne
schema:contributor Brown, Michelle P.
Pye, Tim
Thwaite, Nicola
National Trust
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schema:abstract "The National Trust looks after almost half a million books and manuscripts held in libraries across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This beautifully illustrated volume brings together a selection of 100 rare and fascinating examples spanning the 8th to the 21st centuries. '100 Books from the Libraries of the National Trust' includes illuminated medieval manuscripts ; the Trust's oldest atlas, with maps of the ancient world ; a volume from Henry VIII's library ; a book inscribed in blood ; an Arabic manuscript on horsemanship ; a very early book on swimming ; the largest volume of botanical drawings ever produced ; marches by Joseph Haydn ; a library of miniature children's books ; Dame Ellen Terry's annotated working copy of Shakespeare's Macbeth ; the first book ever printed in Antarctica ; Virginia Woolf's handwritten manuscript for her novel Orlando ; and John Lennon's treasured childhood copy of Richmal Crompton's William the Gangster."@en
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