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Skeletons Of Mermaids . . .

Patrick Skene Caning CABINETS OF CURIOSITIES by Patrick Mauries Thames & Hudson, £39.95, pp. 256, ISBN 050510911 P rivate collections of miscellaneous oddities, valuable works......

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Mary Keen ADVENTURES OF A COLLECTOR by Alistair McAlpine Allen & Unwin, .E9.99, pp. 248, ISBN 1865087866 A listair McAlpine, one-time treasurer of the Tory party, is not a......