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The Avon & Severn from Pen Pole Point.
The Avon & Severn from Pen Pole Point.
Drawn by M.H. Holmes. Clerk & Co. lith.rs 808 High Holborn.
Published by George Davey, 1 Broad Street, Bristol. [n.d., c.1840.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 230 x 290mm, 9 x 11½".
A view from Penpole Point looking down onto the Avon entering the Severn Estuary, with ocean-point shipping.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 26417]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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A sketch from the Central Board of Health or The Real Ass-i-Antic Cholera!!
A sketch from the Central Board of Health or The Real Ass-i-Antic Cholera!!
[by Henry Heath.] W. Clerk lith, 41 Dean St Soho.
[Published by S.W. Fores, 1832.]
Lithograph. Sheet 280 x 395mm (11 x 15½"). Trimmed top and bottom, losing publication line, laid on album paper.
A group of doctors parade a dummy with a skeleton's head representing cholera: a group of people run screaming from it. A doctor is shouting through a loud speaker: "Contagious to all but doctors!" A satire on the Board of Health set up when the second cholera pandemic (1826-37, also known as the Asiatic cholera pandemic), reached England in 1831. It depicts the board (Sir William Pym, Sir William Burnett, Sir B. Martin, Sir James McGrigor) as scaremongers, profiterring from fees charged for quarantining patients.
Wellcome 11405i.
[Ref: 54378]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Booker's Tower. Guilford. Erected 1839.
Booker's Tower. Guilford. Erected 1839.
Sketched & Drawn on Stone by E.C. Duncumb. Printed by W. Clerk, 202 High Holborn.
Published by E. Andrews, 61 High St. Guilford.
Lithograph. Sheet: 280 x 225mm (11 x 9"), with very large margins.
A view of Booker's tower built by mayor of Guilford, Charles Booker in memory of his sons completed in 1839 it was used to commemorate the wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. It was also used by scientist John Rand Capron in his experiments with light.
[Ref: 43664]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[Robert Burns] Farewell! Ye Bonny Banks of Ayr.
[Robert Burns] Farewell! Ye Bonny Banks of Ayr.
W. Clerk, lith, 202 High Holborn.
Published by T. Paine, Holywell St., Strand [n.d., c.1840].
Lithograph. Sheet 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼").
A youthful Robert Burns in tartan trousers with walking stick, arm lifted, adoring Scots behind.
[Ref: 49486]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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Caught at Last [to rock in image].
Caught at Last [to rock in image]. Sporting Tableaux. No.3.
W. Clerk lith, 202 High Holborn.
Published by O. Hodgson, 111 Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1840.]
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 280 x 375mm. 11 x 14¾". Some surface soiling; crease through lower left corner.
A terrier has a fox firmly by the neck and is dragging his quarry out from the undergrowth. This dramatic central scene is framed by (uncoloured) vignettes, including hunting horn, guns and equipment, and two pointers to lower left and right corners. For a sporting series.
[Ref: 19453]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Defford Bridge. Designed to Carry The Birmingham and Gloucester Railway over the River Avon Worcestershire 1839.
Defford Bridge. Designed to Carry The Birmingham and Gloucester Railway over the River Avon Worcestershire 1839. Span of each Arch 58 Feet. Height above Water Line 28 Feet. Capt. W.S. Moorson Eng.r.
F.I. Dolby, del. Clerk & Co. lithog: 202, High Holborn.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 330 x 460mm (13 x 18"). A few repairs.
The Defford Bridge, with a locomotive crossing. The bridge was a major feature of Captian William Scarth Moorsom's (1804 - 1863) Birmingham and Gloucester railway, which opened in 1841. Moorsom was awarded the Telford Medal for his method of using cast iron caissons filled with concrete to form the foundations of the three-arch viaduct which spans the river Avon near Tukesbury.
[Ref: 57103]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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''Your Thoughts are upon a Dark Man, My Dear'',
''Your Thoughts are upon a Dark Man, My Dear'', and ''You'll have 18 Children.''
W. Clerk, lith, 202 High Holborn.
London Published by Glover & Co, Water Lane, Fleet St. [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼").
A gypsy reads a young woman's palm. ''Designed for & presented GRATIS with No. 118 of the FLY''.
[Ref: 49492]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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The Fox Hunter, Or the Delights of the Chase.
The Fox Hunter, Or the Delights of the Chase. Written & Sung by James Martin, of the Theatre Royal Norwich. Dedicated by Permission to Sir G.H. Smyth. Bart. MP. Composed by John Pindar, Author of the 'Wandering Beggar Boy.'' ''Tho. Long Oppress'd''. "Come Bacchus &c &c.
W. Clerk lith. 202 High Holborn.
London. Published by Metzler & Co. 105 Wardour S.t for C.H. Bianchi, Ipswich [n.d., c.1850].
4to, disbound; scarce illustrated lithographic cover & 8pp. of music. With partial dedication inscription on cover, back sheet with damp stain.
With an illustration of a hunt's meet on the front cover. East Anglian interest.
[Ref: 58841]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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The Deuce take the Gout.
The Deuce take the Gout. Designed for & presented GRATIS with No. 116 of the FLY!
W. Clerk, lith, 202 High Holborn.
London Published by Glover & Co, Water Lane, Fleet St. [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼"). Tear reaching image taped.
A portly man exclaims in pain as he kneels to pay court to a much younger woman.
[Ref: 49522]   £50.00   (£60.00 incl.VAT)
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Our Early Days. No.1. Now I'm Grandfather. [&] Now I'm Grandmother.
Our Early Days. No.1. Now I'm Grandfather. [&] Now I'm Grandmother.
[After T.C. Wilson.] W.Clerk, lith, 202 High Holborn.
Published by O. Hodgson, 111 Fleet Street. [&] Published by Plummer & Co. 457 Strand. [n.d. c.1840.]
A very fine pair of lithograph with hand-colour and added gum arabic. 354 x 260mm (4 x 10¼").
A little boy sitting back in an armchair reading the Evening Herald whilst smoking a pipe; his feet don't quite reach the footstool. On the table to the side is some sherry and jug omitting steam. [&] A little girl in an armchair by the fire. She appears to be knitting a hat, whilst a kitten plays with the ball of wool on the carpet.
[Ref: 16291]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
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Funny Ideas-No. 1. A Fine Growing Shower!
Funny Ideas-No. 1. A Fine Growing Shower! Oh Lord, Here's a Move! But I know How its Happened [/] I Got Drunk Last Night, Coming from Chapel, and Laid Down in a [/] Market Garden...
Printed by W. Clerk, 202 High Holborn.
Published at Hodgson's Wholesale Print Warehouse, 111 Fleet St.
A fine hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 380 x 280mm (15 x 11").
A comic scene in which a comic figure looks suprised at the fact that vegetables have suddenly sprouted on his umbrella and he reckons it is because he fell asleep in a market garden.
[Ref: 46635]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Harry Bluff.
Harry Bluff. Gem. 29.
W. Clerk, lith, 202 High Holborn.
Published by T. Paine, Holywell St., Strand [n.d., c.1840].
Lithograph. Sheet 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼").
An illustration of a ballad: in the midst of a sea battle the plucky British tar is killed as he nails the Union flag to the mast with the butt of his pistol.
[Ref: 49488]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Here's a Health to all Good Lass'es.
Here's a Health to all Good Lass'es. Gem. 37.
W. Clerk, lith, 202 High Holborn.
Published by T. Paine, Holywell St., Strand [n.d., c.1840].
Lithograph. Sheet 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼").
A young man raises a glass towards the viewer, a pair of admiring young girls watching through a doorway. On the table are two pineapples and a decanter.
[Ref: 49494]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Ileen Oge.
Ileen Oge. Wan was her cheek which hung on my shoulder, / Damp was her hand, no marbel was colder, / I felt that I never again should behold her, / Ah Vurneen delish ileen oge. Gem. 21.
W. Clerk, lith, 202 High Holborn.
Published by T. Paine, Bride Lane, Fleet St. [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼").
An Irish soldier takes his leave of his love, Ileen Oge, to fight overseas. Having saved his pay for their reunion, he returns to find her dead. An illustration of a ballad.
[Ref: 49491]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Jenny Jones.
Jenny Jones. Yes, indeed, and all countries so foreign and beautiful, / That little valley I prize far above, / For indeed in my heart, I do love that Llangollen, /And sweet Jenny Jones too, in truth I do love. Gem. 9.
W. Clerk, lith, 202 High Holborn.
Published by T. Paine, Bride Lane, Fleet St. [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼").
A Welsh rover returns to his childhood sweetheart in Llangolen. Behind is the Chirk Aqueduct. An illustration of a ballad.
[Ref: 49490]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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Kate Kearney.
Kate Kearney. / For that eye is so modestly beaming, / You'd ne'er think of mischief she's dreaming. / Yet Oh! I can tell how fatal's the spell, / That lurks in the eye of Kate Kearney. Gem. 10.
W. Clerk, lith, 202 High Holborn.
Published by T. Paine, Holywell St., Strand [n.d., c.1840].
Lithograph. Sheet 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼").
Kate Kearney, a fabled Irish beauty who distilled Poitín (Poteen or Potcheen) in her cottage in the Gap of Dunloe, Killarney. Immortalised in a 32-line ballad which continues 'And who dare inhale her mouth's spicy gale, / Must die by the breath of Kate Kearney'. An illustration of a ballad.
[Ref: 49489]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Kitty of Colerain.
Kitty of Colerain. Gem. 5.
W. Clerk, lith, 202 High Holborn.
Published by T. Paine, Bride Lane, Fleet St. [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼").
A young Irish couple. An illustration to a ballad possibly by Edward Lysaght (1763-c.1811), famously sung by Bing Crosby in ''Top of the Morning'', 1949.
[Ref: 49485]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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The Lass of Gowrie.
The Lass of Gowrie. Gem. 4.
W. Clerk, lith, 202 High Holborn.
Published by T. Paine, Bride Lane, Fleet St. [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼").
A young Scots couple, both wearing tartan. An illustration to a ballad by Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne (1766-1845), a writer best known for her Jacobite songs ''Will ye no' come back again?'' and ''Charlie is my Darling''.
[Ref: 49484]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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A Scene at Margate.
A Scene at Margate.
[Engraved by W. Clerk, after T. C. Wilson.]
[Published by F. Glover, Water Lane, Fleet Street.] [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Trimmed, losing inscriptions.
A pretty girl walking along a low pier lifts her skirts to avoid the wash from the sea, exposing her legs. A plate from no.129 of 'The Fly'.
[Ref: 52065]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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The Opera.
The Opera.
W. & J.O. Clerk lithog 202 High Holborn.
Published by T. Pewtress 67 Newington Causeway, & Ackermann & Co 96 Strand [n.d., c.1840].
Finely hand-coloured lithograph with gum arabic, sheet 365 x 265mm (14¼ x 10½"). Some staining.
A young lady in her box at an operatic performance; leaning on the parapet, she holds an opera glass in her gloved right hand.
[Ref: 22593]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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Perch
Perch
Lithographed by W. Clerk 202 High Holborn.
London, J & F Harwood 26 Fenchurch S.t [n.d., c.1845].
Lithograph with fine hand colour. Sheet 255 x 335mm (10 x 13¼").
A fish lying on leaves.
[Ref: 56604]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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Beware of a Dark Man.
Beware of a Dark Man.
Printed by W. Clerk, 202 High Holborn.
Published by O. Hodgson 111, Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1835.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 250 x 210mm (9¾ x 8¼''). Foxing.
A scene in a wood in which a woman carrying a baby distracts a well-dressed young woman while a man steals from her pocket.
[Ref: 48912]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Mr Power. The Popular Comedian.
Mr Power. The Popular Comedian. Tyrone Power [facsimile signature.] Designed for & presented Gratis with No 124 of The Fly.
W. Clerk lith, 102 High Holborn.
London published by Glover & Co, Water Lanem Fleet St.
Lithograph. Sheet 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"). Small tear in edge.
Portrait of (William Grattan) Tyrone Power (1795 - 1841), Irish stage actor, comedian, author and theatrical manager.
[Ref: 51368]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Reform Act] Reform.
[The Reform Act] Reform. Presented with the Weekly Dispatch, 1st Janury, 1832.
T. Watson. W.Clerk lith 41 Dean St Soho.
[1832.]
Lithograph. Printed area 195 x 150mm (7¾ x 6"). Inscription weakly inked.
Britannia stands with her lion beside her, holding a huge flag with a pennant inscribed 'Reform', with the profiles of William IV, Brougham, Grey, Russell, and Burdett in the folds. On the left a ship, the 'Reform', is under full sail; the 'Anti-Reform' sinks. A puzzle print with hidden profile heads.
BM Satires 16924.
[Ref: 66224]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Robert of Burlington Bay.
Robert of Burlington Bay. Gem. 22.
W. Clerk, lith, 202 High Holborn.
Published by T. Paine, Holywell St., Strand [n.d., c.1840].
Lithograph. Sheet 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼").
A shipwrecked sailor is found unconscious on Bridlington Beach by a young woman, probably an illustration of a ballad. The name of this Yorkshire coastal town changed from Burlington to Bridlington in the late 19th century.
[Ref: 49487]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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Smugglers Alarmed. Fly No 6. [&] Smugglers Attacked.
Smugglers Alarmed. Fly No 6. [&] Smugglers Attacked.
W. Clerk, lith, 202 High Holborn.
[Published by F. Glover, Water Lane, Fleet Street.] [n.d., c.1840.]
Pair of lithographs. Sheets 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Trimmed, losing publisher's inscriptions.
Two scenes: in the interior of a cottage the smugglers hear the approaching excise men; then the door is forced open and shots are fired. From 'The Fly' magazine.
[Ref: 52066]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
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Spaniel.
Spaniel.
Lithographed by W. Clerk, 202, High Holborn.
Published at Hodgson's Wholesale Print Warehouse 111 Fleet [Street]. [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph on india paper, image 230 x 195mm. 9 x 7¾". Hole to lower right margin, outside india.
Study of a Springer(?) spaniel's head, very similar in format to 'The Sportsman's Kennel' series of lithographs of the heads of sporting dogs by Thomas Fairland c.1833-1835.
[Ref: 19449]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Her Most Gracious Majesty & Escort Leaving The Palace, St. James's Park.  No.1 - A Series of Birds eye Views taken on the day of Her Majestys Coronation. -  June 28th. 1838.
Her Most Gracious Majesty & Escort Leaving The Palace, St. James's Park. No.1 - A Series of Birds eye Views taken on the day of Her Majestys Coronation. - June 28th. 1838. [&] Hyde Park Fair. No.2 - A Series of Birds eye Views taken on the day of Her Majestys Coronation. - June 28th. 1838.
W. Clerk, lith, 202 High Holborn.
Published by G.S. Tregear, 96, Cheapside, London.
Pair of coloured lithographs, images 240 x 422mm & 271 x 396mm. Tears from edges, one just into image lower left [&] Tear into image at top. Water stain below title.
[Ref: 7671]   £650.00   view all images for this item
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The Sylphide Queen Descending.
The Sylphide Queen Descending. The Queen - Her Majesty. Donald. - Dan O'Connel. Hela. - the King of Hanover. Tory Imp. - Duke of Wellington.
W. Clerk, Lithog. 202 High Holborn.
Published by F. Clover, No 1 Water Lane, Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1837.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 215 x 260mm (8½ x 10¼").
Queen Victoria as the sylph being greeted by a tartan-clad 'Daniel O'Connell, with Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and a bat-winged Duke of Wellington in the background. A satire on the popular ballet 'La Sylphide', choreographed by Filippo Taglioni in 1832, and a second version choreographed by August Bournonville in 1836 (now the oldest surviving ballet).
[Ref: 56386]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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The New Church From The Common.
The New Church From The Common.
Lithographed by W. Clerk 202 High Holborn.
Published by R. Nash, Royal Library, Parade, Tunbridge Wells. [n.d., c.1830.]
Very rare lithograph, sheet 250 x 315mm (10 x 12½"). Some foxing and some surface dirt largely in margins. Some creasing that goes into the image.
A birds eye view of a church, houses and a common. Presumably in Tunbridge Wells. Possibly Holy Trinity Church, consecrated on 3rd September 1829, in 1982 it became Trinity Theatre.
[Ref: 58574]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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Tunbridge Wells Chapel.
Tunbridge Wells Chapel.
Lithographed by W. Clerk, 202 High Holborn.
Published by R. Nash, Royal Library, Parade, Tonbridge Wells. [n.d., c.1830.]
Hand coloured lithograph on india laid paper, sheet 240 x 320mm. 9½ x 12½". Some marginal spotting.
Rare and attractive locally-published view of the church of King Charles the Martyr, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; carriages, figures, and animals to foreground.
Abbey Scenery: undescribed. For a collection of views in the vicinity by the same publisher see 328.
[Ref: 15689]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington. et al.] A Tory Dinner Party. Presented with No.13 of The Fly.
[Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington. et al.] A Tory Dinner Party. Presented with No.13 of The Fly. Duke of Wellington. Sir Rb.t Peel. Sir Ch.s Wetherhall. Sir Fr.s Burdett. L.d Lyndhurst.
W. Clerk, Lithog, 202 High Holborn.
Pub.d by F. Glover, No 1 Water Lane, Fleet St.
Rare lithograph. Sheet 210 x 250mm (8¼ x 9¾").
Caricature portraits of Conservative politicians standing for a toast.
[Ref: 58081]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Juvenile Companions. No. 8. The Young Anglers.
Juvenile Companions. No. 8. The Young Anglers.
W. Clerk. Lith 202, High Holborn.
Published at Hodgeson's Wholesale Print Warehouse. 111, Fleet St. [n.d., c.1840.]
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 205 x 160mm, 8 x 6¼".
A boy with a stick rod standing by a stream, his younger sibling seated behind, holding a fish.
[Ref: 24673]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Zumalacarregui. Vainqueur de Sarsfield, Sola, Guesada, Rodel, Mina & Valdes [facsimile signature].
Zumalacarregui. Vainqueur de Sarsfield, Sola, Guesada, Rodel, Mina & Valdes [facsimile signature].
Dessine d'apres nature par un Officier de sa Cavalerie. Lith. By W. Clerk, 202 High Holborn.
[n.d. c.1830].
Rare lithograph on india paper. 200 x 150mm (8 x 6") very large margins. Some surface dirt. Some small tears in margins.
Tomas de Zumalacarregui [1788 - 1835]. Spanish Carlist general. A professional soldier, he fought against the French in the Peninsular War (1808-14) and supported the absolutist cause during the disturbances of 1820-23. When King Ferdinand VII died (1833), Zumalacárregui supported the claim of Ferdinand's brother Don Carlos to the throne. He was undefeated until his death in the siege of Bilbao in 1835.
[Ref: 53663]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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