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Keith S. Thomson.
Treasures on Earth: Museums, Collections and Paradoxes.

Published London: Faber and Faber, 2002.
ISBN 0571212956.
ISBN-13: 9780571212958.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: Clays Ltd., St. Ives plc.
Size: 133×214×9mm.
Page count: xiii,114pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this copy has the usual scuffs and marks on its covers and page edges, noticeable but not severe, a little wear on the edges with the corners starting to curl; in other respects doesn’t look heavily used, the spine is not creased from reading and the text appears to be free of marking.


This item £6.00
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[Publisher’s price £12.99]
Weight without packaging: 160g.

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Presents “some disturbing and probing questions” on the rationale behind our museums: no medieval emphasis.

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