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History & ephemera · SussexThe Naval Captain Who Followed ButterfliesThe remarkable story of Captain Tristan Dannreuther (1872–1963), revealed by a forgotten piece of correspondence.
Inscribed copies · Art & the Second World WarThe Gallery in a BookTwo copies of Kenneth Clark's One Hundred Details from Pictures in the National Gallery (1938), one inscribed in July 1943, when the paintings were hidden in a Welsh slate quarry.
Book litter · OperaA Card From Glyndebourne, 1983Tucked inside an English National Opera guide to Rossini's La Cenerentola: a typed card from Glyndebourne's Information Office, thanking someone for their cheque in the spring of 1983.
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