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|author=Hugh Jefferies
|title=Great Britain Concise Catalogue 2016
|rating=5
|genre=Reference
|summary=It's difficult to believe that it's the 30th anniversary of the first publication of ''Great Britain Concise'', but this is the thirty-first edition, with just under 500 pages and over three and a half thousand illustrations. It feels almost painful to look back to the days when the choice was between the ''Collect British Stamps'' series which never pretended (or pretends) to be more than a checklist (but got many people off to a sound start - myself included) and the specialised series, which is beyond the purse of many amateur collectors. ''Great Britain Concise'' sits comfortably between the two extremes with an affordable cover price.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0852599722</amazonuk>
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|author= Robert Kershaw
|summary=I don't usually start a review by telling you what a book ''isn't'', but in this case it's important. This isn't a light-hearted look at the subject, such as we found in [[Cliches: Avoid Them Like the Plague by Nigel Fountain]] and which - laughing and blushing in equal measure - we shelved under 'trivia'. This book will be shelved under 'reference': it's a rigorous look at the problem with the clichés divided not by subject matter, but grammatically and with an introduction to each section which gives all the information you need to help in making judgements about your own writing. This isn't a book to ''amuse'' you, but to help you to improve your use of words.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0199315736</amazonuk>
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