The general hospice
List the general hospice
-
Limited edition, , by bausch & lomb, pearlized general brow barin excellent conditionvintage ray ban 'the general' 50th anniversary sunglasses
210 €
-
The author, a jesuit father, describes the reformist policy of the king, destined to eliminate the social scourge of beggary: in fact, he writes that, for this purpose, his majesty “began from the general hospice founded in the city of turin, housing the poor beggars in the so-called charity hospital] he ordered the other large and small cities of his state to take similar precautions for their poor, with general hospices, if they could, or with offices, or congregations of charity, if they could not make these hospicesbeautiful coeval binding in spotted light brown full leather, embossed in gold; on the boards there is a rule along the edges forming a box, with decorations on the inner corners, in the centre of the front board there is an oval with the embossed emblem of “hospedale generale della carità ” of turin, in the centre of the back cover there is the savoy royal coat of arms, always inside an oval; spine with five ribs in relief, boxes decorated with a floral motif in the middle of ornaments on the corners; edges sprayed with green and redtext in italian; some initial letters and typographical ornaments are made with xylography; on the second and third title pages there is the savoy royal coat of arms, also made with xylographythis also applied to smaller villages, places and lands [our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableafter this happy principle [are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin the catalogue of the leinaudi library there is a book including only the first publication of the volume in questionthe volume, with an interesting binding, includes three publications (the first of which is in the original edition): these texts are a source of primary importance for studying the reign of vittorio amedeo ii of savoy, king of sicily (and later of sardinia)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteviii - ) numbered pages, including the title pages of the three publicationscopy preserved in good condition; it includes abrasions on the spine of the binding; fresh interior, except for some burnished sheets
218 €
-
The general armory of england, scotland, ireland and wales general armory two: alfred morant's additions and corrections to burke's general armory / edited and augmented by cecil rsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
(England)
9 €
-
Oxfam bookshop birmingham an essential toolbox of rules that you and your gaming group can use in any way you like, the general's handbook expands upon the rules of warhammer age of sigmar - and those found in the previous iterations of the general's handbook - in a 136-page softback filled with flexible rules which can be combined in virtually endless waysin very good condition with a few light bumps to cornerssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
8 €
-
On the back, the address was also written by the generalentirely autograph letter by giuseppe lechi, a famous napoleonic general and governor of tuscanyour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableinside the letter, lechi said that he would soon have to leave tuscany again, and showed a deep closeness to the womanare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelechi sent a letter to madama franceschi with a wax seal
110 €
-
Unifying thinking that has never been brought together before in a book for the general reader, barbour reveals the true architecture of the universe and demonstrates how physics is coming up sharp against the extraordinary possibility that the sense of time passing emerges from a universe that is timelessin the end of time, the british theoretical physicist julian barbour describes the coming revolution in our understanding of the world: a quantum theory of the universe that brings together einstein's general theory of relativity, which denies the existence of a unique time, and quantum mechanics, which demands oneoxfam bookshop cheltenham time is an illusionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefinally, in a lucid and eloquent epilogue, the author speculates on the philosophical implications of his theory: does free will exist? is time travel possible? how did the universe begin? where is heaven? does the denial of time make life meaningless? written with exceptional clarity and elegance, this profound and original work presents a dazzlingly powerful argument that all will be able to follow, but no-one with an interest in the workings of the universe will be able to ignorealthough the laws of physics create a powerful impression that time is flowing, in fact there are only timeless 'nows'the heart of the book is the author's lucid description of how a world of stillness can appear to be teeming with motion: in this timeless world where all possible instants coexist, complex mathematical rules of quantum mechanics bind together a special selection of these instants in a coherent order that consciousness perceives as the flow of timebarbour believes that only the most radical of ideas can resolve the conflict between these two theories: that there is, quite literally, no time at allthis is the first full-length account of the crisis in our understanding that has enveloped quantum cosmology
3 €
-
Pears aims to relate the general to the particular within a clearly delineated framework, thereby hoping to make wittgenstein more accessible to students of philosophy and to non-specialiststhe work as a whole is designed to fill a gap in the literature on wittgenstein, and the doctrines and ideas chosen for close discussion are those which the author believes reveal the general structure of wittgenstein's thoughtthis volume covers his later philosophy from onwardsspine is creased, and there are annotations throughout, but the book is otherwise in good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston this is the second of two volumes which describe the development of wittgenstein's philosophy from the "notebooks" and the "tractatus" to "philosophical investigations" and his other later writingsvolume i and ii form a continuous study of wittgenstein's philosophy, but they are designed to be read independently of each otherit traces two lines of thought, one starting from the treatment of solipsism in the "tractatus" and the other developing out of the early theory of language proposed in that book
14 €
-
Oxfam shop colne road jason bourne is in moscow to attend the wedding of his old friend and fellow spymaster general boris karpovbut amid the celebrations, the general has an important message to deliver to bourne - 'a lifeline,' he says, 'for the end of the world'see oxfam website for delivery information read morebefore bourne can decipher this enigmatic warning, karpov's wedding ends in chaos and bloodshedbourne discovers that the russian has betrayed the kremlin to forewarn him of the crippling disaster about to engulf the worldbourne has just four days to discover the nature of the catastrophe and halt itto get to the truth, bourne must first track down an infamous and elusive arms dealer - a man both he and karpov have been hunting for yearswith the clock ticking, bourne follows a labyrinthine path that weaves from the underbelly of moscow to the pyramids of egypt and the war-torn border between syria and turkey as he races to stop a world-threatening conspiracy in its tracks
3 €
-
Oxfam shop portishead relativity - the special and general theory was published by the folio society in with the authorised translation by robert w lawson and introduced by roger penrosesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebinding design by jonathan hitchen the book is in as new condition with a black board slipcase typeset at the folio society in palatino with helvetica displayprinted on caxton wove paper by st edmundsbury press, bury st edmunds and bound by hunter & foulis, edinburgh
(England)
9 €
-
16 x 9 inches, 150 pieces (1 missing - 149) by the the general steam navigation companya lovely vintage item for collectorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebox shows sign of wearoxfam shop ludlow a vintage jigsaw from the famous ships series of the crested eaglegood condition for age
12 €
-
Imperforate stamp of 20 cents belonging to the general franco issue from the yearour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikishipping via registered mailit comes with authenticity report from cplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitef not catalogued still imperforated, only the 35 cents of the same series is catalogued with a value of €800mnh in good condition
169 €
-
Imperforate stamp of 45 cents belonging to the general franco issue from the yearour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikishipping via registered mailit comes with authenticity report from cplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitenever hinged, not catalogued, only the 35 cts one of the same series with a value of €800mnh in good condition
142 €
-
Imperforate stamp of 20 cents belonging to the general franco issue from the yearour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikishipping via registered mailnot catalogued still imperforated, only the 35 cents of the same series is catalogued with a value of €800please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemnh in good condition
144 €
-
Extremely fine block of 4 of the tax n°24 of the general colonies with die of integral sheet cancelled in august in papeete, tahitiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableblock value: 300€are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesuperb block of 4 with the complete corner margin of the postage due n°24 of the french area hand stamped at papeete, tahiti august
36 €
-
Amazing imperforate stamp of 35 cents belonging to the general franco emission from the yearcem certificate includedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikishipping via registered mailplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemnh stamp in good conditionprobably the most beautiful imperforated stamp known from this issue
322 €
-
Oxfam shop brentwood a short history of our own times from the accession of queen victoria to the general election of by justin mccarthysome minor spotting to few pages at front and backbrown leather coversee oxfam website for delivery information read morecrest on front in gilt for stationer's school and school prize label inside for pages with marbled edgesthere is rubbing to edges of spine and wear at corners; also some minor scratches on leather coverthe spine has five raised bands with fancy gilt decorationspages inside in good conditionpublished by chatto & windus
49 €
-
Medal coined in for the general and national agricultural competition, ministry of agriculture of commerce and public works effigy of napoleon iii very rare medalour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe coin will be shipped via insured mailare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwith double authenticity appraisalplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitestunning napoleon iii medal in gold, g, sealed and appraised
1313 €
-
Amazing imperforate stamp of 25 cents belonging to the general franco issue fromour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availables specimen with sheet edge where the perforation error can be seen as it becomes non-perforatedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikishipping via registered mailplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemnh in good condition
201 €
-
Amazing imperforate stamp of 35 cents belonging to the general franco emission from the yearcem certificate includedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikishipping via registered mailplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemnh stamp in good condition
322 €
-
A high quality bronze medal awarded for service in the general strike of may , comes in its original case, diameter of medal 51mm, thickness 2mm
80 €
-
Complete series of the general franco in block of fouroverall good quality(see photographs)edifil specialised catalogue value: €505shipped via registered post
66 €
-
It stresses the common orientation which justifies us in identifying a specifically 'romantic' criticism; but not, i trust, at the cost of overlooking the many important diversities among the writers who concern themselves with the nature of poetry or art, its psychological genesis, its constitution and kinds, its major criteria, and its relation to other original and enduring critics of the time, rather than with the run-of-the-mill reviewers who often had more immediate, though shorter-lived influence on the general reading public the primary concern of this book is with the english theory of poetry, and to a lesser extent of the other major arts, during the first four decades of the nineteenth centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read morejohnston, but there was also a discernible continuity in premises, aims and methodsthere were many important differences between, let us say, horace's art of poetry and the criticism of droxfam bookshop byres road the development of literary theory in the lifetime of coleridge was to a surprising extent the making of the modern critical mindthis continuity was broken by the theories or romantic writers, english and german; and their innovations include many of the points of view and procedures which make the characteristic differences between traditional criticism and the criticism of our own time, including some criticism which professes to be anti-romantic
(England)
4 €
-
But, though plenty has been written about the boffins, and the codebreaking, fictional and non-fiction  from robert harris and ian mcewan to andrew hodges' biography of turing what of the thousands of men and women who lived and worked there during the war? what was life like for them an odd, secret territory between the civilian and the military? sinclair mckay's book is the first history for the general reader of life at bletchley park, and an amazing compendium of memories from people now in their eighties of skating on the frozen lake in the grounds (a depressed angus wilson, the novelist, once threw himself in) of a youthful roy jenkins, useless at codebreaking, of the high jinks at nearby accommodation hostels and of the implacable secrecy that meant girlfriend and boyfriend working in adjacent huts knew nothing about each other's workthe military codes deciphered there were instrumental in turning both the battle of the atlantic and the war in north africasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham bletchley park was where one of the war's most famous  and crucial  achievements was made: the cracking of germany's enigma code in which its most important military communications were couchedthis country house in the buckinghamshire countryside was home to britain's most brilliant mathematical brains, like alan turing, and the scene of immense advances in technology  indeed, the birth of modern computing
3 €
-
The general grant is a bit less white than the othersus grant / indiana elliot / jo the loiterer/ lilian russell / anthony comstock / anne / henrietta m / gloster hemming / jenny reefer / constance fletcher / angel more these lithographs illustrate robert indiana's custome design vfor the virgil thomson / gertrude stein opera "the mother of us all"this portfolio consists of some artist proofs (!) and numbered (edition numbers); different proof & edition numbers; as per the photosour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableonly one set was sold over the years: at christie's (in ) set price for a complete edition was $ (not included the commission costs of 25%) i sold one set on catawiki last month - i am now selling my last set! this is in the only complete set which is currently being sold in the worldare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikion the photo's you see some little crease on the right side /middlethe set is in "perfect" condition"; only very little side (not he print itself) mini creasesthe publisher told me this is because of the paper (every single print was stored in a drawer/ room temperatureit is not on lithograph itselves! sory for this photo imperfection the prints in the set are susan b / gertrude s / genri 's involvement withe thomson and various productions of the opera began in allready! and culminated in a bicentennial production by the santa fe opera in these 13 lithographs shipped by registered mail with insurance#exclusiveartweek read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteplease note - this is my camera problemprovenance: directly from several collectors (usa during era robert indiana (ri) - the mother of us all 13 lithographs complete portfolio bonus: the original serigraph mother of us all (see also last picture) silkscreen/serigraph - signed / numbered in pencil- proofs: 26 image size: as per the item information printer: fernand mourlon paris publisher: intended for publication by leon amiel paris provenance: robert indiana prints catalogue raisonne (page ) (this is the "robert indiana prints "bible") - also as per the pictures i have severely check all auction results from almost every auction in the world (artnet)
2678 €
-
Finally appearing in , the origin of species was aimed at the general public rather than scientistsit was an immediate success, with the entire first printing oversubscribed and a second edition planned immediatelyan american edition was published in and numerous foreign translations were printedin total, six editions were published during darwin’s lifetime, each with important revisions, including the first use of the term “evolution” in the sixth editiondarwin expanded on his theories in later works, such as the descent of man, his first book to argue explicitly that humans were animals shaped by evolutionthe origin of species - by charles darwin sixth edition!! - this was the first edition in which he used the word evolution - this was the last edition published during darwin's lifetime this edition has been climbing in value year after year already a scientific star upon his return to england, charles darwin published an exciting travel memoir and important works on geology and fossils, while continuing to develop his ideas on evolution in secret
900 €
-
Introductory chapters cover the general ecology and climate of the region, and describe the structure of the book and how to use ithas a couple of the previous owner's annotations in the textsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehas clear adhesive covering applied to the covers, and has name of previous owner on cover pageillustrated by renowned botanical artist marjorie blamey, and written by leading field botanist christopher grey;wilson, this field guide will enable anyone to identify the wild plants found in this lovely and diverse region book condition good, covers and spine unmarked and all pages crisp and cleanit covers portugal, spain, france, corsica, italy, sardinia, sicily, the balkans, greece, crete, cyprus, turkey, syria, lebanon, israel, egypt, libya, tunisia, algeria and morocco; in all over plant species are describedoxfam bookshop shaftesbury this book is the standard field guide to the flowers, fruit trees, grasses and ferns found in the countries bordering the mediterranean
30 €
-
Oxfam bookshop newport the aim of this series it to interest the general reader in the wild life of britain by recapturing the inquiring spirit of the old naturalistslightly and evenly tannedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresuperficial scuffs, marks and discolourationgreen cloth covered boards with gilt text to spinethis volume focuses on the flora and fauna of coastal areasthe plants and animals are described in relation to their homes and bahitatstext block is clean and tight and free from annotation and marginalia
9 €
-
See oxfam website for delivery information read moreset in a galaxy far, far away after the events of 'star wars episode ii - attack of the clones' () and before 'star wars episode iii - revenge of the sith' (), the series follows the adventures of obi-wan kenobi (voice of james arnold taylor), his apprentice, anakin skywalker (matt lanter), and rebellious female jedi fighter ahsoka tano (ashley eckstein)the episodes are: 'water war', 'gungan attack', 'prisoners', 'shadow warrior', 'mercy mission', 'nomad droids', 'darkness on umbara', 'the general', 'plan of dissent', 'carnage of krell', 'kidnapped', 'slaves of the republic', 'escape from kadavo', 'a friend in need', 'deception', 'friends and enemies', 'the box', 'crisis on naboo', 'massacre', 'bounty', 'brothers' and 'revenge'oxfam shop wellington the complete fourth season of the cgi-animated series
34 €
-
Oxfam bookshop cheltenham there was immense excitement in the scientific community and among the general public when the cobe space probe sent back data that proved not only that the big bang had happened but also that it had happened at more or less exactly the time that astronomers had calculatedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhat does it mean to say that the universe appeared out of nothing? did it need a beginning, and will it ever end? why do we think that most of the universe is invisible?the ideas that cosmologists are wrestling with are challenging and extraordinary: here they are explained with unfailing fluencybarrow describes these finds and then goes on to explain how they allow us to reach back and shed light upon events at the dawn of time
3 €
-
The series examines the everyday lives of sailors living on the vessel, from the general routines and responsibilities which the crew carry out daily, to the unforeseen rescue of a us sailor aboard another shipsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music islington bbc documentary, first aired in the s, chronicling life aboard the hms ark royal iv, a ton british aircraft carrier
95 €