Views of aberystwyth
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views of aberystwythfor reverse of one of the cards, see image 2some scuffs on card backgroundoxfam bookshop newport 2 panoramic cards from (probably) the s for the halfpenny packet postsee oxfam website for delivery information read moregood condition for age
4 €
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Full title: a series of picturesque views of seats of noblemen and gentlemen of great britain and irelandplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitea publication wanted by a list of titled subscribers, representing the noblest families of great britain and irelandsix volumes, ppvolume one to sixfirst edition of this important collection of 240 beautiful large-format plates, colour chromo-lithographs (each protected by tissue) including the colourful frontispieces that describe english historical mansionsall edges are goldenprecious colourful lithograph series depicting seats of nobles and gentlemen of great britain and irelandwilliam mackenziepp: vol 1: iv, 90pps, [2], 40 plates vol 2: iv, 80pps, 40 plates vol 4: iv, 82pps, 40 plates vol 5: iv, 80pps, 40 plates vol 6: iv, 88pps, 40 plates each volume contains 40 full-page chromolithographs600 in total of explanatory textour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeit describes all major locations, with full lists of (former) ownerssome signs of wear, excellent conditioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe pages are complemented by a total of 200 colour plates (40 in each volume), including cover pages, plus an additional cover page engraved in each volumea classic 19th-century work with a truly prodigious iconography of the most stately mansions in britain and irelandtheir original signatures are listed in the subscriber volumeelegant canvas binding, entirely decorated in black and goldare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisix volumes with red canvas bindings with elaborate gold and black titles and very elaborate decorations on the plates and spinesome signs of wear to the corners and plates
242 €
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A very rare copy of swan's picturesque views of the falls of clyde: bonniton lynn, cartland craigs and bridge, corra lynn and castle, and the fall of stonebyres with descriptive illustrations see oxfam website for delivery information read morebook condition; good,thick card boards, cloth spine, heavy wear all-round, 8mm open tear on lower spine, front hinge split heavy foxing on all pages, booksellers bookplate on verso front board along with very light pencil notes?, 4 illustration complete with tissue guardsoxfam shop oban glasgow: jswan, st, hardcover
180 €
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"zeluco - various views of human nature, taken from life and manners, foreign and domestic" by drplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe author's disclaimer asserts: "tracing the windings of vice and delineating the disgusting features of villainy are unpleasant tasksare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablenot to peruse the story of zelucoit is fair, therefore, to warn readers [who are displeased by such]" this novel achieved some popularity, was lauded by burns and byron (who asserted that childe harold was meant to be "perhaps a poetical zeluco"), read morethe protagonist, zeluco, is something of a selfish cad and meets a bad enddavies, london - first thus uk edition - unique variant without date on title page (first with life summary of dr moore) - 240p, 252p, 15cmx13cm - condition: good, bookplate to ffep, wear and rubbing to boards, soiling to endpapers, scattered foxingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
35 €
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views of djibouti, 10 francs in blue - centre missingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevalue (maury tracked shippingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeimpeccable and very rare
59 €
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A vintage early turned brass stanhope thimble which is mega rare if just starting out? it has a micro lens in the viewing hole on the top with different views of the cotswoldsit has 3 images and text for bourton on the water and lower slaughteri’ve tried to photograph the images inside it but i need a specialist camera which i haven’t got sorrystanhopes are quite rare and very collectiblethe photos i’ve taken are out of focus but the actual stanhope lens is in clear and crispthere is no damage to it, it has age related patina to the brass which you would expect for something 70 ish years oldit’s in good vintage conditionthanks for looking
35 €
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Germany views of war and violence by dagmar barnouw (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 7 to 9 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
14 €
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Three views of the stylite in three livesoxfam bookshop aberystwyth in the flood of christian ascetics who left the world to seek god alone, simeon chose a novel withdrawalpublic issues were mediated at his shrine and slaves manumittedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe mounted a pillar and remained there the rest of his lifeto him came supplicants with all kinds of problems: personal anguish, sickness and pain, infertility, sin, and social transgression
10 €
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A pair of oil on board showing the famous views of battersea power station and surrounding views of the river thames, londonplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableboth signed lower rightoverall condition is good but please check photos carefully as these contribute to the descriptionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepainted by french painter leopold pascal around )
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356 €
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Illustrated in a series of views taken expressly for this work by wthe first volume consists of "the beauties of the bosphorus by miss pardoe, illustrated in a series of views of constantinople and its environs from original drawings by wtissue guarded platesgold embossed designs front and back and gold design and lettering to spineoxfam bookshop sevenoaks two volumes bound as a set, published for the proprietors by george virtue, 26 ivy lane, undatedblocks are tight, some foxing to pagesboards show shelfwear commensurate with age, corners are bumped and scuffedthe volume on the danube has a loose tissue guard at the frontispiece, and hinges cracking at end papers internallythe spines are labelled "the bosphorus and danube"see oxfam website for delivery information read morein good used condition for age, bound in blue cloth with embossed design, and blind dentellethe volume on the bosphorus has internal cracking of the hinge at the endpapers at the front and a cracked hinge at the back of the book, after the final page, and prior to the four pages of advertisementsthe second volume is "the danube by william beattie, mgold edges to block
400 €
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A pair of two 19th century hand coloured steel engravings with views of dublinplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableireland () a fine example of julius perthes´ map of ireland, drawn by von stülpnagel, engraved by metzenroth and published in in stieler´s hand atlason the first engraving (signed by reiss), a nice view of the liffey and the parliament building(image 9,5x15cm, page 16x22,5cm) (items: 3) read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store(image 10x15cm, page 18,5x26cm) the second engraving shows the city from phoenix park / páirc an fhionnuisce, with the wellington monument on the leftimage 29x35,5cm, page 37,5x44cm 2
38 €
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Oxfam bookshop brighton this collection of writings presents contemporary views on the integration of buddhism in the westthe decline of mechanism and positivism offers new opportunities to bring together western buddhist views of the mind and its relationship to its surroundingsexamining these issues and many more, the contributors seek to bring buddhism into a realistic and informed relationship with contemporary western thoughtin particular the issue of the balance between authenticity and accessibility is examinedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebuddhist traditions are often perceived as inaccessible and too firmly fixed to a cultural framework with some people, especially women, left feeling alienated and undervaluedhowever, by responding to this by attempting to synthesise buddhism with the values of contemporary culture can lead to doubts about authenticity and dilutionwritten by psychologists and scholars, the essays discuss many of the difficult questions raised by buddhism's increased presenceover the past few decades buddhism has deepened its presence in the west and as a result teachings and practices are becoming integrated with those of western psychology in a more productive way
19 €
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Oxfam shop macclesfield three stereoscopic views of the centennial international exhibition of , the first official world's fair in the united states, held in fairmount park, philadelphia, pennsylvania, from may 10 to november , to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the declaration of independence in philadelphiasee oxfam website for delivery information read morefading consistent with age and the cards are slightly curved from storage (still fit the vintage viewers -or the modern 'owl' viewers)
50 €
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This small book has breath taking views of england from the sky
5 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport this book offers a religious, aesthetic, historical and philosophical representation of the nature of the man of genius, of his principles, views of life and also of his errorsspine faded, closed tears to top and wear to all edgessigns of water damage on edges of several leavessee oxfam website for delivery information read morewoven head and tail bandsvarious scuffs, marks and discolourationblue cloth covered boards with gilt text to front and spinelightly soiled through wearpencilled annotations throughoutfoxing to edges of and within text blockblue endpapers, discoloured
19 €
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Those, like tallis himself, who seek to find a place at which the scientific and humanistic views of humanity can be reconciled, will celebrate his placing of human consciousness at the heart of time, and his showing that we are "more than cogs in the universal clock, forced to collaborate with the very progress that pushes us towards our own midnight"oxfam bookshop stratford upon avon of time and lamentation by raymond tallis agenda publishing pp hardbackfor most of us, time is composed of mornings, afternoons and evenings and expressed in hurry, hope, longing, waiting, enduring, planning, joyful expectation and griefthe story told by caesium clocks, quantum theory and lorentz coordinates, tallis argues, needs to be supplemented by one of moss on rocks, tears on faces and the long narratives of our human journeyour temporal lives deserve a richer attention than is afforded by the equations of mathematical physicsyet, physics has little or nothing to say about this time, the time as it is lived£ time's mysteries seem to resist comprehension and what remains, once the familiar metaphors are stripped away, can stretch even the most profound philosopherthe culmination of some twenty years of thinking, writing and wondering about (and within) time, it is a bold, original and thought-provoking workthe first part of the book, "killing time" is a formidable critique of the spatialized and mathematized account of time arising from physical sciencesee oxfam website for delivery information read morequestions about "the stuff" of time  such as instants and intervals  about time and change, and the relationship between objective and subjective time, open on to wider discussions about time and causation, the irruption of subjectivity and intentionality into a material universe, and the relationship between time and freedomthinking about it is to meditate on our own mortalitypart 2, "human time" examines tensed time, the reality of time as it is lived: what we mean by "now", how we make sense of past and future events, and the idea of eternitythe passage of time, the direction of time and time travel are critically examined and the relationship between mathematics and reality, and the nature of the observer, are exploredfor anyone who has puzzled over the nature of becoming, wondered whether time is inseparable from change, whether time is punctuate or continuous, or even whether time, itself, is real, of time and lamentation will provoke and entertainvery good condition, apparently unreadwith characteristic fearlessness, tallis seeks to reclaim time from the jaws of physicsin of time and lamentation, raymond tallis rises to this challenge and explores the nature and meaning of time and how best to understand itwith the scientistic reduction of time set aside and lived time reaffirmed, tallis digs deeper into the nature of time itself in the final part, "finding time"
19 €
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With an in-depth exploration of rule by a single man and how this was seen as heroic activity, the title challenges orthodox views of ruling in the ancient world and breaks down traditional ideas about the relationship between so-called hereditary rule and tyrannylaw, personified as 'king' (nomos basileus), came to be seen as the ultimate source of sovereignty especially as expressed through the constitutional machinery of the city, and became an important balance and constraint for personal rulefinally, heroic rulers demonstrates that monarchy, which is generally thought to have disappeared before the end of the archaic period, remained a valid political option from the early iron age through to the hellenistic periodit looks at how a common heroic ideology among rulers was based upon excellence, or arete, and also surveys dynastic ruling, where rule was in some sense shared within the family or clanprobing into ancient perspectives on the legitimacy and legality of rule, the title also explores the relationship between ruling and lawsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreheroic rulers examines reasons why both personal and clan-based rule was particularly unstable and its core tension with the competitive nature of greek society, so that the question of who had the most arete was an issue of debate both from within the ruling family and from other heroic aspirants
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15 €
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevolume 1: 91 pages volume 2: 89 pages volume 3: 80 pages volume 4: 82 pagesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storevaluable publication in four volumes, finely decorated cover with gildinginside there are exhaustive descriptions of britain's historic residences with 140 fine colour lithographs
55 €
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The design features views of newcastle with a border of the various gates into the citythe plate is one of 500 produced presumably as some publicity eventoxfam shop hexham commemorative plate of newcastle upon tynethe phone number pre-dates the introduction of the "01" prefixwe can't find any information on the reason for the plate or the company mentioned on the reversesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is an interesting piecediameter approx 27cms
10 €
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The game features dramatic camera views of the action within fully 3-d interactive environments taken straight from the big screenas aragorn, gimli and legolas, players will battle orcs and memorable movie monsters; other members of the fellowship take a very active role during gameplayoxfam books & music belper nintendo gamecube, box has some slight damage, disc has some surface markssee oxfam website for delivery information read morea visceral, tactical combat system will encourage players to be strategic with their selection of characters, weaponry and movesproduct description ea's first the lord of the rings action-adventure game takes players through the roles of the key action heroes from new line cinema's epic film trilogy
9 €
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Marx felt he must criticise the economic and philosophical views of proudhon, at the same time answering questions relating to the theory and tactics of the revolutionary proletarian movement as it was inoxfam bookshop st albans this book is karl marx's response to the 'philosophy of poverty' written by m plastic covering to book; english translation in by harry quelch see oxfam website for delivery information read moreproudhon, 'an ideologist of the petty bourgeoisie'
2 €
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Nunn was inspired to shoot sky views of harlem because he desired to capture harlem's natural beauty in a light that had never before been realized  a  native of new york state, nunn has spent many years in the film, photography and visual image industrynunn's first exhibition "where harlem meets the sky" is the first of a series depicting harlem's landmarks and buildings in the context of natural elements like the sky, the sun and the moon his film experience helped develop his unique frame of reference and respect for the placement and positioning of objectseach print measures approx 28cms x 22cms he spent more than a decade working in filmsthree prints are not mounted, are signed and dated and are in their original cellophane wrappers; the 4th is partially mounted but is not signednunn currently lives and maintains a studio in central harlemsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenunn began taking pictures as a teenager and later studied photography at the center for the media artsoxfam shop hexham set of 4 prints from an exhibition by carl w nunn "nunn's work is captivating and inspiring" says janifer wilson, owner of sisters uptown bookstore llc in harlem, new york
30 €
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Contains title engraving, 5 maps, 3 portraits, and views of frankfurt, hamburg and the church of aachen (not found in other copies!)this part would be followed by part ix, also about germany, but is stand-alone given the coverage of certain provinces / regionsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifull title: hedendaagsche historie, of tegenwoordige staat van alle volkerencatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecondition: half-leather binding with letter piececollation: ) pptop of binding damaged, otherwise in neat conditionall maps are good prints and are border colouredour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storedeel, behelzende den tegenwoordigen staat van 't duitsche keizerryk in 't algemeen; als mede van de opper-saxische, neder-saxische, westphaalsche en nederrynsche kreitsen in 't byzonder¶ from the famous series of popular eighteenth-century country and population descriptions
70 €
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This 5th edition was published in by west port books, edinburgh the first edition was published by william creech in half leather boards with gilt titles paste on end papers, front one has a slight crease errata included a number of fold-out views of city, and fold-out map of plan of the city, castle and suburbs small stain to top of page edges tightly bound and clean see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music aberdeen written by hugo arnot
95 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport "comprising views of every object of interest on the island, engraved from original drawings, accompanied by historical and topographical descriptionsdarker green cloth covered spine with gilt text within separately affixed brown panelgreen cloth covered boards with blind embossed design to front and rearsome foxing within text block, along with tanning towards outer edges of leavesillustrations protected by tissue" possibly re-bound in half-bound stylewoven head and tail bands see oxfam website for delivery information read more
70 €
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For each sutra, a word-by-word translation is supplied, followed by vyasa's commentary and then the author's discussion, which presents the views of pre-eminent commentatorsthis volume includes an overview of sankya-yoga and an extensive glossary/indexoxfam bookshop skipton "designed expressly for the serious practitioner of yoga, this is an outstanding work of scholarship that is eminently practical, even to those students who have no previous familiarity with the yoga sutrasno inscriptionspages and cover are clean and intact see oxfam website for delivery information read more
22 €
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North of scotland hydro electric board postcard with four views of the areatwo postcards showing loch faskallythe dam, hydro electric scheme, pitlochryoxfam books & music perth '10 postcards of the pitlochry dam and loch faskally pitlochry dam and power stationnorth of scotland hydro electric board postcard, pitlochry power station, dam and loch faskallyloch faskally and the dam, pitlochrynorth of scotland hydro electric board postcard, pitlochry power station and the station and fish ladderthe dam and fish ladder, pitlochry this postcard is in good condition this is an used valentine's postcard - in good condition a dixon postcard, unused and in good conditionnorth of scotland hydro electric board postcard this is an unused valentines postcard - in good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more unused postcard, in good condition valentines postcard - used with postmark that appears to be an unused colourmaster postcard - in good condition
15 €
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Shows signs of having been stored badly, bottom right corner bent and tanning to edges of covers and edges of covers somewhat raggedfoxing and tanning throughouttitle on front faded so that it is difficult to make outlandscape orientationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music totnes a small book of black and white photographs of the streets, buildings and, in once case, menagerie inhabitants of wellingtonjudging by the female dress and horse drawn carts in the streets it dates from victorian/edwardian timestanner brothers soft back with no djthis booklet is undated and has no end pages
9 €
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Illustrated atlas of the world a new world atlas using computerised digital mapping techniques and cartographic shading to give clarity of detail and 3-d views of the landscape and including sections on the story of the earth, and a gazetteer providing country information which includes size, population, capital city, currency, language, and national flagbuyer to collect read more
8 €
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available5 cm 45 beautiful engravings reproducing the drawings of samuel prout, feditor binding (in poor condition with missing spine) with covers adorned with gold plaques, golden edges, 22 x 28harding, the first volume of a series that includes 3, text in english and french, read morefisher, son & co éditeurs london caour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
53 €