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  • Oxfam bookshop newport 'buckinghams: a hundred years in the shoe trade ' charts the history of j buckingham and sons, the family boot and shoe retailers business based in norwich, and the development of the shoe tradelittle signs of use and inside the text block and images are bright and cleanfull-page black and white photographs throughout (see images 2 and 3 for examples)there is a page of additional text on the company history glued in on the inside of the back boardno highlighting or other notes  see oxfam website for delivery information read moreunusual, grained papervery good condition for its agetasteful soft-yellow cloth cover, with taped spine and title lettering in gilt along spine, shows minor weara quality, collectable item

    13 €

  • In good antique condition with aged patina and with a couple of minor professional repairs which were done over a hundred years agothe top has four panels one of which has a deep groove that appears by the depth of the patina to have been done many many years ago, and adds to it's charmit has the original hinges and 3 locks on the front with iron handles on the carved sidesmeasurements 140cm long x 55cm wide x 63cm high read morethere is no wood worm or rotthis is a beautiful panelled 17th century carved dark oak chest/cofferthe three panels at the front have carved lozenges with roses and rondells across the front

    400 €

  • This is a novel in which the events of a hundred years ago constantly set off contemporary echoes, a novel about low crime and high spirituality, guilt and innocence, identity, nationality and race; about what we think, what we believe, and what we knowarthur conan doyle, famous as the creator of the world's greatest detective, is mourning his first wife (having been chastely in love for ten years with the woman who was to become his second) when he hears about the edjali casewith a mixture of detailed research and vivid imagination, julian barnes brings to life not just this long-forgotten case, but the inner lives of these two very different menarthur becomes a doctor, and then a writer; george a solicitor in birminghamwhile those already familiar with his work will enjoy its elegance, its wit, its profound wisdom about the human condition, arthur & george will surely find him an entirely new audiencehe is arrested and, on the flimsiest evidence, sent to trial, found guilty and sentenced to seven years' hard laboursee oxfam website for delivery information read morejulian barnes has long been recognised as one of britain's most remarkable writersagain the police seem to suspect the shy, aloof birmingham solicitorbut as the new century begins, they are brought together by a sequence of events which made sensational headlines at the time as the great wyrley outragesarthur is to become one of the most famous men of his age, george remains in hardworking obscuritythey appeal to the police, to no less than the chief constable, but to their dismay he appears to suspect george of being the letters' authorincensed at this obvious miscarriage of justice, he is galvanised into trying to clear george's nameoxfam bookshop cheltenham arthur and george grow up worlds and miles apart in late nineteenth-century britain: arthur in shabby-genteel edinburgh, george in the vicarage of a small staffordshire villagethe reader sees them both with stunning clarity, and almost inhabits them as they face the vicissitudes of their lives, whether in the dock hearing a verdict of guilty, or trying to live an honourable life while desperately in love with another womanthen someone starts slashing horses and livestockgeorge edjali's father is indian, his mother scottishwhen the family begins to receive vicious anonymous letters, many about their son, they put it down to racial prejudice

    2 €

  • She tells them her name is mary la home and, they listen with rapt attention as she relates her life a hundred years ago with gerald, a ventriloquist, and toby, his dogdust jacket has illustration by ardizzone, slightly tornremorse haunts this extraordinary doll but was her story really true? and what became of gerald inoxfam bookshop skipton "explorations of attics can lead to unusual 'finds', especially when they have become depositories for bargain buys purchased at auction salesdaisy anderson's father brought home all manner of things like these - and having put them 'in a safe place upstairs' immediatelyit was not surprising, then, that daisy and her friend should discover among her father's odd collection a doll in a box - -but it was a doll with a differenceforgot about themstrangely matter-of-fact, the narrative quickly takes hold of the reader and carries them into an eerie world of fantasymany b/w drawings throughoutfirm binding see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe flavour of the story is unusualthe end? a tombstone in the graveyard completes his sad storythe tension mounts and the ending is as satisfying as sleep after troubled dreams"blue boards with black and gilt decorationdelighted, the girls bring the doll downstairsinside gerald's house the final proof awaits them that everything did indeed happen as mary la home rememberedno inscriptions

    18 €

  • World war one french 75mm shrapnel shell fragment with driving band it is completely inert as it exploded over a hundred years ago overall a useful object to have and mark the centenary of the end of the great war and as an aid to teaching the young about the war and to contribute to the many school projects that will come in september if you think the price is to high don't hesitate to make and offer see my other ads for many more ww1 items

    20 €

  • It is completely inert as it exploded over a hundred years ago overall a useful object to have and mark the centenary of the end of the great war and as an aid to teaching the young about the war and to contribute to the many school projects that will come in september if you think the price is to high don't hesitate to make and offer see my other ads for many more ww1 itemsworld war one british royal horse artillery quick firing 13 pounder high explosive shell fragment

    15 €

  • Oxfam shop dumfries five hundred years ago no one died of stress: we invented this concept and now we let it rule ussee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyou've nothing to lose but your stressit's an easy-to-understand introduction to mindfulness, weaved together with ruby's trademark wit and humourlet ruby be your guide to a healthier, happier youin a mindfulness guide for the frazzled, ruby wax shows us how to de-frazzle for good by making simple changes that give us time to breathe, reflect and live in the moment

    2 €

  • Very interesting books, for plumbers, electrical engineers or for self-study, but more than a hundred years ago2kg) registered shipping via postnl with tracking numberour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeporto is calculated according to the weight (approxfrom the library of the former bureau for industrial propertyare 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 websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available

    38 €

  • But the story starts over a hundred years ago, when bryan's great grandfather left appalachia to first venture west to seek his fortunegrady cunningham, bobby's old friend, is one of the fresh kings of big springdrugs take hold, marriages crumble, accidents happen and most importantly, wells run dry

    23 €

  • Oxfam shop colne road in , the "guardian's" much-loved country diary column is a hundred years old, and to commemorate the anniversary martin wainwright has compiled a collection of the best of a century's writingthere are also diaries written by a leading suffragette, one of rupert brooke's mistresses, and even one of the "guardian's" printers! and martin wainwright (who also edited "a lifetime of mountains") has found diaries to reflect the changing of the countryside over a hundred years: from the prevalence of owls in first world war trenches full of vermin to the plant surveys of second world war bombsitesalso the country diary column has consistently attracted some of britain's best writers on natural history and the countryside: jim perrin the mountaineering writer, whose biography of don whillans won the boardman-tasker award, writes the dispatches from snowdonia; mark cocker, author of the bestselling "birds britannica", writes the country diary from norfolkname to endpaper see oxfam website for delivery information read morewhere harry griffin's "a lifetime of mountains", aurum's first and extremely successful collaboration with guardian books, was essentially a collection of writing about the lake district, this new book covers the landscape of the whole of the united kingdom, from wales to northern ireland, scotland to norfolk

    5 €

  • Three hundred years of kitchen collectibles (300 years of kitchen collectibles) by linda c

    14 €

  • One hundred years of the motor car by marco ruiz read more

    (England)

  • Fifty pence celebrating one hundred years off girlguiding uk i don’t know how much this is warth

    300 €

  • Celebrating one hundred years of girlguiding uk 50p read more

    250 €

  • Title: the hundred years war: english in france, (history and politics)list price (msrp)condition: very goodfirst edition: falsedust jacket: false

    6 €

  • Rare fifty pence coin hundred years of girl guidescash on collectioncirculated but in good condition

    5 €

  • Bladestorm: the hundred years war (ps)dispatched with royal mail 2nd class large lettercondition is good

    4 €

  • Oxfam bookshop truro legends about the orient express have grown over the yearsthe authors have had the use of official and unpublished archives of the international sleeping car company (wagons-lits) together with authentic information known only to specialists to offer a hundred years of real life adventuresthe book itself is unmarked and tightly bound and contains many photographs, drawings and maps in both colour and black and whitesee oxfam website for delivery information read more

    9 €

  • Oxfam bookshop carlisle bernard watson's book traces the first 100 years of the salvation army's history  text with a number of b/w platesexcellent pages, a little edge and jacket wear + small inscription to fly-leafsee oxfam website for delivery information read more

    7 €

  • It has had a new screen fitted a few years ago (the fingerprint button still works ! it also had a repair to the main pcb board,again this was years ago and it's been fine ! (usually to my cost !)condition is used

    95 €

  • Eva solo the company fashioned home lifestyle products to the retail for more than a hundred years and kitchenware with exclusive danish designalso pour the lining is thanks to this opening is easyoffering you a delicious meal and observe the diverse bird feeder stick to a cup of tea or coffee from your windowmarvel and enjoy with the subtle bird feeding ball from eva solo will take you closer to the bird worldenough large opening the opening of the glass ball is so large that the little birds on the rounded glass edge comfortable settle and your futternsurprising solutions that are incredibly easy to and where aesthetics and practical funtionality and high qualitythe ball is easy using the double sided tape on the window outside to install and remove

    54 €

  • A small fridge purchased two years ago on sale at very cheaper rateit is in excellent condition and selling as moving out of country

    40 €

  • Hand built by myself 3 years ago, lots of new parts at the timeneed it gone as i am after a more commutable bike read more

    (England)

  • I bought a new carbon bianchi racer, now i m selling my touring bike racer as no space for 2 bikes, now i'm selling my previous ridgback paid £ years ago, tiagra shimano, hydraulic fluid disc brake, new gel saddle bontrager paid £50, new racksize large 58 cm amazing condition and fully working, only £230, i don't reply to any offer

    230 €

  • A hundred and one headline hits stop presscan post recorded delivery for a small feehaving a clear out selling our original vintage boxed set of vintage albuma complete set of 6 records in original sleeves see pics as they form part of the description records in excellent condition box has some where

    8 €

  • The title is a hundred miles or more: a collectiona single or album sleeve should have almost no defects, with only slight signs of handlinga near mint sleeve should show no obvious signs of wear

    7 €

  • Alison krauss. a hundred miles or more a collection.

    3 €

  • Mountain bike paid £ years ago, disc brake, acera shimano, 24 speed, don't need srvice, i just moved in my new flat, and now my mountain is too huge for my smaller room, quick sell but don't make me offer, only people really interested £175extra large size thanks for see the ad

    175 €

  • Bought a few years ago to restore to as new condition but didn't happen ! the bike has some marks, as not new, don't think you will find another like this ! will need to be serviced and have a look over as not used for many years would be ideal for bike shop display or to showmarin rift zone, full suspension mountain bike i think these were £ when new ? 15 years old,time warp condition, hope discs front and backcash on collectionoffers considered

    350 €

  • This lovely art novo french radiator / hall stand bought in paris 25 years ago,black marble and wrought iron stands 36 inches tall and 38 inches long all good no chips or cracks, can deliver locally or can post

    175 €

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