A period of few years
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Oxfam bookshop ilkley a period of transition is the ninth studio album by northern irish singer-songwriter van morrison, released init was his first album in two-and-a-half years, largely forgotten or overlooked by most casual fansat the time of its release it was received with some disappointment by critics and fans: "most were hoping for a work of primeval vocal aggression that would challenge the emerging élite of morrison pretenders, whose ranks included bruce springsteen, bob seger, phil lynott, graham parker and elvis costellohowever, the album is still notable for several major compositions, including "heavy connection", "flamingos fly", "the eternal kansas city" and "cold wind in august"see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop chipping norton k leimer - a period of review, original recordings cd in card sleeve with 10 page booklet see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Title: two-face: a celebration of 75 yearstitle: two-face: a celebration of 75 yearsauthors: variousproduct category: booksdust jacket: falsebinding: hardcovercondition: very goodlist price (msrp)
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Golf on gullane hill: a celebration of 100 years of gullane golf clubauthor:archie baird3 million books, saving over tonnes of books a year from going straight into landfill siteseach month we recycle over 2general interest
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Was bought brand new back in and used by myself over a period of few years and has been kept safely tucked away! with original box, with mouthpiecee11 buffet clarinet for sale, in an excellent conditionmay consider fair offers but worth over £800 when bought new
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Mr balasingham also devotes a lengthy chapter analysing the ramifications of the indian intervention in sri lanka and the crucial role played by the ltte during that turbulent period fromoxfam bookshop kingston upon thames the tamil national struggle, which spans a period of fifty years, has taken different forms at different times conditioned by the intensity of state repression and by the mode of tamil resistancein this context, the author presents an illuminating study of the early military history of the organisation up to the racial holocaust of julywith the collapse of non-violent struggles, the tamil national movement underwent organisational transformation leading to the birth and growth of the armed resistance campaign spearheaded by the liberation tigers of tamil eelam (ltte)see oxfam website for delivery information read morebased on his personal experience, mr balasingham offers a critical elucidation of all peace efforts the ltte participated in, from thimpu talks to the recent norwegian facilitated negotiationssurveying the entire spectrum of the struggle, mr balasingham points out that non-violent struggles of the early stages generated the spirit of tamil nationalism and mobilised the tamil people into a collective national force, poised against the repressive sri lankan statethe significance of this voluminous study, running into more than five hundred pages, lies in its exposition of a new realm of material, hitherto unknown and the new insights it provides into the dynamics of the tamil liberation struggle
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They also illuminate many of the religious beliefs and superstitions held by fourteenth-century japanese during a period of civil war see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe talks, recorded by one of his disciples, were written in the colloquial japanese of the time, since bassui's followers included not only monks and nuns but also many lay people the talks are as accessible as the works of bankei, while in their eloquence they resemble the more abstract lessons of dogenoxfam shop magdelen street mud and water - wadeigassui - is the only comprehensive record of the dharma talks of the fourteenth-century zen master bassui
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The first bunch of 6 were born february will be weaned and ready to go from mid mayi have a selection of boer cross castrated billy kids for sale
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Written in paris over a period of seventeen years and published in , finnegans wake was joyce's final workwith the work of analysis and deconstruction"are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableanthony burgess has lauded finnegans wake as "a great comic vision, one of the few books of the world that can make us laugh aloud on nearly every page"it has been called "a work of fiction which combines a body of fables[14] the prominent literary academic harold bloom has called it joyce's masterpiece, and, in the western canon (), wrote that "if aesthetic merit were ever again to center the canon, [finnegans wake] would be as close as our chaos could come to the heights of shakespeare and dante"our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store"gouden reeks: finnegans wake (tweetalige uitgave)" by james joyce athenaeum, polak & van gennep - first dutch edition (gouden reeks) - 675p, 25cmx20cm - in slipcase - both dutch and english text - condition: very good in original dust wrapper finnegans wake is a book by irish writer james joyce[15] the now commonplace term quark – a subatomic particle – originates from finnegans wake[ it is significant for its experimental style and reputation as one of the most difficult works in the western canonthe work has since come to assume a preeminent place in english literature, despite its numerous detractorsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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As a 13-year-old boy, carl came to work with georg jensen who trained him to be a silversmith for a period of five yearshere is one of his gorgeous designsheight salt cellar 4 cmare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablewill be packaged with care prior to registered shipmentour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeheight pepper pot 7an exquisite set with minimal signs of wear, a few scratches on the pepper potin , carl left denmark for canada with his wife inger jensen, where he continued his work as a silversmithexquisite, very rare sterling silver individual set by the danish silversmith carl poul petersena stunning collector’s itemcarl paul petersen born in copenhagen init was typical for that time, that students produced their own design'splease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesigned sterling and the makers marks of carl poul petersen
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This shows nikon items over a period of 100 years by the slogan "the image is the information"beside many cameras, lenses and matching accessories this book contains binoculars, microscopes, industrial lenses and other technical instruments over a period from tillthe hardcover book has 416 pages and a size of about 12 x x21cm), all printed in colorthis illustrated book has 360 pictures of many different nikon items with additional about detailed pictures of those main item pictureson the occasion of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the nikon cooperation in uli koch, one of the most prominent nikon collectors, has just completed the book "nikon - 100 anniversary"see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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These were published in 54 editions over a period of five yearsartsenij-gewassen has not been at auction for yearsvolume ii: illustrationssize: title page of the fourth volume; explanation of the illustrations: volume i, ii, iii, iv = 8 ppwonderful full leather binding, very solidand published by jlandwehr cites 266 illustrations, which is wrong as illustration noare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe photos are part of the descriptionlithography: van met en meijlinkonly 109 copies were sold via subscription and no more than 130 were likely printedthis is the reason that most bibliographies give the wrong number of illustrationsz volumes: volume i: illustrationsbibliographical reference: landwehr, coloured illustrations, nodu mortier en zoon‘afbeelding der artsenij-gewassen, welke in de nederlandsche apotheek als zoodanige vermeld zijn: naar de beste uitlandsche afbeeldingen geteekend en op steen gebragt’annotation: illustrationsthe publication history of this work is complexone of the first scientific works with lithographs published in the netherlandsthis monumental book with 265, partly hand coloured illustrationssome photos include a small book to give a better impression of this bookour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeminor signs of use and age-related colourationthe first five illustrations were printed by van sander and co232 was never issuedformat: 33 x 24 cmillustrations - 265 ppauthor: nicolaas anslijn nzmortier reissued the first five illustrationsthe list of illustrations in volume iv doesn’t mention illustration nothe illustrations are heavy and on large paperbinding: later, full leather binding, four-ribbed spine, gold stamped, title labelcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevolume iv: illustrationssepp ended the publication which was subsequently done by mortierpublisher: leyden: dvolume iii: illustrationsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethese lovely illustrations after drawings by the author
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This stunning selection is the result of more than ten years of work and reflection on the part of white's biographer, david marr shrewd, funny, hauntingly beautiful, dramatic, pig-headed, and above all direct and relaxed, they poured from his pen over a period of seventy years, from childhood until shortly before his death for these are the letters of a great writer, a profound critic, a gossip with the sharpest eyes and tongue in the country, a man who loved and hated ferociously, a keen cook, an angry patriot, and a believer never free of doubtbut patrick white was more than a novelist edited by david marr at his death in , patrick white had achieved wide fame as a novelist australian, winner of the nobel prize for literature, author of more than a dozen works of fiction, a handful of plays, and many other books, he was known as a creative writer of power, vehemence and intense imaginationsee oxfam website for delivery information read more he spent his lie writing letters, huge numbers of them to friends, acquaintances, newspapers, even enemies (of which he had an abundance) so remarkable are the letters that despite his frequent injunction that they be burned, most recipients insisted on saving them thousands surviveout of this mass he has chosen some 600 of the very best to let white tell the story of his life in his own wordswe should be thankful that they do he was also one of the greatest letter-writers of his timeoxfam shop gloucester patrick white - letterswhen patrick white:a life was published to great acclaim in , marr had several thousand letters in hand; he has located another thousand since
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Davies, the show follows the lives of stephen and celeste lyons (kinnear and t'nia miller), their three children and extended family over the course of 15 turbulent yearsthrough a period of stark economic and political upheaval, single mother rosie lyons (ruth madeley) raises her child, her brother daniel (russell tovey) experiences doubts about his husband, and their sister edith (jessica hynes) becomes involved in political activismsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewritten by russell toxfam shop stony stratford emma thompson and rory kinnear star in this six-part bbc drama centred on a family from manchestermeanwhile, far-right populist politician vivienne rook (thompson) experiences a remarkable rise to power
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Eight significant mummies are explored, each carefully selected to tell a different story, covering a period of over yearsthey include a young female temple singer, an unknown man of high status, and a child from the roman erathe majority of the material is drawn from the british museum's extensive egypt and sudan collections, but the book includes a number of mummies from other museums to physically reunite individuals originally buried together in family or communal tombswith over 200 specially commissioned photographs, mummies sets out to shine a new light on the pastoxfam shop clitheroe in recent years, british museum curators have collaborated with scientists and medical experts to explore non-invasive imaging techniques and other scientific approaches to further study egyptian mummiessee oxfam website for delivery information read morefunerary objects are also highlighted for context: for example, non-invasive imaging of the contents of canopic jars; analyses of embalming substances, and identification of wood species and pigment types used in coffinsthis allows fascinating comparisons to be madepiecing together key biographical data and information, it has been possible for the first time to discover more about who these people were in ancient egyptian societymummies draws on cutting-edge research to reveal the actual experience of living and dying in the ancient nile valley
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Julian huxley hugh pilcher [advisory editors] - the zoo volumes 1 and 2 - zoological society - hardbacks - cm x 24 cm - these volumes are made up of monthly productions over a period of 2 years books are in good condition clean bright contents firm bindings no inscriptions occasional small flaw/ tear /blemish here and there one page partially separated otherwise fine each volume is a complete collated years set of magazines bound into a volume - they cover all aspects of zoological life of animals birds and other creatures with detailed descriptions beautifully illustrated - these volumes were produced just prior to the second world war and remain the only volumes produced read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Good condition for its 141 yearsoxfam bookshop cardiff the classic guide to the english lake district published by adam and charles black over a period of many yearsthe agreeable and unfaded spine has a gilt representation of reeds with fish swimming belownot ex-library see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe cover is faded although it still has an excellent gilt illustration of a cherub sailing a swan boat with the english lakes inscribed on the sailone small ink name on the front paste-down but no other marks or inscriptionsthis copy dates form and is very good condition internally, clean and bright293 pages plus 113 pages of advertismentsthis copy has the folding map in the front and the book is illustrated throughout
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Oxfam bookshop woodbridge the gravel deposits of the upper thames valley bear extensive evidence of man's settlement over a period of yearsthe survey outlines the importance of the archaeological evidence and the way it has been collected in the past, and brings together for the first time the results of aerial survey and field work over the last 50 yearssome minor wear to the cover, otherwise in very good conditionthis is being destroyed at an alarming ratesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Selling our original vintage hardback books of the golden years of the metropolitan railway & the metro land dream by dennis edwards,ron pigram in excellent condition for its age and colin boococks british railways in colour a period of transition for free inside has wear, see pics as they form part of the description large books measuring approximately 30x22cms can post recorded delivery for £5selling for only £10 read more
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A tragic moment of despair, in fact, interrupted his life when he was only 43 years old, on novemberhe began his artistic training at the art institute of gorizia, in he had a period of intense and happy artistic production, characterized by mythical-archaic figurativism, with a distinctly narrative characterin japan he was commissioned for a series of works that he did not completeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabledarko teodoro bevilacqua was born in in biglie, sloveniaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein this phase he produced engaging works in which the sense of the sacred is manifested in terms of intermediation between nature and the deepest spiritual needs of man, between the timeless tension of being and the historical manin he went to japan, working as an assistant to the artist giorgio celiberti, in charge of frescoing the conference room of the kawakyu hotel in shirahamaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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The silvermine albums offer a unique photographic portrait of the chinese capital and the lives of its inhabitants covering a period of 20 years – from , when silver film came into widespread use in china, to when digital photography came to the foreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifive albums each containing 20 prints, noted in martin parr's 'the chinese photobook' pcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablein these souvenir snapshots taken by anonymous and ordinary chinese people, we are witnessing the birth of post-socialist chinaeach album focuses on a different themethe negatives were salvaged from a recycling plant on the edge of beijing, where they had been sent to be filtered for their silver nitrate contentour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebetween and , beijing-based collector thomas sauvin amassed, archived and edited more than half a million negatives destined for destructionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesilvermine is a set of five photo albums each containing 20 prints
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham this is the story of how, over a period of one hundred and ninety-two days, i was torn away from the life i knew and loved, and dragged down to the depths of despair; of how i endured enforced isolation and near-starvation at the hands of somali pirates; and of how i made a choice to survive by any and all means that i could musterand there, in the early hours of 11 september, tragedy struck thempowerful, moving and at times quite devastating, this is judith tebbutt's story in her own wordsjudith was torn away from david by a band of armed pirates, dragged over sea and land to a village in the arid heart of lawless somalia, and there held hostage in a squalid room, a ransom on her headsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea couple for thirty-three years, they had first met in zambia: africa had played a major part in their life togetherafter a joyous week on safari in the masai mara, they flew on to a beach resort forty kilometres south of somaliathere, too, she learned the terrible truth that the responsibility of securing her release now rested with her son olliein september judith tebbutt and her husband david set out on an adventurous holiday to kenya
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Although the dolls are all volunteers who have agreed to work for a period of five years, the organisation is highly illegal and under constant threat from paul ballard (tahmoh penikett), a federal agent who is determined to expose the dollhouse and bring it downeliza dushku stars as echo, a young woman who is part of a group of people known as 'actives' or 'dolls'episodes comprise: 'ghost', 'the target', 'stage fright', 'gray hour', 'true believer', 'man on the street', 'echoes', 'needs', 'spy in the house of love', 'haunted', 'briar house', 'omega' and 'epitaph one'see oxfam website for delivery information read morethey are then hired out for particular jobs, which can be anything from committing a crime to enacting a fantasyoxfam shop hebden bridge the complete first season of the american sci-fi drama created by joss whedonthe dolls are people who have had their personalities wiped clean in order to be imprinted with any number of new personas
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In normal free range conditions they can continue laying for a number of yearsbred to lay like a machine, commercially it is kept for a period of months before it is replaced mainly because its egg quality deteriorateswarren hybrid point of lay £14 each the warren pullet is an orangey brown bird that is seen everywherethey will lay up to 320 eggs in its first yearit is the original hybridit is a quiet bird with a lot of good qualitiesin the second year of lay their egg shell can become thinner, and become misshaped
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Michael kenna has photographed easter island over a period of two years, creating a powerful new body of work which pays homage to the beauty of the island and the continuing mystery of its pastphotographs and text: michael kennaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiall plates reproduced 1:1 from original sepia-toned silver gelatin printsintroduction by bill jay (on the subject of easter island and the speculation surrounding its history)printed in china by oceanic graphic printing for nazraeli presshardcover with dustjacket and with slipcaseoverall fine conditiondesigned: hideyuki taguchi, chris pichlerwonderful photobookfirst edition, first printingcondition: book inside and outside new, mint, unread" (from the publisher) read moredustjacket very fresh, complete with no tears and no missing parts; scratch on the front cover, spine sunnedslipcase new, mint, unread; still originally shrink-wrapped in publisher's foilstrongly limited and numbered slipcase edition; here: noour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storenazraeli press, tucson, arizonabest known for the giant stone monoliths, or moai, dotting its coastline, the island was named by admiral roggeveen, who chanced upon the triangle of volcanic rock on easter sunday in the yearstill in the wonderful original slipcase (box) of the publishercatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebreath-taking selection of michael kenna's superb minimalist images of the easter island"situated in the south pacific, easter island is more than miles from the nearest population centers, making it one of the most isolated places on earthtext in englishplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham amassed in california over a period of 30 years, the gilbert collection comprises many fine examples of european decorative arts, including porcelain, furniture, clocks and portrait miniaturessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe european silver, golf snuffboxes and mosaic works are equal to those in any collection in the worldit is a souvenir of an historical collection that evokes an opulent world of princes, dukes and grand touriststhis survey, illustrated with colour photographs, introduces each aspect of the collection through a selection of star pieces
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Over a period of almost seven years, he travelled the country photographing around 100 traditional british customs, with over 80 appearing in the bookoxfam bookshop bath a hardback with dustjacket in fine conditionthe pages are clean and tight and appear unreadthe dust jacket and boards are in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethough inspired by the 19th century photographer benjamin stone, homer sykes approached the events with a distinctly modern sensibility, creating dynamic images which focus mainly on the tradition that is being re-enacted against a background of everyday lifeonce a year: some traditional british customs was first published in establishing homer sykes as one of the uk's leading young photographers
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Whether discussing the zone system, 35mm rangefinders, large format or even digital photography, roger tells it like it is, challenging the legends and stripping away the myths to get to the very heart of what photography is really all about containing all but a few of the original matter of opinion columns that have appeared every week in amateur photographer over the last few years, plus a few earlier pieces, this is a book that should be appreciated and treasured by everyone who loves the art of photographysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop wallingford roger is the author of dozens of books on the techniques of photography, but here for the first time is a book about the man himself, his experiences and his frequently controversial "emperor's new clothes" philosophies
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Some of the cartoons favour one side or the other, but most celebrate (or at least commemorate) a period of unique bafflementoxfam bookshop victoria not for many years has there been such a divisive issue as brexit, and like all divisive issues it has provided a bonanza for cartooniststhis generous selection of pocket cartoons captures the sheer bewilderment and exasperation which have bedevilled us all since the referendumsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith the emphasis much more on ordinary people than on the politicians, the penguin book of brexit cartoons will bring together at christmas-time even the most riven families
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The entire series comprises 8 different animals from the ice age over a period of 4 yearsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available** two different motifs are issued per year1 g** grade: nominal value: 5 cedis year of minting: diameter: mm condition: mint state / new packaging: coin slab mintage: pieces read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store2 pieces ** 2nd issue** 1 ounce silver coin giants of the ice age - giant deer nd of 8 issues giants of the ice age ** pieces** this new coin series is dedicated to giants of the ice age on our earthcountry of origin: republic of ghana denomination: 1 ounce** fine weight: 31please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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