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The rose, a treatise on the cultivation, history, family characteristics, etcare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin good conditionthe binding is stained, dents on the edges and cornerswill be shipped with registrationmemoirs of the rose: comprising botanical, poetical, and miscellaneous recollections of that celebrated flower in a series of letters to a lady - london, printed for francis westley, pplinen decorated binding - 18 x 12 cmthe flyleaves have browned, the text block is discoloured, bites from the side edge of the flyleavesthe text block is discoloured, a few blemisheswithout date [ ppplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeof the various groups of roses, with accurate descriptions of the varieties now generally grown - new york, dodd, mead & companyhardcover - 17 x 10catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
46 €
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White title on spine and front coverthe period around the turn of the century, and extending through the publication of keynes's treatise, was a period of flaming intellectual success at cambridgeotherwise tightly bound and clean with no inscriptionscovers and spine worn at extremitiesgrey covers with illustration on frontsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop lymington paperback published by macmillan inpages slightly fadedkeynes's pathbreaking "treatise on probability" was begun as a fellowship dissertation at cambridge before the first world war
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The great treatise on the stages of the path to enlightenment is his most famous worktsong-kha-pa was a prolific writer and one of tibet's greatest philosophersthis is volume three of a classic of tibetan buddhismboards in very good conditionthis third volume contains a presentation of the two most important topics to be found in the great treatise: meditation serenity (samatha) and supramundane insight into the nature of reality (vipasyana)oxfam bookshop bath a hardback in fine conditiondust jacket in very good conditionthe pages are clean and tightsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop shirley hardback bound in maroon cloth boards with "griffin's mining series" in gilt on the front cover and "a treatise on mine surveying" on the spinethere is a library sticker on the front paste downtop edges are grubbyindex and list of publisher's other books at the rearinternally clean and unmarkedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe hinges are broken and the text block is starting to separate from the spinethe frontispiece "mine-surveying in the middle ages" is tissue-guardedthere is wear to the top, bottom and sides of the spine and corner bumping with the orginal boards showing through
40 €
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Although much of cold hill park is still a construction site, the first two families move into their new housesoxfam shop dumfries from the number one bestselling author, peter james, comes the secret of cold hillthere is one thing that never appears in the estate agent brochures: nobody has ever survived beyond forty in cold hill house and no one has ever truly leftnow a smash-hit stage playcold hill house has been razed to the ground by fire, replaced with a development of ultra-modern homesdespite the ever present rumble of cement mixers and diggers, cold hill park appears to be the ideal place to livebut looks are deceptive and it's only a matter of days before both couples start to feel they are not alone in their new homessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe spine-chilling follow-up to the house on cold hillfor jason and emily danes, this is their forever home, and for maurice and claudette penze-weedell, it's the perfect place to live out retirementgone with the flames are the violent memories of the house's history, and a new era has begun
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The work quickly won wide recognition, both as an admirable digest of the numberless observations made with regard to the development of animals during the quarter of a century preceding its publication, and as a work of original researchhe lost his life while attempting the ascent of mont blanccovers plain with impressed line borders, spine with gilt bands top & bottom, and title etc in gilt letters - all rather dulledrubbing of edges & angles, shelf wear to top & tail of spine, and bumped corners with some frank damageendpapers appear slightly newer than the main textblockinside, however, the binding is firm with no loose pages; all pages clean and bright apart from slight browning of edgestwo pencilled annotations: 'almeida'Â at the top of the front pastedown, and 'shere the author turns his attention to vertebrates, displaying a vigorous scientific imagination, controlled by a logical sense that rigidly distinguished between fact and hypothesisroughcut page fore-edgesfrancis (frank) maitland balfour () was a british biologist, and younger brother of the politician arthur balfoursee oxfam website for delivery information read more'on the halftitle pagehe was regarded by his colleagues as one of the greatest biologists of his day and a successor to charles darwinoxfam books & music islington this is the second volume of a ground-breaking and seminal research publication, the first having dealt with invertebratesour book is in good general condition for its age, its green cloth covers somewhat battered, stained and faded in places
24 €
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In peter roget, who was compiling his famous thesaurus at the time, contributed with a two-volume treatise to that controversial series, which was part of the complex intellectual background of darwin’s work on evolutionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitwo thick volumes in good condition, coeval editorial cardboard binding, with title bands applied to spinesroget, peter mark [] (volumesanimal and vegetable physiology considered with reference to natural theologyvolume 1 - pages 593; volume 2 - pages 661the interconnected functions of individual plants and animals are seen as proof of god’s designplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeaccording to the instructions of oxford scholar francis henry, earl of bridgewater (), fellow of the royal society, rector and keen collector of manuscripts, a series of books was commissioned, designed to contribute to the understanding of the world as created by godin a way designed to appeal to a broad audience, roget described the variety and complexity of the plant and animal kingdoms, focusing on mechanics in the first volume and physiology in the second volumeeach book contains many illustrations depicting various aspects of the biology and anatomy of animals and plantscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableinteresting editorial mark taken from aldus manutius’s aldine press, depicting a dolphin twisted around the anchor and the inscription “angli discip
72 €
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Oxfam bookshop holmfirth "a historical, theoretical and practical treatise on the science and art of violin making for the use of violin makers and players" a comprehensive guide to the violin, looking at its origins and evolutionno inscriptionsdust jacket is not price clipped but has small tears to edges, is colour faded on spine and front, and has stains on spine and a small tear on frontpages yellowed, clean and unmarked, binding intact reprint of second edition, with preface written by edwith diagrams and fold out patternsheron-allen inhardback, red cloth boards, minimal shelf wearsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
22 €
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Beautiful book by schopenhauer: “it’s a treatise on the happy life, or eudemology (sic for eudemonology) - it can be defined as an existence that, considered from a purely exterior point of view, or rather, after cold and mature reflection, is preferable to non-existenceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikidelivery service provided by chronopost within a few daysplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store” arthur schopenhauer - aphorismes sur la sagesse dans la vie - binding in good condition, volume in its period brown full leather, covers and spine in good condition, rubbing from use, red pigmented edges, adorned ribbed spine, gilded titling on a morocco label - inside in good condition, light soiling, lovely headbands, ornamental initials, culs-de-lampe, marbled endpaperscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
40 €
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Beginning with an introduction to ship building and concluding with the finished product, the book enables the reader to follow the construction of a ship from start to finishoxfam bookshop lower petergate ship construction is a comprehensive text for students of naval architecture, ship building and construction, and for professional naval architects and marine engineers as a refresher on the latest developments in ship types, safety and shipyard practicesthe new edition includes a new chapter on computer-aided design and manufacture, and all the latest international regulations and technological developmentseyres explores in depth, chapter by chapter, the development of ship types, materials and strengths of ships, welding and cutting, shipyard practice, ship structure and outfittingthis 6th edition printed in see oxfam website for delivery information read more
35 €
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Oxfam shop dumfries the last 20 years have seen a growth in interest in the history of psychiatrythis book aims to redress this imbalance by exploring the history of significant psychiatric disorders from both the clinical and socio-historical perspectiveemphasis has been given to social topics, moral treatment and psychiatry as a profession, but little work has been produced on the internal history of individual diseases and their medico-social contextit is divided in three sections covering neuropsychiatric disorders such as dementia, stroke and parkinson's disease; functional psychoses such as schizophrenia and depression; and neuroses and personalitythe text is designed as a standard reference work on the subject for practitioners and trainees within medicine, and psychiatry, historians and social scientistssee oxfam website for delivery information read moredr porter has also published "mind-forg'd manacles"
14 €
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Oxfam shop wilmslow this hardbook is the 6th edition published inthere is some bumping on the cover cornerssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe binding is tightthe pages are slightly tanned throughout and there are a few pencil marks
7 €
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Oxfam books & music beaconsfield seventh edition of sir edmund beckett's famous rudimentary treatise on design of time pieces and bells, including their hangingwhile it is still present, the drawing has been detached resulting in damage to the binding between the front free end-paper and the page blockthe frontispiece is a superb fold out of big benthe book has the original maroon quartered leather binding, somewhat worn with usethe book is in very good condition with the exception of the binding at the folding frontispiece drawingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morerichly illustrated
50 €
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Antiquities of the jews recounts the history of the world from a jewish perspective for an ostensibly greek and roman audiencethese works provide valuable insight into first century judaism and the background of early christianity, and are the chief source next to the bible for the history and antiquity of ancient palestineneatly pencilled name on front endpaper of volume 1oxfam bookshop newport a record of jewish history, with special emphasis on the first century ce and the first jewish–roman war ( ce) comprising the jewish war (cneatly inked name on flyleaf of volumes 1, 3 and 4the jewish war recounts the jewish revolt against roman occupationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morespeckled edge to text blocksrebound in in mottled glossy brown paper covered boardssporadic foxing and and generally evenly tanned throughout75) and antiquities of the jews (c
90 €
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Moody, a new history of ireland is harvesting of modern scholarship on irish history from the earliest times to the presentthere will be ten volumes, six of which have been published to datewithdrawn ex-library with all the usual markingshowever, this is a good clean copy with no notes or highlighting throughoutsee oxfam website for delivery information read more the dust jacket is in good condition with minor sun fade to the spinethere are stickers on the title page, endpapers, and stamps on the text blockoxfam bookshop newport bl reissued with a comprehensive and up-to-date bibliographical supplementplanned and established by the late tthe book itself has grey covered boards and gilt lettering
58 €
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Probably the best known treatise on the breeding and rearing of pigeons50 beautiful coloured full page chromo-lithographsfor more information please contact roland on the telephone number providedhardback complete copy by rslight foxing throughout otherwise vgc
450 €
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Clean faces brimming with local historymany b/w images of the old oyster-centric life but there is much on more general local history and there are plates of the world's first railway bridge (we are informed) and the first photograph of sea ice, which was a frequent occurrence due the the dilution of seawater by the medwayemprint's press appeared to have a defective 0: on the back jacket face there are two suspicious handwritten edits thereofbinding very good but a couple of sections are a little loosealternatively its appearance may be restored by careful work with tape and ironingas-new red boards with gilt titles to spinethis book will keep the local historian occupied for monthsoxfam bookshop market harborough portrait of a seaside town: historic photographs of whitstable from the douglas west collection - emprint whitstable: emprintdust jacket with light creasing along top and bottom edges and two tears of 3 cms to the rear facewith the jacket stored safely in a drawer this book will grace any shelfsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebright imagery of the old lifesecond editionthere is no reference to an editor of this book, which appears to have been published post-death
24 €
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Oxfam bookshop lower petergate in , as regius professor, william stubbs founded oxford university's school of modern history, allowing postclassical history to be taught as a distinct subject for the first timethe book has been inscribed by two previous owners, but otherwise pages are clean, lightly tannedthis book is a collection of 17 statutory lectures delivered fromthe book is bound in maroon cloth, with gilt titlessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe spine is faded and bumped at top and bottom with a small tear at the top
11 €
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Oxfam bookshop harrogate the story of britain is a significant book published at a significant moment, for there can rarely have been a time when public concern about history and the teaching of history has created so much controversy and debateit is a tremendous story, and roy strong, with his passion, enthusiasm and wide-ranging knowledge, is the ideal person to tell itfeaturing illustrated double-page spreads arranged by subject, he tells the story as a continuous narrative in chapters which give meaning and purpose to the periods they considersee oxfam website for delivery information read moresir roy strong, author, broadcaster, former director of the national portrait gallery and the victoria and albert museum, tells the story of britain from the very earliest recorded celtic times to the era of margaret thatcher
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All students and teachers of the history of ancient greece or of classical civilisation generally will find this book an invaluable tool750 to 338 bc - that is, the period best known and most important for the evolution of the polis, a form of political community which combined the aspects of city and state in a physical and psychological unity unparalleled either before or sincefor us, the inheritors of much that the greeks created, there is an inherent interest in the way in which they organised their society during these centuriessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe sources themselves (all of which have been translated by the authors) are supported by introductory commentary, notes, bibliographies, chronological tables and mapsoxfam bookshop cheltenham the aim of this book is to collect in one comprehensive volume a representative selection of ancient sources in translation, with commentary, on the history, institutions, society and economy of the greek world from calthough this book assumes no knowledge of greek, the reader is introduced to a range of key greek words and concepts which offer a direct insight into the mentality, both collective and individual, of the times
7 €
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Has some highlighting of text, and pencil commentary, in placesoxfam bookshop leeds 488ppsee oxfam website for delivery information read moregenerally good condition, and readable
13 €
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Feminism in america: a history by william lpaper edges a little soiledfeminism's roots in america are placed a 150 years ago by the author and he then traces the development and past failures of the movemento'neill identifies marriage and the family are the chief obstacles to female emancipation and these are still issues faced by the modern woman, here and in the usa o'neill transaction publications paperbackcovers generally good condition, slight fold at bottom of rear cover, slight mark on rear coverthe "me too" movement shows how topical feminism still is and how women still struggle for equalitysee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this revised edition the more recent development of feminism and its problems are also discussedinternally a good clean copy
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19 €
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Peter wilson's book is a major work, the first new history of the war in a generation, and a fascinating, brilliantly written attempt to explain a compelling series of eventsoxfam bookshop shaftesbury winner of the society for military history distinguished book award the horrific series of conflicts known as the thirty years war () tore the heart out of europe, killing perhaps a quarter of all germans and laying waste to whole areas of central europe to such a degree that many towns and regions never recovered book condition very good, covers and spine unmarked and all pages crisp and cleanthe principal actors in the drama (wallenstein, ferdinand ii, gustavus adolphus, richelieu) are all here, but so is the experience of the ordinary soldiers and civilians, desperately trying to stay alive under impossible circumstanceswilson's great strength is in allowing the reader to understand the tragedy of mixed motives that allowed rulers to gamble their countries' future with such horrifying resultsall the major european powers apart from russia were heavily involved and, while each country started out with rational war aims, the fighting rapidly spiralled out of control, with great battles giving way to marauding bands of starving soldiers spreading plague and murderwhether motivated by idealism or cynicism, everyone drawn into the conflict was destroyed by itsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat its end a recognizably modern europe had been created but at a terrible pricethe war was both a religious and a political one and it was this tangle of motives that made it impossible to stop
9 €
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The lone wolf is glimpsed on the hard shoulder and photographed by tomasz, a polish construction worker who cannot survive in germany without his girlfriendthis first novel of germany's most celebrated contemporary playwright is written in prose of tremendous power and precisionand elisabeth's father, a famous sculptor, observes the vast skeleton of a whale in his studio and asks: what am i doing here? and why? experiences and encounters flicker past with a raw, visual power, like frames in a black and white filmthose who catch sight of the wolf see their own lives reflected, and find themselves searching for a different path in a cold timetranslated from the german by jamie bulloch see oxfam website for delivery information read morea woman burns her mother's diaries on a berlin balconyexactly the type of book that readers in search of striking european voices should embrace" john boyne, author of the boy in the striped pyjamasa contemporary berlin fairy tale that bristles with urban truths - the first novel of germany's best-known contemporary playwright one clear, ice-cold january morning shortly after dawn, a wolf crosses the border between poland and germanyon an icy motorway eighty kilometres outside the city, a fuel tanker jack-knifes and explodeselisabeth and micha run away through the snow from their home village, crossing the wolf's tracks on their way to the cityoxfam bookshop cheltenham "a highly original and often hypnotic workhis trail leads all the way to berlin, connecting the lives of disparate individuals whose paths intersect and diverge
2 €
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Imagine holding history in your handsearly history of military, war and weaponryany professional or amateur student of war will thrill at the untold riches in this collection of battle theory and practice in the early western world
14 €
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The author, a librarian at the royal geographical society, compiled this comprehensive picture of the history of exploration which is a testimony to the courage and resilience of those willing to face the hazards of journeys into the unknownno inscriptionsgreen cloth hard covers with gilt titles on the spineunclipped dust jacket has some discolouration near the top edges and around the margins of the back; there is a tear at the top right corner of the front and a minor amount of chipping at the top of the spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe continents are dealt with in turn and a wide range of explorers are included from a variety of nationsthe globe image on the front of the dust jacket and the star on its spine have left ghost images on the cloth of the front board and spine of the bookoxfam bookshop lymington first editionslight fading at the very tops of the boards and spine where exposed to the light
9 €
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Wine labels: a worldwide history, hardcover by salter, john, isbn , isbn-13 , like new used, free shipping in the us explores the history and development of not only the labels themselves, but also of the great collections
78 €
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1/2 inches deepit is fully working and is being used on a daily basis and is in very good presentable condition with no woodworm that i can seefor sale is my oak cased grandfather clockto give a little provenance on the history, the clock has the name william evans from great malvernthe asking price is ÂŁ375the clock itself is 80 inches tall 18 inches wide and 9i did a little research and it appears he traded in the yearsthere is a working lock on the door with a single key
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It is fully working and is being used on a daily basis and is in very good presentable condition with no woodworm that i can see1/2 inches deep, it has a strong deep tick and there is a working lock on the door with a single keyfor sale is my oak cased grandfather clockto give a little provenance on the history, the clock has the name william evans from great malvernthe clock itself is 80 inches tall 18 inches wide and 9i did a little research and it appears he traded in the yearsthe asking price is ÂŁ385
385 €
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Rare and interesting edition on the construction of bridges and river navigation channels of franceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicondition: volume in excellent condition, only with a few binding defects on the spineplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour 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 availableat the end of the work was inserted a large colour map (59 x69 cm) dated , depicting the entire national french territorythe volume is complete with all 10 illustrated and folded plates, of fine workmanship
134 €