A3 passion of a primitive 411
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteplease see the many photos, they are part of the descriptionthe lot will be adequately packaged and shipped with registrationcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe plateau has a 35 cm diameterthe piece is 42 cm tall and has a wingspan of 48 cmour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethis concerns a heavy bronze sculpture of a swan with bicoloured patina, brown and greenthis means one could put a 9glass) plate on top, creating a great side-tablewhen i was sizing it up, i noticed that the top of the swan’s head and the top of the wings are equal in heightlarge bronze sculpture with lovely patina depicting a swanit stands on a plateau with wings spreadare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
145 €
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Oxfam bookshop market harborough portrait of a seaside town: historic photographs of whitstable from the douglas west collection - emprint whitstable: emprintbinding very good but a couple of sections are a little looseclean faces brimming with local historybright imagery of the old lifeemprint's press appeared to have a defective 0: on the back jacket face there are two suspicious handwritten edits thereofmany 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 medwayas-new red boards with gilt titles to spinewith the jacket stored safely in a drawer this book will grace any shelfsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredust jacket with light creasing along top and bottom edges and two tears of 3 cms to the rear facealternatively its appearance may be restored by careful work with tape and ironingthis book will keep the local historian occupied for monthsthere is no reference to an editor of this book, which appears to have been published post-deathsecond edition
24 €
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Oxfam bookshop raeburn place in good condition - the dust jacket is in poor condition (tears to the front top and around the top of the spine and price-clipped), the book itself is in very good condition (very bright pages, no markingshe argues that perret provides the first rational and effective expression of classical principles in modern constructionit is an unmatched pioneering history of the development of reinforced concrete up toit records and analyses the densely articulated, if provincial, english debate with respect to the aesthetic challenge posed by the increasing popularity of concrete from around onwards307pp + 104 photographic plates at the rear" kenneth frampton: '"concrete" remains a valuable historical text that in many respects has never been given its duesee oxfam website for delivery information read more" - from the foreword of a later editionfinally, until very recently it was the only readily available monograph on auguste perret in english"collins provides a thorough history of the new nineteenth century material and goes on to examine the theories on its architectural expression, focusing on determining role of the reinforced concrete frame
(England)
45 €
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Shipping insured and registered (or pick it up)birth and month stones: onyx is the birthstone (or month stone) for julyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecomes with professional report of authenticitycheck our feedback here to see how happy our customers arematerial: 14k yellow gold (touchstone tested) technique: micromosaics (or micro mosaics, micro-mosaics) are a special form of mosaic that uses unusually small mosaic pieces (tesserae) of glass, or in later italian pieces an enamel-like material, to make small figurative imageshallmarks: no traceprecious stone(s): one onyx in which the micro mosaic is setsee more of our products, visit: https:// auctioncom/lotsfrom/adin read moretype of jewel: antique gold ring with micro mosaic miniature of a dog condition: very good style: antique victorian era: cadimensions: top of ring 1,81 cm (0,71 inch) x 1,52 cm (0,60 inch) - see picture with a ruler in cm and inches weight: 5,10 gram (3,28 dwt) ring size: eu-½, usa-6, uk-l adin reference nº: - the jewelry on our pictures is not photoshoppedcatawiki’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 storesurviving ancient roman mosaics include some very finely worked panels using very small tesserae, especially from pompeii, but only from byzantine art are there mosaic icons in micromosaic with tesserae as small as the best from the modern periodoutside eu import duties etcbyzantine examples, which are very rare, were religious iconsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
330 €
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitea rare and unusual carved and polychrome painted oak figure of a child, wearing a hood and cloak and holding a jug and hop, a barrel next to him and a cat seated on his shoulderprobably from southern tirol (formerly part of the austrian empire, now italy)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabledimensions: h 20cm; diameter of base 9our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeearly 19th centurybeautifully carved and detailed ! on a slightly later turned wooden base with label underneath "vom gipfel der rosengarten spitze" (the label partly completed in the middle, due to wear)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
247 €
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square one night in november , pc billy tyler is called to a mortuary in suffolk to guard the body of a notorious child& 45;killersee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut in the eerie silence of the hospital, the killer&39;s presence begins to assert itself&; a vivid evocation of an extraordinary moment in crime history, death of a murdereris a dark and gripping meditation on the fears and temptations that haunt us all
(England)
3 €
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Oxfam shop queen's road this four-disc bbc box-set features the episodes of the classic science fiction series - the mysterious planet, mind warp, terror of the vervoids and the ultimate foe - that make up the trial of a time lord storylinethe tardis is drawn to a space station where the doctor (colin baker) is subjected to a time lord inquiry into his behaviour, presided over by an inquisitorthe prosecuting counsel, the valeyard, presents the first piece of evidence, which consists of a recording played back on a screen linked to the matrixsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit concerns a visit by the doctor and peri to the desolate planet ravolox
9 €
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham ôi was six or seven when i noticed the music in my headit is an honest and revealing work, by turns heartfelt and funny, that tells the story of a cocky scot with a sound in his head and his lifelong efforts to reproduce that sound û a story that runs from teenage fandom to international stardom, from scotland to new york city and beyondö - - a waterboyæs adventures in music is a fascinating, evocative memoir by one of the great british songwriters of the past four decadesin he formed the waterboys with an ever-rotating cast of collaborators and soon found international success with the trademark see oxfam website for delivery information read moreas a teenager in scotland, mike played in punk and garage bands, hitchhiked to see bob dylan, and scammed his way into punk poet patti smithæs inner circle during an eye-opening weekend in londonand itæs continued ever sinceit was there in the classroom, on the football pitch, at the dinner table, when i went to sleep and when i woke up
3 €
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Lv, 633 + ads, thick octavo format in green cloth with gilt titlesoxfam bookshop hove g8vo  selected contents: some rough outlines of the background of the gnosis - greece; egypt; philo on the contemplative life; jewry; alexandria; general gnostic christianity - the evolution of catholic chrisitianity; the ebionites; the essenes; the tendencies of gnosticism; the literature and sources of gnosticism book plate owner name, rear board old stains else good  see oxfam website for delivery information read moresecond ed, stated green cloth boards with gilt lettering 2nd ed after first printing  selected contents: some rough outlines of the background of the gnosis - greece; egypt; philo on the contemplative life; jewry; alexandria; general gnostic christianity - the evolution of catholic chrisitianity; the ebionites; the essenes; the tendencies of gnosticism; the literature and sources of gnosticismmeadfragments of a faith forgotten: some short sketches among the gnostics mainly of the first two centuries - a contribution to the study of christian origins based on the most recently recovered materialslondon and benares theosophical
49 €
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The first millennium was a struggle for survival and equally a struggle in beliefit recounts the development of our nationhood, culture and religious foundationprogression of christianity was never inevitableoxfam books & music lichfield how did a new belief move from the backwaters of oppressed galilee to centres around the mediterranean, across europe and to britain? why did the brutal romans turn christianity into a state religion? did the heathen saxons accept the faith earlier than is thought? how did the native celts assimilate the roman church? what happened to the church with the interference of kings and the invasion of vikings? acceptance of christ's resurrection changed the lives of emperors, kings, bishops, abbots and people, sometimes for good and occasionally with dreadful consequencessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book retells and updates this history of a dark age sometimes receiving christian light using new archaeological discovery and interpretation
4 €
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitea head of a blindfolded female figure, probably the personification of "lady justice", made of a metal alloy, marked pmade in the 1st half of the 20th centurydimensions: 34,5 cm (h) x 16 cm (l) the overall condition is very goodcatawiki’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 storethe item will be packed in a secure way and shipped within 1-2 working daysuccello and numberedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
69 €
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website150g total weight 406g condition - in excellent condition without damages or repairs the crown could use a clean please see the photos as they are an important part of the description this lot will be carefully packed and sent by registered and insured mail read moreit is mounted on a green marble baseour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe statue is executed in31 cm tall including the baseweight of the detached crane cacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablea large and incredibly detailed sculpture of a crowned crane, a bird native to africathe crane is detachable from the base marked sterling and spain to the baseare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki915 silver with a gilded crown and gilded details to the beak
164 €
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitegrammy "best rock vocal performance "best rock vocal performance "best male rock vocal performance" "best contemporary folk album" "best male rock vocal performance" and "best rock song" "best rock performance by a duo or group with vocal" "best solo rock vocal performance" "best solo rock vocal performance" "best traditional folk album" “best performances by an artist” “best rock song” "best solo rock vocal performance" oscar academy award for "best original song" for streets of philadelphia from the film philadelphiaband leader of the e street band is an oscar and tony award winner and a 20-time grammy winnerspringsteen received several awards and accolades during his almost 40-year career, including 20 grammy awards,and an oscar in for the song streets of philadelphia,which is part of the music of the film philadelphiacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebruce frederick joseph springsteen (born september new jersey) is an american rock musicianbruce springsteen(original autograph) (ecxellent condition) signed in black on a picture of a live performance (later at his concert in the madison square garden june /) comes in a in a beautiful "passepartout" original size 16 inch x 12 inch (40,5 x 30, 5 cm) with coa (certificate of authenticity aftal and uacc) the item is specially packaged and delivered insured unique item from "the boss" read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
368 €
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Someone will be very lucky to have this cracking little pony who has the brain and build to excel at anything he may be asked to turn his hoof to in the fieldhe has successfully shown as a foal and a yearlingenzo also moves beautifully with a lot of expression & presence in his trotopen to offers for the right home as everyone in the family thinks the world of this little boyhe is a wonderful stamp of a welsh a with a fantastic personality, he will no doubt in time make an fantastic first ridden/lead rein show pony or competing in m&m classes under saddleour beautiful 2 year old enzo is now available to a new home, as we haven’t been able to take him showing we have kept him leaner on less grass (though he has never had any issues laminitis even on unrestricted & lush grazing, you can never be too sure) with a pony who needed restricting
1000 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport the story of a yorkshire woman who was called upon by the ministry of labour and national service to be directed to work of national importanceminor foxing to edges of text block, which is otherwise lightly but evenly tannedvarious scuffs, marks and discolourationrear free endpaper has been torn outendpapers discolouredshelf wear to top and bottom edges of spinegiven the choice between working in a factory or going into transport, she chose the latter and became a conductress on a tramsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea heart-warming and touching collection of anecdotes about life as a clippie, and how it impacted upon her life at homeblue cloth covered boards with gilt text to spine
34 €
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'intimate and brutal, written in cool, lucid prose it is a novel whose psychological empathy and historical truths are outstanding' mail on sunday see oxfam website for delivery information read moremany years later she tells her story from a hotel in new york, opening a window into an extraordinary half-hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradation and summoning up a quarter of a century of japan's dramatic historyoxfam bookshop hertford 'an epic tale and a brutal evocation of a disappearing world' the timesa young peasant girl is sold as servant and apprentice to a renowned geisha house
2 €
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Anyone alive in the 18th century would have known that 'the longitude problem' was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day - and had been for centuriesthe quest for a solution had occupied scientists and their patrons for the better part of two centuries when, in , parliament upped the ante by offering a king's ransom (gbp) to anyone whose method or device proved successfulthe scientific establishment throughout europe - from galileo to sir isaac newton - had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answerin stark contrast, one man, john harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solutionexcellent condition for its age, with little signs of useno highlighting or other notesdust jacket unmarkedtext block clean see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop newport the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude, and the unlikely triumph of an english geniusthousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolutionlacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of landfull of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, longitude is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking
5 €
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There is some foxing on the blank endpapers, but the pages are clean and unmarkedoxfam shop west hampstead these stories were intended to tell the entire history of scotland, not as an academic narrative, but through the tales scott told to his grandson, full of glory, courage, and admiration of a heroic pastthis early copy is undatedthe prize label is pasted to the marbled fit was given as a school prize in (however, the date mistakenly given on the gilt stamp of the school crest on the front cover is mdclxxxvii - !) the red leather cover is slightly scuffed, and the corners rubbedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe spine is faded and damaged at the top and tail, with a small split to the right, but the binding is firmthe edges of the boards are attractively stamped with a gilt design, and the endpapers and page edges are marbled
14 €
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Someone will be very lucky to have this cracking little pony who has the brain and build to excel at anything he may be asked to turn his hoof to in the fieldour beautiful 2 year old enzo - rhydfendigaid brenin aur by bryngwenlli eurig, is now available to a new home, as we haven’t been able to take him showing we have kept him leaner on less grass (though he has never had any issues laminitis even on unrestricted & lush grazing, you can never be too sure) with a pony who needed restrictinghe has successfully shown as a foal and a yearlingenzo also moves beautifully with a lot of expression & presence in his trothe is a wonderful stamp of a welsh a with a fantastic personality, he will no doubt in time make an fantastic first ridden/lead rein show pony or competing in m&m classes under saddleopen to offers for the right home as everyone in the family thinks the world of this little boy
750 €
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A perfectly balanced, elegant and very decorative pieceplease 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 catawikia beautiful piece that embodies the elegance and exoticism of art decozamac with brown and green patina on a polished black belgian marble basea real eyecatchercatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available21 cm high, 32,5 x 10 cm including base 18 cm high x 26 x 4 cm without base overall very good condition with a few very small chips on the edge of the basethe antelope is rendered floating effortlessly in the air, its muscles finely detailed, jumping over a stylized, cubist patch of grassunsigned but a beautifully designed workour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storea superb art deco sculpture of a jumping antelope, made in the s in france
110 €
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There is no maker's name, so it may have been comissioned for the shopplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitein very good condition except for a small piece broken off, at the back of the helmet (see photo: not visible from the front)a life-size bust in coloured terracotta of a renaissance warrior bearing the name of the shop and gallery saló hoyos, ran by the furniture maker joan esteve and the casa hoyos fromfrom to the shop bore the name on this piece: esteve figueras i sucesores de hoyoshere they exhibited the work of the key figures of catalan modernismocatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe outer surfaces have a smooth (reddish) dark brown lustrous patinaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe visor bears two birds, the helmet a scene of gladiatorial combat including a bearare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
234 €
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitedry stamps of the magritte estate & adagp dimensions 60 x 45 cm (23100 % hand-made in france, from the production of the paper in arches, to the traditional lithographic printing process, one drawing for each different color, one color per press runcharly herscovici, president of the magritte foundation and unique representative of the magritte estateshipped with fedex along with a certificate of authenticitycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablerené magritte (after) - souvenir de voyage (memory of a voyage) lithograph on bfk rives paper plate-signed from the edition of 2757' in) created after the gouache on paper, this lithograph was printed and published in in the art-lithographies studio in paris using thick pur chiffon bfk rives paperour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe lithograph is numbered from the edition of 275, plate-signed by magritte, features the dry stamps of the magritte foundation & adagp and is countersigned in pencil by mr
213 €
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A large part was made by dutch papermills, but also by english, french, german and portugese papermillsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesome names: honig, blauw, pannekoek, pieter van der ley, van gelder, koning & desjardin, proost, wendelin richel, vierevant, gerrevink, middelink, koldewyn, etccovering the period 15th - 19th centurythis includes a box with 26 samples of the paper (without watermarks) as described in this catalogueone of the most popular watermarks afterwith a description of each sheet with back-lit pictures of all the watermarks and a cd-rom with all the files of the pictures of the watermarkscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available¶ limited edition of 25 numbered copiessamshuijzen, jelle catalogue of a collection of 225 old watermarks 15th - 19th century rockingstone wageningen, rockingstoneit stayed in use until the beginning of the 19th centuryour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesoftcover, oblong, 99 ppsize of the paper samples: casome groups of watermarks: - arms of amsterdam used between - vryheit in wreath, lion, spear and seven darts - vryheit in crowned circle pro patria - garden of holland or maid of dordrecht pro patriaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
71 €
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This is a book written not just by a professional transpersonal psychotherapist but by someone who has walked the heart-rending path and experienced the psychological trauma of loving someone in psychosis; psychosis which still remains the greatest taboo in society today, together with its implicit diagnosis of a lifelong sentence of medication and no cureoxfam books & music wells internally a very good clean copy of this paperback bookit is in the main a personal and moving narrative of a mother looking to help her son avoid such a lifelong sentence of medication whilst trying to research holistic resources and alternative approaches for treatment at the same time as negotiating the vagaries of the current mental health systemit is often a tale of despair and frustration, yet also gives a compassionate voicetranspersonal and transgenerational psychotherapeutic insights back up the personal narrativeits hypothesis is that if we cannot understand our own unconscious responses how can we understand those of our loved ones in psychotic episodes? see oxfam website for delivery information read more there is also a mark on the front of the bottom edgeit includes an accessible inquiry into how unconscious forces influence our mind, our bodies and the entire family system the cover has a few marks and bows away from the book
14 €
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Dolphin square breaks new ground in providing a detailed examination of a major example of urban property speculation and managementthe trust's unique blend of quasi-charitable purpose and commercial management enabled long-standing tenants to enjoy below-market rentals before the trust came under immense pressure to realise the value of the existing leases and sell them off infrench, the swashbuckling new york property developer, who had plans to produce in london something like his large-scale apartment complexes in tudor city and knickerbocker villagethe book charts the square's changing ownership and eventual creation of the dolphin square trust, which managed the flats on a non-profit-making basis for 40 yearsoxfam bookshop victoria blending social history with pioneering architecture and business analysis, dolphin square provides a detailed history of the london landmark and its antecedentsthe book begins with the antecedents of the seven-acre site, which was first occupied by the workshops of thomas cubitt, when he developed pimlico and belgraviafrom to it was the site of the royal army clothing depot, which produced uniforms for the british and other armed forceshowever, he was unable to raise funds in the aftermath of the great depression, and the project was taken on by a british builder, costain, inbuilt on a massive scale to a high density in the mid-s, it was a pioneering example of concrete design, and when completed was the largest single residential building in europesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreconceived as a speculative housing project and later catering for mps, peers and entertainers required to work in london, this book tells the story of the dolphin square project and also captures what it has been like to live in the square for figures including ellen wilkinson, alistair darling, william hague, mo mowlam, sir david steel, christine keeler, sid james, barbara windsor and princess annedolphin square - the large, imposing red brick building on the north bank of the thames - was and is no ordinary block of flatsthe successful bidder was fred fwhen the army clothing function was privatised, the duke of westminster offered the land for development
6 €
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An important, pioneering work, essential for anyone interested in cricket and india, a corner of a foreign field is also a beautifully written meditation on the ramifications of sport in society at large, and how sport can influence both social and political historythe indian careers of those great english cricketers, lord harris and djardine, provide a window into the operations of empireoxfam bookshop brigg a book that seamlessly interweaves biography with history, the lives of cricketers with wider processes of social changelater chapters explore the competition between hindu and muslim cricketers in colonial india and the extraordinary passions now provoked when india plays pakistanthe extraordinary life of india's first great slow bowler, palwankar baloo, introduces the reader to the still-unfinished struggle against caste discriminationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenayudu and sachin tendulkar naturally figure in this book, but so too, in arresting and unexpected ways, do mahatma gandhi and muhammad ali jinnah
49 €
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Skeaping here we have a print of the drawing reed buck by jpicture of a reed buck by jfull size of picture & frame is 37cm wide by 32cm high please look at the pictures as they form part of the descriptionits been framed by the medici ltd, londonplease take a look at my other items on sale
20 €
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With these books, which the new yorker's james wood described as "large, captivating, amiably peopledin these neapolitan novels, elena ferrante, the acclaimed author of the days of abandonment, gives readers a poignant and universal story about friendship and belongingyet in doing so she has created a world in which readers will recognize themselves and has drawn a marvellously nuanced portrait of friendshipin the story of a new name, lila has recently married and made her entrée into the family business; elena, meanwhile, continues her studies and her exploration of the world beyond the neighbourhood that she so often finds stiflingmarriage appears to have imprisoned lila, and the pressure to excel is at times too much for elenathe story of a new name is the second book in this seriesshe writes vividly about a specific neighborhood of naples from the late-s through to the current day and about two remarkable young women who are very much the products of that place and timea beautiful and delicate tale of confluence and reversal," ferrante proves herself to be one of italy's most accomplished storytellerslove, jealousy, family, freedom, commitment, and above all friendship: these are signs under which both women live out this phase in their storiesyet the two young women share a complex and evolving bond that is central to their emotional lives and is a source of strength in the face of life's challengessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop ealing in , elena ferrante's my brilliant friend introduced readers to the unforgettable elena and lila, whose lifelong friendship provides the backbone for the neapolitan novels
4 €
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The photos give a good impression of the condition of this sculpture and are part of the descriptionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe sculpture is made of alabaster, with a grey marble pedestalthe sculpture is not too large in size and has a nice old patinathe lot will be properly packaged for registered shippingpick-up in casteren, the netherlands, is also possiblecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe sculpture is in good conditionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebeautiful antique figurine of a young woman5 cm high, 13 cm wide and 8 cm deepare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
52 €
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Includes a very large collection of specialist jewellery making materials and tools, all cost a considerable amount when they were purchasedthese belonged to my elderly mother but she has now decided to end her jewellery making hobby so this all has to find a new homeboth lots included in the pricetwo job lots of a large selection of jewellery making kitthe total weight of all the items in lot 1 and lot 2 is 24kg so it's collection only
175 €