Admiral of the fleet
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? the forward is by "admiral of the fleet the right honourable the earl mountbatten of burma kg" you will not find a better price for this item in this condition anywhereplease see photographs as part of the description read morethe readers digest atlas is truly a piece of historyoriginal first edition in mint condition and comes in its original cardboard packaging box, which is in poor condition (see photographs) the book also comes with its original leaflets and cards and maps, which were placed as extras inside the book when purchased from readers digest back inother please contact?this mint reader digest complete atlas of the british isles st edfree postage within the uk) maps (part fold
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admiral of the fleet with 16 maps and 46 photographsthere is an inscription on the first pagepublished binding is flawed and the front cover is bent which has ripped the inside of the coverotherwise in fairly good condition for it's age
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This picture is a famous, probably accurate, depiction of the attack on portsmouth by a french fleet on julytogether with a view of the english and french fleets at the commencement of the action between themsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremary rose, vice-flagship of england's fleet, is shown sinking of southsea castle with tremendous loss of lifeoxfam bookshop lincoln the encampment of the english forces near portsmouth68cm x 48cm published by artists harbour ltd
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Including: 'battle naseby', 'general fairfax with his forces before city oxford', 'kings declaration to his gentry & army september ', 'sea fight between admiral blake and the spaniards' etcan impartial history of the rebellion and civil wars in england, 1st edition, london: printed, and sold by all the booksellers in town and country, , estc t (hooper), r (burnet), t (harris: 750 copies printed), r730 (welwood); wing b (burnet), w (welwood)26 large full-page illustrations that include many of the most important battles of the english civil warsestc calls for 16 unnumbered pages at the rear of burnet's work, whereas other records call for 12 only, as in the present copyepisodi storici a cortean impartial history of the rebellion and civil wars in england, 1st edition, london: printed, and sold by all the booksellers in town and country, , ppour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store18th-century rebackinga large work, bound in full leather with six raised bands on the spinelarge heraldic bookplate lyme on the inner front panelnaval battles and court eventsthomas wodehouse legh, 2nd baron newton (), politician (bookplate of lyme park books dated ; golden coat of arms at the foot of the spine)complete with cover page and 26 large platesbattaglie navaliare 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 availablea very good copy
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After conquering much of europe already, napoleon's forces have set their sights on taking britian, so captain aubrey (russell crowe) and the crew of his ship, the hms surprise, take to the pacific to intercept any attacking ships from the french fleetoxfam bookshop carlisle film adaptation of one of the 'master and commander' novels by patrick o'brian; o'brian's novels are set during the napoleonic wars and feature the character captain jack aubreysee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen aubrey eyes a renegade french super-frigate, the surprise pursues, leading to an adrenaline-charged chase through the distant reaches of the seadiscs and case in very good condition
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David chipp had a distinguished career as a journalist which culminated in 17 years' service as editor in chief of the press association in fleet streetoxfam books & music beaconsfield one of a limited edition of 500 printed privately by the author's estatethis book contains the memoirs of david chipp's life in peking together with six essays that he wrote on the history of english journalism, and a miscellany of reflections on some of the diverse aspects of his lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe was the first non-communist western correspondent to be granted residency by the communist government and he spent 30 months in pekingwith black and white and colour photographsabsolutely minimal shelf wear to the dust coveran excellent clean copy
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Tolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearsin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilfinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplayin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthgandalf manages to rally gondor's fallen army with the help of king theoden of rohan for the biggest battle in the history of middle-earth; and aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilitiessee oxfam website for delivery information read moretogether they must battle across middle earth to destroy the ring by casting it into the cracks of doom, the fiery chasm in the centre of mordorfrodo leaves the shire aided by his cousins merry (dominic monaghan), pippin (billy boyd) and trusty friend sam gamgee (sean astin), but they soon realise that the agents of mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from overthey are obviously out-numbered but are determined to keep sauron distracted in order to enable frodo to complete his quest to destroy the ring by throwing it into the fires of the mountain of doommeanwhile aragorn, legolas and gimli search for the hobbits merry and pippin in the kingdom of rohan, which is currently being attacked by saruman's orc armiesgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondorthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomwhilst the fellowship are not travelling together they must unite against the powerful forces coming from the two towers: orthanc tower in isengard where saruman has bred a deadly army of , and sauron's fortress at barad-dûronce they reach the elvish realm of rivendell the hobbits form part of the anti-sauron fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), legolas greenleaf (orlando bloom), gimli the dwarf and of course gandalfwhen it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron are coming to find it, frodo is entrusted by wizard gandalf (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into their handsoxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of j
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The anguttara nikaya is a part of the pali canon, the authorized recension of the buddha's word for followers of theravada buddhism, the form of buddhism prevailing in the buddhist countries of southern asianumerical discourses of the buddha: an anthology of suttas from the anguttara nikaya (sacred literature series) this edition is from vistaar publications delhi selected and translated from the pali by nyanaponika thera and bhikkhu bodhi in excellent condition drawn from the anguttara nikaya, numerical discourses of the buddha brings together teachings of the buddha ranging from basic ethical observances recommended to the busy man or woman of the world, to the more rigorous instructions on mental training prescribed for the monks and nunsp&p will cost £2
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Do come and listen before deciding whether to buy! read moremade by music of the spheres in the usa, this is a high-grade precision-tuned set, tuned to a haunting eastern european gypsy scalethis chime is smaller and less heavy than the mezzo version, but is quite heavy for its size because the tube walls are relatively thickthese are seriously musical! because their sound can be loud and penetrating, they are best hung at a reasonable distance from one's main living spacei called that sub-project 'wind chimes in the wild', and took chimes out into wild places (usually high up in the teign gorge) and made long recordings of them - both single sets and various combinations - in spacious natural soundscapesthe interactions of the different scales produced beautiful to hair-raisingly other-worldly musical effectsthis is one of a collection of high-grade precision-tuned chimes that i'm selling off at this timebut since i came to the end of that project the chimes are all redundant, as i can't use any of them for their normal purpose in my sort of abode!:-) personal collection only, full payment in cash, non-negotiablei purchased them at considerable expense, not to hang up at my abode but for me to carry out a really quite thrilling sub-project of my making recordings of natural soundscapes
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(total of 2 books) read more) he was fascinated by the people and culture of morocco and soon after his arrival there he started to write about everything he saw and experiencedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesee pictures of the table of contents‘james edward budgett meakin () was an english journalistthe moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementaryhe wrote extensively about morocco (contents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendixhe adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and languageotherwise the books look good, bookblocks are solidcondition: both books from new college library oxford with features: embossed marking on the front cover, traces at the bottom of the spine, bookplate and coding inside front and back cover, map with a stamp in the margin’ registered shippingtwo uniformly bound books in the original bindings with original endpapers - xxxi, 464 + folding 'map of morocco' ( cm), xxii, 503 ppare 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
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Should it also be of interest, i also have a video tape for sale in the same condition at the same price of the guilbert & sullivan opera the mikado, which is also one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by aone of the savoy video series of video tapes released by a70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3the yeomen of the guard vhs video tapethe video tape is in excellent condition and is made available inclusive of the cost of packaging but exclusive of the cost of postage which will be one of the following: royal mail 'uk standard' 1st class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3it was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowerst video gems in , this classical musical version of the gilbert & sullivan opera is numbered vhs s and was produced by george walker and starred joel grey, alfred marks, elizabeth gale, david hillman and elizabeth bainbridge
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The futuristic and symbolist sets and props were lavish in this keith warner production of the four operas, rhinegold, die valkure, siegfried and gotterdammerung of richard wagner's famous ring cycle and there appear to have been changes from the original previous and productionshas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the four operas in this cyclethe singing was excellent by john lundgren as wotan the wanderer, sarah connolly as fricka, gunter groissock as fasolt, johannes kranzle as albericht, gerhard siegal as mime, stevan vinke as siegfried, nina stemme as brunnhilde, heather engebretson as the woodbirdthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra conducted by antonio pappano was excellent, although the "donner" anvil in the finale of rhinegold was replaced by a loud thud and thunder flashes, and on the first performance on 1st october, what may be some additional tubas and horns appear to have been added among other changes to the score to the gotterdammerung finale, with no special effects for the collapse of valhalla, which does not appear to have been picked up by the criticsthere were also other flat horns in both siegried and gotterdammerungthe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etcthese performances received some good but mixed reviewspdf copy of der ring des nibelungen royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red programme with royal arms for autumn seasonwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthe finale appeared not to be quite the same as the recordings of say solti, von karajen, and others
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeiron maiden ?– the number of the beast label: parlophone ?– series: iron maiden the studio collection remastered – format: cd, album, limited edition, reissue, remastered box set country: europe released: 16 nov tracklist 1 invaders 2 children of the damned 3 the prisoner 4 22 acacia avenue 5 the number of the beast 6 run to the hills 7 gangland 8 hallowed be thy name with eddie 1:24 scale figurine, beast collectors patch & cdare 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 availableiron maiden ?– the book of souls: live chapter label: parlophone ?– format: 2 × cd, album, deluxe edition country: europe released: 17 nov tracklist 1-1 if eternity should fail (qudos bank arena, sydney, australia, speed of light (grand arena, grandwest, cape town, south africa, wrathchild (3arena, dublin, ireland, children of the damned (bell centre, montreal, canada, death or glory (wroclaw stadium, wroclaw, poland, the red and the black (ryogoku kokugikan, tokyo, japan, the trooper (estadio jorge magico gonzalez, san salvador, el salvador, powerslave (piazza dell’unita d’italia, trieste, italy, the great unknown (metro radio arena, newcastle, uk, the book of souls (download festival, donington, uk, fear of the dark (arena castelao, fortaleza, brazil, iron maiden (estadio velez sarsfield, buenos aires, argentina, the number of the beast (wacken open air, wacken, germany, blood brothers (download festival, donington, uk, wasted years (hsbc arena, rio de janeiro, brazil, ) item will be shippd by registrated mail
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Written by general van tien dung, chief of staff in the vietnam people's army and the officer in charge of the offensive, the narrative offers valuable insight into the vietnamese side of these historic eventssee oxfam website for delivery information read moretranslated by john spragens jr, with an afterword by cora weiss and don lucein good condition, there are a number of small tears to the edge of the dust jacket, and some discolouration to the edges of the pagesoxfam bookshop lower petergate a personal account of the spring offensive of that culminated in the capture of saigon and the end of the vietnam war
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About the series: for over 100 years oxford world's classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globeeach affordable volume reflects oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much moresee oxfam website for delivery information read morehere was the unknown and the perilous' the novel that set the pattern for the modern western, riders of the purple sage was first published in , immediately selling over a million copiesin the remote border country of south utah, a man is about to be whipped by the mormons in order to pressure jane withersteen into marrying against her willthe punishment is halted by the arrival of the hero, lassiter, a gunman in black leather, who routs the persecutors and then gradually recounts his own history of an endless search for a woman abducted long ago by the mormonsoxfam bookshop cheltenham with searching eyes he studied the beautiful purple, barren waste of sagesecrecy, seduction, captivity, and escape: out of these elements zane grey built his acclaimed story of the american west
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This is the highly anticipated english edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed german book, which is also being translated into chinese, polish, russian, and frenchfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwayshe examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planetindispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developmentshe explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much moreoxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionjürgen osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering erudition
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His trail leads all the way to berlin, connecting the lives of disparate individuals whose paths intersect and divergetranslated from the german by jamie bulloch see oxfam website for delivery information read moreelisabeth and micha run away through the snow from their home village, crossing the wolf's tracks on their way to the citythose who catch sight of the wolf see their own lives reflected, and find themselves searching for a different path in a cold timeexactly 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 explodesand 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 filmoxfam bookshop cheltenham "a highly original and often hypnotic workthis first novel of germany's most celebrated contemporary playwright is written in prose of tremendous power and precisionthe lone wolf is glimpsed on the hard shoulder and photographed by tomasz, a polish construction worker who cannot survive in germany without his girlfrienda woman burns her mother's diaries on a berlin balcony
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Revisiting historical icons so familiar that schoolchildren learn to take them for granted, he makes surprising connections that enable readers to see old stories in a new lightcom/ see oxfam website for delivery information read moreabraham lincoln, an unlettered citizen from the countryside, steers the union through a moment of extreme peril, guided by his clear-eyed vision of nature's capacity for improvementfor more information, visit the author's website: http://republicofnaturein these pages, the nation's birth and development, pain and sorrow, ideals and enduring promise come to life as never before, making a once-familiar past seem newin topeka, kansas, transformations of land and life prompt a lawsuit that culminates in the momentous civil rights case of brown voxfam bookshop knutsford in the dramatic narratives that comprise the republic of nature, mark fiege reframes the canonical account of american history based on the simple but radical premise that nothing in the nation's past can be considered apart from the natural circumstances in which it occurredthe republic of nature points to a startlingly different version of history that calls on readers to reconnect with fundamental forces that shaped the american experienceboard of educationamong the historical moments revisited here, a revolutionary nation arises from its environment and struggles to reconcile the diversity of its people with the claim that nature is the source of libertyby focusing on materials and processes intrinsic to all things and by highlighting the nature of the united states, fiege recovers the forgotten and overlooked ground on which so much history has unfolded
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A renowned book conservator, she must now make her way to bosnia to start work on restoring the sarajevo haggadah, a jewish prayer book - to discover its secrets and piece together the story of its miraculous survivalsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the new novel from the author of 'march' and 'year of wonders' takes place in the aftermath of the bosnian war, as a young book conservator arrives in sarajevo to restore a lost treasureas meticulously researched as all of brooks's previous work, 'people of the book' is a gripping and moving novel about war, art, love and survivalbut the trip will also set in motion a series of events that threaten to rock hannah's orderly life, including her encounter with ozren karamen, the young librarian who risked his life to save the bookwhen hannah heath gets a call in the middle of the night in her sydney home about a precious medieval manuscript which has been recovered from the smouldering ruins of wartorn sarajevo, she knows she is on the brink of the experience of a lifetime
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford wolfgang faust was the driver of a tiger i tank with the wehrmacht heavy panzer battalions, seeing extensive combat action on the eastern front inhis astonishing testimony reveals the merciless decisions that panzer crews made in action, the devastating power of their weaponry and the many ways that men met their deaths in the snow and ice of the ostfrontfaust describes how his tiger unit fought pitch battles in the snows of western russia against the full might of the red army: the t34s, stalin tanks, sturmovik bombers and the feared katyusha rocket brigadessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis memoir was his brutal and deeply personal account of the russian front's appalling carnagesome readers were outraged at the book's final scenes, while others wrote, 'now, at last, i know what our men did in the east' today it stands as one of the great semi-autobiographical accounts of warfare in world war 2: a crescendo of horror, grom survival and a fatalistic acceptance of the panzer man's destinyfirst published in the late s, this memoir's savage realism shocked the post-war german public
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And her sons john and phillip work for her, for better or worse, with wives who wish they didn'timmersed in the splendour of the riviera, this should be a summer to remember, but old resentments die hard, and olivia is still running the business full-timeas each of these individuals confront the past and the challenges of the present and future, they also learn to accept the enduring, unconditional love of their family - and a mother who is strong enough to take more than her fair share of the blame, and loving enough to accept them as they really arethis summer she has arranged a dream trip on a luxurious yacht in the mediterranean, which she hopes will be the most memorable of allmore than anything, she hopes to express her love and her regret at all the important times she missed during her children's early yearsoxfam bookshop st albans after building an empire that has made her a legend in business, olivia spends months each year planning a lavish holiday for everyone in her family to enjoybut her younger daughter, cassie, a hip london music producer, refuses the invitation altogether as she does every yearliz, her older daughter, is preoccupied with a chance to recapture her dream of being a writer and is terrified of failure, againthe question is: can they do the same for her? see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Also a little blue has transfered from the box faintly onto the rim of pages (nothing which is going to effect the reading of it) and the same has also happened on the edges of the cardsshambhala: the sacred path of the warrior: book and card set rrp £149 the set is practically like new apart from small tear along 2 side of lid on the crease (which lifts away like a flap) - which could be glued and you probably wouldn't noticethrough these teachings, readers can start to gain personal freedom and power, overcome negative habitual patterns, find the sacred dimension of everyday life, and discover the basic goodness of human lifethe box includes: 53 four-color cards, with a shambhala warrior slogan on one side and commentary from the tibetan buddhist master ch÷gyam trungpa on the reverse sidethe shambhala book and card set offers readers a unique and accessible way to put the principles of the sacred warrior to practice in daily life through a series of slogans or maxims that emphasize facing the world with openness and fearlessnessthere is a mark on the front of box too (see all pictures) rrp £149 since ancient times, the path of the enlightened warrior has been a powerful and inspiring ideal, showing us how we can master the challenges of life and draw power not from violence or aggression but through the cultivation of gentleness, courage, and self-knowledgean 16-page booklet with instructions on how the slogans can be applied to one's own life throughout the day - a 256-page unabridged edition of trungpa's classic book shambhala: the sacred path of the warrior the majority of the slogans and commentary are drawn from shambhala: the sacred path of the warriorcan post extra £3the remainder of the slogans, which have never before been available to a general audience, were composed by chogyam trungpa to be used in shambhala training, a program that he developed as a way to train people in the path and practice of warriorship
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In the tradition of bernard cornwell and his hero sharpe, archie dexter is pitted against the might of napoleons designs on europe, not on the battlefields but in the dark shadowy world of espionagean agent of the king is a thriller set in the early years of the napoleonic warsultimately archie is faced with the ultimate choice, risk losing the most precious thing in his life with the life of king george himself at stakefrom the ballrooms and bordellos of london to the hostile spanish mountains battles every bit as deadly as those faced by the nation's soldiers are fought and men die as the two empires struggle for dominanceserving with nelson in the mediterranean archie finds himself stranded in egypt where if he can survive he will play a vital role in the battle of the nile back in england, along with an oddball collection of friends archie risks everything to thwart the violent ambitions of napoleon's spymastera gritty sometimes bawdy thriller, set in violent times with a new breed of hero caught up in one of the most turbulent times in historyavailable in paperback or ebook
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The story and artwork within 'pentateuch' concerns the discovery of an abandoned spacecraft in orbit around jupiter, and the project to decipher the ideograms in the pentateuch 'document' discovered withinour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeparticularly remarkable is the combinatorial ideographic script created by woodroffe and used throughout the artworkmost of the book is a retelling of the document, in much the same way as a modern translator might retell the contents of a babylonian tablet or egyptian papyrus scrollthe title means, approximately, 'the first five books (pentateuch) of the creation (cosmogony)'are 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 availablepatrick woodroffe / dave greenslade ?– the pentateuch of the cosmogony label:emi ?– emsp 332 format:2 × vinyl, lp, album, book country:uk released: genre:electronic, rock style:new age, prog rock media condition: ex sleeve condition: ex a hardback book and double vinyl album released in , conceived, written and illustrated by patrick woodroffe, with music written and performed by dave greenslade
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Should it also be of interest, i also have a video tape for sale in the same condition at the same price of the guilbert & sullivan opera the mikado, which is also one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by aone of the savoy video series of video tapes released by aean-13 number read more70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3the yeomen of the guard vhs video tapethe video tape is in excellent condition and is made available inclusive of the cost of packaging but exclusive of the cost of postage which will be one of the following: royal mail 'uk standard' 1st class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3it was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowerst video gems in , this classical musical version of the gilbert & sullivan opera is numbered vhs s and was produced by george walker and starred joel grey, alfred marks, elizabeth gale, david hillman and elizabeth bainbridge
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About the author laura dbruce guenther is chief curator and robert and mercedes eichholz curator of modern and contemporary art at the portland art museumpaula deitz is editor of the hudson reviewsarah kennel is curator of photographs at the national gallery of art, washington, dcorey is consulting curator at the high museum of artguillaume fonkenell is curator of sculpture and museum historian at the musee du louvreputney is an art historian and head of the art museum practices program at the university of toledo and consulting curator of medieval art at the toledo museum of art
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In 'pirates of the caribbean: the curse of the black pearl' (), when elizabeth (keira knightley), the daughter of governor swann (jonathan pryce), is kidnapped by captain barbossa (geoffrey rush) and his band of pirates, lovelorn will turner (orlando bloom) goes to her rescueneeding help to get on board the pirates' ship, will enlists eccentric captain jack sparrow (johnny depp) and quickly sets off in pursuitbut jack will not give in without a fight, which is especially bad news for will and elizabeth, who get caught up in jack's mishapssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehowever, with the crew of the black pearl cursed to spend their time between the living and the dead and only the blood of elizabeth able to lift the spell, the pair face a race against time to overcome the undead crew and rescue her before it's too lateoxfam shop ulverston the first two movies from the popular action adventure franchisewith time running out, jack must find a way out of his debt or else be doomed to eternal damnation and servitude in the afterlifein 'pirates of the caribbean: dead man's chest' (), once again thrown into the world of the supernatural, jack finds out that he owes a blood debt to the legendary davy jones (bill nighy), captain of the ghostly flying dutchmanif jack can't find a way to rid himself of davy jones once and for all, it may just spell the end for the three adventurers
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethe fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilmeanwhile aragorn, legolas and gimli search for the hobbits merry and pippin in the kingdom of rohan, which is currently being attacked by saruman's orc armiesgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondorthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomtolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogywhilst the fellowship are not travelling together they must unite against the powerful forces coming from the two towers: orthanc tower in isengard where saruman has bred a deadly army of , and sauron's fortress at barad-dûroxfam bookshop lymington second film in peter jackson's epic big screen adaptation of j
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