Almost seventy years later
List almost seventy years later
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This 'queen of the seas' was even more magnificently luxurious than the titanic and unlike her, a remarkable salvage operation was achieved some sixty years later by two young and relatively inexperienced diverstoday he stands at the peak of his profession having successfully carried out a salvage operation which no-one else in the world could even have attempted - working with his own patented systems he located the wreck persia in almost 2 miles depth of water and lifted millions of gold, silver, diamonds and jewelsfor simon martin the dive was the greatest achievement of his life, but for alec crawford it was a stepping stone to greatnessthe story was first told in and is reproduced now just as it was originally written, although an introduction and postscript have been addedthe story is a combination of treasure hunting and remarkable diving operations, the excitement of pin-pointing the wreck, diving and discovering the massive wreckagethey were soon making plans to locate the "undivable wreck" and salve its extremely valuable non-ferrous metalsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreafter the war salvage attempts were abortive and written off as impossible until simon martin and alec crawford took a lucky trip to foula inoxfam books & music perth in , just after the outbreak of world war i, the greatest liner of its day, the white star liner oceanic, struck a remote reef off shetland and sankin all they salvaged nearly 250 tons of valuable metalin this book one of these divers tells the story of the disaster and the remarkable salvage work that he and his partner alec crawford undertook
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almost years later, using the writings of john moschos as his guide, william dalrymple set off to retrace their footstepsoxfam bookshop cheltenham a rich blend of history and spirituality, adventure and politics, laced with the thread of black comedy familiar to readers of william dalrymple's previous worktaking in a civil war in turkey, the ruins of beirut, the tensions of the west bank and a fundamentalist uprising in egypt, william dalrymple's account is a stirring elegy to the dying civilisation of eastern christianitysee oxfam website for delivery information read morein ad 587, two monks, john moschos and sophronius the sophist, embarked on an extraordinary journey across the byzantine world, from the shores of the bosphorus to the sand dunes of egypttheir aim: to collect the wisdom of the sages and mystics of the byzantine east before their fragile world shattered under the eruption of islam
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As a result of this breakthrough, almost all of zuid-holland and the whole of amstelland will be floodedmoreover, it was not until 33 years later, in , that the city council made the final decision to develop the fourth extensionbuisman duizend jaar weer wind en water in de lage landen deel 4 (franeker ) read more(joan blaeu and rembrandt van rijn are buried in the church)additional information: a unique opportunity to acquire this mapintolerance is increasing; the battle begins against "idoladic festivals" like st nicholas and against "papal superstitions" like laying flowers on gravesa new map imageonly two copies of this map are known, both with cut margins and both in the amsterdam city archivedirck corneliszplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website)?the construction work started in and was completed incatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis image can also be seen on many maps issued afterin venlo, there is a plague this yearthis doubled the constructed size of the cityin this year there are some outbreaks of chickenpox and measles in amsterdamliterature boudewijn bakker, eric schmitz e) are listed in the cartouche on the top right with the numbers with which they can be found on the mapa, het aanzien van amsterdam ()special details: the third description, for the first time on a mapthe westerkerk is under construction on the map, the westerkerk is pictured under construction1 cm (please note: in "het aanzien van amsterdam" it is said to be an etching, but it probably is - partly - an engraving)there are plans to deny the jews the right to their religion in amsterdambackground: some important events indotted lines have already indicated the limits of the next urban extension, the fourth extensionliterature: hameleers, kaarten van amsterdam, map 20swart amstelredam etching, 44and on the other hand, it is the last map on which the volewijk is included with gallows (bottom of the image)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis map shows that this was indeed the casethis also includes the strongholdsthe surrounding lands are picturedin january , heavy icing on the lek caused the noorder lekdijk near vreeswijk to collapsethe scheldt freezes over in december?this description was decided upon by the city council inthe margins at the top and both sides are at least 2 cm and at the bottom 0the fourth extension, first displayedin the fall, the plague breaks outour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store42 buildings (churches, guest houses, city hall, the west indian house, etcdescription quality: given the rarity (of this map only two copies are known by boudewijn bakker ("het aanzien van amsterdam")); the condition is goodin enkhuizen, the noordergat is threatened by clogging and 8 pennies are asked per trip to cover the expenses of the excavationin "het aanzien van amsterdam" (boudewijn bakker, eric schmitz and others, ) it is reported that this map of swart from , as far as known, is the first one which depicts the third description of the cityin "het aanzien van amsterdam", the writers wonder whether there were margins originallythis map has served as an example, in terms of composition, for dozens of maps of the city released in the 17th century
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4 sheep, last years lambs, all male, lovely sheep, 3 cross breed and 1 ryeland, seventy pounds each read more
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This stunning selection is the result of more than ten years of work and reflection on the part of white's biographer, david marr shrewd, funny, hauntingly beautiful, dramatic, pig-headed, and above all direct and relaxed, they poured from his pen over a period of seventy years, from childhood until shortly before his deathwhen patrick white:a life was published to great acclaim in , marr had several thousand letters in hand; he has located another thousand sincewe should be thankful that they do he was also one of the greatest letter-writers of his timebut patrick white was more than a novelist australian, winner of the nobel prize for literature, author of more than a dozen works of fiction, a handful of plays, and many other books, he was known as a creative writer of power, vehemence and intense imagination edited by david marr at his death in , patrick white had achieved wide fame as a novelistout of this mass he has chosen some 600 of the very best to let white tell the story of his life in his own wordsoxfam shop gloucester patrick white - letterssee oxfam website for delivery information read more he spent his lie writing letters, huge numbers of them to friends, acquaintances, newspapers, even enemies (of which he had an abundance) thousands survive for these are the letters of a great writer, a profound critic, a gossip with the sharpest eyes and tongue in the country, a man who loved and hated ferociously, a keen cook, an angry patriot, and a believer never free of doubt so remarkable are the letters that despite his frequent injunction that they be burned, most recipients insisted on saving them
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In 'relics' scotty, from the original 'star trek' series, is found trapped in a transporter beam where he has been for over seventy yearsin 'second chances' riker encounters a transporter twin of himself that was created by accident eight years earlier, and this twin tries to rekindle his love for troiin 'man of the people' an ambassador channels his dark thoughts into troi's mind to keep him young and alivein 'birthright: part 1' data is experiencing dreams and worf is informed by a stranger on ds9 that his father may have survived the kitomer massacre, so he sets off to find outin 'rascals' a transporter malfunction reduces some of the crew to child versions of themselvesin 'a fistful of datas' worf, troi and alexander are trapped in a western holo-deck programme when data floods the ship's computer with his own neural signalsoxfam shop wolverhampton the complete sixth season of the 'star trek' spin-offin 'ship in a bottle' barclay reactivates the holo character of moriarty who is determined to live a life outside the walls of the holo-deckin 'frame of mind' riker finds himself interned in a lunatic asylumin 'chain of command: part 1' picard is sent on a mission and replaced by the caustic captain jellicofinally, in 'descent: part 1', data is lured away from the enterprise by the new borg, who are now able to demonstrate their individuality and refer to themselves using namesin 'face of the enemy' troi awakes one morning to find that she is dressed as a romulan on a romulan ship, helping to smuggle high ranking defectors to the federationin 'time's arrow: part 2' the crew realise that aliens are travelling into earth's past to steal mankind's neural energyin 'chain of command: part 2' picard is subjected to all manner of torture at the hands of the cardassians, and the crew of the enterprise begin to feel uneasy under jellico's commandin 'starship mine' picard has to deal with intergalactic terrorists while trapped on the enterprisein 'lessons' picard falls in love with a new officerin 'the quality of life' data risks the rest of the crews' lives by protecting a new 'living' machinein 'aquiel' geordie falls in love with an alien starfleet lieutenant who is the suspect in a bizarre murder casein 'tapestry' picard gets fatally wounded and meets q in the afterlife, where he is shown that he really did have a 'wonderful life'in 'the chase' a madcap chase across space culminates in a confrontation between the klingons, humans, romulans and cardassians, who find out they have more in common than any of them could imaginein 'realm of fear' reg barclay returns and has to face his phobias when he discovers aliens in the transporter beam's sub-spacein 'birthright: part 2' worf is held captive by the romulansin 'rightful heir' worf finds his loyalty severely tested when a mythically great klingon warrior returns to reclaim the empirein 'schisms' certain crew members begin to suffer from strange symptoms and dreams, and it is soon discovered that sub-space aliens are abducting the crew in order to experiment on themin 'timescape' the enterprise is frozen in time on the edge of a disaster and the crew must discover a way of saving themselvesin 'suspicions' dr crusher risks her career when she tries to prove that an eminent ferengi scientist was murdered by one of his rivalssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 'true q' the super-being q returns and informs a young girl that she is part of the q continuum, and she must decide between joining the other q or being killed
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Brand new celestion 12inch seventy / 80 watts speaker 16 ohm speaker
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In tip top condition has had new grips and bottle cage put on felt seventy sixth series 24 gears hydraulic brakes selling as no longer need it read more
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Buyer must dismantle whole kitchen themselves when collecting - no later wnot included in bidbrown/almost black kitchen, silver handles and grey sparkle laminate worktopsappliances to be sold separatelycondition is used, good conditionvoids 2 x 600mm 1 x raised oven space top cupboard depth 208mm 2 x cupboard doors at 600mm 1 x door at x door at 400 undersink depth 500mm 1 x door 600mm 1 x door 500mm longest wall cupboard depths 500mm 2 x doors 300mm 600mm drawer pack x 3 drawers 2 x doors 500mm under oven cupboard 600 x 506mm 600 x mm tall cupboard, one below 600 x 702mmwith own tools dimensions whole kitchen full l shape 258m including appliance voids
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In , he was elected whig member of parliament for his father and grandfather's former seat in richmond, becoming a representative for york twelve years laterin , he returned to parliament as member for richmond and, four years later, succeeded his father as second earl of zetlandare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihe was a senior member of the jockey club and won the epsom derby and stlike his father, an eminent freemason, lord zetland was grand master of the united grand lodge of england from toleger stakes with his horse voltigeur inthe statuette is ceramic (marian bust) from the wedgwood carrara collectionreproduced in the book the parian phenomenon, on page 197, fig 653 (see photos)please 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 storethe statue dates from 11 decemberthe bust is in perfect conditionbust of lord zetland born in marylebone, london, the eldest son of lawrence dundas (1st earl of zetland) and his wife harriet hale, he was educated at harrow and trinity college, cambridge [1]catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Danelectro nifty seventy bass ampthe originals fell aparthad all the pots replaced with better quality oneshow? if they are enclosed and soldered to the board? collection only
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The seventy 80 is detailed and crisply defined, with a tightly controlled low-end and punchy, aggressive upper mid-rangeone of our best sellers, this 12 inch guitar speaker meets the expanded frequency range often requested by the new generation of amp manufacturersused singly, in pairs or quartets – it is capable of reproducing a wide range of sounds and styles whilst adding the undeniable celestion character to any ampupgraded my speaker so no longer need this onein very good conditionthe top-end response is also subtly increased
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F seventy edition (ps4) brand new & sealed free postagedispatched with royal mail 1st class large lettercondition is like new
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The diary went missing, and it was not until he was reunited with his daughter in america some forty years later that it came to light and became blood red snowhe is also posted to romania and italy, assignments he remembers fondly compared to his time on the eastern frontthis book stands as a memorial to the huge numbers on both sides who did not survive and is, some six decades later, the fulfilment of a responsibility the author feels to honour the memory of those who perishedlater, the horror and confusion of fighting in the streets of stalingrad are brought to life by his descriptions of the others in his unit, their differing manners and techniques for dealing with the squalor and deathmilitary illustratedoxfam bookshop cheltenham for anyone seeking to understand the experiences of the ordinary german soldier during world war ii, blood red snow provides an excellent starting pointsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremilitary book cluba horrifying personal story of world war ii's most savage frontgunter koschorrek wrote his illicit diary on any scraps of paper he could lay his hands on, storing them with his mother on infrequent trips home on leavethe author's excitement at the first encounter with the enemy in the russian steppe is obvious
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This operation is echoed several years later when modesty, with her peerless lieutenant willie garvin, finds herself drawn into conflict with the mysterious group known as the watchmen, who have plans to kill modesty in london and then destroy san francisco s golden gate bridgeyears later, she faces the consequences of this final mission when she is drawn into conflict with a mysterious group called 'the watchmen'this 10th book of her adventures begins with a flashback to the last days of the network, when modesty was about to retire, and describes the organization s final, astonishing operation before it disbandedis the plan to destroy the western world being orchestrated by the watchmen?there have been few other female action heroines like modesty blaisea tough orphan who became the leader of the network, a crime syndicate specializing in art theft and industrial espionagemodesty and willie find themselves prisoners on see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham modesty blaise is about to retire from her criminal empire, the networkbut there is one final, astounding mission before she can leave
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The still-unsolved crime clive rediscovered years later, practising as a criminal lawyer) 'mosaic' weaves two distinct narratives: firstly, a roman pavement found in wartime east yorkshire, england, , then a police investigation into its baffling overnight-theft, seven years laterplus a second, parallel strand about what happened (coxfam bookshop carlisle the foreword to his 'mosaic' summarises clive ashman as "artist, writer, motor mechanic and qualified lawyer" - varied backgrounds shaping unique novels described belowhis 'enthralling' (to quote one reader's reviewone that starts briefly enough, in italy, with scenes from a famous road-race, the mille miglia; then those two newcastle lawyers from our own time (michael tryton & william cariss) we encounter competing over there in a modern, recreation eventracing in a period car they'd nicknamed 'xenobia', both men are mysteriously drawn back to the same places/crimes as in 'mosaic', with the competition number on xenobia's doors only a pointer to another parallel narrative, this time from 286 adthe man with whose spectacular rise and fall as british 'emperor' he is inextricably linked, including the very stone it ends at337 ad) to the roman villa the floor in question came fromto where a junior roman officer his boss soon dubs 'triton' is drawn as rapidly into the rebel regime of that charismatic admiral-turned-usurper, mauseus carausiussee oxfam website for delivery information read moreits much-anticipated sequel was released in , but 'two-eight-six' is also a prequelwhat ashman calls 'the carausius stone' - a roman milepost (see his drawing on the back-cover) now forming the centrepiece to the roman gallery of the tullie house museum in carlisle, cumbria, ukexcellent pages, a little edge and cover wearfirst released in by voreda books as a paperback, his 'mosaic' marked the 60th anniversary of a mysterious, true-life 'heritage crime' from which it's based on
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Gibson ' seventy six santas ' jigsaw puzzle piece n0
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Oxfam bookshop lymington seventy negro spirituals for high voice collected by william arms fisher with biographical sketches and notes on the songsex library copyolever ditson ccontents very good and cleansee oxfam website for delivery information read morelight external wear to corners and spine ends
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This work had a second edition only 4 years later, in , which proves the success of the french editiontwo years later, in , the french version le miroir du monde was published in prose because heyns did not have enough time for the translation of the rhymed versionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe sheet size is 10the source is le miroir du monde, the french prose edition of the spieghel der werelt, the first pocket atlas published in in the dutch language by philip galle, with text in rhyming verse edited by peeter heyns and printed st the plantin typographythe map shows some spotsplease 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 storethe last, published the year of ortelius’ death, contained 123 mapsthe plates were designed and engraved by philip gallefrom to , galle & heyns published 11 editionscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Condition: used: seller notes: “may have the odd lose thread but nothing major still in a very good condition little bobbling to the fabric” size: l main colour: black colour: black garment care: machine washable country/region of manufacture: unknown sleeve type: short sleeve product line: denim seventy tree features: pocket material: 100% cotton neckline: collard pattern: solid sleeve length: short sleeve fit: loose fit brand: matalan design: basic size type: regular read more
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seventy one wooden posts for sale as a job lot 25 x 4 inch x 4 inch x 8 feet 30 x 35inch x 6 feet ÂŁ300 job lot read more5inch x 8 feet 16 x 3
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F seventy edition for playstation 4all in very good condition
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The title is the later king yearsthe item format is a cdcd's are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, demonstration demo, not for sale, promotional promo, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions
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Around seventy years oldmanufactured in the uk betweenwith a replica boxwith a replacement driverin original play worn conditiondinky toys bev electric truck
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The music of john, paul, george, and ringo played a part in waking up an entire generation of soviet youth, opening their eyes to seventy years of bland official culture and rigid authoritarianismsoviet leaders had suppressed most western popular music since the days of jazz, but the beatles and the bands they inspired-both in the west and in russia-battered down the walls of state cultureoxfam shop macclesfield imagine a world where beatlemania was against the law-recordings scratched onto medical x-rays, merchant sailors bringing home contraband lps, spotty broadcasts taped from western am radio late in the nightleslie woodhead's how the beatles rocked the kremlin tells the unforgettable-and endearingly odd-story of russians who discovered that all you need is beatles" see oxfam website for delivery information read more"bitles," they whispered, "yeah, yeah, yeahby stealth, by way of whispers, through the illicit late night broadcasts on radio luxembourg, the soviet beatles kids tuned inthis was no fantasy world populated by blue meanies but the ussr, where a vast nation of music fans risked repression to hear the defining band of the british invasion
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Few painters, like him, were able to make the artistically comprehensive and consistent journey from the 19th century into modernity over a period of more than seventy years of workare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis black and white etching belongs to his pre-war phaseplease 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 storethe painter and graphic artist max ackermann is undisputedly one of the most important artists of abstraction in germanycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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By looking back at seventy years of penguin paperbacks, phil baines charts the development of british publishing, book cover design and the role of artists and designers in creating and defining the penguin lookfilled with inspiring images, penguin by design demonstrates just how difficult it is not to judge a book by its covercoupling indepth analysis of designers - from jan tschichold to romek marber - with a wide-ranging look at the range of series and titles published - from early penguins and pelicans, to wartime specials, fiction and reference, this is a distinctive picture of how penguin has consistently established its identity through its covers, influenced by - and influencing - the wider development of graphic design and the changing fashions in typography, photography, illustration or printing techniquesoxfam books & music lichfield ever since the creation of the first penguin paperbacks in , their jackets have become a constantly evolving part of britain's culture and design historyrich with stunning illustrations and filled with detail of individual titles, designers and even the changing size and shape of the penguin logo itself, this book shows how covers become design classicssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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During his legendary career of more than seventy years, he worked for virtually every renowned glass studio in france, including daum, sevres and croisy-le-roi, producing many of the most exquisite glass products of that periodare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikion the edge are more than 10 large and small chipsstanding on three curved legs, the piece shows stylised renditions of redfish - a type of aquatic species that existed in abundance off the coasts of france, where d'avesn workedthe piece also offers a plethora of cubist motifs, including in-between circular patterns reminiscent of water bubbles and stylised wavesd'avesn france" and is in reasonable conditionplease 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 storepierre d'avesn started his career in the studios of rene lalique at the age of 11(see photos) diameter: 40 cm height: 9 cm weight: over 3catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis elegant opalescent art deco bowl was made in the french studio pierre d'avesn, circait is signed "p
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