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Oxfam bookshop newport a philosophical commentary on richard wagner's der ring des nibelungen, by the irish writer george bernard shaw, offered to those enthusiastic admirers of wagner who "were unable to follow his ideas, and do not in the least understand the dilemma of wotan"superficial scuffs, marks and splasheslight discolourationneatly inked inscription on front endpaperlightly foxed and tanned throughoutmustard cloth covered boards with gilt text to spinelower corners bumpedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreboards have been covered at some point, leaving a residue on pastedownsendpapers discoloured
14 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport a symposium within a programme for the inaugural concert on 24 march , with adrian boult and the london philharmonic orchestraan introduction and several articles about the organ are includedno highlighting or other notessee oxfam website for delivery information read morevery good condition for age
6 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport 'a dictionary of english plant names' is a comprehensive and informative record of the names of english plants (from trees to seaweed, plants from the wild, farm and garden) the scientific name of the species, date when the species was introduced into england, and where possible, an historical or etymological explanationblack and white illustrations throughout (see images 2 for example) see oxfam website for delivery information read moretext block is clean and bright, and spine is tight good condition for its ageno highlighting or other notesclipped dust jacket is clean and intact with only minor signs of wear
13 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport a home cooking companion in three sections: basic cookery, picture cookery and a picture recipe bookslightly shaken, probably through usesee oxfam website for delivery information read morevarious scuffs, marks and discolourationphotographic endpapersblack cloth-covered boards with blind embossed insignia and panel decoration to front and gilt text and illustration to spinewoven head and tail bandstop edge coloured blackwear to edges and cornerssporadic marks throughout text block, which is also lightly but evenly tannedcontains more than recipes
60 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in devon and somerset, particularly around the east lyn valley area of exmoorneatly inked inscription on rear of front endpapergilt text within black panel on spinemarbled endpaperslight foxing to first and last few leaves, otherwise text block is clean and lightly but evenly tannedspine faded and worn at edgesendpapers separated from flyleaf at hinge, although binding is still intactsee oxfam website for delivery information read morered leather covered boards with gilt insignia to front, gilt decoration to edges and banded spinevarious scuffs, marks and discolourationwoven head and tail bandsall edges marbled
14 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport a unique work in its time: no other book could compare for the amount of illustrations and the order in which it is arrangedblind embossed panel to rear boardfoxing to endpapers and sporadically withinsoiling to some individual leavessee oxfam website for delivery information read morevarious scuffs, marks and discolourationwoven head and tail bandsgreen cloth covered boards with gilt text and black decoration to front and spinethis edition has revised terminology from earlier versionspictorial endpapers
24 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport a dramatic story of love in the welsh coalfieldneatly inked dedication to front endpaperbinding is clean and tight and lightly but evenly tannedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreblack text within separately affixed white panel to spinesnakeskin printed paper covered boards with black cloth covered spineendpapers discolouredvarious superficial scuffs, marks and discolouration
29 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport a biography of the scottish psychiatrist, author and noted fourth way teacherwear to edges and top and bottom of spinelight foxing to edges of text block, which is otherwise clean and tight and lightly but evenly tannedcream dust jacket with green text and illustrationblack cloth-covered boards with gilt text to spine, title within separately coloured text panellight scuffs and discolouration to boardsjacket is in two pieces, with various scuffs and marks, chips and discolourationsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
14 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport behind the public's hope of effective action by governments on environmental issues lies a complex terrain of conceptual confusion, conflicts of interest and philosophical disputethey examine the contradictions inherent in the fashionable notion of sustainable developmentgood tight bindingand they warn the 'global ecology' seen in a managerial perspective, may degenerate into an effort to redesign and manage nature in order to keep economic growth going in the face of a rising tide of resource plunder and pollutionthis book seeks to launch a critical debate in order to clarify issues involved and what might constitute appropriate actionthis is why some the world's leading environmental thinkers have come together in this volume to probe critically the new language being developed by the environmental professionalscover shows signs of shelf wear, sticker ghost and light creases to laminate on spineinside contains no marks, annotation or marginaliasee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey explore the emerging conflicts over the distribution of environmental risk between north and southpaperback book in good overall condition
19 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport musical drama starring barbra streisand as esther hoffman, an unknown bar singerone evening, he chances upon esther singing in a bar and gives her the opportunity to audition for a recording contractjohn norman howard (kris kristofferson) is a fading rock star who drowns his sorrows in booze and self-pityhowever, as esther's star eclipses john's he grows increasingly resentful and self-destructivesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe is a huge success, and romance between the two blossoms into marriage
4 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport a unique look at life, work and the absurdities of contemporary lifeso she doesn't lose herself completelyto stay sane, an actress must tread a high-wire between life and art, keep sight of where a character ends and the real person beginszawe ashton has been acting since she was sixin character breakdown, zawe scrolls through a version of her lifeor is it a version of her art? or something in betweensuperficial scuffs and marksblack endpaperssee oxfam website for delivery information read moregrey paper-covered boards with black text to spinetext block is clean and tightshe has played many different roles, from 'cute little girl' to 'assassin with attitude', oscar wilde's salome to st trinian's schoolgirl by way of fresh meat's vodin it, she encounters glamour, horror, absurdity and questions like: is a life spent more on performance than reality any life at all? photographic dustjacket
4 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport bl reissued with a comprehensive and up-to-date bibliographical supplementwithdrawn ex-library with all the usual markingsthere are stickers on the title page, endpapers, and stamps on the text blockhowever, this is a good clean copy with no notes or highlighting throughout the dust jacket is in good condition with minor sun fade to the spinethe book itself has grey covered boards and gilt letteringplanned and established by the late tmoody, a new history of ireland is harvesting of modern scholarship on irish history from the earliest times to the presentthere are further chapters on the economy, the coinage, languages and literature, and the irish abroadsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere will be ten volumes, six of which have been published to datethe third volume opens with a character study of early modern ireland and a panoramic survey of ireland in , followed by twelve chapters of narrative historytwo surveys, 'land and people', c
29 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport this ten-volume series covers the history of ireland from earliest times to the presentthe present volume opens with a character study of the period, followed by twenty chapters of narrative history, with a survey of 'land and people, c 'withdrawn ex-library with all the usual markingsfurther chapters cover the economy, legal developments, literature in english, education, administration and the public service, and emigration, ending with a study of ireland inthere are stickers on the title page, endpapers, and stamps on the text blockhowever, this is a good clean copy with no notes or highlighting throughoutthe book itself has grey covered boards and gilt letteringrepresenting a harvesting of modern scholarship on the subject, its contributors are mainly historians, but include historical geographers and specialists in other related disciplines such as languages and literature, the visual arts, and musicsee oxfam website for delivery information read more the dust jacket is in good condition with minor sun fade to the spine
48 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport a study of the processes of discovery, invention, imagination and creativity in humour, science, and the artsone or two underlinings in pen; one or two marginal annotations in pencil - otherwise clean/intactit lays out koestler's attempt to develop an elaborate general theory of human creativityunclipped d/j is tatty with a number of tears around the edgesfrom describing and comparing many different examples of invention and discovery, koestler concludes that they all share a common pattern which he terms "bisociation" - a blending of elements drawn from two previously unrelated matrices of thought into a new matrix of meaning by way of a process involving comparison, abstraction and categorisation, analogies and metaphorssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe regards many different mental phenomena based on comparison (such as analogies, metaphors, parables, allegories, jokes, identification, role-playing, acting, personification, anthropomorphism etcfirst published in ; this is the scarcer danube edition, with a new preface by the author), as special cases of "bisociation"hence low price for this item
18 €
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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 importanceshelf wear to top and bottom edges of spinerear free endpaper has been torn outgiven the choice between working in a factory or going into transport, she chose the latter and became a conductress on a tramblue cloth covered boards with gilt text to spineminor foxing to edges of text block, which is otherwise lightly but evenly tannedsee 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 homevarious scuffs, marks and discolourationendpapers discoloured
34 €
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Oxfam 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 resolution see oxfam website for delivery information read morein stark contrast, one man, john harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solutionlacking 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 landthe 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 successfulno highlighting or other notesthe scientific establishment throughout europe - from galileo to sir isaac newton - had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answerfull of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, longitude is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmakingtext block cleananyone alive in the 18th century would have known that 'the longitude problem' was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day - and had been for centuriesexcellent condition for its age, with little signs of usedust jacket unmarked
5 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport a hideous evil has awoken in the forgotten realmsexperience the magic of the legendary dungeons and dragons on your home computer with this new role-playing gamecomplete with manual, quick ref cardcreate your own magic world of neverwinter filled with characters, monsters, stories, weapons and legends, all designed by your imagination with the neverwinter toolsetin very good condition overallsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreinvite up to 64 of your friends to traverse your world while you act as a dungeon master, managing the plot and characters in real-timethe developers of hugely popular baldur's gate series have created a remarkable 60-hour single-player adventure in addition to the multiplayer experience of a lifetime featuring the revolutionary neverwinter toolsetnow, in order to save the inhabitants of the town of neverwinter you must uncover a sinister conspiracy, unmask your mysterious betrayer and complete an epic struggle to defeat the powerful forces that look to halt your quest and unleash an evil your people would surely never survive
4 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport the author writes about her celebrated artwork comprising a triangular structure with 39 dinner placings for women who are fundamental to our heritage see oxfam website for delivery information read moreno highlighting or other notes/marksthe 39 guests include sappho, emily dickinson, mary wollstonecraft, hildegarde of bingen and virginia woolf, to name only the prominent literary personaetwo of the plates in those placings are in images 2/3 and a detail of the endpapers in image 4d/j intact though scuffed at top and bottom ends of spinethe middle section of the triangle incorporates the names of 999 other important women in our cultural historytext block clean/intact
13 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport a group of fun-loving teenagers take jobs at a recently re-opened summer camp, unaware of the circumstances that had led to its closure: the drowning of a young boy named jason and subsequent murder of two counsellors over twenty years beforeno sooner has the camp re-opened for business than the killing begins again, as the teens are picked off one by onesee oxfam website for delivery information read moredisc and box in excellent conditionfollowed by seven sequels
5 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport issued , the original 'a series' of brooke bond wild flowers tea card albumscomplete set of cards in albumscarce item; second printing with just 'picture card album' on frontvery good condition for age; a little foxing on back cover, otherwise clean/intactsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
29 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport this is a descriptive guide to three welsh counties which have romantic hill, dale and river scenery unsurpassed in the british islessuperficial scuffs and marks, light discolouration, mainly to spineone in a series of shell guides glossy pictorial dust jacketsticker ghost on rear of jacketways of life here, and therefore landscape and architecture, have changed less than in most districts in the last hundred years (as of )see oxfam website for delivery information read morepictorial endpaperstext block is clean and tight and lightly but evenly tannedmuch of it is pastoral and remote country, where the houses and churches are neither rich nor grand but have a strongly-marked, unsophisticated charactertan cloth covered boards with green text to spine
24 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport a six-volume set of works by the renowned victorian poet, playwright, novelist, and criticvarious scuffs, marks, discolouration and signs of wear to boards, edges and top and bottom of spinesminor superficial foxing and occasional marks throughouttext blocks are lightly and evenly tannedvolume vi: a midsummer holiday; astrophel; a channel passage; and other poems all six volumes: dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text to spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreendpapers discolouredvolume i: poems and ballads, first series volume ii: songs before sunrise; songs of two nations volume iii: poems and ballads, second and third series; songs of the springtides volume iv: tristram of lyonesse; the tale of balen; atalanta in calydon; erechtheus volume v: studies in song; a century of roundels; sonnets on english dramatic poets; the heptalogia; etc
100 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport a book for old and youngshelf wear to top and bottom edgesa charming little volume explaining a wide range of historical facts, laws, rules and customs, including marvels of the heavens, sight and sound, trees and plants, church and state and art-termsfoxing and tanning to text blockbindling slightly loose in places but is still intactdiscolouration to front and rear endpaperssee oxfam website for delivery information read morebrown patterned cloth covered boards with blank embossed panel design to front and rear and gilt text to spinepictorial front endpaperssuperficial scuffs, marks and discolourationsigns of water damage to rear
5 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport with superb colour diagrams and an equally easy-to-follow text, this fascinating book shows how to make a transistor radio capable of receiving a number of stationssuperficial scuffs, marks and signs of weartextual/pictorial endpaperstext block is clean and tight and free from annotation and marginaliasee oxfam website for delivery information read morepictorial paper covered boards
14 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport complete set of 4 'mrs tim' books in the editionall are ex-library and have a library stamp on the ffep; two of them have small library sticker ghostswith the minor faults taken into account this is a low price for this complete set of scarce itemsall have a previous price in pen on the ffepall are protected by transparent wrapperssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreall covers are intact but one (mrs tim) is becoming slightly detachedage browning evident on internal pages, but no highlighting or other notes/marks
40 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport first paperback editiongood condition; no scribble or other markssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreunusual for a 'peanuts' book, in that it has full-page colour cartoons (see image 2 for a double page example)
6 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport the aim of this book is to draw out the structure and key statements of the various contact forms considered, in order to emphasise their practical effectssuperficial scuffs and marks glossy green paper-covered boards with stylised illustration to front, and pink and white text to front, rear and spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moretext block is clean and tightslight discolouration to pastedownsthere is now such an array of contract forms and supporting documents that it is useful to have a book pitched at a level somewhere between the legal treatises at the one extreme and the thumbnail sketch at the other
4 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport a fun and easy-to-use book for crafters of all ages and experience levels that shows how to create wonderful eco-friendly projectsminimal wear to cover from storage/usesome green crafters ideas include transforming an old denim jacket into a tote bag, creating toy cars from discarded cardboard boxes and bottle caps, weaving a basket from plastic shopping bags and making unique folders from cereal boxesinterior contains no markings, annotation or marginaliasee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom back-to-school basics to holiday treats, richela morgan walks readers through 52 projects with easy-to-follow instructions to turn junk into jewelsgoing green has never been so much funpaperback in very good condition overall
4 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport bl reissued with a comprehensive and up-to-date bibliographical supplementwithdrawn ex-library with all the usual markingsthere are stickers on the title page, endpapers, and stamps on the text blockhowever, this is a good clean copy with no notes or highlighting throughout the dust jacket is in good condition with minor sun fade to the spinethe book itself has grey covered boards and gilt letteringplanned and established by the late tmoody, a new history of ireland is harvesting of modern scholarship on irish history from the earliest times to the presentsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere will be ten volumes, six of which have been published to date
58 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport full title is "a treatise on the construction the history and the practice of the flute including a sketch of the elements of acoustics and critical notices of sixty celebrated flute-players"no highlighting or other noteslittle tear at top of spine area adjacent to back cover (1 inch); some tanning to end-papers plus owner's name in pensee oxfam website for delivery information read morescuffing to cover and some corner bumpshence relatively low price for this very scarce item
78 €