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  • Oxfam bookshop ilkley even before it totally kicks in, brighten the corners displays a sense of improvement over the listless, shapeless wowee zoweewhile this is often cited as pavement's "domestic" record--several members got married around the time of its creation--its songs more often evince puzzlement than mccartneyish delight with family mattersand as always, pavement is buzzed about rock; the album's final song is called "fin" not so much in homage to french film as in rhythm to the marching cadence of fleetwood mac's "tusk"see oxfam website for delivery information read morea few simple musical touches like mellotron strokes and ever-developing vocal harmonies open up pavement's sound without carrying them off into overly textured snooziness

    12 €

  • The title is brighten the cornersfor this specific sale the cds sleeve condition refers only to the inner paper insert sleeve, and does not refer to the outer digipak, jewel case or cardboard outer casing

    7 €

  • The hard cover has a little bumping to the top and bottom of the spine but the corners are goodthe dust jacket has creasing to the top edge and bumping to all four corners and also the top and bottom of the spine"the genius of photography" examines the evolution of photography in its wider context: social, political, economic, technological and artisticthis is a major book for anyone who wants to know more about one of the most important art forms of the 21st centuryaccompanying the first major television history of this ever more influential artform, this landmark book explores the key events and the key images that have marked the development of photographythis book examines all the different genres of photography from landscape and portraiture to news and reportagethere is a very small tear (about 5 mm) at the bottom of the spineit begins with the earliest days of the photograph in the s and ends with an examination of the state of photography today and the effect that the 'digital revolution' will have, changing not only how we look at a photograph but what it is in a physical senseoxfam bookshop new milton used, fair condition, hard cover with dust jacketall the pages are clean and unmarkedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat the heart of the book is a quest to understand what makes a truly great photographthis is a large book measuring 305 x 240 x 26 mm and weighing 1 7 kg, however, this is still within the limit to not affect the postage costthe inner edge of the back board is damaged down the length where it joins to the spine, however, the binding of the pages is still soundit brings a critical perspective and a strong aesthetic sense to the subject, but above all it is primarily a narrative history

    8 €

  • The binding is sound, the corners of the hard cover are good and the pages are all clean and unmarkedthe book is in very good condition with just some light shelfwear and a little bumping to the top corners of the dust jacketoxfam bookshop new milton used, very good condition, hard cover with dust jacketit brings together the latest work on a subject which is central to an understanding not just of the french revolution but of much french political controversy over the past two centuriesalthough the framework of this book is a narrative, the main themes of the counter-revolution are also covered in order to set the events in their wider context of europe, much of which at some time was occupied by the frenchsee oxfam website for delivery information read more

    6 €

  • Oxfam bookshop cheltenham 'he feels restless; sad that the tiny, sparkling lights and the pretty tree will no longer be there to brighten the short, dark winter dayswill this close-knit unit who have come to depend on each other still be together next christmas? and what will they have learnt about having somewhere you truly belong?praise for marcia willett:'a genuine voice of our times' the times'riveting, moving and utterly feel-good' daily mail see oxfam website for delivery information read morebut things are going to be different for jakey this yearthe cornish home which he has known all his life is in danger of being sold up, and everything is changingjakey calls her auntie gabriel, and she holds a big red satin hearthe hates seeing them disappear back into their boxes, especially the big, homemade angel, which has put in an appearance at family christmases for many years'it's just after christmas, and four-year-old jakey is helping to put away the decorations

    2 €

  • Excellent condition inside although hardback cover has scuffed corners and is missing the spinea couple of the corners have also been cut although not affecting any textthunderbirds television story bookrupert - the daily express annuali'm unsure of the datelovely book although someone in the past has used a pen on the cover and quite a few pages

    5 €

  • The corners of the pages are a little bent in placesthere is some creasing to the cover, particularly the rear bottom corner, and some bumping to the corners and the top and bottom of the spineoxfam bookshop new milton used, good condition, soft coversee oxfam website for delivery information read morehowever, the binding is sound and internally the pages are clean and unmarkederic toogood's first book of historical photographs of the west wight area, published inthe book contains a large number of black and white photographs accompanied by factual information relating to the pictures

    5 €

  • Rubbing to jacket edges and foxing to jacket corners with light tears at the cornerspages tight and straightdarkened cover and spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cotham hill the managerial revolution or what is happening in the world now original jacket and beige cloth binding

    (England)

    150 €

  • This story arch is full of action and tension, and includes the amazing spider-man as a guest-star! these comics only have mild wearing on the corners, and so will make a fantastic addition to a collectionoxfam shop whitchurch road this bundle of comics includes the entire storyline of the avengers' battle with nebuladetermined to prevent the stranger, the avengers race to find the infinity union before it falls into wrong hands  issue 316: iron man and vision journey to the moon to confront nebula's starshipwill nebula's hubris lead to her downfall? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreplus, newbie spider-man makes a mistake that costs his teammates dearlyissue 318: nebula achieves godlike power via the infinity union! that's bad news for the stranger and avengers, who are trapped in the madwoman's reign of terrorwill nebula succumb to the power of earth's mightiest heroes? plus, who is the furious stranger who greets the avengers in space? issue 317: the stranger sets his sights on nebula's infinity union device

    12 €

  • It follows the avengers through trying to save gilgamesh, and their experience getting stuck in the negative zone! all in very good condition, the comics only have mild wearing on the corners of the pagesissue 309: olympia, realm of the gods, sucked into the negative zone! guest-starring the always quirky great lakes avengers! issue 310: the avengers take on blastaar, ruler of the negative zone! plus, the return of the eternals! see oxfam website for delivery information read moregilgamesh is beyond the aid of mortal medicine, and the team must turn to the eternal sersi to save their fallen teammateoxfam shop whitchurch road this great little bundle of comics would be a great addition to any collection  issue 308: no longer under jinku's control, the reformed lava men help the avengers get gilgamesh to safety

    9 €

  • The front inside flap is creased, all edges are rubbed and the corners are a little bumpedduring the s, as the country struggled with the explosive issue of race, atwater and ellis met on opposite sides of the public school integration issuethe blue and black cloth boards are gilt-stamped on the spinethe dustjacket is unpriceclipped but shows some signs of shelf-wearthe page block is yellowing and the edges are slightly marked but otherwise appears to be free from annotationstheir encounters were charged with hatred and suspicionoxfam bookshop hexham cthis hardback first edition is in a good, used condition overallsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreann atwater, a single mother from the poor black part of town, quit her job as a household domestic to join the civil rights fightrich with details about the rhythms of daily life in the mid-twentieth-century south, the best of enemies offers a vivid portrait of a relationship that defied all oddsin an amazing set of transformations, however, each of them came to see how the other had been exploited by the south's rigid power structure, and they forged a friendship that flourished against a backdrop of unrelenting bigotryby placing this very personal story into broader context, osha gray davidson demonstrates that race is intimately tied to issues of class, and that cooperation is possible--even in the most divisive situations--when people begin to listen to one anotherellis grew up in the poor white section of durham, north carolina, and as a young man joined the ku klux klan

    24 €

  • The corners and the top and foot of the spine are bumpedthe text block appears to be clean and unmarkedcallander had been reached in by the dunblane, doune and callander railway (soon to be absorbed into scottish central railways and then caledonian railway)this hardcover first edition was published by david & charles, newton abbot, devon, englandthis volume contains 200 pages of black and white photos and a colour frontispieceits overall condition is reasonable, although the dustjacket is priceclipped, rubbed, grubby and creasedin , the railway became part of lmsthe spine is also sunnedthe brown cloth boards are gilt stamped on the spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read morefollowing completion in , oban developed as a fashionable resort, though economically the railway was never really profitablestarting in , the single track line passed killin in , reaching tyndrum in and dalmally inoxfam bookshop hexham the callander & oban railway company was formed in with the objective of linking callander, scotland to the west coast port of oban over challenging terrain, particularly at glen ogle and the pass of brander at loch awe

    21 €

  • The top edge is slightly turned and the corners are slightly bumpedoxfam bookshop hexham 'as it was originally written, dallas was really about patrick duffy and victoria principalhagman tells all about the trials and turmoil and the intrigue and dangers of filming dallas, and also the madness that ensued when it became one of the most popular television shows in historyto put it in jr's own words, 'once you got rid of the integrity, the rest was a piece of cake'the black cloth boards are unmarked and gilt-stamped on the spineeven the parliament in turkey adjourned so representatives could rush to their tv setsthe page block is clean and brightthis edition has been an inscription by the author in black marker pen on the title page: 'to margaret, merry christmas, larry hagman'it was focused on themi was just the brother' written with us weekly bureau chief, todd gold, hello darlin' is a forthright look at hagman's star-studded careerhis stetson now resides in the smithsonian and over 400 million fans in eighty-five countries had to find out just who shot jrsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe was from the wrong side of the tracks and we were the rich family and they were getting married, they loved each other, blah, blah, blahthis hardback first edition is in a very good conditionthe glossy dustjacket shows few signs of shelf-wear and is unpriceclippedfrom his early days opposite barbara eden on i dream of jeannie, to the show that turned him into an international celebrity and led him to become the biggest screen villain of the eighties as power-mad oil baron jr ewing on dallas

    44 €

  • The green cloth binding is in a poor condition overall: the spine is discoloured and worn where it joins the front board and the corners are heavily bumped, bent and discolouredoxfam bookshop hexham this hardback edition was published by williams & norgate, london in , second impressionthe gilt lettering on the spine is similarly damagedhowever, the binding is holding and the contents appear to be complete and include a fold-out map of the 'flower border' and pages of advertsthere are numerous black and white photographs and coloured frontispiece (unfortunately damaged in the top right hand corner, as is the tissue guard) showing 'a mixed border in the garden of honmrs edward lyttleton at overstrand'the gilt decoration on the front cover has almost been obliterated due to damage, although the small gilt lettering to the right of the cover remains legiblethe endpapers are sunned and foxed; details of a previous owner are written on the first pastedownsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is no dustjacket

    8 €

  • There are marks on the front cover and the corners are creased and bumpedthe purpose of the series is to highlight the basic features of commonly shared patterns of culture and social institutions among the different lowland filipino ethnolinguistic groupsthis volume addresses the following questions: is it possible to speak of a generalized filipino kinship and family organization, or, is it too risky to make such a generalization because of the geographical distances and dialect differences? felipe landa jocano was a filipino anthropologist, educator, and author known for his works in philippine anthropology, in particular for documenting and translating the hinilawod, a western visayan folk epicthis paperback edition is in a reasonable, used conditionhowever, the text block appears to be clean a free from annotationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe has authored numerous books on various aspects of filipino society and culturejocano served as professor emeritus at the asian center of the university of the philippines and executive director of punlad research house, incoxfam bookshop hexham this book is the third in the series of integrated studies on filipino society and culture

    14 €

  • " small thin octavo, pp (ii), 75, with the errata slip loosely attached after the title page, with blank pages at the rear for notes (unused), original green cloth, the corners very slightly worn, a very faint mark on the upper coverbeing a short but complete description of the duties of the young engineer in preliminary and location surveys, and in constructionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihe was made the head of the office and designed the first outside cylinder locomotive for use in indiain he founded the journal engineering and remained an editor for the rest of his lifeborn into a seafaring family and orphaned at age 16, maw was taken into the workshops of the eastern counties railway as an assistant before progressing to the design office as a draughtsmanhe was president of the civil and mechanical engineers' society, the institution of mechanical engineers and the institution of civil engineersmaw was a british civil engineer and astronomerpage 49 has been neatly annotated (see illustration)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 storehe left the railway and became a consulting engineer; his many works include printing presses for several newspapers and magazines] a rare book, and in remarkably good condition[with the signature on the front endpaper of william henry maw, ()the title concludes:- "catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available

    (England)

    30 €

  • Rubbing at the corners and the top & base of the spine, and along the front hinge where is leather is slightly split along the lower partfoxing on the colour mapsthere is a very occasional foxing spot through the text block but it is remarkably clean and brightblack leather binding with tooled boards and spine, 5 raised bands on the spine, and gilt decoration on the leather infoldslarge, heavy bible dated on the main title page, on the title page to the new testamentoverall the covers are in excellent conditionoxfam bookshop lymington the title continues: translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by his majesty's special commandsome foxing on the title and the following couple of pagesthe text is in two columns with notes in the margins on both sidessee oxfam website for delivery information read moregilt page edges all round, the binding is tighton the page containing the names of the books there is a small mauve pen markyellow endpapers which are a little mottled

    60 €

  • The front and back of the binding has discoloured and the corners have buffed   the binding on the lower part of the spine has worn away resulting in slight loosing of the pages; the upper part is in better condition  on the inside front cover there are two bits of writing and there is foxing throughout the book   this work includes an essay on the life and genius of dr johnson  this is vol 1 of x11 volumesthe front cover has a librarian's  sticker on it  the pages themselves are intact including the frontispiecesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop aylesbury published in , this book is in fair condition

    19 €

  • The corners are bumpedthe front paste down end paper has a book plate glued to it"a christian theological bookoxfam bookshop keynsham the book is in good condition though the front board is bowedthe top and bottom of the spine show signs of wearthe back free end paper show slight marksthe top edge is marked with a small stain, all edges are browned" see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit uses the experience sayers had of literary creativity to illuminate christian doctrine about the nature of the doctrine of the trinitythe binding is sound

    (England)

    29 €

  • There is a small worn patch near the top of the spine of the dust jacket and slight bumping to the top of the spine and the corners of the front coverwe experience the battle chronologically through the remarkable stories of seventeen airmen from across the worlded gorman and simon pearson paint a vivid picture of the men and their machines as the battle for air superiority over britain is played out across the skies of europe, from the west of ireland to the german capitalotherwise the book is in very good condition with sound binding and clean, unmarked pagessee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome will be new to many readers: the new zealander who "borrowed" a seaplane from the royal navy to set up a freelance air-sea rescue service that saved the lives of dozens of british and german pilots; the swiss baron who claimed to have destroyed six british fighters in a day; the vainglorious commander whose raf squadron was wiped out trying to disrupt nazi invasion plans; and the german bomber pilot who fought the first battle involving foreign troops on british soil since culloden - before repairing to a pub for a pint with soldiers who had taken him prisoneroxfam bookshop new milton used, very good condition, hard cover with dust jacket, publishedillustrated with contemporary photographs of the pilots and their aircraft, this is an enthralling and original account from both sides of a conflict that shaped the modern world, full of courage, endeavour and, above all, humanity

    8 €

  • The book is very slightly cocked, the corners have a touch of rubbing and the blue has become mottled on both front and backdespite the defects, this is overall a good, solid, early (second impression) copy of the inventive children's classic that was awarded the carnegie medala2 see oxfam website for delivery information read moreinside, the front and back have the same drawing of the boy discovering the borrowers under the floorthe front endpaper has a neat inscriptionoxfam shop sherwood blue boards with, on the spine, brown lettering and a brown line drawing that overflows onto the front boardthe jacket is intact but is worn and has some loss, especially at the head and tail of the spine and on the back; the rear flap has a 5cm closed tearthe text remains in very good condition, enlivened by diana stanley's colour frontispiece and the truly evocative brown line drawings so appropriate to the story

    17 €

  • Dust jacket has some wear to the corners but is clean and intactcondition is very good with one small bump to the top of the spineinside pages are clean and bright throughout and securely bound" hardback has red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to the spinefirst edition and printed inif you want to know where you can get free bread and beer on any day of the year; if you want to know where mayday comes from or why you should protect yourself on mischief night; or why the english go in for all kinds of arcane celebrations but can't be bothered with st george's day - the is the book for yousee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop mutley plain " the english year is a lavishly illustrated month-by-month, day-by-day guide to all the customs and festivals of england, from the national celebrations to herald the new year down to small local traditions such as the minehead hobby horse or duck racing in oxfordshire

    9 €

  • This book has some shelf wear which includes bumping to the corners and creasing to the back coverpolitical pluralismusing newly available archive material, the early chapters trace the emergence of the gdr out of the soviet zone of occupationthe enduring appeal of west germany's social market economythe disintegration of the regime in is explained in the light of: the chronic weakness of gorbachev's soviet unionthere is no spine creasing, the binding is tight and there are no loose pages see oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is some slight foxing to the insideoxfam books & music bridport this new book investigates communist rule in east germany from its establishment as a sphere of soviet influence after world war ii to its rapid collapse after the fall of the berlin wallthis clear and comprehensive survey marshals secondary and original primary sources in order to give a unique insight into the gdr's struggles and achievementsthe subsequent stabilisation of the gdr and the establishment of an uneasy compromise between the ruling elites and the population in the later s and s are explained with reference to a range of internal social, economic and political factorsthe bravery of the protestorslater chapters cover the dramatic episodes of the uprising against soviet dominance and the building of the berlin wall in

    19 €

  • The hardback cover is in good condition apart from bumping/wear at the corners and ends of the spine and the residue of a sticker on the frontthe unclipped dustjacket has some wear, residue of a sticker on the front and a small water stain at the bottomoxfam books & music beaconsfield a story told by tomlyn, the cat, apprentice to mother gothel, the witch who kept the maiden rapunzel in a stone cage at the top of a tall stone towersee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe binding is sound and the pages unmarked apart from a little spotting, particularly on the edgesfirst edition publishedand a mark on the bottom

    195 €

  • The corners and spine-ends are a little bumped, and the cloth has some marksthe remaining illustrations are all in excellent conditionthe detached illustrations have some creases and tears around the edges (one of the tears in the first illustration encroaches onto the coloured surface), but the colours are nevertheless brightoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames contains three stories: josephine, john, and the puppy; josephine's birthday; and josephine keeps schoolsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is some foxing around the edges of the page block and scattered on the text pages, mainly in the first part of the booktwenty-four colour plates, all present, although the first two are detached

    50 €

  • The corners are still crisp and overall the volume is in very good condition indeed for a softback published inhe uses documentation from the period, diaries, contemporary photographs, sketches, prints, to illustrate his narrativehe then adds his own stunning photographs of the landscape and talks of his own determination to help preserve it from the threat of developmentoxfam shop sherwood this is the first printing of 'promised land'the card covers have one tiny bump on the right front, very slight roughness along the top and bottom edges and, in the right light, a few small scratches are faintly perceptible on the surfacesydney describes how the discovery of gold in central otago in transformed the area inhabited at that time by a few pastoralistssee oxfam website for delivery information read morea fascinating story presented in a very attractive volumeinternally the text is impeccable

    29 €

  • The boards show some signs of wear from use these include but are not restricted to shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to the corners and top and bottom of the spineoxfam books & music hythe this book was published by frederick warne and co of london in and has dark green boards with a decorative impressed design which is gold, black and redinternally the pages are bright and clean with no rips, tears or folds, the front free end-paper has been cut and there is a small dated inscription at the top of one of the pages (photo 4)  the front board is separating from the pages but is still attached, otherwise the binding is firm and the hinge is tight see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe edges of the pages are gilt but the top edge is dull, the right hand edge and bottom are still bright

    14 €

  • There are 2 names written on the first blank page, one has been crossed through with blue inkon the front cover there is 24mm closed tear at the bottom right-hand corner and a 7mm closed tear at the top right-hand corneroxfam bookshop tunbridge wells vestiges of the natural history of creation robert chambers the victorian library edition the paper dust jacket has shelf wear at the corners, including tears  first published in , this is an attempt to explain the observable universe in mechanical terms which made the book notorious upon its publicationthe back cover has a 14mm closed tear along the spine edge and  a very small open tear in the opposite cornersee oxfam website for delivery information read more

    19 €

  • The cover is bumped on the corners and on the spinethe green cloth cover has gilt decorations on the front and on the spine (the spine is dated ) and is blind stamped on the rearthe text is clear and sharpsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop kingsbridge one of william morris's long narrative poems divided into sections categorised through months of the yearoverall the book is in good condition for its ageinside there is tanning to the front and rear end-papers and the paste-downs, there is light tanning throughout and some foxinga few of the pages are uncut

    12 €

  • The eloquent sermon by the church of england padre at his funeral service appears on page 7, while an account of his last successful escape, a magnificent effort, as written by his companion, f/lt best, rafvr, appears on page 8the cloth is worn through in places (particularly the corners) and the original boards are showing throughthere is some foxing and age-toning throughoutmike sinclair was without a peer as an escaper" see oxfam website for delivery information read more"the late lieut acoloured portraits and black and white illustrations by lieutthe edges are grubbythe spine is split along its entire length on one side and one-fifth of the way up on the other sidehe was ultimately killed on his final effort, a wire job in the spring ofoxfam shop shirley bound in blue cloth boards with the title in gilt on the front and spine

    16 €

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