Brighten the corners
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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 matterssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand 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"a 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 €
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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 €
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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 spineoxfam bookshop new milton used, fair condition, hard cover with dust jacketit 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 senseaccompanying 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 spinesee 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 costthis is a major book for anyone who wants to know more about one of the most important art forms of the 21st centurythe 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 soundall the pages are clean and unmarkedit brings a critical perspective and a strong aesthetic sense to the subject, but above all it is primarily a narrative history"the genius of photography" examines the evolution of photography in its wider context: social, political, economic, technological and artistic
8 €
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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 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 centuriesoxfam bookshop new milton used, very good condition, hard cover with dust jacketsee oxfam website for delivery information read morealthough 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 french
6 €
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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 daysthe cornish home which he has known all his life is in danger of being sold up, and everything is changing'it's just after christmas, and four-year-old jakey is helping to put away the decorationswill 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 yearjakey 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
2 €
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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 textrupert - the daily express annuallovely book although someone in the past has used a pen on the cover and quite a few pagesi'm unsure of the datethunderbirds television story book
5 €
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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 spinethe book contains a large number of black and white photographs accompanied by factual information relating to the picturessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeric toogood's first book of historical photographs of the west wight area, published inoxfam bookshop new milton used, good condition, soft coverhowever, the binding is sound and internally the pages are clean and unmarked
5 €
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Rubbing to jacket edges and foxing to jacket corners with light tears at the cornersdarkened cover and spinepages tight and straightsee 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 €
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Plus, newbie spider-man makes a mistake that costs his teammates dearlyoxfam shop whitchurch road this bundle of comics includes the entire storyline of the avengers' battle with nebula issue 316: iron man and vision journey to the moon to confront nebula's starshipissue 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 terrorthis 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 collectiondetermined to prevent the stranger, the avengers race to find the infinity union before it falls into wrong handswill nebula's hubris lead to her downfall? see oxfam website for delivery information read morewill 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 €
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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 €
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The front inside flap is creased, all edges are rubbed and the corners are a little bumpedrich 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 oddsby 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 klanthis hardback first edition is in a good, used condition overallthe blue and black cloth boards are gilt-stamped on the spineoxfam bookshop hexham cthe page block is yellowing and the edges are slightly marked but otherwise appears to be free from annotationsthe dustjacket is unpriceclipped but shows some signs of shelf-wearsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 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 bigotryduring the s, as the country struggled with the explosive issue of race, atwater and ellis met on opposite sides of the public school integration issueann atwater, a single mother from the poor black part of town, quit her job as a household domestic to join the civil rights fighttheir encounters were charged with hatred and suspicion
24 €
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The corners and the top and foot of the spine are bumpedfollowing completion in , oban developed as a fashionable resort, though economically the railway was never really profitablethis hardcover first edition was published by david & charles, newton abbot, devon, englandthe brown cloth boards are gilt stamped on the spinestarting in , the single track line passed killin in , reaching tyndrum in and dalmally inthis volume contains 200 pages of black and white photos and a colour frontispiecethe spine is also sunnedits overall condition is reasonable, although the dustjacket is priceclipped, rubbed, grubby and creasedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecallander had been reached in by the dunblane, doune and callander railway (soon to be absorbed into scottish central railways and then caledonian railway)in , the railway became part of lmsthe text block appears to be clean and unmarkedoxfam 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 €
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The top edge is slightly turned and the corners are slightly bumpedthe glossy dustjacket shows few signs of shelf-wear and is unpriceclippedthe black cloth boards are unmarked and gilt-stamped on the spinei was just the brotherit was focused on themthe page block is clean and brightfrom 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 dallasthis edition has been an inscription by the author in black marker pen on the title page: 'to margaret, merry christmas, larry hagman'she 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, blahhagman 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 historyeven the parliament in turkey adjourned so representatives could rush to their tv setssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis stetson now resides in the smithsonian and over 400 million fans in eighty-five countries had to find out just who shot jrto put it in jr's own words, 'once you got rid of the integrity, the rest was a piece of cake'this hardback first edition is in a very good condition' written with us weekly bureau chief, todd gold, hello darlin' is a forthright look at hagman's star-studded careeroxfam bookshop hexham 'as it was originally written, dallas was really about patrick duffy and victoria principal
44 €
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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 discolouredmrs edward lyttleton at overstrand'the gilt lettering on the spine is similarly damagedthere 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 honthe 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 pastedownhowever, the binding is holding and the contents appear to be complete and include a fold-out map of the 'flower border' and pages of advertssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is no dustjacketoxfam bookshop hexham this hardback edition was published by williams & norgate, london in , second impression
8 €
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There are marks on the front cover and the corners are creased and bumpedthis paperback edition is in a reasonable, used conditionoxfam bookshop hexham this book is the third in the series of integrated studies on filipino society and culturethis 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 epicthe 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 groupshe has authored numerous books on various aspects of filipino society and culturehowever, the text block appears to be clean a free from annotationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morejocano served as professor emeritus at the asian center of the university of the philippines and executive director of punlad research house, inc
14 €
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" 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 coverhe was president of the civil and mechanical engineers' society, the institution of mechanical engineers and the institution of civil engineersplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitehe was made the head of the office and designed the first outside cylinder locomotive for use in indiaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe title concludes:- "catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablepage 49 has been neatly annotated (see illustration)[with the signature on the front endpaper of william henry maw, ()born 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 draughtsmanin he founded the journal engineering and remained an editor for the rest of his lifeour 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 magazinesbeing a short but complete description of the duties of the young engineer in preliminary and location surveys, and in construction] a rare book, and in remarkably good conditionmaw was a british civil engineer and astronomer
(England)
30 €
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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 partblack leather binding with tooled boards and spine, 5 raised bands on the spine, and gilt decoration on the leather infoldson the page containing the names of the books there is a small mauve pen markyellow endpapers which are a little mottledoverall the covers are in excellent conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe text is in two columns with notes in the margins on both sidesfoxing on the colour mapsoxfam 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 commandthere is a very occasional foxing spot through the text block but it is remarkably clean and brightlarge, heavy bible dated on the main title page, on the title page to the new testamentgilt page edges all round, the binding is tightsome foxing on the title and the following couple of pages
60 €
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The front and back of the binding has discoloured and the corners have buffedthe front cover has a librarian's  sticker on it on the inside front cover there are two bits of writing and there is foxing throughout the book this is vol 1 of x11 volumessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop aylesbury published in , this book is in fair condition  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 the pages themselves are intact including the frontispiece  this work includes an essay on the life and genius of dr johnson
19 €
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The corners are bumpedoxfam bookshop keynsham the book is in good condition though the front board is bowedthe top and bottom of the spine show signs of wearit uses the experience sayers had of literary creativity to illuminate christian doctrine about the nature of the doctrine of the trinity" see oxfam website for delivery information read more"a christian theological bookthe back free end paper show slight marksthe top edge is marked with a small stain, all edges are brownedthe binding is soundthe front paste down end paper has a book plate glued to it
(England)
29 €
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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 coversome 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 prisonered 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 capitalillustrated 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, humanityoxfam bookshop new milton used, very good condition, hard cover with dust jacket, publishedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewe experience the battle chronologically through the remarkable stories of seventeen airmen from across the worldotherwise the book is in very good condition with sound binding and clean, unmarked pages
8 €
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The book is very slightly cocked, the corners have a touch of rubbing and the blue has become mottled on both front and backthe text remains in very good condition, enlivened by diana stanley's colour frontispiece and the truly evocative brown line drawings so appropriate to the storya2 see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 teardespite the defects, this is overall a good, solid, early (second impression) copy of the inventive children's classic that was awarded the carnegie medalthe front endpaper has a neat inscriptioninside, the front and back have the same drawing of the boy discovering the borrowers under the floor
17 €
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Dust jacket has some wear to the corners but is clean and intactfirst edition and printed incondition is very good with one small bump to the top of the spine" hardback has red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to the spineoxfam 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 oxfordshiresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreinside pages are clean and bright throughout and securely boundif 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 you
9 €
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This book has some shelf wear which includes bumping to the corners and creasing to the back coverthe 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 factorsoxfam 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 wallpolitical pluralismthe bravery of the protestorsthe enduring appeal of west germany's social market economyusing newly available archive material, the early chapters trace the emergence of the gdr out of the soviet zone of occupationthe disintegration of the regime in is explained in the light of: the chronic weakness of gorbachev's soviet unionthere is some slight foxing to the insidethere is no spine creasing, the binding is tight and there are no loose pages see oxfam website for delivery information read morelater chapters cover the dramatic episodes of the uprising against soviet dominance and the building of the berlin wall inthis clear and comprehensive survey marshals secondary and original primary sources in order to give a unique insight into the gdr's struggles and achievements
19 €
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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 frontfirst edition publishedthe binding is sound and the pages unmarked apart from a little spotting, particularly on the edgessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand a mark on the bottomthe 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 tower
195 €
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The corners and spine-ends are a little bumped, and the cloth has some markstwenty-four colour plates, all present, although the first two are detachedthe 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 brightsee 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 bookoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames contains three stories: josephine, john, and the puppy; josephine's birthday; and josephine keeps schoolthe remaining illustrations are all in excellent condition
50 €
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The corners are still crisp and overall the volume is in very good condition indeed for a softback published inoxfam shop sherwood this is the first printing of 'promised land'he then adds his own stunning photographs of the landscape and talks of his own determination to help preserve it from the threat of developmentsydney describes how the discovery of gold in central otago in transformed the area inhabited at that time by a few pastoralistsa fascinating story presented in a very attractive volumethe 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 surfacesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe uses documentation from the period, diaries, contemporary photographs, sketches, prints, to illustrate his narrativeinternally the text is impeccable
29 €
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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)Â 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 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreon 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 tearsthe back cover has a 14mm closed tear along the spine edge and a very small open tear in the opposite corner first published in , this is an attempt to explain the observable universe in mechanical terms which made the book notorious upon its publicationthere are 2 names written on the first blank page, one has been crossed through with blue ink
19 €
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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 rearinside there is tanning to the front and rear end-papers and the paste-downs, there is light tanning throughout and some foxingthe 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 agea few of the pages are uncut
12 €
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Oxfam shop shirley bound in blue cloth boards with the title in gilt on the front and spine" see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe was ultimately killed on his final effort, a wire job in the spring of"the late lieut acoloured portraits and black and white illustrations by lieutthe 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 throughoutthe edges are grubbymike sinclair was without a peer as an escaperthe spine is split along its entire length on one side and one-fifth of the way up on the other side
16 €