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oxfam books & music islington complete ballet (2cds) see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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oxfam books & music islington dachau and the ss studies the concentration camp guards at dachau, the first ss concentration camp and a national 'school' of violence for its concentration camp personnelthis copy has slight damage to the back dust jacket (see photograph) see oxfam website for delivery information read morechristopher dillon analyses recruitment to the dachau ss and evaluates the contribution of ideology, training, social psychology and masculine ideals to the conduct and subsequent careers of concentration camp guardsgraduates of the dachau school would go on to play a central role in the wartime criminality of the third reich, particularly at auschwitzan international symbol of nazi depredation, dachau was the cradle of a new and terrible spirit of destructioncombining extensive new research into the pre-war history of dachau with theoretical insights from studies of perpetrator violence, this book offers the first systematic study of the 'dachau school'dachau and the ss makes an original contribution to scholarship on the pre-history of the holocaust and the institutional organisation of violencethroughout the pre-war era of nazi germany, dachau functioned as an academy of violence where concentration camp personnel were schooled in steely resolution and the techniques of terrorit explores the backgrounds and socialization of thousands of often very young ss men in the camp and critiques the assumption that violence was an outcome of personal or ideological pathologiesset up in the first months of adolf hitler's rule, dachau was a bastion of the nazi 'revolution' and a key springboard for the ascent of heinrich himmler and the ss to control of the third reich's terror and policing apparatus
55 €
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oxfam books & music islington 3 cds in jewel case with seperate booklet all in outer card box whic is scuffed at the edges see oxfam website for delivery information read more
29 €
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oxfam books & music islington rare documentary film on vhs tapesee oxfam website for delivery information read more produced and directed by gerald foxouter box has some signs of wear edited and presented by melvyn bragg
60 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music islington over the course of a career that spanned 50 years, agnes martin's austere, serene work anticipated and helped to define minimalism, even as she battled psychological crises and carved out a solitary existence in the american southwestshe moved through some of the liveliest art communities of her time while maintaining a legendary reserve agnes martin is essential reading for anyone interested in abstract art or the history of women artists in america38 illustrations, 33 in colour"i paint with my back to the world," she saidmartin identified with the abstract expressionists but her commitment to linear geometry caused her to be associated in turn with minimalist, feminist, and even outsider artists
24 €
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oxfam books & music islington moving with the magdalen is the first art-historical book dedicated to the cult of mary magdalen in the late medieval alpssee oxfam website for delivery information read moretogether they underscore how the magdalen's cult and contingent imagery interacted with the environmental conditions and landscape of the alps along late medieval routesits seven case study chapters focus on the artworks commissioned for key churches that belonged to both parish and pilgrimage networks in order to explore the role of artistic workshops, commissioning patrons and diverse devotees in the development and transfer of the saint's iconography across the mountain range
39 €
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oxfam books & music islington architecture is often seen as the art of a thinking mind that arranges, organises and establishes relationships between the parts and the wholesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreconceptual ordering, spatial and social narrative are fundamental to the ways in which buildings are shaped, used and perceivedit is also seen as the art of designing spaces, which we experience through movement and useexamining and exploring the ways in which these three dimensions interact in the design and life of buildings, this intriguing book will be of use to anyone with an interest in the theory of architecture and architecture's relationship to the cultural human environment
24 €
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oxfam books & music islington urban century: internation architecture biennale rotterdam see oxfam website for delivery information read more
39 €
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oxfam books & music islington this book stresses the unifying power of the geometrical framework in bringing together concepts from the different areas of physics see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book's goal is to present mathematical ideas associated with geometrical physics in a rather introductory languageinside is a clean bright copyincluded are many examples from elementary physics and also, for those wishing to reach a higher level of understanding, a more advanced treatment of the mathematical topicsit is aimed as an elementary text, more so than most others on the market, and is intended for first year graduate studentsit attempts to extricate the notion of space currently in the physical literature from the metric connotationcommon underpinnings of optics, elasticity, gravitation, relativistic fields, particle mechanics and other subjects are underlinedthis copy is in a very good condition with some light marking to dust jacket from shelf wear
34 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music islington a prefatory note to this volume describes the contents in some detail, stressing that they include at least two poems not included in any other such publicationonly light external wear - a little damage to the top of the spine, one or two scuff marks, a few stainsthe reader will find enough here to gain a good impression of the poet's work from to the end of his liferobert browning () was an english poet and playwright whose mastery of the dramatic monologue made him one of the foremost victorian poetshis poems are known for their irony, characterisation, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings, and challenging vocabulary and syntaxall page edges giltthe body of the book is firmly bound with no loose pages; all pages clean and bright; dark green silk page marker present; frontispiece b/w photograph portrait of the poet (taken in )title in gilt lettering on the spine, with 5 impressed double-line bands and gilt flower motifs, remains brightour book is handsomely bound in full black leather with the poet's monogram (shiny black with gilt outline) on the front coverinside, the green 'marbled' endpapers are bordered with a gilt line round edge of the covers, and the rear endpaper has a strange v-shaped hole mirrored by a pale v on the fep, and a tiny hole a little belowwhether this is evidence of worm damage is not certain - but there appear to be no other such defects elsewhere
29 €
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oxfam books & music islington this is the second volume of a ground-breaking and seminal research publication, the first having dealt with invertebratessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe work quickly won wide recognition, both as an admirable digest of the numberless observations made with regard to the development of animals during the quarter of a century preceding its publication, and as a work of original researchhe lost his life while attempting the ascent of mont blanccovers plain with impressed line borders, spine with gilt bands top & bottom, and title etc in gilt letters - all rather dulledrubbing of edges & angles, shelf wear to top & tail of spine, and bumped corners with some frank damageendpapers appear slightly newer than the main textblockinside, however, the binding is firm with no loose pages; all pages clean and bright apart from slight browning of edgestwo pencilled annotations: 'almeida' at the top of the front pastedown, and 'shere the author turns his attention to vertebrates, displaying a vigorous scientific imagination, controlled by a logical sense that rigidly distinguished between fact and hypothesisroughcut page fore-edgesfrancis (frank) maitland balfour () was a british biologist, and younger brother of the politician arthur balfour'on the halftitle pagehe was regarded by his colleagues as one of the greatest biologists of his day and a successor to charles darwinour book is in good general condition for its age, its green cloth covers somewhat battered, stained and faded in places
24 €
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oxfam books & music islington francis ledwidge was ireland's major war poet, sometimes called "the poet of the blackbirds"see oxfam website for delivery information read moreour book is in good general condition and, unusually, retains its dust jacket (unclipped)b/w frontispiece portrait of the poetsometimes known as the "poet of the blackbirds", he was killed in action at the battle of passchendaele during world war iduring the s he was considered one of the greatest living writers of the english-speaking worldthe book itself, bound in black cloth, is in good condition, the exterior showing only pale patches at the tops of the covers and some minor bumping of corners with no frank damageedward john moreton drax plunkett, 18th baron of dunsany (), was an anglo-irish writer and dramatist; his work, mostly in the fantasy genre, was published under the name lord dunsanyhis poetry shows his deep love of nature and wild-life, and he perhaps foreshadows the modern titan, seamus heaneyborn to a poverty-stricken family, his education was minimal, and once old enough, he began to work at whatever job might be availableinside, the endpapers are very lightly browned, but clean; binding firm with no loose pages; pages clean and brighthowever, his passion was poetry, and he self-educated in the hope of eventually achieving a white-collar job which might allow him to write with greater freedomthe jacket is rather age-worn, with rubbing of angles and folds, some chips and tears to edges, and general grubbiness, but is intacta keen trade unionist with connections to sinn fein, he joined the irish army in lord dunsany's regiment, saw action in italy and serbia, was sent to the front, and was killed near ypres, aged just 30title etc in rather faded gilt lettering on the spinefrancis edward ledwidge () was an irish war poet and soldier from county meath
39 €
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oxfam books & music islington volume iisee oxfam website for delivery information read moreno foxing, some rubbing to spine, internally intact
14 €
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oxfam books & music islington vintage us first edition hardback book, in very good condition with minimal shelf-wearsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome wear to jacket, inside pages are clean and unmarkedbook uses poetry and illustrations to depict friendship and loveillustrations by maurice sendakbook has original black cloth spine and illustrated boards in original pictorial jacket
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oxfam books & music islington cerebus and jaka travel towards his home village but don't get there see oxfam website for delivery information read more no annotation or marks made up of issues of cerebuscrease on back coveran extended critique/pastiche of the work of fscott fitzgerald, as f minor shelfweargood spine, tightly bound
29 €
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oxfam books & music islington in this closely observed sequence of photographs of london, dorothy bohm has captured the city as it appeared to her in the late ssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreian jeffrey provides detailed commentary on 25 selected images; his reading of the photographs draws out the very individual qualities of dorothy bohm's photography, and considers it in a wider photographic frameworkamanda hopkinson's text places the photographs in the context of other visual records of london in the s, and of dorothy bohm's photographic work as a wholeit is a city caught at a particular moment in its history, and the photographs convey a sense of transience, of nostalgia for a lost worldin very good condition, with very good dustjacket
50 €
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oxfam books & music islington the second volume of "les rougon-macquart: histoire naturelle et sociale d'une famille sous le second empire" by emile zola see oxfam website for delivery information read morevoilà pourquoi aussi, respectant cette unité organique, le travail d'analyse portant sur chacun des romans (que l'on trouvera à la suite du texte, en fin de chaque volume, avant les notes et variantes) a été complété par une étude synthétique, la préface d'ensemble,que le lecteur trouvera en tête du premier volume les rougon-macquart n'ont pas totalement échappé à cette érosion, dont l'agent le plus efficace a été la publication multiple des romans isolés, l'assommoir, nana, la curée, etcused book in very good condition in its original slip casele caractère d'unité des rougon-macquart, gigantesque roman du second empire, est ainsi volontairement souligné par les présentateursromans en quelque sorte autonomes, au détriment des romans de liaison ou d'infrastructure, tels que la conquête de plassans ou son excellence eugène rougonvenant après des éditions fragmentaires trop nombreuses, nous avons voulu rendre à cette publication la structure conforme aux desseins de l'auteurpar un phénomène d'usure courant, les œuvres ainsi composées ont tendance à se défaire, à revenir aux éléments constitutifs tome ii edition intégrale publiée sous la direction d'armand lanouxetudes, notes et variantes, index établis par henri mitterantparadoxalement, le prodigieux succès de certains des romans a fini par nuire à l'ensemblebibliothèque de la pléiadeil n'en demeure pas moins que l'ouvrage constitue un tout, que son dessin demeure parfaitement lisible, qu'il ressemble assez à ces monuments romains que le temps a attaqués sans réussir à les défigurer"dans l'esprit d'émile zola, les rougon-macquart constituaient un tout, un unique et grand ouvrage composé de vingt romans qui en étaient, en quelque sorte, les chapitres successifs
39 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music islington the democratic lecture (full title: the preposterously long titled and democratically constructed lecture about all you wanted to know but never had the opportunity to ask) is a lecture initiative led by designer and bon vivant craig oldham36pp 120gsm bright white colourplan sectionvoting for a top 5 topics from a list of 40 (covering all aspects of design and industry), the majority votes cast create an ever-changing, tailor-made lecture relevant to each and every respective audiencethe democratic lecture hands over the decision of the lecture content to those intended to sit through it: the audiencecloth-bound with fluro-died glueforeword written by craig's mum this book is in good condition with some shelf wear on the cover edges (bottom front, up and side of back cover)screen printed black and fluro throughoutcraig oldham is a designer, lecturer, writer, procrastinator, artist, publisher, film-maker, philanthropist, intervenor, letter-writer, theorist, website-up-putter, lamenter, conspiracist, and yorkshireman40pp on mic beermat boardthe democratic lecture is exclusively a lecture, however the topics covered have been collated in essay format in this limited edition book published by u
75 €
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oxfam books & music islington virginia woolf's short story kew gardens was first published in by the novelist and her husband, leonard, at the hogarth presssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreset over the course of a hot july afternoon in a flower bed, the story moves from descriptions of plant and insect life to snatches of overhead conversationsthe edition was issued in limited edition with decorations and jacket illustration by vanessa belloverall in good condition, pages clean and unmarkedthis is a facsimile of the edition was published in by the the hogarth pressthe back cover is marked (see photos)
45 €
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oxfam books & music islington boxed set of 40cds see oxfam website for delivery information read more
19 €
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oxfam books & music islington a once-in-a-decade performance of the passion play comes to life in this richly illustrated booksee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe inside pages are as new and still retains its fresh-out-press smellthe book is in very good condition with very minor marks on the cover that are mostly noticeable up-close but otherwise not pronounced enoughbrigitte maria mayer's sumptuously staged photographs provide a vivid impression of the playfor christian stuckl's production, stefan hageneier has designed stage sets, costumes and boldly coloured tableaux vivantsluke's description of the suffering of jesus christ at the end of his gospel be clearly conveyed to everyone: "and all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returnedand so, together with this illustrated volume, may st" the book has text written in both german and englishthe 41st passion play season in in oberammergau is the result of a magnificent communal effort by the whole village, in keeping with a 376-year-old tradition
39 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music islington l'art du métal: vocabulaire technique sous la direction scientifique de catherine arminjon " cette prestigieuse collection fait partie des grands usuels de l'histoire de l'art, de l'architecture et du mobilier en france l'idée qui à présidé a la naissance du projet dans les années soixante était de stimuler l'intéret pour le patrimoine artistiaue de la france en fixant le langage de chacune des disciplines pour en préciser les différentes notions et reconnaître les particularités des tecdhniques et des formesune relation étroite est établie entre le texte et l'image chaque volume de la collection définit les formes et les techniques avant de procéder à leur interprétation historique longtemps retardée par la force de l'habitude et le cloisonnement des disciplines, la rationalisation des termes techniques s'est imposée peu a peu, et de façon plus pressante aujourd'hui avec l'informatisation des données descriptives du patrimoine the book is in very good conditionla présence des synonymes facilite, par ailleurs, l'identification des termes utilisés, à tort ou a raison, à d'autres époques, dans d'autre ouvrages, sur le terrain ou dans différents ateliersles références historiaues apparaissent systématiquement dans un riche appareil de notesthe dust jacket is slightly grubby" this book is a french book on the art of working with metal in an artistic context
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music islington desire and design: two words that this publication metaphorically throws up in the air and literally catches as they fly past--or is it the other way around judge for yourself in the ingeniously designed pages of swiss design , the second publication of the country's federal office of culture the second part contains various essays that focus on the subjects of desire and object, desire and frustration, and fashion as professionessays by irini athanassakis, lorette cohen, christian muhr, kathrin stirnemann, et al this volume questions the possible relationships, whether real or imaginary, between desire and design, tackling them from both a practical and theoretical angle the publication itself is designed by elektrosmog/200 pgs / 250 colorswiss design is divided into two parts, the first of which focuses on the prize winner of the most recent swiss federal design competitionthis book is in very good condition with an added leaflet " the last journey" by san keller inside of it
47 €
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oxfam books & music islington in , when peter dixon joined the sainsbury's design studio, a remarkable revolution in packaging design begansee oxfam website for delivery information read morean essential book for graphic designers and those interested in the culture of consumerism, these designs remain fresh and relevant todaythe supermarket was developing its distinctive range of own label products, and dixon's designs for the line were revolutionary: simple, stripped down, creative, and completely different from what had gone beforethey also helped to build sainsbury's into a brand giant, the first real 'super' market of the timea unique insight into what and how we ate, the packaging is presented using both scanned original flat packets and photographic records made at the time by the design teamthis book is in good condition with sunning on the spine and a mark on the front coverthis book examines and celebrates this paradigm shift, which redefined packaging design, and led to the creation of some of the most original packaging ever seenthis feast of nostalgia taps into the fond memories of a generation brought up on these beautifully packaged goodstheir striking modernity pushed the boundaries, reflecting a period full of optimismproduced in collaboration with the sainsbury family and the sainsbury archive, the book reveals an astonishing and exhaustive body of work
14 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music islington written about 30 years after his first book was published, this volume presents what the author describes as an 'essay', and he takes pains to explain that he will avoid footnotes or references as far as possible in order not to disturb the reader's journey on his train of thoughthoskier compared text of the minuscule 700 with the textus receptus and exhibits differencesthe gilt on the front, however, remains brightherman charles hoskier (), was a biblical scholar and british textual critic,who generally (but not entirely) supported the byzantine text-type against the alexandrian text-typeinside, the binding is firm with no loose pages; all pages clean and bright; slight tanning of endpapers; an address stamped on the front pastedown, and previous owner's name in blue biro on front fep, datedhe compared, in "codex b and its allies" () the text of codex vaticanus with codex sinaiticus, and showed how many are the significant disagreements among the best witnesses of the alexandrian textour book is in good condition for its age, the dark blue cloth covers showing few signs of age, wear or use - some minimal rubbing of corners and spine angles, a little shelf wear to top & tail of spine, and gilt title on the spine rather fadedhaving spent much of his life so far in comparing biblical texts, perhaps he felt it was time to take stock of his own thoughts on immortality, with the help of quotations from many other writers
24 €
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oxfam books & music islington throughout discovering the humanities, third edition, author henry sayre employs a storytelling approach that helps students see context and make connections across the humanitiessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreby showing how cultures influence one another, and how ideas are exchanged and evolve over time, discovering the humanities helps students understand the cultural interplay that has shaped human thinking and creativity throughout our historyour copy is in a good condition with some shelf wear to covernote: you are purchasing a standalone product; myartslab does not come packaged with this contentbelieving that people learn best by remembering stories rather than memorizing facts, sayre weaves a compelling narrative of multifaceted cultural experiences that will resonate with students - throughout the course and beyondinside is a clean copy without annotations
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oxfam books & music islington the haydn society recordings (boxed set of 7cds) see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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oxfam books & music islington boxed set of 8 cds see oxfam website for delivery information read more
15 €
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oxfam books & music islington recording in jewel case with 3cds see oxfam website for delivery information read more
15 €
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oxfam books & music islington vinyl 12" - another watch (intro), the night watch, black moon & sunken sea space see oxfam website for delivery information read more
19 €