Charles dickens the life and adventures
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"the life and adventures of martin chuzzlewit" by charles dickens chapman & hall, london - first thus uk edition - with frontispiece by frank stone - 496p, 15cmx13cm - condition: good, nice half leather binding with decorative spine, bookplate to front endpaper, some foxing frontispiece present read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Oxfam shop bury charles dickens a life by claire tomalin no damage or marks signed by the author on title page first published by penguin viking see oxfam website for delivery information read more dedication on front loose end page - "to alwen, with christmas love, from gareth, december
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Christopher marlowe - the life and death of tamburlaine the greatis loosely based on the life of the central asian emperor, timur (tamerlane/timur the lame, dare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiotherwise the book is in very good condition) - cm number 126 from an edition of 300 copieswill be carefully packaged and sent insured, with track & tracestamp on half title page‘tamburlaine the greatnote in ink on first endpaperit may be considered the first popular success of london's public stageour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storewhereas the real timur was of turkic-mongolian ancestry and belonged to the nobility, for dramatic purposes marlowe depicts him as a scythian shepherd who rises to the rank of emperorillustrated by robert stewart sherriffs () with 15 full-page illustrations and 10 vignettesa play in two tragical discourses by cristopher marlowe - the hesperides press, london, - black cloth binding - unpaginated (222 pp’ (wikipedia) from the collection of folklorist and critic of american culture gershon legmanplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitewritten in or , the play is a milestone in elizabethan public drama; it marks a turning away from the clumsy language and loose plotting of the earlier tudor dramatists, and a new interest in fresh and vivid language, memorable action, and intellectual complexitycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecover with minor signs of use
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For sale are 2 hardback art books the life and works of constable by clarence jones the life and works of gainsborough by linda doeser lovely glossy pictures and details about the artists works of art
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"studebaker's" story is the chronicle of the life and death of an american automobile company where management's concept of "tradition" played a fundamental role in modeling corporate culture, rhetoric, and strategy"studebaker" may have failed in the long run, but its corporate life spanned more than a century, during which the company made a commitment to the community of south bend, accepted unions when other automobile manufacturers bitterly fought collective bargaining, and produced distinguished cars that still enjoy a loyal followingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music lichfield while the big three automobile companies came to dominate the industry, its early uhistory was characterized by an array of competing companies"studebaker" explores managerial choice, corporate tradition, and the importance of ideas - not simply "market forces" - in shaping institutions in 20th-century america
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The life and explorations of david livingstone, llit was intended to provide a condensed account of his life for those unfamiliar with the newspaper accounts and those published by the national geographic societyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibook dimensions: 19 x 13cm & number of pages: 320all pages are cleanpublished by walter scottour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe missionary explorer - jminor wear to spine ends and boards’ cornersplates are brightplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecondition solid and firm boardspublisher's brown cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration including gilt vignette of a lion with floral frame on front boardlivingstone and other sephia paint illustrationsillustrated with portrait frontispiece of drrobertson - walter scott - 19 x 13 cm - 320pp this biography was published a year after david livingstone’s deathno foxing, aside from the end papers and otherwise just occasional tanned markscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablegilt title and vignette of livingstone on spine
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The life and explorations of david livingstone, llit was intended to provide a condensed account of his life for those unfamiliar with the newspaper accounts and those published by the national geographic societyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibook dimensions: 19 x 13cm & number of pages: 320published by walter scottour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe missionary explorer - jcondition boards lightly rubbed, endpapers foxed, else this is a bright, very good copyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepublisher's brown cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration including gilt vignette of a lion with floral frame on front boardlivingstone and other sephia paint illustrationsillustrated with portrait frontispiece of drrobertson - walter scott - 19 x 13 cm - 320pp this biography was published a year after david livingstone’s deathcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablegilt title and vignette of livingstone on spine
52 €
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Hell's angel the life and times of sonny barger and the hell's angels motorcycle club by sonny barger (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 10 to 12 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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David livingstone - the life and explorations of david livingstone - london, adam & company, not dated ( pp - cm condition: goodare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiafter following the zambezi almost as far as the source, he headed west towards the coastbookblock slightly loose after first quirein original gilt-decorated hardcovercomplete with frontispiece, engraving on title page, 4 engravings and map wikipedia: david livingstone (blantyre near glasgow, 19 march - chitambo on lake bangweulum, 1 may ) was a scottish missionary and one of the most famous explorers in livingstone headed north from cape town towards the makololo settlement of linyanti (now in northern botswana)there he met the new king, sekeletu, son of sebituaneour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storelivingstone left upstream on the zambezi in januaryjust like his father, he showed himself very friendly towards livingstonehere he arrived in portuguese territory (angola) and came into contact with the slave trade for the first timeit filled him with disgustafter a journey of km through largely unknown territory, livingstone reached luanda where the he was warmly received by the portugueseplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitein september livingstone retraced the journey back, but it took almost a year before he reached linyanti againcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehe gave him a group of 27 makololos to accompany him on his journey
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Oxfam bookshop victoria road the life and adventure of robinson crusoe, (with a memoir of the author); who lived eight and twenty years, all alone in an un-inhabited island on the coast of america, near the mouth of the great river of oroonoque; having been cast on shore by shipwreck, wherein all the men perished but himselfsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith an account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by piratesepistolary, confessional, and didactic in form, the book is a fictional autobiography of the title character (whose birth name is robinson kreutznaer)-a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers before being rescuedthis book is a maroon hardback edition with some marks on outer cover, yellowing pages with some stains but all pages still bound together
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Sikh gurus the life and times of the ten sikh gurus by om books international the sikh gurus are the spiritual masters of sikhi who established this religion over the course of about two and a half centuries, beginning inbeautifully illustrated, rare book bargain only £10he was succeeded by nine other gurus until, in , the guruship was finally passed on by the tenth guru to the holy sikh scripture, guru granth sahib which is now considered the living guru by the followers of the sikh faiththe year marks the birth of guru nanak the founder of sikhism
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Sikh gurus the life and times of the ten sikh gurusthe year marks the birth of guru nanak the founder of sikhismthe sikh gurus are the spiritual masters of sikhi who established this religion over the course of about two and a half centuries, beginning inhe was succeeded by nine other gurus until, in , the guruship was finally passed on by the tenth guru to the holy sikh scripture, guru granth sahib which is now considered the living guru by the followers of the sikh faithbeautifully illustrated, rare book bargain only £10 read more
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The life and times of king george v good condition apart from some damage to first page read more
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The life and times of king george v tothe story of seventy momentous years
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Wounded by love the life and wisdom of saint porphyrios by elder porphyrios (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 9 to 11 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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The life and times of kings and queens collection, 18 book collection, editor antonia fraserbeautifully illustrated and ideal for anyone studying or has an interest in history of our kings and queenscollection or can post for an additional costpages in very good condition, some of the sleeves show signs of wear
75 €
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford a chronicle of england's golden age of the late 16th century, recounting the life and times of the remarkable elizabeth i in a cycle of 6 playsbox set unused and in original cellophane packaging see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The life and times of english monarchsall the books you see in the photoany questions, please message me and i will do my best to answer (: collection onlyleeds 14, west yorkshirepractically brand newexcellent condition considering their agea few are missing such as george ii
50 €
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Oxfam bookshop skipton with an introduction " charles dickens as a reader" by john hollingsheadgilt bust of dickens to bottom of front coverb/w frontispiece plus 2ppsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremoderate tanning and foxingend papers discolouredpublisher catalogue boards are moderately marked and have wear to edges, bumping to corners dark green cloth boards with gilt titles to front and spine
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Nimrod being the pseudonym of charles james apperleyoxfam shop malmesbury the life and death of john mytton esq of halston shropshire the story of the regency rake and eccentric john mad jack mytton whose colourful life included being expelled twice from school and election as an mp when he spent only thirty minutes in the house of commons after finding the debates boring17 tissue protected aquatint sporting plates and frontispiece by h alken and t j rawlings boards stained and edges bumpedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morespotting and foxing to tissue guards and some pages but fair condition overallgilt title to front and spine red boards with black embossed sporting illustrations to front and spineincludes notices of his hunting racing shooting driving and extravagant exploits by nimrod234 pages over four partsspine worn at top and bottomnames and addresses of two separate owners at front the address of one being on the subjects family seat of halston hallpage edges browned preface to the first edition by nimrod with an introductory noticetwo detached illustrations but both present fourth edition published by george routledge and sons of the broadway ludgate hillformerly mp for shrewsbury high sheriff for the counties of salop and merioneth and major of the north shropshire yeomanry cavalry
49 €
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Iron man is the exclusive account of the life and adventures of one of rock's greatest heroessabbath went on to become a superband, playing to massive audiences around the world and selling millions of records, and iommi led the life of a rockstar to the fullest - with the scars from all the drug-fuelled nights of excess and wildness to show for itoxfam bookshop swanage the name 'tony iommi' sends shivers down the spines of guitarists around the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom working class, midlands roots, his unique playing style - a result of a disfiguring hand injury he suffered working in a sheet metal factory -- created a dark and gothic sound unlike anything that had been heard before and which captured the mood of its timeas lead guitarist and songwriter of black sabbath, tony iommi is considered to be one of the most influential musicians of the past four decades and the inventor of heavy metal
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Oxfam bookshop hexham this book covers the period between the accession of charles 1st and the advent of king williamit exposes 'a vast amount of calumnious falsehood with which scotch fanaticism had debased the history of the country'see oxfam website for delivery information read moredundee was called 'the devil dundee' but did he deserve this name? this is volume 2, published in and bound in blue boardsthere is some foxing and tanning and minor signs of wear to the edges and corners of the binding
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham based on robert martineau's "the office and work of a priest" which was written in the s, this guide is for those considering whether they have a call to the priesthood, and those newly ordained who are tackling a new job and want advice on how best to set about the many different aspects of parish lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Farrell examines the life and legacy of one of america's most controversial political figuresbeginning in , when young navy lieutenant 'nick' nixon returned from the pacific and set his cap at congress, farrell traces how this idealistic dreamer became the ruthless man we remember nixon as todayhis staff of bright young men devised forward-thinking reforms addressing health care, poverty, civil rights, and protection of the environmenthe aspired to make his mark on the world stage instead, and his opening to china was the first great crack in the cold warrichard nixon is a magisterial portrait of the man who embodied post-war american political cynicism - and was destroyed by itsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music lichfield a sunday independent book of the yearin richard nixon, award-winning biographer john awithin four years of that first win, nixon would be a senator; in six, the vice president; and then presidentbut nixon had another legacy: an america divided and polarisedfinally, in august , two years after the watergate scandal, nixon became the only president to resign in disgraceit was nixon who launched the mccarthy era, who set south against north, and who spurred the silent majority to despise and distrust the country's elitea deeply researched, superbly crafted biography of america's most complex presidentit was a fine legacy, but nixon cared little for it
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Oxfam bookshop ludlow  this book written by sir john marriott, a british educationist, historian, and member of parliament recounts the life of lucius carey, viscount falkland, who was a royalist leader during the english civil war  published by methuen, in , this is the second, preferred edition of this historic text bottom edge is rough-cutspine is firm, a little frayed at the ends358 pages with numerous illustrations, maps, & index 3 owners signatures and 1 owner's book platebinding and stitching tight tissue guard frontispiece see oxfam website for delivery information read more overall an extremely handsome volume green cloth boards with minor wear and gilt embossed spinebook is in very good conditionminor browning and foxing to text commensurate with age
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Power play the life & times of peter hall by stephen fay hardback with dust jacket excellent condition home collection only from watford
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Description a survey of the life of mozart from child prodigy to musical genius struggling against society's growing indifferencekey features author(s)michael levey publisherlittle, brown book group date of publication language(s)english formatpaperback isbn- isbn- genrebiography: the artsvery good condition: a book that has been read and does not look new, but is in good condition
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This official first edition biography is signed by the author and personally dedicated sent direct post free within the ukhow, when told to stop boxing when diagnosed with brain damage, he carried on being hit by the strongest men in the worldwhen the truth finally came out he went on to become an actor in tv and filmsjimmy reveals his struggles with east end gangs, his family links to the krays and the dodgy world of boxing officialsjimmy batten boxing champion tv and film actor
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Some light tanning and some foxing to the textoxfam bookshop hexham covers the career of claverhouse from the accession of king james to the battle of killicrankie, and the death of dundeesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere are a few white marks on the front board and signs of wear to the edges and corners and to the top and tail of the spinethis is the third volume, published in , bound in blue boards
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