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Because firmin is a ratfirmin is born in the basement of a ramshackle old bookstoreeloquent and witty, firmin speaks for the book-loving rodent in all of usas firmin navigates the shadowy streets of his decaying area, looking for understanding, his excitement, loneliness, fear, and self-consciousness become remarkably human and undeniably touchingfirmin may be a rat - poisoned by people he thinks are his friends - but his imagination soars as high as that of any humanbrilliantly original and richly allegorical, firmin is brimming with charm and wistful longing for a world that understands the redemptive power of literature and treasures its seedy theaters, one-of-a-kind characters, and cluttered bookshopsfirmin soon realizes his source of nourishment has given him the ability to read and this discovery fills him with an insatiable hunger for literature and a very unratlike sense of the world and his place in it' karen joy fowler, bestselling author of we are all completely beside ourselves see oxfam website for delivery information read morebut the days of the bookshop and of the close community around it are numberedoxfam bookshop cheltenham a darkly comic tale of exile, unrequited love and the redemptive power of booksthe area has been marked out for 'urban regeneration' and soon the faded glory of the bookshop, the small local theatre, the unique shops and small cafes will face the bulldozers and urban planners' guardian'surprising and moving meditation on the advantages (and disadvantages) of an entirely fictional lifehe's a sensitive, creative soul but misunderstood'a wonderful celebration of the way reading enriches your lifenot only that, but as the runt of the litter, he is forced to compete for food and ends up chewing on the books that surround him
2 €
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Paris, librairie firmin didot frères, fils et cieencyclopédie de famille repertoire général des connaissances usuelles publié par mm firmin didot frères, avec le concours de savants, d'artistes et de gens de lettresfast and secure shipping with trackingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe books have some library stamps and a vignette on each front covercatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableslight signs of wear on the coversvolume 1: aaron - arbre volume 2: arbre à cire - biberach volume 3: bible - carébarie volume 4: carême - cloporte volume 5: clotaire i ier - déni de justice volume 6: denier - espagne volume 7: espagnolette - germanicus volume 8: germanie - ixion volume 9: jabot - médoc volume 10: méduse - perdrix volume 11: père - sarcophage volume 12: sardigne - zwingle weighs 7 kg and measures 20 x 13 cmour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe books are in good conditionhalf bound in leatherplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
32 €
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Complete in 4 volumes in-12, xii-412pp - 390pp - 388pp - 387pp, full sheepskin binding of period, smooth back adorned with title piece and volume in red leather - edition stereotype, according to the process of firmin didot - worn binding, blunt corners, if not bindings pleasant, good condition of the printing and foundry stereotypes pierre didot l’ainé, and firmin didotare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikian x (), pariscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour 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 website
38 €
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This book by sas soldier rusty firmin tells the story of his 15yrs spent with this elite unit and the actions he took part in over those years and makes a great read book is in good condition
1 €
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Complete set of figurines from the oliver postgate and peter firmin television serieslimited edition with original boxes
125 €
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The jacket has decorated firmin & sons buttons with the initialism "sfrs" onthis possibly is the scottish fire and rescue serviceoxfam shop oxford this vintage marching band uniform is made of pure new wool, with thurston london suspendersthe trousers are black with a red stripe down the pant legsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
225 €
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Pogles wood was a bbc childrens tv series which was produced by oliver postgate with puppets by peter firmincan post for a small feeoriginal price tag still there no pen marks but the first 7 pages have hole punch marks from when we're childrenlovely nostalgic colourful drawings 2 pages are loss but all thereselling our original vintage pogles annual printed in great britain by purnell and sons ltd
8 €
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Having a clear out selling our original vintage classic childrens collectable books an extra large hardback copy of orlando the marmalade cat by kathleen hale lovely illustrations through out with original dust jacket see pics in lovely condition and arthur the white cat by ernest dudley beautiful drawings throughout the book with original dust jacket an original s edition see pics and from the days of peter firmin an original edition of the pogles annual, the days before children had computers, hours of nostalgic readingselling all 3 together for only ÂŁ10 can post recorded delivery for ÂŁ4
10 €
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Louis van den eynde, van hetzelfde geboortejaar als léon spilliaet, pablo picasso, behoorde tot de grote groep traditionele kunstenaars begin 20e eeuw: emile bulcke, alfred bastien, fernand toussaint, louis clesse, charles swyncop, hubert glansdorff, firmin baes… was volledig doordrongen vd klassieke academische idealen: realisme & goede technische bagagezee musea de panne, le chalutier oostende, muwerkte als leraar: academie van anderlechtare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitentoonstellingen société des artistes français brussel, galerie le roy salon , paris: “l’aïeul” , de panne, gemeente , oostende, muzee brussel, kmsk read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablein de panne liet hij in in de dumontwijk een villa met de naam le chalutier bouwen met een ruim en luchtig atelier architect dumont en gaston remy)in werd le chalutier beschermd als monumentour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storegermaine, dochter van van den eyndeartistieke opleiding tekenschool in anderlecht kunstacademie in brussel van montald, titz en dillensde villa werd in door de nabestaanden geschonken aan de gemeente die er een museum hebben ingerichtplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
92 €
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” paris, firmin didot, volumes, recently bound half-leather bindings with gilt titles on the spines16 folding platesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin good conditioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableprony, gaspard-marie riche baron deour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store37 folding plates, plates 31 and 44 are missing and have been replaced by a facsimile copy„nouvelle architecture hydraulique, contenant l’art d’élever l’eau au moyen de différentes machines, de construire dans ce fluide, de le diriger, et généralement de l’appliquer, de diverses manières, aux besoins de la sociétévolume ii; ) ppplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
152 €
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Published in pages written by oliver postgate illustrated by peter firmin see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music aberdeen this book celebrates the 30th anniversary of the printing of the first noggin book
14 €
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Journal de la famille” 52 weekly newspapers in black-and-white librairie de firmin didot et cie, parisare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableadded are 3 patterns from june, august and december folio, cm weight kg read morewith many engravingsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store“la mode illustréebeautiful book with brown-speckled cover, black spine with gilt letteringplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
34 €
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] - paris, firmin didot frères éditeurs, parts in one volume / instalments collected in book form - 1st edition - frontispiece + + iv + 180 pp* archipel des açores, archipel de madère, archipel des canaries, îles du cap-vert, archipel de guinée, les sporades de l'atlantique - troisième partie: îles africaines de la mer des indes - iv+163pare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihardcover; half-leather binding with marbled boards and endpapers, two leather letter pieces on the spine (title & name of series) - cm - good copy; reading fold, front cover loose (in the past reattached with tape - photo), ex-libris on endpaper, occasional foxing* madagascar, bourbon, maurice, rodrigues, galéga, les séchelles, les almirante, etc14 engravings outside the textthis lot contains: - première partie: îles africaines de la méditerranée - pp* frédéric lacroix () * victor charlier (l'univers; îles d'afrique [histoire et description de tous les peuples, de leurs réligions, moeurs, industrie, coutumes, etc120!) - table des matières 12 pp8+4 engravings outside the text * îlots du littoral libyen, les syrtiques, îles pélagiennes, malte et le goze - seconde partie: îles africaines de l'océan atlantique - 300 pp* jacques mac carthy () was a french geographer, translator, printerîles arabes, îles du mer érythrée * marie-armand pascal de castera-macaya d'avezac () was a french archivist (of the archives of the navy and colonies) and geographer10 engravings outside the text* jean chrétien ferdinand hoefer () was a german-french physician and lexicographerwere bound after ppascal de castera-macaya d'avezac aour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store* eugène de froberville () was a french ethnographer, linguist and cartographercatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available?) shipping: carefully packaged and insuredplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
65 €
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L'illustration, journal universel - 52 issues - paris, typographie de firmin didot frèresare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabledimensions: cm combined weight: g read moresee pictures for a good impressionlot includes: binding 1: volour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storemagazines; l'illustration, journal universel - 52 issues - 2 bindings - complete volume, illustrated with numerous images (including of the crimea) in the text and full-page engravingsin some pages the tears are reinforced with paper stripsthe half-leather bindings show minor wear, especially on the boardscondition: fair to goodhalf-leather bindings - dimplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
46 €
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Edition composed in firmin didot typeface from the deberny-peignot foundries, the machine made hollande paper was specially made by van gelder zonen and bears the signature of anatole france as a watermarkle petit pierre - la vie en fleurswoodcuts engraved by louis caillaudles contes de tournebroche - les sept femmes de la barbe-bleuele génie latin - les poèmes du souvenirare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiillustrated by mirandevolume xxi: 390ppvolume xxiii: 600ppœuvres complètes d'anatole france volume xvii: 332ppparis, calmann-lévyvolume xxiv: 456ppl'ile des pingouins - la comédie de celui qui épousa une femme muettelarge quarto paperback volumes, 27x20cm, under covers with flaps, set in lovely condition, light discolouration of some covers, insides in perfect conditionvolume xxii: 333pprabelais - auguste comte - pierre laffiteillustrated by carlègeour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storevolume xix: 356ppvolume xviii: 495pppages d'histoire et de littératurecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablela révolte des angesweight of the set: 10kgillustrated by maggie salcedo, woodcuts engraved by baudierillustrated by edy legrandillustrated by emilien dufourplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
32 €
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Very good condition, with sharp corners and no more than a light scratch and one or two tiny nicks to the edges(a2) see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe very good, unclipped wrapper is lightly foxed; the top edge is worn but intactthe story in verse of the shy sir lance-a-little who finally wins a maiden with the help of the gentle dragon, delightfully enhanced by the quirky illustrations by peter firmin, in full colour on one double page and in ink and wash on the nextlight foxing to the front endpapers and the occasional spot of foxing on some pageseven the horses are full of character! a very good copy of a charming children's book that gently mocks the world of the tourneyon the rear board stanley is entertained by a group of mermaidsoxfam shop sherwood glossy white boards with a witty illustration of sir lance-a-little and stanley the dragon that mimicks a mediaeval manuscript
9 €
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L'illustration, journal universel - 52 issues - paris, typographie de firmin didot frèresare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe half-leather bindings show minor wear, especially the boards and the top and bottom of the spine are slightly frayedthe pictures provide a good impressionjanuary through vol xii - nodimensions: cm total weight: g read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storemagazines; l'illustration, journal universel - 52 issues complete volume, illustrated with numerous images in the text and full-page engravings from the year in which many revolutions in europe took placedecember condition: fair to goodhalf-leather bindings - dimthis lot contains: vol x - noplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
43 €
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Essais de michel seigneur de montaigne: a paris, de l'imprimerie et de la fonderie stéréotypes de pierre didot l'aîné, et de firmin didot, an x ( (complete)volume ii: 391ppvolume i: xii, 412ppvolume iv: 388ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihalf leather (publisher’s) binding with corners, adorned smooth spine, gilded fillets, brown leather title label, covers adorned with motifs known as “à écailles”, red edgescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablefriction, signs of wear (nothing serious) on the corners (blunt, lightly compacted) and borders; signs of wear on the leather at the head and tail (nothing serious); inside: lightly soiled from use (nothing serious); bookplate (see photos)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storevolume iii: 390ppfirst edition, published after the bordeaux manuscripts, stereotype edition, notes, sources and vocabulary at the bottom of the pages, at the end of volume 4 are the letters by michel de montaigne and the treatise servitude volontaire ou le contr'unplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
33 €
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Magazines; l'illustration, journal universel paris, typographie de firmin didot frèresare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevolume is a little loose in the bindingthe half-leather and cloth bindings show minor wear, especially on the boardsvolume does have some scattered tears at the bottom of the pagesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store53, 2 march to nodimensions: cm total weight: grams read morelot includes: vol 3 - nohalf-leather bindings illustrated with numerous images inside the text and full-page engravings from the yearvolume lacks a piece from the top of the spinethe pictures provide a good impressionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitedecember condition of these three bindings: fair to good
52 €
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Rare registered letter sent from clermont ferrand to mesnil saint firmin with three stamps noin addition, this letter was never opened by the recipient because it was refused and returned to the senderare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeregistered letters are uncommon; there may be one registered letter left for every ordinary letterssee the photos, extremely rare to find i thinkplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
54 €
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Oxfam bookshop clifton duc de la rochefoucauld - maximes et reflexions morales / maxims and moral reflections ()Â pierre didot et firmin didot / effingham wilson, paris / londonsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecondition: very good - leather bound, rubbing on edges, inscriptions from previous owners inside, french () & english () combined
(England)
19 €