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10 fix the world up for youimages are for illustrative purposes only6 nothing ever hurt like you3 you make it realactual item cover, artwork and / or edition may varyregion 1: usa & canada, bermuda, and us territories
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Globalizing, booming economies married to technological breakthroughs seemed to promise a better world for most peoplewhat went wrong? how did we do this to ourselves? the war of the world comes up with compelling, fascinating answersoxfam shop crosby the world at the beginning of the 20th century seemed for most of its inhabitants stable and relatively benigninstead, the 20th century proved to be overwhelmingly the most violent, frightening and brutalized in history with fanatical, often genocidal warfare engulfing most societies between the outbreak of the first world war and the end of the cold warit is niall ferguson's masterpiecesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Now, as the world realigns itself in the wake of september 11, hutton turns his attention to the global picture, and the ways in which the new world should be orderedoxfam bookshop royal exchange square the state we're in, will hutton's explosive analysis of british society, was the biggest selling politico-economic work since the second world wareurope should not be afraid to stand up against the american version of globalisation, and champion the cause of a reinvigorated international society - taking over the mantle now abandoned by the usbut britain and europe are different: our attitudes towards property, equality, social solidarity and the public realm are strikingly distinct from amerrica's current conservative leaningsto understand the global economy, hutton argues, one must first understand the united states where, over the past 30 years, the forces of conservatism have achieved such supremacy as to reduce liberalism to a term of abusethe results have been dire: america is a weaker, fragmented society, and its economic strenths are oversold and misunderstoodsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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No matter what might be said, access to the artistic universe is more or less entirely the preserve of those who are a little fed up with the worldlovecraft, the seminal, enigmatic horror writer of the early 20th century" in this prescient work, now with an introduction by stephen king, michel houellebecq, the author of the novels platform and atomised, focuses his considerable analytical skills on hindispensable reading for anyone interested in lovecraft, houellebecq, or the past and future of horroroverall a good copythe two are kindred spirits, sharing a uniquely dark worldviewoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells hsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut even as he outlines lovecraft's rejection of this loathsome world, it is houellebecq's adulation for the author that drives this work and makes it a love song, infusing the writing with an energy and passion that characterises houellebecq's new novelhouellebecq's insights into the craft of writing illuminate both lovecraft and houellebecq's own worknor do they go to the movies, actuallylovecraft: against the world, against life michel houellebecq, introduction by stephen king "those who love life do not readclean cover, pages and fore-edge display toning and some foxing
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A thorough comprehensive work on the battles of the first world war illustrated with maps read morewinston s churchill - the world crisis - odhams pres ltd - hardbacks - dated from preface - 21 cm x 15 cm vol pages vol pages continuous from volume 1 both books are in very good clean bright condition firm bindings clean bright contents no inscriptions one page has a sentence underlined otherwise fineour 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 websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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From the series: the most famous gold coins in the world as gold bars front: left the mexican goddess of victory victoria, right the state coat of arms of mexico back side: inscribed map of the worldour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store5 g mirror finish limited edition: coins in a capsule with description read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website5 mm weight: approxmetal: gold size: 15 x 8are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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From the series: the most famous gold coins of the world as gold bullion front side: a ballerina of the russian ballet on the left, and the coat of arms of the ussr on the right back side: world map with inscription metal: gold dimensions: 15 x 8our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store5 g mirror finish limited edition: coins encapsulated with description read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website5 mm weight: approxare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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It's up to the two unlikely heroes to save the worldafter escaping a firing squad, he uncovers a plot to hold the world to ransom with the threat of biological warfareoxfam bookshop wanstead barry humphries plays sir leslie patterson, the australian cultural ambassador, who is sent to an oil rich gulf state to make peace after a united nation blundermeanwhile dame edna everage is on a 'peace for possum's mission' and she becomes embroiled in the whole affairsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The introductory section presents an extensive states and territories guide along with thematic maps and statistics on major world themes giving an accurate picture of today's world'the times world atlas' is a complete world reference atlas in a convenient and easy-to use format, retaining the authority, style and detail of the larger times atlasesdetailed reference maps in the distinctive and respected times style provide balanced, systematic coverage of all parts of the worldall the mapping and information in this new edition has been brought fully up-to-date to give an accurate picture of today's worldcarrying the authority of the times and its unrivalled reputation for accurate and current information, these two books are an authoritative guide to the world - past and presentall place names on the maps are fully indexedit is fully up-to-date with the indian ocean tsunami and the overthrow of saddam hussein'the times compact history of the world' is the most comprehensive small-format single-volume illustrated history of the world, richly enhanced with striking maps and photographs and featuring an accessible text by leading academicsoxfam shop wolverhampton a lavish pack incorporating two of the times' finest atlases and history bookssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis set is the ideal geography and history reference
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Trump, a trained clinical psychologist and donald's only niece, shines a bright light on the dark history of their family in order to explain how her uncle became the man who now threatens the world's health, economic security and social fabric  numerous pundits, armchair psychologists and journalists have sought to explain donald trump's lethal flaws a first-hand witness, mary brings an incisive wit and unexpected humour to sometimes grim, often confounding family eventsas new condition she alone can recount this fascinating, unnerving saga, not just because of her insider's perspective but also because she is the only trump willing to tell the truth about one of the world's most powerful and dysfunctional familiesmary trump has the education, insight and intimate familiarity needed to reveal what makes donald, and the rest of her clan, tick see oxfam website for delivery information read more mary trump spent much of her childhood in her grandparent's large, imposing house in new york, where donald and his four siblings grew uptrump and the toxic family that made him, author mary loxfam bookshop newport in this revelatory, authoritative portrait of donald j
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Published in by william collins of london and glasgowthis is the first series, so presumably more were planned or actually publishedvery good condition with both boards firmly attached and no pages loose or missingquarter bound in brown buckram on maroon buckram hardboards, with five raised bands on the spine, and gilt letteringour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storewith 200 illustrations after drawings by gustave dore, berard, lancelot, jules noel and other eminent artists, and six finely engraved full coloured mapscontents - five days at jerusalem; sicily as it is; china (pages ), cochin china and japan; islands of the indian and eastern seas; up and down the amoor; from asia to america; vancouver island; from the atlantic to the pacific; cremation ghats at calcutta; cuba and the cubans; to cuba and back; the search for the franklin expedition; dalmatia; galapagos archipelago; coral islands; maldiva islands; society islands; mount athos and its monasteries; the great plains of north america; travel and sporting adventures in south africa; the steppes of russia and the caucasus; morocco or maroccothere are 72 full pages plates in this book, together with innumerable woodcut illustrations in the text, and of course the six coloured maps of asia; china and the indo-chinese states; north america; south america; turkey in europe and greece; and africai have here for sale a book entitled all round the world: an illustrated record of voyages, travels and adventures, in all parts of the globe, edited by wf ainsworthplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefold out plate showing jerusalem from the mount of olives; illustrated title page with vignette of the great eastern laying the atlantic cable; plain text title page; xii pages of preface, contents and illustrations; 820 pagesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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This feature is a first for world atlases and will dramatically illustrate the rapidly changing world we live inoxfam shop tunbridge wells the perfect world atlas for readers who want the authority and accuracy of a times atlas at an affordable pricea completely new edition of a world atlas in the most prestigious atlas collection in the world, this comprehensive book showcases 170 pages of mapping to provide an amazingly detailed view of the worldthe reference mapping, produced in the beautifully clear and distinctive times style, has been completely updated with thousands of changes reflecting recent geopolitical and geographical change around the worldupdated plans of 32 of the world's great cities are also included; a geographical reference section with flags, statistics, and facts for all the world's countries; and a comprehensive index to more than place names top off this crowning achievement in world atlas presentationa unique collection of maps from the last 150 years of times atlases is also included in a historical mapping sectionthe latest satellite images are showcased in the imagery section with 32 pages of stunning imagessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is the second edition, published inspecific geographical information beside each map gives the reader a greater understanding of each areaas with all atlases in the times series it offers great authority, outstanding quality, and attention to detailin very good condition, in slip case
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Very rare and out of print in near mint condition all lps come in a plastic protection sleeve item will be sent by bpack secur (belgium) or bpack world (other countries) with track & trace codeon label: "een opname uit het odeon repertoire" "bestel-nrbovema" comes in laminated german sleeve, stating on front: "aus dem repertoire odeon hi-fi stereo auch mono abspielbar" very rare and out of print in near mint condition +++ 20 grootste hits was released in in the netherlands on the parlophone label, release number 1a wereld sterren series very rare and out of print in near mint condition +++ de mooiste songs was released in in the netherlands on the parlophone label, release number 1a wereld sterren series very nice artwork by patrick near mint condition +++ the beatles live at the star club in hamburg germany was released by historic records in the netherlands, release number his in star club recordings mint condition +++ beatles' greatest was released in in the netherlands, release number 5c on the odeon labelour 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" "made in holland by nare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe world's best was originally released in germany in by s*r international (club release) this is the original very rare dutch release in near mint condition
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This incredible silver coin is the first issue from the "martial arts of the world" series, dedicated to the most important martial arts of the worldthis issue relates to: "karate"our 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 websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablemintage limited to 500 pieces worldwidecoin with stunning relief design, antique finish; supplied in a case together with the certificate of authenticity
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It's up to the two unlikely heroes to save the worldafter escaping a firing squad, he uncovers a plot to hold the world to ransom with the threat of biological warfaremeanwhile dame edna everage is on a 'peace for possum's mission' and she becomes embroiled in the whole affairsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop inverness barry humphries plays sir leslie patterson, the australian cultural ambassador, who is sent to an oil rich gulf state to make peace after a united nation blunder
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At long last, it has arrived with the world of ice and firemartin's dazzlingly conceived universe; the world of ice and fire is indeed proof that the pen is mightier than a storm of swordsthis is the definitive companion volume to george rand linda antonsson, has written a comprehensive history of the seven kingdoms, featuring the epic battles, bitter rivalries, and daring rebellions that lead up to the events in the bestselling a song of ice and fire serieswith hundreds of pages of all-new material from george rsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreif the past is prologue, then george rthe never-before-seen history of westeros and the lands beyondmartin, in collaboration with elio mmartin's masterwork-the most inventive and entertaining fantasy saga of our time-warrants one hell of an introductioncollected within this volume is the accumulated knowledge, scholarly speculation, and inherited folk tales of maesters and septons, maegi and singers, including over 170 full-colour illustrations and maps, family trees for the houses stark, lannister and targaryen, and in-depth explanations of the history and culture of westeros
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When he's with ramona flowers, he's ready to accept the past, grow up and move onbut like all adult relationships, ramona comes with baggage - in her case, seven evil ex-boyfriends, showing up one by one to challenge scott for the right to date hersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop queen's road scott pilgrim has two girls on the gowhen he's with knives chau, he feels like he can erase his past and start overwhat happens when knives and ramona meet? what happens when scott's own ex-flames get thrown in? how will scott deal? which girl will he choose? fights! drama! secrets revealed! find the answers to these questions and more in 'scott pilgrim vs the world', the second volume in bryan lee o'malley's brilliant graphic novel series
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Collection from all over the world with tokens from china, japan and romania, and materials from various continents in 8 philatelic albums, from antique to new, 181 photos for you to inspect! read moreour 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 websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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The boo collection features the world's cutest dog all dressed up and they are too cute to resist, you will want to collect them allage grade 1+, hand washable and ce markedthis realistic worlds cutest dog is all dressed up in an adorable zebra outfit complete with fluffy mane and accurate zebra pattern
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Light up bottle with 'nana you mean the world to us'pink lights, pink glitter and pink/clear gems finish off this bottle perfectlycomplete with gift bag and tissue paper
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The easybeats – australian mercey beat from the sixties (2x) the easybeats – falling off the edge of the world (united artists –uas ) made in usa original lp\\ vinyl and cover near mint the easybeats – the shame just drained, 15 previously unreleased tracks, the vanda young collection vol026) made in australia / vinyl and cover near mint the easybeats were an australian rock band that formed in sydney inour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethey became the first australian rock act to score an international hit with the single friday on my mindplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website1 / (albert productions aplpall the albums i’ve hardly played read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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The world displayed; or, a curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations, volume xii - london newbery ppin this volume: - thevenot's travels in the levant - drwith the coat of arms (of john gray) glued in frontsome pages are a bit browned or smudgedlist of engravings: - a view of the city of alexandria - a view of old cairo (hand-coloured) - a section of the mikias in the isle of roida - a plan of the isle of roida - the obelisk of cleopatra, the pyramids of memphis and the sphynx - two colossal statues with the ruins of the palace of memnon - views of the noble remains of the edifices at luxerein - a view of the temple at com-ombo and of the serpent cauphis on the isle of elephantine - a view of the temple of the haniks and of the temple of isis in the isle of philae read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeoverall in fairly good conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefolding engraving with some spots, a small tear at the top and slightly frayed along the edgespocock's travels through egypt with 9 engravings, 1 of which is hand-coloured and 1 folding mapbinding is scuffed, but attached to the bookblockbeautiful travel book about the levant and egypt with (hand-coloured) engravings and a folding map of egyptcondition: fairly goodcontemporary leather bindingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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See bassani, 'claude vignon', , ppdrawer/inventor: claude vignon () engraver: background: abraham bosse (()) figure: gilles rousselet () published by: pierre mariette i () reference: duplessis blum meyer lothe watermarked laid papersemiramis, standing full-length in the foreground, with bow in left hand; in the background, a view of the hanging gardens of babylon; after vignonour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeetching and engraving from a series of seven plates representing the seven wonders of the world; the buildings are actually depicted in the background, with the foreground occupied by a royal figureplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe plates were engraved by rousselet (figures) and bosse (background)where the set is dated c
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? from mrs midas to queen kong, from elvis's twin sister to pygmalion's bride, they're all here, in carol ann duffy's inspired and inspirational collection, the world's wife'carol ann duffy is a poet of skill, talent and great heart' erica wagner 'duffy takes a cheeky, subversive, no-nonsense swipe with a dish clout at the famous men of history and myththey don't have a chance in hell of dodging her quick-witted wallop as she relays their stories from their spouse's points of view' the times 'poignant, thoughtful, funny, rich and accessible' ruth padel, guardian, books of the year see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ulverston that saying? behind every famous manif you have ever wondered, for example, how exactly darwin came up with his theory of evolution, or what, precisely, frau freud thought about her husband - then this is the book for you, as the wives of the great, the good, the not so good, and the legendary are given a voice in carol ann duffy's sparkling and inventive collectionwitty and thought-provoking, this is a tongue-in-cheek, no-holds-barred look at the real movers and shakers across history, myth and legend
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Round the world by frank hedges butler, founder of the royal aero club and hon treasurer of the royal automobile clubthe author's journey takes him from southampton to new york and then to hawaii, the pacific islands, japan, korea, china, hong kong, singapore, brazil, falkland islands, patagonia, chile, peru, panama, cuba, and floridaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storegilt illustration and lettering to the spine alsoplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesome marks to edges of boards, especially the rear board but firm and binding tightare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe 2nd part of the book covers red sea, aden, malaysia, java, bali, australia, new zealand, fiji, tonga, samoa, tahiti, vancouver and home to englandit is a first edition published inthe book is presented by the author to denham-smith and there is also frank hedges butler's business card red hardboards with gilt globe and lettering to the front boardit features 79 b/w photographic plates
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With 200 illustrations and 6 finely engraved maps in full colouroriginal full leather binding with embossed pattern & gilt panelstwo hundred illustrations, after drawings by gustave dore, berard, lancelot, jules noel, and other eminent artists six engraved mapsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeraised banding, gilt decoration and lettering to spinesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteall round the world: an illustrated record of voyages, travels, and adventure in all parts of the globepublished by william collins, sons & co, london and glasgow insplit by the edges of the pines (please see the last 2 photos) but the spine is intactoriginal brown full morocco leather bindings, deep embossed boards, embossed decoration and gilt panelled vignettesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehardback, 12 x 8very few signs of foxing insideplease view the photos for further details! shipped tracked and insuredfold out colour map of russia has a small tear on the fold*buyer please pay within 3 days* read more
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For charis, the world outside the window of home is a maze of hazardswe are meant to go in and out of doors in civilized style, but my mother bade me climb into woodsy wildness and a darkness flushed with crimson light and torchesoccult fears have a way of creeping into the mindsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhat young woman can be safe from the dangers of wilderness when its shadowy thickets spring up so easily in the soil of human hearts? much will oppose charis' longings for renewal and peace; she must pursue and discover the hero's path to a larger, more vivid lifeand even if she survives the wilds, it is no simple matter to discover and nest among her own kind-the godly, those called puritans by othersher unmarked way is costly and hardstreams of darkness run through the seventeenth-century villages of the massachusetts bay colony" clambering into the branches of a tree, a young woman flees flaming arrows and massacreoxfam bookshop victoria "when i swung over that windowsill, everything changed for meshe may be tugged by her desires for companionship, may even stumble into an intense love for a man, and may be made to try the strength of female heroism in ways no longer familiar to women in our centuryshe will need to struggle for survival: to scour the wilderness for shelter, to strive and seek for a new family and a setting where she can belongnewly published paperback
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And as for phobe, he's a teacher with a real differencethese ten tales of the world's most splendidly sinister teachers will have you running for the school gatesthink your teachers are bad? wait till you meet this lotshe is always furious - and she's on a detention rampagedr dread teaches science and is half man, half monsterbrought to you by number one bestselling author, david walliams, with every story illustrated in glorious colour by artistic genius, tony rosshe is bone-shakingly terrified ofsee oxfam website for delivery information read more children!millions of children have loved the world's worst children - now they will revel in this delightfully dreadful collection of the most gruesome grown-ups ever, the world's worst teachersfrom the phenomenally bestselling david walliams and illustrated in glorious colour by the artistic genius, tony ross watch out for the ghastly miss seethemillions of young readers have loved the world's worst children tales - now they will revel in this delightfully dreadful collection of the most gruesome grown-ups ever: the world's worst teachers
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Think your teachers are bad? wait till you meet this lotthese ten tales of the world's most splendidly sinister teachers will have you running for the school gatesshe is always furious - and she's on a detention rampagehe is bone-shakingly terrified of children!millions of children have loved the world's worst children - now they will revel in this delightfully dreadful collection of the most gruesome grown-ups ever, the world's worst teachersand as for mr phobe, he's a teacher with a real differencebrought to you by number one bestselling author, david walliams, with every story illustrated in glorious colour by artistic genius, tony rosssee oxfam website for delivery information read moredr dread teaches science and is half man, half monster watch out for the ghastly miss seethefrom the phenomenally bestselling david walliams and illustrated in glorious colour by the artistic genius, tony rossoxfam shop colne road millions of young readers have loved the world's worst children tales - now they will revel in this delightfully dreadful collection of the most gruesome grown-ups ever: the world's worst teachers
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An official programme from the mcc v rest of the world x1 played on 5th july to celebrate 200 years of playing cricket at lords cricket groundthe programme includes a scorecard and is damaged in that it is torn in part up the sleeve and the staples have come away from the inside of the programmethe programme includes an autograph of sunil gavaskar
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