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Here he left everything he ever wanted and, by cover of darkness, risking his life, he is searching every house, every cafe, every old pathway, for just a glimpse of the only woman he has ever lovedmeanwhile, adem berker finds himself back in kyrenia, his former home, now as a member of the invading forcededication on inside coverthey never believed she was her father's daughter and her mother died too soon to quiet their wagging tonguesbut for some, it is a chance to begin living againfor many people, this means an end to life as they know itso she lives outside the town and hides from her neighbours' eyesand how she has longed for him all these yearsbut, held captive with the very women who have made her life so lonely, koki is finally able to tell them the truthfor readers of the island, the book thief and the kite runneroxfam bookshop hertford a moving novel of love and war by the author of the beekeeper of aleppoit is july and on a bright, sunny morning, the turkish army has invaded the town of kyrenia in cypruseveryone has always talked about kokiand when she became pregnant and there was no sign of a husband, her fate was sealedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreto talk of the turkish shoe-maker who came to the town and took her heart away with him when he left
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It offers readers a glimpse into the mind of a great thinker and activist and shows how to live fully, with awareness, during a time of challenge and upheavalif it can't be published, i hope my friends will circulate it among themselvessince that time, he has been unable to return to his homeland but, now based in france, he has become one of the world's most respected spiritual leaderswe follow him, in , as he helps establish the movement known as 'engaged buddhism': starting self-help villages, a new university, a buddhist order and many other efforts for peace' thus thich nhat hanh begins his 11 may journal entryi'll leave vietnam tomorrowfragrant palm leaves reveals a vulnerable and questioning young man reflecting on the many difficulties he and his fellow monks faced in vietnam trying to make buddhism relevant to the people's needsfragrant palm leaves is regarded by many vietnamese as thich nhat hanh's most endearing and stimulating booksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop newark 'it isn't likely that this collection of journal entries will pass the censors
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There is a split from the waist which offers a glimpse of the under skirt which is red with a butterfly printoxfam shop port talbot here we have a gorgeous ted baker summer dress the dress is a navy blue and features a multi coloured floral pattern this dress would be perfect for any ocaasion and could easily be dressed up or downthe underskirt contrast beautifully with the dark colour of the dresssize 0 chest - 30" length - 38" sleeveless hand wash only see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop newport for anyone who has been a child, this glimpse into the author's childhood in the 60s and her daughter's in the 90s proves when we lose someone special, love and laughter come from unexpected places to fill our heartstext block is clean and tight glossy photographic paper coverssee oxfam website for delivery information read moresuperficial scuffs, marks and discolouration
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These volumes are an important translation which gives westerners a glimpse of this ancient indian civilisationcondition volumes included i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi (vii not included) viii, ix, x, xi, xiiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableprinted calcutta - kolkata indiatraditionally, the authorship of the mahabharata is attributed to vyasathe mahabharata was probably compiled between the 3rd century bce and the 3rd century ce, the original events related by the epic probably fall between the 9th and 8th centuries bceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihis translation published as the mahabharata of krishna-dwaipayana vyasa translated into english prose between and , by protap chandra rai (), a calcutta bookseller who owned a printing press and raised funds for the project it narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the kurukshetra war and the fates of the kaurava and the pa??ava princes and their successorsthe mahabharata - mahabharata is one of the two major sanskrit epic of ancient india, the other being the ramaya?aref:wikipedia kisari mohan ganguli (also kour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storewith original red cloth covers, slight bumped corners4th century ce) this vast storehouse of indian knowledge is normally hiddenthese 11 volumes have been translated from the original sanskrit languagethis is the early edition of english translation in these volumesgenerally good conditionthe text probably reached its final form by the early gupta period (cbinding slightly-loose in volume iii & ivganguli) an indian translator first complete translation of the sanskrit epic mahabharata in englishapprox 500 pages each volume
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Nice to browse through with sometimes still relevant information, and, in any case, a nice glimpse into the legal development and thinking of our ancestorsfull title: codex batavus, waar in het algemeen kerk-, publyk- en burgerlyk recht van hollant, zeelant, en het ressort der generaliteit kortelyk is begrepen: getrokken uit alle de edicten, ordonnantien, placaten, en resolutien voor de oprechtinge der republyk, en wel byzonder der staetsbestieringe van hollant en west-vrieslant tot op den jare gemaekt en uitgegevenare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiotherwise in excellent conditionde tweede druk door de aucteur zelfs merkelyk verbetert, vermeerder en vervolgt tot op den jare ingesloten collation: ( pp¶ fascinating legal dictionary, based on ordinances, placards, etcrenewed endpaperssubjects such as: ‘academie’, ‘boek- en pasquillendrukkers’, ‘dijkrecht’, ‘duelleren’, ‘joden’, ‘handel op de levant’, ‘nieuw-nederland’, ‘oost en west indische compagnie’, ‘vrijsteden’ and much moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecondition: neatly re-bound in somewhat easily soiled whitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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A glimpse into the past including places of interest, tours and excursions, walks, etcall the information needed by the 's tourist fascinating advertisements from the timesee oxfam website for delivery information read more illustrated cover pages very goodoxfam bookshop truro small paperback book in a good condition monochrome photographs
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Oxfam books & music bedford the book behind the hit documentarya glimpse of life inside the world's most secretive country, as told by britain's best-loved travel writerwritten with palin's trademark warmth and wit, and illustrated with beautiful colour photographs throughout, the journal offers a rare insight into the north korea behind the headlinesin may , former monty python stalwart and intrepid globetrotter michael palin spent two weeks in the notoriously secretive democratic people's republic of korea, a cut-off land without internet or phone signal, where the countryside has barely moved beyond a centuries-old peasant economy but where the cities have gleaming skyscrapers and luxurious underground train stationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis resulting documentary for channel 5 was widely acclaimedthis is a hardback version of this book and is in very good conditionnow he shares his day-by-day diary of his visit, in which he describes not only what he saw - and his fleeting views of what the authorities didn't want him to see - but recounts the conversations he had with the country's inhabitants, talks candidly about his encounters with officialdom, and records his musings about a land wholly unlike any other he has ever visited - one that inspires fascination and fear in equal measure
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Through his eyes we catch a rare glimpse of the life and pre-reformation piety of a sixteenth-century english villageoxfam bookshop tavistock in this book a reformation historian takes us inside the mind and heart of morebath, a remote and tiny sheep farming village where thirty-three families worked the difficult land on the southern edge of exmoorthe book also offers a unique window into a rural world in crisis as the reformation progressedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredust jacket has one small tear to bottom of spinebook is in very good condition, clean and unmarked
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The omissions in all these writers' works provide a unique window into english literary history: through these blank spaces we glimpse the tension between implication and inference, between writers' intentions and readers' responses and between an individual author and a collaborative communityin this book, stephen boxfam bookshop victoria pristine condition: while authors in early modern england were gaining new authority - legally, economically and symbolically - renaissance readers also were expected to participate in and make use of an author's writingsdobranski examines how the seventeenth-century phenomenon of printing apparently unfinished works ushered in a new emphasis on authors' responsibility for written texts while it simultaneously reinforced renaissance practices of active readingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebringing together textual studies, literary criticism and book trade history, dobranski provides fresh insight into renaissance constructions of authorship and offers discerning interpretations of publications by sir philip sidney, ben jonson, john donne, robert herrick and john milton
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This book provides a glimpse at the lives, weapons, and equipment of these soldiers through a collection of artifacts and exacting reproductionsoxfam bookshop brighton as dawned, the civil war, the conflict that had started the year before and that most americans thought would last only a few months, showed no signs of endingwhile other books examine the war between the states from a political, tactical, or military perspective, these books focus on the day-to-day life and the human experience of the men themselves, the union and confederate soldiers who enlisted and often fought to the death for their beliefs and those of their home regions of the young united statesillustrated with full-color photography and historical documents, engagingly written and thoroughly explained, these books are the perfect addition to children's and adults' library collections, school libraries, and personal libraries of interested readers and history lovers of all ageswithin a year, thousands of these courageous men had lost their lives on bloody battlefields or died in disease-ridden encampmentshundreds of thousands of men across the divided nation enlisted in state volunteer regiments that poured into the sprawling military camps around washington, dc, richmond, virginia, and other strategic locationssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Produced as the british railway network was reaching its zenith, and as tourism by rail became a serious pastime for the better off, it was the first national tourist guide specifically organized around railway journeys, and to this day offers a glimpse through the carriage window at a britain long pastoxfam shop dumfries collector's item, landmark in the history of the tour guide, snapshot of britain in the s - bradshaw's handbook deserves a place on the bookshelf of any traveller, railway enthusiast, historian or anglophilesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is a facsimile of the actual book - often referred to as 'bradshaw's guide' - that inspired the 'great british railway journeys' television series, possibly the only surviving example of the editionit is an exact copy with a removable belly-band
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In the massive use of gold and in the singularity of their shape, they provide a unique glimpse into the culture and social organization of the people who used the cave and left these unusual remainsit is a dual language english/hebrew publicationthe eight gold artifacts found in the cave at nahal qanah, weighing nearly one kilogram in total, constitute such a discovery, outstanding in the archaeology of i srael and of the entire ancient near eastthe most exquisite were those of the chalcolithic cemetery situated in the cave, containing numerous burial offerins of high quality" see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is rare in the course of an archaeological investigation to come across a single discovery that profoundly alters and enriches our understandingof the culture amongst whose material remains it was foundwhen it was finally opened and thus revealed to us, it offered one of the most fascinating archaeological experiencesthere in the muddy halls, narrow recesses and dark niches, finds of a most impressive nature were unearthedoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street published in , this scarce, out-of-print publication is in very good shape, with no damage to the covers or pages"for thousands of years, since the early bronze age, the nahal qanah cave was sealed off and deserted
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Islamist muslims have won the culture war in much of the muslim world, and their success provides a glimpse of what awaits the christian west and israelbased on a wealth of demographic research, considering questions of multiculturalism and terrorism, kaufmann examines the implications of the decline in liberal secularism as religious conservatism rises - and what this means for the future of western modernitybut most people don't read their books before deciding whether to be religiouswithin judaism, the ultra-orthodox may achieve majority status over their liberal counterparts by mid-centuryoxfam shop nether edge dawkins and hitchens have convinced many western intellectuals that secularism is the way forwardinstead, they inherit their faith from their parents, who often innoculate them against the elegant arguments of secularistsand what no one has noticed is that far from declining, the religious are expanding their share of the population: in fact, the more religious people are, the more children they havesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehas owners name to inner pagethe cumulative effect of immigration from religious countries, and religious fertility will be to reverse the secularisation process in the westnot only will the religious eventually triumph over the non-religious, but it is those who are the most extreme in their beliefs who have the largest families
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Richly illustrated with archival imagery, this is a rare glimpse into the working worlds of some of the most influential forces in contemporary designdesign throughout history has been profoundly shaped and enhanced by the creativity of women; as practitioners, commentators, educators and commissionersbut in a narrative that eagerly promotes their male counterparts, their contributions are all too often overlookedoxfam bookshop hove from architects and product designers to textile artists and digital innovators, women design profiles a selection of the most dynamic female designers from the modern era, showcasing their finest work and celebrating their enduring influencesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethrough 21 engaging profiles, women design rediscovers and revels in the work of pioneers such as eileen gray, lora lamm and lella vignelli, while shining a spotlight on modern-day trailblazers including kazuyo sejima, hella jongerius and neri oxman
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Only a handful survived, and chung mey's story provides a rare glimpse inside the workings of a brutal and highly organised assembly line of deathoxfam shop heaton survivor: the triumph of an ordinary man in the khmer rouge genocide (signed copy) chum mey's confessions with introduction by david chandler and youk chhang7 million people died between and when the khmer rouge ruled cambodiathe book is in very condition and features a signature from the author on the first pagesee oxfam website for delivery information read more chung mey personifies the tormented history of his country, surviving gunfights and rocket attacks during a civil war, losing his wife and four children during the brutal khmer rouge regime, and dragged blindfolded into tuol sleng prison, where more than people were chained and tortured and sent to a killing field
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Voltaire's words, according to which the english went to heaven each taking their own path, lets us moreover glimpse a reality no less complex), revealing difficulty, can -being, an "identity" in permanent redefinitionfor the flemish refugees of the 16th century fleeing spanish persecution, for the french huguenots after the revocation of the edict of nantes (), england was a safe haventherefore it was to try to understand this reality and to grasp the profound originality of the english protestant reformation that the university of artois organized two study days, in february and februaryengland and protestantism are therefore closely linkedthis originality, the organizers of these days wanted it to be sought after in the most varied fields of politics, sociology and culture without forgetting, of course, the field of religionoxfam bookshop guildford it would never occur to anyone to deny england an essential place in the history of protestantismin effect, the history of protestantism and the history of england have always been closely linkedit was in england, finally, that a renewed protestantism was developed (like methodism, for example) which corresponded better to the new living conditions of contemporary timesand yet english protestantism occupies a special place in the reform movementfor many, the commonly accepted idea was, and still is, that "anglicanism" was a kind of compromise between catholicism and protestantismthe choice to include this research in a chronological progression was suggested by the difficulty of locating in time the appearance of the term (and therefore of the concept?) "anglicanism" (18th-19th centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit was from england too that many protestant missionaries left in the 19th century to distant lands
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It depicts a glimpse of the blue grotto in capri, and is sized 17 x 23 cmare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe frame is offered as a gift and should be considered as suchpleasant oil work from the late 19th century by an anonymous artist, yet of beautiful qualityit comes with certificate of authenticityplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableaccurate and tracked shipping
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In these pages, we begin to glimpse the heart of this most solitary and mysterious of writers, one whose power and opacity remain intact more than a century after his death the influence of his work on modern french poetry, and in particular on the origins of surrealism, were profound, and have been celebrated by figures as diverse as andre breton, valery larbaud, and henry millerin lautreamont nomad, polizzotti provides english-speaking readers with the ideal introduction to the works of isidore ducasseoxfam shop newcastle upon tyne isidore ducasse, the self-styled comte de lautreamont (), born of french parents in montevideo, moved to paris in and published the earliest installments of his legendary prose poem, the cantos of maldoror, inself wrap paperbackthe complete text of this book and of the mysterious poesies were published after lautreamonts premature, mysterious death in a hotel on rue du faubourg-montmartresee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe explores the life, ideas, themes, and style of this writer of miraculous prose and renders him accessible to the general readerundamaged with clean pages but grubby and slightly sunned cover
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It affords a fascinating glimpse of fin de siecle europe and of a transport network that was shortly to be devastated by the greatest war the world had ever seenpublished in , it is divided into three sections: timetables for services covering the continent, short guides to each city and notable destination and features, and a wealth of advertisements and ephemeral materials concerning hotels, restaurants and services that might be required by the early twentieth century traveller by railoxfam shop colne road *as seen on michael portillo's bbc2 hit 'great continental railway journeys'!* following its bestselling edition of 'bradshaw's handbook ', old house brings you this fascinating guide to europe's rail network on the very brink of the first world war*this highly collectable volume includes fold-out maps, a transparent protective jacket and a bookmarker!* see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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An insightful book, beautifully illustrated with 100 images, including specially commissioned photography, colin reid glass sculpture provides a glimpse into the creation of reid's cast glass sculpturewright, charts the course of reid's career from an international perspectiveit will appeal to established collectors and followers of both colin reid and sculpture in generaloxfam books & music kentish town colin reid glass sculpture explores the work of internationally renowned contemporary glass artist colin reid (bsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis richly illustrated monograph, with essays by leading glass experts jennifer hawkins opie and diane c
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham a personal glimpse into the enterprise of science and the human aspirations and interactions that drive it see oxfam website for delivery information read morean object lesson in dedication
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The result is a glimpse into a beautiful and strange landscape of faith, imbued with intimate expressions of hopethe authors visited the wells on special; days of devotion to record the activities of local peopleoxfam bookshop bath a hardback in very good conditionthis is a beautifully presented and illustrated book with stunning photography that captures the unique spirit of holy wells in irelandholy wells are places of popular religious devotion where people come to pray and leave simple offeringsthe pages are clean and tightsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreboards and cloth spine in very good condition
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The sheet in question depicts a glimpse of rome; hind notes that the ruins depicted are now known as the "temple of vespasian"are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe work is from a series of 32 plates with views of buildings erected by the ancient romans in rome and different italian placesbettagno placed the change of title, doubtfully, in the mid-sthe collection is considered the second expanded edition of a series of 30 sheets, published by piranesi in , and titled ‘antichità romane de’ tempi della repubblica, e de’ primi imperatori [original etching on a copper matrixpiranesi had returned to rome after a trip to veneto, and he was influenced by the lagoon cityscape culturein good condition, with vivid ink, full margins; at the top margin, small thinning of the paper and minor oxidation stainplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store7”, title and author’s indication at the bottom right cornerhind dates the edition of ‘alcune vedute []’ between and , specifying that the plates (compared to the print) were revised by the author, and that the series was enriched with two new images (one of which was made by the master’s son, francesco)bettagno notes that most of the plates in the series were made in the s, at a time when gcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableon the plate, on the top left corner “tav
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We glimpse too the injustices that inspired them, above all the mass eviction of peasants from their homes by the lawthey evoke the grandeur, elegance and complacency of life in the big house, home and symbol of the anglo-irish eliteoxfam bookshop victoria "the first irish photographs date from , a year after the discovery of the photographic processthe great famine was to kill over a million irish between and , and force an even greater number to flee their homelandin the following decades, irish political life was dominated by the struggle for land rights, for home rule, and for independenceyet these images, reproduced here in colour and covering the first century of ireland in the era of photography, do much more than tell a gripping political storyand they show the transforming impact of modernity, as industry and urban expansion brought ireland into a new era"--publisher descriptionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey give an insight into a people, a landscape, and a lost way of lifeas that story unfolds, we see inspirational leaders and impatient rebels, and their campaigns of persuasion and violencethey reveal the labour of rural survival: cutting peat, fishing, gathering seaweed and tilling the soil, against the magnificence of the often harsh irish landscapein the century that followed, ireland was to know tragedy and triumph, bitter struggle and agonized compromise
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5 cm), full parchment binding with titles handwritten on the spine; pages: 1b-[b, coloured edges, title within an elaborate woodcut border with large wooden architectural frame on the cover page, with medici coat fo arms at the top, title in the middle and a glimpse of florence at the bottom, above the typographic notea good copy with an old owner’s note on the cover page and stamp on the first white sheet, without interfering with the work (see photos); mildew here and there on the paper, without affecting the reading of the textare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiannali torrentino, : ''original, beautiful, and rare edition''first, uncommon editiongraesse vi, 356large historiated drop caps in the textfirst edition of the translation of seneca’s de beneficiis by varchi, famous florentine humanist ()please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe work is preceded by the author’s dedication to the duchess of florence eleonora of toledo, who commissioned the translation of what varchi himself calls "among all the works of senecathe most christian and most holy" (front of the first sheet)adams s-926 (other editions)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableedition of seneca entitled "de benefizii" translated into the florentine vernacular by messer benedetto varchi and published in florence (fiorenza) by lorenzo torrentino, stampatore ducale, in to (22 x 15
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Oxfam shop ulverston powered by the advanced technology of dice's proprietary frostbite 3 engine, battlefield 4 offers players a glimpse into the future of interactive entertainment - a future that is more human, dramatic and believable than anything before itin single-player, gamers will experience huge environments, a playground of destruction, access to an arsenal of vehicles and the ability to direct squad matestaking a page from the social aspect of multiplayer gaming, the single-player mode will now track players' progress, adding an element of persistence and friendly competition to the campaignwith more than 65 million players worldwide, the battlefield series has consistently been praised by critics for its world-class multiplayer gameplay, and is recognized as the only game that allows players to own land, sea and airbattlefield 4 is a seminal moment for the battlefield series as more award-winning, multiplayer game design elements are incorporated into the single-player campaignincludes battlefield 4: china rising expansion pack see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A victorian picture of an arab warrior mounted on a camel is pasted onto one of the free endpapers, and a glimpse of tangier by hr hawes has been pasted onto the facing pageare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikigilt edged pagessome stains on the rear boardi have here for sale a beautifully illustrated book entitled morocco: its people and places by edmondo de amicis, translated by c rollin-tilton, with original illustrationsfrontispiece and title page in two coloursthere is a frontispiece, thirty other full page plates, and many illustrations in the text throughoutblack endpapers, bookplate of sir philip lancaster brocklehurst, bartpublished by cassell, petter and galpin, its a first edition406 pages and a publisher catalogue at the rearplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebound in the original victorian decorated hardboards, with gilt and black decoration, women in the zenana, and also blind embossingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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In this book, however, they bring you their true off-screen selves, some sidelights on their fellow players, and a glimpse behind the scenes in the studios of hollywood and london pages are in fine condition for its age, boards are in very good condition for its age boards edges and corners are worn, with some scratch marks on the boards see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle on the silver screen, the stars who have so graciously contributed their stories to this second edition of "film parade" play many parts and assume an endless variety of personalities
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Delicious and refined oil work by the artist guido casciaro, depicting a suggestive glimpse of a seashore with bathersare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin good conditionaccurate and tracked shippingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storedimensions: approxcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablewith certificate of authenticity
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