Greece pictorial descriptive and historical
List greece pictorial descriptive and historical
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Condition: goodmaroon leather binding with gilt decorations, raised bands on spinedust jacket condition: noneall edges gilt, illustrated with numerous wood engravings and 25 steel engravings
110 €
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Sydney descriptive and illustrative and country scenes in new south wales:Â acondition: gooddecorative clothc covers a bit worn from handling o/w sound see oxfam website for delivery information read more
(England)
39 €
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Oxfam bookshop coventry dialectical and historical materialism by jpaperback, 32 pages this pamphlet was originally published as chapter iv; & 2 of the history of the cslightly bumped corners, sun fading to spine, a few foxing spots to pages, with some pen lines on a few pagessubsequently it was reissued as a separate pamphlet in of which the present edition is a reprintin good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreprinted in great britain by crafton press ltdpublished by lawrence and wishart, londonstalin little stalin library no
19 €
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By systematically confronting greek tradition of the heroic age with the evidence of both linguistics and archaeology, margalit finkelberg proposes a multidisciplinary assessment of the ethnic, linguistic and cultural situation in greece in the second millennium bcthe book addresses such issues as the structure of heroic genealogy, the linguistic and cultural identity of the indigenous population of greece, the patterns of marriage between heterogeneous groups as they emerge in literary and historical sources, the dialect map of bronze age greece, the factors responsible for the collapse of the mycenaean civilisation and finally, the construction of the myth of the trojan warsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe main thesis of this book is that the greeks started their history as a multi-ethnic population group consisting of both greek-speaking newcomers and the indigenous population of the land and that the body of 'hellenes' as known to us from the historic period was a deliberate self-creation
(England)
55 €
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The text has a few little marks in it the first free endpaper has the previous owner's name and an indian bookshop stamp  second edition revised and enlarged illustrated with 101 plates in colour and 145 in black and white in line illustrationssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music olney the dust jacket has been protected with cellophane (removeable) but has become a little ragged on the very edges overall a very good copy
15 €
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Written by the author of a large number of books, which fall into two classes: biographies of members and connections of his family, and descriptive and historical accounts of various countries and citiessporadic foxing within text blocks which are otherwise clean and lightly but evenly tannedall three volumes: black cloth-covered boards in half-bound style: spines have possibly been reboundvarious scuffs, marks and discolourationthis is an account of his own life, starting with his earliest memories of his adoptive mother, which also covers his many travels to europe and asiaoxfam bookshop newport three volumesgilt illustration to front and gilt text to spine see oxfam website for delivery information read moredark blue endpapersneatly inked gift inscriptions to flyleaves or opposite flyleaves
45 €
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Oxfam bookshop coventry greece stamps, mint and used on a home made album page includes 3 greek occupation of albania stamps cat £37+ see oxfam website for delivery information read more
11 €
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It will also appeal to anyone interested in historical geography, world prehistory and archaeology in generaldrawing primarily upon the archaeological record, and supported by ethnographic, linguistic and historical evidence, the authors trace the origins and development of culture in india and pakistan from its earliest roots in palaeolithic times, through the rise and disintegration of the great indus civilization to the emergence of regional cultures, and the arrival and spread of indo-aryan speaking peoplesin the rise of civilization in india and pakistan the authors have completely revised and rewritten their earlier work to present an integrated and dynamic account of human culture in south asiamany spectacular discoveries of archaeological significance have been made in the indian subcontinent since the first appearance of raymond and bridget allchin's book the birth of indian civilization, for long the most authoritative and widely read text on its subjectsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey conclude with the early buddhist period and the appearance of city states right across pakistan and north india, establishing the pattern of subcontinental unity and regional diversity that was to characterize the country henceforwardthe authors have made every attempt to incorporate the results of the most recent research and their book is illustrated throughout with photographs, maps and line diagramsadvances in related fields, particularly in geomorphology, palaeobotany and palaeoclimatology, have also radically altered our picture of the emergence of indian civilisationoffering an original and stimulating perspective on the archaeology of the subcontinent, the rise of civilization in india and pakistan will be invaluable to students of south asian culture and early historycambridge world archeologyoxfam bookshop leeds 379pp
10 €
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By shifting the emphasis to historical reception of imperial popular culture this book seeks to fill out a certain terrain between the current indian writing on national cinema and non-indian writing on empire cinemacombining wide-ranging scholarship based on original documents, film, stuides and historical and political analyses, the book aims to give the reader a sense of how ideologies, images and identites are constructed, promoted, contested and resisted in relation to key film representations of empiresee oxfam website for delivery information read morealthough empire cinema has been examined by western scholars, such studies have located the films almost wholly within the colonizing country rather that exploring their reception among the colonizedthis book offers fresh insights in the field of cultural and film studies from a multi-focal perspectiveit shows how the empire cinema constructed the colonial world, its rationale for doing so, and the manner in which such constructions were received by the colonized peoplean empirico-historical inquiry into the empire cinema in hollywood and britain during the turbulent s and s
(England)
15 €
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A video-pinball list, video modes, and historical summary are includedextensive historical research details the progression of pinball over the decades, with updated statistics and pricing values
75 €
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She gained literary and historical importance primarily through her correspondence, which is of cultural and historical value due to her sometimes very blunt descriptions of french court lifeundated, possibly late 19th centurypublished in the usa by the grolier societyfour other black & white illustrationsthe front board is detachedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreno inscriptionsthe spine is discoloured and the top third is missing, the remaining part is decorated with giltsaid to be the correspondence of elizabeth-charlotte, duchesse d'orleans, mother of the regent philippe ii, duke of orléans, france's ruler during the regencyhalf bound with red leather corners and spine with raised bands, and marbled boardsoxfam bookshop lymington limited edition of 500 copies, this being number 36gilt top page edges, fore edge and lower edge are untrimmedoccasional light foxing spotsmarbled endpaperscolour frontispiece photo-etching of madame de la valliere with protective tissue sheetthe text block binding is tight
14 €
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The cloth-covered hardback is sound but discoloured with some bumpingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepublished in the world's classics seriesthe binding is in good condition and the pages unmarked apart from a little yellowingoxfam books & music beaconsfield a reprint of this anthology of english prose compiled by h a treble
5 €
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1:- covers france,spain,portugal and andorra 2:- covers austria,benelux, central europe, germany,greece,italy, scandinavia and switzerland information on camp sites, been in storage - not used much
5 €
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Are 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 storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebags of mnh view the photos for an impressionregistered shippingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
48 €
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Large collection of stamps from around the world: - 294 used 1 penny stamps - england - zeppelin on envelope - germany - 2 values on fragment - switzerland - new and used zeppelin and airmail on envelope - block of 4 airmail greece - new and used stamps - azerbaijan, ljubljana, austria, usa - lot of 61 envelopes fdc of china + tsunyi conference 3 new values - about new and used stamps from all over the world 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 storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
163 €
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pictorial frontboards and backboards, stained, rubbed, bumped, shelf-wornoxfam shop darlington hardback, quarter bound paste-downs have motoring adverts, hinge between pastedown and endpapers, cracked near the bottomused very good conditionspine, stained, rubbed, bumped, shelf-wornsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreblue cloth spine, paper on boardspublisher: the london times, undated,circaall edges have handling marksin arranging the plan of this handbook on the art of driving a car the writer has been largely guided by correspondence on motoring matters received during a numbers of years from readers requests for information from readers of the times, and generally containing requests for information on certain definite points about driving in relation to car maintenance all pages clean and complete
12 €
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He's done portrait and pictorial art and, of course, comic-booksare 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 storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis unique piece is hand signed by the artist and includes the certificate of authenticityspanish illustrator and comic book cartoonist sergi domenech has worked in a wide range of arts: from a hobbit digital game, role-plays and corporate designs, commercial and outreach illustration• pencil on paper format 42 x 30 cm this amazing original page of the dc super heroes wonder woman and green lantern has been created by spanish artist sergi domenechplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
83 €
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He's done portrait and pictorial art and, of course, comic-booksare 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 store• size: 42 x 30 cm this smashing original illustration of colossus and kitty pryde has been created by spanish artist sergi domenechcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis original creation comes directly through the artistspanish illustrator and comic book cartoonist sergi domenech has worked in a wide range of arts: from a hobbit digital game, role-plays and corporate designs, commercial and outreach illustrationplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis unique piece is hand signed by sergi domenech and includes the certificate of authenticity
111 €
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Publisher's original pictorial covers and matching dust jacket depicting a young dumbledorelondon: bloomsbury publishing plcharry potter and the philosopher's stoneoctavo (205 x 135 x 20 mm
395 €
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From longmans cultural editions series, heart of darkness, the man who would be king, and other works on empireshows the literary and historical context within which—and against which—both conrad and kipling wrote their masterpieces
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The worlds heritage unesco book a complete guide to the most extraordinary places hardback new and sealed collection from ireby in cumbria ca7 please view my other items for more books on history and historical places and buildings read more
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Histories of nations peter furtado how their identities were forged hardback new and sealed collection from ireby in cumbria ca7 please view my other items for more books on history and historical places and buildings read more
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500 villages of britain clive aslet, hardback new and sealed collection from ireby in cumbria ca7 please view my other items for more books on history and historical places and buildings read more
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Here in a single volume are combined religious and historical themescross-references enable the reader to identify the subject of a picture simply from some characteristic object or figure in itsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham this dictionary relates in a succinct, readable way the themes, sacred and secular, on which the repertoire of european art is basedthe "dictionary" also explores the "lost language" of symbol and attribute, thus opening up the whole field of allegory
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Integrating literary and historical analysis, and drawing on recent work in literary theory and cultural studies, literature and culture in early modern london provides a comprehensive account of the changing image and influence of london in lyrics, ballads, jests, epics, satires, plays, pageants, chronicles, treatises, sermons and official documentssee oxfam website for delivery information read morelawrence manley shows how the literature and culture of london contributed to the new structures of capitalism, the process of 'behaviour urbanisation', and a paradoxical liberation of the individual through the city's concentrated poweroxfam bookshop raeburn place in the two hundred years from london was transformed from a medieval commune into a metropolis of half a million people, a capital city and a major european trading centrenew possibilities emerged for cultural exchange and combination, social and political order, and literary expression
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24 €
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The articles crisply narrate the rise and impact of each style, the locale and historical background, the work and lives of the leading figures, the manifestos and the exhibitions, the judgments of the critics and the delight or outrage of the general publicthe ideas behind the styles are discussed, and each article is supplemented by suggestions for further reading and where to see major collections of the art worksoxfam shop evesham styles, schools and movements offers for the first time a clear and lively guide to the movements in modern artarranged with plentiful cross references, the texts and illustrations allow the reader to trace fascinating patterns of influence and reaction - across time, place and media - through the whole perioda unique visual map of the whole period in the form of an eight page fold-out is followed by articles on 100 of the most significant movements of the modern period, with briefer entries on 200 morespecial emphasis is given to the illustrations, many of which are in colour, which show what standard dictionary entries often fail to, the distinctive visual features of the art itselfrise of the avant gardes - : modernisms for a modern world - : the search for a new order - : a new disorder : beyond the avant gardes - 200 key styles: a dictionary see oxfam website for delivery information read moreto bring out the interconnections and patterns of influence, the articles are arranged in chronological order, divided into five major periods
19 €
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One million words long and ten years in the making, churchill's marlborough stands as both a literary and historical masterpiece, giving us unique insights into the churchill of world war ii, for just as churchill's literary skill helps us understand the complexities of marlborough's life, so too did his writing of marlborough help churchill master the arts of military strategy and diplomacyalthough he helped james ii crush the rebellion of the duke of monmouth, marlborough later supported william of orange against james ii in the glorious revolution of and brilliantly managed england's diplomatic triumphs during the war of the spanish succession" from the preface to volume onejohn churchill, the duke of marlborough (), was one of the greatest military commanders and statesmen in the history of englandsee oxfam website for delivery information read morevictorious in the battles of blenheim (), ramillies (), and countless other campaigns, marlborough, whose political intrigues were almost as legendary as his military skill, never fought a battle he didn't winmarlborough also bequeathed the world another great british military strategist and diplomat - his descendant, winston schurchill, who wrote this book to redeem marlborough's reputation from macaulay's smearsthis two-volume edition includes the entire text and almost all the original mapsoxfam bookshop knutsford "it is my hope to recall this great shade from the past, and not only invest him with his panoply, but make him living and intimate to modern eyes
45 €
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Written with great literary and historical relish, one more kilometre examines the spread of cycling's popularity, how it developed into a sport and how the bicycle has changed people's lives - all viewed through the eyes of a seasoned 56-year-old racing cyclist/art critic who keeps eleven racing cycles in his garden shed and who never cycles less than miles a yearsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreone more kilometre is a lovely blend of personal anecdote, serious history and informed obsession, combining gentle humour, personal reminiscence and good history into a beguiling wholethe book starts with the s, regarded as the golden age of cycling, and when the author, 'an unhappy communist child', first discovered cycling and its emancipating powersprogressing through four decades of cycling social history, the author will examine cycling as a continental phenomenon, the rise and fall of the tour de france; the lives of the great 'trackmen'; cycling in its domestic form, cycling for fun, the ever-popular british cycling clubs - some of which are over one hundred years old and are home to many fellow eccentrics, fanatics and old-timers, like the author's friend, 'the yorkshire junior road race champion of , now living in a caravan, crippled and penniless with his much younger companion a taxidermist - beautiful and cruel'oxfam bookshop cheltenham an entertaining social and cultural history of cycling in post-war europe seen through the eyes of a veteran racing cyclist
3 €
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In the wide range and historical breadth of his interests, he has influenced many parts of the philosophical landscape, especially in the philosophy of mind and the theory of human action and responsibilitya preface by the editors describes anthony kenny's philosophical career, and the volume also includes a complete bibliography of his writingsin contrast to many of his contemporaries, who have played down philosophy's debt to its past, kenny's work has always been rooted in the great tradition of western philosophical inquirysee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhile keeping to the highest standards of scholarship and philosophical rigour, the volume aims to be engaging and comprehensible to a wide audience, thus mirroring the clarity and accessibility that are the hallmarks of kenny's own philosophical writingsstrongly linked together by their focus on philosophy of mind, action and responsibility, the papers make a significant contribution to those areas of philosophy that kenny has made particularly his own, and constitute a timely celebration of his workoxfam bookshop preston sir anthony kenny is one of the most distinguished and prolific philosophers of our time mind, method and morality celebrates kenny's work by focusing on the four great philosophers to whom kenny has given special attention, namely aristotle, aquinas, descartes, and wittgensteinit contains sixteen essays (four on each philosopher) written by leading specialists in the relevant area
59 €
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A book in good condition and of cultural and historical interestoxfam shop sherwood a book published on behalf of the gold coast governmentsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe dust jacket shows signs of wear at the margins and there is a 2 cmtear on a cornerthe cover and binding are in sound condition
24 €