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I have a number of this years seed heads for salethe bees absolutely adore this plants flower heads of beautiful blue globesthe price is for 1 one head which contains many,many seeds
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2 winged cherub heads from late 19th century made of wood and plaster, baroque styleour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethey were part of the decor of a chemist’s shop in a series of 16 piecesdimensions: approxare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethey have golden wings and painted faces, where colours underwent small retouches in the past
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Jugate heads of the dioskouroi revobv: jugate heads of apollo and artemis ræ triens ( mm, 9,93 gr), chn italy ; sng ans 743ref: attianese ; sng ans 745; hn italysng ans 768; hn italyphginon, asklepios seated left, holding sceptre; to left, ?/tripodplease 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 availablejaniform female head, wearing diadems and polosbruttium, rhegionlots of 3 æ coinsprovenance: from leu numismatik auction see pictures for condition shipping only in europe read moreæ pentonkion (26 mm, 7,92 gr), cour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebruttium rhegiumhermes standing with branch and cornucopiae refbruttium, rhegionæ triens (15 mm, 2,77 gr), cphgi-non, tripod four pellets at r
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2 albums and in stock book, subjects: principality, heads of state, president and various countriesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeincluding sets, blocks, etcthe 177 photos provide a good impression registered shipping (7 kg) read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Zaire th conference of african heads of state and france in kinshasa ** am happy to ship with carrier of your choice read more
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Rare doll heads perfect the body and limbs fair to good large in size measures 63 cm, offering free delivery worldwide reference bbb read more
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Emperors and heads of the french state since the time of the franks until the advent of the republic including: pharamond, chilpéric ii, mouis ii, hugues capet, henri iv, louis xiv, napoléon i, louis-philippe, etcframe h 59 cm l 68 cmmedallions: d 5,5cm read morekept in its original wooden frame on blue paper background, with hinge opening
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The fellowship of the ring, the two towers and the return of the king box sets plus 20" speaking gandalf and talking gollum with changeable headslord of the rings figurines collection
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Noble wood marquetry, black and lacquered wood with abundant decorations of quality gilt bronzes from a great founder: tureen, peacocks, fantastic animal heads and moremasterpiece of the boulle school: magnificent napoleon iii period precious jardinièreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storetripod feet with hoof endings and spacer assemblydimensions: h 82 × diameter 45 read morequality work, circalacquered wooden containerare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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heads and accessories are interchangeable with the wss infantry set for even more options!war of the spanish succession - cavalry mint/newduring the war of spanish succession () cavalry comprised about 30% to 40% of most armies
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It definitely turned headsit's definitely a wow factor when you put it onveni infantino, italian designer, mother of the bride outfit for sale bought from nigel rayment in manchesterworn once for our daughter's wedding, two weeks ago and has been dry cleaned ready to go for the this summer weddingsmother of the bride outfit for sale including dress and long jacketyou won't be disappointedbeige and cream and very class but subtlecost was ÂŁ and i didn't want to spend that much, but couldn't resist once i tried it onsize 14, excellent condition
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Tolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearsin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilfinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplayin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthgandalf manages to rally gondor's fallen army with the help of king theoden of rohan for the biggest battle in the history of middle-earth; and aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilitiessee oxfam website for delivery information read moretogether they must battle across middle earth to destroy the ring by casting it into the cracks of doom, the fiery chasm in the centre of mordorfrodo leaves the shire aided by his cousins merry (dominic monaghan), pippin (billy boyd) and trusty friend sam gamgee (sean astin), but they soon realise that the agents of mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from overthey are obviously out-numbered but are determined to keep sauron distracted in order to enable frodo to complete his quest to destroy the ring by throwing it into the fires of the mountain of doommeanwhile aragorn, legolas and gimli search for the hobbits merry and pippin in the kingdom of rohan, which is currently being attacked by saruman's orc armiesgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondorthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomwhilst the fellowship are not travelling together they must unite against the powerful forces coming from the two towers: orthanc tower in isengard where saruman has bred a deadly army of , and sauron's fortress at barad-dûronce they reach the elvish realm of rivendell the hobbits form part of the anti-sauron fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), legolas greenleaf (orlando bloom), gimli the dwarf and of course gandalfwhen it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron are coming to find it, frodo is entrusted by wizard gandalf (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into their handsoxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of j
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The anguttara nikaya is a part of the pali canon, the authorized recension of the buddha's word for followers of theravada buddhism, the form of buddhism prevailing in the buddhist countries of southern asianumerical discourses of the buddha: an anthology of suttas from the anguttara nikaya (sacred literature series) this edition is from vistaar publications delhi selected and translated from the pali by nyanaponika thera and bhikkhu bodhi in excellent condition drawn from the anguttara nikaya, numerical discourses of the buddha brings together teachings of the buddha ranging from basic ethical observances recommended to the busy man or woman of the world, to the more rigorous instructions on mental training prescribed for the monks and nunsp&p will cost ÂŁ2
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Should it also be of interest, i also have a video tape for sale in the same condition at the same price of the guilbert & sullivan opera the mikado, which is also one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by aone of the savoy video series of video tapes released by a70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: ÂŁ3the yeomen of the guard vhs video tapethe video tape is in excellent condition and is made available inclusive of the cost of packaging but exclusive of the cost of postage which will be one of the following: royal mail 'uk standard' 1st class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: ÂŁ3it was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowerst video gems in , this classical musical version of the gilbert & sullivan opera is numbered vhs s and was produced by george walker and starred joel grey, alfred marks, elizabeth gale, david hillman and elizabeth bainbridge
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The futuristic and symbolist sets and props were lavish in this keith warner production of the four operas, rhinegold, die valkure, siegfried and gotterdammerung of richard wagner's famous ring cycle and there appear to have been changes from the original previous and productionshas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the four operas in this cyclethe singing was excellent by john lundgren as wotan the wanderer, sarah connolly as fricka, gunter groissock as fasolt, johannes kranzle as albericht, gerhard siegal as mime, stevan vinke as siegfried, nina stemme as brunnhilde, heather engebretson as the woodbirdthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra conducted by antonio pappano was excellent, although the "donner" anvil in the finale of rhinegold was replaced by a loud thud and thunder flashes, and on the first performance on 1st october, what may be some additional tubas and horns appear to have been added among other changes to the score to the gotterdammerung finale, with no special effects for the collapse of valhalla, which does not appear to have been picked up by the criticsthere were also other flat horns in both siegried and gotterdammerungthe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etcthese performances received some good but mixed reviewspdf copy of der ring des nibelungen royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red programme with royal arms for autumn seasonwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthe finale appeared not to be quite the same as the recordings of say solti, von karajen, and others
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeiron maiden ?– the number of the beast label: parlophone ?– series: iron maiden the studio collection remastered – format: cd, album, limited edition, reissue, remastered box set country: europe released: 16 nov tracklist 1 invaders 2 children of the damned 3 the prisoner 4 22 acacia avenue 5 the number of the beast 6 run to the hills 7 gangland 8 hallowed be thy name with eddie 1:24 scale figurine, beast collectors patch & cdare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableiron maiden ?– the book of souls: live chapter label: parlophone ?– format: 2 × cd, album, deluxe edition country: europe released: 17 nov tracklist 1-1 if eternity should fail (qudos bank arena, sydney, australia, speed of light (grand arena, grandwest, cape town, south africa, wrathchild (3arena, dublin, ireland, children of the damned (bell centre, montreal, canada, death or glory (wroclaw stadium, wroclaw, poland, the red and the black (ryogoku kokugikan, tokyo, japan, the trooper (estadio jorge magico gonzalez, san salvador, el salvador, powerslave (piazza dell’unita d’italia, trieste, italy, the great unknown (metro radio arena, newcastle, uk, the book of souls (download festival, donington, uk, fear of the dark (arena castelao, fortaleza, brazil, iron maiden (estadio velez sarsfield, buenos aires, argentina, the number of the beast (wacken open air, wacken, germany, blood brothers (download festival, donington, uk, wasted years (hsbc arena, rio de janeiro, brazil, ) item will be shippd by registrated mail
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About the series: for over 100 years oxford world's classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globeeach affordable volume reflects oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much moresee oxfam website for delivery information read morehere was the unknown and the perilous' the novel that set the pattern for the modern western, riders of the purple sage was first published in , immediately selling over a million copiesin the remote border country of south utah, a man is about to be whipped by the mormons in order to pressure jane withersteen into marrying against her willthe punishment is halted by the arrival of the hero, lassiter, a gunman in black leather, who routs the persecutors and then gradually recounts his own history of an endless search for a woman abducted long ago by the mormonsoxfam bookshop cheltenham with searching eyes he studied the beautiful purple, barren waste of sagesecrecy, seduction, captivity, and escape: out of these elements zane grey built his acclaimed story of the american west
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This is the highly anticipated english edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed german book, which is also being translated into chinese, polish, russian, and frenchfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwayshe examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planetindispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developmentshe explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much moreoxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionjĂĽrgen osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering erudition
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Revisiting historical icons so familiar that schoolchildren learn to take them for granted, he makes surprising connections that enable readers to see old stories in a new lightcom/ see oxfam website for delivery information read moreabraham lincoln, an unlettered citizen from the countryside, steers the union through a moment of extreme peril, guided by his clear-eyed vision of nature's capacity for improvementfor more information, visit the author's website: http://republicofnaturein these pages, the nation's birth and development, pain and sorrow, ideals and enduring promise come to life as never before, making a once-familiar past seem newin topeka, kansas, transformations of land and life prompt a lawsuit that culminates in the momentous civil rights case of brown voxfam bookshop knutsford in the dramatic narratives that comprise the republic of nature, mark fiege reframes the canonical account of american history based on the simple but radical premise that nothing in the nation's past can be considered apart from the natural circumstances in which it occurredthe republic of nature points to a startlingly different version of history that calls on readers to reconnect with fundamental forces that shaped the american experienceboard of educationamong the historical moments revisited here, a revolutionary nation arises from its environment and struggles to reconcile the diversity of its people with the claim that nature is the source of libertyby focusing on materials and processes intrinsic to all things and by highlighting the nature of the united states, fiege recovers the forgotten and overlooked ground on which so much history has unfolded
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A renowned book conservator, she must now make her way to bosnia to start work on restoring the sarajevo haggadah, a jewish prayer book - to discover its secrets and piece together the story of its miraculous survivalsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the new novel from the author of 'march' and 'year of wonders' takes place in the aftermath of the bosnian war, as a young book conservator arrives in sarajevo to restore a lost treasureas meticulously researched as all of brooks's previous work, 'people of the book' is a gripping and moving novel about war, art, love and survivalbut the trip will also set in motion a series of events that threaten to rock hannah's orderly life, including her encounter with ozren karamen, the young librarian who risked his life to save the bookwhen hannah heath gets a call in the middle of the night in her sydney home about a precious medieval manuscript which has been recovered from the smouldering ruins of wartorn sarajevo, she knows she is on the brink of the experience of a lifetime
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford wolfgang faust was the driver of a tiger i tank with the wehrmacht heavy panzer battalions, seeing extensive combat action on the eastern front inhis astonishing testimony reveals the merciless decisions that panzer crews made in action, the devastating power of their weaponry and the many ways that men met their deaths in the snow and ice of the ostfrontfaust describes how his tiger unit fought pitch battles in the snows of western russia against the full might of the red army: the t34s, stalin tanks, sturmovik bombers and the feared katyusha rocket brigadessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis memoir was his brutal and deeply personal account of the russian front's appalling carnagesome readers were outraged at the book's final scenes, while others wrote, 'now, at last, i know what our men did in the east' today it stands as one of the great semi-autobiographical accounts of warfare in world war 2: a crescendo of horror, grom survival and a fatalistic acceptance of the panzer man's destinyfirst published in the late s, this memoir's savage realism shocked the post-war german public
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Also a little blue has transfered from the box faintly onto the rim of pages (nothing which is going to effect the reading of it) and the same has also happened on the edges of the cardsshambhala: the sacred path of the warrior: book and card set rrp ÂŁ149 the set is practically like new apart from small tear along 2 side of lid on the crease (which lifts away like a flap) - which could be glued and you probably wouldn't noticethrough these teachings, readers can start to gain personal freedom and power, overcome negative habitual patterns, find the sacred dimension of everyday life, and discover the basic goodness of human lifethe box includes: 53 four-color cards, with a shambhala warrior slogan on one side and commentary from the tibetan buddhist master chĂ·gyam trungpa on the reverse sidethe shambhala book and card set offers readers a unique and accessible way to put the principles of the sacred warrior to practice in daily life through a series of slogans or maxims that emphasize facing the world with openness and fearlessnessthere is a mark on the front of box too (see all pictures) rrp ÂŁ149 since ancient times, the path of the enlightened warrior has been a powerful and inspiring ideal, showing us how we can master the challenges of life and draw power not from violence or aggression but through the cultivation of gentleness, courage, and self-knowledgean 16-page booklet with instructions on how the slogans can be applied to one's own life throughout the day - a 256-page unabridged edition of trungpa's classic book shambhala: the sacred path of the warrior the majority of the slogans and commentary are drawn from shambhala: the sacred path of the warriorcan post extra ÂŁ3the remainder of the slogans, which have never before been available to a general audience, were composed by chogyam trungpa to be used in shambhala training, a program that he developed as a way to train people in the path and practice of warriorship
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In the tradition of bernard cornwell and his hero sharpe, archie dexter is pitted against the might of napoleons designs on europe, not on the battlefields but in the dark shadowy world of espionagean agent of the king is a thriller set in the early years of the napoleonic warsultimately archie is faced with the ultimate choice, risk losing the most precious thing in his life with the life of king george himself at stakefrom the ballrooms and bordellos of london to the hostile spanish mountains battles every bit as deadly as those faced by the nation's soldiers are fought and men die as the two empires struggle for dominanceserving with nelson in the mediterranean archie finds himself stranded in egypt where if he can survive he will play a vital role in the battle of the nile back in england, along with an oddball collection of friends archie risks everything to thwart the violent ambitions of napoleon's spymastera gritty sometimes bawdy thriller, set in violent times with a new breed of hero caught up in one of the most turbulent times in historyavailable in paperback or ebook
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Should it also be of interest, i also have a video tape for sale in the same condition at the same price of the guilbert & sullivan opera the mikado, which is also one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by aone of the savoy video series of video tapes released by aean-13 number read more70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: ÂŁ3the yeomen of the guard vhs video tapethe video tape is in excellent condition and is made available inclusive of the cost of packaging but exclusive of the cost of postage which will be one of the following: royal mail 'uk standard' 1st class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: ÂŁ3it was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowerst video gems in , this classical musical version of the gilbert & sullivan opera is numbered vhs s and was produced by george walker and starred joel grey, alfred marks, elizabeth gale, david hillman and elizabeth bainbridge
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In 'pirates of the caribbean: the curse of the black pearl' (), when elizabeth (keira knightley), the daughter of governor swann (jonathan pryce), is kidnapped by captain barbossa (geoffrey rush) and his band of pirates, lovelorn will turner (orlando bloom) goes to her rescueneeding help to get on board the pirates' ship, will enlists eccentric captain jack sparrow (johnny depp) and quickly sets off in pursuitbut jack will not give in without a fight, which is especially bad news for will and elizabeth, who get caught up in jack's mishapssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehowever, with the crew of the black pearl cursed to spend their time between the living and the dead and only the blood of elizabeth able to lift the spell, the pair face a race against time to overcome the undead crew and rescue her before it's too lateoxfam shop ulverston the first two movies from the popular action adventure franchisewith time running out, jack must find a way out of his debt or else be doomed to eternal damnation and servitude in the afterlifein 'pirates of the caribbean: dead man's chest' (), once again thrown into the world of the supernatural, jack finds out that he owes a blood debt to the legendary davy jones (bill nighy), captain of the ghostly flying dutchmanif jack can't find a way to rid himself of davy jones once and for all, it may just spell the end for the three adventurers
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This volume of the "yearbook" details the activities of the united nations, its many organs, agencies and programmes, working together to rekindle a ne form of multilaeral cooepration for a better worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop mutley plain fully indexed, the edition of the "yearbook" is the most comprhensive and authoritative reference about the work of the united nations, other international organizations and related bodiesthe book is designed not just for use by diplomats, officias and shcoalrs but also by other researchers, writers, journalists, teachers and studentssome light foxing to top edge of pages, otherwise very goodit records the dicverse and globe-encompassing activities of the united nations and its enduring efforts to deal witht eh world;s pressing concerns, particualrly matters of international peace and security, disarmament, human rights, th settlement of regional conflicts, economic and social development, the preservation of the environment, control of drugs and narcotic substance abuse, crime prevention, adequate shelter, youth and the aging and humanitarian assistance for refugees as wel as disaster reliefbook in very good condition with clean pages throughout and securely bound
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The narrative ranges from the concepts of nikola tesla in and the experiments of christian hulsmeyer in right through, in chronological order, to the commercially sponsored experiments of the prewar daysthe book also sets out to explain the basic principles of radar and, where applicable, historical aspects of the evolution of these principles are dealt withthis book is the first general history of radar to be published, and one which covers the independent but more or less simultaneous emergence of radar in several countries in the ssome of the earliest proposals for the use of radio waves to detect objects at a distance are first dealt withsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe historical events and the military influences, which shaped the ultimate development of radar in each country, are then consideredabundant references, which could facilitate further research, are givenpublished, as volume 6 in the 'iee history of technology series'the study, while underlining the significance of the cavity magnetron, purposely restricts itself to the pre-cavity magnetron era of radaroxfam shop fulwood road radar has become an essential factor in air and sea travel, has affected all areas of military science and, most important of all perhaps, has considerably influenced the progress of electronic engineering
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But in a couple of pages he'll be deadand he was never the same after thatthe shock of the fall is an extraordinary portrait of one man's descent into mental illnessi think you're going to like himthe shock of the fall is all of these booksit is a brave and groundbreaking novel from one of the most exciting new voices in fictionoxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the costa book of the year winner of the specsavers popular fiction book of the year winner of the betty trask prize 'i'll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brothersee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere are books which, because of the sheer skill with which every word is chosen, linger in your mind for dayshis name's simon'there are books you can't stop reading, which keep you up all nightthere are books which let us into the hidden parts of life and make them vividly real
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It is, however, much more than a catalogue of military badgesthere are accounts of the badges worn by each unit of every country - australia, britain, canada, the colonies, india, new zealand and south africa - and a total of around badges are illustrated full size by first class photographs and line drawingsthe result is a body of information that the military historian, too, will find of enormous valuepages are in good condition, boards are in good condition dust jacket is in good condition with some wear and tear see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe illustrations include hundreds of badges not previously listedthe description of each unit also includes mention of the theatres of war in which it was engagedthis book is an invaluable aid to the serious collector and an essential work of reference for every dealer in militariathe author has not simply identified each military formation by the title it held during the great war, but has shown when it originated and, when not disbanded, the manner in which it has been preparedoxfam bookshop carlisle a unique work of reference, this book is the first serious attempt to describe and illustrate the military badges of all the forces of the british empire involved in the great war
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