Important pictures drawings the property of rt hon almina
List important pictures drawings the property of rt hon almina
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Historical notes by john bromley, with forty plates in full colour and numerous line drawings by heather childred cloth, gilt titles and decoration, hardcovers and contents in excellent clean conditiondust jacket has two closed tears and a crease at the bottom of the front panel, spine slightly faded, price clippedincluding glossary and indexessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames the armorial bearings of the guilds of london - a record of the heraldry of the surviving companies
20 €
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Oxfam shop buxton george newnes hardbackthe durham coast has seen land loss too and then there's lots about norfolk, suffolk, dunwich of course, famously lost in medieval timeswillson, beckles library of useful stories seriesmap of england and wales embossedthird fep has previous owner's name and date in inkpage edges tanned 'crackle glaze' endpapersfirst chapter on lyonesse, the large area between land's end and the scillies, once a land of fairies and giantsoverall condition very goodink has soaked through to next pagea book bringing together some real geography and legends about the coast of england and wales, where land has been lost to the seahilbre island and birkenhead are next, working clockwise around black and white drawings, maps and photographs throughoutblue and black illustrated boardswhite titling on front board, gold on spine see oxfam website for delivery information read morecorners bumped and some shelf wear top of spinea truly fascinating book in great condition, pocket sizedthen comes the history of cardigan bay and the supposed causeways to irelandbinding tight and all illustrations are presentback board has newnes mark embossed
24 €
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The book is illustrated with drawings and photographs the dust jacket shows some signs of wear with some bending along the upper and lower edges and some creasing to the front internally the book is clean, bright and tightly bound first published in the uk in by sutton publishingusing his extraordinary "journeys in upper and lower egypt", published in , as the basis for a vivid and moving account of the discovery of ancient egypt, the author tells the story of vivant denon's travels in egyptoxfam bookshop aylesbury black cloth covered book with gilt titles on the spine the cover is in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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He focuses on the question of how these new spaces were understood and represented - by both those who planned and promoted them (reformers and engineers) and also by those whom they impacted, namely london's populaceoxfam books & music lichfield in this fascinating and innovative look at how the underbelly of victorian london, paul dobraszczyk offers a new account of how the city's sanitation was revolutionised in the s and s by means of gigantic new sewers and magnificent pumping stationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morerichly illustrated with maps, engineering drawings, newspaper engravings, and architectural photographs, this book suggests new ways of understanding london's sewers and makes visible these vital, yet hidden spaces of the city
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The prints are taken directly from the original drawings and illustrations, and are printed on 280 g tintoretto paper1x portfolio in hard carboard featuring the disney cartoonist worksplease 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 catawikilimited edition of 70 copiesin mint condition, with slipcase\t in excellent conditionwith 2x complimentary advertising postcardscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesize: 30 x 40 cmby artoon edizioni“the art of daan jippes”this copy is numbered 26 out of 70the first lithograph artwork has been signed (at reggio emilia, italy)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein black and whitethe portfolio includes 20 prints, featuring of the most remarkable illustrations by the masterin italian language
43 €
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Up till now, he was mainly known amongst ornithologists and art historians that have studied his large collection of drawings and watercolours of birds and natural panoramasplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteraat attempts to show other sides of loten: his role as an employee of the voc and his position of holland virtuoso in political and academic circles in londonthe life of governor joan gideon loten () is the first published biography about this international civil servantare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiit are those pieces that make studying loten attractive, despite raat’s special effortsthe colour sections have gorgeous depictions of the natural historian watercolours that loten made and collected during his lifethe publication contains a chronological overview of loten’s life and career, a genealogy of his family, a dutch language summary and an elaborate set of notes of no less than 90 ppcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe book contains two impressive colour sections (32 ppthe life of governor joan gideon loten ()our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storea personal history of a dutch virtuoso, uitgeverij verloren, hilversum x 24together), besides the many images in black and white\traat, alexander jcondition: as new
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Has age marks but in very good condition for its ageillustrations in full colour by emilne - winnie the pooh and the house at pooh cornerprinted by butler & tanner ltd, frome inthe world of pooh features two books by a316 pages - all intacthardback with cover (price has been cut out)
10 €
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Book "the memory of the soul" by launier illustrated by moebius (about fifty drawings)dedicated by the two authors, with a drawing of arzach by moebiusnear mint condition, a very slight mark on the right corner of the coversending (national and international) recommended read more
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" illustrated throughout with maps, drawings & color platesused but very good condition read morefielding's borneo: the adventurous guide to the island of borneo covering brunei, kalimantan, sabah and sarawak "the most complete guide to one of the planet's last wild places
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20cmx15cm, 158p - condition: good, wear to boards, from photos by genthe and steichen and drawings by bakst, maurice denis, grandjouan, rodin, et al read moreplease 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"the art of the dance" by isadora duncan / sheldon cheney (intro) theatre arts, ny - limited edition - states limited edition on last pageour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storefacsimile signature by isadora duncan on front and back pastedowns
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Illustrated with black and white drawings and graphshardback with laminated picture boards in near fine conditionoxfam bookshop shrewsbury 257 pagesprevious owners name in ink to inside front boardforeword by sir harry melville the book also includes an eight language vocabulary with indexes in french, german and italian, and a section on the use of si unitssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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As you follow along, you ll program your robot to: react to different environments and respond to commands - follow a wall to navigate a maze - display drawings that you input with dials, sensors, and data wires on the ev3 screen - play a simon says style game that uses arrays to save your high score - follow a line using a pid-type controller like the ones in real industrial systems all of the book s programs work with one general-purpose test robot that you ll build early on inside, you ll discover how to combine core ev3 elements like blocks, data wires, files, and variables to create sophisticated programsoxfam bookshop hertford with its colorful, block-based interface, the lego mindstorms ev3 programming language is designed to allow anyone to program intelligent robots, but its powerful features can be intimidating at firstthe art of lego mindstorms ev3 programming is a full-color, beginner-friendly guide designed to bridge that gapsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyou ll also learn good programming practices, memory management, and helpful debugging strategies general skills that will be relevant to programming in any language
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Coloured frontispiece, line drawings throughoutclean and tightly bound copycorners bumped but spine and covers brighttop edges red, front edges uncutclassic tale of the life of a horse as recounted by the horse itselfoxfam books & music belper junior deluxe editions, nelson doubledayhead and foot of spine rubbedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredecorated endpapersrfep chapter numbers in redhalf-cloth binding, with green spine and decorated grey, red and black boards
9 €
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Also has 65 drawings on wood( first edition?)55 coloured picture plates each with tissue guardsin due to retirement and death the publisher changed name to cassell onlyprinted by cassel, petteran illustrated book of "the book of canaries and cage birds" by wswayland and august fgreen morocco cover with spine lettering in gold
400 €
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This is a major book for anyone who wants to know more about one of the most important art forms of the 21st century"the genius of photography" examines the evolution of photography in its wider context: social, political, economic, technological and artisticit begins with the earliest days of the photograph in the s and ends with an examination of the state of photography today and the effect that the 'digital revolution' will have, changing not only how we look at a photograph but what it is in a physical senseaccompanying the first major television history of this ever more influential artform, this landmark book explores the key events and the key images that have marked the development of photographythere is a very small tear (about 5 mm) at the bottom of the spinethe hard cover has a little bumping to the top and bottom of the spine but the corners are goodit brings a critical perspective and a strong aesthetic sense to the subject, but above all it is primarily a narrative historyall the pages are clean and unmarkedthis is a large book measuring 305 x 240 x 26 mm and weighing 1 7 kg, however, this is still within the limit to not affect the postage costat the heart of the book is a quest to understand what makes a truly great photographthis book examines all the different genres of photography from landscape and portraiture to news and reportagesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe inner edge of the back board is damaged down the length where it joins to the spine, however, the binding of the pages is still soundthe dust jacket has creasing to the top edge and bumping to all four corners and also the top and bottom of the spineoxfam bookshop new milton used, fair condition, hard cover with dust jacket
8 €
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That's until his niece's body is found in the property of one of the city's wealthiest citizensthe abbey is the beginning of a major new series, featuring one of the most fascinating detectives in the history of crime fictionthe coroner calls it an overdose, but the case doesn't add upash rashid is a former homicide detective who can't stand the thought of handling another death investigationbut the longer he searches, the darker the case gets - and if he doesn't solve it fast, his niece won't be the only family member he has to buryoxfam shop colne road the new york times bestselling sensationaddictive, thrilling, exhilaratingdiscover for yourself the us crime novel that became a word of mouth phenomenonsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyou won't be able to put it downagainst orders, ash launches an investigation to find his niece's murderer
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This updated edition includes an account of the contracts (rights of third parties) act and important recent case law, particularly in the fields of implied terms and damagesthe law of contract (sweet & maxwell - a thomson company) fourth edition jthis text expounds the fundamental principles of the law clearly, concisely and, where appropriate, critically
10 €
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An important book in the history of american anglingwith the various modes adopted in ocean, river, lake, and pond fishing; the usual tackle and baits required; instructions in the art of making artificial flies; methods of making fish-ponds, transportation of fish, etcannotation: part ii with its own engraved title pagein the original, contemporary publisher’s binding/ third edition, revised, corrected, and greatly improved: with the addition of a second part / new york: hsize: xii, [] ppfirst edition third edition: the first edition to contain the second partauthor: brown, john j163; bruns b253; wetzel pedition: third edition, revised, corrected, and greatly improved: with the addition of a second partcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe american angler's guide; or, complete fisher's manual, for the united states: containing the opinions and practices of experienced anglers of both hemispheresengravings outside the text: illustrationsmarvellous and complete copy68; goodspeed palternative title: complete fisher's manual for the united statesgold stamped front cover and spineour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeamerican angler's guide, or, complete fisher's manual, for the united states: containing the opinions and practices of experienced anglers of both hemisphereshandsomely illustrated with twenty-five engravings of the principal angle-fish of america, and embellished with numerous engravings on steel, stone, and woodpublisher: new york: hvery solid bindingplease 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 catawikisigns of use and age-related colouration
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Oxfam shop pershore in this unique and important book, one of the world's great spiritual leaders offers his practical wisdom and advice on how we can overcome everyday human problems and achieve lasting happinessfor the many who wish to understand more about the dalai lama's approach to living, there has never been a book which brings his beliefs so vividly into the real worldcovering all key areas of human experience, they apply the principles of tibetan buddhism to everyday problems and reveal how one can find balance and complete spiritual and mental freedomthe art of happiness is a highly accessible guide for a western audience, combining the dalai lama's eastern spiritual tradition with dr howard ccutler's western perspectivesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Indispensable 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 developmentsjĂĽrgen 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 eruditionhe 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 moreosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysthis 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 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 transitionhe 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 planet
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Makdisi's book is important to our understanding of lebanese society today, but it also makes a significant contribution to the discussion of the importance of religious discourse in the formation and dissolution of social and national identities in the modern worldthe religious violence of the nineteenth century, which culminated in sectarian mobilizations and massacres in , was a complex, multilayered, subaltern expression of modernization, he says, not a primordial reaction to itmakdisi highlights how european colonialism and orientalism, with their emphasis on christian salvation and islamic despotism, and ottoman and local nationalisms each created and used narratives of sectarianism as foils to their own visions of modernity and to their own projects of colonial, imperial, and national developmentoxfam bookshop knutsford focusing on ottoman lebanon, ussama makdisi shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular countrymakdisi argues that sectarianism represented a deliberate mobilization of religious identities for political and social purposes condition good, some minor warping to front cover as can be seen in digital imagesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe ottoman reform movement launched in and the growing european presence in the middle east contributed to the disintegration of the traditional lebanese social order based on a hierarchy that bridged religious differenceshis study challenges those who have viewed sectarian violence as an islamic response to westernization or simply as a product of social and economic inequities among religious groups
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Volume 2 enters what for many will be a less familiar world, that of the european pilot schooners, the remarkable pilot brigs of the hooghly and the small, undecked craft of many of the less famous but equally important, servicesthe schooners in this volume range from the hiates of portugal to the beautiful station boats of the north sea ports of germany, the netherlands, belgium and franceoxfam furniture shop southampton overall very good condition with only a tear to bottom left hand corner of the front dust jacketthe first volume of pilots concentrated on the stories of american and british schoonerssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand slight bumping to the inside back fly leaf of dust jacket
45 €
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More than anything, she hopes to express her love and her regret at all the important times she missed during her children's early yearsas each of these individuals confront the past and the challenges of the present and future, they also learn to accept the enduring, unconditional love of their family - and a mother who is strong enough to take more than her fair share of the blame, and loving enough to accept them as they really arethis summer she has arranged a dream trip on a luxurious yacht in the mediterranean, which she hopes will be the most memorable of allbut her younger daughter, cassie, a hip london music producer, refuses the invitation altogether as she does every yearoxfam bookshop st albans after building an empire that has made her a legend in business, olivia spends months each year planning a lavish holiday for everyone in her family to enjoyand her sons john and phillip work for her, for better or worse, with wives who wish they didn'tthe question is: can they do the same for her? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreimmersed in the splendour of the riviera, this should be a summer to remember, but old resentments die hard, and olivia is still running the business full-timeliz, her older daughter, is preoccupied with a chance to recapture her dream of being a writer and is terrified of failure, again
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This book covers important aspects of the history of italy between the years toit concentrates on social and political issues and gives particular coverage to sicily and the southlongman history of italy: italy in the age of the renaissance bytitle: italy in the age of the renaissance series: longman history of italy format: paperback / softback type: book publisher: longman uk release date: language: english
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This is the context for suzannah dunn's wonderful new novel, which is about - and told by - two women: anne boleyn, king's mistress and fated queen; and lucy cornwallis, the king's confectioner, an employee of the very highest status, who made the centrepiece of each of the feasts to mark the important occasions in anne's ascentthe queen of subtleties adds to that mix a wonderfully balanced, strong story and the result is sensationaleveryone knows the story of anne boleynhenry viii divorced his longstanding, long-suffering, older, spanish wife for a young, black-eyed english beauty, and, in doing so, severed england from rome and indeed from the rest of the western worldoxfam bookshop cheltenham a tremendously vivid, page-turning and plausible novel that depicts the rise and fall of anne boleyn, the most spirited, independent and courageous of henry's queens, as viewed from both the bedrooms and the kitchens of the tudor courtsuzannah dunn has wit, a mastery of dialogue, brilliant characterization, lack of pretence, and good humoursee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere's another link between them, though: the lovely mark smeaton, wunderkind musician, the innocent on whom, ultimately, anne's downfall hingedthen, when henry had what he wanted, he managed a mere three years of marriage before beheading his wife for alleged adultery with several men, among them his own best friend and her own brother
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Oxfam 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 engineeringpublished, as volume 6 in the 'iee history of technology series'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 daysabundant references, which could facilitate further research, are giventhe historical events and the military influences, which shaped the ultimate development of radar in each country, are then consideredsome of the earliest proposals for the use of radio waves to detect objects at a distance are first dealt withthe book also sets out to explain the basic principles of radar and, where applicable, historical aspects of the evolution of these principles are dealt withsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis 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 sthe study, while underlining the significance of the cavity magnetron, purposely restricts itself to the pre-cavity magnetron era of radar
39 €
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Oxfam bookshop hexham 'the natural sinfulness of man, moral dissipation, spreading the gospel, and salvation by faith are all important topics preached from modern day pulpitssome minor rips on the book cover and slight rubbing to the corners' overall in good condition, signed by the authora travelling preacher in great britain at the time of the founding of america, widely renowned today as the founder of methodism, wesley was an immensely influential cleric in his timesee oxfam website for delivery information read moretimely yet now new, these also are subjects addressed by john wesley in the eighteenth century
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The letters offer a lot of insight in matters from the origin of important scientific concepts to religious and philosophical discussions, that are still relevant todayplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteby frederich burkhardt and the editors of the darwin correspondence projectare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihis letters to harvard botanist asa gray for instance show his changing opinions regarding slavery and the american civil warcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabledarwin also relied on correspondence for a lot of his scientific work and used letters to find support for his ideas among friends an colleaguesscientific historian janet browne has argued that darwin’s ability to correspond on a daily basis played a crucial role in the development of his theory and his ability to find the support of colleaguesspecial anniversary set in eight volumes¶ british nature researcher charles darwin corresponded with an exceptionally large group of people all over the worldthe letters also highlight a lot of aspects about darwin and his biography: the development of is ideas, an insight in his character and health, personal opinions about controversial mattersletters in eight volumesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storea wrinkle at the top of the spine of volume 1condition: minimal signs of storage
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** this lot is part of an important collection that will be auctioned in the coming months through the catawiki collection servicehalf calf with some wear, some foxing and soiling throughoutplease 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 catawikirare early monograph on the american regions* françois andré michaux () was a french botanist and the namesake of michaux state forest in pennsylvaniacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablemost editions of this monograph are of a different formatin he undertook more extensive travels of which this is his reportsabion quotes this edition, however with a folding map that is missing hereif you also need assistance to sell your collection at auction, ask for our terms directly at this seller's account! #bookspartnership read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storetranslated from the french it contains accounts relative to the agriculture, natural productions and information about the commercial relations of these regions with othersmichaux first trekked the allegheny mountains in when trans-allegheny travel was limited to indigenous peoples' trails and one military trail, braddock road, built in
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Oxfam bookshop newport this collection of an important architectural theorist's essays considers and compares designs by palladio and le corbusier, discusses mannerism and modern architecture, architectural vocabulary in the 19th century, the architecture of chicago, neoclassicism and modern architecture, and the architecture of utopiasee oxfam website for delivery information read moretop and spine edge of cover sunned, with coffee cup stain on frontno highlighting or other noteshence relatively low price
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