Kaspar hauser
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We meet victor, the wild boy of aveyron, now famous as the subject of a truffaut film; kaspar hauser, raised in a cell, civilized, and then assassinated; and the wolf girls of india, found early this century huddled among wolf pups in a forest den (they were originally believed to be ghosts by superstitious villagers, who nearly shot them as they were being captured)see oxfam website for delivery information read morein each case, it was hoped that the study of these children would help clarify the age-old nature/nurture debate, but, as candland shows, so much of the information "revealed" was really only a projection of beliefs previously held by the investigating scientistshe begins with a look at past efforts to civilize feral childrenweaving together diaries, contemporary newspaper accounts, and his own enlightening commentary, candland brings to life a series of extraordinary storiesoxfam shop kendal looks new, hardback with dust jacketwhat is it that sets us apart from the rest of the animal kingdom? what makes us unique? what makes us human? in this provocative book, douglas candland shows that as we begin to understand the way animals and non-speaking humans "think," we hold up a mirror of sorts to our own mental world, and gain profound insights into human nature
10 €
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Because everything changes with a cat like kaspar aroundbut johnny didn't expect to end up with kaspar on his hands forever, and nor did he count on making friends with lizziebeth, a spirited american heiresspretty soon, events are set in motion that will take johnny - and kaspar - all around the world, surviving theft, shipwreck and rooftop rescues along the wayafter all, he's prince kaspar kandinsky, prince of cats, a muscovite, a londoner and a new yorker, and as far as anyone knows, the only cat to survive the sinking of the titanicoxfam shop rosemount viaduct a heart-warming, colour-illustrated novel about kaspar the savoy cat, from the award-winning author of born to run and the amazing story of adolphus tipskaspar the cat first came to the savoy hotel in a basket - johnny trott knows, because he was the one who carried him insee oxfam website for delivery information read morejohnny was a bell-boy, you see, and he carried all of countess kandinsky's things to her room
3 €
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kaspar by michael morpurgo hardback book - very good condition read more
3 €
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During his career he performed illustrative work for johann heinrich sulzer, johannes gessner, johann kaspar lavater and johann kaspar füssliare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki8 cm johann rudolph schellenberg was a swiss artist, writer and entomologist best known for his illustrations of insectsold library stamp to verso of leafour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeold ownership stamp to verso (not visible as paper is fine and thick)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiterecent hand colourcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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41 €
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Hardback from outside (protected by the jacket) in very good condition, also letters on the spine and the front cover, but foxed; fragile spine like so often teared at the top and at the bottom of the spine, but strong bindingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepaul wolff; very hard to find with original dustjacketbeside "schwarzes revier" by heinrich hauser, "metal" by germaine krull, "fabrik" by jakob tuggener and "eisen und stahl" by albert renger-patzsch one of the best german industrial (industry) photography books ever publisheddustjacket with small imperfections, like so often spine sunned, crease on the rear side, but still very impressive; lightly foxed from the front, strongly foxed from behind200 pages with 200 photos in photogravure printingim gemeinschaftsverlag von volk und reich verlag, berlin und hcondition: inside all photo pages excellent, the first two and the last text pages lightly foxed; no marks of previous owner, no defectsbreidenstein), frankfurtcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablefirst edition, first printing32 pages with textwith the scarce original dustjacketbechhold verlagsbuchhandlung (inh" one of the best books by drplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepaul wolff, alfred tritschlerexhaustive collection of images of workers and industry, many in sepiapaul wolff and afred tritschlerimportant german photobook, mentioned by manfred heiting in "autopsie" and by michael koetzle in "droverall very good conditionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilight and shadow - photographshardback with dustjacket
79 €
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Museum für moderne kunst, frankfurt am mainare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitext: susane langetext in german and englishcondition: inside new, mint, unreadoverall near mint, near perfect conditionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store13 black and white photosoutside front and rear cover perfect, spine lightly sunned (marginal)the bechers - maker of " anonyme skulpturen " (martin parr, the photobook vol 2, page 266)the bechers are famous for their artist books (martin parr, the photobook, vol 2, page )please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe bechers - teacher of andreas gursky, thomas struth, candida höfer, thomas struth and othersthe bechers - famous for the " becher-class " or " becher - school "softcover with jacket (as issued)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablefirst edition, first printing
32 €
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Disc and case in very good conditionbruce willis stars as a us officer determined to protect the details of an escape attempt in this tough second world war drama set in a prisoner-of-war camp in belgiumsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecolonel mcnamara (willis), the officer in charge of us prisoners, requests that scott be put on trial and orders lieutenant hart (colin farrell) to stand as his defence counselin his subsequent investigations, hart gradually uncovers new information about the killing, and begins to question mcnamara's role in the proceedingswhen racist prisoner and known traitor sergeant bedford (cole hauser) turns up murdered, suspicion turns to african-american pilot lieutenant scott (terrence howard)oxfam bookshop carlisle world war ii adventure
2 €
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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 storetwo original objects from the company elastolin hausser: - roman chariot (so-called quadriga) - medieval siege tower with drawbridge material: polystyrene / hard plastic size: for figures 1:24 or 76 mm manufactured in the s in perfect condition / no damage read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
59 €
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Lesluie craven (clarinet) and michael pollock (piano) with guests stjpan hauser and yoko musumioxfam books & music fareham brahms sonatas for clarinet and piano opus 120 nos 1&2rota:sonata for clarinet and piano and trio for clarinet cello and piano see oxfam website for delivery information read more
7 €
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On the dam side out of a ryeside ewe, herself by dolwen kaspar and an arberth ewepedigree white ryeland shearling ram for salegood temperamentby broomwell venturer, himself by mansel solitaire
250 €
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibookblock slightly loose in the bindingcover with wear and stain on the back coverour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehet boek van kabus uit het persisch voor den jeugd bearbeid benevens een aanhangsel van oostersche verhalen (uit het hoogduitsch vertaald) met platenat the top of the 1st page a small tear and handwritten text: anna maria chatarina reiziger voor haar st nicolaas 4 colour lithographs by pieter hermanus luitjes van der meulen read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
37 €
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When in kaspar schott published his "cursus mathematicus", like a good jesuit, he contextualised the work in the religious sphere and addressed both aspects of mathematics or, more specifically, geometry: its great usefulness and religious ideasfor schott, arithmetic and geometry were the tools for the beginner in order to penetrate the sanctuaries of mathematics (mathematicae adyta - adytum, the innermost part of the sanctuary)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihe lived twenty years in palermo, where he taught mathematics, physics and theology; a pupil of the great kircher, he was his assistant during his stay in romeback in germany, he began a massive publication of his many worksin the text, numerous mathematical and geometric illustrationsa small defect at the bottom right corner of the frontispiece, far from the engraved part; prevalence of sheets with strong or medium browning, due to the oxidation of the paperour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storelatin text on two columnsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecoeval full parchment hardcover; spine with 5 raised bands with handwritten author, title and placement number; red edgeson the front counter-plate, handwritten placement number; on the front of the front endpaper, handwritten notes on the text and owner’s note dated blank sheet; a beautiful illustrated frontispiece by andreas frölich; on the plate, leopold i, to whom the work is dedicated, is depicted dressed with great pomp and sitting on the throne at the top of a staircase, in front of him, a crowned female depiction of mathematics offers him the book as a gift; below the scene, a magnificent architecture and astronomical and mathematical symbolsthe author, gaspar schott, was a jesuit and one of the most educated physicists and mathematicians of his timethe work contains sections of astronomy, astrology, chronography, geography, mechanics, optics, hydrostatics, military fortification, etccatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis is followed by 24 unnumbered pages, including the cover page; 660 numbered pages; 56 unnumbered pages of indexes; inside, 42 tipped-in plates, engraved on a single page and folded, of scientific iconography: armillary spheres, constellations, celestial orbits, meridians, solar clocks, fortification systems, fountains, geometric dial, flat and linear figures
285 €
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Little foxes clare and her captain ÂŁ4 (hardbacked) an eagle in the snow ÂŁ4 (hardbacked) why the whales came flamingo boy boy giant my friend walter kaspar prince of cats the dancing bear kensuke's kingdom billy the kid read moremichael morpurgo ten books very good condition
32 €
