One hundred years earlier
List one hundred years earlier
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This magnificent facsimile of one hundred aspects of the moon reproduces each print at its original size, facing an explanation of the subjectoxfam bookshop thame yoshitoshi () was the last virtuoso of the japanese woodblock print, and the one hundred aspects of the moon, published between and , were his crowning achievementtext and illustrations appear bright and unmarkedas if they realised they were witnessing the end of an era, the artist's public responded enthusiastically to his innovative series - many of the individual prints were sold out on the morning of their publicationthis series - mainly illustrating stories from history and legend, unified by the motif of the moon - is charged with paradoxa thorough introductory text, augmented with many comparative illustrations, traces yoshitoshi's career and the genesis of this seriesmoderate soiling to page edges and edges of boards and djsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenumbered copy ofprinted and bound to the most exacting specifications, this volume will be a must for aficionados of japanese printsin order to carry forward the tradition of ukiyo-e, yoshitoshi drew stylistic inspiration from the very forces that were rendering it obsolete - namely, western art and mass media like photography and lithography
72 €
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one hundred and fifty cm wide one hundred and eighty two cm high forty two cm deep 30 pound for both buyer to collect read moremahogany room cabinet with tv cabinet glass doors
30 €
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They are eighty cm wide, one hundred and twenty cm high and four hundred and fifty cm deepwe have noticed that a small piece of the veneer is missing, as shown on one phototwo ikea bookcases in good conditionthey look darker than they do on ikea websiteit must have been like that from new, as when taking the photos it was the first any of us knew about ittheir ikea product name is billy oak veneerthey are collect only
15 €
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World war one french 75mm shrapnel shell fragment with driving band it is completely inert as it exploded over a hundred years ago overall a useful object to have and mark the centenary of the end of the great war and as an aid to teaching the young about the war and to contribute to the many school projects that will come in september if you think the price is to high don't hesitate to make and offer see my other ads for many more ww1 items
20 €
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World war one british royal horse artillery quick firing 13 pounder high explosive shell fragmentit is completely inert as it exploded over a hundred years ago overall a useful object to have and mark the centenary of the end of the great war and as an aid to teaching the young about the war and to contribute to the many school projects that will come in september if you think the price is to high don't hesitate to make and offer see my other ads for many more ww1 items
15 €
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Map of northamptonshire,by j archer taken from s book dugdales england and wales deliniated in nice condition with little foxing and blemish, does have centre fold but otherwise very good for over one hundred and fifty years old
20 €
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Arc welder fifty five to one hundred and sixty ampused two years ago then put in garagebox of welding rods, mask, wire brush
45 €
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Floor is from a victorian school and will last another hundred yearstongued on one long side and grooved on three othersparquet floor 18 square yards of solid hardwood, believed to be teakfraction of the cost of a modern thin oak interlocking floorcan be laid with or without bordereach of pieces is 9" by 2 and 1/8" and 7/8" thickalso a quantity of infill edging pieces
180 €
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The oldest dated example of wood block printing, produced some six hundred years before gutenberg's movable type printing in europe, it is clearly the product of a mature printing industry in chinamade in 868 ad and written in chinese, the text contains a significant dialogue on perception, and is one of the most important sacred works of the buddhist faiththe diamond sutra is a stunning book for anyone curious about the earliest origins of printing and the sacred foundations of buddhismthis beautifully designed book, the first to focus solely on the diamond sutra, features a full-color reproduction of the work, along with an account of the discovery of the sutra by sir aurel stein in may in a hidden cave on the edge of the gobi desertit reveals how the sutra was originally made and the conservation work that the british library employs to preserve itoxfam shop burleigh street the buddhist text known as the diamond sutra is believed to be the oldest surviving printed book in the worldthe diamond sutra was hidden for centuries in a cave in northwest china, and it was created from seven strips of yellow-stained paper that were printed from carved wooden blocks and pasted together to form a scroll over five meters longsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book extensively discusses the content of the sutra and also describes the invention of paper in china and the origins of far eastern printing
78 €
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one in a series of shell guides glossy pictorial dust jacketways of life here, and therefore landscape and architecture, have changed less than in most districts in the last hundred years (as of )superficial scuffs and marks, light discolouration, mainly to spinepictorial endpaperstext block is clean and tight and lightly but evenly tannedmuch of it is pastoral and remote country, where the houses and churches are neither rich nor grand but have a strongly-marked, unsophisticated charactertan cloth covered boards with green text to spineoxfam bookshop newport this is a descriptive guide to three welsh counties which have romantic hill, dale and river scenery unsurpassed in the british islessee oxfam website for delivery information read moresticker ghost on rear of jacket
24 €
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Whether a newcomer to the philosophy holmes founded or a veteran reader, you will find great power and practicality in the words that render holmes one of the most celebrated and beloved mystical teachers of the past hundred yearsoriginally published in the first half of the twentieth century, these meditative, concise volumes have never previously appeared in paperbacksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoverall in good condition, some minor marks/'stains on the back cover and some slight rubbing to the cornersoxfam bookshop hexham the inspiration of ernest holmes has reached hundreds of thousands of readers through his classic works, many of which are just now becoming available in paperback
6 €
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Four hundred years after the founding of the republic, rome is the wealthiest city in the world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people, epicenter of a sprawling empirea generously budgeted show jointly produced by hbo and the bbc, rome takes viewers back to 52 bc for a chance to relive the reign of julius caesaroxfam bookshop ilkley rome complete contains all 22 episodes from season 1 and 2 of the emmy award-winning dramaand two soldiers unwittingly become entwined in historical events, their fates inexorably tied to the fate of rome itselfbut now, the city's foundations are crumbling, eaten away by corruption and excesssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
18 €
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Five hundred years of conflict, from the first crusade in to the last confrontation in the 16th century, in the words of observers, commentators and the men and women who took part in this struggle between opposing faithslinking text and essays are written by a team of leading authorities and, with lavish illustrations, provide insights into the social, political and artistic background of one of the most enthralling and extraordinary eras in world historyoxfam shop worcester chronicles of the crusades: eye-witness accounts of the wars between christiabity and islamsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
7 €
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Oxfam shop dumfries five hundred years ago no one died of stress: we invented this concept and now we let it rule usit's an easy-to-understand introduction to mindfulness, weaved together with ruby's trademark wit and humourin a mindfulness guide for the frazzled, ruby wax shows us how to de-frazzle for good by making simple changes that give us time to breathe, reflect and live in the momentlet ruby be your guide to a healthier, happier youyou've nothing to lose but your stresssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
2 €
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It shaped all of europe and controlled politics, scientists, artists and even popes for three hundred yearspatrons of the arts who helped make florence one of the great cultural centers of the renaissance, they were also power-hungry and reckless, ultimately losing everythingit was the house of medicibankers turned nobility and de facto rulers, the medici family defined upward mobilityoxfam bookshop cheltenham it was a dynasty with more wealth and power than the houses of windsor, kennedy, and rockefeller combinedin the house of medici, christopher hibbert, author of the days of the french revolution, explores the lives and misdeeds of this remarkable familysee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe lives with his family in henley-on-thames in oxfordshire, englandchristopher hibbert, an oxford graduate, has written more than fifty books, including wellington: a personal history, london: the biography of a city, redcoats and rebels, and the destruction of lord raglan
3 €
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Oxfam shop kendal the complete fifth season of the us drama series which follows two estranged half-brothers who both live very different lives in the same small north carolina townepisodes comprise: 'four years, six months, two days', 'racing like a pro', 'my way home is through you', 'it's alright ma (i'm only bleeding)', 'i forgot to remember to forget', 'don't dream it's over', 'in da club', 'please, please, please let me get what i want', 'for tonight you're only here to know', 'running to stand still', 'you're gonna need someone on your side', 'hundred', 'echoes, silence, patience and grace', 'what do you go home to?', 'life is short', 'cryin' won't help you now', 'hate is safer than love' and 'what comes after the blues'see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop magdelen street robert charroux, leading pioneer in the realms of primohistory, presents revolutionary new information about man's mysterious ancestors from the long forgotten pastthese epoch-making discoveries include: the recent discovered people of glozal who knew how to write and made glass in the stone age astounding new evidence of a venusian settlement at tiahunaco in the andes proof positive of an atomic war in india before the dawn of time the real facts behind the legend of prometheus the extraordinary history of agartha and the secrets guarded by the maha chohan - the supreme regent of agartha all these and many more revelations throw new light on the history of civilisation as it developed in the past - and develops in the future
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This art form was handed down for over eight hundred yearsthese small plates - one having a couple of peacocks on flowering branches, the other has leaves and a couple of flowers with a humming bird visiting them in mid area24kt gold edged made in japan size:4" / 10cms diameter price: £6 each £10 for both it is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks or crazingreasonable offers considered for a quick saleonly cash or cleared chequebuyer collects wa4 5pt warrington m56 j10 read morethe engravings were originally created to decorate the armament of the sumurai warriorsunderneath both: the art of chokin the images are created by etching pure copper and then gilding it with silver and goldeach has 3 gold bands radiating from the centre
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one hundred and twenty five pounds or best offeritalian plaster bust slightly larger than life size, which we bought with us from naples 23 years agoit is set on a small oak base tray that keeps it stableit is quite old and had a few chips and dents, but is looks fantastic and is in pretty good condition for its ageit stands approximately inches high
125 €
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These books are 100 hundred years old so are in a used condition collection only read morenine volumes in eight books, (8 and 9 are in one book) the first world war in picturesa pictorial record of a conflict of nations
40 €
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There are one hundred in total, price is each, there are ten which are 8 foot longbeen in the ground for four years as we learnt and adapted our fieldsnearly all nails etc removedknocked in with a post rammer using a cap to protect post end
7 €
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There are one hundred in total, price is each, there are ten which are 8 foot longbeen in the ground for four years as we learnt and adapted our fieldshalf the price of new, pick the ones you wantnearly all nails etc removedknocked in with a post rammer using a cap to protect post end
5 €
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Five hundred feet one hundred rods (five foot / 1diall dual purpose carpet gripper rods
10 €
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one hundred pounds secures yoursbalance of two hundred and fifty payable at eight weeksmum dad and puppy video available, reply for link to the video read more
350 €
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Presto (comodo)the opening theme resembles the beginning of elgar's the black knight, a cantata completed two years earlier and gaining acceptance when elgar began work on the organ sonatathe sonata in g major, opthe work was dedicated to elgar's friend and fellow-musician charles swinnerton heap ()vg pages, some edge and cover wear the outer movements follow the classic sonata form; the inner movements are in three-part a-b-a form michael kennedy observes that to play the finale successfully, the organist needs to be a mental and physical athlete it was first performed by the worcester cathedral organist, hugh blair, on 8 julyoxfam bookshop carlisle our copy is editon breitkopf nohe had worked on the piece off and on for nearly three monthsthe four movements are:i28 is edward elgar's first sonata composed for the organ and first performed on 8 julythe genesis of the work was a request to elgar to write an organ voluntary for a convention of american organists in the english city of worcester ininstead, elgar decided on a four movement sonata of nearly half an hour's lengththis was the first time, but not the last, that elgar cut it so close that there was insufficient time for rehearsalit also exists in arrangements for full orchestra made after elgar's deathsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreelgar wrote, "one week's work", in the score inscription, but that measures only the final constructive pushbiographer jerrold moore notes that elgar depended, in order to complete a work, on the stimulation of an imminent deadlineandanto espressivoivallegro maestosoii
5 €
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A lovely new large rug, new and in good condition, size two hundred and thirty x one hundred and sixty centimetres or nine feet by five feet six inchesto be collected read more
25 €
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Lovely g plan nest of tables made from teak and afrormosia wood this classic design, sometimes referred as the ‘quadrille’ as it shares the leg design from the bedroom range introduced a few years earlier, consists of a nest of three tables of varying size that slide into one another when not in usecash transactioncollection only from dunbar although i can supply details of a local courier for you if you want to get in touch with them for deliverylovingly cared for and in excellent condition for their age, the tables are from a smoke and pet free homeapprox sizing w53
150 €
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Nineteen-year-old specialist cassandra wigheard, on her first deployment since joining the us army two years earlier, is primed for warwith its privileged insight into the reality of armed combat, spoils shines a light on the uncertainty, fear and idealism that characterised the early days of one of the most important conflicts of our timeimages of a giant statue of saddam hussein crashing to the ground in baghdad are being beamed to news channels around the worldoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street signed by the author! (please see photo 3) very slight wear to dust-jacket at the top of the spine (please see photo 4)' kate atkinsonit is the spring of and coalition forces are advancing on iraqi read this with awefor abu al-hool, a jihadist since the days of the soviet occupation of afghanistan, war is wearing thinthis fast-paced, hard-hitting account of eight weeks in the lives of a soldier and her captor forces us to reconsider the simplistic narratives of war spun by those in powerwhen cassandra is taken prisoner by al-hool's mujahideen brotherhood, both fighters will find their loyalties tested to the very limitsotherwise in great condition a guardian book of the year'spoils is a harrowing and incredibly powerful debutsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretwo decades of fighting - and the new wave of super-radicalised fighters joining the ranks in the wake of the september 11 attacks - have left him questioning his commitment to the struggle
30 €
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Are they the remains of a local girl who disappeared ten years earlier - or are the bones much older?dci harry nelson refuses to give up the hunt for the missing girloxfam bookshop tunbridge wells a dr ruth galloway mystery discover one of the most popular crime series in britain, from the bestselling author of the stranger diariesa cold missing person case has now become a murder investigationa child's bones are discovered on the windswept norfolk marsheshe knows that ruth's expertise and experience could help him finally to put this case to restsee oxfam website for delivery information read more'i've never before read a crime novel in which archaeology and detection blend as successfully as in the crossing places' shots dr ruth galloway is called in when a child's bones are discovered near the site of a prehistoric henge on the north norfolk salt marshesbut when a second child goes missing, ruth finds herself in danger from a killer who knows she's getting ever closer to the truthbut this is no prehistoric gravebelieving them to be ancient, the police call in dr ruth galloway, forensic archaeologistsince she vanished, someone has been sending him bizarre anonymous notes about ritual sacrifice, quoting shakespeare and the bible
2 €
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In the despair of a japanese pow camp on the burma death railway, surgeon dorrigo evans is haunted by his love affair with his uncle's young wife two years earlierhailed as a masterpiece, richard flanagan's epic novel tells the unforgettable story of one man's reckoning with the truthoxfam shop dumfries ***winner of the man booker prize *** forever after, there were for them only two sorts of men: the men who were on the line, and the rest of humanity, who were notsee oxfam website for delivery information read morestruggling to save the men under his command from starvation, from cholera, from beatings, he receives a letter that will change his life forever
3 €