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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music aberdeen hardback book with dust jacket written by hugh trevor-roper published by yale university press in first edition a brilliant, unknown work by the great historian hugh trevor-roper among the papers of hugh trevor-roper, who died in , was a manuscript to which he had repeatedly turned for more than thirty years, but never publishedexploring an array of english and european sources, trevor-roper reveals the story of the pioneering swiss huguenot doctor who mixed medicine with diplomacy, with political intrigue, with secret intelligence, and with artistic interests at the courts first of henry iv of france and then of james i and charles i of englanda true "renaissance man," mayerne's interests were broad, and due to considerable conspiratorial talent, he became a participant in bluff and intrigue at the highest levelsattracted by the diverse life and vivid personality of sir theodore de mayerne (), the most famous physician in europe of his time, trevor-roper pursued him across national and intellectual frontiers to uncover the details of his extraordinary lifethe most ambitious and perhaps the most original of all trevor-roper's books, written in his luminous prose, this is a major work of political and intellectual history that presents a whole period in a fresh and vivid light
9 €
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oxfam books & music aberdeen hardback book with dedication and signature of author on half title page  published in first edition front free endpaper appears to have been neatly removed newspaper cutting about author has been gummed to reverse of half-title page small closed tear at top of this page author was one of england's foremost painters of his time see oxfam website for delivery information read more
35 €
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oxfam books & music aberdeen hardback book with dust jacket published in first edition signed by author on title page this is the story of sir john mandeville who left england in to make a pilgrimage to the holy landsee oxfam website for delivery information read more he came back 34 years later and claimed to have travelled half way round the world
14 €
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oxfam books & music aberdeen hardback book with slipcase written by george johnson published by folio society in see oxfam website for delivery information read more
19 €
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oxfam books & music aberdeen hardback book with dust jacket signed by author in november first edition the classic lost thriller from the iconic number one bestseller* * * * *it always starts with a small lie1 crime writer'mirror'quite simply, crime writing of the highest order'express'worthy of agatha christie at her best'scotsman see oxfam website for delivery information read more* * * * *'rankin is a master storyteller'guardian'great fiction, full stop'the times'ian rankin is a genius'lee child'one of britain's leading novelists in any genre'new statesman'a virtuoso of the craft'daily mail'rankin is a phenomenon'spectator'britain's nothat's how you stop noticing the bigger onesthe only hope he has is his ex-girlfriend jill watson - the only journalist who will believe his storya gripping, page-turning suspense masterclass - available in print for the first time in nearly thirty yearsrefusing to stop asking questions, he leaves his old life behind, aware that someone is shadowing his every moveafter his friend suspects something strange going on at the launch facility where they both work - and then goes missing - martin hepton doesn't believe the official line of "long-term sick leave"but neither of them can believe the puzzle they're piecing together - or just how shocking the secret is that everybody wants to stay hidden
19 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music aberdeen hardback book with dustjacket signed by author on title page second edition fourteen years after thursday next pegged out at superhoop '88, her jurisfiction job has been downgraded due to a potential conflict of interest, since her previous adventures are now themselves in printthis being fiction, however, jeopardy is never far awayshe must team up with the one person she really can't get along with - the written thursday next, currently starring in the great samuel pepys fiascomeanwhile, goliath have perfected a 22-seater prose portal luxury coach, and plan on taking literary tourists on a holiday to the works of jane austenbut it's no time to be pickybefore this can be righted, miss marple dies in a narratively inexplicable car accident, bringing her series also to a closesherlock holmes is killed at the rheinbach falls and his series is stopped in its tracksthursday alone realises the true intent of goliath's unwanted incursions into fiction, but she can't fight all these battles on her ownthursday's time is spent worrying about her teenage son friday and tutoring new recruitsthursday, receiving a death-threat clearly intended for her written self, realises what is going on - there is a serial killer is loose in the bookworld
9 €
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oxfam books & music aberdeen hardback book with dust jacket published in first edition colour and black/white photos throughout book see oxfam website for delivery information read more
14 €
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oxfam books & music aberdeen hardback book with dust jacket written by bernard skinner and illustrated by david wilson first published in , this is the 6th edition previous owner's name and address label stuck to front free end paper dust jacket has been protected by a glassine cover see oxfam website for delivery information read more
24 €
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oxfam books & music aberdeen hardback book with dust jacket written by doris lessing published in first american edition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
5 €
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oxfam books & music aberdeen hardback book with illustrated laminated boards published in the papers in this volume explore the tectonic evolution of south-eastern asianumber 106 in the geological society special publications see oxfam website for delivery information read more
30 €
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oxfam books & music aberdeen hardback book with dust wrapper, both in excellent condition signed and dedicated by author on title page sir thomas roe was a courtier, soldier, sailor, explorer of the amazon and guiana and a highly skilful ambassador at the court of the great mogul see oxfam website for delivery information read more
16 €
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oxfam books & music aberdeen hardback book with illustrated laminated boards published in nosee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book investigates the theory that the population and behavioural dynamics of predators at the upper end of marine food chains can be used to assist with management12 in the conservation biology series the sustainable exploitation of the marine environment depends upon our capacity to develop systems of management with predictable outcomesunfortunately, marine ecosystems are highly dynamic and this property could conflict with the objective of sustainable exploitationsince these species integrate the dynamics of marine ecosystems across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales, they offer new sources of information that can be formally used in setting management objectivesthis book examines the current advances in the understanding of the ecology of marine predators and will investigate how information from these species could be used in management
25 €
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oxfam books & music aberdeen large hardback book published by lepodon books in pages written by george & nancy van der poorten includes all 247 species of butterflies in sri lanka see oxfam website for delivery information read more
45 €
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oxfam books & music aberdeen mainly poetry with a chapter of prose at the end the author lived in a small village, duntocher, in the west of scotland brown cloth hardback with gilt titles first edition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
21 €
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oxfam books & music aberdeen short stories of the author's time in borneo hardback book with green boards foxing on edges of pages, and some at beginning and end of book published in illustrated with 16 half tone plates see oxfam website for delivery information read more
24 €
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oxfam books & music aberdeen signed first edition february hardback book with dust jacket, unclipped published in the gripping new sunday times top 5 bestseller from the bestselling author of out of the dark and orphan x'an immensely entertaining adventure' the times evan smoak lives by his own codepraise for orphan x'outstanding in every way' lee child'weapons-grade thriller writing' guardian see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe'll be lucky just to get through it alivewhich is exactly why his cousin gave him an envelope with the instruction: 'if anything ever happens to me, call the number insidebut all good things must come to an endand then he meets max merriweather max merriweather hasn't got much left to losewith max now under his protection, evan realizes that the forces against them pose as daunting a threat as he has ever facedclean, neat and tidy, just the way he likes itthen he broke free to live in the shadows as the nowhere man, using his unique skills to help those in desperate needhe'll take on one last mission then go out on a high noteon the run and stalked by death, he meets the one man who might save him: evan smoak'a stellar series, the stories get better with each instalmenthe's the man you want in your corner when justice is needed' daily mailbad luck and trouble have seen off his marriage, his home and his career' now his cousin is dead and max's own chances of survival look bleakas a boy he was taken from a foster home to be raised and trained as an off-the-books government assassin codevnamed orphan xpacked with edge-of-your-seat suspense, explosive action and razor-sharp plotting, into the fire confirms gregg hurwitz as a rival to lee child, david baldacci, james patterson and harlan coben as a master of the modern thrillerthrowing the main character literally into the fire showcases how truly heroic evan smoak ison the face of it he's the last guy you'd expect to be trusted with a deadly secret
24 €
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oxfam books & music aberdeen small hardback book with laminated boards written by alexei sokolsky originally published in , this edition was issued in subjects covered in book include rules of the game, simplest endings and through to end game see oxfam website for delivery information read more
45 €
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oxfam books & music aberdeen written by edward mccamley hardback book with dust jacket published in first edition the history of the academy's second century shows also how the development of the school reflected larger issues of education policy previous owner's name on front free end paper see oxfam website for delivery information read more
21 €
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oxfam books & music aberdeen the food of rome and its region, lazio, is redolent of herbs, olive oil, ricotta, lamb, and porkhardback book with dust jacket, published in see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is the food of ordinary, frugal people, yet it is a very modern cuisine in that it gives pride of place to the essential flavors of its ingredientsin this only english-language book to encompass the entire region, the award-winning author of encyclopedia of pasta, oretta zanini de vita, offers a substantial and complex social history of rome and lazio through the story of its foodincluding more than 250 authentic, easy-to-follow recipes, the author leads readers on an exhilarating journey from antiquity through the middle ages to the mid-twentieth century
9 €
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Preface by a s byatt hardback book with dust jacket published in see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music aberdeen a fascinating collection of letters from the great english novelist - and prolific correspondent - penelope fitzgerald acclaimed for her exquisitely elegant novels - including the booker prize-winning 'offshore' - and superb biographies, penelope fitzgerald was one of the most admired authors in britain during the last centurythe prizewinning author of nine novels, three biographies, and one collection of short stories, she died in'so i have thought of you' is an invaluable addition her distinguished oeuvrepenelope fitzgerald was one of the most distinctive voices in british literature
6 €
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oxfam books & music fareham ladybird books 5 titles in biblical series hardback with illustrated boards hardback with illustrated covers hardback with dust coverhardback with illustrated boardsin very good condition series 649 see oxfam website for delivery information read morepublished circa series 606a baby jesus by hilda rostronseries 522 book of saints by hilda rostronboards are worn at edgescovers are wornseries 606a life in new testament times by ralph gower  early edition published circajacket is faded and boards are worn series 649 the history of our bible by p j huntgeneral condition is good prize label on end paperpresumed 1st editionshepherd boy of bethlehem told by lucy diamondgeneral conidtion is good  condition is goodpublished ciraboards are marked, worn and dulledcondition is good
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oxfam books & music aberdeen a man of hugely eclectic tastes, frank zappa was a lover of everything from doo-wop to heavy metal and from jazz-funk to new waveboth cds in excellent condition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreincluding fully illustrated 16 page booklet with extensive notes by music historian derek barker, this delightful package finally reveals what it was that informed so much of frank zappa s extraordinary musicon that same sunday evening more than 30 years ago, zappa also played records by edgar varese and igor stravinsky, representing his love of modern classical musicvarese was one of zappa s very earliest influences and after discovering the dissonant sounds that this french born composer created, he was hooked on a genre of music that for most of us is anything but easy listeningfeaturing nineteenth and twentieth century mavericks as diverse as wagner, holst, ravel, boulez, stockhausen, schoenberg, penderecki, harry partch and john cage in addition to the aforementioned stravinsky and varese this collection illustrates the impulse for many of zappa s own compositions and works as both an introduction to a style of music rarely heard outside of the most elite communities in the third millennium and as a guide to the music frank vincent took to his very heart and cherished throughout the major part of his tragically short lifeindeed a radio show he produced for the bbc in found him spinning records by artists as varied as frankie valli, howlin wolf, the channels, lene lovich, wild man fisher, uk subs, traffic and the rolling stonesbut while an acquired taste the tracks that fill this 2 disc compilation may be, the acquisition of such a taste is a rewarding journey with an even more rewarding destination
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oxfam books & music aberdeen ledbetter heights is the debut album by american blues solo artist kenny wayne shepherd, released on september , when shepherd was 18 years old"born with a broken heart" (shepherd/tate) - 5:56"déjà voodoo" (selby/shepherd/sillers) - 6:09"aberdeen" (bukka white) - 4:15"shame, shame, shame" (nadeau/shepherd) - 6:05"one foot on the path" (selby/shepherd) - 3:49"everybody gets the blues" (angel michael) - 5:58"while we cry" (live) (shepherd) - 6:17"i'm leaving you (commit a crime)" (howlin' wolf) - 4:16"(let me up) i've had enough" (nadeau/selby/shepherd) - 2:43"riverside" (kevin bowe) - 3:46"what's goin' down" (nadeau/shepherd) - 5:30"ledbetter heights " (shepherd) - 6:11 cd in excellent condition see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe album's name refers to a neighborhood in shepherd's hometown of shreveport, louisianait also featured lead singer corey sterling on vocals
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beeston the origins of bowing and the development of bowed instruments up to the thirteenth century by werner bachmann oup english translation illustrated "the development of the technique of bowing stringed instruments was to prove one of the greatest advances in the history of musichardback is blue cloth covered board with gold lettering to spine and front, title set in black band on front with motifpages are tightly bound, clean and unmarked" unclipped dust jacket has wear and tear to edges both front and backfoxing to cover front and backsmall green label on first page identifying previous ownerfoxing to inside front cover and first page
25 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beeston the peregrine by j a baker hardback with dust jacket dust jacket has tears top and bottom of back flap fold and scuff marks to front and backhardback is green cloth covered board with gold lettering on spinepages have foxing to top edges otherwise are tightly bound, clean and unmarkedcover is in excellent condition with slight bumping to corners and very slight fading to edges, hardly noticeable
30 €
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oxfam books & music berkhamsted first edition / impression of the hardback reissue of the the third novel in the aubrey/maturin serieshardback book in very good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read morenot price clippedsmall nick at bottom of spinewith dust jacket in very good conditionlight shelf wear to edges
20 €
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oxfam books & music aberdeen the first selection is schubert's sonata in a minor, dcd in excellent condition see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe was a talented cellist and guitarist and had travelled to vienna to escape the all-powerful operatic music of his homeland30, also in three movements and running to around 30 minutes821, for arpeggione and piano, in three movements that run to about 22 minutes overallmauro giuliani () was one of the early pioneers of virtuosic showmanshipit was christopher gunning who re-arranged the schubert piece for guitar and strings, at john williams' request, and it is an extremely welcome addition to the repertoireschubert did play the guitar privately and in local taverns, but did not compose for the instrumentit is generally considered that his first guitar concerto was probably written before he departed from florence and he quickly established himself in vienna, where beethoven was amongst his friendsthe second piece is giuliani's guitar concerto in a major, nofranz schubert () was also among his friends, although would only have been around eight years old when giuliani first arrived inin his helpful notes accompanying the cd, john williams explains that the arpeggione was a fretted instrument tuned like a guitar, but held between the knees and played with a bow
14 €
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oxfam books & music aberdeen various artists french folk/dance music 3 x cd box set with slip-case, deluxe edition slip-case in very good conditionall cds in excellent condition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
24 €
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oxfam books & music aberdeen original soundtrack - the staple singersmusic by curtis mayfield ambassador soul classic cd in excellent condition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
19 €
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Sheet music in excellent condition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music aberdeen this title features classic hits from the broadway show which tells the 'rags to riches' tale of "frankie and the four seasons", and their rise to fame from the streets of new jerseythe show opened in london's west end in february, to great critical acclaim
12 €