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In centuries of change bestselling historian ian mortimer takes you on a whirlwind tour of the last ten centuries of western historycenturies of change is a journey into the past like no otherthe pages are tightoxfam bookshop bath a hardback in good conditiondust jacket shows some minor shelf wearhere is a story of godly scientists, shrewd farmers, cold-hearted entrepreneurs and strong-minded women - a story of discovery, invention, revolution and cataclysmic shifts in perspectivesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreour understanding of change will never be the same again, and the lessons we learn along the way are profound ones for us allthe pages show some signs of use and a small 1-2cm stain on the first few pagesthere are two sections of colour illustrationsit is a journey into a past vividly brought to life and bursting with ideas, that pits one century against another in his quest to measure which century saw the greatest changewe journey from a time when there was a fair chance of your village being burnt to the ground by invaders, and dried human dung was a recommended cure for cancer, to a world in which explorers sailed into the unknown and civilisations came into conflict with each other on an epic scalethe black cloth boards are in very good condition
14 €
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In this book you will find: the history of firearms, simple explanations of how firearms work, extensive information about weapon technology and systems, information about the development of weapons, the makers and the leading makes from previous centuries, an extensive, user-friendly index to make it easy to locate specific firearms or subjects quickly, hundreds of colour photographs and illustrationsoxfam bookshop carlisle 'the complete encyclopedia of antique firearms' is an absolute must for every firearms collector and for anyone who would like to own such weapons of has an interest in them, including law enforcement agenciespages are in fine condition, boards are in fine condition, dust jacket is in very good condition back of dust jacket has a removed sticker mark and a few creasessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
14 €
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Beautiful black and white and colour illustrations include those of living artists and the best from previous centuries (see image 2 for example)dust jacket shows some signs of wear and scuffing with tears to the top and bottom of spine and page edgesinside the text block and images are clean and brightoxfam bookshop newport revealing the whole of the plant kingdom in this lavish selection of beautifully reproduced plates and offering an accessible account of the development of botany as a science, 'the art of botanical illustration' has its main theme as the intimate relationship between exploration and illustration in botany see oxfam website for delivery information read moreno highlighting or other notes good conditionthis publication will appeal to the amateur naturalist, botanical student, and plant lovergreen boards have minor rubbing to edges
8 €
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5 centuries of tileplease see the photos for an accurate impressionregistered shipping via cttmotifs i to xviwith stampeverything is on display
66 €
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Five centuries of versecan be posted by arrangementany questions, please feel free to contact mei accept paypalexcellent conditionthe essential book of poetry
7 €
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Through five centuries published by the university, cream card covers illustrated in blue on the front cover with the datesoxfam books & music perth the university of glasgowsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
12 €
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In centuries of darkness, a group of archaeologists presents a controversial challenge to this claimsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this intricate piece of scholarly detective work, the authors propose a pioneering theorypeter james and his team ask whether those dates might have been miscalculatedthe dates for the near east and mediterranean are derived from the highly regarded chronology of ancient egyptoxfam shop lytham the old world has confronted archaeologists with many riddles, perhaps the most tantalizing of which is the dark age, an economic and cultural recession so devastating that it is supposed to have lasted for 400 years, from to 800 bcas a result, our notions about the trojan war, the foundation of rome, the origins of the greek alphabet, and the golden age of solomon all have to be reexamined, revolutionizing our view of the ancient worlddeciphering the clues from papyri and pottery, they search layer by layer through the excavated treasures of a vast area from spain to france and from denmark to the sudan, until they reach egypt - where they unearth 250 years of "ghost history" their discoveries lead to a questioning of the so-called dark age and the purposes which belief in it has served
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Oxfam bookshop truro this book is the first to tell the full story of killigarth's most colourful three centuriessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
15 €
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Bought many years ago for £40 from gems in scarborough, many centuries old, prefer collection but will post for £3 extra, very unusual item read more
30 €
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Very old ring, many centuries old, bought from gems in scarborough ago, just been in a drawer ever since i can remember, prefer collection but will post for £3 extra read more
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Xp-405 ink 4 colour ink 99% full plus previous 4 inks % full xp-405 ink 4 colour ink 99% full plus previous 4 inks % full
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6 poles 3 blinds ten pounds each ono see previous ad and photos for dimensiond
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Large selection of current season previous season range of designer tracksuits available at wholesale pricesall images in advert is that of stock available at time of advert going liveplease get in touch for more information
500 €
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Yamaha pacifica 112 electric guitar previous owner, slightly damagedcollection in person onlycondition is used
60 €
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Kindle oasis - waterproof, 32 gb, wi-fi (previous generation – 9th)dispatched with royal mail 2nd classcondition is new
249 €
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Only one previous owner who used it for light driving for approx 2 yearsthe battery pack can also be re-charged on or off the scooter making it easy to leave the scooter in the car shed/garage and taking only the battery pack inside to chargeapex rapid with cts suspension mobility scooter this apex rapid mobility scooter is a top of the range mobility scooter with full suspensionit is in excellent condition for a pre-owned scootervat this scooter is a top of the range scooter with so many features such as padded swivel seat, full suspension, led lights for when out at dusk, delta handlebars for easier, more comfortable drivingcomes with battery, charging cable, instructions, and a second set of colour panels (red - pictured, and blue - never used) test drive available around our secure driveway before purchasecan deliver within reason for an added fee, after purchase
450 €
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Nick lowe - pinker and prouder than previous [cd]
5 €
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5 gb of ram and dolby atmos audio3 ghz quad-core processor, 1fire hd 8 tablet, 32 gb, red—with ads (previous generation - 8th)16 or 32 gb of internal storage and a microsd slot for up to 512 gb of expandable storage
136 €
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Millard architectural collectionsixteenth through nineteenth centuries, new york ppvolume iii: susan higman (edour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeeach volume is a clothbound hardcover with dustjacket and b/w illseventeenth through nineteenth centuries, new york ppnorthern european bookscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevolume iv: frances kianka (edvery nice set of 4 volumes (complete set) on old books of architecture from the mark jsun wear on spine of dust jacketbibliographical info and an indexsixteenth to early nineteenth centuries, new york ppplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteitalian and spanish booksvolume ii: susan higman (edfifteenth through nineteenth centuries, new york ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikimillard architectural collection in the national gallery of art, washingtonsmall tear in front cover of dust jacket; sun wear on spine of dust jacketvolume i: dora wiebenson, the mark j
120 €
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Mark to front cover from removal of previous price stickerthe story spans three centuries in the life of a magnificent but haunted violin in its travels through space and timesee oxfam website for delivery information read morejohn corigliano's concerto for violin and orchestra ("the red violin") draws upon music he composed for the film of the same name, which won an academy award for best film scoreoxfam bookshop st albans (string solo)corigliano composed this 36-minute concerto in memory of his father, the former concertmaster of the new york philharmonic
8 €
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previous owner has written in top corner of half-title pagethis history of warsop from , when registers were first required to be kept, until , provides a fascinating insight into the story of the parish and the social conditions in which its inhabitants lived over the centuriesincludes fold-out street plansee oxfam website for delivery information read morereprint of originalbinding is a little loose and some tape repairs have been madesome wear to cover with a couple of small tears on spineoxfam books & music nottingham published
6 €
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Oxfam bookshop cotham hill first edition grey boards and spine with gilt embossed title to spine light shelf-wear to corners and top and bottom of spine but otherwise clean small marks to dust cover which is not price-clipped light bumps to edges of cover rough-cut pages are clean and bright with no marks, creases, or tears book and spine are bright and tight previous owner's pencil commentary to front end flap ("far outshines any since") consisting of fewer than two hundred verses written in an obscure if not impenetrable language and style, patanjali's yoga sutra is today extolled by the yoga establishment as a perennial classic and guide to yoga practicewhite brings to life the improbable cast of characters whose interpretations-and misappropriations-of the yoga sutra led to its revered place in popular culture todayfirst introduced to the west by the british orientalist henry thomas colebrooke, the yoga sutra was revived largely in europe and america, and predominantly in englishsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas david gordon white demonstrates in this groundbreaking study, both of these assumptions are incorrectvirtually forgotten in india for hundreds of years and maligned when it was first discovered in the west, the yoga sutra has been elevated to its present iconic status-and translated into more than forty languages-only in the course of the past forty yearstracing the remarkable trajectory of this enigmatic work, white's exhaustively researched book also demonstrates why the yoga of india's past bears little resemblance to the yoga practiced todaywhite retraces the strange and circuitous journey of this confounding work from its ancient origins down through its heyday in the seventh through eleventh centuries, its gradual fall into obscurity, and its modern resurgence since the nineteenth century
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35 €
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Hardcover, linen, dust jacket - richly illustrated, notes/bibliography, photo and facsimile section, with an overview of four centuries of amsterdam canals in vision: facades, interiors and life on the canalsabout part of the amsterdam herengracht, called ‘de gouden bocht’, in which the canal palaces were carefully inventoried in terms of architecture and art history, and three centuries of history about power, art and life culture were brought together - 24 x 31 cmour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storekeizersgracht - 300 ppeight hundred canal gardens within the canal areapaul spies, compilation - het grachtenboek - the hague, amsterdam, sdu/ d'arts, pp(onvergelijckelijcke pronck van de werelt) - the hague, stichting itarr, caamsterdamse grachtentuinen - zwolle, waanders, - four volumes, complete series: 1prinsengracht - 285 ppcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablean inventory of approxvan singel tot singelgracht - 304 ppmilko den leeuw, martin pruijs, edwillemien dijkshoorn, erik de jong, lodewijk odé, edhardcover, cardboard, ribbon markerplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitewith the collaboration of eighteen authors, richly illustrated in colour, bibliography, index, notesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiglossary on the dust jacket - 31 x 27 cmall guides in hardcover, linen, dust jacket - richly illustrated (drawings, sketches, photos, ground plans), list of sourcesherengracht - 232 ppde gouden bocht van amsterdam
48 €
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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 storeuncirculated in acrylic protective holderslot contain: th anniversary of the warsaw uprising x 2 - slaskie voivodship - pomorskie voivodship - mazowieckie voivodship : - historical cities in poland - kolobrzeg x 2 - historical cities in poland - cieszyn - polish painters of the turn of 19th and 20th centuries:tadeusz makowski () x2 - konstanty ildefons galczynski () - the 100th anniversary of the birth - 60th anniversary of the ending of world war two - history of the polish zloty: sailing vessel - 2 zloty and 5 zloty of issue x 2 - an international exhibition expo japan th anniversary of june '76 - the centenary of the warsaw school of economics th anniversary of karol szymanowski's birth () - polish painters of the turn of 19th & 20th centuries: leon wyczólkowski () - historical cities in poland - swidnica x 2 - historical cities in poland - przemysl : - xxixth olimpic games - beijing x 2 - 65th anniversary of warsaw ghetto uprising : - historical cities in poland - czestochowa - history of polish popular music: czeslaw niemen : - cities in poland – old town in warsaw : - history of the polish cavalry – uhlan of the second republic of poland : - polish olympic team – london : - centenary of the polish theatre in warsaw x 3 - polish ships – gdynia missile boat x 2 read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelot - 35 commemorative nordic gold 2 zlotych coins from polandcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Oxfam bookshop coventry anyone alive in the 18th century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day - and had been for centuriesthe quest for a solution had occupied scientists, and their patrons for the better part of two centuries when, in , england's parliament upped the ante by offering a king's ransom to anyone whose method or device proved successfulthe scientific establishment throughout europe had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answersee oxfam website for delivery information read morelacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of landrunning time approximately 3 hoursit also provides a brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmakingread by david rintoulthis work tells the story of this epic scientific quest, and of harrison's 40-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometerin stark contrast, one man, john harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solution - a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had been able to do on land
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The landscape still bears witness to the changes that took place in a highly ordered and stratified polity over the course of the eighth and ninth centuriesalthough the detail of this society is difficult to recover, there is no doubt that it was successful in maintaining its independence for over two centuries before it was over-run by the anglo-saxons from the eastthe book also examines the response to the challenge presented by the attacks of the vikings and traces the impact of the new technologies introduced into agriculture which underpinned a profound change in the structure of society at all levels and provided the economic impetus for a growth in population and the final shaping of the landscape we see todaysomerset provides good evidence of long-term monastic survival from the late post-roman world through to the great rebirth of the tenth centurythe westward expansion of the anglo-saxons of hampshire and wiltshire was a step in the formation of wessex, both as a kingdom and as a self-conscious societyalthough profoundly rural and agricultural even somerset felt the impact of trade with the outside world, though a connection with distant parts of the mediterranean did not last longthe influence of the church on this society was profound, successfully replacing the gods of the romano-british world with the faith which now dominated the eastern empire and the barbarian successor states of the western empireevidence of christianity in post-roman somerset is strongas new condition, appears unreadsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe enthusiastic acceptance of christianity by the anglo-saxons was closely bound up with the emergence of their petty kingdoms and the ideological support offered by the church underpinned much of the new structures of their societyon the edge of the highland zone, with its diverse topography, newly conquered somerset provided the early anglo-saxon kings and aristocracy with a rich prize, which they were quick to exploitinstead the shire came to feel the influence of gaul and ireland through its ecclesiastical links and also through the vikings, who had a commercial side to their contacts with western britainit is at some of its church sites that we should look for the continuity between the post-roman and the anglo-saxon worldsoxfam books & music salisbury the county of somerset cannot lay claim to have been an anglo-saxon kingdom like kent or sussex, but nevertheless it has a history as a distinct region which can be traced to the seventh century and there are hints of an earlier entity in the post-roman periodin return the church prospered as a major economic and cultural force in the landscapethis book traces the way in which the king and his warrior followers shaped the countryside to meet the particular needs of a society which was still in the process of formation when it created somerset
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Mutual hostility inspired centuries of attacks, counter-attacks and wall-building, until the northward spread of china in the 20th century made the wall redundanthe covers two millennia of history, from the countrys first unification to the present day, when the great wall, built and rebuilt over centuries of war, has become a symbol of tranquillitybut we are wrongit is too big, too varied, too complex to be captured by a few images or a day-tripin fact, most of it is made of earth, and much of it is not there at allfor years, the wall marked the border between china and nomadic peoples to the north and westestimates of its length vary from to milessee oxfam website for delivery information read morewe all feel we know the wallit cannot even be seen from earth orbit, let alone the moonfor this riveting account, john man travelled the wall from the far western deserts to the pacific, exploring the grandest sections and many wild onesoxfam bookshop cheltenham chinas great wall north of beijing is one of the worlds most famous sightseven its name is deceptive it is not an it, a single entity, but many walls (hence the uncertain length), built at different timeshe is the first writer to describe two unknown walls in mongoliamyths surround ityet behind the confusion are great simplicitiesthe many walls are united by two ideas self-protection and unity which go back to the first emperor, who founded the nation in 221 bcmillions every year climb the line of stone snaking over mountainsmany believe that the stone barrier marches across all china, that it has been in existence for over years, and that it is the only man-made structure visible from the moon
5 €
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Introduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuriesoxfam shop bishop's stortford this book introduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuriescovers a wide range of topics including astronomy, science and religion, natural philosophy, technology, medicine and alchemypresents work by scholars who have been at the forefront of reinterpreting the scientific revolution great condition copy of a excellent book for students and historians of the period see oxfam website for delivery information read morerepresents a broad range of approaches from the seminal to the innovative
14 €
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With the passion of a birdwatcher and hoarder of words, gibson has spent fifteen years collecting the literary and artistic forms our affinity for birds has taken over the centuriesgorgeously illustrated, woven from centuries of human response to the delights of the feathered tribes, the bedside book of birds is for anyone who is aware of birds, and for everyone who is intrigued by the artistic forms that humanity has created to represent its soulthey've been omens, allegories, disguises and guides; they've been worshipped, eaten, feared and lovedfrom the book: "stevenson remembered the story of a monk who had been distracted from his copy-work by the song of a birdsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebirds figure charmingly and tellingly in the work of such nature writers as gilbert white, peter matthiessen, farley mowat and barry lopezwas the same true of time in hell, stevenson asked himselfoxfam bookshop knutsford in this stunning assemblage of words and images, novelist and avid birdwatcher graeme gibson has crafted an extraordinary tribute to the venerable relationship between humans and birdsnor does gibson forget the fascination they hold for science, as the galapagos finches did for darwinbirds have ever been the symbols of our highest aspirationswhether as the christian dove, or quetzalcoatl the aztec plumed serpent or in plato s vision of the human soul growing wings and feathers, religion and philosophy have looked to birds as representatives of our better selves that part of us not bound to the earthas divine messengers, symbols of our yearning for the heavens, or avatars of glorious song and colour, they have stirred our imaginations from the moment we first looked into the skybirds appear again and again in mythology and folk tales, and in literature by writers as diverse as ovid, thomas hardy, kafka, thoreau and the went into the garden to listen more closely, and when he returned, after what he thought were only a few minutes, he discovered that a century had gone by, that his fellow monks were dead and his ink had turned to dustthe song of the bird had given him a taste of paradise, where an instant is as a hundred years of earthly time
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Anyone alive in the 18th century would have known that 'the longitude problem' was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day - and had been for centuriesthe quest for a solution had occupied scientists and their patrons for the better part of two centuries when, in , parliament upped the ante by offering a king's ransom (gbp) to anyone whose method or device proved successfultext block cleanlacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of landthe scientific establishment throughout europe - from galileo to sir isaac newton - had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answerexcellent condition for its age, with little signs of usein stark contrast, one man, john harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solutionfull of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, longitude is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking see oxfam website for delivery information read morethousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolutionno highlighting or other notesdust jacket unmarkedoxfam bookshop newport the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude, and the unlikely triumph of an english genius
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