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The royal mint samuel johnson's dictionary silver proof fifty pence coin ÂŁ30
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The royal mint samuel johnson's dictionary silver proof fifty pence coin ÂŁ20
20 €
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This work includes an essay on the life and genius of dr johnson  the binding on the lower part of the spine has worn away resulting in slight loosing of the pages; the upper part is in better condition on the inside front cover there are two bits of writing and there is foxing throughout the book the front and back of the binding has discoloured and the corners have buffed this is vol 1 of x11 volumesthe front cover has a librarian's  sticker on it the pages themselves are intact including the frontispiecesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop aylesbury published in , this book is in fair condition
19 €
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Oxfam bookshop st albans an anthology that encompasses the wide range of johnson's thought, written and spoken, in prose and in verse the chronological arrangement shows the development of of his style slight wear to board edges; age staining to back and front end papers; otherwise in very good condition with clean pages; pocket-size edition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
4 €
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Including index volume iithe binding of all volumes is sound and tight, the cloth of all volumes is in excellent order, and the contents of all volumes are close to as newincluding index combined weight 5 kgcombined size 25there is a small amount of spotting of the top edges of the page blocksthe spines of the jackets have all lightened, and the jackets all have minor marks and other light wear, mainly on the backs or edges or at cornersoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames five volume set, all hardcovers in dust jacketssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreincluding index volume v: appendices & comprehensive indexincluding index volume iiiincluding index volume iv
120 €
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Oxfam shop shirley a dictionary of the english language; in which the words are deduced from their originals; and illustrated in their different significations, by examples from the best writers; together with a history of the language, and an english grammar; volume iiijohnson, samuel; todd, revthe rev todd was chaplain to the kingbook condition: fairpublished by longmanlondon, ; poor condition; volume v only of 5 volumes; brown leather covers; no dust jacket; front board detached but present; decorative gold ruling on both boards; spine has raised bands and gold titles and decoration but very worn and starting to detach; corners and some edges worn to boards; marbled end papers and text block edges; binding reasonably tight; several hundred pages; please see photographs see oxfam website for delivery information read more
40 €
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the samuel johnson prizewinner of the costa book of the year awardshortlisted for the duff cooper prizeshortlisted for the thwaites wainwright prize 'in real life, goshawks resemble sparrowhawks the way leopards resemble housecatsshe learned the arcane terminology and read all the classic books, including t'destined to be a classic of nature writing, h is for hawk is a record of a spiritual journey - an unflinchingly honest account of macdonald's struggle with grief during the difficult process of the hawk's taming and her own untamingwhite, best known for the once and future kingeventually you don't see the hawk's body language at allthe hawk's apprehension becomes your ownit's a book about memory, nature and nation, and how it might be possible to try to reconcile death with life and lovethen she fills the freezer with hawk food and unplugs the phone, ready to embark on the long, strange business of trying to train this wildest of animalsyou seem to feel what it feelsat the same time, it's a kaleidoscopic biography of the brilliant and troubled novelist twhite's tortured masterpiece, the goshawk, which describes white's struggle to train a hawk as a spiritual contest'to train a hawk you must watch it like a hawk, and so gain the ability to predict what it will do nextbut bulkier, bloodier, deadlier, scarier, and much, much harder to seewhen her father dies and she is knocked sideways by grief, she becomes obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawkplease note - slight damage to dust cover but interior 'very good'see oxfam website for delivery information read more'as a child helen macdonald was determined to become a falconeras the days passed and i put myself in the hawk's wild mind to tame her, my humanity was burning awayshe buys mabel for ÂŁ800 on a scottish quayside and takes her home to cambridgebirds of deep woodland, not gardens, they're the birdwatchers' dark grail
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Hailed by samuel johnson as "a performance which no age or nation could hope to equal," this is a classic text that has moulded centuries of british and american culture through its beautiful and timeless poetrymany vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality editionthis edition provides a perfect rendering of this fine english verse which captures wonderfully the song of homer - a must-read for absolutely everyoneoxfam bookshop victoria this book contains alexander pope's seminal interpretation of the original homeric poem, published serially from toit comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the authorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morealexander pope (), was an english poet most renowned for his satirical verse and for the writing of this bookhe is also the third-most quoted writer in 'the oxford dictionary of quotations' after shakespeare and tennyson
49 €
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the sunday times bestsellershortlisted for the samuel johnson prizethe original bestseller from the beloved author of underland, landmarks and the lost words - robert macfarlane travels britain's ancient paths and discovers the secrets of our beautiful, underappreciated landscape'the old ways confirms macfarlane's reputation as one of the most eloquent and observant of contemporary writers about nature' scotland on sundayfollowing the tracks, holloways, drove-roads and sea paths that form part of a vast ancient network of routes criss-crossing the british isles and beyond, robert macfarlane discovers a lost world - a landscape of the feet and the mind, of pilgrimage and ritual, of stories and ghosts; above all of the places and journeys which inspire and inhabit our imaginationsit sets the imagination tingling, laying an irresistible trail for readers to follow' sunday times'read this and it will be impossible to take an unremarkable walk again' metro'he has a rare physical intelligence and affords total immersion in place, elements and the passage of time: wonderful' antony gormley see oxfam website for delivery information read more
4 €
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This journal, not discovered for more than 150 years, is a deft, frank and artful record of adventures ranging from his vividly recounted love affair with a covent garden actress to his first amusingly bruising meeting with samuel johnson, to whom boswell would later become both friend and biographeroxfam bookshop victoria edinburgh-born james boswell, at twenty-two, kept a daily diary of his eventful second stay in london from tosee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe london journal is a witty, incisive and compellingly candid testament to boswell's prolific talents
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The writer samuel johnson said that "when a man is tired of london he is tired of life"for sale as a set but would splitprice is for bothlarger one ÂŁ30 & smaller one ÂŁ25 individuallylegs painted black then they have been clear matt varnished to seal & protectlarger table - 47cm high, 75cm wide, 64cm deep smaller table - 40cm high, 55cm wide, 46cm deep read morei have upcycled this pair of coffee tables depicting london landmarks such as the gherkin, the london eye & st paul's cathedral
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Oxfam bookshop ashbourne bohn's cabinet edition, a nineteenth century collection of famous stories:  rasselas by samuel johnson, the vicar of wakefield by oliver goldsmith, the exiles of siberia by madame cottin, paul and virginia and the indian cottage by bernadin saint-pierre, gulliver's travels by jonathan swift, a sentimental journey through france by laurence sterne, the sorrows of werther, theodosius and constantia by john langhorne, and the castle of otranto by horace walpolelisting of other titles at beginning and endeach section separately paginatedcorners of cover bumped and rubbed engraved frontispiece and on title page, protected by tissue sheetsee oxfam website for delivery information read more one page torn and detached in titles listings binding rather fragile but holdingbinding: hardback, green boards with decorative blind blocking
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Discover the intriguing lives of clement attlee and henri matisse, king alfred and samuel johnson, tommy cooper and robert kennedy, robin day and edith wharton, along with many moreoxfam shop ulverston based on the popular radio 4 series, great lives highlights some of the world's most fascinating and influential characterschosen by the show's guests, each biography reveals the life and times of artists, sportsmen, statesmen, authors, monarchs, actors, musicians and scientists, showing why they inspire, what they achieved and how they have influenced the world at largefrom the famous to the obscure, the historical to the contemporary, each biography provides an insight into the character's personality, why they were driven to achieve so much, and separates fact from fictionwith a foreword by the show's presenter, matthew parris, great lives is an ideal gift for history and biography enthusiasts, and for fans of the radio 4 seriessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
8 €
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease carefully study all photos as they are part of the descriptioncondition of the book: fair; with signs of use, but still in good condition considering the age of the bookplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
159 €
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Foxing prevalent throughout all four volumes corners and edges of boards also rubbed there is foxing in places throughout the text blocks which are however pretty clean and tight tops of title pages on all volumes have been cut offi: 340 pages; vol ii: 372 pages; vol iii: 360 pages; vol iv: 367 pages plus index and erratum note see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music aberdeen 4 volume set, complete, published in half leather boards with marbling effect to front and back covers five raised bands to spines which are rubbed
29 €
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1 x 100yrs girl guides no 47 on coin hunt 1 x sir samuel johnson's dictionary no 46 on coin hunt four coins all circulated but in very good condition4 x 50p coins collection 1 x beatrix potter 50th anniversary coin no 12 on coin hunt1 x vc cross 2 no 54 on coin hunt
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Uk presidency of the eu th anniv of nhs th anniv of public libraries act suffragettes th anniv of 4 minute mile th anniv of samuel johnson dictionary th anniv of vc (medal) th anniv of vc (soldier carrying wounded comrade) centenary of scouts(the only one not included is kew gardens - available seperately if requiredall uk 50 pence coins from introduction of smaller type in to , inclusivenew style coin th anniv of christopher ironside, brilliant uncirculated in royal mint presentation packs) full list:- circulated 50p'scharles babbage years of insulinwinners design for olympics coinyears of girl guiding years of world wildlife fund th anniv birth of benjamin britten glasgow commonwealth games th anniv of battle of britain battle of hastings rio olympics team gb beatrix potter anniv sir isaac newton representation of the people act sherlock holmes – conan doyle stephen hawking rosalind franklin (dna) diversity built britaintwo free bonus coins – bu in presentation packswithdrawal from eueleven in good cirulated condition and 16 in brilliant uncirculated royal mint presentation packs
250 €
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Blaser, samuel - umbra 2:10blaser, samuel - homage 1:06blaser, samuel - temporarily 3:46blaser, samuel - cry want 4:05blaser, samuel - missing mark suetterlyn 5:38blaser, samuel - the first snow 3:42
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samuel ireland () was an english engraver and writersamuel ireland initially wanted to etch each image himself but eventually abandoned this idea for fear that he might not be good enough, but also because he now preferred aquatintsfirst volume of the first edition of the beautiful report of a journey through holland, with beautiful aquatint images of dutch cities and landscapes a picturesque tour through holland, brabant and part of france made in the autumn of illustrated with copper plates in aqua tinta from drawings made on the spot by samuel ireland, “ipse oculis perlustravit” livthe first free leaf says in old handwriting “cat bought december h\tentrance to leyden 13the endpapers show the ex-libris of “estcourt library” and the ex-libris of “wican free public library” (see photos)furthermore, these images are included in the book (see photos): 1\tthe canal called de heere gragt, amsterdam 20\tthe canal, called de oude rhyn, leyden 14\tdordrecht or dort 7the title page - which is cut a bit short at the top - of this first volume shows an image of a couple in front of an innimages) condition: goodtherefore, apart from some illustrations produced by ireland himself (signed “si”), apostool made most of the illustrations in the bookplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteegerton, whitehall - cm - (xvi) 213 (excl\tde zwaan-ferry, on the maes, near gorcum 26in this way, it is possible to create more even surfaces instead of having to mark them all with linesthe spine has been professionally replaced and it has a new letter piececatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available\tthe house where wouvermans resided, on the bakenessegragt, haarlem 18on verso title page it says “j\tentrance to the hague from delft 10the logo of the wican free public library has been inconspicuously blind-stamped to several pages in the book (see photos)\tview from the entrance to harwich 2london: may 1st printed for teach image comes with a protective sheet of paper\thouse where peter the great resided at saardam, in north holland 23(?)” and in pencil it the yearthe preface describes that the mapping of the coastal landscape was the primary purpose of the journey to the low countriesinstead of using a needle to apply lines in a varnish layer on an etching plate, a resin layer is used in aquatints\tamsterdam and bridge across the amstel 19the background shows a busy harbour and a lighthousethere are age spots throughout the book (see photos), but the bookblock is otherwise clean and firmly bound\tentrance to the harbour at helvoet sluys 3the report of this journey was first published in in two volumes, of which this is the first volumethis is a variant of traditional etchingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipartly because of his preference for aquatint, ireland appealed to the amsterdam painter cornelis apostool () who was known as a master of aquatint\tscheveningen 11\tbergen op zoom read more\twater-gate, utrecht, and the dom tower 24hope's villa, near haarlem 17\thalf-way house, between leyden and haerlem 15our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeincidentally, apostool later in his career also worked as a diplomat and was eventually appointed as the first director of what would eventually become the amsterdam rijksmuseumi” in pencil and there is a library stamp (see photos)\tvillage of broek in north holland 21\tferry-house at viannen, crossing the rhine, between utrecht and gorcum 25\thouse in the wood, near the hague 12\tdresses of the north hollanders 22\tthe briel, across the maes 4\trotterdam from kattendregt-ferry across the maes 5\tstatue of erasmus, and house in which he was born 6\tcrossing the maes from gorcum 27\tentrance to delft from rotterdam 8\thaerlem from amsterdam road 16there is a sign with a swan and a smoking man sitting at a table\tryswick, near the hague 9
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Iver johnson handguns is a comprehensive listing of the handguns of johnson & bye & co , iver johnson & co , iver johnson arms & cycle worksalso includes the story of norwegian immigrants iver johnson and martin bye, and the story of how they turned a small massachusetts gunsmithing operation into the largest firearms company in america
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samuel rohrer - rrugatitle:samuel rohrer - rrugayour item will be previously owned but still in great conditionthe disc will play perfectly without interruption and the case, inlay notes and sleeve may show limited signs of wearartist:samuel rohrer
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johnson, holly - got it madejohnson, holly - atomic cityjohnson, holly - feel goodjohnson, holly - deep in lovejohnson, holly - sjohnson, holly - heaven's herejohnson, holly - love train
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The eponymous albert is an architect by training but a supply teacher through economic necessity, and as his character begins to question what he wants to achieve, johnson attempts to reproduce the dissatisfactions and disappointments we experience as an inevitable part of lifejohnson's most famous and critically acclaimed novelsalbert angelo () was johnson's second noveloxfam shop fulwood road reissued for the first time in many years, and for the first time together, this omnibus contains beach novel is separately paginated ( and 204) see oxfam website for delivery information read morehouse mother normal: a geriatric comedy () is a remarkable study of old age as the same events are relayed through the eyes of eight different inmates of an old people's hometrawl () is johnson's convincingly authentic and harrowing attempt to describe the human condition, as seen through the eyes of the solitary passenger on board a deep-water trawler
19 €
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From the counsel of samuel through the determination of saul to the towering figure of david, this commentary thoughtfully considers the debt that our religious and literary heritage owes to the books of 1&2 samuelwritten in commentary form with the addition of numerous insights and visuals drawn from the worlds of art, archaeology, literature, history, and geography, 1&2 samuel opens up the biblical text in significant and faithful waysoxfam emporium manchester returning to the ground of the highly successful first volume in the smyth & helwys bible commentary series, walter brueggemann's 1&2 kings, scholar, writer, and preacher tony cartledge explores the beginnings of kingship in israelcartledge describes and analyzes the events in these books as central to the preservation of the traditions that influence the remainder of the hebrew and christian biblesitem is pre-owned, in very good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham though no king or great general, thanks to his diary samuel pepys is one of the most interesting characters in historyvoices from the world of samuel pepys captures the spirit of restoration london, as it grew to become a major centre of international commerce and culturehis life encompassed happenings of huge historical and human impact - the execution of charles i and the great fire of london to name but twosee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit provides accounts of all aspects of contemporary life, from the arts and entertainment, to politics and religionthe book takes pepys' diary, which he kept almost daily from , as its central resource, but also includes 'voices' from all levels of society, taken from a wide variety of contemporaneous sources
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Here for sale is a brand new samuel groves of birmingham mermaid baking tray/dishsize 41cm/16" rrp ÂŁ52 on samuel groves website collection only from lu55 area or can post for ÂŁ3made from hard anodised aluminium95(payment through paypal) please message if you need more information thanks read more
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samuel windsor men's shoesto buy the same shoe from samuel windsor is ÂŁ plus ÂŁ5cash or paypal on collection or can send in the post with payment through paypalthese are from the more expensive prestige rangeleather soles,leather lining, rubber heelsbrand new boxed and never worncovid restrictions apply for collection as i am currently in a lockdown area
40 €
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johnson may need a service ÂŁ120 onoselling johnson 4hp engine also parts like long shaft and short johnson 4hp /2hp
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Described, with observations on their natural history and uses, by charles johnsonthe grasses of great britain by charles johnson illustrated by john epp: [2], xxxii, 192pp, 144 colour platesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikia beautiful bright copythe pages are complete with 144 colour plates by john enot only the history of plants but also their uses, medicines, edible plants, healing etcvery clean pages and colour plates on bright paperrobert hardwickehalf leather binding with marbled plates and gold title on the spineplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeimportant english herbarium with 144 colour plates by john ewith observations on their natural history and usescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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H & r johnson ltdh & r johnson ltdbrand: h & r johnson ltdto the rear of the item " h & r johnson ltdtrivet blue and white tileblue peter style ship to the front on white backgroundthe numbers, 69 - 5 and the letter r at the bottom of the tileno chips or cracksthe ship is blue - background whitemeasures 11 inches roundh & r circular trivet / tilealso to the rear, "made in england"with blue and white colours
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