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miscellany: portsmouth fc miscellany: pompey trivia, history, facts & stats bytitle: portsmouth fc miscellany: pompey trivia, history, facts & stats series: miscellany format: hardback type: book edition: new edition publisher: pitch publishing uk release date: language: english
99 €
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Letters to the editor: a miscellany from the pages of country life by countrytitle: letters to the editor: a miscellany from the pages of country life format: hardback type: book publisher: simon & schuster uk uk release date: language: english
99 €
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Oxfam bookshop ipswich marcus berkmann, author of the cricket classics rain men and zimmer men, returns to the great game with this irresistible miscellany of cricketing trivia, stories and more fascinating facts than geoffrey boycott could shake a stick of rhubarb atthe ball hit a box of matches in his pocketsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere's the only test player ever to be executed for murder, the only first-class cricketer to die on the titanic, and the only bestselling author to catch fire while playing at lord's(it was sir arthur conan doyle) all cricket is here, including an xi entirely made up of players who share their names with freshwater fishwhich england captain smoked two million cigarettes in his lifetime? which australian captain, asked what his favourite animal was, said 'merv hughes'? what did hitler think of cricket? which national hunt trainer had a dog called sobers? who was described in his obituary as 'perhaps the only unequivocally popular man in yorkshire'?no other sport is so steeped in oddness and eccentricity
4 €
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Oxfam shop ambleside miscellany of the twelve swallows & amazons seriesgreen hardback cloth with dustjacket book in good condition with slight damage to jacket see oxfam website for delivery information read more
14 €
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The england football miscellany by john white published by sevenoaksthis small format hardback book is in excellent conditionan excellent stocking filler for the football enthusiast in your lifethere is something for every football supporter in this book
1 €
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A used american bomber jacket made by schotts brothers new york, in reasonable condition with not tears
40 €
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Gent's used but in very good condition this schotts fleece's i have got 3 of them and would like ÂŁ20 for each one1grey 1black 1cream read more
60 €
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Books / reading / sport / interests / leisure / the new official england rugby missellany by chris hawkes book full of facts, trivia and fun publisher sevenoakes good condition collection only houghton-le-spring read more
2 €
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Oxfam bookshop exeter a miscellany of articles, poetry and fiction intended to educate the readership with "great thoughts" by a variety of authorsthe binding is sound and the textblock cleansee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome staining to the back covercondition: some rubbing to the edges of the spineaward sticker on the pastedown
19 €
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miscellany of several dutch-language worksrouwklagt over de dood van de koninginne van grootbrittanje - dafnis herders-zang door sylvius, with title printden lof van amsterdam door jan de regt - de nederdalende trouw tot den heer bruidegom pieter vanden bergevrouwe-lof uyt jour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein 't jaer nae de scheppinge der wereldt, see pictures, they are part of the description! read moregedachtenis van wylen den weledelen, gestrengenrotgans: brief aan den hooggeleerden en godtvruchtigen heer joannes vollenhove, from - harderszang op de dood van mejuffrouw juliana vander schelling, (cropped, possibly with text loss) - de treurende zangheldin van alexis - algemeen rouw over de doodmichaël de ruiter - de zeegepraalende vreededaphnis harderszang op de vredebabtista mantuanuscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikide triumfeerende vredegoden-pleit tusschen de heeren izak de schepperaan-maanige aan 't verongelykt europater bruyloft van monsieur jacobus blockwilhelm de derde (cropped, possibly with text loss) - het vorstelyke huwelyxfeestjuvenaals tiende schempdicht door laurens bakeclc lc c lxxvi - wapen-twist tusschen aiax en ulyssesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitehet swart toneel-gordyn opgeschoven voor de heeren gebroederen cornelis en johan de witt
63 €
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Suriname miscellany 1: onze west - author jhr2: west-indische begrootingen (offprint from the koloniaal tijdschrift 10e jaargang) - published in the haguenew hardcover (old cover mounted on it) - 119 pages (still uncut) - french texpaper cover (damaged) - 23 pagespaper cover, 58 pagespaper cover, 76 pagesheyde, paramaribo5: het ziekenfondswezen in suriname - author phpaper cover, 67 pages3: historisch overzicht over suriname - ednew paper cover - 77 pages (title page splodgy) 7: geschiedkundige aanteekeningen over suriname en paramaribo (offprint from de west) - author fredpaper cover, 25 pageselout van soeterwoude - martinus nijhoff, 's gravenhage, paper cover (lacks two small pieces of paper), 88 pagescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablewolff - publication of surinaamsch handelskantoor, 's gravenhageare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki6: het heden en de toekomst der kolonie “suriname” - author jbaillière, parisnew hardcover, 59 pages10: catalogus van de bibliotheek van het landbouwproefstation - author inspectie van den landbouw in west-indië - publication of houdschans dentz - published by stoomdrukkerij j4: la guyane neérlandaise, surinam - author van leent - published by j8: trainingscentrum op agrarisch gebied, lelydorp, suriname - suriname onafhankelijk - publication of wereldwinkel vu, amsterdamredmond - publication of het nieuws, paramaribode gelder (handwritten) - printed by de swart en zoon - (handwritten)oliviera, paramariboplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepaper cover, 115 pagesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store9: landbouwopvoeding van de surinaamsche jeugd - author protestantsch werkcomité - published by eben haëzer, paramaribo
51 €
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7 the regular features include: editorial letters diary dates from parish registers members' interests help sought web window miscellany from the pages pf world's fair new books the gypsiologists' bookshelf the journal also contains various articles and illustrationsthe binding is in good condition7 september volthe binding has bumping on the lower outer corner of the front cover and also on the upper outer corner of the rear coverthere is some staining to some of the journals on the front cover and some of the lower outer corners have mild bumping4 december voloxfam shop mutley plain title: romany routes the journal of the romany & traveller family history society the binding contains the following issues: december volissn   see oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is some wear on the inside of the lower outer corner of the front cover and lower outer corner of the rear cover3 september volthe binding has red boards and gilt lettering to the spine
11 €
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Oxfam bookshop brigg d h lawrence wrote this collection of poetry, 'nettles', as a response to criticism of his book, "lady chatterly's loverflyleaf comment: 'mr lawrence continues his attack on modern society in a series of short satirical poemsthere is dust soiling around the edges, which are worn with some small chips and tears; slight creasing on the frontsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe sewn binding is soundthe booklet was first published in and this is the second impression issued in marchall inside pages have noticeable foxing spots; most leaves are uncut' the jacked is wrapped around card covers and has separated down the spine
9 €
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Oxfam shop colne road more than 100 vocabulary-building quizzes make up the core of the book, with shorter sections on: * the fascinating origins of words * quotes and misquotes* slang, dialects and secret languages * unforgettable adverts, famous lines from novels and movies* newspeak, basic english, spelling reform* malapropisms, politicians' blunders and 'mispeakings'* mnemonics and other memory joggers* palindromes and anagrams * semaphoremorse, tic-tac, hand gestures and other ways of speaking without wordsentry after entry explores the byways, oddities and curiosities of the english languagesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
4 €
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham an anthology and miscellany of everything an englishman should know: - from austen to wordsworth- jerusalem to the scout's honour- kings and queens of england to land of hope and glory - savile row tailors to jermyn st shirt makers- tying a windsor knot to making a pot of tea- victoria sponge to fish pie- the rules of cricket to gilbert and sullivan operas see oxfam website for delivery information read more
3 €
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Packed with facts, stats, lists and quirky anecdotes from the rich history of england's biggest and most famous football club, this much-loved book is the perfect christmas gift for manchester united fans of all agesoxfam shop evesham completely relaunched, revamped and repackaged edition of this hugely popular book which has already sold more than copies in its two previous editionssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
5 €
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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 centuriesbirds appear again and again in mythology and folk tales, and in literature by writers as diverse as ovid, thomas hardy, kafka, thoreau and tas 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 have ever been the symbols of our highest aspirationsthey've been omens, allegories, disguises and guides; they've been worshipped, eaten, feared and lovedwas the same true of time in hell, stevenson asked himselfsee oxfam website for delivery information read moregorgeously 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 soulnor does gibson forget the fascination they hold for science, as the galapagos finches did for darwinwhether 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 earthoxfam 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 birdsbirds figure charmingly and tellingly in the work of such nature writers as gilbert white, peter matthiessen, farley mowat and barry lopezfrom the book: "stevenson remembered the story of a monk who had been distracted from his copy-work by the song of a birdthe song of the bird had given him a taste of paradise, where an instant is as a hundred years of earthly timehe 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 dust
49 €
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The third book consists of a miscellany of poems from the archives of messalla; it is very doubtful whether any come from the pen of tibullus himselfbce), of equestrian rank and a friend of horace, enjoyed the patronage of marcus valerius messalla corvinus, whom he several times apostrophizes tibullus (albius, cathe pervigilium veneris, a poem of not quite a hundred lines celebrating a spring festival in honour of the goddess of love, is remarkable both for its beauty and as the first clear note of romanticism which transformed classical into medieval literaturesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop new milton used, very good condition, hard cover with dust jacketall exemplify a strict technique of studied composition inherited from early greek lyric and the poets of alexandriacatullus (gaius valerius, bce), of verona, went early to rome, where he associated not only with other literary men from cisalpine gaul but also with cicero and hortensiusthere is a little wear to the edges of the dust jacket but otherwise the book is in very good condition with sound binding, sharp corners and clean, unmarked pagesthree books of elegies have come down to us under his name, of which only the first two are authenticbut a special interest attaches to a group of them which concern a girl called sulpicia: some of the poems are written by her lover cerinthus, while others purport to be her own compositionin his work we can trace his unhappy love for a woman he calls lesbia; the death of his brother; his visits to bithynia; and his emotional friendships and enmities at romebook 1 mostly proclaims his love for 'delia', book 2 his passion for 'nemesis'for consummate poetic artistry coupled with intensity of feeling catullus's poems have no rival in latin literaturehis surviving poems consist of nearly sixty short lyrics, eight longer poems in various metres, and almost fifty epigramsthe manuscripts give no clue to its author, but recent scholarship has made a strong case for attributing it to the early fourth-century poet tiberianus
11 €
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This book contains the memoirs of david chipp's life in peking together with six essays that he wrote on the history of english journalism, and a miscellany of reflections on some of the diverse aspects of his lifewith black and white and colour photographssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe was the first non-communist western correspondent to be granted residency by the communist government and he spent 30 months in pekingan excellent clean copyabsolutely minimal shelf wear to the dust coveroxfam books & music beaconsfield one of a limited edition of 500 printed privately by the author's estatedavid chipp had a distinguished career as a journalist which culminated in 17 years' service as editor in chief of the press association in fleet street
15 €
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Oxfam books & music totnes a small paperback book, number 31 in the criterion miscellany published by faber and fabereach has a short title which adds to the effectsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefaber and faber paperbackdespite this there is a little wear of the front hinge and the upper corner, and the spine of the cover has been mended by sellotapethe cover is contained in a clear plastic protectionthe top of the text block has been rough cut in such a way that it looks somewhat cheweda series of 28 black and white line drawings by george grosz which remain as biting now as they were in their timethere is foxing throughoutno other marks and the binding is by thread not staples
16 €
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miscellany with 6 rare works by and about augustinefor the very detailed description, see the last photocatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare 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 store
543 €
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After all, who would ever want to bring back fox tossing, a popular sport for men and women in 17th-century germany? as the name suggests, it would involve dozens of couples pairing up and standing feet apart in an enclosed field, each holding one end of a net, and then they would pull hard at both ends as the fox ran past, sending it flying high into the airmeanwhile, ski ballet may not have been so risky, but suzy 'chapstick' chaffee's signature move - the suzy split (a complete forward split while balanced on the tips of her skis) - was probably not one to try at homesee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom flagpole sitting to hot cockles, edward brooke-hitching has researched through piles of dusty tomes to bring vividly back to life some of the most curious, dangerous and downright bizarre sports and pastimes that mankind has ever devised, before thinking better of it and erasing it from the memorythere are many other sports revealed within these pages that are unlikely ever to make an appearance on our tv screens, such as firework boxing, which is just as dangerous as it soundswhich looks back at the most bizarre sporting activities ever devised by mankind' daily mail 'perfect book for the christmas stockings of adults and curious children' wall street journal for those who enjoyed the quirkiness of schott's miscellany, the erudition of the etymologicon or the extremes of the dangerous book for boys, this is the ideal readoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'an entertaining new bookan intriguing, entertaining and occasionally shocking insight into the vivid imaginations of mankind across the years, fox tossing, octopus wrestling and other forgotten sports is an unforgettable read
4 €
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Lancashire lore 88 pages of miscellany county customs, sayings, dialect words, rhymes, games, village memories and recipes by the lancashire federation of women’s institutes and illustrated by vivienne keirby read more
10 €
