Some six hundred years
List some six hundred years
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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 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from carved wooden blocks and pasted together to form a scroll over five meters longit reveals how the sutra was originally made and the conservation work that the british library employs to preserve itoxfam shop burleigh street the buddhist text known as the diamond sutra is believed to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 worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis 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 desertthe book extensively discusses the content of the sutra and also describes the invention of paper in china and the origins of far eastern printingthe diamond sutra is a stunning book for anyone curious about the earliest origins of printing and the sacred foundations of buddhism
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Three hundred years of kitchen collectibles (300 years of kitchen collectibles) by linda c
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One hundred years of the motor car by marco ruiz read more
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Fifty pence celebrating one hundred years off girlguiding uk i don’t know how much this is warth
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Celebrating one hundred years of girlguiding uk 50p read more
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Title: the hundred years war: english in france, (history and politics)dust jacket: falselist price (msrp)first edition: falsecondition: very good
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Rare fifty pence coin hundred years of girl guidescirculated but in good conditioncash on collection
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Bladestorm: the hundred years war (ps)condition is gooddispatched with royal mail 2nd class large letter
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Oxfam bookshop newport 'buckinghams: a hundred years in the shoe trade ' charts the history of j buckingham and sons, the family boot and shoe retailers business based in norwich, and the development of the shoe tradethere is a page of additional text on the company history glued in on the inside of the back boardfull-page black and white photographs throughout (see images 2 and 3 for examples)little signs of use and inside the text block and images are bright and cleanunusual, grained papera quality, collectable itemtasteful soft-yellow cloth cover, with taped spine and title lettering in gilt along spine, shows minor wear see oxfam website for delivery information read moreno highlighting or other notesvery good condition for its age
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The title, 'six degrees', refers to the terrifying possibility that average temperatures will rise by up to six degrees within the next hundred yearsvast pumping systems keep the water out of most of holland, but the residents of bangladesh and the nile delta enjoy no such protectionwith a little foresight, some intelligent strategic planning, and a reasonable dose of good luck, we can at least halt the catastrophic trend into which we have fallen - but the time to act is nowsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepicture yourself a few decades from now, in a world in which average temperatures are three degrees higher than they are nowmost vitally, lynas's book serves to highlight the fact that the world of doesn't have to be one of horror and chaospakistan, crippled by drought brought on by disappearing himalayan glaciers, sees 27 million farmers flee to refugee camps in neighbouring indiaits desperate government prepares a last-ditch attempt to increase the flow of the indus river by bombing half-constructed indian dams in kashmirbut the biggest story of all comes from south america, where a conflagration of truly epic proportions has begun to consume the amazonoxfam bookshop cheltenham an eye-opening and vital account of the future of our earth, and our civilisation, if current rates of global warming persist, by the highly acclaimed author of 'high tide'meanwhile, in new york, a category 5-plus superstorm pushes through the narrows between staten island and brooklyn, devastating waterside areas from long island to manhattanon the edge of greenland, rivers ten times the size of the amazon are gushing off the ice sheet into the north atlanticthe pakistani president authorises the use of nuclear weapons in the case of an indian military counter-strikealien as it all sounds, mark lynas's incredible new book is not science-fiction; nor is it sensationalistthis is the first time we have had a reliable picture of how the collapse of our civilisation will unfold unless urgent action is takendisplaced victims of north africa's drought establish a new colony on greenland's southern tip, one of the few inhabitable areas not already crowded with environmental refugees
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is a gift inscription, possibly from the author, on the front pastedown, and the last two pages are creased; the contents of the book are otherwise in excellent order, clean and brightdust jacket has some marks, and is a little bumped along the top edge, but is complete and not price-clippedoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames 117 ppincluding appendices
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Frank sinatra - my best songs - my best years vol2 - gatefold x 2 lp's tracklist a1 this can't be love 1:24 a2 my happiness 2:20 a3 i'll get by 2:58 a4 lilli bolero 2:03 a5 hair of gold eyes of blue 1:21 b1 tenderly 1:56 b2 little white lies 1:50 b3 haunted heart 2:25 b4 lady from 29 palms 1:40 b5 i heard you cried last night 2:43 c1 i wish i didn't love you so 2:03 c2 i wonder who's kissing her now 2:10 c3 one hundred years from today 2:20 c4 let me love you tonight 2:48 c5 long ago & far away 2:42 d1 i'll string along with you 1:45 d2 a tree in the meadow 2:25 d3 how soon 2:28 d4 civilization 2:11 d5 the very thought of you 3:30 ------------- lp vinyl record - excellent condition the sleeve - excellent condition -------------- shipping postage to uk only - £380 parcel2go we use music max defendapak reinforced cardboard mailers for added security read more
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Currently this beautiful grandfather clock is in parts for home decoration and will make it easier to transport weights and pendulum included estimated total height - 244 cm over one hundred years old - grab a piece of history! ad id: delivery service consumer credita mahogany flamed veneered grandfather clock with painted dial, flowers, jas gallowaygood all round condition
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Beautiful block, commemorative edition 800 years city of moscowtype i: block print 61are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiregistered shippingeverything is depictedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease view the photos for a good impressionsee the clear detail photoplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemeasurements: 139 x 171 mmcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle bernard watson's book traces the first 100 years of the salvation army's history text with a number of b/w platessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreexcellent pages, a little edge and jacket wear + small inscription to fly-leaf
7 €
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Complete collection of fdcs from the years through (e509–e621)registered shippingare 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 storeplease view the photos to form your own impressionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
72 €
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6 complete years with the red cross blocks and booklets cancelled view the scans for details read moreare 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 storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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We have some of last years kids for sale all females, very friendly would be ideal for petting farmmust have cph no
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" page 56, lines - “seventeen sickles an ounce” later changed to “sixteen sickles an ounce” page 72, line 25 - “a shiny silver badge” changed to “a shiny red and gold badge” page 87, line 31 - “hogwarts, a history” changed to “hogwarts: a history” page 92, line 22 - “four hundred years” changed to “five hundred years” page 101, line 4 - “head of gryffindor house” changed to “head of gryffindor house” page 147, lines 7-8 - “looking forward to next day” changed to “looking forward to the next day” page 168, lines 9-10 - “one hundred magical herbs” changed to “one thousand magical herbs” page 193, line 27 - “that’s the pub” changed to “that’s one of the pubs” page 205, line 3 - “you go next to him” changed to “you go there” page 205, line 32 - “i take one step forward and she’ll take me” changed to “i’ll make my move and she’ll take me" the book is in pretty good condition given its ageinternational shipping available upon request; please contact me before purchasing so i can obtain an accurate price and estimate delivery time for youthere is a pen scribble on the inside cover at the back of the book, but no other inscriptionsvery reluctant sale, but due to moving house, i no longer have the space or ability to store them give the care they so deservefree postage via royal mail guaranteed next day delivery (signed for with tracking and insurance)dumbledore has short brown hair, beard and moustache, this was changed in later printings to long grey hair, beard and moustacheplease contact me for further pictures and or information/enquiries and i will be happy to helpthe first printing points present are: copyright - joanne rowling rather than later editions with j k rowlingfirst edition 4th printing; complete with all important number line wand double printcomplete with early printing edits and errors that were rectified and changed in later printings (see below for full list of changes)the book is a canadian copy, printed and bound is canada by and distributed by raincoast books in vancouversome minor fading on the back cover, however it isn't overly noticeablepage 15, line 3 - “he tried to kill the potter’s son” later changed to “he tried to kill the potters’ son” page 17, lines - “i’ll be takin’ sirius his bike back” later changed to “i’d best get this bike away” page 31, line 34 - deletion of an unnecessary single comma at the beginning of the sentence page 52, line 35 - “a beginners’ guide” changed to “a beginner’s guide” page 53, double printing of "1 wandthere are some minor stain marks on a few pages at the bottomrare early first edition harry potter and the philosopher's stone paperback bookplease keep an eye out for the rest of my collection which will be added over the next few weeksthe cover does show signs of wear and aging, especially in the corners
300 €
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Employ these six simple rules to foster autonomy and cooperation and to effectively handle business complexityaccording to the boston consulting group's fascinating complexity index, business complexity has increased sixfold during the past sixty yearsbased on social sciences (notably economics, game theory, and organisational sociology) and the boston consulting group's work with more than five hundred companies in more than forty countries and in various industries, authors yves morieux and peter tollman recommend six simple rules to manage complexity without getting complicatedit's time to manage complexity betterthis book shows you how and explains the implications for designing and leading organisationssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshowing why the rules work and how to put them into practice, morieux and tollman give managers a much-needed tool to reinvigorate people in the face of seemingly endless complexityclearly it's time for leaders to stop trying to manage complexity with their traditional tools and instead better leverage employees' intelligenceoxfam books & music perth new tools for managing complexity does your organisation manage complexity by making things more complicated? if so, you are not aloneit also disengages and demotivates the workforcein their attempt to respond to the increasingly complex performance requirements they face, company leaders have created an organisational labyrinth that makes it more and more difficult to improve productivity and to pursue innovationthe way to manage complexity, the authors argue, is neither with the hard solutions of another era nor with the soft solutions such as team building and feel-good people initiatives" that often follow in their wakeas a result, you will improve productivity, innovate more, reengage your workforce, and seize opportunities to create competitive advantageand, all the while, organisational complicatedness that is, the number of structures, processes, committees, decision-making forums, and systems has increased by a whopping factor of thirty-fiveincluded are detailed examples from companies that have achieved a multiplicative effect on performance by using them
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This set is in great condition for a hundred years old, the set is complete and each volume have all the photos and maps etc, large and extremely heavy as a set, each volume has around six hundred pages, so collection only please, (north wales) read morehere is an opportunity to get your hands on the original thirteen volume set of world war one by h w wilson; this set was printed during and at the end of ‘’great war’’
100 €
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As a journalist, she's spent the past few years chasing the big scoops - no matter the consequencesat a loss, kitty finds distraction in a list of one hundred names her late mentor and boss, constance, has left herkitty's been given one final chance, the most important assignment of her life - to write the story behind the one hundred names as a tribute piece to constanceoxfam bookshop cheltenham the uplifting and captivating new novel from the worldwide bestseller cecelia ahernkitty logan has lost her wayas she tracks down the people on the list and tries to work out what connects them, kitty meets some extraordinary peoplewhen she makes a terrible mistake, she finds herself mired in scandal, her career implodes and even her personal relationships are tested to the limitscan these strangers' stories help her finally understand her own? see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop colne road in , the "guardian's" much-loved country diary column is a hundred years old, and to commemorate the anniversary martin wainwright has compiled a collection of the best of a century's writingthere are also diaries written by a leading suffragette, one of rupert brooke's mistresses, and even one of the "guardian's" printers! and martin wainwright (who also edited "a lifetime of mountains") has found diaries to reflect the changing of the countryside over a hundred years: from the prevalence of owls in first world war trenches full of vermin to the plant surveys of second world war bombsiteswhere harry griffin's "a lifetime of mountains", aurum's first and extremely successful collaboration with guardian books, was essentially a collection of writing about the lake district, this new book covers the landscape of the whole of the united kingdom, from wales to northern ireland, scotland to norfolkalso the country diary column has consistently attracted some of britain's best writers on natural history and the countryside: jim perrin the mountaineering writer, whose biography of don whillans won the boardman-tasker award, writes the dispatches from snowdonia; mark cocker, author of the bestselling "birds britannica", writes the country diary from norfolkname to endpaper see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Translated into over two thousand languages, it is estimated that more than six billion copies have been sold in the last two hundred years alonein this seminal account karen armstrong traces the gestation of the bible to reveal a complex and contradictory document created by scores of people over hundreds of yearsoxfam shop wolverhampton the bible is the most widely distributed book in the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Decided to stick to woodturning, so never used since! cost me over six hundred £s newbought this couple of years ago but only ever used three timescomes complete with thread cutting cogs which have never come out of bagcannot find instruction manual but that can be obtained online read more
400 €
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I think a fair price is a hundred poundsi am unsure why my mum ever bought this, as i never saw her adjusting it! it comes with a mattress and mattress cover and memory foam and cost over six hundred pounds
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This unit currently retails at six hundred pounds new online, and an exact replica from tunturi cost seven to eight hundred poundsuser manual availability to download (goggle or tunturi)you can train alone safely, pushing your limitscondition is used, but works perfectlypreacher curl, bar sleeves for olympic weight discs and leg extension fitments includedthis bench is designed with safety as paramountcollection only
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M&s sonoma large solid oak extra long extending dining table & 6 six chairs marks and spencers rrp £ save yourself over £ on this six seater dining set! you're about to buy a beautiful (and substantial) oak dining table, complete with six matching dining chairs that were bought a few years ago from marks & spencers for over £ and is still available on their siteany questions? message me through here and i'll get straight back to youthe replacement is on it's way, so collect immediately from bacupto be sure this is right for you(table: £849 chairs: £199 each) by now you've seen from the photos, it's a great looking dining table in really good used condition though does have some age related marks, mainly on the chair seats, though these can easily be recoveredthe table is fully extendable from 180 cm, (when closed), up to 230 cm (when extended) and extends effortlessly in a few secondstable dimensions: - width: 100 cm / ft - length (closed): 180 cm / ft - length (extended): 230 cm / ft - height: 76 cm / ft - weight: 90 kgs / 198 lbs chair dimensions: back height: 87 cm / ft seat height: 45 cm / ft width: 48 cm / ft depth: 48 cm / ft we paid just over £ for this dining set but because it's replacement is on it's way, we're selling it here for only £500! [save yourself £+!] immediate collection from ol13 8rl (bacup, lancashire) need delivery? if you live too far away to collect, we can get a delivery quote with a local courier, or you're welcome to use your ownit's made from light oak, with block legs on each corner, an excellent quality table top and comes complete with substantial matching chairs
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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 yearsoxfam 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 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 cornersoriginally published in the first half of the twentieth century, these meditative, concise volumes have never previously appeared in paperback
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Finally, in jean-pierre jeunet's 'alien resurrection' (), two hundred years after ellen ripley died bearing the alien queen, a group of scientists successfully produce clones of both her and the alienin james cameron's sequel, 'aliens' (), sole survivor ripley (sigourney weaver) and a team of space marines return to the alien's home planet to investigate some mysterious happenings, but soon a new deadly game of cat-and-mouse beginssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe new ripley is different to the original in several respects, but some things never changeit is not long before ripley is forced to team up with a gang of smugglers to repel the acid-blooded killing machinesin ridley scott's 'alien' () the crew of a deep-space mining vessel come across something decidedly unpleasant on a mysterious planetin david fincher's dark and brooding 'alien ) ripley crash lands on an old prison planet for convicted murderers - but something has hitched a ride with heroxfam shop clitheroe all four films in the 'alien' sagaafter leaving the desolate planet, they realise that something has survived and is on their ship
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