A regional history of the railways of great britain
List a regional history of the railways of great britain
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regional history of the railways of great britain: thames and severn vcondition is very gooddispatched with royal mail 2nd class
10 €
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A total of fourteen volumes (complete) from the series ‘bell's edition of the poets of great britain complete from chaucer to churchill’, with the collection title 'the poetical works ofuniformly bound in full calf leatherall engravings with the mention of the designer and engraver, and with the date it was madethe poetry by john milton (four volumes), thomas parnell (two volumes), alexander pope (four volumes), and edward young (four volumes)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableall authors have an engraved portrait (printed outside the text) and a life description in volume 1the front and back cover are blind stamped with an edge decorationour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepaper: minor signs of acidification, especially on the edges of the, printed on heavier paper, engravings (see photos)most ribbon markers have been preserved, though are often frayed and sometimes loose from the spinethe paper of the text blocks is very freshare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe engravings were printed in londonall volumes have a frontispiece as illustration of and reference to a poem, printed outside the texttake note: the four milton volumes all have the same portrait and the same frontispiecethe texts were in edinburgh on an apollo pressa marvellously preserved setthe bindings have minor signs of use (the corners of the covers have light dents, see photos)the book blocks are firmly affixed to the spine
72 €
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A comprehensive history of the village of abbots langley which provides an insight into several generations of village life over the past 100 years  dust jacket in a very good condition  fully illustrated with photography by david spainoxfam bookshop truro hardback book with illustrated boards in a very good condition red slip case with gilt lettering in a very good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
75 €
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This is a pictorial history of the 'tower of london', going through nine centuriesthis item is available for cash on collection or p&p £2box 7 read more
1 €
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Oxfam shop hebden bridge a unique history of the rise of the nazis based on fascinating first-hand accounts see oxfam website for delivery information read more
6 €
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The grasses of great britain by charles johnson illustrated by john ewith observations on their natural history and usesdescribed, with observations on their natural history and uses, by charles johnsonnot only the history of plants but also their uses, medicines, edible plants, healing etcimportant english herbarium with 144 colour plates by john ea beautiful bright copyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storerobert hardwickeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe pages are complete with 144 colour plates by john every clean pages and colour plates on bright paperhalf leather binding with marbled plates and gold title on the spinepp: [2], xxxii, 192pp, 144 colour plates
58 €
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Oxfam bookshop brigg british steam railways is a fascination history of the technology, enterprise and people behind these magnificent machines, from richard trevithick's first cumbersome engine in to stephenson's "rocket" and on to the golden age of steam in the early twentieth centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
3 €
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It details a brief history of the commonwealth games that took place in canadathe countries that these 57 stamps were issued in are australia, ajman state, new zealand, north korea, great britain, finland, afghanistan, germany, antigua, hungary, guinea ecuatorial, ireland, jamaica, bulgaria and canadaone of the stamps shows the national stadium of jamaicasome of the stamps are unuseda couple of the stamps are a little fadedall the stamps in the book have been unused, although they are not neatly presentedon the inside of the back cover there are white and brown stamps that are neatly presents in a cellophane coveringthe newest stamp in this collection was issued insome of the stamps stills have a little of the envelope they were originally attached to still visiblethere are photos in the book of vintage sports equipment, famous athletes who had taken part in the commonwealth games in previous years, the natural world of victoria, the beautiful sights of victoria, and photos of some of the sports that were taking place at the commonwealth gamesthe book describes the city of victoria and its surrounding countrysidethe book in a cellophane cover shows the full set of commonwealth games from canadait is a book of 8 pagesthere are two copies of each stampthe book is written in both english and frenchthe sports events that are celebrated in this collection of stamps are the empire games and the commonwealth games, the rugby world cup, the football world cup, the ryder golf cup tournament, the winter olympic games, the summer olympic games, and the international lightning class championships for sailingsome of the stamps are a little foldedthe sports shown on the stamps in this collection of the 57 stamps are hang-gliding, fencing, football, fun running, kayaking and canoeing, skateboarding, netball, white water rafting, sailboarding, diving, dance, fishing, horse racing, cycling, golf, running over hurdles, tenpin bowling, bobsleigh, cross country skiing, ice hockey, downhill skiing, mountain biking, squash, beach cricket, tenpin bowling, ski boarding, life guard swimming, kite flying, skiing, shooting, rock climbing, snorkelling, and tennisit briefly explains some of the cultural traditions of victoria in canadathe book describes the triumph of the personal achievements that the athletes gain while being able to participant in the commonwealth gamesthe decades that the stamps in this collection were issued in are the s, s, s, s, s and soxfam emporium manchester in this collection there is a book about the commonwealth games stamps that were issued in canada in that took place in victoria in canadasome of the stamps have a clearly shown printed postmark on themthe pictures on the stamps in this book show the high jump, wheelchair racing, indoor cycling around a velodrome, bowling and divingalong with the book included in this pack of sports there are 57 individual stampsthe oldest stamp in this collection was issued inoverall the stamps in this pack are in good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
5 €
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Roman britain, hardcover by brocklehurst, ruth; gaudenzi, giacinto (ilt); mcnee, ian (ilt), isbn , isbn-13 a comprehensive history of the romans in britain, from julius caesar's first invasions and boudicca's rebellion to the founding of roman london and the building of hadrian's wallfull of detailed illustrations, dramatic artwork, reconstructions, photographs of roman mosaics, statues and other artefacts
9 €
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Oxfam shop cotham hill this is a history of the birth of australia out of the suffering and brutality of britain's convict transportation systemit was first published inthe book is in excellent conditionit also addresses the historical, political and sociological reasons that led to british settlement the slip case is intact and shows slight rubbingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecontains a number of illustrations
(England)
17 €
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Gombrich's sweeping history of the world, for the curious of all ages  "all stories begin with 'once upon a time" so begins a little history of the world, an engaging and lively book written for readers both young and old for adults seeking a single-volume overview of world history, for students in search of a quick refresher course, or for families to read and learn from together, gombrich's little history enchants and educateshe paints a colorful picture of wars and conquests; of grand works of art; of the advances and limitations of science; of remarkable people and remarkable events, from confucius to catherine the great to winston churchill, and from the invention of art to the destruction of the berlin wallrather than focusing on dry facts and dates, egombrich vividly brings the full span of human experience on earth to life, from the stone age to the atomic ageoxfam bookshop cheltenham the international bestseller: e' and that's just what this story is all about: what happened, once upon a timesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
4 €
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Wilson's great strength is in allowing the reader to understand the tragedy of mixed motives that allowed rulers to gamble their countries' future with such horrifying resultspeter wilson's book is a major work, the first new history of the war in a generation, and a fascinating, brilliantly written attempt to explain a compelling series of eventsall the major european powers apart from russia were heavily involved and, while each country started out with rational war aims, the fighting rapidly spiralled out of control, with great battles giving way to marauding bands of starving soldiers spreading plague and murderoxfam bookshop shaftesbury winner of the society for military history distinguished book award the horrific series of conflicts known as the thirty years war () tore the heart out of europe, killing perhaps a quarter of all germans and laying waste to whole areas of central europe to such a degree that many towns and regions never recoveredwhether motivated by idealism or cynicism, everyone drawn into the conflict was destroyed by itthe principal actors in the drama (wallenstein, ferdinand ii, gustavus adolphus, richelieu) are all here, but so is the experience of the ordinary soldiers and civilians, desperately trying to stay alive under impossible circumstances book condition very good, covers and spine unmarked and all pages crisp and cleanat its end a recognizably modern europe had been created but at a terrible pricesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe war was both a religious and a political one and it was this tangle of motives that made it impossible to stop
9 €
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An appendix inserted while the book was being prepared for publication contains "a brief history of the orange-river sovereignty and of the various races inhabiting it, the great lake ngami, commandoes of the dutch boers, &coxfam shop west hampstead first published in , this important history of natal begins with a description of the country and an account of its discovery by vasco da gamathe pages have suffered some water damage, but the marks are faint, and they in no way obscure the text or illustrationsp + frontipsiece, and a few pages at the back, where a publicity leaflet about the book was bound inholden proceeds to describe the arrival of english and dutch settlers, the establishment of an english government, and the development of sugar and coffee plantations, trade and settlementsthe endpapers are cracked and the hinges loosening; however, the binding has remained firm except for the fthe three maps and nineteen illustrations mentioned on the title page are all presentthe overall condition of the print block is good enough to merit rebindingthe name of a previous owner is written on the f" the cloth cover of the book is in poor condition: there are numerous water and other markings, and tears along the edges of the spine, though it is still attachedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
50 €
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Hammerton (editor) - a popular history of the great war: 6 volume set - the amalgamated press - hardback - undated (circa cm x 13 cmvolume 1 (the first phase) - 640 pages () volume 2 (extension of the struggle) - 640 pages - () volume 3 (the allies at bay) - 640 pages () volume 4 (a year of attrition) - 640 pages () volume 5 (the year of victory) - 640 pages () volume 6 (the armistice and after) - 640 pages this set is in good condition - clean bright contents - gilt titles to spines with tooled titles and decorations on front boards - each volume discusses various events that unfolded during the global conflict which spanned from to - a very nice collector's setplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
(England)
46 €
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Hammerton (editor) - a popular history of the great war: 6 volume set - the amalgamated press - hardback - undated (circa cm x 13 cmplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevolume 1 (the first phase) - 640 pages () volume 2 (extension of the struggle) - 640 pages () volume 3 (the allies at bay) - 640 pages () volume 4 (a year of attrition) - 640 pages () volume 5 (the year of victory) - 640 pages () volume 6 (the armistice and after) - 640 pages this set is in good condition - clean bright contents - no inscriptions - gilt titles to spines with tooled titles and decorations on front boards - each volume contains a large number of images derived from the conflict spanning from through to - a very nice collector's setour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
(England)
46 €
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5 books " a popular history of the great war " they are in reasonable condition for their age with a lot of illustrations edited by sir j a hammertonpublished by the fleetway house london read more
25 €
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Francis bacon's penetration into human motives, his life-long experience of politics and government, and his remarkable literary skills, render this history of the reign of king henry vii a major work of english literature and an important document in the history of political thoughtsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the text described as 'the first modern classic of english history'the edition also includes other relevant writings by bacon, generous editorial footnotes explaining the historical and political issues of the period, and a substantial glossary
3 €
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Readers digest set of 12 books of great britain cornwall - highlands and islands - peak district - east anglia - ireland - lakes and fells - london etc
25 €
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Published, as volume 6 in the 'iee history of technology series'this book is the first general history of radar to be published, and one which covers the independent but more or less simultaneous emergence of radar in several countries in the ssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop fulwood road radar has become an essential factor in air and sea travel, has affected all areas of military science and, most important of all perhaps, has considerably influenced the progress of electronic engineeringthe book also sets out to explain the basic principles of radar and, where applicable, historical aspects of the evolution of these principles are dealt withthe study, while underlining the significance of the cavity magnetron, purposely restricts itself to the pre-cavity magnetron era of radarabundant references, which could facilitate further research, are giventhe narrative ranges from the concepts of nikola tesla in and the experiments of christian hulsmeyer in right through, in chronological order, to the commercially sponsored experiments of the prewar dayssome of the earliest proposals for the use of radio waves to detect objects at a distance are first dealt withthe historical events and the military influences, which shaped the ultimate development of radar in each country, are then considered
39 €
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These operations were fertile territory for sappers as the history relatesoxfam bookshop wallingford the twelfth volume of the history of the corps of royal engineers chronicles the final two decades of the second millennium adthis was replaced by a less direct but much more complex array of challenges which saw the army committed to un and nato operations under the 'force for good' notion of human interventionthis period from to straddles the fall of the berlin wall and with it the end of the cold war; an end also to the relative certainty of the bipolar world that had dominated uk's security concerns sincewith shelfwear and bumping to edges and corners, otherwise a very good copysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
14 €
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Wohl's book covers all aspects of the subject of public health in britain in this important period comprehensivelyoxfam books & music lichfield endangered lives is a penetrating examination of the nature of the public health problem in victorian britain and of the measures taken at both central and local government levels to improve public healthessential reading for anyone interested in any aspect of victorian societysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
9 €
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However, the tech crash and then the horrible events of september , pointed out that great riches are as vulnerable as they have ever beenhe explores how the rich and politically powerful have frequently worked together to create or perpetuate privilege, often at the expense of the national interest and usually at the expense of the middle and lower classes
25 €
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Oxfam books & music bedford history of the conspiracy of pontiacparkman () was a harvard-educated historian and is best-known for his work on the french and the english in north americathis title was first published in two volumes in ; this copy is a reprint of an editiona very good, clean, tight, paperback copy" xxiv + 632 pagestitle continues: "and the war of the north american tribes against the english colonies after the conquest of canadafacsimile edition from the rare reprints series by kessinger publishing (usa)see oxfam website for delivery information read more
20 €
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Includes many music examples and technical drawings of pianossee oxfam website for delivery information read morea comprehensive study of the development of the pianoforte up to the middle of the nineteenth century
(England)
29 €
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Oxfam bookshop thame this listing includes six itemsvolume i only (of 2): black cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spineall five folders are slightly tanned and grubby, solid and complete, contents clean and undamagedgood++ condition, minor bumping, bright and clean internally; four paper covered and cloth folders with tape ties, dated and printed by the trustees of the british museum containing loose plates and descriptive texts - plates cl1 - clx; clxi - clxx; clxxi - clxxxiii; cxli - clsimilar folder, also , containing indexes, general title and prefaceoriginally published by the trustees of the british museum in , this is a reprint see oxfam website for delivery information read more
50 €
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A detailed military history of the english civil warsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreblack and white photographs and mapspages very goodillustrated dust jacket in a very good condition, minor shelf markingit contains coherent and free floating histories of all the key campaigns and battles from edgehill to worcester during the periodoxfam bookshop truro hardback book with red boards in a very good condition
7 €
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Oxfam bookshop st albans acting, direction, stagecraft, theatre architecture and design, above all the whole extraordinary evolution of dramatic literature - here is a history of theatre, worldwide in scope and ranging from its ancient origins in the choral hymns sung round the altar of dionysus to the fascinating variety of forms which it has taken in our own agesee oxfam website for delivery information read morelavishly illustrated with 262 plates, 34 in colour, this is part of thames and hudson's world of art library
2 €
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This dataset, unparalleled anywhere else in the world, provides a unique perspective on the province of roman britain and its interaction with the larger roman empireby exploring 50 key finds of roman coinage it is possible to shed light on all aspects of roman britain from the conquest in ad 43 through to the roman withdrawal by c
19 €
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An account of the history of cambridge university from its foundation to the late 19th centurylongmans, green and covery minor wear and bruising to coversfront end paper slightly detached from spineoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardbackin excellent condition considering its year of publicationsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
7 €
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Angie debo’s comprehensive and compassionate account provides an unrivalled history of american indians from the dawn of their first contact with europeans to the late 20th centurythis illustrated folio edition is in near mint condition read more
10 €