Suez
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Oxfam bookshop clifton keith kyle - suez: britain's end of empire in the middle east ()Â isee oxfam website for delivery information read morevery good condition, some shelf wear
(England)
14 €
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suez '56 places you in command of british, french, and israeli forces in operation musketeer, the invasion of egyptyour mission is to achieve those objectives while avoiding the political debacle that marred the actual event
14 €
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitegrieve, thomas, and others, illustrators] the route of the overland mail to india, from southampton to calcuttathe engravings are by wblack-on white wood-engravingsa beautifully produced and unusual work, with plates of scenes that rarely figure in works of this kindpublished as part of the gallery of illustration with letter-press by jcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableoblong royal 8voa series of engravings illustrating scenes on the route followed by the mail ships sailing by way of the mediterranean and the red sea to indiamason and others after david roberts, grieve, telbin, absolon, herring and rsears, the leighton brothers, a32 wood-engraved plates including vignette titleour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store[roberts, david, herring, jincluded are views of the needles on the isle of wight, cintra, the tagus, trafalgar, tarifa, gibraltar, malta, alexandria, suez, the red sea, jeddah, aden, pointe de galle (ceylon), madras and calcuttaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilondon, gallery of illustration, 14, regent street, waterloo place
85 €
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepictures are part of the descriptioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablenumber of pages: volume folding colour map - spine with 5 raised bands - paperback number of pages: volume - spine with 5 raised bands - paperback dimensions: 24 cm x 18 cm half bound in leather pencil numbers on the guard pagesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storegilded upper trimmingspréface de jean capart - traduit de l'anglaisaperçu historique et géographique - gouvernement et institutions - vie économique et sociale - - imprimerie de l'institut français, le caire - 456 pgs - period binding half percaline dark green corers - spine with 5 raised bands - frontispice under tissue paper, 29 boards, 4 fold out maps - 23 cm x 17 cmare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki2) histoire de l'egypte, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'a la conquête persane, tôme i et ii - -vromant & co
39 €
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website4 stamps sailing boat from , imperforate mh with hinge remainscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease view the photos to form your own impressionour 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
118 €
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The guardian paper, century part 1-10 history from the golf war death of diana live aid thatchers election man on the moon suez crisis the holocaust guernica bombed land speed record and many moreso if your heavy into your history, than this right up your street
10 €
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Contents: section i alexandria to cairo, section ii cairo to assouan, section iii assouan to ipsamboul (abu-simbel), section iv the suez canal, section v egypt to sinaiwithout date, early or first edition (in which abu simbel is still called ‘ipsamboul’, and considering the calligraphic inscription from (see photo)special: bound in the luxurious leather binding; it shows minor wear, corners are slightly bent, but the book is mainly good and solidplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecondition: goodthree edges giltthe endpapers and first/last leaves are severely foxed, otherwise the leaves are almost cleancatawiki’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 storeregistered shippingabundantly illustratedoriginal leather binding, original endpapers - 224 ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
86 €
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Scarce early 19th century two volume set on ancient or classical geography by james rennellthe whole explained by eleven maps adapted to the different subjects, and accompanied with a complete index by james rennell, esq2kg [approx] with sturdy packagingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabledespite the detached board and the minor flaws mentioned above, this is still a wonderful two volume set with blocks and maps in an overall excellent condition - very much worthy of a rebind that will most certianly rewardcondition: binding copies with decent blocksvolume i binding just about holding with rear board wobbly with a partial split to outer hinge, while volume ii [see last photo] has a detached rear boardare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin the course of the work are introduced dissertations on the itinerary stade of the greeks, the expedition of darius hystaspes to scythia, the position and remains of ancient babylon, the alluvions of the nile, and canals of suez; the oasis and temple of jupiter ammon, the ancient circumnavigation of africa, and other subjects of history and geographyall maps are present although some maps have minor faults, such as small closed tear near inner margin join, and reddish-brown offsetting or print transfer from panel to panel within folds [map of ancient egypt has much of this], and the last map has a few splits along foldsalso there is a small number of foxing specks to front end-papers of vol iplease note: fully insured delivery in sturdy packaging that does actually protect the contentshowever both volumes have neat and tidy blocks with complete text and crisp, clear leaves and maps with neat foldsvolumes are two octavo (220mm x 146mm) hardcovers in brown half-leather with marbled boards and marbled edgesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis is the revised 2nd edition printed in london by cpetersburgh; and fellow of the royal society of gottingenrivington, and has the following page numbering: vol i pp: xxiv, pull-out maps; voll ii pp: vi, pull-out mapsthe full title is: the geographical system of herodotus examined and explained, by a comparison with those of other ancient authors, and with modern geographyour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storelate major of engineers, and surveyor-general in bengal; fellow of the royal societies of london and edinburgh; member of the royal institute of paris, and of the imperial academy of st
(England)
116 €
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The title is sir anthony eden and the suez crisis: reluctant gambleconsolidated orders and bulk ordersthe sleeve condition is newthe item format is a book hardbacksleeve condition-new
101 €
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Berenson, the world-famous art critic, was 82, frail but still intensely curious about the worldelegantly constructed, beautifully and precisely written, they are shot through with high-octane malice, sharp judgements and blistering comments, and many wonderfully funny episodestaylor, arnold toynbee, dimitri shostakovitch, ctrevor roper promised to write to him and his letters continued until berenson's death in inoxfam bookshop shaftesbury when they met in trevor-roper, a young historian at christ church, oxford, was 33subjects range widely: several brilliant set-pieces on oxford college elections, books, journalism, publishing, politics (postwar europe, ex-nazis and collaborators, the cold war, suez, etc), history and history-writing, personal life (including marriage to earl haig's daughter alexandra after her messy divorce), travel, gossip, and so on trevor-roper was an intellectual heavyweight, but the overall tone here is one of amusement at the human comedy', the vanity, snobbery and human weakness he sees all around himrowse, anthony eden, gerald brenan, a he has a memorable journey on a pilgrims' bus in persia, goes behind the iron curtain to meet communist dignitaries and speeds in his glamorous grey bentley to visit duchesses in the scottish borderslewis and harold macmillanfigures in the letters include evelyn waugh, isaiah berlin, asee oxfam website for delivery information read more book condition throughout very good: dust jacket complete and unmarked, cloth covers very good and all pages crisp and cleanat the same time he loves intrigue and controversy
4 €
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The return journey passes through the monsoon to aden, through a sand storm at sea and the suez canalthe photographs show a little of the real india of village lifebook is bound in blue clothboardoxfam bookshop tavistock this book is a sequel to 'of hills' and in its pages, after a year, a second journey is made, again to india and kashmirthen onwards to the mediterranean, following a restless bow wave to frost in england and the now silence of switzerlandfrance also is seen through the bars of a fortress in avignonthe spine of the dust-jacket is brown and tornthere are two interludes in verseinternal pages are clean and tightly boundsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book was originally published in aid of the royal tank regiment prisoners of warend-paper shows signs of damp and illustrated fly leaves are foxed dust-jacket, rather battered, has black and white photographsthe book is formed in two parts, the first part journeys, mainly through the plains of india, the second part through kashmir, up to the the indian frontier and home by sea
5 €
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The irish line infantry regt, amalgamated in , served with distinction in the first and second world war, malaya, mau-mau, suez and cypruslovely full coloured gilt and enamel pin back british army tie or lapel pin badge for the royal inniskilling fusiliers regiment infantryreally good condition badge as worn by veterans and supporters of this famous military regiment, in civilian dresstracked and insured postage = £3white and blue brit army 'skins' badge, as seenideal for militaria collector or re-enactorhappy to accept paypal and non-online payment methods, but buyer covers fees if using the formerstandard royal mail post = £% at buyer's risk)
4 €