The 17th to the 19th century
List the 17th to the 19th century
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Dust jacket: falsefirst edition: falselist price (msrp): 4condition: goodproduct category: bookspublication date
7 €
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England, late 19th centuryslight signs of usewalnut tilt top table in good and original conditionbeautiful weathered patinain original and authentic conditionelegant and functionalthe table top is manufactured from a single piece of wood
(England)
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Oxfam shop bishop's stortford ex library copy lo! a mighty prophet of the unexplained has come forward to search out the truth, and light the way for mankind! it's the end of the 19th century and the city of new york has been plagued by fish falling from the sky, strange lights in the night, bizzare collections of microbial goo, and vanishing citizens! it's up to one man to expose the truth behind these eventscharles fort! a mild mannered librarian by day, fort seeks out the truth and exposes the bizarre to the light of day! see oxfam website for delivery information read more
4 €
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Oxfam books & music totnes secular buildings from the 11th to the 17th centurykings lynn archaeological survey volume 1 very clean copy in very good dustjacketpen inscription see oxfam website for delivery information read more
19 €
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Oxfam books & music hereford "vicenza beautiful city: vicenza iconography printed from the 15th to the 19th centurycondition: some minor corner bumps to boards and minor fading otherwise clean and bright with no inscriptions or notations(see photos) see oxfam website for delivery information read moremany reproductions of plans, cards and views" (book in italian) with an assay by giuliana mazzi
14 €
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Oxfam books & music crouch end this volume explores problems in the history of science at the intersection of life sciences and agriculture, from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centurythe life sciences considered include genetics, microbiology, ecology, entomology, forestry, and deal with us, european, russian, japanese, indonesian, chinese contextsin particular it challenges one to re-examine and take seriously the intimate connection between scientific development and the practical goals of managing and improving - perhaps even recreating - the living world to serve human endstaking a comparative national perspective, the book examines agricultural practices in a broad sense, including the practices and disciplines devoted to land management, forestry, soil science, and the improvement and management of crops and livestocksee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book shows that the investigation of the border zone of life sciences and agriculture raises many interesting questions about how science developswithout close attention to this zone it is not possible to understand the emergence of new disciplines and transformation of old disciplines, to evaluate the role and impact of such major figures of science as humboldt and mendel, or to appreciate how much of the history of modern biology has been driven by national ambitions and imperialist expansion in competition with rival nations
80 €
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Dimensions: h a similar 17th century piece is to be found in the collection of the victoria & albert museum, london: mour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebeautiful work of brassware with a landscape in reliefare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevery rare hammered iron chest with tapestry cabochonshttp://collectionsuk/item/o/coffer/ read moredomed lid with original fastener closurecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
270 €
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Who were importers of a number of instruments around the end of the 19th century/beginning of the 20th centurythe viola is also a very nice instrument, and although unlabelled, it is probably french and made in the latter half of the 19th centurythis instrument measures mm) along the backthis is a fullsize instrument and measures mm) along the backviolas are made in a variety of sizesthese instruments are in first class playing condition and are without cracks etcthe cases are not at all good, but suitable for transporting the instrumentsthis very nice sounding violin is labelled 'the maidstone violin' and was made in germany circapick up in person preferredit was imported by john git will include a voigt wooden three quarter size shoulder rest (brand new!) i want to sell both instruments preferably together, but i will consider selling them seperately
3500 €
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A window on peoples' lives in the 17th centurythe first main art movement that featured everyday people instead of the rich and aristocraticmany varied subjects
10 €
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Peculiar shaped icon of the late 19th century, painted in oil or tempera on boardit depicts a madonna with child sitting on the throne, of western styleour lady’s mantle is decorated with flowersour 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 catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecolours are still original and unrestored, it may only need a light cleaningsize: 79 x 40 x 1 cmcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
94 €
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Very beautiful german baluster candlestick of bronze from the 17th centurywill be shipped registeredthe work contains very beautiful details and is in perfect condition0 kgheight 30 cm
265 €
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Decorative walnut wood panels from late 19th or early 20th century, carved with subjects inspired by hunting and fishingplease note: shipping with professional packagingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storetotal measurements: width 45 cm, height 55are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website5 cm, depth 4 cmin good overall conditioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
59 €
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Oxfam bookshop ilkley of all the military campaigns fought by the british during the 19th century, no area saw more conflict than the subcontinent of indiadozens of encounters, both great and small, involved many of its races as either friends or foes of britain - indeed, it was not unusual for an area to furnish both ally and enemy at the same time! this volume covers the british, indian and anglo-indian troops who fought for the honourable east india company and britain over the varied landscape of what is present day afghanistan, india, pakistan and bangladesh, between the years andthe vast array of uniforms and dress worn by soldiers serving in india during this period is examined in detail, and extensive information is also provided on regimental colourssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
75 €
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Oxfam bookshop holmfirth the biography of one of the most enigmatic figures of the 19th century, described by verlaine as the only true king of his centurygerman and european history no inscriptions see oxfam website for delivery information read morea man of wildly eccentric temperament and touched by a rare, imaginative genius, ludwig ii of bavaria is remembered both for his patronage of richard wagner and for the fabulous palaces which he created as part of a dream-world to escape the responsibilities of stateat the age of 40, declared insane in a plot to depose him, ludwig died in mysterious circumstancesin realization of his fantasies, he created a ferment of creativity among artists and craftsmen, although his neglect of bavaria's political interests made powerful enemies among those critical of his self-indulgence and excesses
10 €
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" as a result of giving himself this extra leg-room, this version of the story has been judged "more successful in capturing the feel of early 19th century society than many of the other sequels, but probably much lighter and cheerier than austen had originally intended the book to turn out"he also points out that the tempo of jane austen's contribution had been "leisurely john coates has finished jane austen's fragment of a novel in fine style, preserving the wit and satirical view of his co-author while adding some fine new charactersjohn coates was born in into a yorkshire engineering familywatson is a widowed clergyman with two sons and four daughters(see photos) see oxfam website for delivery information read morethere she is chagrined by the crude and reckless husband-hunting of two of her twenty-something sisters dust jacket: good minor foxing and spotting to outside edges of pages john coates, a writer with no family connection but who had earlier written a time-travel novel, here today (), featuring a man who claimed to have wooed jane austen wrote this book, the watsons: jane austen's fragment continued and completed which appeared from british and american publishers ineven before the manuscript fragment was eventually published in , a continuation based on it by austen's niece appeared in jane austen's original fragment of this novel consisted of only 6 complete chapters and a few paragraphsburgundy cloth boards in very good conditioncondition: book: very goodgilt titles to spineyet it comprises a half of oulton's book and almost half of the browns' bookbut when her aunt contracts a foolish second marriage, emma is obliged to return to her father's housechips to edges of dj at spine top and bottom and corners by flaps4cm tear to top of dj at spine edgeoxfam books & music hereford the watsons was an abandoned novel by jane austen, probably begun about in his postscript he admits to having rewritten the original fragment in order to develop the characters differently, including renaming emma watson as emilythe youngest daughter, emma, has been brought up by a wealthy aunt and is consequently better educated and more refined than her sistershe went to haileybury and then read english at cambridge, where he spent most of his time acting and writing plays and became president of footlights jacket designed by charles mozley foxing to early and later pages but text block generally in clean, bright conditionit is the start of a long book, not of a short one
30 €
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As a 19th century unlike our own comes to a close, mycroft holmes is found murdered outside his london clubin the great game, world fantasy award winning author lavie tidhar concludes his epic trilogy of a victorian era that could never have been: filled with literary references galore, not to mention airship battles, frankenstein monsters, alien tripods and death-defying actssee oxfam website for delivery information read moresmiley's people meets war of the worldstrange forces are stirring into life around the globe, and in the shadow game of spies nothing is certainit is a world where nothing is certain - not even deathit is up to retired shadow executive smith to track down the killer ' only to stumble on the greatest conspiracy of his life
(England)
2 €
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Your first stop in the train book is the groundbreaking steam locomotives of the 19th century and your final destination is the high-speed bullet trains of todayfrom the union-pacific railroad to the trans-siberian railway, you'll cross the continents to experience epic journeys and staggering sceneryoxfam bookshop brigg this glorious visual celebration of train travel keeps you on the right track with stop-offs at the most important and incredible rail routes from all over the worldfor train-spotters and transport enthusiasts everywhere, this is your trip of a lifetimesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyou'll pick a seat on the most iconic locomotives, including the orient express, the blue train, and the eurostaryou can also inspect the engines of famous british trains, such as rocket, mallard, and javelin, and international trains, such as india's palace on wheels and america's thatcher perkinsyou'll meet the true pioneers of train and track, including "father of the railways" george stephenson, engineering legend isambard kingdom brunel, and métro maestro fulgence bienvenüe
7 €
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As virtual dictator of the russian ballet in the second half of the 19th century, petipa moulded its course for many years and may have been said to have created the style of classical dancing still known as russian"these highly entertaining memoirs of marius petipa, the great franco-russian choreogapher had never before been translated into english before their first publication inin excellent condition, but with some areas of text highlighted and some minor annotations (used as a study book)petipa's memoirs reveal many interÂesting details of his career and of the people he worked with, including tchaikovsky and the young pavlova, and give an insight into his character and genius that it is not possible to gain from any other sourcehis renown is undisputed, and his work lives not only in the pages of dance history but in the ballet repertoire of most companies todaywilling to post if postage is paid for by buyer, or collection availablewritten towards the end of his long life, in a mood of disillusion, when his work was neglected and in decline, he would have been delighted to know that his great ballets such as sleeping beauty, swan lake, and la bayadere are more popular today than ever beforepictures show examples of some highlighted areas, all text is still entirely legibleno cash in hand
5 €
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Of a rather loose construction, its main points of interest lie for today's readers in lively descriptions of "la vie de bohême" and different parts of paris through the second half of the 19th century, pages on mechelen in belgium and whitby in the s, and its superb illustrations see oxfam website for delivery information read more there is some writing by previous owner on the title pagethis original hardback copy has some minor damage to the spine, but the pages and cover are in excellent condition, making it a fine collectableoxfam shop bishop's stortford the martian, by george du maurier, published in (uk edition) is a long, largely autobiographical, novel that describes the lives of two bosom friends, barty josselin and robert maurice, starting from their school days in paris in the swritten in long descriptive passages with very little dialogue and many digressions, the book had considerably less success in its time than its predecessor, the popular trilby
9 €
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Antique 'day or night' proctor beilby & co, london telescope most likely dates to the 19th century, the company were active and famous for their high quality optical workscan be posted at cost within the uk, for around ÂŁ15
(England)
225 €
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Priced reduced from ÂŁ50 to ÂŁ40 the victoria and albert museum, walking out dresses of the 19th century, numbered limited edition the crinoline
38 €
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50cmx26cm closed 62cmx50cm opened height 48cm age believe to be the turn of the 19th century owned for over forty five years reason for sale (decorating & downsizing)table- coffin oval small wooden folding side table size: approx
25 €
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An account of everyday life in scotland from earliest times to the 19th centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreprevious owner's name on front end papergeorge allen & unwinoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback12 black and white illustrationsin good condition considering its year of publicationthree parts bound in onesome wear and tear to dust jacket
19 €
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Lavish eight-part itv drama series made in , following vienna's strauss family through most of the 19th centurythe saga spans 85 years and focuses primarily on the waltz kings of the day, composers johann strauss the father and johann strauss the sonoxfam bookshop swanage as newsee oxfam website for delivery information read morederek jacobi, jane seymour and stuart wilson star
5 €
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Malthus' original thoughts on population and its pressures on national resources gained much notoriety in the turn of the 19th century the book has some minor ageing and tears in its dust jacket, but is otherwise in great conditionhis ideas still resonate in modern politics; this book is therefore perfect either for the social historian or contemporary political thinkerfirst essay on population, a reprint of 'an essay on the principle of population, as it affects the future improvement of society' by thomas robert malthus, originally printed in dimensions: 225 cm see oxfam website for delivery information read more
(England)
14 €
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Dust jacket lightly rubbed, with a few light scratches, and bumped slightly at spine ends and along the bottom edgesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebinding strong and contents of book close to as newbook bumped slightly at spine-endscloth in excellent order with lettering as newoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames 591 pp
30 €
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Create countless amazing designs with theoriginal spirograph! created in the 19th century, spirograph let's you draw amazing patterns with the included gears and shapesthere's a reason it's been around so long!
10 €
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Oxfam bookshop ludlow published in by bellavista, hoy - the dark enchanted isle, tells of life through the eyes of an islander  born in the closing years of the 19th centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas new condition throughout hardback, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering  a delightful narrative full of local voices, folklore, traditions, myths and natural history
49 €
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Love, vicious rivallery, competion for the top slot and the glory of vienna in the 19th centuryrun time 407 minutes read moremusic, spectacle, vienna in its heyday
10 €
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Oxfam books & music aberdeen biography of the 19th century scottish poet and lawyer who came from st cyrus in aberdeenshire large paperback book published in nd edition top right hand corner of front cover is creased see oxfam website for delivery information read more
21 €