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Sponsored/organised by the american society of agronomy, and the crop science society of americacharts and diagramsoxfam shop keswick the record of a symposium at the university of nebraska infull contents in photos attachedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea good clean copy
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Oxfam shop darley street a history of the royal society of arts henry trueman wood published by john murray, london () used hardcover about this item: john murray, londonsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecondition: goodblue cloth with gilt to lettering on spine and disc on front which says 'arts and commerce promoted', some browning, pages tanned and occasionally foxed, good in original blue cloth gilt, extremities worn and bumpedsize: 8vo - over 7Âľ" - 9Âľ" tall
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Oxfam bookshop bloomsbury street the law society of scotland directory of expert witness see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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G a henty's tale set in the american war of independence sides, controversially for its time, with the loyalists rather than the patriotswith illustrations of maps and battlefieldssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Fantastic antique framed 50 years service print issued by amalgamated society of woodworkersa framed certificate issued to one william macdonald to mark 50 years membership in the amalgamated society of woodworkersthis really belongs in a museumplease note this item is located in glasgow but can be posted throughout the uk at costin what i believe is it;s original period framemeasures in x 15a fantastic gift for anyone into woodwork, masonic interest etca fine piece of graphic art in its own right too
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Fantastic antique framed 50 years service print issued by amalgamated society of woodworkersa framed certificate issued to one william macdonald to mark 50 years membership in the amalgamated society of woodworkersthis really belongs in a museumin what i believe is it's original period framea fantastic gift for anyone into woodwork, masonic interest etca fine piece of graphic art in its own right toomeasures " x 15
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Petersburgh; and fellow of the royal society of gottingendespite 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 reward2kg [approx] with sturdy packagingthe whole explained by eleven maps adapted to the different subjects, and accompanied with a complete index by james rennell, esqin 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 geographyscarce early 19th century two volume set on ancient or classical geography by james rennellvolumes are two octavo (220mm x 146mm) hardcovers in brown half-leather with marbled boards and marbled edgesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethis is the revised 2nd edition printed in london by ccondition: binding copies with decent blockshowever both volumes have neat and tidy blocks with complete text and crisp, clear leaves and maps with neat foldsthe full title is: the geographical system of herodotus examined and explained, by a comparison with those of other ancient authors, and with modern geographyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteplease note: fully insured delivery in sturdy packaging that does actually protect the contentsall 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 foldscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablelate 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 stare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikialso there is a small number of foxing specks to front end-papers of vol irivington, and has the following page numbering: vol i pp: xxiv, pull-out maps; voll ii pp: vi, pull-out mapsvolume 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 board
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116 €
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Transactions of the linnean society of london, 2nd serour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storewrappers, spine a bit crudely strengthened, back loosecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehe worked at the royal botanic gardens, kew, from about to , wrote a number of botanical papers, and then worked in an unofficial capacity at the natural history museum from until his deathare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihe was as a botanist involved in the expedition to the brazilian province of matto grosso in and in an expedition to remote parts of western australia from december to october252 pp (numbered )map, 19 lithographsintern a clean, uncut copy* spencer le marchant moore () was an english botanistall in all a very good copyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteif you also need assistance to sell your collection at auction, ask for our terms directly at this seller's account! #bookspartnership read more** this lot is part of an important collection that will be auctioned in the coming months through the catawiki collection service
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Oxfam bookshop swanage "the proceedings of a symposium held at the zoological society of london on 3 and 4th of may " edited by peter and azra meadowssmall name on ffep otherwise immaculateoxford university press, hardcover very good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Europe should not be afraid to stand up against the american version of globalisation, and champion the cause of a reinvigorated international society - taking over the mantle now abandoned by the ussee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop royal exchange square the state we're in, will hutton's explosive analysis of british society, was the biggest selling politico-economic work since the second world warto understand the global economy, hutton argues, one must first understand the united states where, over the past 30 years, the forces of conservatism have achieved such supremacy as to reduce liberalism to a term of abusebut britain and europe are different: our attitudes towards property, equality, social solidarity and the public realm are strikingly distinct from amerrica's current conservative leaningsnow, as the world realigns itself in the wake of september 11, hutton turns his attention to the global picture, and the ways in which the new world should be orderedthe results have been dire: america is a weaker, fragmented society, and its economic strenths are oversold and misunderstood
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Oxfam bookshop st albans readable and provocative and written with paul johnson's customary vigorous, direct and colourful style, a history of the american people charts the sweep and drama of america's history through its politics and economics, its art and literature and science, its society and manners and, not least, its complex religious beliefssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom walter raleigh to bill clinton, paul johnson casts an admiring but not uncritical eye over events and personalities through the past 400 years
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Welch medal of the american association for the history of medicineoriginally published in and updated in , the discovery of insulin has won the city of toronto book award, the jason hannah medal of the royal society of canada, and the william hsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music bury stinsulin was a wonder-drug with ability to bring patients back from the very brink of death, and it was no surprise that in the nobel prize for medicine was awarded to its discoverers, the canadian research team of banting, best, collip, and macleodedmunds the discovery of insulin at the university of toronto in was one of the most dramatic events in the history of the treatment of diseasein this engaging and award-winning account, historian michael bliss recounts the fascinating story behind the discovery of insulin - a story as much filled with fiery confrontation and intense competition as medical dedication and scientific genius
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As a proponent of realism, he was made an honorary member of the american society of classical realism guild of artistsborn in atlanta, georgia and raised in south carolina, hart was an opponent of most contemporary art, thinking it motivated by political rather than aesthetic reasonsthen hart's big break came when he won a competition to design the facade of the cathedral, which incorporated his thirteen year masterpiece of the creation, a 21 x 15 foot bas relief sculpturefrederick hart: - artist and sculptor and stonecutter in the classical style, frederick hart was an apprentice at the national cathedral in washington dc and learned there about sculpting and stonecuttingfrederick hart also designed "three soldiers bronze sculpture," realistic in style, for the vietnam veteran's memorial to contrast with the abstraction of maya lin's work
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An important book in the history of american anglingamerican angler's guide, or, complete fisher's manual, for the united states: containing the opinions and practices of experienced anglers of both hemispheresthe american angler's guide; or, complete fisher's manual, for the united states: containing the opinions and practices of experienced anglers of both hemispheressigns of use and age-related colourationhandsomely illustrated with twenty-five engravings of the principal angle-fish of america, and embellished with numerous engravings on steel, stone, and woodgold stamped front cover and spineauthor: brown, john jwith the various modes adopted in ocean, river, lake, and pond fishing; the usual tackle and baits required; instructions in the art of making artificial flies; methods of making fish-ponds, transportation of fish, etcmarvellous and complete copyfirst edition third edition: the first edition to contain the second partsize: xii, [] pppublisher: new york: h/ third edition, revised, corrected, and greatly improved: with the addition of a second part / new york: h68; goodspeed pour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storevery solid bindingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available163; bruns b253; wetzel pedition: third edition, revised, corrected, and greatly improved: with the addition of a second partare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin the original, contemporary publisher’s bindingannotation: part ii with its own engraved title pageengravings outside the text: illustrationsalternative title: complete fisher's manual for the united states
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This book answers numerous questions, including who lefebvre was, what the society is, and what catholics are to think of vatican iioxfam bookshop preston in , the society of saint pius x was founded by archbishop marcel lefebvre to preserve and propagate the traditional catholic priesthood and traditional catholic latin mass, and given approval by romesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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From reconstruction to lyndon johnson and beyond, quadagno reveals how american social policy has continually foundered on issues of raceoxfam bookshop hove thirty years after lyndon johnson declared a war on poverty, the united states still lags behind most western democracies in national welfare systems, lacking such basic programs as national health insurance and child care supportthis shift of emphasis eventually alienated white, working-class americans, who had some of the same needs-for health care, subsidized housing, and job training opportunities-but who got very little from these programsit is racism that has undermined the war on poverty, and america must come to terms with this history if there is to be any hope of addressing welfare reform todayhe realized that his grand plan for welfare reform, the family assistance plan, threatened to undermine wages in the south and alienate the republican party's new constituency-white, southern democrats-and therefore dropped itsee oxfam website for delivery information read morejob training programs, for instance, became affirmative action programs, programs to improve housing became programs to integrate housing, programs that began as community action to upgrade the quality of life in the cities were taken over by local civil rights groupsthe color of welfare reveals the root cause of this failure-the inability to address racial inequalitydrawing on extensive primary research, quadagno shows, for instance, how roosevelt, in need of support from southern congressmen, excluded african americans from the core programs of the social security actin the color of welfare, jill quadagno takes exception to these claims, placing race at the centre of the "american dilemma," as swedish economist gunnar myrdal did half a century agothe "american creed" of liberty, justice, and equality clashed with a history of active racial discrimination, says quadagnoat the same time, affirmative action clashed openly with organized labor, and equal housing raised protests from the white suburban middle-class, who didn't want their neighborhoods integratedsome critics have explained the failure of social programs by citing our tradition of individual freedom and libertarian values, while others point to weaknesses within the working classin the s, the united states embarked on a journey to resolve the "american dilemmaturning to lyndon johnson's "unconditional war on poverty," she contends that though anti-poverty programs for job training, community action, health care, housing, and education have accomplished much, they have not been fully realized because they became inextricably intertwined with the civil rights movement of the s, which triggered a white backlashquadagno shows that nixon, who initially supported many of johnson's programs, eventually caught on that the white middle class was disenchanted" yet instead of finally instituting full democratic rights for all its citizens, the policies enacted in that turbulent decade failed dismally
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Oxfam shop bishop's stortford the norton anthology of american literature is the classic survey of american literature from its sixteenth-century origins to its flourishing presentthe sixth edition offers the work of 242 writers-30 newly included-representing the extraordinary wealth and diversity of american literatureamong the many major works included in their entirety are hawthorne's the scarlet letter, thoreau's walden, douglass's narrative of the life of frederick douglass, an american slave, clemens's huckleberry finn, chopin's the awakening, faulkner's as i lay dying, williams's a streetcar named desire, larsen's quicksand, ginsberg's "howl," mamet's glengarry glen ross, and parks's the america playsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepackage to the present," contains three slipcased volumes: '', 'between the wars ' and 'literature since 'informative introductions, headnotes, footnotes, and bibliographies accompany the texts
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Topics include: the influence of jazz on beat poetry; surrealist influences on american verse; disability poetics; asian american poetry; and morethe oxford handbook of modern and contemporary american poetry provides a comprehensive approach to the debates that have defined the study of american verse of the twentieth and twenty-first centuriessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreboards and dust wrapper in very good conditionoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, first edition, oxford university press
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A brief history of the law society was written by eand has been signed by him, published in by the royal society read more
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The volumes were selected by, and under the general editorship of, british historian felipe fernandez-armesto, and published by the folio society a history of england () is a series of reprints of twelve classic, magisterial volumes of different periods of english history, together constituting a continuous history from ancient roman times to the end of the 20th centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read morem trevelyan5) anglo-saxon england written by peter hunter blair editionh keen4) england under the stuarts written by gt clanchy3) england in the later middle ages written by mvolumes come without slipcaseoxfam shop hebden bridge 5 x volumes: 1) england under the tudors written by gr elton2) early medieval england written by m
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This remarkable mirror of rural society in the early 17th century is not a new discovery, but it is now published for the first time in translation and in its entiretywhen writing about the local gentry, fellow clergy, and leading members of society he was generally deferential and complimentary, to the extent that some of his more expansive efforts read as if they were funeral orations; but when it came to the less exalted members of his congregation he was briefer and more candid, knowing that they could not read his commentscrockford, unlike most of his parishioners, was proficient in latin, and into his registers he wrote not only the basic details of baptisms, marriages and burials, but also relationships, occupations, causes of death, fortunes and misfortunes, and thumbnail character sketches of everyone who crossed his path at altar, font or graveyard - and all in latinsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop shaftesbury thomas crockford () came to wiltshire in as schoolmaster at stockton, and from until his death was vicar of fisherton delamerefor much of this time he assisted his neighbours the rectors of wylye and stockton, and began new registers for each of these three adjacent chalkland parishes in the wylye valley of south wiltshirehe assiduously collected and copied information from earlier registers and then continued them, for each parish, until shortly before his death book condition throughout very good: dust jacket complete and unmarked, cloth covers very good and all pages crisp and cleanlooks like the book has never been readin doing this he was following an instruction of , as many clergy did at the time, but what makes his registers unusual, if not unique, is the manner in which he set about his taskin addition, by enquiring of families and elderly parishioners, he tried to discover details of those whom he had recorded from before his timethe work of translation has been undertaken by christopher newbury and steven hobbs, with additions by john chandler, who has edited the volume and contributed an introduction and detailed indexes
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In telling his story, harris also speaks to basic questions in nineteenth-century american history and in the relationship between american culture and the cultures of what later came to be known as the third worldcorresponding secretary of the american board of commissioners for foreign missions from to , anderson effectively set the terms of debate on missionary policy on both sides of the atlantic and indeed long after his deathsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford paul william harris book examines the career of rufus anderson, the central figure in the formation and implementation of missionary ideology in the middle decades of the nineteenth century
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Richly detailed and deeply researched, american disruptor restores leland stanford's rightful place as a revolutionary force and architect of modern americaamerican disruptor is the untold story of leland stanford - from his birth in a backwoods bar to the founding of the world-class university that became and remains the nucleus of silicon valleysee oxfam website for delivery information read morescandal and intrigue would follow stanford through his life, and even after his death, when his widow was murdered in a honolulu hotel - a crime quickly covered up by the almost stillborn university she had savedit is also the saga of how stanford, once a serial failure, overcame all obstacles to become one of america's most powerful and wealthiest men, using his high elective office to enrich himself before losing the one thing that mattered most to him - his only child and sonthe rags to riches story of the tumultuous tycoon who built silicon valleyoxfam bookshop clifton very good condition; some shelf wear the life of this robber baron, politician, and historic influencer is the astonishing tale of how one supremely ambitious man became this country's original "disruptor" - reshaping industry and engineering one of the greatest raids on the public treasury for america's transcontinental railroad, all while living more opulently than maharajas, kings, and emperors
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14 €
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Oxfam shop portishead this edition of the tales of beatrix potter, in a blue board slip case, was produced exclusively for the folio society and consists of 12 of miss potter's favourite stories, including the tale of the pie and the patty pan apart from slight bumping to the spine edges the books are in very good condition with no markings on the pagessee oxfam website for delivery information read more the books are covered in linen with titles on the front and spine embossed in gilt
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45 €
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The folio society - the story of the renaissancea five-book box set in excellent condition, with the slipcase exhibiting very minor shelfwearlocation: beeston, nottingham, near the train station
25 €
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The acquisitive society was one of his most influential works of social criticismsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebinding is tight, and the book is free of notes and inscriptionsboards are bumped, spine is discoloured with faded lettering and some frayingpublished by g bell & sons, first editionrichard henry tawney () was an english socialist economic historian and an advocate of adult education programmes and free secondary education for allhardback, no dust jacketoxfam shop cowley road hardback with blue boards
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Oxfam shop gillingham an account of the infamous american musicals launched in new york fromthe documentary explores the epic of popular american culture as it has changed in every era amidst reflecting the talent of varied prominent composers - irving berlin, george gershwin, rogers and hart through to the present day of stephen sondheim to name but a fewsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The book is a reprint for the folio society of edmund blunden's experiences in the first world warsome shelf wear to the slip case; otherwise, the book is as newhardback within slipcasethere is light pencil marking in the front page see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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15 €
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Typeset in garamond at the folio societythe novel follows the travels of henry pulling, a retired bank manager, and his eccentric aunt augusta as they find their way across europe, and eventually even further afieldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop portishead travels with my aunt () is a novel written by english author graham greene green board slipcase printed on abbey wove paper by st edmundsbury press, bury st edmunds by hunter & foulis, haddington, in full cloth blocked and printed with a design byjohn holder in very good condition with very slight bumping to bottom of spine and light staining to front pastedownaunt augusta pulls henry away from his quiet suburban existence into a world of adventure, crime and the highly unconventional details of her past
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13 €
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Folio society edition of the southern gates of arabia by freya starksingle volume with plain slipcase
20 €