The catcher in the rye
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Innovative and revolutionary for its time, the catcher in the rye is as much a testament to and reflection of that time and its frustrations as it is a timeless and universal reflection on life, disillusionment, and growing upprecocious, sensitive and confused, he blunders through a haze of teenage failures, disappointments and anti-climaxes and delivers to the reader a bitter-sweet, biting commentary on all the 'phony' aspects of society and the 'phonies' themselvesoxfam bookshop cheltenham holden caulfield is a seventeen-year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school, in s new yorksee oxfam website for delivery information read morethrough his direct first-person narrative emerges one of the most touching, funny and nuanced portrayals of the confusions and frustrations of youth that exists in the literature of the english language, and a sparky and colloquial style that influenced generations of writers afterwards
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Salinger's catcher in the rye has sold more than 65 million copies and, today, still sells a yearslawenski is a world-renowned expert on salinger, having, for many years, run the website,dead caulfieldssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreslawensky, finally, provides a detailed but highly readable account of salinger's lifefamously reclusive (his last interview was nearly 30 years ago), little, until now, has been known of salingeroxfam shop hebden bridge a definitive biography on one of the most famous and bestselling authors of our timebased in the us, he has been able to do first-hand research, conducting many interviews andgaining access to library-held records and files
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But kasher in the rye is not anhe started using drugs when he was just 12
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Each chair measures: 79 cm high x 52 cm depth x 45 cm wide x 45 cm from bottom of chair to top of seatthey would look lovely in a kitchen or dining room where you do not have a lot of space or can be folded away in storagei have 1 of these quaint folding chairs which would look great in any roomthe price of the chair reflects the work to paint the chairs and re-upholsteryplease email me any questionsi am able to paint these chairs in antique white or flint (grey) colour (as photo) with great fabric to match or any colour you requirei am able to deliver locally so please email methey can be painted in funky bright colours and i am also able to re-upholster the chair in the fabrics shown in the photos or any fabric of your choicei paint the chairs in chalk paint and then sand them down lightly and finish them off with wax to protect the wood and give them a lovely sheenit is the basic cost, so please let me know what colour or fabric required and i will get an exact price for youi am able to deliver the chairs with a reputable parcel company for ÂŁ15 each chair
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This chime is smaller and less heavy than the mezzo version, but is quite heavy for its size because the tube walls are relatively thickdo come and listen before deciding whether to buy! read morei purchased them at considerable expense, not to hang up at my abode but for me to carry out a really quite thrilling sub-project of my making recordings of natural soundscapesi called that sub-project 'wind chimes in the wild', and took chimes out into wild places (usually high up in the teign gorge) and made long recordings of them - both single sets and various combinations - in spacious natural soundscapesbut since i came to the end of that project the chimes are all redundant, as i can't use any of them for their normal purpose in my sort of abode!:-) personal collection only, full payment in cash, non-negotiablemade by music of the spheres in the usa, this is a high-grade precision-tuned set, tuned to a haunting eastern european gypsy scalethe interactions of the different scales produced beautiful to hair-raisingly other-worldly musical effectsthese are seriously musical! because their sound can be loud and penetrating, they are best hung at a reasonable distance from one's main living spacethis is one of a collection of high-grade precision-tuned chimes that i'm selling off at this time
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Text in englishcondition: book inside new, mint, unreadare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikimost important photobook title by robert adams and one of the best in the history of photobookscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabledustjacket in brilliant white (still originally shrink-wrapped, never opened); lightly bumped at the bottom right corner of the front cover and at the bottom left corner of the rear cover (does not concern the inner pages)verlag der buchhandlung walther königour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storetext by robert adams, john szarkowski, heinz liesbrock and thomas weskioverall in very fine conditionfantastic reprint of the legendary photobook classic from : - andrew roth, the book of 101 books, page - martin parr and gerry badger, the photobook, volume 2, page 25 hardcover with dustjacketplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteenglish edition
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• special emission for the day of the coin• mintage: only 100 with silver medalsthe photos provide a good impressionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’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 storetheme: the last day of the mint in the mint in utrecht• only 100 sets contain a silver medal commemorating the last time that the day of the mint was held in the mint• all 8 dutch euro coins in bu quality in a numbered setplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteday of the coin set with silver medal
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The album's original liner notes described it as a "narrative and musical biography" of beatlemaniacapitol issued the album in response to the vee-jay records lp hear the beatles tell all, a compilation of radio interviews with the band carried out by los angeles disc jockeysare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe beatles' story peaked at number 7 on the billboard top lps chart and was certified gold by the recording industry association of americacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableit was produced by los angeles–based songwriter and producer gary usher and disc jockey and lyricist roger christian, and narrated by john babcock, al wiman and christianoriginal award presented to the beatles and with beautiful metal lp read moreit is a documentary double album featuring interviews, press conferences, and snippets of original or orchestral versions of beatles songs, with voice-over narrationour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe beatles' story is the sixth album by the english rock band the beatles in the united states, issued on 23 november by capitol recordsthe company also sought to compete with unauthorised beatles interview records issued by the radio pulse beat label, which released three such lps hosted by ed rudyin , capitol reissued the album as part of the beatles' uplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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As they draw ever closer to the elusive dr wheeler, one hot day in june at the ambassador hotel in la, their search finally reaches its terrible climaxoxfam bookshop cheltenham in the summer of , rose sets off for the united states from kentish town; in her suitcase a polka-dot dress and a one-way tickettogether with the sinister man known only as washington harold, she goes in search of the charismatic and elusive dr wheeler - the man rose credits with rescuing her from a terrible childhood, and against whom harold nurses a silent grudgesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas the odd couple journey across an america on the brink of paranoid disintegration, their journey mirrors that of robert kennedy's presidential campaign
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham set in london in , 'the eye in the door' is an intense and profoundly intelligent examination of the effects of war, continuing the interwoven stories of dr william rivers, billy prior, and siegfried sassoon begun in 'regeneration''the eye in the door' was awarded the guardian fiction prize, while the final volume in the 'regeneration' trilogy, 'the ghost road', won the booker prize ina sequel every bit as unwaveringly intense and intelligent as its predecessor'at the forefront of her story, barker places figures especially menaced by this: pacifists, conscientious objectors and homosexualssee oxfam website for delivery information read morewriting in the sunday times, peter kemp said, 'in the climate of exhaustion and hysteria amid which the war is wearing to its close, pressures to fall into line become fierce and take ugly forms
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When evil spirits create a dragon and take it to heaven, michael is successful in dispelling it and with that repel the evil spirits from heavenare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe spear in the hand of the archangel is a loose partthis concerns a large bronze sculpture of archangel michael battling the dragonour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeas of that moment, there is a world above us in heaven and one deep downthe legend of the archangel chasing the devil from heaventhe piece is in outstanding conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitedimensions: 20 x 36 x 13 cm
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Bilingual publication about the first dutchmen sailing to australia ()the publication is without bindinggedenkboek van het koninklijk nederlandsch aardrijkskundig genootschap ter herinnering aan zijn vijf-en-twintig-jarig bestaanare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe part borne by the dutch in the discovery of australiathe binding is weakcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehet aandeel der nederlanders in de ontdekking van australiëtwo coloured facsimile maps have been added in the backthe cover is loose from the rest of the publicationadded are three loose printed announcements of the koninklijk nederlandsch aardrijkskundig genootschapour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe text contains seventeen mapsnot all pages have been cutplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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He recalls his first trip to germany with his newly single fatheras he travels, he contemplates his childhood; a complicated friendship with the son of a lonely neighbour; his parents' broken marriage and his ownat the end of the week, futh, sunburnt and blistered, comes to the end of his circular walk, returning to what he sees as the sanctuary of the hellhaus hotel, unaware of the events which have been unfolding there in his absencehe is mindful of something he neglected to do there, an omission which threatens to have devastating repercussions for him this time aroundbut the story he keeps coming back to, the person and the event affecting all others, is his mother and her abandonment of him as a boy, which left him with a void to fill, a substitute to findin the morning, futh puts the episode behind him and sets out on his week-long circular walk along the rhinespending his first night in hellhaus at a small, family-run hotel, he finds the landlady hospitable but is troubled by an encounter with an inexplicably hostile barmansee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hertford winner of the mckitterick prizeshortlisted for the east midlands book awardshortlisted for the man booker prize shortlisted for new writer of the year in the specsavers national book awardsobserver book of the year the lighthouse begins on a north sea ferry, on whose blustery outer deck stands futh, a middle-aged, recently separated man heading to germany for a restorative walking holiday
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It is also accompanied by a series of dazzling colour illustrations by arthur rackham ()milne, the famed author of 'whinnie the pooh' and various other children's poemsthis text contains an introduction by a'the wind in the willows' is a true classic of children's literature, penned by kenneth grahame and first published insee oxfam website for delivery information read morealternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a traditional bucolic version of the english thames valley - a novel notable for its adventure, mysticism, morality and unceasing camaraderiethis book forms part of our 'pook press' imprint, celebrating the golden age of illustration in children's literaturepresented alongside the text, his illustrations further refine grahame's masterful storytellingone of the most celebrated painters of the british golden age of illustration, which encompassed the years from until the start of the first world war, rackham's artistry still delights both young and old over a century later
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It is the ancient drama to which the characters in the lord of the rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as elrond and galadriel took partthis book was donated to oxfam durham books and music by a local donorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis first edition by tolkien and published by george allen & unwin is in good condition but with a slight catch on the top right of the dust jacket complete with the map after page 365 please see the picturesthe tales of the silmarillion are set in an age when morgoth, the first dark lord, dwelt in middle-earth, and the high elves made war upon him for the recovery of the silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of valinoroxfam bookshop ipswich the silmarillion is an account of the elder days, of the first age of tolkien's world
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The novel is a fantasy featuring the adventures of eleanor, edward and their friend oliver as they disappear through the magic doorway of the summerhousepublished by hamish hamilton in , it has illustrations by erik blegvad the volume is in near fine condition, with a fine and unclipped dust jacket protected by a mylar cover see oxfam website for delivery information read morecomplete in itself, the story is a sequel to the same author's the diamond in the windowoxfam bookshop sevenoaks this is the first uk edition of the swing in the summer house by the american author jane langton
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Spine cracked internally and foxing to edges of blocka rare copy in fair conditionbound in blue cloth with gold lettering, the boards are very worn and show marks from dampoxfam bookshop sevenoaks by lwoolf, published by edward arnold in , third impressionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewritten by leonard woolf, husband of virginia woolf, the novel the village in the jungle was based on his experiences in the colonial service in ceylon before the first world warthe cloth of the spine has split at the rear hinge and head and tail of spine and corners are bumped, and corners exposed
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It is a composition of many elements arranged in certain forms: order, sequence, proportion, detail, intensity, etclinking armenian-islamic history is one way of dealing with the problemthis extensive work captures the multidimensional nature of the armenian experience in the medieval islamic worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredadoyan's concern is also to outline revolutionary elements in the making of armenian ideologies and politicscontradictory trends went into the making of armenian history, yet most narratives fail to reflect this rich texturebeing an armenian, dadoyan argues, means having an ethnic ancestry laden with narratives drawn from the vast historic armenian habitatdadoyan studies the armenian experience in the medieval islamic world and takes the reader through hitherto undiscovered paradigmatic cases of interaction with other populations in the regionthe author has composed and arranged the larger subjects and their sub-themes in such a way as to create an open, dynamic continuity to armenian history that is intellectually intriguing, aesthetically appealing, and close to lived experiencesthe author holds that every piece of literature, including historical writing, is an artifactoxfam bookshop aberystwyth in this first of a massive three-volume work, seta b
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Dadoyan focuses on social and cultural aspects, rather than the core political focus exhibited in her first two volumesin the last part of the volume, she presents the first and only polemical-apologetic armenian texts addressed to islam at the end of the fourteenth centurythe first three chapters of this volume are dedicated to the images of prophet muhammad in armenian literaturesee oxfam website for delivery information read moredadoyan focuses on the armenian condition and role in the medieval islamic worldshe argues that if the entire region was the habitat of most of the armenians, their history too is part of these locations and peoplesoxfam bookshop aberystwyth in the third volume of the trilogy, seta bdadoyan draws the outlines of a new philosophy of armenian history based on hitherto obscured patterns of interactiondadoyan argues that the cosmopolitan urban environments were radically different from rural areas and close interactions took different and unexpected patternsthis book is essential for all historians and middle east scholars and is the latest volume in transaction's armenian studies seriesdadoyan shows that direct interactions and borrowings happened regularly from islamic sciences, reform projects, poetry, and artsher objective is to suggest political readings of these themes and related texts by revealing hitherto unstudied and novel interactions in the cities of asia minor during the mongol period
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It has all the curves in the right places and i’ve sanded and oiled in osmo oil 3 coats to really show off the curves and to bring out that beautiful wood grainyou don’t find handles like these anymorethis is such a beautiful cabinet and i’m sure whoever has it in their home will he do happy 136cm long x 55cm depth x 102 height this is a vintage item so may have some wear but for the amount of time i have spent in restoring its in beautiful conditionit has original lemon squeezer and picks the shell of the cabinet has been painted in ash grey and with gold edging to show off the curvesthis is certainly a stand out cabinet which will have people stop and stare when they walk into the roomlooks stunning when you open and the original light turns on to reveal your crystalplenty of storage on the bottom cabinets and a place holder for your drink bottles which is so originalthe handles have been removed and bought back to its original gold colour - the handles are so elegant it’s such a beautiful designplease contact me if you have anymore questions or would like more photos read morethe drop down cocktail draw on top opens up to a beautiful art deco design which i’ve painted in gold and grey
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He is devoted to ireland, to its soft speech and its frequently ugly deeds, and he combines them in a sort of elegy'oxfam bookshop cheltenham carriglas is the island estate off county cork where sarah pollexfen goes to live as governess to her wealthy cousins on the eve of the first world warsee oxfam website for delivery information read more'the silence in the garden' won the yorkshire post book of the year awardand somewhere in the tranquil garden of carriglas there are secrets waiting to be discoveredhelplessly, sarah watches her cousins lead increasingly isolated and empty lives as if punishing themselves for a past crimewriting in the spectator, anita brookner said, 'trevor is a specialist in brooding regret and a discoverer of past crimes
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Oxfam bookshop preston for generations, scientists have struggled to make sense of this fundamental questionweaving together cancer and consciousness, two-headed worms and bird navigation, davies reveals how biological organisms garner and process information to conjure order out of chaos, opening a window on the secret of life itselfso can life be explained by known physics and chemistry, or do we need something fundamentally new?in this penetrating and wide-ranging new analysis, world-renowned physicist and science communicator paul davies searches for answers in a field so new and fast-moving that it lacks a name, a domain where computing, chemistry, quantum physics and nanotechnology intersectat the heart of these diverse fields, davies explains, is the concept of information: a quantity with the power to unify biology with physics, transform technology and medicine, and even to illuminate the age-old question of whether we are alone in the universesee oxfam website for delivery information read morelife really does look like magic: even a humble bacterium accomplishes things so dazzling that no human engineer can match itfrom life's murky origins to the microscopic engines that run the cells of our bodies, the demon in the machine is a breath-taking journey across the landscape of physics, biology, logic and computingand yet, huge advances in molecular biology over the past few decades have served only to deepen the mystery
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Due to the corona measures there might be delays in the deliveryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe rose amateur's guide: containing ample descriptions of all the fine leading varieties of roses, regularly classed in their respective families; their history, and mode of culture by thomas rivers - london, longman, brown, green and longmans, - (viii) 194 pp) - blind stamped red linen binding - 17 x 11 cmcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablein good condition24 advertising ppwill be shipped with registrationthis goes especially for destinations outside europethe binding and text block are discolouredour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe flyleaf in the front is absent, paper remnants on the inner margin of the half title, label on the back cover pageplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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The girls encompass the diversity of ethnicities that are found within large urban communities and how they negotiate and manage their friendships across ethnic divisions is a key aspect of this bookthe schools are all located within an urban context and represent the state and public sector of educationoxfam bookshop glossop road some shelf wear to cover, creased cover and spine, very good overall condition what are the processes of exclusion and inclusion amongst girls' friendship groups? can friendship and bullying coexist? is the leader in the class always the most popular member of the class? what is the role of the teacher in consolidating group friendships? how are culturally diverse friendships negotiated? what impact does the process of transition from primary to secondary school have on existing friendship networks? through an exploration of the emotional and social dynamics of young girls' friendship groups, this book addresses these and other questions, which are important in their livessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe girls that feature in this book are inner city preadolescent girls as they transfer from their inner city primary school to their secondary schoolsby focussing on the constitution of the friendship groups, questions of 'leadership' and 'popularity', 'race' and ethnicity and 'bullying' are interrogated and their resonance for the 'exclusionary' and 'inclusionary' practices which often characterise friendship groups are examinedthis book highlights the emotional investment girls make in their friendships and will support teachers, youth workers and others working within educational contexts, in making visible this previously unattended aspect of young girls' lives
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Oxfam shop worcester 'this is about gob-smacking science at the far end of reasonquantum theory is weirdin , albert einstein suggested that light was a particle, not a wave, defying a century of experimentsas niels bohr said, if you weren't shocked by quantum theory, you didn't really understand itbut in "quantum", kumar brings einstein back to the centre of the quantum debatetake it nice and easy and savour the experience of your mind being blown without recourse to hallucinogens' nicholas lezard, guardian for most people, quantum theory is a byword for mysterious, impenetrable science'bohr brainwashed a whole generation of physicists into believing that the problem had been solved', lamented the nobel prize-winning physicist murray gell-mannin this magisterial book, manjit kumar gives a dramatic and superbly-written history of this fundamental scientific revolution, and the divisive debate at its corein this tour de force of science history, manjit kumar shows how the golden age of physics ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the twentieth century"quantum" is the essential read for anyone fascinated by this complex and thrilling story and by the band of brilliant men at its heartand yet for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselvessee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhile "quantum" sets the science in the context of the great upheavals of the modern age, kumar's centrepiece is the conflict between einstein and bohr over the nature of reality and the soul of sciencequantum theory looks at the very building blocks of our world, the particles and processes without which it could not existwerner heisenberg's uncertainty principle and erwin schrodinger's famous dead-and-alive cat are similarly strangeyet for 60 years most physicists believed that quantum theory denied the very existence of reality itself
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10 novels about inspector beck with booklet in slipcase with the followingoxfam bookshop carlisle 10 romane um kommissar beck mit begleitheft in schuber mit folgendem  die tote im götakanal der mann, der sich in luft auflöste der mann auf dem balkon endstation für neun alarm in sköldgatanund die großen läßft man laufen das ekel aus säffle verschlossen und verriegelt der polizistenmörder die terroristen begleitheft hervorragende seiten, leichte kanten- und schuberabnutzung   the dead in the göta canal the man who vanished into thin air the man on the balcony end stop for nine alarm in sköldgatan and the big ones are let go the disgust from säffl elocked and locked the cop killer the terrorists booklet excellent pages, some edge and slipcase wearsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The author explains the nature of the mind-body problem, focusing on how psychoanalysis is distorted and limited by the concepts of "mind" and "bodythe book is clean and the binding is good with no internal markingsother press paperback with no dj" he applies this to both theoretical and clinical topics and presents the possibility of a "bodymind-centered analysissee oxfam website for delivery information read more" the principal aim of this book is to suggest ways in which we can reassure ourselves, on every level from the primal to the metaphysical (and really the two are closely linked), that we in fact are bodies; that it is with, in and through our bodies that we both feel and think; and that this way of experiencing is profoundly "psychoanalytic", and in fact restitutive of something important which has gone missing from psychoanalysisoxfam books & music totnes subtitled: “mind and body in psychoanalysis”
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe sheets in the ring binders: including the corner and edge margins, also the printed sheet margins numbering and figure, etccatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecontent ring binder 1 = until and ring binder 2 is from onwardsour 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 impressionthe sheets are often present in the sleeve multiple times and the sleeve is filled on both sides, with a protective sheet in betweenkind regards read morethe sheets are sorted in transparent protective sleevesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablepurchased in from gallery artitled! contemporary art, netherlands (see the note)buff monster is a street artist from new york cityin the lid of the box is a crack that is stuck (see the photo)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe destroyer is a designer toy, a cuddly pink monster with a chubby baby head, deer antlers and two purple tusksthe pvc sculpture is castthe sculpture is shipped in its original packaging, which is packed in a sturdy cardboard boxplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitehe wants to make the world a more positive place with his mild monsters in bright or sweet colours
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