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On the back of the last page the inscription "is in accordance with the compendium of static, which is taught in the 3rd class of this royal academyon the back of the last page, the inscription "it is in accordance with the compendium of architecture, which is taught in the third class of the royal academy of barcelona"the author of the two manuscript treatises is pedro de lucuce y ponce, also written as lucuze (avilés, -barcelona, ); asturian scientist, military and mathematicianhe belonged to several regiments, studying mathematics and the art of war on his own, and it turned out that he was admitted to the royal corps of engineers, with the rank of lieutenant and extraordinary engineer on januarywithin the military ranking of the royal corps of engineers, in he was promoted to chief engineer and in to director engineerhe died in barcelona 7 years after having written these two treatisesthe plates are chalcographic engravings with architectural and geometric figures, very common in the scientific books of the time (attached to the manuscript according to the author's criteria)in he abandoned the career of theology just started, preferring the military careertwo volumes in 4to (20in he was appointed field marshal and, in early , shortly before his death, he was promoted to lieutenant generalhe was born in avilés, the son of the doctor tomás de lucuze, where he spent his childhood and youthhis first destination was on the shores of granadain lucuze wrote a regulation for the academies, establishing studies of three years, in four nine-month courses: the first two dedicated to military training in general and the last two specialized for the instruction of artillery and engineering officershe was director until the year of his deathin he was appointed assistant professor to the director of the royal military academy of barcelona until , when he was appointed head director by the minister of war josé patiñoin the two years of operation, lucuze managed to collect a total of volumes of scientific works, many of which went to the barcelona academymagnificent full leather binding, guards in marbled paper, red-tinted cuts and spine with a five-rib composition"tratado 7º de la estática": 162 pcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablewith handwritten text, 8 blank sheets, 6 folded plates with printsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki"tratado 8º de la arquitectura civil": 5 blank sheets, 86 pin , from his position as director general of artillery and engineers, he was appointed director of the royal society of mathematics (predecessor of the royal academy of exact, physical and natural sciences), founded by the count of aranda, a position he held until , when the academy disappeared after the resignation of the count of arandaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitewith handwritten text, 14 blank sheets, 11 folded plates with printshe studied latinity at the villa de avilés and humanities at the university of oviedobarcelona, octoberdon pedro de lucuze"same exquisite calligraphy in both volumes; clean, elegant and perfectly legibleour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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The britannia compendium of games retro rangesee photo for gamescomplete and vgc
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An unusual compendium of six games with glass playing boards and pieces comprising backgammon, chess, checkers, dominoes, poker dice and playing cards (not glass!)the chess pieces can be seen in the polystyrene blocks
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Oxfam shop caversham the britannia compendium of games see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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2 dragon inspired books drake's comprehensive compendium of dragonologytotally dragon jigsaw bookcontains 5 jigsaws which fit neatly into the bookopened once or twice, but never readbooth books in excellent condition
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Kids compendium of 50 gamesnever been used so as newwill entertain the kids for hoursmany thanks for viewing
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compendium of board games chess etc backgammon etc lovely wooden box £30
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compendium of games including backgammon,chess,draughts etcthis item has had very little use £5this is a quality set£10 wordsearch gamethis game is new £5 00 professional office trimmer
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Nhs200: a visual compendium of hospital records by chris goss & ricky trickarttdispatched with royal mail 1st classcondition is like new
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Never used compendium of games, chess, dominoes, backgammon, crib, checkers in a lovely case
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Never used compendium of gamesopened case size 26 x 27cmcheckers, chess, cribbage, backgammon and dominoes in a casecollection from sarisbury green
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'robert frederick compendium of games' setin original box and complete with instructionsgreat family funexcellent christmas present
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Not just a compendium of photographs of locomotives, this book covers the whole railroad world-the sheds, tunnels, viaducts, yard stations, and morethis collection, the best of his work over a forty-year career, features 170 duotone photographs taken between and , with an emphasis on the railroad culture of the fifties and sixtiesoxfam bookshop raeburn place signed on title page, no dedication, signature onlyjeff brouws-a railroad authority and photo historian-has contributed a biographical essay that traces shaughnessy's beginnings photographing steam locomotives in his hometown of troy, new york, to his documentation of the dramatic steam-to-diesel transition, with an emphasis on the northeastern united states and canada, where the concentration of railroad action and often deep snow resulted in beautiful and unusual imagessee oxfam website for delivery information read morejim shaughnessy is a revered name among railroad photographersit is a wonderful document of what is arguably railroading's most compelling era
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Presented here is the first english-language compendium of the spirit of laws, together with the first english translation of the posthumously published treatise containing the physiological theory underlying montesquieu's theory of climatecolour a little faded on spinelight wear to edges of coversee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music nottingham front cover bowed outmontesquieu's the spirit of laws is an enduring classic of social and political theory deserving a fresh reading every generationprevious owner has written across fore-edge
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All six volumes have a touch of wear at spine-ends and some spotting around the edges of the page blockcombined size 20 x 13six separately-bound stories together in a paper sleevethe paper sleeve has some tears along edgesoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames the golden mean libraryall illustrations by michael godfrey, except those for "silver city" and "a question of identity", by geosee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe binding of all six volumes is tight and firm enough to suggest that none has ever been readthe stories: "a question of identity" () "his lordship" () "the new youth club" () "this is urgent" () "silver city" () "the hidden enemy" ()uniform orange and cream coloured card covers with black illustrationscombined weight 700g
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I have a pair of static caravan steps for sale as seen in the photographs, one a two step and one three steps, all in good order could do with a clean up and a coat of paintwill split if the offers right
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Written by an avid golf player, this is an a-z of all makers that were active at the time of putting the book togethersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop cockermouth a detailed book about club makersthe front cover is slightly ripped but all the pages are clean
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Find out how with the compendium of adventurer! bookcreate the dungeon
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Gorgeously illustrated book for the fans of dragons
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The original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedall pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companythe voyage to australia and tahitiit has been possible to identify virtually all the host of islands, channels and inlets that vancouver encountered, and the provenance of most of the approximately 400 place names he bestowed, nine out of ten of which are still in use, is indicatedit was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyorsthe third volume in the set includes the remainder of book 3, all book 4, part of book 5, covering the pacific coast of north america and return to hawaiivolume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discoveryvancouver, by contrast, surveyed the enormous extent of coast from lower california to cook inlet, and his meticulous survey literally set out on the map of the world the intricacies of puget sound and the western coast of mainland canadavolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coastthese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsthe main pagination of all four volumes is continuousthe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoveryall four visited the northwest coast of north america, but weather and circumstances prevented cook from making more than what beaglehole calls ' a magnificent, an epoch-making reconnaissance'; la perouse only touched the coast in a significant way at yakutat bay and lituya bay, and malasina's memorable visits were to yakutat bay and nootka soundvery small tear to spine on volume iithe volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksas a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands inthey attracted his interest, and the attention he devoted to the islands, their inhabitants and their political future when he twice later wintered there will surprise manyit covers the coast of north americaoxfam bookshop skipton four of the greatest maritime exploring expeditions were crammed into two decades late in the 18th century - cook's third voyage, the french expedition commanded by la perouse, the malaspina expedition sent out by spain, and george vancouver's voyage of discoverythis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication insee oxfam website for delivery information read moreall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust cover
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Oxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondorgandalf manages to rally gondor's fallen army with the help of king theoden of rohan for the biggest battle in the history of middle-earth; and aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilitiesmeanwhile aragorn, legolas and gimli search for the hobbits merry and pippin in the kingdom of rohan, which is currently being attacked by saruman's orc armiesthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomtolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearswhen it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron are coming to find it, frodo is entrusted by wizard gandalf (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into their handswhilst the fellowship are not travelling together they must unite against the powerful forces coming from the two towers: orthanc tower in isengard where saruman has bred a deadly army of , and sauron's fortress at barad-dûronce they reach the elvish realm of rivendell the hobbits form part of the anti-sauron fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), legolas greenleaf (orlando bloom), gimli the dwarf and of course gandalffinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplaysee oxfam website for delivery information read moretogether they must battle across middle earth to destroy the ring by casting it into the cracks of doom, the fiery chasm in the centre of mordorfrodo leaves the shire aided by his cousins merry (dominic monaghan), pippin (billy boyd) and trusty friend sam gamgee (sean astin), but they soon realise that the agents of mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from overin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilthey are obviously out-numbered but are determined to keep sauron distracted in order to enable frodo to complete his quest to destroy the ring by throwing it into the fires of the mountain of doom
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Characteristics of the items the majority of these figures do not have the original boxregiment of the line, by king and countryfrench light infantry, by britains, participating in the attack to hougoumontit also includes srcuirassiers (les gros freres), by king and countryit contains 380 items, 318 by king and country (recreating the typical british squares defending themselves against the french cavalry charges) ang 62 by britains (recreating the defense of hougoumont)references na064, na065 and na066 (the whole series)french artillery, by king and countrycoldstream guards (the 2nd regiment of the foot guards), integrating close to 60 soldiers 60 by king and country, references na125, na126, na126, na128, na 129, na 130, na 131, na 132, na 133, na 134, na 135, na 136 (these references represent the whole series “on campaign”)it includes 16 figures, references na083, na084, na085, na086, na087, na088, na089, na090 (these references represent the whole series “bold chevaliers)references na013, na014, na015, na016, na017, na018, na019, na020, na021, na022, na023, na024, na028, na033, na034, na100, na101, na102, na103, na104, na105, na106, na107, na108, na109, na110 (the whole series “vive l´empereur”)the british and ally army commanded by wellington: - black watch (royal highland regiment), integrating close to 80 soldiers square by king and country, references na035, na036, na037, na 38, na047, na048, na049, na050, na051, na052, na053, na054, na055, na067, na068 and na077 (these references represent the whole series “scotland the brave”)it includes close to 30 figures, references (published in the collection supplement)it includes close to 31 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squareseach king and country series is complete, retired and sold out and includes the original cataloguereferences andthe 71th, integrating close to 35 soldiers square by king and country, references na001, na002, na003, na004, na05, na006, na007, na008, na009, na010, na011, na012, na030, na031, na032 (these references represent the whole series “scum of the earth”)na112, na113, na114, na115, na116, na117, na118, na120 and na121 (the whole series “cuirassiers”)these figures have been exclusively displayed in a toy soldier museum (museo l´iber, valencia, spain)garde impériale (dragons de l´emperatrice), by king and coubtryit consists of 11 figurescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe king´s german legion (recruited mostly from the german state of hannover), by king and countrytomas picton by britains, referenceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithey are in mint to very good condition, since they were used exclusively to be displayed in the dioramaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebritish coldstream guards light company, by britains, recreating the defense of hougoumontit consists of close to 45 figures recreating the defense from the scot greys chargereferences na039, na042, na043, na044, na078, na079, na080, na081 (the whole series ¡“vive l´emperatrice!”) - 7ththe royal horse artillery, by king and country, references na096, na097, na098 and na099 (the whole series)the french army commanded by napoleón - the french 3rdplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteit consists of close to 32 figuresit includes 16 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresall of them have been sold out and retiredreferences na067, na068, na069, na070, na071, na072, na073, na074, na075, na076 and na077 (the whole “to take the king´s shilling series)the scots greys (the 2nd north british dragons), by king and country, representing the “charge of the greys”references na111
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) he was fascinated by the people and culture of morocco and soon after his arrival there he started to write about everything he saw and experiencedthe moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementary‘james edward budgett meakin () was an english journalist(total of 2 books) read morecontents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendixplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetwo uniformly bound books in the original bindings with original endpapers - xxxi, 464 + folding 'map of morocco' ( cm), xxii, 503 ppcondition: both books from new college library oxford with features: embossed marking on the front cover, traces at the bottom of the spine, bookplate and coding inside front and back cover, map with a stamp in the margin’ registered shippinghe wrote extensively about morocco (otherwise the books look good, bookblocks are solidcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihe adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and languagesee pictures of the table of contentsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Part two includes: - "the period of the seventeenth (xvii), eighteenth (xviii) and nineteenth (xix) century" and also 317 pages and contains 108 drawn images, followed by a table of contentstwo specialist books on french furniture in two parts written in the french language by alfred champeaux curator of the library of the association of decorative arts in parisplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepart one describes: - "the period of the antiques, the middle ages and the renaissance" - 317 pages and contains 75 drawn images, followed by a table of contentsthe two parts are nicely bound in a red hard cover with gold and black printa study or reference literature for true lovers or specialists of french furniture or those who want to become itcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis edition is fromare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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T video gems in , this classical musical version of the gilbert & sullivan opera is numbered vhs s and was produced by george walker and starred joel grey, alfred marks, elizabeth gale, david hillman and elizabeth bainbridgeshould it also be of interest, i also have a video tape for sale in the same condition at the same price of the guilbert & sullivan opera the mikado, which is also one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by athe video tape is in excellent condition and is made available inclusive of the cost of packaging but exclusive of the cost of postage which will be one of the following: royal mail 'uk standard' 1st class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3the yeomen of the guard vhs video tape70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by ait was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowers
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Working together, it’s a win-win situation for everyone involvedhowever, it can also be spread through contact with infected materialthe virus is predominantly spread via infected bodily fluids and secretions, such as nasal discharge, coughing and foetal fluidsthe award winning smartbunker is practical for a range of animal feedssmartbunker can help lessen part of the risk of equine influenza by cutting out unnecessary contact between vulnerable and transmitting animalsthis second infection path is where the smartbunker could be highly beneficialits main goals are to keep feed safe and reduce the risk of spreading infectionin fact, smartbunkers could also help to reduce the risk of any further outbreaks of equine influenza if used consistentlyit will also reduce labour costs for staff as the feed will be outside of the horse’s stable and close at hand, if multiple smartbunkers are purchased(click to reveal full phone number) click to contact wwwwhat’s more, the smartbunker allows each horse’s feed and feed bucket to be kept separate, therefore reducing the risk of cross contaminationfurthermore, feed can be weighed out, which reduces waste and also allows monitoring of overfeeding or underfeeding, and before refilling the smartbunker can be fully washed down, allowed to dry, and then refilled to keep feed fresh and cleanit has a unique dispensing system with an easy to use pull arm, which distributes the necessary amount of product with very little forcesome of the key benefits include being fully vermin proof and fully waterproof for indoor and outdoor usage
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteiron maiden ?– the number of the beast label: parlophone ?– series: iron maiden the studio collection remastered – format: cd, album, limited edition, reissue, remastered box set country: europe released: 16 nov tracklist 1 invaders 2 children of the damned 3 the prisoner 4 22 acacia avenue 5 the number of the beast 6 run to the hills 7 gangland 8 hallowed be thy name with eddie 1:24 scale figurine, beast collectors patch & cdcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableiron maiden ?– the book of souls: live chapter label: parlophone ?– format: 2 × cd, album, deluxe edition country: europe released: 17 nov tracklist 1-1 if eternity should fail (qudos bank arena, sydney, australia, speed of light (grand arena, grandwest, cape town, south africa, wrathchild (3arena, dublin, ireland, children of the damned (bell centre, montreal, canada, death or glory (wroclaw stadium, wroclaw, poland, the red and the black (ryogoku kokugikan, tokyo, japan, the trooper (estadio jorge magico gonzalez, san salvador, el salvador, powerslave (piazza dell’unita d’italia, trieste, italy, the great unknown (metro radio arena, newcastle, uk, the book of souls (download festival, donington, uk, fear of the dark (arena castelao, fortaleza, brazil, iron maiden (estadio velez sarsfield, buenos aires, argentina, the number of the beast (wacken open air, wacken, germany, blood brothers (download festival, donington, uk, wasted years (hsbc arena, rio de janeiro, brazil, ) item will be shippd by registrated mailare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Morgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empireit is this more sophisticated strand of thinking, morgan argues, which demonstrated that empire can be an effective analytical framework for studying us foreign policy, thus convincing american scholars to engage with the subject seriously for the first timeó how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james gsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas the vietnam war created a critical flashpoint, bringing the idea of american imperialism into the us mainstream, radical students of the new left turned toward marxist critiques, admiring revolutionaries like che guevaraoxfam bookshop knutsford the idea that the united states-a nation founded after a war of independence-operates as an imperialist power on the world stage has gained considerable traction since the turn of the twenty-first centurybut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even òun-americansimultaneously, a small school of revisionist scholars, led by historian william appleman williams at the university of wisconsin, put forward a progressive, nuanced critique of american empire grounded in psychology, economics, and broader historical context
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Karim lives with his mum and dad in a suburb of south london and dreams of making his escape to the bright lights of the big cityamong his disciples is the glamorous and ambitious eva, and when 'the buddha of suburbia' runs off with her to a crumbling flat in barons court, karim's life becomes changed in ways that even he had never dreamed ofsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut his father is no ordinary dad, he is 'the buddha of suburbia', a strange and compelling figure whose powers of meditation hold a circle of would-be mystics spellbound with the fascinations of the eastoxfam bookshop cheltenham the buddha of suburbia, hanif kureishi's first novel, is a tour de force of comic invention, a bizarre, often hilarious, and totally original picture of the life of a young pakistani growing up in s britain
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Written by general van tien dung, chief of staff in the vietnam people's army and the officer in charge of the offensive, the narrative offers valuable insight into the vietnamese side of these historic eventssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein good condition, there are a number of small tears to the edge of the dust jacket, and some discolouration to the edges of the pagesoxfam bookshop lower petergate a personal account of the spring offensive of that culminated in the capture of saigon and the end of the vietnam wartranslated by john spragens jr, with an afterword by cora weiss and don luce
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