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The county of kent & gardenspoetically expressed for those who love to travel; there is a historic place to go and unravel its secrets"this a4 size original poem is for you! once read, it will show you the way happily too achieve your desire to get there" get your personal copy for only £ for further enquiries contact through email
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford this is a superb jigsaw puzzle featuring the county of berkshire in approximately" the finished jigsaw measures 66 x 50cm, with colour guide specific to berkshirehis maps themselves were of high quality and gained a great reputation for being among the best county mapssee oxfam website for delivery information read more"originally sourced by renowned english cartographer john speed () who published an atlas called 'the theatre of the empire of great britaine'in very good condition
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He had already been created baron ilchester, of ilchester in the county of somerset in , and baron ilchester and stavordale, of redlynch, in the county of somerset, incatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesome rubbing marks to bookpp description: rare book only found twice in oclc (universities of oxford and california)flebilis heu mestos cogor inire modosgilded board edges, red block edges, embossed decoration around board extremities ex-lib sticker to front pastedown; the earl of ilchesterthe life of boetius, recommended to the author of the life of julianour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeex-lib: earl of ilchester is a title in the peerage of great britainit was created in for stephen fox, 1st baron ilchester, who had previously represented shaftesbury in parliamentdescription: full, speckled, calf leather bound bookare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikismall hole to bottom of both hinges (5-8mm), not affecting integrity, otherwise very good bindinggilded stripes to spine, oblong embossed title on red leather to spine
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Oxfam bookshop victoria history of the county of kent and it's lieutenancy with a colourful cast of characterssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehardback in as new condition
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It is the county town of the historic county of brecknockshirebrecon is the third largest city in powys countylease of an agricultural property with attached houses, fields and equipment, in the county of brecon (welsh: aberhonddu), an ancient market town and community in the south of county powys in central walescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemanuscript on parchmentvellum in excellent condition: perfectly preserved red wax notary stampapproximately 60 x 47 cmsilver “postmark” affixed to the parchment with a blue stampvalue of 1 pound and 15 shillingsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe document is folded in four, with some shadow on the back, otherwise perfectly preserved and completely legible, intact sealsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Low countries, county of flanders, louis of male, large with the lion, fifth emission (), cfr 3 points for cross (cfr photo 4) and a stalk of parsley, deflecting to the left (cfr photo 3) gent grandmaster perchival du porche 3catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteplease view the accompanying images to form your own impressionregistered with track and traceour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store4 g, 26 mm martiny 33/8are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Custom of the countyeach month we recycle over 23 million books, saving over tonnes of books a year from going straight into landfill sitesall of our paper waste is recycled and turned into corrugated cardboardauthor:st aubyn, n
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Denarius in the name of louis iv from overseas - county of angoulème date: circa type: denarius mint: angoulême metal: silver diameter: 21 mm weight: 1catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website27 g obverse: + lodoicvs, (s laid down)description: cross translation: louisour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storereverse: + egolissime, (s laid out)description: four rings around a crosspieceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitranslation: angoulême
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This is the first full flora of the vice county of renfrewshire (renfrewshire, east renfrewshire, inverdyde and parts of southend north-west glasgow)the flora contains:- over species accounts that include first record, status, distribution and ecology;- more than 660 dot maps of native and frequently encountered alien spieces;- introductory chapters on geology soils, landscape, climate, historical recording and the changing environment;- discussion chapters on distribution patterns, floristic distribution patterns, floristic conservation;- 24 pages of colour plates of maps and photographs showing botanical hot spots and local notable speciessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreinternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedon the front cover there is a small deep indentation and on the back cover there are some slight signs of wearoxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionit marks the culmination of over 50 years of field recording by local botanists and over 18 years of fieldwork and in-depth search of historical records by the author
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Outer border made of eleven clovers and a lion contained in ovumslvd-ovi-c x co-mes legend extcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteflanders, gross,silver, "louis ii of male - lion of crecy" metal: silver diameter: 27 mm weight: 280 g quality: sup/unc ref: obverse: cross cutting the inner legend inscription: legend intour 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 catawikireverse: standing lionbndictv:sit:nome:dnl:nri:ihv:x translation: count louis, blessed be the name of our lord jesus christinscription:+moneta (clover) fland' translation: coin of flanders read more
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Awarded label from london county council on past down pageall 24 plates are present and bright (please see pictures)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website5 & number of pages: 360 pagesbook dimensions: 19published by chapman & hall ltd, london, cinner hinges are very goodthe book is nice and tidyour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storescarce art nouveau edition with 24 charming colour plates by averil burleigh description first averil burleigh edition of the poems of john keatsall pages are tightly held at the guttercondition: solid and firm boardswhat makes this volume so special are the beautiful 24 full-page illustration in colour by the british artist averil burleighwear to boards’ corners, and spine ends, with few pin marks on front coverare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablepublisher’s original green cloth boards with gilt lettering, and light blue decorations to upper board and spinethe elegant art nouveau style are really elevate this workdecorated endpapersmoderate foxing spots or age marks to page edges and some pages; become lighter towards the endsome staining faded marks affecting few pages
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Disc 2 1 the star of the county downdisc 2 2 night ride across the caucasasdisc 2 9 full circledisc 1 6 stolen childof discs: 2 disc(s) studio / label: cadiz music uk release date: 03 mar
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See oxfam website for delivery information read more spiral bound with plastic front cover and board backoxfam books & music beaconsfield facsimile versions of documents published inboth in good conditionno indication of date or origin of the reproduction
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethe cover and the first pages are slightly damaged but the main pages are intactthere are plans, graphics, photos, information and historyoxfam shop regent street bristol it's a historical book which traces the plans of the city of london
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Oxfam books & music lancaster new book from norfolk-based mascot media featuring the work of 44 artists contributing more than 270 original prints of more than 40 norfolk locationssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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It covers the coast of north americathe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoverythey 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 manythe voyage to australia and tahitithe main pagination of all four volumes is continuousas a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands inall 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 iivancouver, 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 canadasee oxfam website for delivery information read morethese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust coverthe 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 hawaiithe original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedthe volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksit 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 indicatedvolume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discoveryall pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsvolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coastit was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyorsthis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication inappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companyoxfam 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 discovery
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Oxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jmeanwhile 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 armieswhilst 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-dûrsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearsin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthonce 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 gandalfgandalf 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 responsibilitiesthey 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 doomin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilfrodo 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 overtogether 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 mordorwhen 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 handsthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomfinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay
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It includes 16 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresit consists of close to 32 figuresthese figures have been exclusively displayed in a toy soldier museum (museo l´iber, valencia, spain)garde impériale (dragons de l´emperatrice), by king and coubtryplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitena112, na113, na114, na115, na116, na117, na118, na120 and na121 (the whole series “cuirassiers”)references na111the 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”)all of them have been sold out and retiredthe french army commanded by napoleón - the french 3rdreferences na064, na065 and na066 (the whole series)the king´s german legion (recruited mostly from the german state of hannover), by king and countryeach king and country series is complete, retired and sold out and includes the original catalogueour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storereferences na067, na068, na069, na070, na071, na072, na073, na074, na075, na076 and na077 (the whole “to take the king´s shilling series)it includes close to 31 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresreferences 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”)they are in mint to very good condition, since they were used exclusively to be displayed in the dioramait also includes srthe scots greys (the 2nd north british dragons), by king and country, representing the “charge of the greys”it consists of 11 figuresbritish coldstream guards light company, by britains, recreating the defense of hougoumontare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitomas picton by britains, referenceit 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)the royal horse artillery, by king and country, references na096, na097, na098 and na099 (the whole series)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableit consists of close to 45 figures recreating the defense from the scot greys chargeregiment of the line, by king and countryreferences na039, na042, na043, na044, na078, na079, na080, na081 (the whole series ¡“vive l´emperatrice!”) - 7thcoldstream 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”)french artillery, by king and countryit includes 16 figures, references na083, na084, na085, na086, na087, na088, na089, na090 (these references represent the whole series “bold chevaliers)characteristics of the items the majority of these figures do not have the original boxreferences andfrench light infantry, by britains, participating in the attack to hougoumontcuirassiers (les gros freres), by king and countryit includes close to 30 figures, references (published in the collection supplement)
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See pictures of the table of contents) 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 experienced’ registered shippingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease 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 pphe adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and languagehe wrote extensively about morocco (our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementary(total of 2 books) read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicondition: 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‘james edward budgett meakin () was an english journalistotherwise the books look good, bookblocks are solidcontents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendix
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Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease 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 contentsthis edition is fromour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepart 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 contentsa study or reference literature for true lovers or specialists of french furniture or those who want to become itare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitwo 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 paristhe two parts are nicely bound in a red hard cover with gold and black print
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70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3t 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 yeomen of the guard vhs video tapethe 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: £3it was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowersone of the savoy video series of video tapes released by a
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Smartbunker 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 beneficialhowever, it can also be spread through contact with infected materialwhat’s more, the smartbunker allows each horse’s feed and feed bucket to be kept separate, therefore reducing the risk of cross contaminationsome of the key benefits include being fully vermin proof and fully waterproof for indoor and outdoor usage(click to reveal full phone number) click to contact wwwits main goals are to keep feed safe and reduce the risk of spreading infectionthe award winning smartbunker is practical for a range of animal feedsin fact, smartbunkers could also help to reduce the risk of any further outbreaks of equine influenza if used consistentlyfurthermore, 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 cleanthe virus is predominantly spread via infected bodily fluids and secretions, such as nasal discharge, coughing and foetal fluidsit has a unique dispensing system with an easy to use pull arm, which distributes the necessary amount of product with very little forceit 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 purchasedworking together, it’s a win-win situation for everyone involved
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Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableiron 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 & cdplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeiron 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 catawiki
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As 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 guevarasimultaneously, 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 contextsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even òun-americanmorgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empireó how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james goxfam 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 centuryit 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 time
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreamong 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 ofoxfam 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 britainbut 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 eastkarim 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 city
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See 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 pageswritten 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 eventstranslated by john spragens jr, with an afterword by cora weiss and don luceoxfam bookshop lower petergate a personal account of the spring offensive of that culminated in the capture of saigon and the end of the vietnam war
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Its inspiration came from pioneering british architect and designer owen jones (), who produced a comprehensive design treatise for the machine age, lavishly illustrated in vivid chromolithographic colorsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat once splendidly victorian and insistently modern, the grammar of ornament celebrates objects of beauty from across time periods and continents, and remains an indispensable sourcebook todayhis aim was to improve the quality of western design by changing the habits of victorian designers, who indiscriminately mixed elements from a wide variety of sourcesjones's resulting study is a comprehensive analysis of styles of ornamental design, presenting key examples ranging from maori tattoos, egyptian columns, and greek borders to byzantine mosaic, indian embroidery, and elizabethan carvingsjones made detailed observations of decorative arts on his travels in europe, the middle east, and in his native london, where he studied objects on display at the great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations in and at local museumsthe studio library of decorative art, the grammar of ornament owen jones hardcover with dust jacket good condition - some tears to the dust jacket first published in , the grammar of ornament remains a design classic
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Osterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwayshe explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much moreindispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developmentsjürgen osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering eruditionoxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionhe examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planetfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is the highly anticipated english edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed german book, which is also being translated into chinese, polish, russian, and french
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Condition: as newboreham wood's origins are mistier, but technology brought massive change and development with the coming of the railway in , and again, when cinema created britain's hollywood in this pleasant parishthe book of elstree & boreham wood brings them all to life, recapturing the history of these two places, in a fluent and considered narrative and very many fascinating picturessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe hills and valleys of this busy corner of herts have been home to people for some years, and the romans chose elstree hill as a major tile-manufacturing centrehere are the people behind that past - edward de kendale, adam scippe, thomas newchapman and agnes, his wife; sir anthony denny and rev canon eales; george byng and wortley-montagu; murderers thurtell and hunt; macready the great actor; burton the great explorer and the photographer wellington; and of course, the legendary giants of british cinema - men like rank, danziger, balcon and blattnersigned by stephen castleidlestre and borham were much influenced by the great abbey of st albans, and indeed by alban's martyrdom and the roman muncipium of verulamium, so that the area's past is inextricably entwined with the great and the good of times ancient and latervery minor marks to dj otherwise clean and bright throughoutuntil recently, medieval elstree had survived largely intact, but post-war reconstruction brought considerable mutilationoxfam books & music hereford signed limited subscriber edition, numbered 44not long after the normans came, there was a flourishing settlement at elstree hillhappily, a few fine late medieval buildings escaped the developer's insensitive eye
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This book, lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, is the first comprehensive reference on lizards around the worldwe also meet the glass lizard, able to break its tail into many highly motile pieces to distract a predator from its body; lizards that can run across water; and limbless lizards, such as snakesa definitive resource containing many entertaining anecdotes, this magnificent book opens a new window to the natural world and the evolution of life on earthinternally clean and unmarkedoxfam books & music fareham from tiny to gigantic, from drab to remarkably beautiful, from harmless to venomous, lizards are spectacular products of natural selectionpublished by the university of california press, this paperback book is in very good used condition with only minor wear to edges and bumping to cornersvitt have studied and photographed members of almost all lizard families worldwide, and they bring to the book a deep knowledge based on extensive firsthand experience with the animals in their natural habitatspianka and laurie jsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepart one explores lizard lifestyles, answering such questions as why lizards are active when they are, why they behave as they do, how they avoid predators, why they eat what they eat, and how they reproduce and socializepart three gives an unprecedented global view of evolutionary trends that have shaped present-day lizard communities and considers the impact of humans on their futurein part two the authors take us on a fascinating tour of the world's manifold lizard species, beginning with iguanians, an evolutionary group that includes some of the most bizarre lizards, the true chameleons of africa and madagascaraccessible, scientifically up-to-date, and written with contagious enthusiasm for the subject, lizards: windows to the evolution of diversity covers species evolution, diversity, ecology, and biology
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