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The title is the crux of the biscuitthe item format is a cdbelow is a more detailed summary of this specific item for salethe image shown here is not an image of the actual item for salefor example: idzthe sleeve condition is new
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5 kg full biscuit jointed doll marked cleo on the back of the neckare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe drawers open and close properly40 cm long by 17 cm highour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableit is 33 cm approxvintage doll, an ice cream cart with bicycle for a vintage doll or bears
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Set of 2 silver biscuit tins with under traysvery richly decorated with biedemeier flower decorations and lid coversare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibouer & s and j van lier in in utrecht dimensions: round dish: 11 cm, weight 286 grams rectangular dish: 15 cm high, diameter 13the underside of the tins have been provided with green felt and have been marked in the interiorour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website5 cm long, weight 313 grams total weight 910 grams both sets are in perfect condition5 cm, weight 135 grams round tin: 94 cm long, weight 176 grams rectangular tin: 98 cm high, diameter 17insured and registered shippingcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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Hornsea china brown stripe biscuit barrel wooden lid the hornsea 'stripe' range dates from the word biscuits appears twice on the barrel the pot is cm) high including lid 6" (15cm) diameter base lid cm) diameter there is a piece of wood missing from the underside of the lid this does not however cause any problem with the airtight rubber seal read more
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Hand painted biscuit barrelmeasures mind inches to the top of the handlelovely conditionpink, green and gold
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Souviner of 'cheddar gorge' (printed on roof) "ye olde cottage" immaculate condition considering the age of the piece7" (18cm) high 6" (15cm) wide 5" (13cm) deep weighs around 1no chips or cracks and very clean - some crazing of glaze but that is all
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Jigsaw puzzles are cut in a press, stamped out like dough cut with a biscuit cutterwhat makes it so difficult?the world's most difficult jigsaw puzzle is double sidedthis makes a groove in the top of the puzzle and leaves the bottom flat
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Oxfam bookshop thame tracks: lou reed - real good time together linda ronstadt - when will i be loved linda ronstadt - you're no good argent - hold your head up manfred mann's earth band - spirits in the night rod stewart - (i know) i'm losing you leon russell - tight rope the allman brothers band - ramblin' man see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Once 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 gandalfmeanwhile 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 armiesfinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplaygandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondoroxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jwhen 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 handsfrodo 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 oversee oxfam website for delivery information read moretolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearswhilst 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-dûrtogether 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 mordorgandalf 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 responsibilitiesin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthin '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 doomthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doom
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Stamped frederick duke of york"[21] in frederick actively supported the foundation of the royal military college, sandhurst, which promoted the professional, merit-based training of future commissioned officersthe soldiers frienddied 5 january ) the grand old duke of york, he had ten thousand menbank transfer or pay pal (if pa pal please add 4% to cover fees) read morehe was also in charge of the preparations against napoleon's planned invasion of the united kingdom inhe was the person most responsible for the reforms that created the force which served in the peninsular warhe marched them up to the top of the hill and he marched them down againduke of york commemorative coin/tokenin the opinion of sir john fortescue, frederick did "more for the army than any one man has done for it in the whole of its history
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Columbia masterworks dl-" lp record album in beautifully embossed fabric album with gilt titles and illustrations, applied flag lithograph, and attached 32-page illustrated book about the civil war and the confederate armythe second album is the confederacy, columbia album number , published inthank you for lookingfeaturing the national gallery orchestra, conducted by richard bales; the cantata choir of the lutheran church of the reformation, mezzo-soprano florence kopleff, baritone thomas pyle, and narrator reverend edmund jennings leemeasures 14" x 12about the confederacyfirst is the union, columbia records number dl-244 published in , with 60 pages of text and photographs, and a columbia masterworks lpplease see photographs as part of the descriptionthe albums are both in plastic covers and inserted at the end of the book and are in excellent condition they have some water damage, which is reflected in the asking priceâs the union & confederacy ) illustrated collector casebooks here for sale we have 2 illustrated books about the american civil war including a 12âlp excellent condition with each one condition vinyl ex case books some water damagecolumbia records proudly presents "the confederacy" based on music of the south during the yearssize: " x " conditionit has 32 pages of text and photographs and a columbia legacy lpincludes an attached 32-page illustrated book about the civil war, with essays by bruce catton, and clifford dowdeyrecorded at the national gallery of art, washington, d
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In very good condition certificate of authenticity read more" pooh fans everywhere are sure to be spinning with excitement over this very special "hunny" of a music boxlimited edition winnie the pooh hunny of a day music box by ardleigh elliott winnie the pooh and friends grace a "hunny of a day" ferris wheel collectible music box! a hundred acre wood exclusive first! - it's a hunny of a day whenever winnie the pooh and friends get together, and now you can join in with this first-of-a-kind musical ferris wheel collectible music box! pooh, piglet, tigger, eeyore, roo, rabbit and owl enjoy a special treat in the heart of the hundred acre wood, where every detail is sure to charm you! the "homemade" ferris wheel turns and everyone smiles as their barrel-style seats swing, while honeybees flit amongst the scenes of fun and friendship that grace the base! this exclusive, limited-edition winnie the pooh musical ferris wheel collectible music box from ardleigh elliott is crafted of triple-fired heirloom porcelain, richly accented in 22k gold, and plays the melody of "love makes the world go round
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âtamburlaine the greatare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwritten in or , the play is a milestone in elizabethan public drama; it marks a turning away from the clumsy language and loose plotting of the earlier tudor dramatists, and a new interest in fresh and vivid language, memorable action, and intellectual complexityis loosely based on the life of the central asian emperor, timur (tamerlane/timur the lame, dstamp on half title pagecover with minor signs of useour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeillustrated by robert stewart sherriffs () with 15 full-page illustrations and 10 vignettesotherwise the book is in very good conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteit may be considered the first popular success of london's public stagewhereas the real timur was of turkic-mongolian ancestry and belonged to the nobility, for dramatic purposes marlowe depicts him as a scythian shepherd who rises to the rank of emperorwill be carefully packaged and sent insured, with track & tracechristopher marlowe - the life and death of tamburlaine the greata play in two tragical discourses by cristopher marlowe - the hesperides press, london, - black cloth binding - unpaginated (222 ppâ (wikipedia) from the collection of folklorist and critic of american culture gershon legmannote in ink on first endpapercatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available) - cm number 126 from an edition of 300 copies
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âjames edward budgett meakin () was an english journalistare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiâ registered shippingotherwise the books look good, bookblocks are solidhe adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and languagetwo uniformly bound books in the original bindings with original endpapers - xxxi, 464 + folding 'map of morocco' ( cm), xxii, 503 ppour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storehe wrote extensively about morocco (please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecondition: 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 margincontents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendixsee pictures of the table of contents(total of 2 books) read morethe moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementary) 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 experiencedcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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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 bainbridge70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: ÂŁ3the 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: ÂŁ3the yeomen of the guard vhs video tapeit was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowersshould 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 aone of the savoy video series of video tapes released by a
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwhile small screen addicts might have been disappointed by the lack of chatter,it was a refreshing departure from the usual inanity of forced conversations that are often included to provide humor or personality,stevens seemed more comfortable just singing and it helped give the show a more natural feelshowcasing the possible technical heights this medium could reach,and both stevens and a superb back-up,made that aspect of the show more than just a technical triumph" performed about a year after the release of catch bull at four,cat stevens' most successful album in the us,this concert,which is a fan favourite,has been issued as a very,very rare bootleg \tmorning has broken\t \t18th avenue \ton the road to findout\t \twild world\t \tmoonshadow (including the teaser tape)\t \tkeeper of the leaves\t \ti've had it enough \tthe boy with the moon and star on his head\t \tthe hurt\t \tthe foreigner suite\t lp/nm cover/nm see pictures fantastic rare-cat stevens live recording read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecat stevens?âthe hoaxer's midnight daydream hollywood live/aquarius theatre,nov9 in a review of this show,sam sutherland wrote:"viewers were treated to a portrait of stevens music of unusual depth,as stevens moved through material from various phases of his recording career since joining a&m's rosterplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website"stevens is a dark and quiet personality and the show was virtually without any spoken commentthe quality of the stereo-fm track for simulcast was excellentcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiiron maiden ?â the number of the beast label: parlophone ?â series: iron maiden the studio collection remastered â 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 & cdour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteiron maiden ?â the book of souls: live chapter label: parlophone ?â format: 2 Ă 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 dellâunita dâitalia, 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 mailcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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He 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 morehe 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 planetindispensable 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 developmentsjĂŒrgen 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 transitionosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysfirst 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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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham "a highly original and often hypnotic workand elisabeth's father, a famous sculptor, observes the vast skeleton of a whale in his studio and asks: what am i doing here? and why? experiences and encounters flicker past with a raw, visual power, like frames in a black and white filmthose who catch sight of the wolf see their own lives reflected, and find themselves searching for a different path in a cold timea woman burns her mother's diaries on a berlin balconyhis trail leads all the way to berlin, connecting the lives of disparate individuals whose paths intersect and divergethe lone wolf is glimpsed on the hard shoulder and photographed by tomasz, a polish construction worker who cannot survive in germany without his girlfriendthis first novel of germany's most celebrated contemporary playwright is written in prose of tremendous power and precisionon an icy motorway eighty kilometres outside the city, a fuel tanker jack-knifes and explodesexactly the type of book that readers in search of striking european voices should embrace" john boyne, author of the boy in the striped pyjamasa contemporary berlin fairy tale that bristles with urban truths - the first novel of germany's best-known contemporary playwright one clear, ice-cold january morning shortly after dawn, a wolf crosses the border between poland and germanyelisabeth and micha run away through the snow from their home village, crossing the wolf's tracks on their way to the citytranslated from the german by jamie bulloch see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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More than anything, she hopes to express her love and her regret at all the important times she missed during her children's early yearsimmersed in the splendour of the riviera, this should be a summer to remember, but old resentments die hard, and olivia is still running the business full-timeoxfam bookshop st albans after building an empire that has made her a legend in business, olivia spends months each year planning a lavish holiday for everyone in her family to enjoyliz, her older daughter, is preoccupied with a chance to recapture her dream of being a writer and is terrified of failure, againbut her younger daughter, cassie, a hip london music producer, refuses the invitation altogether as she does every yearas each of these individuals confront the past and the challenges of the present and future, they also learn to accept the enduring, unconditional love of their family - and a mother who is strong enough to take more than her fair share of the blame, and loving enough to accept them as they really arethis summer she has arranged a dream trip on a luxurious yacht in the mediterranean, which she hopes will be the most memorable of alland her sons john and phillip work for her, for better or worse, with wives who wish they didn'tthe question is: can they do the same for her? see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Over 80 angels are included with a description, accompanied by a prayer and a meditation that helps readers to reflect on these essential qualitiesin the course of a year, readers will be introduced to all the forces that enhance inner development and encourage spiritual transformation read moreeach angel encapsulates one or more specific qualitiesmany people today, both traditional believers and uncommitted seekers, are inspired by the support, protection and guidance of angelsexcellent conditionangels are a way of accessing spiritual energythe archangel, michael, for example, represents judgement tempered by mercy; the shekinah, the feminine aspect of god, brings peace and blessing to the homefrom the author of the bestselling "the angel oracle", this colourful guide follows the spring-to-winter cycle of the zodiac and introduces readers to the angels of each season, the angels of the major festivals within each season, and finally to the angels of the weeks
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The defeat of the powers of evil and the release of the victims by the fall of christ into hell after his deathare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibig and rare copy! total dimensions: around 56 x 45 cman imagination of the phrase from the apostolic creed: "descended into hellnext to the door are nails, probably the nails that were in his hands and feetvery beautiful copychrist is standing on the shattered door, with a flag of victory in his handliberation is brought to those who were bound by these powers of evildimensions image: around 43 x 35 cmhelioengraving, xixth century, amand durandour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe door of the realm of the dead is broken on the groundthe cross is on the left, but is empty because christ has abandoned it" it's like: the victory over the evil powers is also announced therethe "descend in hell" of jesus christ after his death on the crosspowerful print on beautiful, laid papercatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe now on offer is a beautiful screen print, which appeared in a strictly limited and numbered edition in the sfor the comic book enthusiast, nostalgia fan, or simply as a beautiful piece of art on the wallkuhn is an excellent draftsman, but lacks the gift of the word and is therefore assigned a copywriter by het parool to shape his thoughtsthe adventures of captain rob are a success and the books of the newspaper strips that appear at het parool until are in great demandour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitenear mint condition - size: 50 x 70 cm - limited and numbered captain rob is the hero of the comic strip the adventures of captain rob, drawn and conceived by pieter kuhn () with text by journalist evert werkman (), which appears in 73 stories from december to january (interrupted by two longer periods) appeared in the parool magazinesfrom the second story it is evert werkman and there is more line in the storiesdecember captain rob sails with his sailing ship de vrijheid together with his dog skip for his first adventure, but the story still has the character of a trycatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablethe adventures in the newspaper did not end until when kuhn died suddenly
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Most of the book is a retelling of the document, in much the same way as a modern translator might retell the contents of a babylonian tablet or egyptian papyrus scrollare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe title means, approximately, 'the first five books (pentateuch) of the creation (cosmogony)'patrick woodroffe / dave greenslade ?â the pentateuch of the cosmogony label:emi ?â emsp 332 format:2 Ă vinyl, lp, album, book country:uk released: genre:electronic, rock style:new age, prog rock media condition: ex sleeve condition: ex a hardback book and double vinyl album released in , conceived, written and illustrated by patrick woodroffe, with music written and performed by dave greensladethe story and artwork within 'pentateuch' concerns the discovery of an abandoned spacecraft in orbit around jupiter, and the project to decipher the ideograms in the pentateuch 'document' discovered withinour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteparticularly remarkable is the combinatorial ideographic script created by woodroffe and used throughout the artworkcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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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 bainbridge70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: ÂŁ3the 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: ÂŁ3the yeomen of the guard vhs video tapeean-13 number read moreit was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowersshould 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 aone of the savoy video series of video tapes released by a
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe stamps are presented by themeshorizontal strip: 900th anniversary of the battle of hasting â 14 october figures - sheetlet: 25th anniversary of the battle of britain â 13 september figures) - horizontal strip: investiture of the prince of wales - 1 july figures) - regional stamps to â ecosseour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store\t all articles are presentedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteincluding: - sheetlet: british birds - 8 august figures) - sheetlet: british flora â 24 april figures) - horizontal strip: british ships â 15 january figures) - horizontal strip: british ships â 15 january figures) - sheetlet: british cathedrals â 28 may figures) - horizontal strip: 900th anniversary of the battle of hasting â 14 october figures)northern irelandgreat britain; album of presentation stamps offered to the delegates of the 16th () congress of the universal postal union in tokyowales and monmouthshirebook in cassette form containing 14 printed double sheets with 173 mint hinged stamps issued from totracked shippingsee the pictures for more detailscatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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Putney is an art historian and head of the art museum practices program at the university of toledo and consulting curator of medieval art at the toledo museum of artsarah kennel is curator of photographs at the national gallery of art, washington, dcorey is consulting curator at the high museum of artbruce guenther is chief curator and robert and mercedes eichholz curator of modern and contemporary art at the portland art museumpaula deitz is editor of the hudson reviewguillaume fonkenell is curator of sculpture and museum historian at the musee du louvreabout the author laura d
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Publisherâs cloth-backed orange boards, gilt lettering and windmill motif to upper board, gilt lettering to spine, lower page edges untrimmed, 4 colour plates with descriptive tissue guards, 1 double- and 3 single-page b/w plates, 7 facsimile reproductions of manuscripts and letters, title and contents pages in red and black, text pages on laid paper, ix + 226 pages, 25please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteendpapers with usual foxing/offsetting; rear pastedown with a little âbubblingâno owner inscriptions(see photos for full list of contentsboards and spine with soiling, scratching, discoloration and marks as shown, bumping, rubbing and wear to extremities; paper worn through slightly to corners, and with a few small chips to edges; lower board with a little rippling, foot of spine with a few nicks) condition: contents very cleanswinburne, vita sackville-west, somerset maugham, laurence sterne, henry james, joseph conrad and rour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storebinding almost tight, with slight leanother colour plates include a hugh thomson illustration from âthe merry wives of windsorâ, plus an art deco landscape by clovat fraser; while cecil aldin provides a halftone spread with studies of dogsstevenson, among othersfirst editionamong the highlights of the title is a beautiful, little-known illustration by arthur rackham, entitled âsomebodyâs bookâ, in which a satyr is depicted reading to an enraptured nymph, while a pair of animated trees look over their shouldersthis interesting anthology â a celebration of heinemannâs publishing list â is a collection of (in the main) previously unpublished works by heinemann artists and authors, including some of the most famous names of the dayedges of page block with foxing and soiling, a few small marksare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicallender and published by william heinemann, londonâthe windmill: stories, essays, poems & pictures by authors & artists whose works are published at the sign of the windmillâ, edited by lauthors include max beerbohm (writing on einsteinâs theory), john galsworthy, siegfried sassoon, lafcadio hearn, john masefield, jack london, ausual age-toning to paper, foxing throughout (mostly light; heaviest at front and back of book, and to pages adjoining plates; glossy plates not affected), hinge between frontispiece and tissue guard with split, untrimmed lower edges with usual bumping, creasing, nicks and wearcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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Black-on white wood-engravingsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikigrieve, thomas, and others, illustratorslondon, gallery of illustration, 14, regent street, waterloo placeincluded are views of the needles on the isle of wight, cintra, the tagus, trafalgar, tarifa, gibraltar, malta, alexandria, suez, the red sea, jeddah, aden, pointe de galle (ceylon), madras and calcuttamason and others after david roberts, grieve, telbin, absolon, herring and ra beautifully produced and unusual work, with plates of scenes that rarely figure in works of this kindpublished as part of the gallery of illustration with letter-press by jour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeoblong royal 8vo] the route of the overland mail to india, from southampton to calcuttaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe engravings are by w[roberts, david, herring, jsears, the leighton brothers, aa series of engravings illustrating scenes on the route followed by the mail ships sailing by way of the mediterranean and the red sea to india32 wood-engraved plates including vignette titlecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithomas bewick is not only the pioneer of the wood-block print, but also recognised as its foremost artistthere are some very small white spots on the front panel and some matt spots that can be seen when the light reflects on the panelthey accordingly have the charm and warmth of carved wood, but allow much finer forms and greater expressive nuancethis is a large format book in a handsome original binding of green textured calf leather tooled in gold on both boards and the spine, with gold dentelles and gold to all three edges of the page blockthe pages, of are heavy rag paper, are clean and fresh, and the impressions of the bewick wood-cuts all fine and crispthis technique cuts the image against the grain on very hard box-wood, with tools used for metal etchingthe results are prints with far finer detail than other types of wood-cutsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitejames thomson's poem the seasons, the first edition with thomas bewick's wood-cutsthe binding and page block are solid, there is perhaps the bit of edge-wear to the boardscatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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