The ecology of information
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells  the laws of the web: patterns in the ecology of information bernardo aprevious owner's name in pencil on title pagethe first couple of chapters have underlining and annotations in pencilan accessible explanation of the hidden patterns found within the seemingly chaotic world wide webhuberman, good condition
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Animals of the arctic: the ecology of the far north by bernard stonehouse published: condition is very good for an older bookreason for sale: our daughter used this book to find out about the animals and ecology of animals that live in the arctic as part of her animal care course which she has now completedlovely photos of the animals read more
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The ecology of trees in the tropical rainforestused – very good conditioncollection preferred but will post if needed, buyer to cover postage £12geography bsc/ma book
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Combined operations prepared for the combined operations command by the ministry of information published by hmso (his majesty's stationery office first published (extract from the foreword) this record contains some account of the combined operations in general and the exploits of the command being that namecover torn on spine but all in all in reasonable condition for age, this paperback includes maps and photos showing extraordinary real images of combined ops actions, plus informative textprefer collection but would consider posting at cost read more(printing works), london stext (letterpress and photogravure) printed by the amalgamated press ltd
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morevitt 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 habitatsinternally clean and unmarkedpublished by the university of california press, this paperback book is in very good used condition with only minor wear to edges and bumping to cornersin 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 madagascarwe 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 snakesaccessible, 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 biologythis book, lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, is the first comprehensive reference on lizards around the worldpart 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 futurea definitive resource containing many entertaining anecdotes, this magnificent book opens a new window to the natural world and the evolution of life on earthpianka and laurie joxfam books & music fareham from tiny to gigantic, from drab to remarkably beautiful, from harmless to venomous, lizards are spectacular products of natural selection
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book shows that the investigation of the border zone of life sciences and agriculture raises many interesting questions about how science developstaking a comparative national perspective, the book examines agricultural practices in a broad sense, including the practices and disciplines devoted to land management, forestry, soil science, and the improvement and management of crops and livestockthe life sciences considered include genetics, microbiology, ecology, entomology, forestry, and deal with us, european, russian, japanese, indonesian, chinese contextsin particular it challenges one to re-examine and take seriously the intimate connection between scientific development and the practical goals of managing and improving - perhaps even recreating - the living world to serve human endswithout close attention to this zone it is not possible to understand the emergence of new disciplines and transformation of old disciplines, to evaluate the role and impact of such major figures of science as humboldt and mendel, or to appreciate how much of the history of modern biology has been driven by national ambitions and imperialist expansion in competition with rival nationsoxfam books & music crouch end this volume explores problems in the history of science at the intersection of life sciences and agriculture, from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreon the front cover there is a small deep indentation and on the back cover there are some slight signs of wear this is the first full flora of the vice county of renfrewshire (renfrewshire, east renfrewshire, inverdyde and parts of southend north-west glasgow)oxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditioninternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedthe 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 speciesit 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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See oxfam website for delivery information read morenow, for the first time in book form, this volume presents a series of exciting and engaged interviews with, and essays from, the founder of social ecologyoxfam shop mutley plain  "murray bookchin has been a dynamic revolutionary propagandist since the s when, as a teenager, he orated before socialist crowds in new york city and engaged in support work for those fighting franco in the spanish civil war" book in good condition with clean pages throughout and securely boundthis expansive collection ranges over, amongst others, bookchin's account of his teenage years as a young communist during the great depression, his experiences of the s and reflections on that decade's lessons, his vision of a libertarian communist society, libertarian politics, the future of anarchism, and the unity of theory and practiceprinted in , first editionsome dirt marks to the page edges, otherwise very goodfinally, he states what is to be valued in both anarchism and marxism in building such a left and offers guidelines for forming a new revolutionary social movementhe goes on to assess the crisis of radicalism today and defends the need for a revolutionary left
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See oxfam website for delivery information read more this book explores all key aspects of the development of this ancient culture, including the ecology of the region and its famously productive agriculture, its political and economic standing, its religious practices, and the achievements of its intelligentsiathe book is free of notes and inscriptions, and remains a clean, bright and good condition copy, which shows no signs of having been readhistoricized by the new testament as a centre of decadence and corruption, babylon and its surrounding region was in fact a rich and complex civilization, responsible for the invention of the dictionary and laying the foundations of modern scienceoxfam shop cowley road softcover published by routledge,  (first published )'the babylonian world' presents an extensive, up-to-date and lavishly illustrated history of the ancient state babylonia and its 'holy city', babyloncomprehensive and accessible, this book will be an indispensable resource for anyone studying the periodpaperback in excellent condition except for some water-ruffling to bottom of pages
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This fourth edition of life the science of biology volume ii evolution, diversity, and ecology by purves, orians and heller features: - intriguing chapter openers that combine arresting photos and text to spark interest at the outset, setting the stage for the material that follows - consistent icons and colour-coding to clarify illustrationsthese are flagged with marginal arrows so the student is able to refer to them readily - stunning photos capture the excitement of life, illustrating concepts and enlivening the book's appearance - boxes describe fascinating biological phenomena, highlighting special interest topics and expanding the discussion of many issues - new chapter summaries synthesize information in the text and the articons are used to represent biologically important molecules, active forms of enzymes, and the activation and inhibition of pathwaysit is subsequently in very good condition with no marked or torn pages read morecolour is used consistently throughout the text - dynamic visual paragraphs that dramatize important concepts in a way that the text alone cannotimportant concepts are encapsulated in clearly written summary sentences, with references back to key illustrations - self quizzes to test your knowledge and understanding of the topics in each chapter this book is paperbacked and measures 275(l) x 22(w) x 15(d) cm condition: this book has not been read and has just been sitting on a shelf
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop stirling fair to good gloss photographic boards, slight scratches to gloss, spine ends pushed, and corners wornblock clean and binding firma good working copy
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book makes challenging arguments: that patients don't demand the sort of information about doctors that they should; that doctors who feel put upon by information overload, patient demands, complaints and growing requirements from employers, colleges, medical boards and government, will be resistant to any additional regulation of their activity; that doctors are reluctant to judge problem doctors and prefer the quiet chat'; and that current law and practice is lax when it comes to checking that doctors remain up-to-dateoxfam shop didsbury what makes a good doctor? are there bad doctors out there - and if so how do we protect patients from them? can we inject more information, more trust and more assured competence into the medical system to solve these problems? drawing on his years of dealing with patient concerns, ron paterson tackles these important questionsthe good doctor will be prescribed reading for doctors, patients and policymakers-all of those determined to make sure patients get the medical care they deservepaterson concludes the book with proposals to lift the veil of secrecy, to inform patients better and to revalidate doctors periodically, all key ways we might improve patient care
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreweaving together cancer and consciousness, two-headed worms and bird navigation, davies reveals how biological organisms garner and process information to conjure order out of chaos, opening a window on the secret of life itselffrom life's murky origins to the microscopic engines that run the cells of our bodies, the demon in the machine is a breath-taking journey across the landscape of physics, biology, logic and computinglife really does look like magic: even a humble bacterium accomplishes things so dazzling that no human engineer can match itat the heart of these diverse fields, davies explains, is the concept of information: a quantity with the power to unify biology with physics, transform technology and medicine, and even to illuminate the age-old question of whether we are alone in the universeoxfam bookshop preston for generations, scientists have struggled to make sense of this fundamental questionand yet, huge advances in molecular biology over the past few decades have served only to deepen the mysteryso can life be explained by known physics and chemistry, or do we need something fundamentally new?in this penetrating and wide-ranging new analysis, world-renowned physicist and science communicator paul davies searches for answers in a field so new and fast-moving that it lacks a name, a domain where computing, chemistry, quantum physics and nanotechnology intersect
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethe hacking puzzles, once completed, result in access being granted to various databases around the world, which are then cross referenced with the information contained in the manuscriptas you progress, information gleaned from the characters you meet or uncovered from the many locations across the world helps you decode the manuscript's secrets and move toward revealing the identity of 'the one true patriarch' in a gripping and intriguing story that is deftly interwoven with factual contextrevolution hasn't just spent the last three years crafting a new story for this latest instalmentnow, broken sword: the angel of death's characters are more colourful and varied thanks to the proprietary virtual actor systemcomplete with manualto assist in your decoding of the manuscript, you carry a pdabeyond the usual note-taking and lists of contacts, the pda can be used as a hacking tool" in very good conditionback in control of stobbart, who is - sigh - once again charged with saving the world, you're armed with a richly illustrated manuscript that holds as many secrets as it does cluesoxfam bookshop newport "ten years on from revolution's first broken sword title, after battling dragons, mayan gods and joining the knights templar, unwitting hero george stobbart is trying to get back to his regular life and his 9-5 desk job when he finds a beautiful and enigmatic woman waiting for himinstead, the predecessor's graphics engine has been replaced with a completely new, more detailed 3d systemwithout warning, she vanishes, leading george into a frantic search for an artefact of great and terrible powerrendering more believable facial expressions, the system projects each character's emotions as you interact with them, as they are once again brought to life with excellent voice acting
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morein arranging the plan of this handbook on the art of driving a car the writer has been largely guided by correspondence on motoring matters received during a numbers of years from readers requests for information from readers of the times, and generally containing requests for information on certain definite points about driving in relation to car maintenancepictorial frontboards and backboards, stained, rubbed, bumped, shelf-wornblue cloth spine, paper on boardsall edges have handling marksoxfam shop darlington hardback, quarter boundpublisher: the london times, undated,circa all pages clean and completespine, stained, rubbed, bumped, shelf-worn paste-downs have motoring adverts, hinge between pastedown and endpapers, cracked near the bottomused very good condition
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Com/ see oxfam website for delivery information read moreamong the historical moments revisited here, a revolutionary nation arises from its environment and struggles to reconcile the diversity of its people with the claim that nature is the source of libertyin topeka, kansas, transformations of land and life prompt a lawsuit that culminates in the momentous civil rights case of brown vby focusing on materials and processes intrinsic to all things and by highlighting the nature of the united states, fiege recovers the forgotten and overlooked ground on which so much history has unfoldedoxfam bookshop knutsford in the dramatic narratives that comprise the republic of nature, mark fiege reframes the canonical account of american history based on the simple but radical premise that nothing in the nation's past can be considered apart from the natural circumstances in which it occurredrevisiting historical icons so familiar that schoolchildren learn to take them for granted, he makes surprising connections that enable readers to see old stories in a new lightthe republic of nature points to a startlingly different version of history that calls on readers to reconnect with fundamental forces that shaped the american experienceabraham lincoln, an unlettered citizen from the countryside, steers the union through a moment of extreme peril, guided by his clear-eyed vision of nature's capacity for improvementfor more information, visit the author's website: http://republicofnaturein these pages, the nation's birth and development, pain and sorrow, ideals and enduring promise come to life as never before, making a once-familiar past seem newboard of education
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See oxfam website for delivery information read more in the atlas of disease, sandra hempel reveals how maps have uncovered insightful information about the history of disease, from the seventeenth century plague maps that revealed the radical idea that diseases might be carried and spread by humans, to cholera maps in the s showing the disease was carried by water, right up to the aids epidemic in the s and the recent devastating ebola outbreakthe atlas of disease is the first book to tell these stories in a new an innovative way, interweaving new maps with contemporary illustrations to chart some of the world's most deadly pandemics and epidemics diseases covered: airborne: diphtheria; influenza; leprosy; measles; scarlet fever; sars; smallpox; tuberculosis (tb) waterborne: cholera; dysentery; typhoid insects and animals: malaria; plague; typhus; yellow fever; zika human to human: polio; ebola; hiv and aids; syphilis  crucially, the atlas of disease will also explore how cartographic techniques have been used to combat epidemics by revealing previously hidden patternsoxfam bookshop brighton behind every disease is a story, a complex narrative woven of multiple threads, from the natural history of the disease, to the tale of its discovery and its place in historythese discoveries have changed the course of history, affected human evolution, stimulated advances in medicine and saved countless lives
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreit provides a summarised statement of the law, complete with footnotes to enable you to access further informationwritten in convenient narrative form, it contains full cross-referencing to the relevant cases, statutory provision and policy circularsthe law of compulsory purchase sets out the practice, procedure, policy and valuation of a compulsory purchaseit also includes a full explanation of the scope of powers to acquire land compulsorily and the exercise of the powers and principles of compensationthis book should be on the desk of every practitioner who has to advise upon this branch of law and every advocate who has to present a case in which it arisesit both simplifies what can be simplified and explains with clarity the difficult areasfind the answers you need quickly and easilythis is a first edition in a very good conditionthis authoritative new book is your single accessible volume to this complex and wide-ranging area of the lawthe practical structure, style and indexing ensures that the relevant statutory provisions and cases to the matters in issue are easy to findoxfam bookshop hampstead the law of compulsory purchase by guy roots being spread across several statutes of varying antiquity and many judicial decisions, the law relating to compulsory purchase and compensation can appear dauntingthere is some little shelf wear and a few marks to the page edge on the bottom
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethe art of looking sideways is the ultimate guide to visual awareness, a magical compilation that will entertain and inspire all those who enjoy the interplay between word and image, and who relish the odd and the unexpectedoxfam shop dumfries the art of looking sideways is a primer in visual intelligence, an exploration of the workings of the eye, the hand, the brain and the imaginationloosely arranged in 72 chapters, all this material is presented in a wonderfully inventive series of pages that are themselves masterly demonstrations of the expressive use of type, space, colour and imagerydescribing himself as a visual jackdaw, master designer alan fletcher has distilled a lifetime of experience and reflection into a brilliantly witty and inimitable exploration of such subjects as perception, colour, pattern, proportion, paradox, illusion, language, alphabets, words, letters, ideas, creativity, culture, style, aesthetics and valuethis book does not set out to teach lessons, but it is full of wisdom and insight collected from all over the worldit is an inexhaustible mine of anecdotes, quotations, images, curious facts and useless information, oddities, serious science, jokes and memories, all concerned with the interplay between the verbal and the visual, and the limitless resources of the human mind
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethe art of looking sideways is the ultimate guide to visual awareness, a magical compilation that will entertain and inspire all those who enjoy the interplay between word and image, and who relish the odd and the unexpectedloosely arranged in 72 chapters, all this material is presented in a wonderfully inventive series of pages that are themselves masterly demonstrations of the expressive use of type, space, colour and imageryoxfam books & music lancaster the art of looking sideways is a primer in visual intelligence, an exploration of the workings of the eye, the hand, the brain and the imaginationthis book does not set out to teach lessons, but it is full of wisdom and insight collected from all over the worlddescribing himself as a visual jackdaw, master designer alan fletcher has distilled a lifetime of experience and reflection into a brilliantly witty and inimitable exploration of such subjects as perception, colour, pattern, proportion, paradox, illusion, language, alphabets, words, letters, ideas, creativity, culture, style, aesthetics and valueit is an inexhaustible mine of anecdotes, quotations, images, curious facts and useless information, oddities, serious science, jokes and memories, all concerned with the interplay between the verbal and the visual, and the limitless resources of the human mind
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moresummarizing a wealth of information in an entertaining, approachable style, the story of the earth in 25 rocks is essential reading for the armchair geologist, the rock hound, and all who are curious about the earth beneath their feetthe story of the earth in 25 rocks tells the fascinating stories behind the discoveries that shook the foundations of geologyin twenty-five chapters-each about a particular rock, outcrop, or geologic phenomenon-donald rprothero follows in the footsteps of the scientists who asked-and answered-geology's biggest questions: how do we know how old the earth is? what happened to the supercontinent pangea? how did ocean rocks end up at the top of mount everest? what can we learn about our planet from meteorites and moon rocks? he answers these questions through expertly chosen case studies, such as pliny the younger's firsthand account of the eruption of vesuvius; the granite outcrops that led a scottish scientist to theorize that the landscapes he witnessed were far older than noah's flood; the salt and gypsum deposits under the mediterranean sea that indicate that it was once a desert; and how trying to date the age of meteorites revealed the dangers of lead poisoningeach of these breakthroughs filled in a piece of the greater puzzle that is the earth, with scientific discoveries dovetailing with each other to offer an increasingly coherent image of the geologic pastprothero recounts the scientific detective work that shaped our understanding of geology, from the unearthing of exemplary specimens to tectonic shifts in how we view the inner workings of our planetoxfam bookshop brigg every rock is a tangible trace of the earth's past
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book integrates an accessible exposition of background information with a cumulative marshalling of evidence to address fundamental questions concerning human action in the world and the nature of ultimate realitythe boards are of blue cloth with silver gilt titlingon the lower end of the spine there is also has an orange sticker with the letters 'arb' written on it and sellotaped onthe ffep has been torn outthe dustjacket is sunned on the spine and has signs of wear around the edgesoxfam books & music totnes in this book, michael arbib, a researcher in artificial intelligence and brain theory, joins forces with mary hesse, a philosopher of science, to present an integrated account of how humans 'construct' reality through interaction with the social and physical world around themhardback book with dustjacketthe book is a major expansion of the gifford lectures delivered by the authors at the university of edinburgh in the autumn ofthe authors reconcile a theory of the individual's construction of reality as a network of schemas 'in the head' with an account of the social construction of language, science, ideology and religion to provide an integrated schema-theoretic view of human knowledgethe authors still find scope for lively debate, particularly in their discussion of free will and of the reality of god
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop billericay the newspaper seller the strawberry seller the match seller the come with certificate and information booklet about the artwork and historical infoif you want the 10 please contact the shop and ask for cath - a discount of 15% can be arranged for all 10at the time of listing the set of 10 plates are available
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is a library of information for the home in a single volumeoxfam books & music olney undated but published around (has gift inscription from this date)a great insight into domestic life of the periodin good condition, the biding is intact but a little loose
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morebehind the wall of information and opinion there is a straightforward storyoxfam bookshop ilkley the troubles in northern ireland rolled grimly on for almost 30 years from the late s until the onset of the current shaky peace processthis is an account of what happened in the northern ireland conflict, and why, told by award-winning ireland correspondent for the "independent", david mckittrick, and historian david mcveathousands of books, articles and theses were published, dissecting every possible aspect of the problem and making it the most researched civil conflict in historyin that time, the conflict never strayed far off the news schedules of the world's media
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethis updated version also encompasses greater integration of the information on evolution and crop originsa description of the process of evolution in native and cultivated populations of plants is incorporated, plus a review of when and where major crops were domesticated and discussions of the subsequent development of crops over timeoxfam bookshop wallingford this unique volume combines discussion of plant evolution with that of crop originsthe first edition was published in by prentice-hall, and has now been fully revised to reflect recent advances
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethe dustjacket has imperfections at the top of the rear fold and along the crease of the rear fold and would be considered in a good condition "it is an ideal gift book for baptism, confirmation or ordination candidates"the book is in a very good seemingly unread conditionoxfam shop shirley title: for the love of god, volume 1- a daily companion for discovering the riches of god's word author: d(publishers information)carson publisher: inter-varsity presspublished: 2nd reprint binding: hardback book condition: very good dustjacket condition: good isbn 10: this is a classic reading system presented for busy modern people which takes the reader through the bible in one or two years as preferredthe bulk of the text is unpaginated (approx 400pp)
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreplease ask if you require any more information of photosplease get in touch to enquire about postage cost if wanting postage to remote areas of the uk where postage costs are higher, before orderingtaken from the original publication illustrated by blake of the book of jobengravings are all 12x8cmoxfam bookshop woodbridge rare limited edition, 1 of 100 copies for englandwill be sent with next day dhl tracked and insured (for the full value of the item) courier next day postage within the ukwith dedication on flyleaf and including tate gallery insertin red and black the title page states the book is 'a new edition'wear to the title sticker on spine otherwise in very good condition with twenty-two black and white etchings
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moregold-stamped title, author and edition on front cover with a blind-stamped and embossed illustrationspine has gold-stamped text similar to front cover with the addition of the publisher and gold stamped ridges pages (good as new cond): - endsheets have a colour mottled, oil design - comes with additional summary/blurb sheet written by editors publishing information: - part of a "classics of the old west" edition series published in that are photographically reprinted from the original publication - no damage or wear, good as new - includes many illustrations and photographs both in black and white and colour from a list of illustrators - pages have a distinct gold gilt - good as new condition, no signs of bumping, marks or stainsoxfam shop shirley boards (good as new cond): - leather bound boards in excellent conditionoriginal publication was in by g
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See oxfam website for delivery information read more a wealth of information covering all aspects of the craft pencil annotations on front end paperpages very goodillustrated dust jacket in a good condition, price clipped with photographs, drawings and tables a lovely book for any bell ringer or any historianoxfam bookshop truro hardback book with blue boards in a good condition
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