The end of the twentieth century
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Minerve hallmark & risler hallmark (french silversmith) weight: 170 gr height: 16,2 cm diameter base: 5,5 cm perfect condition risler & carré were installed rue du faubourg saint-honoré in paris from the end of the twentieth centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesilver sugar sprinkler - risler & carré - paris - circa beautiful sugar sprinkler in high grade silver (925°)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableno need to precise that it will be packed with care and shipped with track & trace read more
120 €
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Oxfam bookshop lymington this book traces the life and work of a painter twenty years old at the beginning of the twentieth centurythe work of the blue and rose periods was produced by a very young man in a span of hardly more than four yearsvery good condition with just some light tanning to the white parts of the dust jacket and some light edge wear to the jacketsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreart series which offers a series of monographs on the great masters of modern art51 colour reproductions - oils, gouaches, pastel; 20 pen & pencil drawings in two tones show the full range of the artist's stylethe four years were full of travel and abrupt changes of location, passion, poverty, depression and inspirationit would have taken any other artist decades of reflection and formulation
19 €
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Good overall condition a laboratory for competing visions of modernity, the weimar republic () continues to haunt the imagination of the twentieth centurythe weimar republic sourcebook represents the most comprehensive documentation of weimar culture, history, and politics assembled in any languagethis will be a major resource and reference work for students and scholars in history; art; architecture; literature; social and political thought; and cultural, film, german, and women's studiessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit invites a wide community of readers to discover the richness and complexity of the turbulent years in germany before hitler's rise to powerdrawing from such primary sources as magazines, newspapers, manifestoes, and official documents (many unknown even to specialists and most never before available in english), this book challenges the traditional boundaries between politics, culture, and social lifewhile devoting much attention to the republic's varied artistic and intellectual achievements (the frankfurt school, political theater, twelve-tone music, cultural criticism, photomontage, and urban planning), the book is unique for its inclusion of many lesser-known materials on popular culture, consumerism, body culture, drugs, criminality, and sexuality; it also contains a timetable of major political events, an extensive bibliography, and capsule biographiesits thirty chapters explore germany's complex relationship to democracy, ideologies of "reactionary modernism," the rise of the "new woman," bauhaus architecture, the impact of mass media, the literary life, the tradition of cabaret and urban entertainment, and the situation of jews, intellectuals, and workers before and during the emergence of fascismoxfam bookshop glossop road creasing to cover and spineits political and cultural lessons retain uncanny relevance for all who seek to understand the tensions and possibilities of our age
20 €
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They till the rough soil and sleep in the same bed, touched only occasionally by the advances of the twentieth centuryoxfam bookshop cheltenham on the black hill is an elegantly written tale of identical twin brothers who grow up on a farm in rural wales and never leave homesee oxfam website for delivery information read morein depicting the lives of benjamin and lewis and their interactions with their small local community chatwin comments movingly on the larger questions of human experience
2 €
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Made in the early 20th century or possibly at the end of the 19th centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwith wonderful old patinaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storefinely cast sculpture depicting a stately english bulldog in bronzeresting on a marble pedestal with a red tintplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
50 €
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This antique large mortar, including a pestle, was used in the pharmaceutical field and dates back to the end of the 18th centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe mortar was widely used in ancient alchemy or, in the scientific field, in traditional chemistry and pharmacy, where it is used to make mixtures or powdered drugsthe mortar is a tool used to crush, reduce to dust and mix solid substancesdimensions: mortar height 17 cm x diameter 17 cm; pestel length 38 cm, diameter 8 cmplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteit is made of wood and weighs about 2 kgall our items are packaged with great care and shipped with regular tracking codecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
69 €
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Very beautiful antique jeweller's anvil from the end of the 19th centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe object has a lovely dark patina5 cm - your purchase will be carefully packed and shipped insuredplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe object is in good condition with the usual signs of wear
36 €
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England, late 19th centuryslight signs of useelegant and functionalwalnut tilt top table in good and original conditionthe table top is manufactured from a single piece of woodbeautiful weathered patinain original and authentic condition
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Round silver tray, with the letters ‘vd’ engraved, from the end of the 19th centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitediameter: 28 cm weight: 314 g read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
46 €
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Very beautiful wooden box finely carved from bretagne at the end of the 19th centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe wood is finely crafted, and is patinated by timeour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiterobust and 100% functional objectsecure shipping with tracking and insurancecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
48 €
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Made at the end of the 20th centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicondition: used with small signs of ageingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeweight 590 gramselegant silver 800 silver centrepiece signed ricciplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteit features 4 fine decorationsdimensions: 30 x 22 x 8 cmcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabletracked shipping
45 €
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Mahogany table from the end of the 19th century, with extension mechanism in perfect condition
177 €
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The christ has 3 layers of varnish, the latest applied at the end of the 18th centurythe shoulder was reinforced in the laboratory, because the sculpture was empty and started to collapse backwardsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiheight 50 cm, width 24 cmour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe wear and tear of time ruined the paint, exposed to the greasy smoke of candles and oil lampsthe shoulder was reinforced with a new restoration and made more stable with a chestnut base under the original green pedestalwhen the sculptures started to darken, they were cleaned and re-paintedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethere are traces of the original tempera in the folds of the cloth and on the green basecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
152 €
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A history of england () is a series of reprints of twelve classic, magisterial volumes of different periods of english history, together constituting a continuous history from ancient roman times to the end of the 20th centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read moret clanchy3) england in the later middle ages written by mh keen4) england under the stuarts written by gr elton2) early medieval england written by mthe volumes were selected by, and under the general editorship of, british historian felipe fernandez-armesto, and published by the folio societyvolumes come without slipcaseoxfam shop hebden bridge 5 x volumes: 1) england under the tudors written by gm trevelyan5) anglo-saxon england written by peter hunter blair edition
45 €
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Contents clean and unmarked apart from light foxing to top page edges and an inscription on inside front coverdust jacket in good condition with fading to the spine and sticker damage to the back coversee oxfam website for delivery information read moregrey cloth covers in very good conditionoxfam bookshop tavistock this book of extracts from 'the west briton', cornwall's leading newspaper, spans the years from and is the last of four sequent volumes which together encompass all aspects of everyday cornish life
6 €
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In a team of un astronauts travel to the moon only to discover that a team of british astronauts reached the lunar surface at the end of the 19th centuryoxfam bookshop ipswich s british sci-fi adventure based on hwhile attempting to trace the early explorers, un delegates find bedford (edward judd) who claims that he and two others landed on the moon in , where they were attacked by ant-like life forms known as the selenites before escapingcan bedford's story help the latest lunar visitors survive their voyage into the unknown? see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham at the end of the nineteenth century china is rocked by foreign attacks and local rebellionsin this sequel to the bestselling empress orchid, anchee min brings to life one of the most important figures in chinese history, a very human leader who sacrifices all she has to protect both those she loves and her doomed empirethe only constant is the power wielded by one woman, tzu hsi, also known as empress orchid, who must face the perilous condition of her empire and devastating personal lossessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
2 €
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They come from france and date back to the end of the 19th centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipair of particularly beautiful antique candlesticksthey are beautifully decorated versionsthe photos speak for themselvescondition is good with a few slightly not disturbing signsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableheight: 24 cm each
70 €
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But no secret remains forever untold… the end of the 12th century is imminentas a consequence, a dark, terrifying new power was obtainedterrible things started to happen, and many lives were lost; it was then decided that this new power would have to remain a secret
24 €
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Complete set of the history of the twentieth century by martin gilbert in three volumesbuyer collects as too heavy to postunwanted gift, and still as new
8 €
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This eclectic and unknown sculptor of the twentieth century managed with a few simple traits to give life to a creature disappeared millions of years ago noware you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiprimordial bull, tracing back to a primitive mastodonit has been often identified as a symbol of natural forces beyond human controlit has been part of my collection since the sthe bull is carved in the hard palombino stone, typical of the maremma between lazio and tuscanyour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteit seems to smile, aware of its massivenesscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
203 €
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Together these short sermons form the prophet, the most inspirational work of the twentieth centurythis newly reset edition of kahlil gibran's classic contains an introduction by robin waterfield which throws new light onto one of the most significant books of the century and is a major addition to penguin arkana's uniform gibran collectionoxfam bookshop cheltenham almustafa the prophet, or 'chosen one', is about to return to his native landsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebefore leaving his place of exile, he delivers twenty-six homilies to the people he is about to leave
4 €
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Coupled with the most newsworthy stories of the period and other relevant backdrop information, the book attempts an understanding of life in donegal during the 20th centuryeach locality has its own rich plethora of lore, tales anecdotes and historical datasee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is an attempt to present a sampling of these storiesoxfam bookshop wallingford donegal is a county which is steeped in history
9 €
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Oxfam shop mutley plain " on the cusp of the twentieth century, in the most cosmopolitan city in the world, there a sensation that entranced the city's populace as nothing had before-a sensation that cast a great and disturbing shadow over the city, and then vanished, leaving no more trace than a shadow wouldfocusing on the four cases that dominated the pages of the newspapers, larry wolff's riveting narrative paints a picture of a great city enthralled by a spectacle it desperately wished to ignoresee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhile sigmund freud was anxiously awaiting the publication of the interpretation of dreams, in which he first theorized about the oedipal hostilities between parents and children, every day's headlines proclaimed the ugly reality of child abuseslight bumping to bottom right hand corner of front cover" book in good condition with clean pages throughout and securely boundin the autumn of , vienna's attention was focused not on its extraordinary cultural life, but on child abuse-specifically, two cases of child murder and two of abusechild abuse in freud's vienna is the story of that forgotten sensation in this fabled city
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Oxfam shop dumfries bookselling in scotland went through radical changes during the course of the twentieth century: the creation of more attractive shop interiors to replace the gloomy cathedrals of the pre-second world war era; increasing specialization of outlets, including the development of paperback bookshops; the growth of chains and the dogged persistence of independents; the abolition of the net book agreement; and, the importance of the mass media in the promotion of booksa balanced blend of anecdote and analysis, this is the first comprehensive insight into the nature of the trade and the radical changes it has been through in the past eighty yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book provides a lively account of bookselling and booksellers through the life histories of key and representative figures in the scottish trade, told in their own words
3 €
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Oxfam books & music lichfield robert grainer is a day labourer in the american west at the start of the twentieth century - an ordinary man in extraordinary timesas his story unfolds, we witness both his shocking personal defeats and the radical changes that transform america in his lifetimesee oxfam website for delivery information read moresuffused with the history and landscapes of the american west, train dreams captures the disappearance of a distinctly american way of lifederailed by the loss of his family, grainer struggles to make sense of this strange new world shipped by train in into the woods of the idaho panhandle, he grows up, works on logging gangs, falls in love, and loses his wife and baby daughter to a particularly pernicious wildfire
5 €
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This second edition incorporates the very considerable advances in our knowledge of mosses made in the last quarter of the twentieth century and will provide a unique resource for all concerned with these fascinating organismsan artificial key to genera provides the only workable comprehensive key published in the english languagethis book describes and illustrates in detail the 760 species of mosses currently known to occur in the british isles and incorporates the most up-to-date information available on classification and nomenclature, together with recent synonymsprevious owner's name on half-titlesee oxfam website for delivery information read morein addition to the species descriptions there are descriptions of families and genera and also introductory information on conservation, collection, preservation and examination of material, together with advice on using the keysfor many species there are footnotes to aid identificationthe species descriptions provide information on frequency, ecology, geographical relationships and distribution, including information on protected species and those species at riskcorners of cover slightly worn; front cover slightly creasedoxfam shop kendal paperback in very good condition with clean pages
19 €
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Oxfam books & music totnes an autobiography of the twentieth century feudal chief of the island of sarkthe dame "continued to treat the enemy with an off-hand condescension which they clearly found bewildering"it tells of her unconventional upbringing and covers the second world war when the remnant of the duchy of normandy, now in the possession of the queen of england, was occupied by german troopsseveral black and white photographssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreheinemann first editionthe corners are slightly bumpedthere is light foxing and tanning throughoutred cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spineundated gift annotation on ffepthere is a little wear to the free edges of the text blocksigned on title page " sibyl hathaway dame de sark" (sic) although the title is "of" sark
130 €
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham robert grainier is a day labourer in the american west at the start of the twentieth century - an ordinary man in extraordinary timessee oxfam website for delivery information read morebuffeted by the loss of his family, grainier struggles to make sense of this strange new worldas his story unfolds, we witness both his shocking personal defeats and the radical changes that transform america in his lifetimesuffused with the history and landscapes of the american west - its otherworldly flora and fauna, its rugged loggers and bridge-builders - train dreams captures the disappearance of a distinctly american way of life
2 €
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Made at the beginning of the twentieth century, in excellent condition considering its age, with only (as shown in photos) a minor restoration in the lower left of the medusa, otherwise the sculpture is in perfect condition, totally intactare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe sculpture rests, by mean of a brass pin, on an elegant and fine base in gray/black marbleour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebeautiful work of art, great medusa in the baroque style, after the “medusa rondanini”please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemeasurements: total height including base 70 cm, medusa height 47 cm, medusa width 47 cm, depth 13 cmcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
969 €