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Oxfam bookshop ealing the penguin english library edition of howards end by eforster's finest work, howards end brilliantly explores class warfare, conflict and the english characterthe penguin english library - 100 editions of the best fiction in english, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the first world warwe rich can 'only connectfrequently cited as every good condition: some yellowing to pages, minor shelfwear see oxfam website for delivery information read moreas the schlegel sisters try desperately to help the basts and educate the close-minded wilcoxes, the families are drawn together in love, lies and death' is the idea at the heart of this book, a heartbreaking and provocative tale of three families at the beginning of the twentieth century: the rich wilcoxes, the gentle, idealistic schlegels and the lower-middle class bastsforster 'the poor cannot always reach those whom they want to love, and they can hardly ever escape from those whom they love no longer
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No reserve price! very old amethyst brooch end of the 19th century, around decorated with a 23 carat oval cut amethyst dimensions of the stone approxare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki24 x 17 x 10 mm finely embossed framenb: the stone moves a little bit, plan to tighten the prongs57 grams jewellery from this period is rarefrench horse's head hallmarksmall signs of wearplease look at the numerous photos to judge the condition of this piece of jewellery no reserve price! professional sellerplease 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 storenb: buyers from outside the european union are responsible for any potential customs duties and vat chargescondition report: very good condition for a brooch more than 120 years old18 kt () yellow gold gross weight 8insured shippingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
216 €
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For each factory, lesley jackson gives a brief history and an outline of its work during the centuryat the end of the book are individual bibliographies and listings of which museums hold collections of the glass -which ranges from the extremely valuable to items found in homes world-wideoxfam bookshop ilkley this reference book is a survey of domestic factory-produced glass through the 20th century - from the organic shapes and iridescent colours of the art nouveau period to the simple clean lines of contemporary designshe summarizes the styles and techniques for which each factory is best known and profiles key designers, including some of the great names of 20th-century design, such as louis comfort tiffany and paolo veninithere are also examples of each factory's marks so that collectors can identify and date itemsthe book looks at over 100 glass factories in detail, with the entries in alphabetical order for ease of referencesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
30 €
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Jimena canales introduces readers to the revolutionary ideas of einstein and bergson, describes how they dramatically collided in paris, and traces how this clash of worldviews reverberated across the twentieth centurythe physicist and the philosopher is a magisterial and revealing account that shows how scientific truth was placed on trial in a divided century marked by a new sense of timeshe also discusses how bergson and einstein, toward the end of their lives, each reflected on his rival's legacy-bergson during the nazi occupation of paris and einstein in the context of the first hydrogen bomb explosionon april , in paris, albert einstein and henri bergson publicly debated the nature of timebergson, who gained fame as a philosopher by arguing that time should not be understood exclusively through the lens of science, criticized einstein's theory of time for being a metaphysics grafted on to science, one that ignored the intuitive aspects of timecanales explains how the new technologies of the period-such as wristwatches, radio, and film-helped to shape people's conceptions of time and further polarized the public debateoxfam shop kendal paperback as newsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeinstein considered bergson's theory of time to be a soft, psychological notion, irreconcilable with the quantitative realities of physicsshe shows how it provoked responses from figures such as bertrand russell and martin heidegger, and carried repercussions for american pragmatism, logical positivism, phenomenology, and quantum mechanicsthe physicist and the philosopher tells the remarkable story of how this explosive debate transformed our understanding of time and drove a rift between science and the humanities that persists today
12 €
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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 catawikifinely cast sculpture depicting a stately english bulldog in bronzeplease 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 storewith wonderful old patinacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableresting on a marble pedestal with a red tint
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 catawikithe mortar is a tool used to crush, reduce to dust and mix solid substancesall our items are packaged with great care and shipped with regular tracking codedimensions: 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 websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeit is made of wood and weighs about 2 kgthe 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 drugscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
69 €
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The work was made in italy towards the end of the second half of the 19th century and depicts pope leo xlll with the papal coat of armsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisee the picturesthe panel has never been restored and needs some small work, there are old woodworm holes5 cm, while the sculpture thickness is approxdimensions: 42 x 28 cm; including the frame is approxplease 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 storefor sale, a bas-relief on walnut wood panel48 x 36 cm; the frame has a thickness of approxit includes also the frame from the same periodcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
50 €
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These were mostly replaced with similar terraced developments in the later 19th and early 20th century'the bluebell' features prominently in this composition, with its 15th century double bay extending over the pavementthe three story facade of 'the pied bull' is at the end of this row of buildings, before the street broadens out into the market place before the town hallthe building to its right 'hincks' shop, has been replaced with a very similar buildingapprox " x " mounted and professionally framed wooden frame with a gold inner border been in storage ready to hang cash on collection tf2 please no time wasters- all my ads are current- thank you louise rayner depicted northgate street far less frequently than chester's other main thorough faresthe left of the picture shows the sash windowed georgian terraced buildings on the east side of the street as it disappears towards shoemakers rowthe stone gate post and yard on the right are the site of the firestation, which was built in and is now 'chez jules' restaurantthe skyline is dominated by the tower and spire of the town hall designed by william henry lynn, built
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I have not been able to identify the hallmarks, however, according to the type of processing, i can tell it is an asian artefact, made between the late 19th century and the early 20th centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilarge cup in solid asian silver, with finely decorated plant-themed edges, handles with ring shaped like imaginary animalsi also tested the item to make sure it is solid silver and not silver plated metal or rolled silverinsured and tracked shipping read moreplease 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 storedimensions: - diameter with handles 28 cm - diametro without handles 24 cm - height 21 cm total weight 910 grams in good condition, with a slight mark (similar to a pen stroke, approximately 2/3 cm wide), shown in photoscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
569 €
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Original from end of xix century, it has a carved rose decorationare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipick up in italythe fabric seems of the same age, but i'm not sure about thatan armrest with less rejection (see photo)some little imperfection but considering its age the sofa is in very good conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelounge sofa, neo-rococo style, with wood crown and frameour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe seller will help the buyer to find a good shipping companythe legs have brass wheelscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
108 €
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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 catawikithe object has a lovely dark patinathe object is in good condition with the usual signs of wearplease 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 store5 cm - your purchase will be carefully packed and shipped insuredcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
36 €
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An antique icon of the end of the 19th century, it represents saint damian, patron saint of doctorsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikirestorations in the nimbus and possibly in the face read moredimensions: 40 x 28 cmplease 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 storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
177 €
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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 catawikiplease 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 storediameter: 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 catawikirobust and 100% functional objectsecure shipping with tracking and insuranceplease 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 storethe wood is finely crafted, and is patinated by timecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
48 €
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Dates from end of 19th centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikivery nice velvet-clad antique wooden consolenice piece to display objects onhas some traces that give the object a sought-after characterfrench origin in rococo styleplease 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 storedimensions: 52 cm wide x 22 cm deep x 7 cm highcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableafter the auction, the console will be shipped to you quickly and properly packed
98 €
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Made at the end of the 20th centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitracked shippingcondition: used with small signs of ageingweight 590 gramselegant silver 800 silver centrepiece signed ricciplease 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 storedimensions: 30 x 22 x 8 cmcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableit features 4 fine decorations
45 €
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A dagobert chair, end of 19th century walnut, the back bars extending into grotesks, handles with acanthus leaf motifare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease 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 storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
104 €
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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 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 developmentshe 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 moreoxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionjürgen 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 eruditionthis 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 frenchosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railways
19 €
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The christ has 3 layers of varnish, the latest applied at the end of the 18th centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe shoulder was reinforced in the laboratory, because the sculpture was empty and started to collapse backwardswhen the sculptures started to darken, they were cleaned and re-paintedthere are traces of the original tempera in the folds of the cloth and on the green basethe wear and tear of time ruined the paint, exposed to the greasy smoke of candles and oil lampsplease 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 storethe shoulder was reinforced with a new restoration and made more stable with a chestnut base under the original green pedestalheight 50 cm, width 24 cmcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
152 €
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Early 18th century manuscriptthe book does not feature the author’s name nor the date, but the texts end inare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin excellent condition, crisp papersheets = pagesin italian with notes partially in latinthe deep contrast between ecclesiastical authority and the population was the cause of everything, and it led to the capture and deportation of bishop pignatelli out of the kingdom, and then the expulsion from the city of the vicar general scipione martirani, in addition to a prison sentence for the relatives of both! it will include the reduction of deductibles in favour of priests, the demolition of the mills held by the religious, the misery of a large part of the population, which demanded a better standard of living, information which are the factors that emerge from the analysis of the historical sources, kept so far only in the vatican archivethe topic deals with the complex story of the interdict from lecce with the behind-the-scenes action of city life in a period of struggles, skirmishes, insults, political, family and personal struggles, which involved guilty and innocent peoplebased on the paper, the writing and binding date back to the early splease 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 storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
38 €
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The icon dates from the end of the eighteenth century and is in good conditionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe icon is sent with standplease 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 storethis is a beautiful icon depicting the mother of god hodegetria of smolenskcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Oxfam 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 centurythe life sciences considered include genetics, microbiology, ecology, entomology, forestry, and deal with us, european, russian, japanese, indonesian, chinese contextsthe book shows that the investigation of the border zone of life sciences and agriculture raises many interesting questions about how science developswithout 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 nationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 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 endstaking 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 livestock
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In the last part of the volume, she presents the first and only polemical-apologetic armenian texts addressed to islam at the end of the fourteenth centurydadoyan focuses on social and cultural aspects, rather than the core political focus exhibited in her first two volumesshe argues that if the entire region was the habitat of most of the armenians, their history too is part of these locations and peoplesoxfam bookshop aberystwyth in the third volume of the trilogy, seta bdadoyan focuses on the armenian condition and role in the medieval islamic worldthis book is essential for all historians and middle east scholars and is the latest volume in transaction's armenian studies seriesdadoyan shows that direct interactions and borrowings happened regularly from islamic sciences, reform projects, poetry, and artsdadoyan argues that the cosmopolitan urban environments were radically different from rural areas and close interactions took different and unexpected patternssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreher objective is to suggest political readings of these themes and related texts by revealing hitherto unstudied and novel interactions in the cities of asia minor during the mongol perioddadoyan draws the outlines of a new philosophy of armenian history based on hitherto obscured patterns of interactionthe first three chapters of this volume are dedicated to the images of prophet muhammad in armenian literature
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In the final stage of the book, freeland chronicles the end of the first wave of russia's capitalist revolution, detailing the economic crisis currently rumbling through the countryoxfam shop evesham this is the first account of russia's second revolution - the country's dramatic, wrenching transition from communist central planning to a market economywritten by one of the finest writers on contemporary russia, it is told by interweaving high politics with glimpses of the revolution's impact on the lives of ordinary peoplewoven through the book are remarkable stories - of yeltsin's use of popular psychics, of the might of the 'robber barons' who form alliances with criminal mafia gangs, of machiavellian politicians who 'have dealt with the devil and believe they have made a good bargain'this was the height of market euphoria when, despite the chaos of everyday life, a prosperous future seemed within easy reachsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebeginning with a sharp portrayal of the dismal living conditions in the soviet union, she moves on to the romantic early days of the capitalist transformation
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This comprehensive and engaging history of switzerland traces the historical and cultural development of this fascinating but neglected european country from the end of the dark ages up to the presentthe authors focus on the initial confederacy of the middle ages; the religious divisions which threatened it after and its surprising survival amongst europe's monarchies; the turmoil following the french revolution and conquest, which continued until the federal constitution of ; the testing of the swiss nation through the late nineteenth century and then two world wars and the depression of the s; and the unparalleled economic and social growth and political success of the post-war eraoxfam bookshop newark despite its position at the heart of europe and its quintessentially european nature, switzerland's history is often overlooked within the english-speaking worldthe book concludes with a discussion of the contemporary challenges, often shared with neighbours, that shape the country todaysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop covent garden this book provides an historical perspective on the growth of russian military power, studying the emergence of the russian regular army from until the end of the eighteenth centuryin the process he evaluates the relative importance of western and native influences on the creation of this formidable military machine, and indicates the ways in which russian power was projected in the westthe book includes general discussions of the russian soldier, the russian officer and the rapacious cossacks, and concludes by identifying certain important continuities between the russian past and presentsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
40 €
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The images are from the end of last centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki35 cm high an franklin approxbecause the handle of charlie has a little tear, the qualification is very goodboth images are delivered with the original packagingtwo beautiful images of charlie brown and franklin in beautiful condition: the friends of snoopythe images are made of polystone and are actually in new conditionplease 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 storecharlie is approxcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
33 €
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New republichailed in europe as an instant classic, we, the drowned is the story of the port town of marstal, denmark, whose inhabitants sailed the world from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the second world warthe result is a brilliant seafaring novel, a gripping saga encompassing industrial growth, the years of expansion and exploration, the crucible of the first half of the twentieth century, and most of all, the sea"washington post"a generational saga, a swashbuckling sailor's tale, and the account of a small town coming into modernity both melville and steinbeck might have been pleased to read itcalled "one of the most exciting authors in nordic literature" by henning mankell, carsten jensen has worked as a literary critic and a journalist, reporting from china, cambodia, latin america, the pacific islands, and afghanistansee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham an international bestsellera thrilling epic tale of the sea"we, the drowned sets sail beyond the narrow channels of the seafaring genre and approaches tolstoy in its evocation of war's confusion, its power to stun victors and vanquished alikehe lives in copenhagen and marstalthe novel tells of ships wrecked and blown up in wars, of places of terror and violence that continue to lure each generation; there are cannibals here, shrunken heads, prophetic dreams, and miraculous survivalsa gorgeous, unsparing novel
2 €
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Beautiful example of the oriental influences on the art nouveau movement in europe astonishing night blue or purple glazed jardiniere with a floral enamelled relief scene produced by boch freres keramis in belgium (also known by one of their greatest designers charles catteau) probably made at the end of 19th century unmarked please note slight loss of the gilding and a minor chip on the top rim nearby the handle (see pics) in good condition read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease 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 storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
43 €
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All offered items can be viewed or picked up by appointment (within three weeks following the end of the auction, without packaging!) at our address in belgiumare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithese are part of the descriptionthis lot comes from an estate and i am not an expertplease examine the pictures carefully to assess its conditionthe shipping costs on the next page do not apply to exceptional european areas and islands (for these destinations the current shipping rates apply)on offer a three-piece portholemisses its glasswhat you see is what you getplease 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 storewill be quickly and carefully sentcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
29 €