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This book is the english versionthis revised edition of the original edition, was published in in two versions - one in portuguese and one in englishhard back book with dust jacket, in slipcasecomes with a protective slip coveroxfam bookshop knutsford an illustrated literary anthology on the subject of oporto, in which its one thousand one hundred years as a city of christendom spring vividly and palpably to lifethis book is in very good condition with very little signs of wearsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepoetry translator alexis levitin; prose translator clive thoms
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Oxford - the great oxford game of the english language (board game)original edition: spelling and meaning14 years + this game has never been used but was bought a few years ago so box looks a little worn with a few marks
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Oxfam shop colne road stephen fry explores the highways and byways of the english language see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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One of the country’s finest and best loved painters of the english landscape
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This tells of the 1st and 2nd world wars and how it affected the english30 please ask for overseas postage charges box7 read morethis is available for cash on collection or p&p of £3
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I have for sale a collection of disney dolls made by the english ladies cinderella still in box read more
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Here i have sleeping beauty from the english ladies collection still in box read more
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Here i have snow white from the english ladies collection still in box read more
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Oxfam shop new street sir charles groves conducts the english sinfonia on this all digital (ddd) release by innovative music productions29 in a jewel case, disc and insert all in very good condition32 in g tracks 4-6 symphony no33 in b flat tracks 8-11 symphony notracks 1-3 symphony nosee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop ulverston william walton's instrumental accompaniment to edith sidwell's poems sung by dame edith sitwell and peter pears with the english opera group ensemble conducted by anthony collins see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The genesis of the work was a request to elgar to write an organ voluntary for a convention of american organists in the english city of worcester in michael kennedy observes that to play the finale successfully, the organist needs to be a mental and physical athletebiographer jerrold moore notes that elgar depended, in order to complete a work, on the stimulation of an imminent deadline it was first performed by the worcester cathedral organist, hugh blair, on 8 julythe sonata in g major, opit also exists in arrangements for full orchestra made after elgar's death the outer movements follow the classic sonata form; the inner movements are in three-part a-b-a formallegro maestosoiipresto (comodo)the opening theme resembles the beginning of elgar's the black knight, a cantata completed two years earlier and gaining acceptance when elgar began work on the organ sonataelgar wrote, "one week's work", in the score inscription, but that measures only the final constructive pushthe four movements are:iinstead, elgar decided on a four movement sonata of nearly half an hour's lengthhe had worked on the piece off and on for nearly three monthsthe work was dedicated to elgar's friend and fellow-musician charles swinnerton heap ()vg pages, some edge and cover wearthis was the first time, but not the last, that elgar cut it so close that there was insufficient time for rehearsalsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle our copy is editon breitkopf noandanto espressivoiv28 is edward elgar's first sonata composed for the organ and first performed on 8 july
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The beatles' story is the sixth album by the english rock band the beatles in the united states, issued on 23 november by capitol recordsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe company also sought to compete with unauthorised beatles interview records issued by the radio pulse beat label, which released three such lps hosted by ed rudycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe beatles' story peaked at number 7 on the billboard top lps chart and was certified gold by the recording industry association of americaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitein , capitol reissued the album as part of the beatles' uthe album's original liner notes described it as a "narrative and musical biography" of beatlemaniait is a documentary double album featuring interviews, press conferences, and snippets of original or orchestral versions of beatles songs, with voice-over narrationcapitol issued the album in response to the vee-jay records lp hear the beatles tell all, a compilation of radio interviews with the band carried out by los angeles disc jockeysoriginal award presented to the beatles and with beautiful metal lp read moreit was produced by los angeles–based songwriter and producer gary usher and disc jockey and lyricist roger christian, and narrated by john babcock, al wiman and christianour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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He served in hms algiers from and saw action in the crimean war, receiving the english and turkish crimean medalshe was promoted to commander, but took half-pay in and took the opportunity to explore the regionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiincluding frontispiece and folding map of patagoniaplates are completecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablein good conditiongreen cloth binding with gilt print“george chaworth musters was born in naples, where his parents were travellingthe following year he joined the navyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website(nd ed, ), and led to his being awarded a gold watch in by the royal geographical societyfrom to he served in the sloop hms stromboli off the coast of south americahis nickname 'the king of patagonia' also dates from this time” read moregeorge chaworth musters - at home with the patagonians: a year's wanderings over untrodden ground from the straits of magellan to the rio negro - the very rare first editionhe was orphaned by the age of 4, and was cared for by his uncles captain philip hamond, and robert nicholas hamondhe travelled with a tribe of patagonian indians for around a yearhis explorations were the subject of his book at home with the patagonianin he went on a tour of southern spain with his uncle philip and brother johnour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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In 'the lion, the witch and the wardrobe' () it is a quiet sort of day in the english countryside when peter, susan, edmund and lucy stumble through the back of an old wardrobe into the enchanted land of narnia and embark on an extraordinary adventurethe rightful heir, caspian, is in hidingin 'voyage of the dawn treader' () the child heroes, with their unpleasant cousin edmund, find themselves aboard prince caspian's ship, the 'dawn treader', on a voyage to the edge of the worldoxfam bookshop swanage all four adaptations of the cthey must then face the green witch, queen of the deep realm, in order to break the spell of the silver chairfinally, in 'the silver chair' () jill and eustace search for prince rillian, aided by puddlegumsee oxfam website for delivery information read morelewis children's books using live action and animation to recreate the magical world of narniathe children join the rebels who want to reinstate caspian as their princewhen the white witch learns of their presence, their lives are in danger, but there is talk that aslan is on the move'prince caspian' () sees the four child heroes return to the magical land of narnia, where evil king miraz and queen punaprisma have usurped the thronethey journey to the giants of garfang, and thence underground to the land of the earthmenalong the way they learn many valuable lessons as they seek the seven lords of narnia
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As a plague of violence and turmoil cover the english countryside, the dark knight must choose whether to align himself with the innocent inhabitants of the once-thriving kingdom or with the malevolent forces of evil and corruptionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available\\\\ this complete series, including the key issue, is part of the usa comics collection of i-am foundation, donated by unique edition presseach album has been preserved in specially-made folders to protect them from dustplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis series focused on lord covenant, a 12th-century knight killed in a holy crusade far from his homeland, who returns to earth as a hellspawnspawn: the dark ages (voleach comic is preserved in a special packaging inside a folder made on purpose, in order to protect them from dustinsured shipping with professional packagingmore than marvel and dc comics, the original series from the s untili-am foundation top collectionmore than marvel and dc albums of original series from the s untilthis series, complete with key issue, is part of the collection of usa comics of i-am foundation, donated by unique edition pressour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Charles babbage (), the english polymath considered to be the father of computing, designed his difference engine noitem is as picturedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteex-library copypencil ownership inscription of ‘wspine with raised bands, gilt fillets, and gilt lettering to green leather title labelcircular stamp to title-page and last page, ink accession note to verso title-pagecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available1 to mechanise the creation of mathematical tablesoverall, this book is a collectable work by the babbage, the originator of the concept of the digital programmable computer, a fascinating artefact in the history of mathematics and sciencerebound quarter brown leather binding over green marbled boards, in excellent conditionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeashdown’ to head of title-pageare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihowever, he did not have a working portion until , several years after his first table was published, and that was insufficient computing power to produce the mathematical tablestitle-page repairedtables throughoutpencil notes on the last pagebabbage therefore did not attempt to compute new tablesink mark to tail page edgerather, the proofs were checked against his previous tables, finding only 9 errors which were then corrected in the second edition ()small tears to some margins, affecting text on pwe are delighted to present a fourth impression copy of this book of logarithms by charles babbage, the inventor of the first mechanical ‘computer’
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The book is a hymn about the english forests and is partly in prose, partly in versethe hand coloured illustrations are of very high qualityare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicomplete with 23 hand coloured and gum/yolk finished illustrations of european tree typesin good conditioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebound in a gold stamped red morocco binding with embossed book blockplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitealso contains a lot of practical information about the plants and trees in the foreststhe leather on the hinges has some loss of colour and it has a tear in the leather of the front hingethe hinge on the inside is partly looseour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a traditional bucolic version of the english thames valley - a novel notable for its adventure, mysticism, morality and unceasing camaraderiemilne, the famed author of 'whinnie the pooh' and various other children's poems'the wind in the willows' is a true classic of children's literature, penned by kenneth grahame and first published inthis text contains an introduction by apresented alongside the text, his illustrations further refine grahame's masterful storytellingit is also accompanied by a series of dazzling colour illustrations by arthur rackham ()see oxfam website for delivery information read moreone of the most celebrated painters of the british golden age of illustration, which encompassed the years from until the start of the first world war, rackham's artistry still delights both young and old over a century laterthis book forms part of our 'pook press' imprint, celebrating the golden age of illustration in children's literature
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford the reformation of the subject is a study of the cultural contradictions that gave birth to the english protestant epicthrough a series of detailed readings, gregerson examines the different strategies adopted by spenser and milton as they sought to distinguish their poems from idols yet preserve the shaping power that iconoclasts have long attributed to iconsshe reminds us that reformation iconoclasts viewed verbal images with the same aversion as visual images, because they too were capable of waylaying the human imaginationin lucid and theoretically sophisticated language, linda gregerson examines the fraught ideological, political and gender conflicts that are woven into the texture of the faerie queene and paradise lostsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretracing the transformation of the epic poem into an instrument for the reformation of the political subject, gregerson thus provides an illuminating contribution to our understanding of the ways in which subjectivities are historically produced
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26 large full-page illustrations that include many of the most important battles of the english civil warsnaval battles and court eventsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablea large work, bound in full leather with six raised bands on the spine18th-century rebackingthomas wodehouse legh, 2nd baron newton (), politician (bookplate of lyme park books dated ; golden coat of arms at the foot of the spine)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitea very good copyepisodi storici a corteestc calls for 16 unnumbered pages at the rear of burnet's work, whereas other records call for 12 only, as in the present copylarge heraldic bookplate lyme on the inner front panelbattaglie navalian impartial history of the rebellion and civil wars in england, 1st edition, london: printed, and sold by all the booksellers in town and country, , ppan impartial history of the rebellion and civil wars in england, 1st edition, london: printed, and sold by all the booksellers in town and country, , estc t (hooper), r (burnet), t (harris: 750 copies printed), r730 (welwood); wing b (burnet), w (welwood)including: 'battle naseby', 'general fairfax with his forces before city oxford', 'kings declaration to his gentry & army september ', 'sea fight between admiral blake and the spaniards' etccomplete with cover page and 26 large platesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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An outstanding piece of scholarship and a fascinating read, the body emblazoned is a compelling study of the culture of dissection the english renaissance, which informed intellectual enquiry in europe for nearly two hundred yearsa richly interdisciplinary work, the body emblazoned re-assesses modern understanding of the literature and culture of the renaissance and its conceptualisation of the body within the domains of the medical and moral, the cultural and politicalin this outstanding work, jonathan sawday explores the dark, morbid eroticism of the renaissance anatomy theatre, and relates it to not only the great monuments of renaissance art, but to the very foundation of the modern idea of knowledgesee oxfam website for delivery information read morelight wear on the cover edges, but a very clean unmarked bookthough the dazzling displays of the exterior of the body in renaissance literature and art have long been a subject of enquiry, the body emblazoned considers the interior of the body, and what it meant to men and women in early modern cultureoxfam books & music olney
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Oxfam shop hebden bridge i am the luckiest man alive, because i get to live and work in the most beautiful place on earth: matterdale in the english lake districta life lived by the three hundred surviving fell farming families, this is a book of photos and words filled with reverence and lovebringing us into the world of shepherd's baking competitions, sheep shows and moments out on the fell watching the sheep run away home, james rebanks interweaves thoughts and reflections on the art of shepherding with his photographs of the valley, people and animals that make up the daily life of the fellssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeven now, years later, the best bit of any travelling is coming homewhen i was a child we didn't really go anywhere, except a week in the isle of man when i was about ten years old, and i never left britain until i was twenty
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Rare in this beautiful condition! ¶ in "the french lieutenant's woman", the english writer john fowles () makes a groundbreaking work of historical fiction set in the victorian era; considered an example of historiographical metafiction, the novel uses real historical events to shape the literary narrative surrounding fowle's fictional charactersare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiback cover has minimal stains, otherwise the book has "fine" condition, dust jacket "near fine" due to minimal wear on the endscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablemade into a film in starring meryl streep and jeremy ironsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecondition; excellent copy of this first uk edition with a very good dust jacketthe film established fowles' international reputationthe dust jacket is not price-clippedthis was a huge success; the screenplay was done by harold pinter (who was subsequently nominated as a nobel laureate)the film received five academy award nominations, including best actress, for meryl streep; she also received the golden globe award for best actressour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Rare important historic work on the life of king henry the seventh by bacon history of the reign of king henry vii is a work by the english writer francis baconare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableat the request of charles, prince of wales he began work on a follow-up account of the reign of henry viii, but only completed a brief introductionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website"the historie of the reigne of king henry the seventh" by francis bacon rlondon - edition - 241p, 20cmx15cm - condition: good, original leather boards, with rubbing and wear to boards, rebacked with cloth spine with title label, renewed endpapers, engraved title page loosening, but present, w/o francis bacon frontispiece as is usually missingat the time of writing bacon had recently fallen from political power, and completed the work in late and sent a copy to james iit was published the following yearthe book remains his only completed work of historybacon's portrayal of henry was extremely influential for the following three centuriesit charts the reign of the first tudor monarch henry vii who took the throne from his rival richard iii inour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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The spine has darkened and is bruised at the top the lower corners of the front and back have lost their colour the binding is tight, the foxed text block is gilded on top and rough cut on side and bottom the book, bound in blue cloth, has gilt lettering on the spine and an embossed gilt george and the dragon on front there is no jacket (as issued?) see oxfam website for delivery information read more the pictures and the many in line drawings, by w heath robinson, are very lovelyoxfam books & music beaconsfield presumed first () edition of kipling's poems of adventure and loss, reprinted from 'the seven seas', with 12 coloured illustrations laid in, each with a protective sheet giving a thumbnail sketch of the picture following the previous owner's name etc is stamped on the front end-papers
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A history of the english-speaking peoples is a four-volume history of britain and its former colonies and possessions throughout the world, written by winston churchill, covering the period from caesar's invasions of britain (55 bc) to the beginning of the first world war ()pages are bright and cleancomplete in four volumescondition: goodit was started in and finally published , delayed several times by war and work on other textsvolume i is on the birth of britain, volume ii is on the new world, volume iii is on the age of revolution and volume iv is on the great democracieswith numerous black and white maps throughout all volumeschurchill's mother was american, and he excelled in history as a child which underpinned his firm belief in a so-called special relationship between the people of britain with the commonwealth of nations united under the crown (new zealand, canada, australia, south africa etc) and the people of the united states who had broken with the crown and gone their own wayoxfam shop balham london - cassell and company ltd condition: in red cloth bindings with unclipped dustwrappers, edges are worn at edges and covers are agedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit was a bestseller, reviewed favourably on both sides of the atlanticthis work dealt with the resulting two divisions of the english-speaking peoplesa collection of first editions of this historical works by former prime minister winston churchill
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Oxfam bookshop new milton the writings of the english mystics have now largely been recovered from historical obscurity and are gradually being edited and printedthis edition is edited and with an introduction by eric colledgethe 90 page introduction is masterly, and any reader must be the wiser for this study of the development of devotional spirituality in the west; besides his appreciation colledge does not hesitate to point out the failings of some of the more popular devotional writers and the abuses which rose from misunderstood passages in their writingshe also explores the extent of christianity's borrowings from other faiths and philosophies, with many quotations and opens up a larger perspective for the texts which make up the body of the book this is the first volume in a new series devoted to exploring the riches of christianitythis hardback edition is in very good condition, tightly bound with clean cream pagessee oxfam website for delivery information read more the dust jacket has a little fraying on the bottom edge but is otherwise in very good condition for its age
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And on the english home front, men, women and children found themselves swept into a maelstrom of fear and uncertainty while events abroad led inexorably from the debacles of norway and dunkirk to the horror and glory of the battle of britainsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefor the lovatt family - james, seconded on a hush-hush assignment to work with churchill, and his brother harry, a naval officer - for bess spofford, joanne schorner, graham smit and all the inhabitants of the history villages of the new forest, it was the beginning of the most bizarre, funny and tragic episode of their livesoxfam bookshop st albans in the spring of , the spectre of war turned into grim reality
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This integrated account of that involvement spans the entire arc of british territories from the caribbean to canada, and the entire period from the first appearance of the english to the disintegration of the british and other euro-american empirestheir history there embraces far more than the colonies that became the united states: england had been in the new world for a century before those colonies were established, and the british presence long outlived their lossa fascinating story, engrossingly told, it fills a major gap in current historiographyof northern european nations, the british had the greatest impact on the americassee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ross-on-wye condition - good, lightly scuffed, pen mark inside cover
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The english had previously travelled to italy to study the classics; now they travelled to learn italian and study medicine, diplomacy, dancing, riding, fencing, and, eventually, art and architecturefrom the mid-sixteenth century, northern europeans justified travel to the south in terms of educationthis copy is complete with uncut dust jacketit has very minor fading but is otherwise in very good conditiondocumenting the lives and travels of these personalities, professor chaney's remarkable book provides a complete picture of one of the most fascinating phenomena in the history of western civilisationfamous men, and an increasing proportion of women, all contributed to establishing a convention which eventually came to dominate european culturesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreauthors from chaucer to erasmus came to mock the custom but even the reformation did not stop the urge to traveloxfam shop devizes the grand tour has become a subject of major interest to scholars and general readers interested in exploring the historic connections between nations and their intellectual and artistic productionalthough traditionally associated with the eighteenth century, when wealthy englishmen would complete their education on the continent, the grand tour is here investigated in a wider context, from the decline of the roman empire to recent times
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