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The engravings are in their original black and gilt frames but they do show wear due to their agefor sale are a charming collection of six antique georgian engravings of ‘the cries of london’ the engravings depict children calling out to sell their various wares and they were printed in by s and j fuller at the temple of fancy, rathbone place in londoneach frame measures 20cm x 17cm chairs to mend! fine rabbits! potatoes, full weight! milk o! fresh strawberries! all a blowin! read moreplease see photos of wear/water marks etc
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Richly illustrated with fold-out frontispiece, 4 folding plates and plans, 8 tinted lithographic plates, 13 full-page plates, 1 plate of inscriptions, 2 large folding maps at rear, and 232 wood-cut engravingsdiscoveries in the ruins of nineveh and babylon; with travels in armenia, kurdistan and the desert: being the result of a second expedition undertaken for the trustees of the british museum illustrated with folding frontispiece, 4 folding plates and plans, 13 full-page plates, 8 tinted lithographic plates, 1 plate of inscriptions, 2 large folding maps at rear, and 232 wood-cut engravings an account of layard’s important second british museum expedition in , describing in detail the discoveries that were made, especially focusing on the momentous assyrian artefactsapart from his great archaeological accomplishment in identifying kouyunjik as the site of the ancient city nineveh, layard provides an extensive analysis of the ancient assyrian world and its history, as revealed by the discoveries, and also writes about the daily life and customs of the countryitem description first edition of this authoritative study on the assyrian cities of nineveh and babylon based on layard's second expedition to the regionpublished by john murray, londoncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebook dimensions: 23 x 15 x 4no writing or inscriptionspages are tight and clean with occasional, spots, light marks, or foxingtitles in gilt to spinethis will be of interest for the archaeology and early travel enthusiast as the number and quality of illustrations, maps and diagrams really elevate this worktop of spine cover missingcondition wear at extremities with rubbing and bumping to cornersinternally; is almost goodour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storelacks 2 pages from the appendix between pages 672 and 673 (see picture 54), a couple of maps are taped but still complete5cm & number of pages: 686 including appendix & indexplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplates are clean and bright (please see pictures)securely bound with hinges fully intact, some instances of internal separation but text block sound with no loose or detached pagesoriginal brown cloth by edmonds & remnants, with impressive elaborate blind stamping design of great winged bull to front and rear covers
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Original engravings depicting historical scenes of chinese export to americathe interior pattern features the friendship of salem, which is a ship, with original copper engravings depicting a historical scene of chinese export to americait was manufactured at a time period when meakin was influenced by earlier designsalfred meakin plates, approx 270 mm diameterthe pattern is “friendship of salem” the vintage i believe is from the s to s, only because of the label on the back stating "dishwasher safe"dishwasher and detergent safeit depicts an old world ship cruising along the ocean waters highly detailed in brown over a cream backgroundthe friendship of salempermanent coloursalfred meakin staffordshire england" on reverse great condition no cracks this is a brown alfred meakin of staffordshire england fairwinds dinner plate
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The 223-page book has four steel engravings, title pages and 48 other steel engravings by jweight: g dimensions: weight: read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiname of a previous owner on title pagethis is normal with these publications from that timecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableall edges are giltglasgow, joseph swandescription of the lakes of scotlandthe book is undated, probably cthe plates do have foxing, especially at the beginningthe half-leather binding with gilt print on the spine, the binding looks goodour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe lakes of scotland
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Plate 4: lot and his daughters; lot embracing one of his daughters, the other standing behind them at right; the burning sodom in left background with lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt in middle distance; from a series of four engravingsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebeautiful impression, on laid paperglue coming through the back of the print from top cornersare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitrimmed inside the plate markcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available) (source: british museum) condition: finebibliographic references new hollstein (german) / the new hollstein: german engravings, etchings and woodcuts ) bartsch / le peintre graveur (viiiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Set of 3 mounted (frame 10 x 8 inches) coloured engravings for the beauties of england and wales (derbyshire): 1the peak cavern representing the part called roger rain?s housechee tor on the river wye
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Pages tight bound, clean and bright, some mottling of outer edge of engravingsoxfam bookshop hertford published in , covering the counties of hertfordshire, huntingdonshire and kent, with multiple black and white engravings marbled end boards and leather bound, embossed spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read more attempted repair to spine with non-glare sellotape
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Both lavishly illustrated with plate engravings of biblical scenes by various artists including rubens, poussin, murillo etcoxfam bookshop thame volumes ii and iii only of three volume setvolume ii - 132pp; volume iii - 132pp see oxfam website for delivery information read morefull dark blue leather bindings with gilt and blind-stamped decoration to boards, five raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spinesundated, circa sfrontispiece engraving with tissue guard to both volumes, volume ii title and contents pages have become detached, not presentmarbled endpapersedges of text blocks gildedleather is rubbed to edges and spine ends, a few scuffs, but otherwise good, binding to both volumes solid and tight
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From the first series of emblematic engravings everhis designs were mostly engraved by his younger brother gysbrechthoratii flacci emblemata first published inthe co-work between vaenius and the engravers have been studiedafter his return he settled in antwerpearly edition of with printed text in five languages on backsidehe was the most influencial tutor of pieter paul rubensin deviation of later editions, this one has no text on the front of the pageotto vaenius () painter and humanist from leiden fled to southern netherlands in because of the politicalhoratii flacci emblematacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablein the right bottom corner a snake biting his tail, the sign of eternity qin his later years he produced emblem books, his first being qfrom the edition with multilingual verses on the backsidehoratii flacci emblemata was a joined effort of printers, learned commentators on horace, engravers and vaenius himselfthe four ages with a putti holding a running sun dail in front of themvaenius tried to maintain favour with the courtour 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 websitestudied a few years under dominicus lampsonius, then left for italyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiuntil the return of his pupil rubens from italy, he was the leading painter in antwerphe worked for rudolf ii in prague, was court painter of alexander farnese and albrecht and isabella
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Richly illustrated with fold-out frontispiece ‘ north-eastern façade and grand entrance of sennacherib’s palace (kouyunjik)’, 4 folding plates and plans, 8 tinted lithographic plates, over 20 full-page plates, 1 plate of inscriptions, 2 large folding maps ‘map of assyria, and map of mesopotamia’ at rear, and 232 wood-cut engravingsapart from his great archaeological accomplishment in identifying kouyunjik as the site of the ancient city nineveh, layard provides an extensive analysis of the ancient assyrian world and its history, as revealed by the discoveries, and also writes about the daily life and customs of the countryitem description first edition of this authoritative study on the assyrian cities of nineveh and babylon based on layard's second expedition to the regionrubbing and bumping to head and foot of spine, with wear to edges of spinea scarce and an original first edition copy for collectors of austen henry layard, 19th century travel books, and for those interested in nineveh, mesopotamia, iraq, babylonia, babylonians, medes, chaldeans, persians, scythians, cimmerians the middle east, travel and explorationpublished by john murray, londonsome pencil writing on front free endpapercatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebook dimensions: 23 x 15 x 4condition wear at extremitiesnot really sure of page(s) cut within the (appendix) between pagespages are tight and almost clean with some spots, light marks, or foxingplates are brighttitles in gilt to spinesecurely bound with hinges fully intact with no loose or detached pagesdiscoveries in the ruins of nineveh and babylon; with travels in armenia, kurdistan and the desert: being the result of a second expedition undertaken for the trustees of the british museum this volume details layard’s important second british museum expedition in , describing in detail the discoveries that were made, especially focusing on the momentous assyrian artefactssome rubbing to front inner hingethis will be of interest for the archaeology and early travel enthusiast as the number and quality of illustrations, maps and diagrams really elevate this workinternally; is almost goodthe expedition yielded further important trophies and discoveries, including the cuneiform library of sennacherib's grandson ashurbanipal, on which most modern knowledge of assyrian culture is founded5cm & number of pages: 686 including appendix & index + 2 pages of publishers’ worksour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeoverall; good, and tight used copy (please see pictures)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikislight tears or creases to edges of the fold-out plans and map, but still in nice clean conditionoriginal brown cloth by edmonds & remnants, with impressive elaborate blind stamping design of great winged bull to front and rear covers
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The photographs are a fair example of the condition of the inner pagesoxfam shop porthmadog the works of william hogarth vol ii (of two volumes) with descriptions and a comment on their moral tendency by the revthis book is difficult to sourcethe book block is remarkably clean for a volume of this age, even at the top edgehowever, there is water staining to the outside edge of the first dozen or so pages and foxing occurs throughoutcontains 79 steel engravings, most with tissue guards and printed on separate, heavy leavesundated but definitely published between when this publisher was activeplus contents, measuring 22cm x 28cm and weighing 2the pages are complete with no tears or folds and are not overly tannedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more brown leather and cloth covers with gilt lettering and raised bands to spine and a gilt edged book block the book is in good condition with some caveatsthe hard covers are intact and robust, though there is some edge wear and corner bumpingjohn trusler to which are added anecdotes of the author and his works by jresearch indicates that this particular version was most likely published in the sthe binding is very tight, probably little different to when new
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engravings are all 12x8cm with twenty-two black and white etchingsplease 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 orderingoxfam bookshop woodbridge rare limited edition, 1 of 100 copies for englandin red and black the title page states the book is 'a new edition'will be sent with next day dhl tracked and insured (for the full value of the item) courier next day postage within the uksee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith dedication on flyleaf and including tate gallery insertwear to the title sticker on spine otherwise in very good conditiontaken from the original publication illustrated by blake of the book of job
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Jan van de velde is known for his drawings and engravingsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefirst state on twofull plate border and marginare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikidimensions: 16 x cm artist name: jan van de velde ii () medium: etching circa: jan van de velde ii () - dutch school born in rotterdam and died in enkhuizenin the background a village and left a man with a basket on his back on a country roadjan van de velde made his an important oeuvre mainly between andcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableleft and top right the symbols of belonging in this month the constellation librain the beginning he worked only after his own designsreference: franken&van der kellen 170 hollstein 54later also after drawings from pieter molijn and buytewechfrom the twelve months: a landscape with bird catchers who monitor their nets behind a ashlar-work, depicting the month of septemberhe worked in haarlem until and then went to enkhuizenour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehe was a pupil of jacob matham in haarlem aroundcondition: good impression fixed with borders on a collection sheet and presented in a good passe-partoutmoderate spottingnotes: alle measurements are taken on the plate mark
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The work is made up of two books all complete with beautiful engravings showing biblical scenes with figurated title page in each volumeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storee miller - scripture history - t kelly - hardbacks - cm x 10 cm vol 1 - 74 pages of text each with a full page illustration accompanying it vol paginated continuously from volume 1 + index to volume 1 and 2 to rear of this volume both volumes are in v ery good condition both have firm tight bindings clean bright contents diamond patterned tooling to front and rear of boards gilt decorated edges to boards spine in 5 blocks decorated gilt - fine set occasional small flaw or blemish - very collectable beautiful illustrated edition of the scripture history with the lives of the most celebrated apostlesvolume i contains a large hand coloured folding plate representing what appears to be a scene from noahs ark - together with 44 more hand coloured plates to volume 1, the other plates being black and white -- volume 2 has all black and white plates - this is an exceptional and rare work coloured plates make this an exceptional set read more
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He focuses on the question of how these new spaces were understood and represented - by both those who planned and promoted them (reformers and engineers) and also by those whom they impacted, namely london's populaceoxfam books & music lichfield in this fascinating and innovative look at how the underbelly of victorian london, paul dobraszczyk offers a new account of how the city's sanitation was revolutionised in the s and s by means of gigantic new sewers and magnificent pumping stationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morerichly illustrated with maps, engineering drawings, newspaper engravings, and architectural photographs, this book suggests new ways of understanding london's sewers and makes visible these vital, yet hidden spaces of the city
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The engravings were originally created to decorate the armament of the sumurai warriorsthese small plates - one having a couple of peacocks on flowering branches, the other has leaves and a couple of flowers with a humming bird visiting them in mid areaeach has 3 gold bands radiating from the centrereasonable offers considered for a quick saleunderneath both: the art of chokin the images are created by etching pure copper and then gilding it with silver and goldthis art form was handed down for over eight hundred years24kt gold edged made in japan size:4" / 10cms diameter price: £6 each £10 for both it is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks or crazingbuyer collects wa4 5pt warrington m56 j10 read moreonly cash or cleared cheque
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Upwards of 180 beautiful and atmospheric engravings by h giacomelli in the style of gustav doré; valuable for these alone pages gilt edged - clean and brightdecorated board covers in black and gilt on a red ground; some marks to back, spine darkened and bumped foxing to front end papers, title page and introductory pages but overall the text is clean, bright and unmarked scarce, especially in first edition one front end paper missing not poetry but philosophical musings on nature in all its aspects; divided into 7 books - the garden, pastoral scenery, woodland scenery, mountain scenery, river scenery, lake scenery and the sea see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop barnard castle a classic of high victorian book design due to weight will be despatched by courier; hence higher carriage charge
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Original engravings depicting historical scenes of chinese export to americapermanent colourscan sell separately - £9 each collect or add p&p read moredishwasher and detergent safealfred meakin plates, approx 270 mm diameterthe friendship of salemalfred meakin staffordshire england" on reverse great condition no cracks
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Original engravings depicting historical scenes of chinese export to americapermanent coloursdishwasher and detergent safecan sell separately - £9 each read morealfred meakin plates, approx 270 mm diameterthe friendship of salemalfred meakin staffordshire england" on reverse great condition no cracks
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Original engravings depicting historical scenes of chinese export to americapermanent colours£6 each read moredishwasher and detergent safealfred meakin plates, approx 270 mm diameterthe friendship of salemalfred meakin staffordshire england" on reverse great condition no cracks
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Volume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discoveryall four visited the northwest coast of north america, but weather and circumstances prevented cook from making more than what beaglehole calls ' a magnificent, an epoch-making reconnaissance'; la perouse only touched the coast in a significant way at yakutat bay and lituya bay, and malasina's memorable visits were to yakutat bay and nootka soundthese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsthe original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedthe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoveryappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companythe third volume in the set includes the remainder of book 3, all book 4, part of book 5, covering the pacific coast of north america and return to hawaiithis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication init covers the coast of north americaall pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsthe main pagination of all four volumes is continuousthe volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksvery small tear to spine on volume iioxfam bookshop skipton four of the greatest maritime exploring expeditions were crammed into two decades late in the 18th century - cook's third voyage, the french expedition commanded by la perouse, the malaspina expedition sent out by spain, and george vancouver's voyage of discoveryall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust coversee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit has been possible to identify virtually all the host of islands, channels and inlets that vancouver encountered, and the provenance of most of the approximately 400 place names he bestowed, nine out of ten of which are still in use, is indicatedthe voyage to australia and tahitiit was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyorsas a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands inthey attracted his interest, and the attention he devoted to the islands, their inhabitants and their political future when he twice later wintered there will surprise manyvancouver, by contrast, surveyed the enormous extent of coast from lower california to cook inlet, and his meticulous survey literally set out on the map of the world the intricacies of puget sound and the western coast of mainland canadavolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coast
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Together they must battle across middle earth to destroy the ring by casting it into the cracks of doom, the fiery chasm in the centre of mordorin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondorfinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplayfrodo leaves the shire aided by his cousins merry (dominic monaghan), pippin (billy boyd) and trusty friend sam gamgee (sean astin), but they soon realise that the agents of mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from overgandalf manages to rally gondor's fallen army with the help of king theoden of rohan for the biggest battle in the history of middle-earth; and aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilitieswhen it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron are coming to find it, frodo is entrusted by wizard gandalf (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into their handsoxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jthey are obviously out-numbered but are determined to keep sauron distracted in order to enable frodo to complete his quest to destroy the ring by throwing it into the fires of the mountain of doomsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremeanwhile aragorn, legolas and gimli search for the hobbits merry and pippin in the kingdom of rohan, which is currently being attacked by saruman's orc armiestolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearsin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthonce they reach the elvish realm of rivendell the hobbits form part of the anti-sauron fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), legolas greenleaf (orlando bloom), gimli the dwarf and of course gandalfwhilst the fellowship are not travelling together they must unite against the powerful forces coming from the two towers: orthanc tower in isengard where saruman has bred a deadly army of , and sauron's fortress at barad-dûrthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doom
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It consists of 11 figuresit includes 16 figures, references na083, na084, na085, na086, na087, na088, na089, na090 (these references represent the whole series “bold chevaliers)these figures have been exclusively displayed in a toy soldier museum (museo l´iber, valencia, spain)characteristics of the items the majority of these figures do not have the original boxreferences na064, na065 and na066 (the whole series)references na067, na068, na069, na070, na071, na072, na073, na074, na075, na076 and na077 (the whole “to take the king´s shilling series)it contains 380 items, 318 by king and country (recreating the typical british squares defending themselves against the french cavalry charges) ang 62 by britains (recreating the defense of hougoumont)regiment of the line, by king and countryeach king and country series is complete, retired and sold out and includes the original cataloguefrench light infantry, by britains, participating in the attack to hougoumontbritish coldstream guards light company, by britains, recreating the defense of hougoumontreferences na039, na042, na043, na044, na078, na079, na080, na081 (the whole series ¡“vive l´emperatrice!”) - 7threferences andcoldstream guards (the 2nd regiment of the foot guards), integrating close to 60 soldiers 60 by king and country, references na125, na126, na126, na128, na 129, na 130, na 131, na 132, na 133, na 134, na 135, na 136 (these references represent the whole series “on campaign”)cuirassiers (les gros freres), by king and countrythe 71th, integrating close to 35 soldiers square by king and country, references na001, na002, na003, na004, na05, na006, na007, na008, na009, na010, na011, na012, na030, na031, na032 (these references represent the whole series “scum of the earth”)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablegarde impériale (dragons de l´emperatrice), by king and coubtryreferences na111it consists of close to 45 figures recreating the defense from the scot greys chargeall of them have been sold out and retiredthe british and ally army commanded by wellington: - black watch (royal highland regiment), integrating close to 80 soldiers square by king and country, references na035, na036, na037, na 38, na047, na048, na049, na050, na051, na052, na053, na054, na055, na067, na068 and na077 (these references represent the whole series “scotland the brave”)the scots greys (the 2nd north british dragons), by king and country, representing the “charge of the greys”it also includes srour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe royal horse artillery, by king and country, references na096, na097, na098 and na099 (the whole series)the french army commanded by napoleón - the french 3rdfrench artillery, by king and countryplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteit includes close to 30 figures, references (published in the collection supplement)it includes 16 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikireferences na013, na014, na015, na016, na017, na018, na019, na020, na021, na022, na023, na024, na028, na033, na034, na100, na101, na102, na103, na104, na105, na106, na107, na108, na109, na110 (the whole series “vive l´empereur”)it consists of close to 32 figuresthey are in mint to very good condition, since they were used exclusively to be displayed in the dioramathe king´s german legion (recruited mostly from the german state of hannover), by king and countryit includes close to 31 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squarestomas picton by britains, referencena112, na113, na114, na115, na116, na117, na118, na120 and na121 (the whole series “cuirassiers”)
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One of the savoy video series of video tapes released by ashould it also be of interest, i also have a video tape for sale in the same condition at the same price of the guilbert & sullivan opera the mikado, which is also one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by athe yeomen of the guard vhs video tapet video gems in , this classical musical version of the gilbert & sullivan opera is numbered vhs s and was produced by george walker and starred joel grey, alfred marks, elizabeth gale, david hillman and elizabeth bainbridgethe video tape is in excellent condition and is made available inclusive of the cost of packaging but exclusive of the cost of postage which will be one of the following: royal mail 'uk standard' 1st class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3it was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowers70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteiron maiden ?– the number of the beast label: parlophone ?– series: iron maiden the studio collection remastered – format: cd, album, limited edition, reissue, remastered box set country: europe released: 16 nov tracklist 1 invaders 2 children of the damned 3 the prisoner 4 22 acacia avenue 5 the number of the beast 6 run to the hills 7 gangland 8 hallowed be thy name with eddie 1:24 scale figurine, beast collectors patch & cdare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiiron maiden ?– the book of souls: live chapter label: parlophone ?– format: 2 × cd, album, deluxe edition country: europe released: 17 nov tracklist 1-1 if eternity should fail (qudos bank arena, sydney, australia, speed of light (grand arena, grandwest, cape town, south africa, wrathchild (3arena, dublin, ireland, children of the damned (bell centre, montreal, canada, death or glory (wroclaw stadium, wroclaw, poland, the red and the black (ryogoku kokugikan, tokyo, japan, the trooper (estadio jorge magico gonzalez, san salvador, el salvador, powerslave (piazza dell’unita d’italia, trieste, italy, the great unknown (metro radio arena, newcastle, uk, the book of souls (download festival, donington, uk, fear of the dark (arena castelao, fortaleza, brazil, iron maiden (estadio velez sarsfield, buenos aires, argentina, the number of the beast (wacken open air, wacken, germany, blood brothers (download festival, donington, uk, wasted years (hsbc arena, rio de janeiro, brazil, ) item will be shippd by registrated mailcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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As the vietnam war created a critical flashpoint, bringing the idea of american imperialism into the us mainstream, radical students of the new left turned toward marxist critiques, admiring revolutionaries like che guevarasimultaneously, a small school of revisionist scholars, led by historian william appleman williams at the university of wisconsin, put forward a progressive, nuanced critique of american empire grounded in psychology, economics, and broader historical contextit is this more sophisticated strand of thinking, morgan argues, which demonstrated that empire can be an effective analytical framework for studying us foreign policy, thus convincing american scholars to engage with the subject seriously for the first timesee oxfam website for delivery information read moremorgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empireó how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james goxfam bookshop knutsford the idea that the united states-a nation founded after a war of independence-operates as an imperialist power on the world stage has gained considerable traction since the turn of the twenty-first centurybut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even òun-american
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His aim was to improve the quality of western design by changing the habits of victorian designers, who indiscriminately mixed elements from a wide variety of sourcesits inspiration came from pioneering british architect and designer owen jones (), who produced a comprehensive design treatise for the machine age, lavishly illustrated in vivid chromolithographic colorat once splendidly victorian and insistently modern, the grammar of ornament celebrates objects of beauty from across time periods and continents, and remains an indispensable sourcebook todaythe studio library of decorative art, the grammar of ornament owen jones hardcover with dust jacket good condition - some tears to the dust jacket first published in , the grammar of ornament remains a design classicjones's resulting study is a comprehensive analysis of styles of ornamental design, presenting key examples ranging from maori tattoos, egyptian columns, and greek borders to byzantine mosaic, indian embroidery, and elizabethan carvingssee oxfam website for delivery information read morejones made detailed observations of decorative arts on his travels in europe, the middle east, and in his native london, where he studied objects on display at the great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations in and at local museums
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Jürgen 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 eruditionhe 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 moreosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysthis 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 frenchfirst 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 transitionhe examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planetindispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developments
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Idlestre and borham were much influenced by the great abbey of st albans, and indeed by alban's martyrdom and the roman muncipium of verulamium, so that the area's past is inextricably entwined with the great and the good of times ancient and laterboreham wood's origins are mistier, but technology brought massive change and development with the coming of the railway in , and again, when cinema created britain's hollywood in this pleasant parishnot long after the normans came, there was a flourishing settlement at elstree hillthe book of elstree & boreham wood brings them all to life, recapturing the history of these two places, in a fluent and considered narrative and very many fascinating picturesuntil recently, medieval elstree had survived largely intact, but post-war reconstruction brought considerable mutilationcondition: as newoxfam books & music hereford signed limited subscriber edition, numbered 44very minor marks to dj otherwise clean and bright throughoutthe hills and valleys of this busy corner of herts have been home to people for some years, and the romans chose elstree hill as a major tile-manufacturing centrehere are the people behind that past - edward de kendale, adam scippe, thomas newchapman and agnes, his wife; sir anthony denny and rev canon eales; george byng and wortley-montagu; murderers thurtell and hunt; macready the great actor; burton the great explorer and the photographer wellington; and of course, the legendary giants of british cinema - men like rank, danziger, balcon and blattnersee oxfam website for delivery information read morehappily, a few fine late medieval buildings escaped the developer's insensitive eyesigned by stephen castle
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