The explanation of the bare terms
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A new mathematical dictionary: wherein is contain'd, not only the explanation of the bare terms, but likewise an history of the rise, progress, states, properties, &ccatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteslightly burnished papergood overall conditionfull vintage binding (no period)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikinumerous in text illustrationsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecuban owner's stamp (the cuban state's legal export stamp is present)of things, both in pure mathematics, and natural philosophy, so far as these last come under a mathematical
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The piece has been taken back to bare wood, sanded, prepped, primed and undercoatedthe top of the piece has been taken back to bare wood and given 5 coats of varnish for durabilitya very nice piece of furniture in good restored conditionthis sideboard has been beautifully "upcycled" and brought back to life dimensions (approx) height: 98 cms / width: 77 cms / depth: 41 cmsthis is a lovely vintage pine farmhouse style chest of drawers finished in "off white" acrylic eggshellit was then finished with 3 coats of "off white" acrylic eggshelldelivery by courier can be arranged for this item, please contact us for info
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This new size has been created due to the popularity of the larger bodyboards in the two bare feet boarding cothe new surf crew mini surfboard design astounds riders for its' responsiveness and predictabilityperfect for building up your skills or if you're more experienced, ideal for an easy day cruising on demanding waves
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With further explanation of the objects shown in the indexcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablerockefeller collection - new york, alfred atext columns in german, english and frenchplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website1) douglas newton - masterpieces of primitive artwith illustrations in colour and black-and-whiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiknopf, pp - hardcover with dust jacket - size: cmour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecondition: very good (also the dust jacket is fine)2) ernst winizki - faces of africa - lucerne, kunstkreis, pp - hardcover with dust jacket - size: cm(total of 3) read more
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Volume i contains a series of introductory chapters that provide a concise history of plant introductions to the british isles, a summary of all the principle cultivation processes and an explanation of the systems of botanical nomenclatureoxfam shop ulverston for the eighth edition every description has been corrected or rewritten where necessary and many entirely new ones have been includedthe illustrations are entirely replanned, many taken specially for the volume a mass of accurate information is combined with an informal style to produce a blend of botanical description, horticulture and personal experience that is quite uniquethe concise descriptions are accompanied by details of distribution, history, distinctive characteristics and merits, and cultivationthis was formerly owned by wiltshire libraries, and has the usual stamps and markingsoriginal price £8 see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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explanation of the marks: marked with the ostrich and two inscriptions "wmf" and "g" (geislingen an der steige) in a diamond, placed in a shaded rectanglethe dimensions of the rectangle are 3the additional marks: "b" means britannia metal, a zinc antimony-copper alloy that served as base metal for silvering, "i/o" means normal silver coating corresponding to 1 gram of silver per 1 dm2 base metal surface, "ox" means oxidised finishcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecondition: good condition with wear on the silvering (see photos)this mark was in use from caplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis lot will be carefully packaged and sent with track and trace, pick up is of course also possible in geldrop nlnote the special shape of the "f" letterbrass silver-plated box with enamel portrait of napoleon and decorations all aroundthe photos are a large addition to the description and condition of the lotare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Where did such great, monstrous power come from? the first of three volumes, the product of a decade of intrepid research, this landmark book offers the most convincing explanation yet of stalin's powersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music lichfield in january stalin, the ruler of the largest country in the world, boarded a train bound for siberia where he would embark upon the greatest gamble of his political lifemillions would die, and many more would sufferhe was about to begin uprooting and collectivization of agriculture and industry across the entire soviet union
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An accessible explanation of the hidden patterns found within the seemingly chaotic world wide websee oxfam website for delivery information read morehuberman, good conditionprevious owner's name in pencil on title pageoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the laws of the web: patterns in the ecology of information bernardo athe first couple of chapters have underlining and annotations in pencil
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This is the book that made ironbridge a place of international pilgrimage, and, in its new edition, provides a 21st-century explanation why! see oxfam website for delivery information read moreafter several reprints a new edition appeared in , but since then there has been much further research, and re-examination of interpretations, prompting a completely re-written book with an entirely new structure, and with many more illustrations, all integrated with the relevant textthe first edition () was acclaimed and it firmly established the shropshire coalfield as the cradle of the industrial revolutionoxfam bookshop folkestone this is the second edition -- excellent condition but missing a dust jacket
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The explanation of each entry is taken directly from his books so you will be reading his words and see the context in which they were usedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morelarge format, lay flat spiral bound book, makes this resource easy to usethis manual represents several years of labour by dedicated co-workersthis will give you a brief introduction to a word or a phrase and, if you wish to read more, you can easily go to the sources for more informationthese entries can be used as a learning tool, as a quick reference, as seed thoughts for meditation, and as a teaching tooloxfam shop kendal vgc with small, soft crease bottom right front boardorganized in alphabetical order, it contains thousands of words and phrases that have been used by torkom in his writings and speeches
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He lays bare modern america for what it is: a country of inequality in risk, opportunity and income, where 1% of the population owns 38% of the wealth, and 19% live in terrible povertyoxfam bookshop cheltenham the state we're in, will hutton's explosive analysis of british society, was the biggest selling politico-economic work since the second world warsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreover the past thirty years there, the forces of conservatism have achieved such supremacy as to reduce liberalism to a term of abuseand whilst american ideas dominated the latter part of the twentieth century, hutton argues that the underpinning of the twenty-first must come from europeit is time for britain to stop vacillating between two cultures and make common cause with its continental partners - to reject the conservative orthodoxy in favour of the shared european beliefs of obligations, rights and fairnessnow, as the world realigns itself in the wake of the september 11th atrocities, hutton turns his attention to the global picture, and the ways in which the new world should be orderedto understand the global economy, hutton argues, one must first understand the united states
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The female members of tully's family were on intimate terms with the bashaw's family and were admitted into all the life of the seraglioillustrated with 3 hand coloured full page plates plus a fold out map (unfortunately 2 of the original plates are missing there should have been 5 plates and a map)light foxing to the title page and tanning to the page edgesat some stage in its' life it has been sympathetically restored with a new leather spinethis first edition was published in by henry colburn, london370 pages, 28cm 23 cm read morethis is an ex- library copy with the usual stampscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe board corners are bumpedgilt title lettering on a red block to the spinethe boards having an embossed crosshatch patternare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe work is particularly valuable for its details of family life in the seragliothis book is in very good condition, the pages are tightly bound with no loose pages'it is a delicious mixture of sensational subject-matter and deadpan delivery' very readable and interesting includes the plague, moor customs and beliefs, african gardens, inside the great mosque, bey of tripoli murdered etc etcplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitei have here a very rare beautifully illustrated book entitled narrative of a ten years' residence at tripoli in africa: from the original correspondence in the possession of the family of the late richard tully, the british consul, comprising authentic memoirs and anecdotes of the reigning bashaw, his family and other persons of distinction also an account of the domestic manners of the moors, arabs and turksthis is one of the most important records of tripolitan life during the 18th centuryour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebrown endpapers, with bookplate to the inside of the front boardbound in full leather boards
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From the mid-sixteenth century, northern europeans justified travel to the south in terms of educationthe 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 architecturesee 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 productionthis copy is complete with uncut dust jacketfamous men, and an increasing proportion of women, all contributed to establishing a convention which eventually came to dominate european cultureit 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 civilisationalthough 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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In crystal-clear terms he explains the fundamentals of gravity, spacetime, relativity and quantum theory, and shows how they all relate to each otherhe describes the architecture of space and time, dark matter and dark energy, how galaxies form, why stars implode, how everything began, and how it will endhe considers parallel universes, what forms extra-terrestrial life might take, and the likelihood of earth being hit by an asteroidthis in turn led cosmologists to posit features such as dark matter and dark energyhe describes how kepler's work on planetary orbits led newton to formulate his theory of gravity, and how two centuries later irregularities in the motion of mars inspired einstein's theory of general relativitysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeighty years ago the discovery that the universe is expanding led to the big bang theory of its originsmathematics, professor stewart shows, has been the driving force in astronomy and cosmology since the ancient babyloniansoxfam shop macclesfield as new copy of ian stewart's up-to-the-minute guide to the cosmos which moves from the formation of the earth and its moon to the planets and asteroids of the solar system and from there out into the galaxy and the universebut does dark matter exist? could another scientific revolution be on the way to challenge current scientific orthodoxy? these are among the questions ian stewart raises in his quest through the realms of astronomy and cosmology
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A pocket-sized book covering the theory elements of all eight musical grades, and glossaries of general terms and musical formsthis book is in very good condition although the spine is fadedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston rudiments and theory of music: based on the syllabus of the theory examinations of the royal schools of music paperback – 1 jan
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The volume is completed with a comprehensive glossary which provides an essential key to the professional language of glass-making on murano, explaining such local terms as murrine, vetro ghiaccio or vetro pulegososee oxfam website for delivery information read morerunning from the middle ages to the heart of the contemporary worldspecial illustrated appendices are included to reveal the techniques and secrets of this fascinating craft; what tools the master glassblowers use; what goes into making specific glass pastes (with such exotic names as lattimo, calcedonio and avventurina); what is involved in the various procedures for working and finishing glass that have been invented and developed in murano itselfattilia dorigato study focuses with particular attention on the master glass-makers of the late part of the twentieth centuryoxfam books & music belper book has some shelf wear but in otherwise good conditionthis up-to-date survey draws on an extraordinary range of photographs, some of them being published for the first time, and constitutes a fundamental work for anyone who wishes to understand the history of glass
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If you also need assistance to sell your collection at auction, ask for our terms directly at this seller's account! #bookspartnership read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablein he undertook more extensive travels of which this is his reportplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website* françois andré michaux () was a french botanist and the namesake of michaux state forest in pennsylvaniasabion quotes this edition, however with a folding map that is missing heremichaux first trekked the allegheny mountains in when trans-allegheny travel was limited to indigenous peoples' trails and one military trail, braddock road, built inare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikirare early monograph on the american regionsmost editions of this monograph are of a different formatour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storetranslated from the french it contains accounts relative to the agriculture, natural productions and information about the commercial relations of these regions with others** this lot is part of an important collection that will be auctioned in the coming months through the catawiki collection servicehalf calf with some wear, some foxing and soiling throughout
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In terms of quality and scope the gallery ranks among the finest museums in the world, and its treasures are viewed by over six million visitors each yearsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the collection of the national gallery of art in washington includes works by the greatest masters of western art from the twelfth century to the present
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So we are helped to understand what the interdependence of life on this planet really signifies in terms of love, sacrifice and service by the part to the needs of the wholeoxfam bookshop ilkley this book, as one of its many values, shows the extent to which hierarchy and other centres of life on the planet are dependent upon the unpredictable and often irresponsible factor of human free willsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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But beneath her rage lies a more intimate disappointment, a tragic death she has yet to come to terms withwith her fiery brand of radical anticapitalism, she conjures plans of political sabotage and computer hackingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeirlys is a madly patriotic welsh woman with a brass dragon on her doorshe is the 'mother' of the the eyrie's little clan - always providing tea and sympathyreveling in her new found freedom, she finds that life at the eyrie offers surprising new opportunities and an unlikely co-conspirator in red doralittle do the other residents suspect that eirlys was once in prison?hannah comes to the eyrie to escape years of boredom in a dreary middle-class marriage to a man she never lovedoxfam bookshop cheltenham nobody at the eyrie is quite like red dora - in her eighties, she's a scots ex-communist, ex-trotskyite who fought in the spanish civil warshe rails at a society that seems to have forgotten its political roots and a government that doesn't care
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There, those who have lost loved ones find the strength to speak to them and begin to come to terms with their griefbut once there she cannot bring herself to speak into the receiverwhen you've lost everything, what can you findyet, in the face of this unthinkable loss, life must somehow continueas news of the phone box spreads, people travel to it from miles aroundthen she finds takeshi, a bereaved husband whose own daughter has stopped talking in the wake of their lossthen one day she hears about a man who has an old disused telephone box in his gardensoon yui makes her own pilgrimage to the phone box, too? see oxfam website for delivery information read morewhat happens next will warm your heart, even when it feels as though it is breakingoxfam shop ringwood when yui loses her mother and daughter in the tsunami, she wonders how she will ever carry on
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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 mordorthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhilst 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-dûrwhen 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 handsin '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 gondoronce 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 gandalfoxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jmeanwhile 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 armiesin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthgandalf 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 responsibilitiesthey 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 doomtolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearsfrodo 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 overfinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay
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He marched them up to the top of the hill and he marched them down againstamped frederick duke of york"[21] in frederick actively supported the foundation of the royal military college, sandhurst, which promoted the professional, merit-based training of future commissioned officersbank transfer or pay pal (if pa pal please add 4% to cover fees) read moredied 5 january ) the grand old duke of york, he had ten thousand menin the opinion of sir john fortescue, frederick did "more for the army than any one man has done for it in the whole of its historyhe was the person most responsible for the reforms that created the force which served in the peninsular warhe was also in charge of the preparations against napoleon's planned invasion of the united kingdom induke of york commemorative coin/tokenthe soldiers friend
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Foreword by sir ian mckellen 2the fellowship of the ringofficial movie guidethe lord of the ringsthe making of the movie trilogycollector's hardback editionvisual companionjude fisher, foreword by voggo mortenseen
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The second part, connected by a gold necklace, is a gold part with 16 seed pears in total (1 seems to be missing, but maybe this is how it should be, to accentuate the letter 'a') set in the letters arthe item of jewellery comes in the original boxmeasurements & weight: - weight in total: 56 cm shipping: registered package post read morei have bought this beautiful item from catawiki before, so the description was made by auctioneer r7 cm (without the sabre) - measurements of the 'ar' part: 1solid gold brooch / tie pin (2-piece with necklace) first part is signed at the back with 'ar rethis item of jewellery features 4 rubies and 18 seed pearls around a blue enamelled shield with inscriptionthe shield seems to be pierced by a sabre0 grams - measurements of the part with the blue shield: 1this is an item of jewellery for a certain brotherhood, but i haven't been able to find out whichthere at two eyelets at the ends of the sabre, possibly there were things suspended from those
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Clay, son and taylor printers6 x 19th century - plates illustrative of natural history - double sided & laid on linen josiah wood whymper wood engraving, hand coloured at time of publicationpublished under the direction of the committee of general literature and education, appointed by the society for promoting christian knowledge, condition: good - prints laid back to back on linen - handling marks and minor creases as per pictures - very strong because of the linenjosiah wood whymper () was an english wood-engraver, book illustrator and watercolouristplates illustrative of natural history, with a short description annexed to each platepostage via registered post £ - sent flata great addition to any early collection of natural history prints which have been hand coloured when published "price 3/4d plain; 2d coloured"dimensions: " high x " wide the prints have been taken from a broken 19th century volume which had been put together with the prints laid back to back on linen which gives the buyer the choice of which print to display and has also given the paper prints added strengthpublished by the society for promoting christian knowledge
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Thank you for lookingsize: " x " conditionmeasures 14" x 12’s the union & confederacy ) illustrated collector casebooks here for sale we have 2 illustrated books about the american civil war including a 12”lp excellent condition with each onecolumbia records proudly presents "the confederacy" based on music of the south during the yearsit has 32 pages of text and photographs and a columbia legacy lpfeaturing the national gallery orchestra, conducted by richard bales; the cantata choir of the lutheran church of the reformation, mezzo-soprano florence kopleff, baritone thomas pyle, and narrator reverend edmund jennings leeincludes an attached 32-page illustrated book about the civil war, with essays by bruce catton, and clifford dowdeythe albums are both in plastic covers and inserted at the end of the book and are in excellent condition they have some water damage, which is reflected in the asking price condition vinyl ex case books some water damageabout the confederacyplease see photographs as part of the descriptioncolumbia masterworks dl-" lp record album in beautifully embossed fabric album with gilt titles and illustrations, applied flag lithograph, and attached 32-page illustrated book about the civil war and the confederate armyfirst is the union, columbia records number dl-244 published in , with 60 pages of text and photographs, and a columbia masterworks lprecorded at the national gallery of art, washington, dthe second album is the confederacy, columbia album number , published in
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" pooh fans everywhere are sure to be spinning with excitement over this very special "hunny" of a music boxin very good condition certificate of authenticity read morelimited edition winnie the pooh hunny of a day music box by ardleigh elliott winnie the pooh and friends grace a "hunny of a day" ferris wheel collectible music box! a hundred acre wood exclusive first! - it's a hunny of a day whenever winnie the pooh and friends get together, and now you can join in with this first-of-a-kind musical ferris wheel collectible music box! pooh, piglet, tigger, eeyore, roo, rabbit and owl enjoy a special treat in the heart of the hundred acre wood, where every detail is sure to charm you! the "homemade" ferris wheel turns and everyone smiles as their barrel-style seats swing, while honeybees flit amongst the scenes of fun and friendship that grace the base! this exclusive, limited-edition winnie the pooh musical ferris wheel collectible music box from ardleigh elliott is crafted of triple-fired heirloom porcelain, richly accented in 22k gold, and plays the melody of "love makes the world go round
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Stamp on half title pagecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableillustrated by robert stewart sherriffs () with 15 full-page illustrations and 10 vignetteswill be carefully packaged and sent insured, with track & traceplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitenote in ink on first endpaperis loosely based on the life of the central asian emperor, timur (tamerlane/timur the lame, dwhereas the real timur was of turkic-mongolian ancestry and belonged to the nobility, for dramatic purposes marlowe depicts him as a scythian shepherd who rises to the rank of emperor‘tamburlaine the greatare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwritten in or , the play is a milestone in elizabethan public drama; it marks a turning away from the clumsy language and loose plotting of the earlier tudor dramatists, and a new interest in fresh and vivid language, memorable action, and intellectual complexityour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store) - cm number 126 from an edition of 300 copieschristopher marlowe - the life and death of tamburlaine the greatit may be considered the first popular success of london's public stagea play in two tragical discourses by cristopher marlowe - the hesperides press, london, - black cloth binding - unpaginated (222 ppotherwise the book is in very good conditioncover with minor signs of use’ (wikipedia) from the collection of folklorist and critic of american culture gershon legman
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Otherwise the books look good, bookblocks are solid(total of 2 books) read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehe adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and languageplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecondition: both books from new college library oxford with features: embossed marking on the front cover, traces at the bottom of the spine, bookplate and coding inside front and back cover, map with a stamp in the marginsee pictures of the table of contents’ registered shippingcontents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendixtwo uniformly bound books in the original bindings with original endpapers - xxxi, 464 + folding 'map of morocco' ( cm), xxii, 503 ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementary‘james edward budgett meakin () was an english journalist) he was fascinated by the people and culture of morocco and soon after his arrival there he started to write about everything he saw and experiencedhe wrote extensively about morocco (
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