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, &care you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitenumerous in text illustrationsfull vintage binding (no period)cuban owner's stamp (the cuban state's legal export stamp is present)slightly burnished papergood overall conditionof things, both in pure mathematics, and natural philosophy, so far as these last come under a mathematicalour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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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 durabilitydelivery by courier can be arranged for this item, please contact us for infoa very nice piece of furniture in good restored conditionthis is a lovely vintage pine farmhouse style chest of drawers finished in "off white" acrylic eggshellthis sideboard has been beautifully "upcycled" and brought back to life dimensions (approx) height: 98 cms / width: 77 cms / depth: 41 cmsit was then finished with 3 coats of "off white" acrylic eggshell
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This new size has been created due to the popularity of the larger bodyboards in the two bare feet boarding coperfect for building up your skills or if you're more experienced, ideal for an easy day cruising on demanding wavesthe new surf crew mini surfboard design astounds riders for its' responsiveness and predictability
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With further explanation of the objects shown in the indexcondition: very good (also the dust jacket is fine)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki2) ernst winizki - faces of africa - lucerne, kunstkreis, pp - hardcover with dust jacket - size: cm1) douglas newton - masterpieces of primitive artcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablewith illustrations in colour and black-and-whiteplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiterockefeller collection - new york, alfred atext columns in german, english and frenchknopf, pp - hardcover with dust jacket - size: cm(total of 3) read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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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 nomenclaturethis was formerly owned by wiltshire libraries, and has the usual stamps and markingsoxfam shop ulverston for the eighth edition every description has been corrected or rewritten where necessary and many entirely new ones have been includedoriginal price £8 see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe concise descriptions are accompanied by details of distribution, history, distinctive characteristics and merits, and cultivationthe 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 unique
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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 rectangleare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicondition: good condition with wear on the silvering (see photos)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe 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 finishthis 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 nlthe photos are a large addition to the description and condition of the lotnote the special shape of the "f" letterthe dimensions of the rectangle are 3our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebrass silver-plated box with enamel portrait of napoleon and decorations all around
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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 poweroxfam 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 lifehe was about to begin uprooting and collectivization of agriculture and industry across the entire soviet unionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremillions would die, and many more would suffer
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An accessible explanation of the hidden patterns found within the seemingly chaotic world wide weboxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the laws of the web: patterns in the ecology of information bernardo ahuberman, good conditionprevious owner's name in pencil on title pagethe first couple of chapters have underlining and annotations in pencilsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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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 moreoxfam bookshop folkestone this is the second edition -- excellent condition but missing a dust jacketthe first edition () was acclaimed and it firmly established the shropshire coalfield as the cradle of the industrial revolutionafter 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 text
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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 usedthis manual represents several years of labour by dedicated co-workersoxfam 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 speechesthis 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 toolsee oxfam website for delivery information read morelarge format, lay flat spiral bound book, makes this resource easy to use
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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 povertyto understand the global economy, hutton argues, one must first understand the united statesover 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 fairnesssee oxfam website for delivery information read morenow, 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 orderedoxfam 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 war
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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 seragliothe board corners are bumpedi 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 turksbrown endpapers, with bookplate to the inside of the front boardplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis first edition was published in by henry colburn, londonthis is an ex- library copy with the usual stampsthe boards having an embossed crosshatch patternbound in full leather boardsgilt title lettering on a red block to the spineour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethis is one of the most important records of tripolitan life during the 18th centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilight foxing to the title page and tanning to the page edges370 pages, 28cm 23 cm read moreat some stage in its' life it has been sympathetically restored with a new leather spinethis 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 etcillustrated 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)the work is particularly valuable for its details of family life in the seraglio
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From 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 conditionthe 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 architecturedocumenting 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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In crystal-clear terms he explains the fundamentals of gravity, spacetime, relativity and quantum theory, and shows how they all relate to each otherthis in turn led cosmologists to posit features such as dark matter and dark energyhe considers parallel universes, what forms extra-terrestrial life might take, and the likelihood of earth being hit by an asteroidhe 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 relativityhe 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 endbut 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 cosmologyoxfam 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 universeeighty years ago the discovery that the universe is expanding led to the big bang theory of its originssee oxfam website for delivery information read moremathematics, professor stewart shows, has been the driving force in astronomy and cosmology since the ancient babylonians
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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 fadedoxfam bookshop preston rudiments and theory of music: based on the syllabus of the theory examinations of the royal schools of music paperback – 1 jansee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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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 pulegosospecial 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 conditionrunning from the middle ages to the heart of the contemporary worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis 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 moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available* françois andré michaux () was a french botanist and the namesake of michaux state forest in pennsylvaniaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemichaux first trekked the allegheny mountains in when trans-allegheny travel was limited to indigenous peoples' trails and one military trail, braddock road, built inin he undertook more extensive travels of which this is his reportsabion quotes this edition, however with a folding map that is missing heremost editions of this monograph are of a different formatrare early monograph on the american regionstranslated from the french it contains accounts relative to the agriculture, natural productions and information about the commercial relations of these regions with othersour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store** 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 wholesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 will
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But beneath her rage lies a more intimate disappointment, a tragic death she has yet to come to terms withreveling in her new found freedom, she finds that life at the eyrie offers surprising new opportunities and an unlikely co-conspirator in red doraoxfam 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 warwith her fiery brand of radical anticapitalism, she conjures plans of political sabotage and computer hackingeirlys is a madly patriotic welsh woman with a brass dragon on her doorsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe rails at a society that seems to have forgotten its political roots and a government that doesn't carelittle 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 lovedshe is the 'mother' of the the eyrie's little clan - always providing tea and sympathy
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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 griefas news of the phone box spreads, people travel to it from miles aroundbut once there she cannot bring herself to speak into the receiverthen one day she hears about a man who has an old disused telephone box in his garden? see oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen you've lost everything, what can you findoxfam shop ringwood when yui loses her mother and daughter in the tsunami, she wonders how she will ever carry onwhat happens next will warm your heart, even when it feels as though it is breakingsoon yui makes her own pilgrimage to the phone box, tooyet, in the face of this unthinkable loss, life must somehow continuethen she finds takeshi, a bereaved husband whose own daughter has stopped talking in the wake of their loss
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They are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomfinally, '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 overin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muiloxfam 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 armiesgandalf 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 responsibilitiesonce 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 gandalfgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondorthey 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 morewhen 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 handstolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearstogether 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 mordorwhilst 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-dûrin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earth
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He was also in charge of the preparations against napoleon's planned invasion of the united kingdom instamped frederick duke of yorkdied 5 january ) the grand old duke of york, he had ten thousand menduke of york commemorative coin/tokenhe was the person most responsible for the reforms that created the force which served in the peninsular warthe soldiers friendhe marched them up to the top of the hill and he marched them down again"[21] in frederick actively supported the foundation of the royal military college, sandhurst, which promoted the professional, merit-based training of future commissioned officersin 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 historybank transfer or pay pal (if pa pal please add 4% to cover fees) read more
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The lord of the ringsforeword by sir ian mckellen 2the making of the movie trilogyjude fisher, foreword by voggo mortenseenvisual companionthe fellowship of the ringcollector's hardback editionofficial movie guide
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7 cm (without the sabre) - measurements of the 'ar' part: 1there at two eyelets at the ends of the sabre, possibly there were things suspended from thosei have bought this beautiful item from catawiki before, so the description was made by auctioneer rthe shield seems to be pierced by a sabrethe 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 arthis item of jewellery features 4 rubies and 18 seed pearls around a blue enamelled shield with inscription6 cm shipping: registered package post read morethe item of jewellery comes in the original boxmeasurements & weight: - weight in total: 5solid gold brooch / tie pin (2-piece with necklace) first part is signed at the back with 'ar re0 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 which
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Plates illustrative of natural history, with a short description annexed to each plateclay, son and taylor printerspublished by the society for promoting christian knowledgejosiah wood whymper () was an english wood-engraver, book illustrator and watercolourista 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 strength6 x 19th century - plates illustrative of natural history - double sided & laid on linen josiah wood whymper wood engraving, hand coloured at time of publicationpostage via registered post £ - sent flatpublished 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 linen
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Condition vinyl ex case books some water damagerecorded at the national gallery of art, washington, dthe second album is the confederacy, columbia album number , published inmeasures 14" x 12featuring 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 leeit has 32 pages of text and photographs and a columbia legacy lp’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 onethe 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 priceplease 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 armycolumbia records proudly presents "the confederacy" based on music of the south during the yearsincludes an attached 32-page illustrated book about the civil war, with essays by bruce catton, and clifford dowdeythank you for lookingsize: " x " conditionabout the confederacyfirst is the union, columbia records number dl-244 published in , with 60 pages of text and photographs, and a columbia masterworks lp
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Limited 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" 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 more
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikichristopher marlowe - the life and death of tamburlaine the greatcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableis loosely based on the life of the central asian emperor, timur (tamerlane/timur the lame, dnote in ink on first endpaperplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecover with minor signs of useotherwise the book is in very good conditionwhereas 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) - cm number 126 from an edition of 300 copies’ (wikipedia) from the collection of folklorist and critic of american culture gershon legmanwill be carefully packaged and sent insured, with track & trace‘tamburlaine the greatillustrated by robert stewart sherriffs () with 15 full-page illustrations and 10 vignettesa play in two tragical discourses by cristopher marlowe - the hesperides press, london, - black cloth binding - unpaginated (222 ppit may be considered the first popular success of london's public stagewritten 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 complexitystamp on half title pageour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki‘james edward budgett meakin () was an english journalistcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementary(total of 2 books) read more’ registered shippingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesee pictures of the table of contentsotherwise the books look good, bookblocks are solid) 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 experiencedtwo uniformly bound books in the original bindings with original endpapers - xxxi, 464 + folding 'map of morocco' ( cm), xxii, 503 ppcontents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendixhe wrote extensively about morocco (he adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and languagecondition: 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 marginour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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