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Horatii flacci emblemata first published infrom the first series of emblematic engravings everin his later years he produced emblem books, his first being qthe four ages with a putti holding a running sun dail in front of themotto vaenius () painter and humanist from leiden fled to southern netherlands in because of the politicalplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitein deviation of later editions, this one has no text on the front of the pagehis designs were mostly engraved by his younger brother gysbrechtin the right bottom corner a snake biting his tail, the sign of eternity qcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableafter his return he settled in antwerpstudied a few years under dominicus lampsonius, then left for italyvaenius tried to maintain favour with the courtour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehe was the most influencial tutor of pieter paul rubensare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe co-work between vaenius and the engravers have been studieduntil the return of his pupil rubens from italy, he was the leading painter in antwerphoratii flacci emblemata was a joined effort of printers, learned commentators on horace, engravers and vaenius himselfhoratii flacci emblematahe worked for rudolf ii in prague, was court painter of alexander farnese and albrecht and isabellafrom the edition with multilingual verses on the backsideearly edition of with printed text in five languages on backside
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Her books are based on the accounts of eyewitnesses and survivors, told in their own words, and cast a unique light on the first world war'on the face of it,' writes lyn macdonald, 'no one could have been less equipped for the job than these gently nurtured girls who walked straight out of edwardian drawing rooms into the manifest horrors of the first world war'lyn macdonald wrirtes splendidly and touchingly of the work of the nurses and doctors who fought their humanitarian battle on the western front' sunday telegraph over the past twenty years lyn macdonald has established a popular reputation as an author and historian of the first world warin leaking tents and draughty huts they fought another war, a war against agony and death, as men lay suffering from the pain of unimaginable wounds or diseases we can now cure almost instantlyit was here that young doctors frantically forged new medical techniques - of blood transfusion, dentistry, psychiatry and plastic surgery - in the attempt to save soldiers shattered in body or spiritsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham lyn macdonald's the roses of no man's land is a compelling look at the women who risked their lives on the western front' yet the volunteer nurses rose magnificently to the occasionmost are published by penguinall this is superbly captured in the roses of no man's land, a panorama of hardship, disillusion and despair, yet also of endurance and supreme courageand it was here that women achieved a quiet but permanent revolution, by proving beyond question they could do anything
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first published in , the book offers one of the world's first collected descriptions of what builds nations' wealth, and is today a fundamental work in classical economicscreases to lower leading corners of first few leaves of text block, which is otherwise clean and tight and lightly but evenly tannedshelf wear to top and bottom edges of spine and boards see oxfam website for delivery information read morevarious scuffs and marks to boardsbuff cloth covered boards with blind embossed design to front and gilt text to spine, which is discolouredneatly inked name to front free endpaperoxfam bookshop newport generally referred to by its shortened title, the wealth of nations, this is the magnum opus of the scottish economist and moral philosopher adam smithby reflecting upon the economics at the beginning of the industrial revolution, the book touches upon such broad topics as the division of labour, productivity, and free marketsdecorated endpapers (everyman design)
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Oxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the origins of the first world war annika mombauer very good condition paperbackthe seminal event of the 20th century, the origins of the first world war have always been difficult to establish and have aroused deep controversysimilarly, the argument has been fuelled by concerns over the sacrifices that were made and the casualities that were sufferedwere they really justified? see oxfam website for delivery information read more there a sticky label on the backcover over the barcode that has been mostly removedtext is unmarkedannika mombauer tracks the impassioned debates as they developed at critical points through the twentieth centuryemotive and emotional from the very beginning of the conflict, the debate and the passions aroused in response to such issues as the 'war-guilt paragraph' of the treaty of versailles, are set in the context of the times in which they were proposed the book focuses on the controversy itself, rather than the specific events leading up to the war
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As the dark master's evil envelopes the world like a plague, spyro must fulfil his destiny and unlock the true power of the purple dragon within him to stop the dark master in his trackssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop chequer street in the final chapter of the trilogy, players find sypro teaming up with an unlikely ally - cynder, his former enemy, to face his most challenging mission to datethe co-op feature allows players to have the option of completing the game as either spyro or cynder, giving them more freedom to explore spyro's world in completely new waysthe game introduces two never before seen elements into the spyro universe: spyro can now fly at any time and players can drop-in/drop-out with the new co-operative feature
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first edition printed by clays ltd, st ives plc first edition of the first uk hardback bloomsbury edition of harry potter and the order of the phoenixrowling bloomsburycondition is very good dispatched with royal mail 2nd classharry potter and the order of the phoenix: by jdust jacket is in very good clean condition the page edges are gently yellowed, but otherwise the book is very clean and good with no owner's name inside, and the binding is solid
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From the office, dwight as dark lord, as a stylized pocket pop! keychainstylized collectable stands 15 inches tall, perfect for any the office fan!collect and display all the office pop! vinyls!from the office, dwight as dark lord, as a stylized pocket pop! keychainstylized collectable stands 15 inches tall, perfect for any the office fan!collect and display all the office pop! vinyls!product specifications:from the office, dwight as dark lord, as a stylized pocket pop! keychainstylized collectable stands 15 inches tall, perfect for any the office fan!collect and display all the office pop! vinyls! product specifications: from the office, dwight as dark lord, as a stylized pocket pop! keychain stylized collectable stands 15 inches tall, perfect for any the office fan! collect and displ
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first edition first printing the hunting of the snark by lewis carroll, with the fist edition misprint and the fly leaf end paperbinder edge a little worn about half inch but the book is good to very good and nice and tight
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Rowling, bloomsbury, ] item details first edition has number line: 1 - 20 published by bloomsbury publishing () cover illustrations by giles greenfield price of £699 to the rear cover very good condition it has no former owner names no remainder mark it is a collectible first edition softcover 636 pages read moreharry potter and the goblet of fire [first edition] [j
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first edition - sampson low, marston, searle and rivington (all rights reserved) - book description: 2 volsdespite these faults this is a clean, tight and pleasant to handle reading set of the first editionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisome torn pages and illustrations in both volsi: xxiv-528pp - vol ii: 483pp 21,5 x 14 cm read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableex-library set, in recent library rebinding, light blue & gilt boards, tight, new end-papers, perfect hinges, no foxing1 lacks title-page, 6 of the 21 full-page illustrations, and the large map contained in a rear pocket of the original bindingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe congo and the founding of its free state: a story of work and exploration stanley, henry mlibrary stamps and white shelf number on spines; volhave been repaired2 also lacks its large mapour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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The first lithograph artwork has been signed (at reggio emilia, italy)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki“the art of daan jippes”catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available\t in excellent conditionin mint condition, with slipcasesize: 30 x 40 cmplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitewith 2x complimentary advertising postcardsby artoon edizionithe prints are taken directly from the original drawings and illustrations, and are printed on 280 g tintoretto paper1x portfolio in hard carboard featuring the disney cartoonist worksthis copy is numbered 26 out of 70the portfolio includes 20 prints, featuring of the most remarkable illustrations by the masterlimited edition of 70 copiesin italian languageour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein black and white
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Complete collection of first day cancellations on descriptive panels in 9 special albumsthe photographs show just some of the 566 pages on offerare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablemany issues are in blocks, blocks of four and strips, in addition to all the sheets and block pagesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe collection includes all the issues from to , including the start of (first 18 issues)the entire lot weight approxour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Morgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empireit 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 timeó 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-americansee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas 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 context
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Field went eagerly as a young student on his first trip to the excavation grounds at kishdj has some minor chipsthe inscription includes " with greeting henry field" and is dated but cannot verify its authenticityfascinated by the shaded past of the cultural hub of our civilization there, field dug, dusted and studied to piece together his track of manillustrated with 28 b/w photographshenry field (december – january ) was an american anthropologist and archaeologistthough his work took him to the caves of altamira and the pyrenees with the abbe breuil, to america where he worked for years in the field museum and saw the construction of its marvellous hall of primitive man, into planning for the developmental exhibit at the chicago world's fair, and into wartime studies for the uhis essays on the babylonian findings have their tribute in the scientific worldthere his heart remained for most of the rest of his lifeoxfam shop darlington hardbackgreen cloth boards protected by unclipped maroon pictorial dust jacketcontents are clean and binding is tightsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreffep has a small section (4cm x 1cm) removed to take out surname of inscriptiongovernment- it was at kish that he did his main body of workhis autobiography is a spirited account of the adventure of science itselfboards clean with very slight fading around the titles on the spineborn in chicago he spent his childhood in england and was educated at eton and oxfordred top page endspublished by peter davies
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Some of the earliest proposals for the use of radio waves to detect objects at a distance are first dealt withthis book is the first general history of radar to be published, and one which covers the independent but more or less simultaneous emergence of radar in several countries in the sabundant references, which could facilitate further research, are giventhe study, while underlining the significance of the cavity magnetron, purposely restricts itself to the pre-cavity magnetron era of radarpublished, as volume 6 in the 'iee history of technology series'see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe narrative ranges from the concepts of nikola tesla in and the experiments of christian hulsmeyer in right through, in chronological order, to the commercially sponsored experiments of the prewar daysoxfam shop fulwood road radar has become an essential factor in air and sea travel, has affected all areas of military science and, most important of all perhaps, has considerably influenced the progress of electronic engineeringthe book also sets out to explain the basic principles of radar and, where applicable, historical aspects of the evolution of these principles are dealt withthe historical events and the military influences, which shaped the ultimate development of radar in each country, are then considered
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We are delighted to present a fourth impression copy of this book of logarithms by charles babbage, the inventor of the first mechanical ‘computer’however, he did not have a working portion until , several years after his first table was published, and that was insufficient computing power to produce the mathematical tablesitem is as picturedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteex-library copypencil ownership inscription of ‘wcharles babbage (), the english polymath considered to be the father of computing, designed his difference engine nospine with raised bands, gilt fillets, and gilt lettering to green leather title labelcircular stamp to title-page and last page, ink accession note to verso title-pagecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available1 to mechanise the creation of mathematical tablesoverall, this book is a collectable work by the babbage, the originator of the concept of the digital programmable computer, a fascinating artefact in the history of mathematics and sciencerebound quarter brown leather binding over green marbled boards, in excellent conditionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeashdown’ to head of title-pageare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikititle-page repairedtables throughoutpencil notes on the last pagebabbage therefore did not attempt to compute new tablesink mark to tail page edgerather, the proofs were checked against his previous tables, finding only 9 errors which were then corrected in the second edition ()small tears to some margins, affecting text on p
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After surviving his first year at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry and then enduring a summer holiday with the dreadful dursleys, harry is ready and raring to get back to his school friendsbut the eventful journey back to school is just the beginning and when rumours about the mysterious chamber of secrets start to spread harry realises that his second year is going to be just as eventful as the firstreturning to the castle nevertheless, harry hears a rumour about a chamber of secrets, holding unknown horrors to wizards of muggle parentagebut something much darker has yet to be unleashedmatching stephen fry's endearingly snooty vocal chords with rowling's superb storytelling skills was a stroke of genius: fry manages to give further depth to an already complex and utterly absorbing plot by adding an irreverent wit and a deep-rooted touch of class to a compelling and magical talereview:harry potter and the chamber of secrets is the second book in the phenomenally successful harry potter series by jk rowling, and after listening to this fantastic reading of what is sure to become an absolute classic, there is little doubt that rowling's stories will continue to capture the imaginations of generations of young readers long into the futuresee oxfam website for delivery information read morenow someone is casting spells that turn people to stone, and a terrible warning is found painted on the wallthe chief suspect - always in the wrong place - is harrybut a small, self-punishing house-elf warns harry of mortal danger awaiting him at hogwarts schoolbut something is trying to stop him, and after missing the hogwart's express he just about makes it to the school gates on time courtesy of a flying car and rather a lot of magicoxfam shop dorchester harry can't wait for his holidays with the dire dursleys to end
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This is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication init was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyorsthe 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 hawaiiit covers the coast of north americathe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoveryvolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coastthe voyage to australia and tahitias a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands inthe volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbackssee oxfam website for delivery information read morevery small tear to spine on volume iiall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust coverall 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 soundthey 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 manyoxfam 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 discoverythe original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedthe main pagination of all four volumes is continuousthese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsvancouver, 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 canadaappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companyit 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 indicatedall pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsvolume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discovery
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Item description first edition of this authoritative study on the assyrian cities of nineveh and babylon based on layard's second expedition to the regiona 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 explorationoverall; good, and tight used copy (please see pictures)some pencil writing on front free endpapercondition wear at extremitiesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteoriginal brown cloth by edmonds & remnants, with impressive elaborate blind stamping design of great winged bull to front and rear coverspublished by john murray, londoninternally; is almost goodplates are brightnot really sure of page(s) cut within the (appendix) between pagescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablerubbing and bumping to head and foot of spine, with wear to edges of spineour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipages are tight and almost clean with some spots, light marks, or foxingsome rubbing to front inner hingeslight tears or creases to edges of the fold-out plans and map, but still in nice clean condition5cm & number of pages: 686 including appendix & index + 2 pages of publishers’ workssecurely 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 artefactsrichly 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 countrybook dimensions: 23 x 15 x 4the 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 foundedtitles 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 work
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107 €
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I had to get the first volume from the library (that is the first part of the life of edward the vi and the protectorate of the duke of somerset)the minutia is excrutiating at times and in vol i i learned more about sheep than i think i ever needed to knowthe dominance of the duke of northumberland this is an ex library book and the second volume in the setby the way if you are looking for the schemer who put his daughter in law on the throne and poisoned edward vi you won't find him in this booknot that much about edward and not that much about the duke of northumberlandvol ii (this volume) has detailed accounts of protestants and the protestantism of the time i skipped a lot of it eventually500+ pages, hardback with typical library coverthis man's research is so good that i find him quoted everywhere else when it comes to edward vi
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1 pair of mens dark denim jeansthese have never been worn and are in excellent conditionalso one pair of lighter denim jeans and only worn oncebought from the white stuff shopbought originally from the white stuff shop
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first edition first impressionreview copy with a note from the publisheroxfam bookshop woodbridge this volume of the history of the times provides a fascinating lens through which to review the close of the twentieth century and the dawn of the twenty-firstvery good condition with dust cover see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This is the first full flora of the vice county of renfrewshire (renfrewshire, east renfrewshire, inverdyde and parts of southend north-west glasgow)the flora contains:- over species accounts that include first record, status, distribution and ecology;- more than 660 dot maps of native and frequently encountered alien spieces;- introductory chapters on geology soils, landscape, climate, historical recording and the changing environment;- discussion chapters on distribution patterns, floristic distribution patterns, floristic conservation;- 24 pages of colour plates of maps and photographs showing botanical hot spots and local notable speciesit marks the culmination of over 50 years of field recording by local botanists and over 18 years of fieldwork and in-depth search of historical records by the authoron the front cover there is a small deep indentation and on the back cover there are some slight signs of wearinternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good condition
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This first novel of germany's most celebrated contemporary playwright is written in prose of tremendous power and precisionexactly the type of book that readers in search of striking european voices should embrace" john boyne, author of the boy in the striped pyjamasa contemporary berlin fairy tale that bristles with urban truths - the first novel of germany's best-known contemporary playwright one clear, ice-cold january morning shortly after dawn, a wolf crosses the border between poland and germanya woman burns her mother's diaries on a berlin balconytranslated from the german by jamie bulloch see oxfam website for delivery information read moreelisabeth and micha run away through the snow from their home village, crossing the wolf's tracks on their way to the cityand elisabeth's father, a famous sculptor, observes the vast skeleton of a whale in his studio and asks: what am i doing here? and why? experiences and encounters flicker past with a raw, visual power, like frames in a black and white filmthe lone wolf is glimpsed on the hard shoulder and photographed by tomasz, a polish construction worker who cannot survive in germany without his girlfriendon an icy motorway eighty kilometres outside the city, a fuel tanker jack-knifes and explodesthose who catch sight of the wolf see their own lives reflected, and find themselves searching for a different path in a cold timeoxfam bookshop cheltenham "a highly original and often hypnotic workhis trail leads all the way to berlin, connecting the lives of disparate individuals whose paths intersect and diverge
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first editionthomson) page - xxxii pp with fold-out plate - 344pp 17 x 11 cm, condition; fair, despite loosened dedication page and some spotting on first end pages, a further tight and clean copyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecomes with non adhesive transparent dust jacketgilt title on spinedickie, george - professor of botany in the university of aberdeen the botanist's guide to the countries of aberdeen, banff, and kincardineplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteembossing folding map of aberdeen, banff & kincrdine shires - tilte page - dedication (to athe author was born in aberdeengreen buckram hardbackin he was appointed professor of natural history at queens college belfast and later as professor of botany in the university of aberdeenour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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It is the second in a trilogy, the first of which is "betty zane" and the last of which is "the last trail"oxfam shop macclesfield a historical novel, first published in , about events occurring in the ohio river valley in the late eighteenth centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit involves the attempts by missionaries to convert native americans to christianity and features lewis wetzel, who had dedicated his life to the destruction of native americans and to the protection of white settlements in the region
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At once epic in scope and extraordinarily intimate, the daughters of mars brings the first world war to vivid life from an unusual perspectiveused to tending the sick as they are, nothing could have prepared them for what they confront, first in the dardanelles, then on the western frontoxfam bookshop cheltenham in , two spirited australian sisters join the war effort as nurses, escaping the confines of their father's dairy farm and carrying a guilty secret with themyet they find courage in the face of extreme danger and become the friends they never were beforeprofoundly moving, it pays tribute to the men and women who voluntarily risked their lives for peacesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand eventually they meet the kind of men worth giving up their precious independence for - if only they all survive
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All first editions, published by edward lloyd, limitedthe first 3 volumes were published in and the 4th volume was published inin very good condition for its ageare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available124 coloured plates altogetherall in uniform size, hardback, 1st editionsa hand-book to the birds of great britain volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4 by rplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteslight rubbing on the book corners and spine endsthe plates are bright and cleanpart of the lloyd's natural history collectionthe covers are good, with only slight wearthe pages are clean, no foxingplease view the photos for further details! shipped tracked and insured*buyer please pay within 3 days* read moreall the plates are complete, i have taken photos of all the platesvolume 1 has a split by the front board gutter as shown in the last photoour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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He argues that perret provides the first rational and effective expression of classical principles in modern constructionit records and analyses the densely articulated, if provincial, english debate with respect to the aesthetic challenge posed by the increasing popularity of concrete from around onwards" kenneth frampton: '"concrete" remains a valuable historical text that in many respects has never been given its due307pp + 104 photographic plates at the rear"collins provides a thorough history of the new nineteenth century material and goes on to examine the theories on its architectural expression, focusing on determining role of the reinforced concrete frame" - from the foreword of a later editionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is an unmatched pioneering history of the development of reinforced concrete up tofinally, until very recently it was the only readily available monograph on auguste perret in englishoxfam bookshop raeburn place in good condition - the dust jacket is in poor condition (tears to the front top and around the top of the spine and price-clipped), the book itself is in very good condition (very bright pages, no markings
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45 €
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first uk edition-first printing()because first they must search the world for the three sections of the book of ra, then they have to learn how to chant its spellsoxfam shop ringwood puffin booksforever? see oxfam website for delivery information read morecan the kanes destroy apophis before he swallows the sun and plunges the earth into darknessdust jacket condition: finecondition: finenow the gods of egypt are waking in the modern worldif carter and sadie don't destroy him, the world will end in five days' timeprice un-clippedever since the gods of ancient egypt were unleashed on the modern world, carter kane and his sister, sadie, have been in big troublethe book is signed by the author on the title pageas descendants of the magical house of life, they command certain powersbut now a terrifying enemy - apophis, the giant snake of chaos - is risingand in order to battle the forces of chaos, they must revive the sun god ra - a feat no magician has ever achievedpercy jackson fought greek godsblack hardback (gilt lettering to the spine) with dust jacket in fine condition
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