The genius of the century
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Portfolio benito jacovitti, the genius of the centurydimensions: 25x35 cm read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storemade in september by the association of friends of comics città di castellocatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecomplete with 8 printsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitein a preserved state as neware you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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The mark of the century (ejacobs) was commissioned by the belgian center for comic story and the post on the occasion of the french and belgian mail of the stamps devoted to blake and mortimer this beautiful luxury editi is limited to 500 copies numbered from i to d this is copy noclx/d if additional sit there in the first stamps with unique stamp stamped on see image the booklet is 21 by 15 cm and contains 70 pages point it still looks cool! read more
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Probably from around the turn of the century ofour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableantique linen press, with drawer and 2 doorsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteplenty of storage space and of course especially as an ornamental piece of furnitureconsists of an upper and lower cabinetare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Oxfam bookshop st albans a history told largely in pictures of the first third of the twentieth century, seen through british eyessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Green hardback book 'the pageant of the century' from with foreward by hbuyer collects, ashtead
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Christo at the end of the century exhibit entry ticket in tokyoclean and unusedfree uk postage! free uk postage! read more
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Christo at the end of the century exhibit entry ticket in tokyoclean and unusedfree uk postage! free uk postage! use your credit card and pay me with paypal
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Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for the voice of the century (ltddeluxe edition) (in
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This practise ceased at the turn of the century in order to preserve the ancient wall piecespaper size 26" x 23" approximatelythe work will arrive rolled in a tubeoxfam shop redruth beautiful original inkstick rubbing from a stone template depicting a horse drawn chariot on a delicate tissue papersee oxfam website for delivery information read morethese rubbings originate from asia and initially were made by monks from the old carvings within the templeswe had a donation of several of these works on paper, so please check our other items if you are interestedthis contemporary piece would have been taken from a stone carving or cast made specifically for the purpose of rubbing and are still made and sold by monks in china and thailand
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Deon and angelo are professional thieves who, along with the perfect crew, want to commit the heist of the centurytheir target is a ruthless drug dealer in chicagowill they secure their future fortune?
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Angelo and deon want to commit the heist of the century against cartel drug dealers in chicago
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"the genius of photography" examines the evolution of photography in its wider context: social, political, economic, technological and artisticthis is a major book for anyone who wants to know more about one of the most important art forms of the 21st centuryat the heart of the book is a quest to understand what makes a truly great photographall the pages are clean and unmarkedthe inner edge of the back board is damaged down the length where it joins to the spine, however, the binding of the pages is still soundthe dust jacket has creasing to the top edge and bumping to all four corners and also the top and bottom of the spineit begins with the earliest days of the photograph in the s and ends with an examination of the state of photography today and the effect that the 'digital revolution' will have, changing not only how we look at a photograph but what it is in a physical sensethe hard cover has a little bumping to the top and bottom of the spine but the corners are goodit brings a critical perspective and a strong aesthetic sense to the subject, but above all it is primarily a narrative historythis book examines all the different genres of photography from landscape and portraiture to news and reportagesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is a very small tear (about 5 mm) at the bottom of the spineaccompanying the first major television history of this ever more influential artform, this landmark book explores the key events and the key images that have marked the development of photographyoxfam bookshop new milton used, fair condition, hard cover with dust jacketthis is a large book measuring 305 x 240 x 26 mm and weighing 1 7 kg, however, this is still within the limit to not affect the postage cost
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The genius of birds by jennifer ackerman (paperback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is within 3 to 5 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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He explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much moreindispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developmentshe examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planetjĂĽrgen osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering eruditionosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysoxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionthis is the highly anticipated english edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed german book, which is also being translated into chinese, polish, russian, and frenchfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Double play - genius or drunk sw (mint/new)dice, paints, & suppliesreference booksthe condition of the item you will receive is sw (mint/new)our grading system is listed below for your perusal
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Oxfam books & music beaconsfield this book surveys the transformation of the british isles in the sixteenth centuryin this book, a team of leading scholars consider these important transformations in the english monarchical polity, ranging widely to consider relations between the various parts of the isles throughout the sixteenth centuryin europe, england was a significant trading partner, but its language unknownthe book also includes a detailed chronology, maps, illustrations, and a guide to further reading to provide a full and dynamic picture of this significant era in british historyyet its authority was not easily enforced beyond the more developed south-east and midlands and it was exercised indirectly in wales and ireland, while scotland was an independent monarchychapters focus on political history and ideas of the state; the change in religion; britain's overseas role; the economy and society; and the renaissance in cultural life in this periodthe established churches of the british isles had broken away from the roman catholic europe and were now national, royal, and protestantby the early seventeenth century, the london-based english government had developed and extended its effective authority over the north and wales, ireland was subjugated and colonised, the english and scottish crowns unitedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat the start of the period, england was an effectively governed monarchy, its government regal but also consensualwith the english bible and shakespeare, english had reached the maturity of a potential world language, while the british peoples stood poised on the edge of a global expansiona little shelf wear to the cover but otherwise in very good condition
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A heraldry work, considered fundamental to the study of the connections through which the british aristocracy developed, from the early years of the kingdom until the seventeenth centurybookplate on the back of the front edgemanuscript on the first blank sheet that does not affect the textfor jacob blomeas also a true register of the blazons of all the knights of the garter, from the first installment to the last: and also of all the baronets from their first creation to the lastplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelondon, printed by tare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikia very good copy of john guillim's work () on heraldry, which "would remain the standard textbook on english heraldry until the second half of the 18th century, and is still regularly used by heralds in the 21st century" (odnb)full title: a display of heraldrie: manifesting a more easie access to the knowledge ther|of then hath hitherto been published by any, through the benefit of method; wherein it is now reduced by the study and industry of john guillim late pursuivant at armesspine restored later, with gold title on a dark moroccan leather labelcoeval full leather binding[pp, [pp, pp, pp, pgeneral wear on the outsideestc: r read morethis heraldry treatise is beautifully illustrated by dozens of large tipped-in plates, some hand-coloured, depicting the blazons of the most important families of the english nobilitycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablewoodcut brand on the cover page, numerous coats of arms, some coloured by hand, woodcut historiated initials and woodcut headpiecesbright pages with large tipped-in plates, some coloured by hand, depicting the coats of arms of english aristocratic familiescoeval handwritten notesinterlaced with much variety of history, suitable to the severall occasions or subjectsstill an important source of study enriched by hundreds of illustrations of coats of arms and blazonsfaithfully collested by francis novver arms-painter (and student in heraldry) in bartholomew lane, london?nius labor multorum laborem allevatour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecover page restored with vintage paperquod quisque privatim accipit, tenetur in communem usum depromerecorrected and much enlarged by the author himselfe in his life time: together with his own addition of explaining the tearms of haw|king and hunting, for the use and delight of gentlemenadded about three hundred new coats and bearings of eminent families, in their proper sections, never before inserted
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Covering the period 15th - 19th centuryit stayed in use until the beginning of the 19th centurysamshuijzen, jelle catalogue of a collection of 225 old watermarks 15th - 19th century rockingstone wageningen, rockingstonesome names: honig, blauw, pannekoek, pieter van der ley, van gelder, koning & desjardin, proost, wendelin richel, vierevant, gerrevink, middelink, koldewyn, etcour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesoftcover, oblong, 99 ppthis includes a box with 26 samples of the paper (without watermarks) as described in this catalogueone of the most popular watermarks aftercatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesize of the paper samples: caplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitea large part was made by dutch papermills, but also by english, french, german and portugese papermills¶ limited edition of 25 numbered copieswith a description of each sheet with back-lit pictures of all the watermarks and a cd-rom with all the files of the pictures of the watermarksare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisome groups of watermarks: - arms of amsterdam used between - vryheit in wreath, lion, spear and seven darts - vryheit in crowned circle pro patria - garden of holland or maid of dordrecht pro patria
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6 x 19th century - plates illustrative of natural history - double sided & laid on linen josiah wood whymper wood engraving, hand coloured at time of publicationdimensions: " 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 strengthpostage via registered post ÂŁ - sent flatpublished by the society for promoting christian knowledgea great addition to any early collection of natural history prints which have been hand coloured when published "price 3/4d plain; 2d coloured"josiah wood whymper () was an english wood-engraver, book illustrator and watercolouristplates illustrative of natural history, with a short description annexed to each plateclay, son and taylor printerspublished 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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It is on this small scale etchings that callot could develop his genius at it's bestguaranteed originalbibliography: jules lieure, 'jacques callot, catalogue de son oeuvre gravé', 3 vols, paris read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe first state before the publishers address is described as extremely rare by lieuredied suddenly incatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablelieure describes this suite as very nice work, extremely delicate, and it is rare to find it complete in beautiful proofs rendering all the finesse and all the value of the etchingsmartiryum appostolorum, martyrdom of st bartholomew, tied to a ladder set on a scaffold, with two executioners flaying him, and crowd attending the torture; in the upper part, a second representation of the saint, in gloryii / iv before the numberexcellent early impression of the second state on four before the numberjacques callot () etcher and draughtsman, born nancyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitein rome; in florence, working for the medici; in returned to nancy, where he settled and marriedwith full plate border and tread margins mounted on a collection sheetetching reference: lieureenormously popular and much copiedmost of his plates were published by his friend israel henrietfrom a series of sixteen plates about the martyrdom of the apostlesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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'when the lights come out at sundown along the shores of scotland, i am proud to think they burn more brightly for the genius of my father!'robert louis stevenson was the most famous of the stevensons, but not by any means the most productivethe lighthouse stevensons is a story of high endeavour, beautifully told; indeed, this is one of the most celebrated works of historical biography in recent memorythe lighthouse stevensons, all four generations of them, built every lighthouse round scotland, were responsible for a slew of inventions in both construction and optics, and achieved feats of engineering in conditions that would be forbidding even today'whenever i smell salt water, i know that i am not far from one of the works of my ancestors,' wrote robert louis stevenson inoxfam shop colne road an exciting new edition of bella bathurst's epic story of robert louis stevenson's ancestors and the building of the scottish coastal lighthouses against impossible oddssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe same driven energy which robert louis stevenson put into writing, his ancestors put into lighting the darkness of the seas
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Long after graduation, rosenberg remains haunted by this "spinoza problem": how could the german genius goethe have been inspired by a member of a race rosenberg considers so inferior to his own, a race he was determined to destroy? spinoza himself was no stranger to punishment during his lifetimeyalom explores the mindsets of two men separated by 300 yearsoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells when sixteen-year-old alfred rosenberg is called into his headmaster's office for anti-semitic remarks he made during a school speech, he is forced, as punishment, to memorize passages about spinoza from the autobiography of the german poet goethethough his life was short and he lived without means in great isolation, he nonetheless produced works that changed the course of historyby imagining the unexpected intersection of spinoza's life with rosenberg's, internationally bestselling novelist irvin dusing his skills as a psychiatrist, he explores the inner lives of spinoza, the saintly secular philosopher, and of rosenberg, the godless mass murderer over the years, rosenberg rose through the ranks to become an outspoken nazi ideologue, a faithful servant of hitler, and the main author of racial policy for the third reichsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebecause of his unorthodox religious views, he was excommunicated from the amsterdam jewish community in , at the age of twenty-four, and banished from the only world he had ever knownrosenberg is stunned to discover that goethe, his idol, was a great admirer of the jewish seventeenth-century philosopher baruch spinozastill, his spinoza obsession lingered
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Ubangi4 90’s band from the frisian city of leeuwarden the dutch band members ronnie pietersma, leo de blaauw, leo van der rol en herman scheltinga13 singles from: ubangi 4 ?– red hot rod label: teen scream records ?– tsr format: vinyl, 7", ep country: netherlands released: genre: rock style: rock & roll media condition: mint! sleeve condition: mint! new singles in open plastic seal the perverts dutch garage rock nederbiet band from amsterdam active in the 90's11 singles from: the perverts ?– (i'm in love with the) headcoat girl label: teen scream records ?– tsr format: vinyl, 7", 45 rpm, ep country: netherlands released: genre: rock style: garage rock media condition: mint! sleeve condition: mint! new singles in open plastic sealour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store4 singles from: waistcoats* / beyond lickin' ?– untitled label: teen scream records ?– tsr-004 format: vinyl, 7", 45 rpm country: netherlands released: genre: rock style: garage rock, punk media condition: mint! sleeve condition: mint! new singles in open plastic sealthe singles are from the archive of the former owner of tsrespecially for vinyl resellers, a total 42 singles from four dutch 90’s garage bands on the label teen scream records (tsr)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe firebirds band from groningen, the netherlandsmembers: arnold veenkamp, gerhard rinsma, hans dallinga, titus smid, tombaka 13 singles from: the firebirds ?– on special request label: teen scream records ?– tsr format: vinyl, 7", 45 rpm, ep country: netherlands released: genre: rock style: surf, lo-fi, punk media condition: mint! sleeve condition: mint! new singles in open plastic sealplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe waistcoats garage rock'n'roll band from groningen, holland formed in by three friends and a dog, according to waistcoats drummer jack "genius" outhuis1 single red vinyl: the firebirds ?– on special request label: teen scream records ?– tsr format: vinyl, 7", 45 rpm, ep, limited edition, 7 singles printed in red vinyl country: netherlands released: genre: rock style: surf, lo-fi, punk media condition: mint! sleeve condition: mint! new single in open plastic seal(teen scream records) al the singles are still new and in a open plastic seal the condition is: media condition: mint! sleeve condition: mint! note: there is one special single in red vinyl from the firebirds, there only 7 copies madetheir sound is heavily influenced by mid-sixties garage and punk-rockare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikinotes debut single for both band and label
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Watching the pair with a beady eye, is an outsider, a cripple, destined to become the genius of his age - the poet alexander popethe object of her desire is also flirting with a perilous jacobite plot against queen anne see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop st albans what would you do if you were faced with a dangerous temptation you feared you couldn't resist? "the scandal of the season" tells the story of the real-life seduction of the beautiful, clever arabella fermor by the charming, enigmatic nobleman robert petre, seventh baron of ingatestonearabella is in need of rich husband, but knows that girls have been ruined by risking an affair like the one she contemplates
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It is on this small scale etchings that callot could develop his genius at it's bestour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storemartiryum appostolorum, martyrdom of st matthias, speared to death before an altar; in the upper part, a second representation of the saint, in glory, standing with the instrument of his martyrdomii / iv guaranteed originaldied suddenly incatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablelieure describes this suite as very nice work, extremely delicate, and it is rare to find it complete in beautiful proofs rendering all the finesse and all the value of the etchingsjacques callot () etcher and draughtsman, born nancyin rome; in florence, working for the medici; in returned to nancy, where he settled and marriedexcellent early impression of the second state on four before the numberbibliography: jules lieure, 'jacques callot, catalogue de son oeuvre gravé', 3 vols, paris read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteenormously popular and much copiedwith full plate border and tread margins mounted on a collection sheetetching reference: lieuremost of his plates were published by his friend israel henrietfrom a series of sixteen plates about the martyrdom of the apostlesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
71 €
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Very decorative 17th century dutch bronze cooking pot / grape with wrought iron handlecheck out the photos for a good impression of the condition and execution of this attractive 17th century itemdiameter: 22 cmthe ends of the wrought iron handle feature a nicely forged curlbeautiful wear and tear at the handleour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe grape is in a very good, original and used condition and has a nice patinacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe lot will be packaged with care and shipped registered by postnlplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
124 €
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Prepare to cringe in fear at the maniacal monstrosity of matt groening's geniusalso see lisa possessed by musical evil spirits in the exorsistermarvel as lisa combines human dna from homer's toenail clippings with a venus flytrap to create a giant donut-eating plant in little shop of homerswhat is halloween without the simpsons annual special, and what is the annual special without bart simpson's treehouse of horror? this long-awaited follow-up to the bestselling bart simpson's guide to life continues the impressive roll call of harpercollins's simpsons publicationsprepare to be scared, very scared - and very entertained, as bart provides a little bit of black magicand just when you thought the terror was over, you'll chew your nails to the quick as springfield succumbs to the immigration of the body snatchersand in another spooktacular story, gasp in horror as a sleazy old enemy gets a slimy new look in a tale of murder, mayhem and mucus that bart calls sideshow blobsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop darley street a halloween collection of things that go bump in the night - namely the inimitable bart simpson
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop victoria takes a close-up look at the document that has made the united states of america the world's longest-surviving democracy and warns that the constitutional process is at risk, tracing the history of the constitution and how it came into being, how it has weathered past crises, and how it effectively helps us govern our nation
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The lock may look simple, but it contains lots of mysteriesuse your brain, exercise your patience, is unable to untie the k, but as long as the master of the structure, is sure to solvedon't throw the away to each other
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