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Pencil underlining on a few paragraphs on ppno other wear marks on covers/pagesoxfam shop walthamstow monographs in world archaeology no 23 proceedings of the may conference on levallois technology at the university of pennsylvania museum of archaeology and anthropology, focusing on a stone flaking technique that existed during the lower and middle paleolithictopics include refitting of prehistoric artifacts; metric techniques developed to reconstruct processes of core reduction; variability in the levallois process; and the role of technological analysis in reconstructing the processes that underlie morphological variabilityb/w illustrations throughout the booksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreprevious owner's name written in black ink on the top right corner of the 1st page
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It would have taken any other artist decades of reflection and formulationthe four years were full of travel and abrupt changes of location, passion, poverty, depression and inspirationoxfam bookshop lymington this book traces the life and work of a painter twenty years old at the beginning of the twentieth century51 colour reproductions - oils, gouaches, pastel; 20 pen & pencil drawings in two tones show the full range of the artist's stylesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreart series which offers a series of monographs on the great masters of modern artthe work of the blue and rose periods was produced by a very young man in a span of hardly more than four yearsvery good condition with just some light tanning to the white parts of the dust jacket and some light edge wear to the jacket
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Foxing on the colour mapsthere is a very occasional foxing spot through the text block but it is remarkably clean and brightblack leather binding with tooled boards and spine, 5 raised bands on the spine, and gilt decoration on the leather infoldslarge, heavy bible dated on the main title page, on the title page to the new testamentoverall the covers are in excellent conditionrubbing at the corners and the top & base of the spine, and along the front hinge where is leather is slightly split along the lower partoxfam bookshop lymington the title continues: translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by his majesty's special commandsome foxing on the title and the following couple of pagesthe text is in two columns with notes in the margins on both sidessee oxfam website for delivery information read moregilt page edges all round, the binding is tighton the page containing the names of the books there is a small mauve pen markyellow endpapers which are a little mottled
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80 parcel2go the record will be shipped in a defendapak corrugated cardboard mailer for added security read morethe singers and the song - with the geoff love singers tracklist a1 sing a2 she a3 what'll i do a4 tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree a5 the old fashioned way a6 bridge over troubled water b1 spanish eyes b2 the way we were b3 the most beautiful girl b4 welcome home b5 portrait of my love b6 don't stay away too long condition lp vinyl record - excellent condition the sleeve - good condition - apart from damager to front where a label has been torn off postage to uk only - ÂŁ3
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All of the stamps in this collection have been used and have the postmark on them of when they were usedthe newest stamp in this collection was issued inthe stamps in this collection are all in very good conditionoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 37 stamps showing the sights and scenery of germany, austria and switzerlandthe places and the buildings that are shown on the stamps in this collection are basel university in switzerland, chillon castle in switzerland, basel in switzerland, wittenberg in germany, the parish church of san giorgio in switzerland, the brandenburg gate in germany, flensburg and schleswig in germany, staubbach falls in switzerland, hildeshein in germany, nafels in switzerland, wormser reichstag von in germany, zurich in switzerland, samedan in switzerland, gais in switzerland, kohlbrandbrucke hamberg in germany, wallfahrtskapelle altotting in germany, trifels and pfalz in germany, dresden zwinger raufbau in germany, the gotthard railway in switzerland, st pierre cathedral in geneva in switzerlandand, stift rein-hohenfurth in austria, sporthall in germany, lenzburg castle in switzerland, the bern lotschberg simplon railway and luegelkinn viaduct in switzerland, and schaffhausen in switzerlandsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this collection there are stamps that were issued in the s, s, s, s, s, s and ssome of them have the backing of the envelope that they were originally attached tothe oldest stamps in this collection were issued in and possibly earlier than that
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The mamas and the papas: the best of the mamas and the papas cd ()condition is gooddispatched with royal mail 2nd class large letter
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Superficial scuffs and marks glossy photographic paper coversoxfam bookshop newport maqroll the gaviero (the lookout) is one of the most alluring and memorable characters in the fiction of the last twenty-five yearsneatly inked inscription on pre-title pagesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis extravagant and hopeless undertakings, his brushes with the law and scrapes with death, and his enduring friendships and unlooked-for love affairs make him a don quixote for our day, driven from one place to another by a restless and irregular quest for the absolutetext block is otherwise clean and tight
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With funding for printing provided by the kahler family charitable fund, all sales will go to support the center's worknearly one hundred images edited from this body of work form the core of the railroad and the art of place, along with a selection of earlier pennsylvania railroad steam-era photographs that reflect kahler's interest in the railroad landscape from an early age" armed with a used leica m6 and gritty tri-x film, he and his wife made six week-long trips in the dead of winter to photograph trains along the pocahontas division of the norfolk southern railwayhe soon began making annual trips to the west virginia and eastern kentucky coalfields, destinations that strongly resonated with his own aesthetic of "placesee oxfam website for delivery information read morealso included are three essays by kahler, scott lothes, and jeff brouws, discussing the personal motivations, historical context, and aesthetic development behind the photographywinston link photographsoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear in the late s, david kahler was deeply inspired by seeing an exhibition of o
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This set is the ideal geography and history referencethe introductory section presents an extensive states and territories guide along with thematic maps and statistics on major world themes giving an accurate picture of today's worldcarrying the authority of the times and its unrivalled reputation for accurate and current information, these two books are an authoritative guide to the world - past and present'the times world atlas' is a complete world reference atlas in a convenient and easy-to use format, retaining the authority, style and detail of the larger times atlases'the times compact history of the world' is the most comprehensive small-format single-volume illustrated history of the world, richly enhanced with striking maps and photographs and featuring an accessible text by leading academicsdetailed reference maps in the distinctive and respected times style provide balanced, systematic coverage of all parts of the worldall the mapping and information in this new edition has been brought fully up-to-date to give an accurate picture of today's worldoxfam shop wolverhampton a lavish pack incorporating two of the times' finest atlases and history bookssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreall place names on the maps are fully indexedit is fully up-to-date with the indian ocean tsunami and the overthrow of saddam hussein
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He was an artist in whose work the romantic and the humorous met in a unique wayas a man rex had charm and was outstandingly generous - liked by everyone and loved by manyyet he remained an enigmatic figure, apparently successful and never deeply happybut, even though he has always had an enthusiastic public, in his lifetime he was almost disregarded by the critics as one who had no part in 'modern' artoxfam bookshop new milton used, good condition, hard cover with dust jacketin this beautifully written and carefully researched book laurence whistler recalls his elder brother with love but with detachment, intimately and often with humourhe was still developing his own distinctive style when his career was tragically cut short - in he was killed leading his troop of tanks into action in normandy, aged 39the hard cover has a little bumping to all four corners and to the top and bottom of the spineinternally the pages are a little tanned but there are no markingsrex whistler was one of the most gifted figures of the inter-war yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read more the dust jacket is rather creased along the top edge and is discoloured in placeslaurence whistler is in a matchless position to record his life, having shared so many experiences with himthe book contains 32 pages of black and white and colour images
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There are no internal markings or annotationsexternally, both covers are intact with only a crease running alongside the spine from the front cover having been opened fully (see photo)the text and its legibility, however, are not affected by itthere is some light foxing across the page tops (see photo) and very some very marked foxing on the book's first page (see photo)all of the corners are square and the spine is unbrokenoxfam books & music wells this softcover book is in an acceptable condition see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe page edges and ends have noticeably yellowed with agethis general yellowing has begun to creep inwards onto the text pages
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilibrary stamps and white shelf number on spines; volsome torn pages and illustrations in both volshave been repairedthe congo and the founding of its free state: a story of work and exploration stanley, henry mi: xxiv-528pp - vol ii: 483pp 21,5 x 14 cm read morefirst edition - sampson low, marston, searle and rivington (all rights reserved) - book description: 2 volsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store2 also lacks its large mapex-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 bindingdespite these faults this is a clean, tight and pleasant to handle reading set of the first editioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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In exploring the features of sri lanka's history, geography, politics and economy which explain this paradox, the author looks in detail at some of the dominant features of contemporary sri lanka: the political consequences of the plantation experience; the persistence of elite political leadership; and the causes and consequences of ethnic conflictoxfam bookshop chiswick dr moore's enterprising book focuses on an apparent paradox: the failure of sri lanka's highly politicized smallholder electorate to place on the national political agenda issues relating to the public distribution of material resourcessri lanka has more than fifty years' history of pluralist democracy and such issues directly affect the interests of the smallholder populationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet successive sri lankan governments have pursued economic policies favouring food consumers and the state itself at the expense of agricultural producers
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The purpose of this book is to investigate the nature of these roles in order to identify their influence upon the performance of medieval playsoxfam books & music crouch end interest in the content of this book has developed out of an examination of the prompter who operated in full view of the audience and offered all the lines to the playerssometimes these roles are overt ones; sometimes they 'double up' with roles of actors, personages or charactersthe same fascination exists in relation to roles of the narrator and the expositorsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremany of the audience responses then were concerned with the figure of the prompter as he was seen to operate simultaneously both 'inside' and 'outside' the action of the playthese figures are of pivotal significance in the communication of those plays in which they operatesuch a role and its function is fascinating, not only in its own right, but also in relation to how it might inform us about the nature and purpose of presented theatrein at groningen a production of the towneley second shepherds' play focused on an examination of this conventionthe ability of such a figure to move in and out of the action, and thus different realities, characterizes a relationship to the action and the audience
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The second volume is "the danube by william beattie, moxfam bookshop sevenoaks two volumes bound as a set, published for the proprietors by george virtue, 26 ivy lane, undatedgold embossed designs front and back and gold design and lettering to spineillustrated in a series of views taken expressly for this work by wthe first volume consists of "the beauties of the bosphorus by miss pardoe, illustrated in a series of views of constantinople and its environs from original drawings by wblocks are tight, some foxing to pagestissue guarded platesin good used condition for age, bound in blue cloth with embossed design, and blind dentelleboards show shelfwear commensurate with age, corners are bumped and scuffedthe volume on the danube has a loose tissue guard at the frontispiece, and hinges cracking at end papers internallysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe volume on the bosphorus has internal cracking of the hinge at the endpapers at the front and a cracked hinge at the back of the book, after the final page, and prior to the four pages of advertisementsthe spines are labelled "the bosphorus and danube"gold edges to block
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As the body count rises, a media frenzy descends upon the town and the pressure to find the monster behind the murders weighs heavily on the investigative teambut van veeteren's investigations at the pure life go nowhere fastchief inspector van veeteren is recruited to help solve the mysteryhĂĄkan nesser's the inspector and silence is the fifth gripping crime novel in the van veeteren seriesthe inspector and silence is followed by the sixth book in the series, the unlucky lotterythe strange priest-like figure who leads the sect - oscar yellineck - refuses even to admit anyone is missingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet even in the face of these new horrors, the remaining members of the sect refuse to co-operate with van veeteren, remaining largely silentthings soon take a sinister turn, however, when a young girl's body is discovered in the woods, raped and strangled; and yellineck himself disappearsoxfam bookshop cheltenham a swedish crime writer as thrilling as mankell, a detective as compelling as wallanderin the heart of summer, the country swelters in a fug of heatin the beautiful forested lake-town of sorbinowo, sergeant merwin kluuge's tranquil existence is shattered when he receives a phone call from an anonymous womanshe tells him that a girl has gone missing from the summer camp of the mysterious the pure life, a religious sect buried deep in the woodsfinally van veeteren realizes that to solve this disturbing case, faced with silence and with few clues to follow, he has only his intuition to rely on
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Oxfam bookshop newport the dust jacket has a tear without loss on the front cover, chipping at the top of the spine, and a few minor tears without loss on the back coverthe book itself has grey cloth-covered boards with gold gilt letteringhowever, there are no significant flawssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe dj has been price-clipped and there is a small inked number on the spinethere is mild foxing across both dust jackets and mild stainingnot ex-library with no notes or highlighting except the previous owner's name in neat pen
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They sometimes even appear on lamp posts and on cafe and bookshop windowsperhaps you saw the boy and mole on the comic relief t-shirt, love wins? here, you will find them together in this book of charlie's most-loved drawings, adventuring into the wild and exploring the universal thoughts and feelings that unite us allthe boy, the mole, the fox and the horse have been shared millions of times online - perhaps you've seen them? they've also been recreated by children in schools and hung on hospital wallssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreenter the world of charlie's four unlikely friends, discover their story and their most important life lessonsoxfam bookshop wanstead condition: as new a book of hope for uncertain times
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Special book with a great inscription fromare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe book is loose in the bindingthe flyleaves and the inside cover are affected by worm, though the book block isn’tplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeit deserves a repairthe sections are loose here and therethe front and back cover are smudgy and stainedcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Complete with cover page and 26 large platesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibattaglie navalinaval battles and court eventsa very good copyepisodi storici a cortean impartial history of the rebellion and civil wars in england, 1st edition, london: printed, and sold by all the booksellers in town and country, , estc t (hooper), r (burnet), t (harris: 750 copies printed), r730 (welwood); wing b (burnet), w (welwood)18th-century rebackingthomas wodehouse legh, 2nd baron newton (), politician (bookplate of lyme park books dated ; golden coat of arms at the foot of the spine)26 large full-page illustrations that include many of the most important battles of the english civil warsestc calls for 16 unnumbered pages at the rear of burnet's work, whereas other records call for 12 only, as in the present copylarge heraldic bookplate lyme on the inner front panelplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storean impartial history of the rebellion and civil wars in england, 1st edition, london: printed, and sold by all the booksellers in town and country, , ppincluding: 'battle naseby', 'general fairfax with his forces before city oxford', 'kings declaration to his gentry & army september ', 'sea fight between admiral blake and the spaniards' etccatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablea large work, bound in full leather with six raised bands on the spine
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There is a small worn patch near the top of the spine of the dust jacket and slight bumping to the top of the spine and the corners of the front coverwe experience the battle chronologically through the remarkable stories of seventeen airmen from across the worlded gorman and simon pearson paint a vivid picture of the men and their machines as the battle for air superiority over britain is played out across the skies of europe, from the west of ireland to the german capitalotherwise the book is in very good condition with sound binding and clean, unmarked pagessee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome will be new to many readers: the new zealander who "borrowed" a seaplane from the royal navy to set up a freelance air-sea rescue service that saved the lives of dozens of british and german pilots; the swiss baron who claimed to have destroyed six british fighters in a day; the vainglorious commander whose raf squadron was wiped out trying to disrupt nazi invasion plans; and the german bomber pilot who fought the first battle involving foreign troops on british soil since culloden - before repairing to a pub for a pint with soldiers who had taken him prisoneroxfam bookshop new milton used, very good condition, hard cover with dust jacket, publishedillustrated with contemporary photographs of the pilots and their aircraft, this is an enthralling and original account from both sides of a conflict that shaped the modern world, full of courage, endeavour and, above all, humanity
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So koestler went to india and to japan to test this ideatext block is clean/intact and free from highlighting or other noteswe had reached the limits of rationalisation and the enlightenment, and the spiritual traditions of asia had something special to teachsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere was a lot of fear of nuclear war and it was also the time when people began to say that the orient had a certain wisdom to impart fair conditionoxfam bookshop newport this book was written at a time when there was a sense of malaise in europe - people felt that western civilisation was on its last legs and did not have much to contribute any moreex-library with usual stamps and markingsfirst published ; this is the scarcer danube edition of
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham growing up in the seventies, we were on the brink of the modern agefor emma kennedy, and her mum and dad, disaster always came along for the ride no matter where they wentemma's memoir,the tent, the bucket and me,is a painfully funny reminder of just what it was like to spend your summer holidays cold, damp but with sand between your toesbut they never gave upwhether it was swept away by a force ten gale on the welsh coast or suffering copious amounts of food poisoning on a brave trip to the south of france, family holidays alwaysleft them battered and bruisedwith just a tent for a home and a bucket for the necessities, we would set off on new adventures each year stoically resolving to enjoy ourselvessee oxfam website for delivery information read morefor the seventies child, summer holidays didn't mean the joy of centreparcs or the sophistication of a tuscan villabut despite a brave new world of casio hand-held calculators and digital watches, one thing remained the same: the family holidaythey meant being crammed into a car with grandma and heading to the coast
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This large, vibrant book is a english translation of the gyorgy varnais retelling of aesops' year old story of the mouse and the lionit would also be a delight to read to little onesthe pictures are based on a film of the story made in budapest the condition is okay it is worn around the edges with scruffs to the cover and bent cornersit is pretty clean throughout see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit has big, colourful pictures and is easy to read for young children
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Through exclusive access to mcleavey's extensive and hitherto untapped archive of letters, diaries, exhibition files and more, this book offers insights into artists represented by mcleavey including: colin mccahon, toss woollaston, len lye, milan mrkusich, bill hammond, gordon walters, michael illingworth, robin white, richard killeen, john reynolds, yvonne todd and many morethe book is in very good, unmarked, clean condition and unclippedfar more than a simple biography, this examines the growth and development of contemporary new zealand artauthor jill trevelyan is a curator and award-winning writer specialising in twentieth century new zealand artoxfam bookshop witney the first biography of peter mcleavey, the charismatic, pioneering art dealer who since the s has shaped new zealand artmcleavey's personal story is remarkable, but his contemporaries will recognise common themes: the religious upbringing, the struggle to be bohemian in repressive mid-century small town, the challenges of marriage and fatherhood, the dilemma of whether to stay or leave new zealand, and the need to make a mark see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This book has some shelf wear which includes bumping to the corners and creasing to the back coverpolitical pluralismusing newly available archive material, the early chapters trace the emergence of the gdr out of the soviet zone of occupationthe enduring appeal of west germany's social market economythe disintegration of the regime in is explained in the light of: the chronic weakness of gorbachev's soviet unionthere is no spine creasing, the binding is tight and there are no loose pages see oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is some slight foxing to the insideoxfam books & music bridport this new book investigates communist rule in east germany from its establishment as a sphere of soviet influence after world war ii to its rapid collapse after the fall of the berlin wallthis clear and comprehensive survey marshals secondary and original primary sources in order to give a unique insight into the gdr's struggles and achievementsthe subsequent stabilisation of the gdr and the establishment of an uneasy compromise between the ruling elites and the population in the later s and s are explained with reference to a range of internal social, economic and political factorsthe bravery of the protestorslater chapters cover the dramatic episodes of the uprising against soviet dominance and the building of the berlin wall in
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The nile with his many children and in the back neptune riding on a shell with seahorsesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikion the back an ornamental woodcut with angels, sun and stars, allegory of firevery good dark impression printed on laid 17th century paper with a watermarkdelivered in a museum passepartoutfrom "les images ou tableaux de platte peinture des deux philostrates sophistes grecs"published by blaise de vigenore in pariscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableengraved by leonard gaulthier (), who worked in parisplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein perfect condition, complete sheet with a text in poemthe rivergod the nile and neptune
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiinternally, front endpaper loose, title and subsequent few leaves loose at gutter - previous strengthening to margin, resulting in marking and tape residuethere is wear and scuffing to the remaining calf, spine cracked, but main block holdingplease see our images for further description5 inches x 5 inches) selling here is an incredibly scarce copy of ramsay's, 'essay on the treatment and conversion of african slavesan important eighteenth century workcondition: the book is bound in full calf, with both boards loose but presentplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storegeneral toning and spotting, stained to margin towards rear of book - see imagesrare first editionan essay on the treatment and conversion of african slaves in the british sugar colonies by reverend james ramsay published: london, james phillips size: 22cm x 13cm (8the books comprises of chapter i: of the various ranks in social life, ii: the advancement of slaves would augment their social importance, iii: the advancement of slaves must accompany their religious importance, iv: natural capacity of african slaves vindicated and v: plan for the improvement and conversion of african slavescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Bound in the original linen hardcoverare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin good conditionthe attachment of the book block is loose at the rear covernimmo & bain, pporiginal and complete with the eight illustrationshardcover - 19 x 14 cmplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe old shekarry - the forest and the field - london, jgood book block and decent, bright pagescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe binding has wear on the spine extremities
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Coeval full havana-coloured binding with embossing and gold edging on the plates; spine redone with inadequate leather; marbled edges and endpapersare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihere we describe the fourth volume of the original london edition, which tells of the trips to franceeach volume is illustrated by copious engravingsthe first story is "a journey to paris in the year " by drthe last two narratives concern the mountains: horace-bénédict de saussure’s story "an account of the attempts that have been made to attain the summit of mont blanc"; and louis-fransois ramond's "journey to the summit of mont perdu" dates back tobookplate of thomas fitz gerald on the front counter-platefourth volume of a collection of the most renowned and interesting travels in all parts of the world, consisting of 17 volumes written by the scottish historian and poet john pinkerton, published for the first time in britain inmartin lister, an english naturalist and physician; travels during the years and followed, with a focus on the agricultural resources of france described by the agronomist arthur youngcopy in good condition, except for the redone spine and sporadic mildew or yellowingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecover page; 722 numbered pages, inside, 16 tipped-in engraved plates, depicting french views except for one, depicting mont blanc seen from chamounia six-volume american edition of pinkerton's travel collection was published in philadelphia incatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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