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I have here the (fourth printing) of the folio society's british myths and legends this is a 3 volume set presented in a hard cover, in very good condition the price is ÂŁ40 plus delivery charge if you wish for this item to be delivered, collection is also available
40 €
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Single volume published by the folio society incomplete with illustrated slipcase
30 €
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2 box sets the sibelius societycollect for freevolume 6 is the london philharmonic orchestra, conducted by sir thomas beechamvolume 2 is the bbc symphony orchestra, conducted by serge koussevitsky & london symphony orchestra conducted by robert kajanusthank you for looking78 rpm records x 14bournemouth, dorset, bh7 ukcheap for quick sale and quick collectioncollectors, interested etcyou are welcome to view bh7 areabuy now and win a bargaini prefer cash payment on collection pleasei am selling many records
14 €
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The society's programme for , a membership form and a letter are held in this copy see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop st albans essays and critiques relating to the views and attitudes of hardy in his writings
2 €
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Oxfam shop southend-on-sea someone has put their name and year on title page (see photo) but otherwise like new thomas hodgkin's the barbarian invasions vol ii folio society see oxfam website for delivery information read more
25 €
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The royal society for the encouragement of arts, manufactures, and commercethe buyer is to collectroyal mail mint stamps
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Single volume published by the folio society incomplete with plain slipcase read more
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Single volume published by the folio society incomplete with a plain slipcaseby antony beevor and artemis cooper
8 €
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Oxfam shop oxford 10 uk 1st class stamps celebrating the 350th anniversary of the royal society ()catalogue value of £9in good condition with a couple of franking marks see oxfam website for delivery information read more
7 €
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Published in by the folio society and limited to copies of which this is number 781box containing twelve individual volumes totalling pages and a separate commentary volume by ann savours which is 232 pagestotal weight is approx 7
425 €
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Petersburgh; and fellow of the royal society of gottingenscarce early 19th century two volume set on ancient or classical geography by james rennellthe whole explained by eleven maps adapted to the different subjects, and accompanied with a complete index by james rennell, esq2kg [approx] with sturdy packagingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabledespite the detached board and the minor flaws mentioned above, this is still a wonderful two volume set with blocks and maps in an overall excellent condition - very much worthy of a rebind that will most certianly rewardcondition: binding copies with decent blocksvolume i binding just about holding with rear board wobbly with a partial split to outer hinge, while volume ii [see last photo] has a detached rear boardare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin the course of the work are introduced dissertations on the itinerary stade of the greeks, the expedition of darius hystaspes to scythia, the position and remains of ancient babylon, the alluvions of the nile, and canals of suez; the oasis and temple of jupiter ammon, the ancient circumnavigation of africa, and other subjects of history and geographyall maps are present although some maps have minor faults, such as small closed tear near inner margin join, and reddish-brown offsetting or print transfer from panel to panel within folds [map of ancient egypt has much of this], and the last map has a few splits along foldsalso there is a small number of foxing specks to front end-papers of vol iplease note: fully insured delivery in sturdy packaging that does actually protect the contentshowever both volumes have neat and tidy blocks with complete text and crisp, clear leaves and maps with neat foldsvolumes are two octavo (220mm x 146mm) hardcovers in brown half-leather with marbled boards and marbled edgesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis is the revised 2nd edition printed in london by crivington, and has the following page numbering: vol i pp: xxiv, pull-out maps; voll ii pp: vi, pull-out mapsthe full title is: the geographical system of herodotus examined and explained, by a comparison with those of other ancient authors, and with modern geographyour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storelate major of engineers, and surveyor-general in bengal; fellow of the royal societies of london and edinburgh; member of the royal institute of paris, and of the imperial academy of st
(England)
116 €
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By alan (ed) harwood, elain & powers (author) this new journal from the c20 society is described by bridget cherry as 'essential reading for anyone who wants to understand that decade'the eleven essays gathered in this volume demonstrate the variety and surprising zest of the decade, starting with an extended overview by elain harwood and alan powers, and articles describing new theatres, art galleries, mosques and officesother contributions tell personal stories of the decade, from the cartoonist louis hellman, the architect david rock and the historian gavin stampthe period saw the first designs by some of britain's leading practitioners, including sir terry farrell and sir jeremy dixon, whose colourful early projects are described by kenneth powelloxfam books & music bedford the seventies: rediscovering a lost decade of british architecture (twentieth century architecture) paperback - 1 jan wit, imagination, humility and sensitivity to people and environments helped to create more flexible approaches to the design of individual buildings and citiessome bumping to corner - see photo see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe s is increasingly seen as a crucial time of transition when, despite adverse economic conditions, new thinking emerged to modify the modernist beliefs of the s, incorporating greater concern for the realities of lifethe essays are complemented by a time line charting the highlights of the s across culture and politicsthe sophisticated revival of s and s white modernism is analysed by geraint franklin, and roland jeffery shows how many architectural roads crossed in milton keynesthe history is complex and few specialist studies have appeared to date
8 €
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The volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksthe main pagination of all four volumes is continuousit 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 indicatedthe 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 hawaiivery small tear to spine on volume iithe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoveryvolume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discoverysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyorsthis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication inthe voyage to australia and tahitioxfam 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 discoveryall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust coverthese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsall pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companyvancouver, 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 canadaas a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands inthe original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedall 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 soundit covers the coast of north americathey 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 manyvolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coast
34 €
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Discs in very good conditionthe 'yes, prime minister' episodes are: 'the grand design', 'the ministerial broadcast', 'the smoke screen', 'the key', 'a real partnership', 'a victory for democracy', 'the bishop's gambit', 'one of us', 'man overboard', 'official secrets', 'a diplomatic incident', 'a conflict of interest', 'power to the people', 'the patron of the arts', 'the national education service' and 'the tangled web'oxfam shop kendal the sleeve's and case in very good conditioncomplete collection of episodes from the satirical british comedy 'yes minister' and its spin-off series 'yes, prime minister'see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 'yes minister' episodes are: 'open government', 'the official visit', 'the economy drive', 'big brother', 'the writing on the wall', 'the right to know', 'jobs for the boys', 'the compassionate society', 'doing the honours', 'the death list', 'the greasy pole', 'the devil you know', 'the quality of life', 'a question of loyalty', 'equal opportunities', 'the challenge', 'the skeleton in the cupboard', 'the moral dimension', 'the bed of nails', 'the whisky priest' and 'the middle-class rip-off'
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In his work, kobalt likes above all to emphasise the excesses of the consumer society by willingly using brandsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesigned and numbered by the artisthe only works with a few galleries and sellerskobalt waited until to create his first artworksfor shipping, all works are protected with kraft paper, then bubble wrap and transported in extremely solid tubeskobalt wishes to remain anonymous so he has no website or social mediafine art print on 300 gsm paper size: 70 x 50 cmfascinated by both pop art and the street art scene, whose birth he witnessed in the streets of pariscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableedition number in mint condition, stored flat signed certificate of authenticity includedinsured shipment with track and traceour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeoriginally from paris, kobalt started out in advertising before turning to photography, which a profession he’s been doing for the last fifteen yearsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
90 €
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Full title in a cartouche with neptune, sea creatures and monsters in the top left: 'the vii united provinces corrected from the observations communicated to the royal society at london, & ye royal academy at parisin good condition, two combined pages (69 x 95 cm), with sufficient margins, on hand-laid paper, centrefold as issued, old border colouring, verso blankplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebeautiful map of the seven united provinces, on two merged pagesbottom right: 'icatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis large format map shows the netherlands in with the coast with the ports, estuaries and islands, the still open zuiderzee, the islands of wieringen, urk and eemeloord, ij and haarlemmermeer as inland seas, voorne, schouwen, walcheren, noord beveland and cadsant as islandsthe north sea is here called 'the german sea'our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store' john senex, was a london surveyor, engraver, bookseller and publisher in the early 18th centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
456 €
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He was vice-president of the geological societyname on back of frontispplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitea very good copyif you also need assistance to sell your collection at auction, ask for our terms directly at this seller's account! #bookspartnership read more** this lot is part of an important collection that will be auctioned in the coming months through the catawiki collection servicecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecloth binding, blindstamped on front and back boardour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store* horace bolingbroke woodward () was a british geologist who participated in the geological survey of england and wales from until his retirement inare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin text, 1 folded table, 1 mounted coloured map in pocket
32 €
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Her observations and experiences expose the bourgeois society of the south as rootless and shallow and in stark contrast to the age-old culture of the solid and less fanciful northnarrated by a country girl from the north, the novel follows her experiences after she takes up employment as a maid in the house of her member of parliamentsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham when the americans make an offer to buy land in iceland to build a nato airbase after the second world war, a storm of protest is provoked throughout the country
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Winner of the royal society of literature ondaatje award and the spirit of scotland award and shortlisted for the guardian first book award, the john llewellyn rhys memorial prize and the scottish book of the year prizetravelling entirely on foot and following the inaccessible mountainous route once taken by the mogul emperor, babur the great, stewart was nearly defeated by the extreme, hostile conditionscaught between hostile nations, warring factions and competing ideologies, at the time afghanistan was in turmoil following the us invasionoxfam bookshop cheltenham the places in between, rory stewart's moving account of his walk across afghanistan in january was immediately hailed as a classicsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreonly with the help of an unexpected companion and the generosity of the people he met on the way did he survive to report back with unique insight on a region closed to the world by twenty-four years of war
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London: printed for the ballad societyex-library book with expected inserts, plates, stamps and inscriptionslight tanning and foxing to the pagesand copies of the original woodcuts, drawn by mroxfam bookshop skipton the roxburghe balladshooper, and engraved by mrmainly solid though loose in placeswith short notes by wmsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe leather is scuffed with minor tearrimbault and mrauthor of "popular music of the olden time," etcbumping to corners and spinerudolph blind and mr
12 €
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Published in the usa by the grolier societythe spine is discoloured and the top third is missing, the remaining part is decorated with giltmarbled endpapersshe gained literary and historical importance primarily through her correspondence, which is of cultural and historical value due to her sometimes very blunt descriptions of french court lifeno inscriptionsthe text block binding is tightcolour frontispiece photo-etching of madame de la valliere with protective tissue sheetsaid to be the correspondence of elizabeth-charlotte, duchesse d'orleans, mother of the regent philippe ii, duke of orléans, france's ruler during the regencyoccasional light foxing spotsundated, possibly late 19th centurygilt top page edges, fore edge and lower edge are untrimmedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehalf bound with red leather corners and spine with raised bands, and marbled boardsthe front board is detachedoxfam bookshop lymington limited edition of 500 copies, this being number 36four other black & white illustrations
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Originally published in and updated in , the discovery of insulin has won the city of toronto book award, the jason hannah medal of the royal society of canada, and the william hin this engaging and award-winning account, historian michael bliss recounts the fascinating story behind the discovery of insulin - a story as much filled with fiery confrontation and intense competition as medical dedication and scientific geniuswelch medal of the american association for the history of medicinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreinsulin was a wonder-drug with ability to bring patients back from the very brink of death, and it was no surprise that in the nobel prize for medicine was awarded to its discoverers, the canadian research team of banting, best, collip, and macleodoxfam books & music bury stedmunds the discovery of insulin at the university of toronto in was one of the most dramatic events in the history of the treatment of disease
15 €
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Oxfam books & music beeston this is a copy of the folio society edition of charles darwin's classic account of "the voyage of the h" the book is in very good condition, with minimal wear inside and outbeagle - round the world under captain fitz roy, r the black slipcase is present, and in very good condition, apart from slight wear marks and a little bumping at the lower front cornersee oxfam website for delivery information read more
29 €
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Finally, in 'a question of loyalty', jim's loyalty to his department is put to the testin 'the compassionate society' sir humphrey and jim hacker disagree about a new hospitaloxfam books & music durham all seven episodes from the second series of the popular sitcom'doing the honours' has humphrey's old school network come in handy when he wants to scupper jim's budget planssee oxfam website for delivery information read more'the death list' sees jim's past stance on covert surveillance come back to haunt him'the devil you know' finds the date of a cabinet re-shuffle coinciding with jim's appointment in brusselsin 'the greasy pole' jim discovers that the outcome of scientific reports can be manipulated if needs be'the quality of life' sees jim's eco-friendly policies compromised when plans are hatched to turn a city farm into a civil service car park
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Transactions of the linnean society of london, 2nd serplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website252 pp (numbered )if you also need assistance to sell your collection at auction, ask for our terms directly at this seller's account! #bookspartnership read moreintern a clean, uncut copyall in all a very good copycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehe worked at the royal botanic gardens, kew, from about to , wrote a number of botanical papers, and then worked in an unofficial capacity at the natural history museum from until his deathwrappers, spine a bit crudely strengthened, back loosehe was as a botanist involved in the expedition to the brazilian province of matto grosso in and in an expedition to remote parts of western australia from december to octobermap, 19 lithographsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store** this lot is part of an important collection that will be auctioned in the coming months through the catawiki collection service* spencer le marchant moore () was an english botanistare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
43 €
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Typeset at the the folio society in monotype bulmer, printed on caxton wove paper by cambridge university press and bound by them in full cloth blocked with a design by the artist, john holderoxfam shop portishead in as new condition illustrated with 7 full colour plates and many black and white drawingsa wonderful collection of extracts from classic english books, memories of christmases past and poems, including queen victoria (at windsor castle ), pudding making (anon) (from surrey within living memory ), jane austen (a letter to my sister cassandra, december 24th ) cotswold carol singing (laurie lee, cider with rosie ) and robert graves (the christmas robin)a small faint black square at the top of the front free page (see photos) is the only sign of usesee oxfam website for delivery information read more slipcase in green board
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30 €
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Diavoli is in fact the marquis de san marco, in which guise he can discover the whereabouts of all the high society ladies' valuablesthe lifesize toys come in handy when the evil barnaby attempts to invade toylanda double bill of s laurel and hardy musical comediesin 'march of the wooden soldiers', toymakers stanine dum (stan laurel) and ollie dee (oliver hardy) mistakenly manufacture 100 six-foot high soldiers for santa'bogus bandits' sees stan and ollie as stanlio and olio, servants of the bandit fra diavoli
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The higher taste new/unused based on the teachings of his divine grace a c bhaktivedata swami prabhupada founder – acarya of the international society for krishna consciousness the bhaktivedanta book trust all rights reserved current printing read more
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Take a trip into the world of the midnight society … if you darethe condition of the item you will receive is fair/vg+- missing 1 moving pieceour grading system is listed below for your perusalare you ready to be initiated?
29 €
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The big redhead book: inside the secret society of red hair is an inside look into one of the most elite societies in the world--the real two percentthis book has equal parts pop culture, ginger facts, and humorous stories about what it's like to actually have red hair
19 €