The last century
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The title is songs from the last centuryfor this specific sale the cds sleeve condition refers only to the inner paper insert sleeve, and does not refer to the outer digipak, jewel case or cardboard outer casing
15 €
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From the last century, but actual age unknownlongcase grandfather clock, for collection from paigntonpreviously worked, but it has been in (dry) storage for a year and is not working at present, though all parts are present i believecollection from south paignton area only please
85 €
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Loads of interesting records of the last centurydoring kindersley millenium 20th century day by day bookbig, heavy, coffee table bookexpensive when newbook stamped inside with library stamp and spine has separated with useminor water damage and scuffing
8 €
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This is a fully illustrated book, 1st edition , in fact every page is crammed full of photographs on the buses of north staffordshire over the last century, a lot of the photographs have never been published, with detailed captions to appeal to lay readers, local historians & enthusiasts of bus historyfree postage to mainland uk read morein very nice condition, a must for every collection
13 €
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Kay fisker was a leading figure in danish architecture in the decades around the middle of the last centurythe danish academy in rome became his last official commission, and fisker put all of his knowledge and artistic skills into its design; he wanted it to be his "crowning work"as a young man, fisker worked with gunnar asplund and sigurd leverentz, the two most important architects of the younger generation in sweden, and he never forgot his scandinavian rootsthe book describes important developments in twentieth-century danish and scandinavian architectural historyit moreover provides fascinating insights into the theory and practice of restoration of modern buildingssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe later developed his distinctive style that has been called danish or vernacular modernismoxfam bookshop hove very good condition, appears unread
24 €
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Signed by both authors on the last vignettesigned by both authors on the last panel68 x 52 cm overallare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin good conditioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available272, published inour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepencil and indian ink on two cardboard panelspencil and indian ink on 2 cardboard panelsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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The virginians: a tale of the last century () is a historical novel by william makepeace thackeray which forms a sequel to his henry esmond and is also loosely linked to pendennisare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipresent 4 the four georges; the english humourists - smith elder, london - edition - 338p, 18cmx15cm - condition: good, internally complete, wear and rubbing to leather boards 52 "the memoirs of barry lyndon"- smith, elder, london - edition - 339p, 18cmx15cm - condition: good, all illustrations present, some rubbing and wear to leather boards 3 "samuel titmarsh and the great hoggarty diamond" - edition- 336p, 18cmx15cm - good condition, some wear and rubbing to boards, all illcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available"the virginians" by wthackeray - smith, elder, london - edition - 769p, 18cmx15cm - frontispiece present - good: condition: original green cloth, frontispiece present, owner's name to title page, scattered foxingthe memoirs of mr charles yellowplush - smith elder, london - edition - 337p, 18cmx15cm - condition: fair, internally good, complete with illustrations, rubbing to boards, front board detachedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
35 €
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Oxfam shop exmouth the rough guide to blues gives you the complete lowdown on all the grittiest singers, bottleneck guitarists, belt-it-out divas and wailing harmonica players that made the most influential music of the last centurythe fascinating story is told in full - how the blues crawled from the mississippi delta, went electric in the big cities, and spread across the world - with feature boxes on topics like boogie woogie, gospel and the best blues record labelswith the handy playlists that help you to pick'n'choose quick "best ofs" to download to your ipod or mp3 playercheck out the ten greatest slide-guitar tracks - or the ten most miserable "woke up this mornin"s from music legend bsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreking to folk hero robert johnson, the guide includes detailed profiles of hundreds of artists and critical reviews of their best albums
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This series on television in the sixties of the last century, provoked enormous interest and discussion and had quite a cult followingblack cloth covered boards with silver lettering to spinesome tanning to the top of the dj and text block see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music totnes subtitled - a day in the lifethere's the beach and the theatre, and the tennis courtthe accredited author on the spine was thomas disch but within the book itself and on the dj it is (correctly) labelled as the work of hank shinea first edition in very good condition with no marks and good bindingin this sinister wonderland for those who know too much ever to know freedom, the average day is just a trip to the grocer's, a conversation with a numberpatrick mcgoohan was the actor playing the central partand a chance to escape'and the mysterious underground chamber where every move is watched'every day in the village is just like every otherdobson science fiction hardback with intact dj
44 €
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham at the end of the nineteenth century china is rocked by foreign attacks and local rebellionsthe only constant is the power wielded by one woman, tzu hsi, also known as empress orchid, who must face the perilous condition of her empire and devastating personal lossessee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this sequel to the bestselling empress orchid, anchee min brings to life one of the most important figures in chinese history, a very human leader who sacrifices all she has to protect both those she loves and her doomed empire
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Oxfam bookshop tavistock this book of extracts from 'the west briton', cornwall's leading newspaper, spans the years from and is the last of four sequent volumes which together encompass all aspects of everyday cornish lifegrey cloth covers in very good conditioncontents clean and unmarked apart from light foxing to top page edges and an inscription on inside front coversee oxfam website for delivery information read moredust jacket in good condition with fading to the spine and sticker damage to the back cover
6 €
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Over the last century, thousands of people have gone missing and are presumed deadoxfam bookshop carlisle the first series of us sci-fi drama the )when a meteor impacts over earth, all people are returned to earth as suddenly and inexplicably as they disappeareddiscs and case in good conditionthis series tells the story of their return, and the mysterious ways in which their journey has affected themsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam books & music aberdeen a fascinating collection of letters from the great english novelist - and prolific correspondent - penelope fitzgerald acclaimed for her exquisitely elegant novels - including the booker prize-winning 'offshore' - and superb biographies, penelope fitzgerald was one of the most admired authors in britain during the last centurythe prizewinning author of nine novels, three biographies, and one collection of short stories, she died inpenelope fitzgerald was one of the most distinctive voices in british literaturepreface by a s byatt hardback book with dust jacket published in see oxfam website for delivery information read more'so i have thought of you' is an invaluable addition her distinguished oeuvre
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Will arrange delivery at cost a biography of the queen mother which also provides an account of the twentieth centurythe queen mother has lived through the years of the most rapid progress in mankind's history and two world wars yet retains the charm, elegance and dignity that epitomised the edwardian ladypre owned in new condition
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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 centurychapters 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 periodby 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 unitedthe 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 monarchya little shelf wear to the cover but otherwise in very good conditionthe established churches of the british isles had broken away from the roman catholic europe and were now national, royal, and protestantsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith 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 expansionin europe, england was a significant trading partner, but its language unknownat the start of the period, england was an effectively governed monarchy, its government regal but also consensual
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All the major events of the twentieth century are reflected in the choice of poems within these pagesoxfam shop inverness this ground-breaking anthology presents in chronological order over 400 poems written in the twentieth century see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis richly rewarding collection makes invaluable reading for poetry lovers all over the worldby organizing the poems in chronological order, readers will see poets in a new lightthe authors, both published poets themselves, give an overview of each period of history, while notes to the poems place each one in its historical context and trace the century's poetic developmenteliot, showing that traditional forms can hold their own against the modernist orthodoxyhouseman, for example, rubs shoulders with tsome discolouration on edges from dust and storage wear otherwise sharp copyconcise biographies for each poet complete the anthologybook is in good conditionhere are poets rescued from oblivion, such as the suffragette who wrote a compelling poem about her mistreatment in holloway prison in or the medical offer who went into belsen with the british troops producing an eye-witness poem of lasting power
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Read about the inventions from the eventful century - the 20th centurythe 20th century inventions that changed the worlda little battered on the bottom corner
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The editors of medicine in the twentieth century have commissioned over forty authoritative essays, written by historical specialists but intended for general audiencesoxfam shop dumfries during the twentieth century, medicine has been radically transformed and powerfully transformativesome concentrate on the political economy of medicine and health as it changed from period to period and varied between countries, others focus on understandings of the body, and a third set of essays explores transformations in some of the theatres of medicine and the changing experiences of different categories of practitioners and patientsit is now central to these aspects of lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreour prospects seem increasingly dependent on the progress of bio-medical sciences and genetic technologies which promise to reshape future generationsin , western medicine was important to philanthropy and public health, but it was marginal to the state, the industrial economy and the welfare of most individuals
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The editors of medicine in the twentieth century have commissioned over forty authoritative essays, written by historical specialists but intended for general audiencessome concentrate on the political economy of medicine and health as it changed from period to period and varied between countries, others focus on understandings of the body, and a third set of essays explores transformations in some of the theatres of medicine and the changing experiences of different categories of practitioners and patientsin , western medicine was important to philanthropy and public health, but it was marginal to the state, the industrial economy and the welfare of most individualsit is now central to these aspects of lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreour prospects seem increasingly dependent on the progress of bio-medical sciences and genetic technologies which promise to reshape future generationsoxfam books & music kentish town during the twentieth century, medicine has been radically transformed and powerfully transformative
35 €
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Original manuscript - 16th century - on paperthis is an original leaf from the 16th centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiall text on this leaf is handwrittencatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecondition: although more than 500 years old, the manuscript is still in good condition; the paper is slightly browned and has some spotsthe text is written with black ink, the initials and some (dutch) words are indicated with red inkthis 16th-century manuscript leaf is from a latin music book that was written in the netherlandsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeelements that determine the value: its rarity, quality, age and attractivenessthis is a masterpiece in any serious collectionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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The title is the 20th century fox years volnew - alice faye - the 20th century fox years vol - cd2 cdfor this specific sale the cds sleeve condition refers only to the inner paper insert sleeve, and does not refer to the outer digipak, jewel case or cardboard outer casing
15 €
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Title: italian art in the 20th century (art & design)title: italian art in the 20th century (art & design)product category: bookscondition: goodbinding: hardcoverlist price (msrp)
14 €
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Title: mind power into the 21st centurylist price (msrp): 9product category: booksauthors: kehoe, johncondition: goodbinding: paperback
7 €
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Book title: stemware of the 20th century, the top 200 patternsyou won't receive heavily thumbed shelf copies from us!author: harry lstemware of the 20th century, the top 200 patterns by: harry l
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The last mughalis an extraordinary revisionist work with clear contemporary echoesthe last mughalis a portrait of the dazzling delhi zafar personified, the story of the last days of the great mughal capital and its final destruction in the catastrophe ofbahadur shah zafar ii, the last mughal emperor, was a mystic, a talented poet, and a skilled calligrapheras the british commissioner in charge insisted, no vestige should remain to distinguish where the last of the great moghuls restsdeprived of real political power by the east india company, zafar nevertheless succeeded in creating a court of great brilliance, and presided over one of the great cultural renaissances of indian historythen in zafars flourishing capital became the centre of an uprising that reduced his beloved delhi to a battered, empty ruinwhen zafar gave his blessing to a rebellion among the companys own indian troops, it transformed an army mutiny into the largest uprising the british empire ever had to facewilliam dalrymples powerful retelling of this fateful course of events is shaped from groundbreaking material: previously untranslated urdu and persian manuscripts that include indian eyewitness accounts, and the records of the delhi courts, police, and administration during the siegethe siege of delhi was the rajs stalingrad: a fight to the death between two powers, neither of whom could retreaton a hazy november afternoon in rangoon, , a shrouded corpse was escorted by a small group of british soldiers to an anonymous grave in a prison enclosuresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road at 4 pbut while zafars mughal ancestors had controlled most of india, the aged zafar was king in name onlyit is the first account to present the indian perspective on the siege, and has at its heart the stories of the forgotten individuals tragically caught up in one of the bloodiest upheavals in history
14 €
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Oxfam bookshop raeburn place this thoroughly updated edition of global security in the twenty-first century offers a balanced introduction to contemporary security dilemmas in the world he builds on the first edition's emphasis on the role of trade and technology, the militarization of space, the privatization of security, the use of sanctions, ethnic conflict, and transnational crime sean kay assesses the impact of the global economic crisis on international security and considers how the range of thinking about power and peace has evolved in relation to major flashpoints including in the middle east, asia, and eurasia writing in an engaging style, kay integrates traditional and emerging challenges in one easily accessible study that gives readers the tools they need to develop a thoughtful and nuanced understanding of global securitythis edition goes even farther to incorporate traditional thinking about national security in the context of human rights, democracy, population, health, environment, energy, and especially educationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morekay focuses especially on the implications of the election of barack obama and the changing role of the united states in global security
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19 €
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Oxfam bookshop ilkley of all the military campaigns fought by the british during the 19th century, no area saw more conflict than the subcontinent of indiadozens of encounters, both great and small, involved many of its races as either friends or foes of britain - indeed, it was not unusual for an area to furnish both ally and enemy at the same time! this volume covers the british, indian and anglo-indian troops who fought for the honourable east india company and britain over the varied landscape of what is present day afghanistan, india, pakistan and bangladesh, between the years andthe vast array of uniforms and dress worn by soldiers serving in india during this period is examined in detail, and extensive information is also provided on regimental colourssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
75 €
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The motoring centuryit's in mint conditionthe story of the royal automobile clubthis is in the box and has never been openedwould make the perfect gift for an enthusiast
15 €
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Edition: first edition description: condition: in very good condition without dust wrapper as issuedcovers with minor rubbing and corners very slightly bumped95 or free collection read moredate of publicationpublisher: sampson lowplates in good condition with good colourasin: beu38o plates in good condition with good colouryou can cut the plates out and sell individuallybeing printed on hand made paper the edges are in original condition ie not been trimmedthe picture printer of the nineteenth century: george baxter (hardcover) stock photo, not the actual bookbinding: hardcover
29 €
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Oxfam bookshop hexham this book is an attempt to clarify what socialism means at the beginning of the 21st centuryin as new conditionthe book addresses the question as to what the contemporary challenges to socialism are, and how they might be answeredself-published and signed with a dedication by the author on the title pagessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
29 €