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There were 71 engravings in the exhibition27 pages + platesthere were 111 items in the exhibition, including some sculpturesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetentoonstelling grafisch werk - softbacksome transference of woodcutscatalogue of an exhibition at the museum voor nieuwe religieuze kunst in utrecht, from december to januarycovers and pages slightly darkenedcovers darkenedgreshoff - jozef cantré, houtsnijder - de spieghel, amsterdam / het kompas, mechelen softbackcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebelgian avant-garde illustrators jozef cantré and his elder brother jan-frans were part of de vijf ("the five"); the main artists in the development of the flemish expressionism stylethe exhibition took place from october 22 to novemberotherwise in a good conditionevidence throughout of neat notes about the exhibitsthere were 213 engravings in the exhibitiongerard walschap - dit is schrift 3 van jaargang 9 der vrije bladenjan frans cantré - de spieghelour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatalogue of an exhibition at the koninklijke bibliotheek van belgie, from february 6 to marchare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatalogue of an exhibition at arti et amicitiae of work contributed by madame mfairly good condition, but the fragile front cover is detached, and the tail of the spine is missingkoninklijke bibliotheek van belgie - het grafisch werk van jozef cantré - softbackevidence of previous ex-libris to frontmuseum voor schone kunsten van latem en leiestreek deinze - retrospectieve jan-frans en jozef cantrécontains 14 woodcuts and 3 lino cutscomplete with the 14 woodcuts, 1 of which is partially colouredmuseum voor nieuwe religieuze kunst te utrecht - jozef cantrétentoonstelling breda - leiden - groningencatalogue of an exhibition that toured the three cities intentoonstelling grafisch werk 'arti et amicitiae' - softbackthere were 131 engravings in the exhibition
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[1] there are voluminous antiquarian notesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe lady of the lake is a narrative poem by sir walter scott, first published inthe poem has three main plots: the contest among three men, roderick dhu, james fitz-james, and malcolm graeme, to win the love of ellen douglas; the feud and reconciliation of king james v of scotland and james douglas; and a war between the lowland scots (led by james v) and the highland clans (led by roderick dhu of clan alpine)set in the trossachs region of scotland, it is composed of six cantos, each of which concerns the action of a single day"the lady of the lake: a poem" by sir walter scott longman hurst, london - fifth edition (rare early edition) - 432p, 18cmx15cm - condition: very good, in leather binding with minor rubbing to spine, with name to title pageour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe poem was tremendously influential in the nineteenth century, and inspired the highland revival
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikispines are firm and intactcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesome wear to the front and back boardsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevol 1: from the roma invasion to the war of the roses 612 pages vol 2: from the war of the roses to the great rebellion 611 pages vol 3: from the great rebellion to the fall of marlborough 612 pages vol 4: from the fall of marlborough to the peninsular war 612 pages vol 5: from the peninsular war to the death of sir robert peel 612 pages vol 6: from the death of sir robert peel to the illness of the prince of wales 611 pages vol 7: from the illness of the prince of wales to the british occupation of egypt 611 pages vol 8: from the british occupation of egypt to the opening of parliament pages gilt lettering to the front and spinesplease view the photos for further details! shipped tracked and insured*buyer please pay within 3 days* read morerubbed corners and spine endsundated, circaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeall 8 volumes are in good condition
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In good conditiontitle of volume 1: botanographie e´le´mentaire, ou, principes de botanique, d'anatomie et de physiologie ve´ge´table: contenant la description des organes des plantes; la de´finition des termes usite´s en botanique; une the´orie nouvelle sur l'anatomie et la physiologie ve´ge´tale; l'art de de´crire les plantes; l'expose´ des me´thodes les plus employe´es en botanique et la description des familles naturellesthe spines have been professionally restored with the preservation of the original spine stripplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteuniform, richly gilded green calf leather bindingscontains 23 (of which 17 engraved) fold-out tableslabel on the first cover page in volume 1lestiboudois - paris/ lille, roret/ vanackere, - two volumes in three bindings - (4) (x) ) (xxxiv) ppwill be shipped with registration - for bidders: due to the corona virus, shipping within europe can suffer delaysfully re-writing of a part (botanographie e´le´mentaire) of his father’s (françois-joseph lestiboudois) workcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe text blocks are discoloured and have some foxing here and there and/or a few blemishestitles of volumes 2 and 3: botanographie belgique, ou flore du nord de la france, et de la belgique proprement dite; ouvrage dispose´ selon la me´thode naturelle, contenant les tableaux analytiques de franc¸ois-joseph lestiboudois, la description des plantes qui croissent spontane´ment ou qu'on cultive ge´ne´ralement dans l'ancienne province belgique, leurs localite´s, leurs proprie´te´s, l'indication du temps de leur floraison, la citation de leurs figures, etcoutside of europe, the delays can be quite significantour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiall 23 are picturedpaper remnants at the top of the flyleaf in volume 2with a three-double gilded edge, consisting of and outside flower edge and two inside filet edges with gilded floral ornaments at the top and at the bottom a richly embossed central flower ornamenta tiny hole in one table, two have heavy foxing, a few have wrinkles along the foldsblind stamped bindings with gilded covers, ribbed spine, golden page edges - 21 x 13 cm
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The fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doommeanwhile aragorn, legolas and gimli search for the hobbits merry and pippin in the kingdom of rohan, which is currently being attacked by saruman's orc armiesoxfam shop oadby the extended edition (over 40 extra minutes) of the second film in peter jackson's epic big screen adaptation of jgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhilst the fellowship are not travelling together they must unite against the powerful forces coming from the two towers: orthanc tower in isengard where saruman has bred a deadly army of , and sauron's fortress at barad-dûrdiscs are in excellent conditiontolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy
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It would have taken any other artist decades of reflection and formulation51 colour reproductions - oils, gouaches, pastel; 20 pen & pencil drawings in two tones show the full range of the artist's styleart 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 yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe four years were full of travel and abrupt changes of location, passion, poverty, depression and inspirationvery good condition with just some light tanning to the white parts of the dust jacket and some light edge wear to the jacketoxfam bookshop lymington this book traces the life and work of a painter twenty years old at the beginning of the twentieth century
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Chapters 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 periodoxfam books & music beaconsfield this book surveys the transformation of the british isles in the sixteenth centuryin 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 consensualin 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 centurythe 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 historya little shelf wear to the cover but otherwise in very good conditionsee 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 expansionby 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 established churches of the british isles had broken away from the roman catholic europe and were now national, royal, and protestantyet 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 monarchy
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The olympic games and the commonwealth games that the stamps celebrate are the munich summer olympic games, the montreal summer olympic games, the rome olympic games, the rome olympic games ofthe decades the stamps were issued in are the s, s, s, and sa couple of the used stamps have a little of the envelope that they were attached to still on the back that can be seenone of the stamps shows the logo of the london olympics ofmany of the stamps in this collection have not been usedthe countries that the stamps were issued in are the grenada grenadines, great britain, united arab emirates, the former ussr, mongolia, poland, the former czechoslovakia, australia, rwanda and yementhe empire and commonwealth games in , and the commonwealth games in edinburgh inoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 34 stampsthe oldest stamp in this collection was issued inthe newest stamp in this collection was issued insee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome of the used stamps have a little of the printed postmark on themthe other sporting events celebrated on the stamps are the international race of peace in poland and the pan american games insome of the stamps are a little fadedthe sports shown on the stamps are fencing, basketball, volleyball, ski-jumping, boxing, pole-vaulting, horse jumping, gymnastics, diving, sailing, running, canoeing, weight-lifting, and wrestling
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The author provides a detailed account of the german invasion and the allied reaction, including the land, sea and air battlesindeed, the invasion on april 9th saw the first use of airborne troops in the war and was also one of the very few amphibious operations undertaken by the germans during the second world waras in niall's previous books, detailed research has been carried out using official reports, war diaries and veterans' accounts, supported by photographs and colour mapsit is hoped that niall cherry's new two-volume work covering the allied intervention in norway will fill this significant gapoxfam bookshop raeburn place condition as newsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis includes such actions as the sinking of hms glowworm and hms glorious, the gladiators on the frozen lakes and maurice force, the sacrifice of the territorial battalions at tretten and the independent companies, to name but a fewbooks on the events of the early months of are dominated by the desperate fighting undertaken by the british expeditionary force in northern france and belgium following the german invasion of may 10th and it is often overlooked that prior to this another british expeditionary force was involved in fierce fighting in norwayvolume 1 focuses on the prelude to and early phases of the german invasion and allied response
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This is his story of how he found a way to make a difference, how he bought light to his family and village, and hope to his nationby the end of , after many lean and difficult years, there was no more cropone day, browsing the titles, he picked up a book about energy, with a picture of a wind turbine on the front coverhe has since built more windmills for his school and his villageoxfam bookshop cheltenham now a major motion pictured directed by and starring chiwetel ejiofor - available on netflixwhen william kamkwamba was just 14 years old, his family told him that he must leave school and come home to work on the farm - they could no longer afford his feessoon he was re-enrolled in college and travelling to america to visit wind farmslike the majority of the population, william's family were farmersridiculed by those around him, and exhausted from his work in the fields every day, and using nothing more than bits of scrap metal, old bicycle parts and wood from the blue gum tree, he slowly built his very own windmillmalawi is a country battling aids, drought and famine, and in , a season of floods, followed by the most severe famine in fifty years, brought it to its kneesfascinated by science and electricity, but knowing little more about the technology, william decided to build his ownthis windmill has changed the world in which william and his family livewhen news of william's invention spread, people from across the globe offered to help himthey were running out of food - had nothing to sell - and had months until they would be able to harvest their crop againthey were totally reliant on the maize cropwilliam's dream is that other african's will learn to help themselves - one windmill and one light bulb at a time - and that maybe one day they will be able to power their own computers, and use the internet, and see for themselves how his life has changed after picking up that book in the librarysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreforced to leave school at 14 years old, with no hope of raising the funds to go again, william resorted to borrowing books from the small local library to continue his educationonly 2 per cent of malawi has electricity; william's windmill now powers the lightbulbs and radio for his compoundthis is his incredible story
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Using newly opened kremlin archives and his own experiences in the field, martin walker has written a brilliant analysis of the conflict that has shaped the contemporary worldwe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic powerat the end of the s the fear was generated by communist expansion into eastern europe and china; in the s by the prospect of defeat in vietnamin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominenceas the united states became the national security state, california, which had a population of five million at the start of the cold war, grew to thirty million and, by the s provided one in every ten members of congress and two presidents" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold waroxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sincefor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubtfrom the origins of the marshall plan, which revived europe after world war ii, and the strategic decision to rebuild a defeated japan into a bulwark against china to the collapse of the berlin wall, this authoritative work reveals how the west was built into an economic alliance that overpowered the soviet economy while also unleashing global economic forces that today challenge the traditional nation-statesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breathnow that it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how the cold war has shaped us and, especially, to recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that determined the structure of today's global economy"walker reminds us how easy it is to forget that there were many occasions for the late s on when victory seemed far from assured, and that lent a particular urgency to the efforts of postwar western leadersthe cold war was more of a global conflict than was either of this century's two major wars; far more than a confrontation between states or even empires, it was, as martin walker puts it, "a total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destruction
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It invites a wide community of readers to discover the richness and complexity of the turbulent years in germany before hitler's rise to powerthis will be a major resource and reference work for students and scholars in history; art; architecture; literature; social and political thought; and cultural, film, german, and women's studiesgood overall condition a laboratory for competing visions of modernity, the weimar republic () continues to haunt the imagination of the twentieth centuryits thirty chapters explore germany's complex relationship to democracy, ideologies of "reactionary modernism," the rise of the "new woman," bauhaus architecture, the impact of mass media, the literary life, the tradition of cabaret and urban entertainment, and the situation of jews, intellectuals, and workers before and during the emergence of fascismwhile devoting much attention to the republic's varied artistic and intellectual achievements (the frankfurt school, political theater, twelve-tone music, cultural criticism, photomontage, and urban planning), the book is unique for its inclusion of many lesser-known materials on popular culture, consumerism, body culture, drugs, criminality, and sexuality; it also contains a timetable of major political events, an extensive bibliography, and capsule biographiessee oxfam website for delivery information read moredrawing from such primary sources as magazines, newspapers, manifestoes, and official documents (many unknown even to specialists and most never before available in english), this book challenges the traditional boundaries between politics, culture, and social lifeits political and cultural lessons retain uncanny relevance for all who seek to understand the tensions and possibilities of our agethe weimar republic sourcebook represents the most comprehensive documentation of weimar culture, history, and politics assembled in any languageoxfam bookshop glossop road creasing to cover and spine
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Oxfam bookshop beverley in , the pacific island village of matupit was partially destroyed by a volcanic eruptionthrough detailed ethnography of the transactions that a displaced people entered into in seeking to rebuild their lives, this book analyses how people re-make sociality in an era of post-colonial neoliberalism without taking either the transformative power of globalization or the resilience of indigenous culture as its starting pointthis study focuses on the subsequent reconstruction and contests over the morality of exchanges that are generative of new forms of social stratificationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit also contributes to the understanding of the problems of post-disaster reconstruction and development projectssuch new dynamics of stratification are central to contemporary processes of globalization in the pacific, and more widely
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He asks whether the language is actually changing as fast as we suppose, and, if so, whyrather than have us wring our hands, philip howard entreats us, with his customary with and erudition, to use our tongues in concert with our brainsand where we can't help it, he says, we should lie back and enjoy its immense richness, which is unrivaled by any other languagehoward here examines the language in its various branches and categories, such as grammar and pronunciation, spelling and punctuation, dialect and slanghe navigates the back streets of euphemism and the broad, boring boulevards of clichehe discusses the effect the new technologies, from cable tv to photocomposition, are having on the mother tongue, and he examines the new dialects that are coming into usesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehoward argues that as far as we can, we should strive to direct and control the changes in english in ways that increase its powerhis is not the panglossian attitude that all is neccessarily for the best in the best of all possible languages, but he does feel that change is necessary--and healthy--in any living languageoxfam bookshop cheltenham is the english language in decline? many people seem to think so--but philip howard isn't one of themthe literary editor of the times of london, howard takes a robust, commonsensical view of the changes that are happening in english
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To understand the global economy, hutton argues, one must first understand the united statesover the past thirty years there, the forces of conservatism have achieved such supremacy as to reduce liberalism to a term of abuseand whilst american ideas dominated the latter part of the twentieth century, hutton argues that the underpinning of the twenty-first must come from europeit is time for britain to stop vacillating between two cultures and make common cause with its continental partners - to reject the conservative orthodoxy in favour of the shared european beliefs of obligations, rights and fairnesshe lays bare modern america for what it is: a country of inequality in risk, opportunity and income, where 1% of the population owns 38% of the wealth, and 19% live in terrible povertysee oxfam website for delivery information read morenow, as the world realigns itself in the wake of the september 11th atrocities, hutton turns his attention to the global picture, and the ways in which the new world should be orderedoxfam bookshop cheltenham the state we're in, will hutton's explosive analysis of british society, was the biggest selling politico-economic work since the second world war
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It details the discovery of a type of prehistoric fish, known only from fossils and believed to have become extinct at least fifty million years agoalone in his view that this coelacanth must have been a stray, professor smith and his wife carried out a series of arduous expeditions covering most of the wildest parts of the tropical western indian ocean, until, after fourteen years, the home of this living fossil was foundwear to edges, various other scuffs and marksvarious superficial scuffs and marks, discolouration to spine and outer edges of boardsturquoise cloth covered boards with gilt text within dark blue panel to spinesporadic foxing within text block which is otherwise clean and tight and lightly but evenly tannedlight shelfwear to edgestear to top of spine, which is discolouredoxfam bookshop newport this is the story of the most sensational scientific discovery in natural history of the twentieth century, told by the scientist who is the central figure throughoutsmall chips and closed tearssee oxfam website for delivery information read morepictorial dust jacketendpapers discoloured
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Queen caroline's story is one of a fight by an individual to see justice done to her in the face of a powerful authorityoxfam bookshop cheltenham at the heart of the regency period - nine years from to - lies the mismatch between the prince and princess of walesthey remained separated until her death in , but the mockery of their marriage resisted the public efforts to dissolve itthe prince regent, later george iv, separated privately from caroline of brunswick, princess of wales, later queen caroline, within a year of their marriage inat her divorce trial, the dignity and honour of the british crown was in shreds and britain on the brink of revolutionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebarred from the regent's court, caroline travelled through europe with a small court of her own
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This realism bases social and political criticism in the purposes of a nonviolent, patient, and reconciling godrichard bourne identifies a theological realism found in the work of john howard yoderin developing this theological realism, the book furnishes an account of christian criticism capable of addressing key debates in contemporary theology and political theoryoxfam books & music lancaster seek the peace of the city provides a robust engagement with the theological foundations and practices of christian social and political criticismbourne begins by arguing for the public status of theological political claimsthe book concludes by developing an account of the impact such a theological realism and practice of critique might have on contemporary political theory--with explorations of the doxological nature of social change, the changing shape of the state, governmentality and political sovereignty, and the status and role of religious communities in civil societybourne develops this account and shows how it is consonant with aspects of the work of a range of contemporary theologians including stanley hauerwas, john milbank, karl barth, and dietrich bonhoeffersee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe demonstrates that only a vigorous theological realism, grounded in the universal lordship of christ, is capable of providing a foundation for local, particular, and ad hoc practices of critique
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Widowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her household for love, and then carved out a life for herself as queen margaret of anjou's close friend and a lancaster supporter - until the day that her daughter elizabeth woodville fell in love and married the rival king edward ivwith her links to melusina, and to the founder of the house of luxembourg, together with her reputation for making magic, she is the most haunting of heroinessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreof all the little-known but important women of the period, her dramatic story is the most neglectedoxfam shop colne road jacquetta, daughter of the count of luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of europe, was married to the great englishman john, duke of bedford, uncle to henry vi
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The album was their first to feature vocalist bruce dickinson and their last with drummer clive burrare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe album was also controversial, particularly in the united states, due to the religious references in its artwork and the title track's lyricscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablepostage is insured and tracked read moresince the release of the number of the beast and its subsequent tour the beast on the road, "the beast" has become an alternate name for iron maiden and was later used in the titles of some of their compilations and live releases, including best of the beast and visions of the beastplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe album produced the singles "run to the hills" and "the number of the beast", the former of which became the band's first top-ten uk singlestunning riaa gold record award for iron maiden's "the number of the beast" presented to the band! the number of the beast is the third studio album by english heavy metal band iron maidenit was released on 22 march in the united kingdom by emi records and in the united states by harvest and capitol recordsthe number of the beast was met with critical and commercial success, and became the band's first album to top the uk albums chart and reach the top 40 of the us billboard 200our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Winner of impossible victories, cannon fodder for the western front, thin khaki line against hitler - wherever and whenever, the british soldier has done his duty - and morethis is the story of britain at war from the perspective of that manin a comprehensive series of first-hand accounts, this anthology offers a huge variety of views on the experience of war: from a letter written by oliver cromwell to the speaker of parliament, to a first world war's soldier's last letter home to his son, and a powerful description of what it was like to be on the sir galahad when it was hit by a missile in the falklands conflict of the 80s, right up to life as a soldier on the ground in basrait is the autobiography of the british soldiersee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is his storyoxfam bookshop cheltenham from agincourt to waterloo, from dunkirk to the gulf war, and everywhere in between, one man has served in all these battles
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This book will thus benefit not only students of religious film but also those studying the portrayal of central religious figures in the contemporary worldin very good conditionthis book explores these films and looks at how these films dealt with the fundamental question of portraying an individual thought to have either divine status or a very special and unique status among human beingsthis and other films about jesus became examples for and an inspiration for films on other important religious figures like rama, buddha and muhammadoxfam bookshop hampstead the challenge of the silver screen: an analysis of the cinematic portraits of jesus, rama, buddha and muhammad by freek lslight indentation on front cover and light scratches on back coversee oxfam website for delivery information read moreclean, crisp pages with slight damage on the bottom corner of a couple of pagesbakker in - only two years after the invention of film - the first feature film about jesus appearedalthough religious leaders did not always approve of these films, they did find a ready audience among believers
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Tissue guarded platesthe volume on the danube has a loose tissue guard at the frontispiece, and hinges cracking at end papers internallythe 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 advertisementsboards show shelfwear commensurate with age, corners are bumped and scuffedblocks are tight, some foxing to pagesillustrated in a series of views taken expressly for this work by woxfam 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 spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe second volume is "the danube by william beattie, mgold edges to blockthe 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 wthe spines are labelled "the bosphorus and danube"in good used condition for age, bound in blue cloth with embossed design, and blind dentelle
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Marcus and his men must penetrate the heart of the enemy's strength, ghosting through a deadly wilderness patrolled by vicious huntresses before breaching the walls of the fang, an all-but-impregnable fort, if they are to rescue the legion's venerated standardthe tungrians are the only soldiers who can be sent into the northern wastes, far beyond the long abandoned wall built by antoninus, where a lost symbol of imperial power of the sixth victorious legion is reputed to await themprotected by an impassable swamp and hidden in a fortress atop a high mountain, the eagle of the sixth legion must be recovered if the legion is to surviveif successful their escape will be twice as perilous, with the might of a barbarian tribe at their heelssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe legions are overstretched, struggling to man the forts of the northern frontier in the face of increasing barbarian resistanceoxfam shop dumfries the tungrian auxiliary cohorts return to hadrian's wall after their successful dacian campaign, only to find britannia in chaos
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Worked in paris with van der meulen and enjoyed great successare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available), zwolle/amsterdam, , ppfrom a series of wrestling scenes invented by the famous wrestler and wine merchant nicolaes petter who had great interest in classical greece and began to give wrestling lessons to other merchants in his wine shop on the prinsengracht in amsterdamkolfin, 'tot uitpersing van tranen, de verbeelding van de hartstochten', in 'romeyn de hooghe, de verbeelding van de late gouden eeuw' (hexcellent good black inked impression on laid paper with no folds or tears; a few small stainsthan returned to haarlem where he stayed the rest of his lifeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteetching by romeyn d'hooghe, important innovator of dutch printmakingvan nierop et almost known for his graphic workhe itood for a renewal of print art and rejected the somewhat dull french style from the periodright wrestlerl lying on the ground and kicking the left of the other wrestler with his right leg, while pulling the latter towards the ground by his hairreceived patent of nobility from the king of polen inthis series: ' klare onderrichte der voortreffelijcke worstel-konst, published in , is considered one of the most important books about the unarmed struggle of the periodin a handpainted/guilded passe-partoutreference: hollstein landwehr litour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeromeyn de hooghe () painter, engraver and sculptor of amsterdam
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifor the entire set, this is number of a total ofcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesee photos for a proper impression, the photos are part of the descriptionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitea rotating plateau of a film reel with 4 figurinescomplete set of mickey figurinesthese are limited editionsthe figurines are in mint condition and are a bit dusty at mostthe dimensions have been made visible in the picturesthis is the “collection of the later years”with a so-called “coin of authenticity” and the number of the figurine at the bottomthe diameter of the plateau is 22 cmi am also offering that itemour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethere is also a mickey collection of the early years and it also consists of 4 figurines
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This man is tracking down every last copy of carax's work in order to burn themdaniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'la sombra del viento' by julian caraxhidden in the heart of the old city of barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of printthen, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from la sombra del viento, a character who turns out to be the devilbut as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his findsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsession can leadoxfam shop pershore a stunning literary thriller in the tradition of umberto ecoto this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son daniel one cold morning inwhat begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of julian carax and to save those he left behindthe discovery of a forgotten book leads to a hunt for an elusive author who may or may not still be alive
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Lawrence, winston churchill and charles de gaulle, a line in the sand vividly tells the story of the short but crucial era when britain and france ruled the middle eastit explains exactly how the old antagonism between these two powers inflamed the more familiar modern rivalry between the arabs and the jews, and ultimately led to war between the british and the french in and between the arabs and the jews inthe creation of britain's 'mandates' of palestine, transjordan and iraq, and france's in lebanon and syria, made the two powers uneasy neighbours for the following thirty yearsusing newly declassified papers from the british and french archives, james barr brings this overlooked clandestine struggle back to life, and reveals, for the first time, the stunning way in which the french finally got their revengesir mark sykes was a visionary politician; françois georges-picot a diplomat with a grudgethe deal they struck, which was designed to relieve tensions that threatened to engulf the entente cordiale, drew a line in the sand from the mediterranean to the persian frontierterritory north of that stark line would go to france; land south of it, to britainin , after many years of intrigue and espionage, britain finally succeeded in ousting france from lebanon and syria, and hoped that, having done so, it would be able to cling on to palestineagainst the odds their pact survived the war to form the basis for the post-war division of the region into five new countries britain and france would rulesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethrough a stellar cast of politicians, diplomats, spies and soldiers, including toxfam books & music marlborough in , in the middle of the first world war, two men secretly agreed to divide the middle east between them
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Through a series of detailed readings, gregerson examines the different strategies adopted by spenser and milton as they sought to distinguish their poems from idols yet preserve the shaping power that iconoclasts have long attributed to iconsoxfam bookshop wallingford the reformation of the subject is a study of the cultural contradictions that gave birth to the english protestant epicshe reminds us that reformation iconoclasts viewed verbal images with the same aversion as visual images, because they too were capable of waylaying the human imaginationin lucid and theoretically sophisticated language, linda gregerson examines the fraught ideological, political and gender conflicts that are woven into the texture of the faerie queene and paradise lostsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretracing the transformation of the epic poem into an instrument for the reformation of the political subject, gregerson thus provides an illuminating contribution to our understanding of the ways in which subjectivities are historically produced
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There are bits of wood missing to the feet & knocks here & thereconditions is as expected for an item of this agethere is some historical discolouration to the work surface & bits of varnish or wax missinga lovely small petite dresser in the condition you would hope to find itplease study the images, as they also form part of the description & please do your own researchlambs of manchester were a renowned cabinet making firm, founded by james lambit's not been restored or messed with, just used, loved & enjoyedwhat's nice is where the wood is showing through from wear & usea loverly antique dresser by the renowned cabinet maker lambs of manchesterthere are numerous holes for dowels so the shelf height may be adjustedthe draws are all graduated & each draw locks with a single keyhe was a manchester cabinetmaker who started in the mid victorian eraa very useful, practical, honest good looking piecei'm not sure if the shelf is original**collection only** read morethe wear makes me think it may have been used in a small shop at some timethe locks are stamped lamb & some of the draws are also stamped lamb manchester, a sign of qualityhowever it does make the piece far more usefuleach draw has a brass handle & lockthe wear of the lacquer is particularly nice where hands have been in constant contactit still has its ebonised black lacquer
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