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Petersburgh; and fellow of the royal society of gottingenplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevolumes are two octavo (220mm x 146mm) hardcovers in brown half-leather with marbled boards and marbled edgesall 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 foldscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablelate 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 stcondition: binding copies with decent blocksour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storevolume 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 catawikithe full title is: the geographical system of herodotus examined and explained, by a comparison with those of other ancient authors, and with modern geographyplease note: fully insured delivery in sturdy packaging that does actually protect the contentsthe whole explained by eleven maps adapted to the different subjects, and accompanied with a complete index by james rennell, esqalso there is a small number of foxing specks to front end-papers of vol iin 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 geographyrivington, and has the following page numbering: vol i pp: xxiv, pull-out maps; voll ii pp: vi, pull-out mapsthis is the revised 2nd edition printed in london by chowever both volumes have neat and tidy blocks with complete text and crisp, clear leaves and maps with neat folds2kg [approx] with sturdy packagingscarce early 19th century two volume set on ancient or classical geography by james rennelldespite 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 reward
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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 officesthe sophisticated revival of s and s white modernism is analysed by geraint franklin, and roland jeffery shows how many architectural roads crossed in milton keynessome bumping to corner - see photo see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music bedford the seventies: rediscovering a lost decade of british architecture (twentieth century architecture) paperback - 1 janother contributions tell personal stories of the decade, from the cartoonist louis hellman, the architect david rock and the historian gavin stamp wit, imagination, humility and sensitivity to people and environments helped to create more flexible approaches to the design of individual buildings and citiesthe history is complex and few specialist studies have appeared to datethe 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 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 powell
8 €
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The volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksthe 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 hawaiiit covers the coast of north americathe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoveryvolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coastthe voyage to australia and tahitias a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands insee oxfam website for delivery information read morevery small tear to spine on volume iiall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust coverall 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 soundthey 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 manyoxfam 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 discoverythe original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedthe main pagination of all four volumes is continuousthis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication inthese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsvancouver, 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 canadaappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companyit 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 indicatedit was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyorsall pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsvolume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discovery
34 €
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Complete collection of episodes from the satirical british comedy 'yes minister' and its spin-off series 'yes, prime minister'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'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'oxfam shop kendal the sleeve's and case in very good condition
6 €
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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 €
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The folio societyin nearly new conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe diary of a young jewish girl in hiding from the occupying nazis during the second world war in amsterdamoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardbackillustrated with black and white photographs
29 €
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In his work, kobalt likes above all to emphasise the excesses of the consumer society by willingly using brandsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihe only works with a few galleries and sellersfascinated 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 availablesigned and numbered by the artistplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteedition number in mint condition, stored flat signed certificate of authenticity includedinsured shipment with track and traceoriginally from paris, kobalt started out in advertising before turning to photography, which a profession he’s been doing for the last fifteen yearskobalt wishes to remain anonymous so he has no website or social mediafor shipping, all works are protected with kraft paper, then bubble wrap and transported in extremely solid tubeskobalt waited until to create his first artworksfine art print on 300 gsm paper size: 70 x 50 cmour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
90 €
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limited edition of 500 copiesthe endpapers and text block appear to have been glued together a little clumsily, and have become torn in places at the joinoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames inscribed and signed by césar valverde on the first pagethe corners and spine ends are slightly bumped, but the cloth is clean, and the illustrations are in excellent conditionthe binding remains strong, howeverprofusely illustrated, with approximately half the illustrations in colour and half in black and white(su edición consta de 500 ejemplares impresos en papel couché 148 g, con pasta dura recubierta de tela y jacket plasticadathe dust jacket is a little rubbed and bumped, and the rear panel shows some mild discolourationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretext in spanish and english (the bibliography is in spanish only)
100 €
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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 parisare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe north sea is here called 'the german sea'catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website' john senex, was a london surveyor, engraver, bookseller and publisher in the early 18th centurybottom right: 'iin good condition, two combined pages (69 x 95 cm), with sufficient margins, on hand-laid paper, centrefold as issued, old border colouring, verso blankbeautiful map of the seven united provinces, on two merged pagesthis 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 islandsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
456 €
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He was vice-president of the geological societyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiif you also need assistance to sell your collection at auction, ask for our terms directly at this seller's account! #bookspartnership read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available** this lot is part of an important collection that will be auctioned in the coming months through the catawiki collection servicename on back of frontispa very good copyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecloth binding, blindstamped on front and back board* horace bolingbroke woodward () was a british geologist who participated in the geological survey of england and wales from until his retirement inin text, 1 folded table, 1 mounted coloured map in pocketour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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 northsee 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 countrynarrated 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 parliament
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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 prizeoxfam bookshop cheltenham the places in between, rory stewart's moving account of his walk across afghanistan in january was immediately hailed as a classiccaught between hostile nations, warring factions and competing ideologies, at the time afghanistan was in turmoil following the us invasiontravelling 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 conditionssee 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 societybumping to corners and spinerimbault and mroxfam bookshop skipton the roxburghe balladswith short notes by wmauthor of "popular music of the olden time," etcand copies of the original woodcuts, drawn by mrmainly solid though loose in placesthe leather is scuffed with minor tearrudolph blind and mrex-library book with expected inserts, plates, stamps and inscriptionslight tanning and foxing to the pagessee oxfam website for delivery information read morehooper, and engraved by mr
12 €
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Pink floyd ?– meddle the rare and limited studio album collection on vinyl vol] in best quality / special -series for fans and collectors a1\tone of these days written-by – gilmour, mason, wright, waters a2\ta pillow of winds written-by – gilmour, waters a3\tfearless written-by – gilmour, waters a4\tsan tropez written-by – waters a5\tseamus written-by – gilmour, mason, wright, waters b\techoes written-by – gilmour, mason, wright, waters matrix / runout (side a label): pfrlp6-a matrix / runout (side a label): a matrix / runout (side b label): pfrlp6-b matrix / runout (side b label): b new / sealed / never heard attention the pictures are copied from the internet! the lp is absolutely new, original packaging, and has never been heard! collectors limited series read moreare 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 websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
117 €
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Pink floyd ?– atom heart mother the rare and limited studio album collection on vinyl volc\tmorning glory written-by – gilmour, mason, wright, waters new / sealed / never heard attention the pictures are copied from the internet! the lp is absolutely new, original packaging, and has never been heard! rare collectors limited series from pink floyd records read moreb\tbreast milky written-by – gilmour, mason, wright, waters, geesin aare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikia\trise and shine written-by – gilmour, mason, wright, waters b4catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available] in best quality / special -series for fans and collectors atom heart mother\t ac\tmother fore written-by – gilmour, mason, wright, waters, geesin aplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websited\tfunky dung written-by – gilmour, mason, wright, waters, geesin af\tremergence written-by – gilmour, mason, wright, waters, geesin b1\tif written-by – waters b2\tsummer '68 written-by – wright b3\tfat old sun written-by – gilmour alan's psychedelic breakfast\t b4e\tmind your throats please written-by – gilmour, mason, wright, waters, geesin aa\tfather's shout written-by – gilmour, mason, wright, waters, geesin ab\tsunny side up written-by – gilmour, mason, wright, waters b4our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
51 €
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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 hinsulin 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 stin 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 geniussee oxfam website for delivery information read moreedmunds the discovery of insulin at the university of toronto in was one of the most dramatic events in the history of the treatment of diseasewelch medal of the american association for the history of medicine
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, rsee oxfam website for delivery information read more the black slipcase is present, and in very good condition, apart from slight wear marks and a little bumping at the lower front corner
29 €
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In 'the greasy pole' jim discovers that the outcome of scientific reports can be manipulated if needs befinally, in 'a question of loyalty', jim's loyalty to his department is put to the test'the devil you know' finds the date of a cabinet re-shuffle coinciding with jim's appointment in brusselsoxfam 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 quality of life' sees jim's eco-friendly policies compromised when plans are hatched to turn a city farm into a civil service car parkin 'the compassionate society' sir humphrey and jim hacker disagree about a new hospital
5 €
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Transactions of the linnean society of london, 2nd serare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiall in all a 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 morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available252 pp (numbered )* spencer le marchant moore () was an english botanistplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteintern a clean, uncut copywrappers, spine a bit crudely strengthened, back loosemap, 19 lithographshe 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 october** this lot is part of an important collection that will be auctioned in the coming months through the catawiki collection serviceour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehe 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 death
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 holder slipcase in green boarda 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)oxfam shop portishead in as new condition illustrated with 7 full colour plates and many black and white drawingssee oxfam website for delivery information read morea small faint black square at the top of the front free page (see photos) is the only sign of use
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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' valuables'bogus bandits' sees stan and ollie as stanlio and olio, servants of the bandit fra diavolia double bill of s laurel and hardy musical comediesthe lifesize toys come in handy when the evil barnaby attempts to invade toylandin 'march of the wooden soldiers', toymakers stanine dum (stan laurel) and ollie dee (oliver hardy) mistakenly manufacture 100 six-foot high soldiers for santa
15 €
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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
3 €
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Take a trip into the world of the midnight society … if you dareare you ready to be initiated?our grading system is listed below for your perusalthe condition of the item you will receive is fair/vg+- missing 1 moving piece
29 €
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Waddingtons limited editionwaddingtons limited edition the night before christmasthe beautiful illustration depicts a christmas eve scene in a victorian town centrethe jigsaw is complete and in excellent condition but the box is a little scuffed at the cornerskirkby in ashfield
5 €
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The train station limited edition print, signed and numbered by the artist in a wonderful dark wood frame, 97 of 750 worldwideperfect condition read more
65 €
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Each print in individually hand signed by scott sinclair, and is limited to 100 units, this is as seen in the picturebenefits limited edition of 100 units hand signed hologram and certificate of authenticity as seen in the official celtic website priced at ÂŁ75 + deliverysinclair signed print - brand new from the celtic superstoreideal print to add to your collection to commemorate celtic's player of the year , scott sinclair
65 €
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limited editionheight 6" / 15cms diameter 4" / 10cms this has been kept on a sideboard but kept very lovingly by my mum"our lady of the rosary" statue rosary or trinket boxthis is to put your rosary beads or anything special insideno: k great gift for easterby the franklin mint, hand painted
32 €
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Signed by the artist and limited edition 68 of 350print measures 39 cm x 19 cm and with mount measures 52 cm x 34 cmcomes with the mount and not with the frame
50 €
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Oxfam bookshop aberystwyth the heraldry society of scotland 2 volume set see oxfam website for delivery information read more
90 €
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Oxfam bookshop wanstead signed limited edition noalso includes an original essay "a word or two about myths" written (and signed) by philip pullmansee oxfam website for delivery information read more as new when donated (was partially sealed) collects together three of the books from the bestselling, critically acclaimed myths series in hardback, in a beautiful box set: a short history of myth by karen armstrong,the penelopiad by margaret atwood and weight by jeanette winterson, each signed by the author
75 €