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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham mrs beeton's book of household management covered every aspect of running a victorian householdwhether you are looking for her advice on how to make the home the centre of entertainment and family life (the victorian housewife's main mission in life), or matters of lesser import, such as how to promote the growth of hair, apply leeches or make book polish, what to wear for breakfast or learn mrs beeton's views on the rearing and management of children and the care of invalids, you will find it in this highly readable bookbut it is the glimpse into life in victorian times which is the most fascinating part of her original book and which is reproduced here together with informative commentary from kay fairfax and many of the original illustrationsdoes not come with dust coversee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere were recipes and advice on managing servants, childcare, etiquette, looking after invalids, and even dealing with the tax man
3 €
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The book was first published in the usa under the title mrs 'arris goes to paris, and is now better known in both countries by that titleit was the first in paul gallico's series of novels about london charwoman ada harris, who is so taken with her employer's haute couture clothes that she decides to go to the house of dior in paris and buy a designer gown for herselfpaul gallico () was a prolific american writer who lived in several other countries during his life, including the uk and francepublished by michael josephthere is foxing to page ends and endpapers, and a little on other pagesfirst uk editionhardback with price-clipped dust jacket the jacket is faded and has numerous tears plus a significant loss at the bottom of the spine, which has led to fading of that part of the spine on the book itselfsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe front cover is a little concave, and there is a slight spine leanthe book remains in good condition, with no inscriptionsoxfam shop cowley road hardcover with blue boards and decorated endpapersplease see our photographs
12 €
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Seeking revenge and filled with a murderous rage, barker sets up a barber's shop above mrs lovett's premisesnow calling himself sweeney todd, barker kills off all his customers with a razor to the throat and sends their cadavers to the shop below to be used as a tasty new filling for mrs lovett's meat pieshe soon discovers from pie-maker mrs lovett (bonham carter) that, in his absence, his wife has taken her own life and his daughter is now in the care of the man who had him sent away - the dastardly judge turpin (alan rickman)oxfam bookshop carlisle film adaptation of the stephen sondheim musical starring johnny depp and helena bonham carterwhat was once the worst pie shop in london quickly becomes one of the city's most popular eateries, but barker won't be satisfied until he can lure judge turpin into the barber's chairsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreproduct is sealed and unusedbased on a 'penny dreadful' tale (which later became an urban myth) from the mid-19th century, this musical tells the tale of benjamin barker (depp), a barber who returns to london after spending years in exile for a crime he didn't commit
3 €
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Since its first appearance nearly 50 years ago, the mixed-up files of mrsis it in fact an as yet undiscovered work by michelangelo, worth millions? claudia is determined to find out, and her quest leads her to the remarkable, secretive mrsshe knows that she could never pull off the classic spur-of-the-moment departure without a destination (inevitably involving having to eat outside with the insects, and cupcakes melting in the sun); so she plans everything to perfection, including their destination: the grand, elegant, beautiful, all-encompassing metropolitan museum of artoxfam bookshop victoria new york city girl claudia, a mere month shy of being a twelve-year-old, has resolved to run away from home with her younger brother, jamiefrankweiler has gained a place in the hearts of generations of readers - and has rightly become one of the most celebrated and beloved children's books of all timesee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrankweiler, who sold the statue to the museum - and to some equally remarkable discoveries about herselfhowever, no sooner have claudia and jamie settled into their new home, than they are caught up in the mystery of an angel statue bought by the museum for the bargain price of $225
2 €
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Oxfam shop colne road mrs brown's boys the ultimate party game is a must for any fan of the award-winning hit comedy tv seriestake on the challenges - draw, talk, act or 'what am i?' to progress around the board complete the challenge before mrs brown speaks up to four player can battle their way to be the first to 'party night' for ages 16 and upwards 1 yellow performing card missing - everything else is there apart from 1 card the game will still play the same - reduced price (79 instead of 80) great for christmas parties! see oxfam website for delivery information read more
9 €
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Beckoned to this haven are mrswilkins, mrs arbuthnot, mrs fisher and lady caroline dester, each quietly craving a respitehigh above the bay on the italian riviera stands san salvatore, a mediaeval castlelulled by the mediterranean spirit, they gradually shed their skins and discover a harmony each of them has longed for but never known' is the impetus for a revelatory month for four very different womenfirst published in and reminscient of 'elizabeth and her german garden', this delightful novel is imbued with the descriptive power and light-hearted irreverence for which elizabeth von arnin is renownedoxfam bookshop cheltenham a discreet advertisement in 'the times', addressed to 'those who apppreciate wisteria and sunshinesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
2 €
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Luckily for her, the other mrs abbott is around to helpmrs abbott is flustered at the thought of putting up a lady from the red cross, but is happily surprised when she turns out to be an old friend from her previous life as miss buncle, infamous writerand with a possible spy in their midst, evacuated families, potential love matches and a visit from a famous writer, she's got her work cut out for hersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreof course, she's now far too busy with her children to write, not to mention helping out in the lives of the villagers
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7 €
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mrs beautiful's guitarthe title is songs for mrs beautifulthe image shown here is not an image of the actual item for salewhen playing surface noise may be evident, especially in the quiet soft passages and during intro and fade, but the surface noise will not overpower the soundthe item format is a cdsleeve condition-near mint
3 €
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Oxfam shop blackheath mrs brown's boys the ultimate party game is a must for any fan of the award-winning hit comedy tv seriesthe comical board game will have players drawing, acting, talking non-stop and trying to guess "what am i?" before mrs brown speaks in order to progress around the board to get from the start to party night! new and sealed see oxfam website for delivery information read more
16 €
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It depicts mrs steele after the portrait painted by 18th century painter, george romneyi'm not absolutely sure but i think mrs steele might be the affluent wife of portrait painter, christopher steele, to whom romney was apprenticed at a studio in redmaynes yard in kendalcopyright june 2nd by fine art dealers arthur tooth and sons of 155 new bond street, london w, paris and new yorkthere is some foxing on the mounti would prefer buyer collects as the picture is fragile and quite heavy but can post for the cost of p+pthe engraving is in a black and gold frame (48i'm also selling an engraving of julia, lady peel and would sell both for £steele eloped with her inbeautifully hand painted mezzotinto engraving by herbert sedcole ( or )signed in pencil
45 €
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It depicts mrs steele after the portrait painted by 18th century painter, george romneyi'm not absolutely sure but i think mrs steele might be the affluent wife of portrait painter, christopher steele, to whom romney was apprenticed at a studio in redmaynes yard in kendalcopyright june 2nd by fine art dealers arthur tooth and sons of 155 new bond street, london w, paris and new yorkthere is some foxing on the mounti would prefer buyer collects as the picture is fragile and quite heavy but can post for the cost of p+pthe engraving is in a black and gold frame (48happy to use trustapp if you can't collect in personi'm also selling an engraving of julia, lady peel and would sell both for £steele eloped with her inbeautifully hand painted mezzotinto engraving by herbert sedcole ( or )signed in pencil
45 €
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Comedy / sing a long i am a cider drinker worzels the wurzels greatest hits worzels chas and dave knees up chas and dave incredeble double decker party 101 great songs 1 bobby crush incredeble double decker party 101 great songs 2 bobby crush 40 all time honky tonk hits warren carr the best of the bunch rikki henderson, johnny worth, paul rich etc mrs mills knees up party mrs mills read more
15 €
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle collection of seven christmas specials of the bbc sitcom mrs brown's boys (-present), depicting the life and times of mrs agnes brown (brendan o'carroll) and her unruly broodsee oxfam website for delivery information read morediscs and packaging in very good conditionepisodes: mammy's ass (), mammy christmas (), the virgin mammy (), buckin' mammy (), who's a pretty mammy? (), mammy's ticked pink () and mammy's gamble ()
9 €
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The price is for both books cash on collection mrs armitage queen of the road and mrs armitage on wheels by quentin blake published by red fox paperbacks very good condition read more
3 €
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This lovely beatrix potter mrs tiggy-winkle is 8cm tall and she carries a platinum ironthe back-stop is in gold writing and says: beswick ware - made in england, mrs tiggy-winkle, beatrix potter, f warne & son royal doultonit belonged to my deceased friend who loved collecting beatrix potter figures and is in excellent condition - no chips or cracksit comes in a box but may not be the original box
10 €
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Beeton's household management: a complete cookery book beeton, isabellapublished by ward, lock & cowith 15 plates in colour and nearly 350 illustrationsa complete cookery book
25 €
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Light up mr & mrs letters, 4ft highdelivery can be arranged on requestled bulbs with 13amp plugcan also come with an extra s
400 €
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mrs rabbit is a lovely beatrix potter figuremrs rabbit is a highly collectible figure was produced by f warne & co, england, beswick copyright mrs rabbit is in very good condition with no chips, cracks or restorationwould make an attractive addition to any beatrix potter figurine collection! read more
35 €
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mrs tiggy winkle is a lovely beatrix potter figuremrs tiggy winkle is a highly collectible figure was produced by f warne & co, england, beswick mrs tiggy winkle is in very good condition with no chips, cracks or restorationwould make an attractive addition to any beatrix potter figurine collection! read more
55 €
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mrs brown's boys live tour - good mourning mrs brown (new)
1 €
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mrs brown's boys live - how now mrsbrown cow (blu-ray, )
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Mr & mrs wedding beanie bears rare ty collectable beanie babies retired 5 inches tall when seated both bears are white and dressed in wedding outfits mr has a black bow tie mrs had a wedding veil both have gold wedding rings embroidered on their chests all tags are in mint condition the bears have been kept as a collectable items only20 happy to combine postage with my other beanie babiesthey have been stored in a box from a smoke and pet free postage is £3any questions please ask read morei can get 4 beanies in one postage box
10 €
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Set of free-standing decorative mr & mrs ceramic letters, each letter is white & black in colour and measurements mr = w15cm, h10cm, & =w9cm, h10cm, mrs= w20cm, h10cmsuitable for decoration around the home, they are perfect table decorations for weddings or anniversaries – as new collection preferred to avoid transportation damage
10 €
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Tell me what he said - helen shapiro5marvellous lie - helen shapiro8kiss 'n' run - helen shapiro6you don't know - helen shapiro4den ton kenn' ich schon (let's talk about love) - helen shapiro16gestern nachmittag (yesterday afternoon) - helen shapiro17j'ai tant de remords (i apologize) - helen shapiro see oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen i'm with you - helen shapiro7goody goody - helen shapiro16komm sei wieder gut (i apologize) - helen shapiro15the day the rains came down - helen shapiro5a teenager sings the blue - helen shapiro20parlons d'amour (let's talk about love) - helen shapiro18i don't care - helen shapiro13louis blues - helen shapirodisc 21tout ce qu'il voudra (tell me what he said) - helen shapiro20don't treat me like a child - helen shapiro3because they're young - helen shapiro4the birth of the blues - helen shapiro17beyond the sea - helen shapiro9you got what it takes - helen shapiro13little miss lonely - helen shapiro12keep away from other girls - helen shapiro14after you've gone - helen shapiro19will you love me tomorrow - helen shapiro3let's talk about love - helen shapiro10lipstick on your collar - helen shapiro8i love you - helen shapiro12frag' mich nicht warum (tell me what he said) - helen shapiro14sometime yesterday - helen shapiro11cry my heart out - helen shapiro15sweet nothin's - helen shapiro10a teenager in love - helen shapiro7walkin' back to happiness - helen shapiro2i apologise - helen shapiro9oxfam bookshop truro disc 11you mean everything to me - helen shapiro11tip toe through the tulips - helen shapiro18are you lonesome tonight - helen shapiro6sans penser rien (sometime yesterday) - helen shapiro19blues in the night - helen shapiro21little devil - helen shapiro2
4 €
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said he loved us subtly warns about the cyclical and evil nature of any form of totalitarianism, without imposing any unilateral vision or clichéssaid he loved us draws on the story of the gdr and the german ministry for state security (stasi) to explore the feelings of oppression and dread caused by living in a state of constant suspicion and diffidenceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifollowing three years of travels and investigations in germany, the project mingles archival and documentary research with a personal and subjective photographic investigation stepped on literary references and fictional narrativesstructured as a rich mosaic of traces and suggestions, hat the same time, it brings onto the surface the ghosts of a dreadful historical reality that has been deliberately excluded from the founding myths of the post cold-war era european unityplease 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 storetommaso tanini’s hcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
50 €
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But i don’t buck or rear i am more of a second pony cause novices would scare me but ideally my mum would love a small adult to buy me so that i get a chance at a forever home ?? i have a blue eye and a 1/4 blue eye and i am good to clip come to call in the field and i love everything horses and human if you think you would like me my mum says i’d be a super fun ride i hack jump school and mum said i’m so pretty i should compete she didn’t as she was too nervous not my fault hers ?? if you think you could love me half as much as my mum has for the last 4yrs please do get intouch mum said i’m worth more than anything and she said the right home is most important read more2 my mum says i’m not a plod that i’m really forward goingbob the cob lives in leeds hi i am bob i’m a super heavy 132 cob i live in leeds west yorkshire with my family as you can see when i first arrived i was in a sorry state but with lots of love i’ve blossomed i am the love of my girls life but sadly she grew big and i stayed 13
3950 €
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This is a scarce translation from the danish by mrs hattractive colour, peacock blue, vellum cover is decorated with an inset gold and brown illustration to front which is repeated on the spine and gold letteringare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiminor scuffing to cover edges, gold page edgessome foxing to opening blank page with name written in pencil ‘c anne cartwright’contents include, the wild swans, the little mermaid, little claus and big claus, the mother of the rothschilds, a rose from homer’s grave, the elf of the rose, ib and little christina, the tinder box, the ice maiden and many moreundated but circapublished by frederick warne and co, london and printed by william clowes and sonssuperb use of language and description and some unusual fairy tales i have not read beforesunning to tissue paper protector frontispieceplease 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 storeillustrated throughout in colour and black and whitesee photo of contents pagedecorated end papers sunned and creased and some finger marks to contents pagea very nice antique book of fairy talescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablepaull with original illustrations signed by van d’argent
(England)
44 €
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Oxfam shop colne road in , the british writer james redding ware, under the pseudonym andrew forrester, published the female detective, introducing readers to the first professional female detective character, mrsgladden, and paving the way for the more famous female detectives of the early twentieth century, namely miss marple and nancy drewgladden's deductive methods anticipate those of arthur conan doyle's sherlock holmes, who would not appear for another twenty years--and like holmes, she regards the regular constabulary with disdainin the female detective was made available to the general public for the first time since its original publication; the british library is now reissuing this foundational crime novel as part of its crime classics seriesbut her energetic and savvy approach to solving crimes is her greatest appeal, and the reappearance of the original lady detective is sure to captivate a new generation of crime fiction fanssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
4 €
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The criminal conversation of mrs nortonis the extraordinary story of one woman's fight for the rights of women everywhereoxfam bookshop cheltenham westminster, london, 22 juneangry and humiliated he cuts caroline off, as was his right under the law, refuses to let her see their three sons, seizes her manuscripts and letters, her clothes and jewels, and leaves her destituteten years older, he is a dull, violent and controlling lawyer but caroline is determined not to be a traditional wifenorton is a laughing stockpickwick' inthe pickwick papersin westminster hall that day is a young charles dickens, who would, just a few months later, fictionalise the event as 'bardell vby her early twenties, caroline has become a respected poet and songwriter, clever mimic and outrageous flirtit is a fine, fresh morning that will become hot as the day progressesfor the next thirty years caroline campaigned for women and battled male-dominated victorian society, helping to write the infant custody act (), and influenced the matrimonial causes (divorce) act () and the married women's property act (), which gave women a separate legal identity for the first timeher beauty and wit attract many male admirers, including the prime minister, lord melbourneafter a trial lasting twelve hours, the jury's not guilty verdict is immediate, unanimous and sensationalsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreon trial is caroline sheridan, a beautiful and clever young woman who had been manoeuvred into marrying the honourable george norton when she was just nineteencrowds are gathering at the court of common pleasafter years of simmering jealousy, norton accuses caroline and the prime minister of a 'criminal conversation' (adultery) precipitating 'the scandal of the century'
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