The municipal library of lyon
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As a result, a wealth of information is available in a single reference work that can otherwise be found only with the help of an extensive librarybook in very good condition with clean pages throughout and securely boundit emphasizes the connections between maritime history and many related fields, including naval history, shipbuilding, navigation and scientific instrumentation, maritime art and literature, commerce and economics, exploration and maritime geography, oceanography and hydrology, and international maritime lawplacing maritime affairs in their larger historical context, the encyclopedia shows how seafaring has both reflected and influenced the major economic, cultural, military, and political developments in world historysome bumping at the top and tail of the spine (front edge only) and small dent near the top guttersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop mutley plain this is volume 3 of this collection that continues to cover the entire history of seafaring - from ancient egyptian shipbuilders to viking sea-raiders, from nelson and the napoleonic wars to the nuclear submarines and supertankers of todaythe encyclopedia offers a uniquely integrated approach
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Contents include: the three lines of criticism - rise and conditions of the philosophical theory of the state - sociological compared with philosophical theory - the paradox of political obligation; self government - the problem of political obligation more radically treated - the conception of a "real" will - the conception of liberty as illustrated by the foregoing suggestions - psychological illustration of the idea of a real or general will - nature of the end of the state and consequent limit of state action - rousseau's theory as applied to the modern state: kant, fichte, hegel - the analysis of a modern state, hegel's "philosophy of right" - institutions considered as ethical ideas formerly owned by the university of dundee library it has the wrong cover on the book this is the fourth edition, reprinted insee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ulverston originally published in
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Printed cloth boardslyrical and powerful, there is no doubting the passion and devotion that created this poetrythese were the gnostic gospels, alternative christian texts - poems, myths, philosophy and gospels - which challenge those of the new testament at every turnwhat they revealed stunned the worldbrown leather spine with gilt title to spineit is a miracle in itself that they survivedxxviii and 724 pages including indexcontained in brown slipcase see oxfam website for delivery information read moreover years of neglect, however, was nothing compared to what happened to them upon discovery: the books were burned in an oven, confiscated and sold on the black market, before they were eventually decipheredoxfam books & music lancaster in , thirteen papyrus books that had lain buried since the 4th century were discovered in an earthenware jar near nag hammadi, in upper egyptthe sacred writings of the nag hammadi library, the berlin gnostic codex and the codex tchacosone text tells the story of the garden of eden from the serpent's point of view, while another casts god as partly femininethe gospel of thomas records sayings of jesus unlike any we have ever heard; that of philip describes mary magdalene as christ's companion 'whom he loved more than all the disciples'
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Colchester and essex museums copy, inscription "presented to the museum library by the author" see oxfam website for delivery information read morepages rough cut, 1 loose pageblack and white photos and fold out diagramsred cloth boards faded and worn, binding soundend papers and pages discoloured by age, clean and unmarkedoxfam bookshop woodbridge a summary of archaeological investigations in wales in the s, telling the story of the roman occupation of the country
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"beagle" round the world ward lock - - hardcover - xx + 381pp from the minerva library of famous booksare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikireprint from the enlarged edition of contains frontispiece - 15 full-page illustrations, and numerous illustrations in textgilt lettering on spine, ex-libcorners slightly bumpedgreen clothbound octavo hardbackedges foxed and brownedmain text block remains firmly bound, mostly clean and unfoxedwith the usual marksplease 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 storecharles darwin - journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of hcovers slightly markedcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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"beagle" round the world ward lock - - hardcover - xvi + 381pp from the minerva library of famous booksare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki9th edition reprint from the enlarged edition of contains frontispiece - 15 full-page illustrations, and numerous illustrations in textbook description: blue polished leathergilt still quite bright, cover has some general light wear and rubbingvery good / near fine read moreplease 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 storecharles darwin - journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of hbinding still very firm, page edges and endpapers marbled, backstrip has raised bands and gilt decorationcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableportrait frontis, engraved plates
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From the personal library of the late emeritus professor peter townsend of bristol university and the london school of economics, founding professor of the university of essex and founder of the child poverty action groupdust jacket is in near-perfect condition but for minor shelf wearin very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hampstead st john's college,cambridge: register of twentieth-century johnians: volume )Â by fiona colbert a biographical record of all members of st john's college cambridge who entered between and , set out in alphabetical order
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From the mariners library series and published by rupert hart-davis invoss was also a great exponment of the use of the sea anchor with small craftthe cream cloth boards are in very good condition as is the text bodywith original unclipped dust jacket (which is showing some wear)with an introduction by richard hughes the book tells the astounding feat of sailing round the world in a decked dugout canoeoxfam bookshop hexham the venturesome voyages of captain vosssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreillustrated with several b&w photos
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Oxfam bookshop tunbridge wells vestiges of the natural history of creation robert chambers the victorian library edition the paper dust jacket has shelf wear at the corners, including tearsthere are 2 names written on the first blank page, one has been crossed through with blue inkon the front cover there is 24mm closed tear at the bottom right-hand corner and a 7mm closed tear at the top right-hand corner first published in , this is an attempt to explain the observable universe in mechanical terms which made the book notorious upon its publicationthe back cover has a 14mm closed tear along the spine edge and a very small open tear in the opposite cornersee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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" an automobile quarterly library series book see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop thame "porsche: excellence was expected is a monumental book of unprecedented merit which chronicles the daily drama, the trials and errors, the brilliant successes of one of the world's most revolutionary and sophisticated sports and racing cars
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Published in the minerva library of famous bookfull page illustrations throughout  bound in green cloth, the original gilt lettering on the spine is faded and rubbed along the edges and boards marked in placesinscription on front end-paperoxfam bookshop ludlow published in rd editionnumerous b&w illustrationsfrom the corrected and enlarged edition of   light foxing and staining, stitching slightly loose in places but otherwise good condition for its age see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Complete set (volumes 1-14) of 'the new illustrated medical and health encyclopedia' by morris fishbein m d (editor) and published in by the unified library of family healththe books are all in very good condition and are unmarked
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The simpsons library of wisdom 'flanders book of faith' a small book, good condition of book and cover
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This is an ex library book in good conditionit contains photos of monuments pertaining to william 1the life & times of william 1 by mashley box 14 inland postage ÂŁ450, overseas please ask
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Rob shields draws on the full range of lefebvres writings, including many previously untranslated and unpublished works and correspondencelefebvre, love and struggle
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Parental advisory explicit contentoxfam bookshop wallingford boxed set with 80 page information booklet and 8 cdssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe set is in virtually as new condition
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Oxfam shop tooting an attractive, informative and detailed late 19th-century history and survey of equestrian sport, featuring numerous illustrations by jsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresigned on front flyleaf
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Just released my new children's christmas book latest illustrated children’s christmas book the exciting adventures of charlie the dog & alfie anthony r stephenson amazon the exciting adventures of charlie the dog & alfie is an illustrated christmas tale for childrenin the perfect wintertide, there is time for snow, a party, a visit from santa claus, and family christmas dinner—and the greatest gift of all: a new addition to the familywith the charming, albeit sometimes chaotic, antics of a young boy and his dog, the exciting adventures of charlie the dog & alfie is a story of the magic of christmas where wishes come truespanning the few days coming up to and including christmas day, it tells a heartwarming story of familial warmth and joy through the eyes of charlie, the family dog
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" pooh fans everywhere are sure to be spinning with excitement over this very special "hunny" of a music boxlimited edition winnie the pooh hunny of a day music box by ardleigh elliott winnie the pooh and friends grace a "hunny of a day" ferris wheel collectible music box! a hundred acre wood exclusive first! - it's a hunny of a day whenever winnie the pooh and friends get together, and now you can join in with this first-of-a-kind musical ferris wheel collectible music box! pooh, piglet, tigger, eeyore, roo, rabbit and owl enjoy a special treat in the heart of the hundred acre wood, where every detail is sure to charm you! the "homemade" ferris wheel turns and everyone smiles as their barrel-style seats swing, while honeybees flit amongst the scenes of fun and friendship that grace the base! this exclusive, limited-edition winnie the pooh musical ferris wheel collectible music box from ardleigh elliott is crafted of triple-fired heirloom porcelain, richly accented in 22k gold, and plays the melody of "love makes the world go roundin very good condition certificate of authenticity read more
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease 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 storediscs 1 - 4 are mounted in the box set, discs 5 and 6 are in separate cardsleeves fast shipping, insured and tracked read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablea must have for collectors pink floyd - the dark side of the moon collector's edition box set the box includes: 36-page 26cm x 26 cm booklet designed by storm thorgerson, 20-page 26cm x 26 cm photo book edited by jill furmanovsky, exclusive art print, 4 x collectors' cards featuring art and comments by storm thorgerson, replica of the dark side of the moon tour ticket, replica of the dark side of the moon backstage pass, 100% viscose (exclusive of 100% acrylic fringe) collectible printed scarf 3 x collectible black marbles 9 x collectible coasters (unique to this box) featuring early design sketches, and a 12-page credits booklet
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Shambhala: the sacred path of the warrior: book and card set rrp ÂŁ149 the set is practically like new apart from small tear along 2 side of lid on the crease (which lifts away like a flap) - which could be glued and you probably wouldn't noticethe shambhala book and card set offers readers a unique and accessible way to put the principles of the sacred warrior to practice in daily life through a series of slogans or maxims that emphasize facing the world with openness and fearlessnessthrough these teachings, readers can start to gain personal freedom and power, overcome negative habitual patterns, find the sacred dimension of everyday life, and discover the basic goodness of human lifethe box includes: 53 four-color cards, with a shambhala warrior slogan on one side and commentary from the tibetan buddhist master chĂ·gyam trungpa on the reverse sidean 16-page booklet with instructions on how the slogans can be applied to one's own life throughout the day - a 256-page unabridged edition of trungpa's classic book shambhala: the sacred path of the warrior the majority of the slogans and commentary are drawn from shambhala: the sacred path of the warriorthere is a mark on the front of box too (see all pictures) rrp ÂŁ149 since ancient times, the path of the enlightened warrior has been a powerful and inspiring ideal, showing us how we can master the challenges of life and draw power not from violence or aggression but through the cultivation of gentleness, courage, and self-knowledgealso a little blue has transfered from the box faintly onto the rim of pages (nothing which is going to effect the reading of it) and the same has also happened on the edges of the cardscan post extra ÂŁ3the remainder of the slogans, which have never before been available to a general audience, were composed by chogyam trungpa to be used in shambhala training, a program that he developed as a way to train people in the path and practice of warriorship
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikivery rare and hard to get traffic lithograph for the "the low spark of high heeled boys albumit is an original museum edition lithograph which is very hard to find anymorethe lithograph was produced on the finest quality paper stock, it really is a beautiful piece of art which is meant for framingif your a traffic fan, you will fall in love with this very limited lithographthe lithograph is in ex condition and plate (printed) signed by the artist tony wright (designer of the cover), limited edition of , comes with a coathese limited edition lithographs do nothing but rise in value over time as for they are very collectible and very sort afterthis is an authorized productplease notice the small spot (see extra photo) on the right hand side, easy to frame over, so in the end you will not see itplease 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 storethis lithograph measure's approx 56x71cm and is nothing but amazingyou will not be disappointed with this amazing piece of artit really is a quality item and the chance's of obtaining this item in great condition like this one is quite rarecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikianother piece in the collection is a non-fiction account of a british farmer finding a legendary haul of ancient roman treasurethe book was first published in london in by jonathan capethey are generally regarded as being aimed at a slightly older audience than many of his other children's bookstwo of the stories are autobiographical in nature; one describes how he first became a writer while the other describes some of dahl's experiences as a fighter pilot in the second world war"the wonderful story of henry sugar and six more" by roald dahl jonathan cape, london - first uk edition first printing - 246p, 18cmx15cm - condition: good condition in first issue price clipped dust jacket with minor wear housed in mylar coverplease 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 storethe wonderful story of henry sugar and six more is a collection of seven short stories written by roald dahlthe stories were written at varying times throughout his lifecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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When the children tried to share the joyous news of our lady of fatima, no-one believed them, until the day the sun seemed to dance in the skylanguages - english, spanish, french see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit soon became clear that they had been chosen by the blessed mother to share her messagewhile herding a flock of sheep outside the tiny village of fatima, portugal, the blessed mother visited them, not once, but many timesthe day the sun danced is the inspiring true story of lucia, francisco and jacinta, whose great faith and courage brought the message of our lady of fatima to all the worldfully animated - running time 30 minutestelling the children great and wondrous secrets that would affect all of creationoxfam bookshop hertford in children experienced a great miracle
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It is a book that presents the story of our evolution, striking right at the heart of ourselves as individuals and of our sense of identitythe conclusions: amost everyone of native european descent, wherever they live in the world, can trace their ancestry back to one of seven women, the seven daughters of evesykes has named them ursula, xenia, helena, velda, tara, katrine and jasminein europe there are only sevenbut what made the story particularly extraordinary was that professor sykes was also able to track down a living generic relative of the ice man, a woman living in britain todayhow was he able to locate a living relative of a man who died thousands of years ago?;in this work, sykes gives us a first hand account of his research into a remarkable gene which passes undiluted from generation to generation through the maternal line and shows how it is being used to track our genetic ancestors through time and spacein this scientific adventure story we learn exactly how our origins can be traced; how and where our ancient genetic ancestors lived; what their lives were like; and how we are each living proof of the almost miraculous strength of our dna which has survived and prospered over so many thousands of years to reach us todaysee oxfam website for delivery information read morenews of the discovery of the ice man and his age, which was put at over years old, fascinated the worldoxfam bookshop cheltenham in professor brian sykes, a leading world authority on dna and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern italyafter plotting thousands of dna sequences from all over the world he found that they had clustered around a handful of distinct groups
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In 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 geographycondition: binding copies with decent blocks2kg [approx] with sturdy packagingplease note: fully insured delivery in sturdy packaging that does actually protect the contentsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevolume 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 boardall 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 availablevolumes are two octavo (220mm x 146mm) hardcovers in brown half-leather with marbled boards and marbled edgeslate 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 stthe full title is: the geographical system of herodotus examined and explained, by a comparison with those of other ancient authors, and with modern geographyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihowever both volumes have neat and tidy blocks with complete text and crisp, clear leaves and maps with neat foldsthis is the revised 2nd edition printed in london by cscarce early 19th century two volume set on ancient or classical geography by james rennellpetersburgh; and fellow of the royal society of gottingendespite 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 rewardour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe 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 irivington, and has the following page numbering: vol i pp: xxiv, pull-out maps; voll ii pp: vi, pull-out maps
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'the world without sun' () also won an academy awardthe film follows a team of divers as they attempt to live for a month in a purpose-built environment at the bottom of the red seaoxfam books & music winchester collection of documentary films featuring the work of legendary maritime explorer and film maker jacques cousteauin search of new marine creatures and environments, cousteau becomes one of the first explorers ever to dive beneath the frozen surface of the south polein 'voyage to the edge of the world' () cousteau and his team of divers set out in the research ship 'calypso' to explore the uncharted lands and wildlife of antarticaas the divers explore their new habitat, cousteau boards his signature yellow submarine to chart the sealife of the deepest depthssee oxfam website for delivery information read moremaking use of the latest technology, the film was the first to offer a window into the weird and wonderful world beneath the sea and kick-started a whole new movement in movie making'the silent world' () is an academy award-winning documentary co-directed by cousteau and celebrated auteur louis malle
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If the text is discreetly haunted by leibniz, ancient rome and the poetry of baudelaire, its direction of thinking is totally devoted to the understanding of visual art from bernini and velázquez to louise bourgeois, mona hatoum and orlanthe problems of passage between visual forms and composition of the images are analysed in terms of simulation, rationality, space, the wildness of artistic intentionality and the folding of matter and meaningspecial attention is paid to visual artists in denmark dealing with "baroque universals" from the s up to the present day see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music islington there has been an increasing interest over the past 40 years in providing new interpretations of the baroque and the fruit of this interest has been the revelation of intersecting baroque aesthetics in the art and culture of our timeit deals with the broken continuity in time from the historical baroque to the contemporary onethe recurrent actuality of the baroque is a book about visual artapart from the hypotheses of walter benjamin and the epistemology of michel foucault, the book introduces and expands the most important theories about the actual baroque as they have been devised and developed by mario perniola, christine buci-glucksmann and gilles deleuzethe text follows a comparative method of study based upon recent research in the fields of art theory and aesthetics
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Despite the diverse generic and stylistic diversity of his work, he has remained constant in his effort to depict the rural way of lifemore specifically, this ecocritical study examines the ecological implications of trassard's literary and photographic production through the lens of sciencethe global significance of the ecological themes that traverse his writings is presented here in english for the first timeoxfam bookshop raeburn place as new condition" see oxfam website for delivery information read moreunexpected convergences between disciplines foster a deeper appreciation of the endeavors of each and their capacity for mutual enrichment"jean-loup trassard has published more than forty books over the past 50 yearshimself a lifelong inhabitant of an agricultural area in the northwest of france, his fiction, nonfiction and photography bear witness to the many changes that have affected our relationship to the earth over the same period
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