The nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
List the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, american missionary encounters in the middle east set foundations for later uthis volume focuses on regions that were once part of the ottoman empire in western asia, the balkans, and north africamissionaries presented examples of american culture to middle eastern peoples, just as they interpreted the middle east for americans back homethese engagements prompt larger questions about the consequences of american christian cultural projection into the wider worldmiddle eastern relationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is an excellent resource for specialists in history, middle eastern studies, american studies, religious studies, missiology, and anyone interested more broadly in american engagement in the middle eastcontributors explain the distinctly american dimensions of these missionary encounters, the cultural influences they exerted on the region, and their consequences for local nationalism, print culture, education, and more
17 €
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Oxfam bookshop henley-on-thames the beaten track is a major study of european tourism during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuriesit draws on a wide variety of sources from high literature and travel writing to periodicals and guidebooks to reveal an important current in the history of the modern concept of 'culture', in both popular and elite formsa couple of bumps at corners, contents in excellent clean condition throughoutsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreincluding bibliography and index
20 €
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Pioneers covered include early years pioneers in contextthis accessible text provides an international study of critical educational leaders who established the foundation for early childhood education across continents in the 19th and early 20th centuries
26 €
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Oxfam shop lytham explores the brief but glorious golden age of the ocean liner, during the 19th and early 20th centuries, containing articles and illustrations from the period, concerning how they were built, how they performed, and what the lifestyle aboard was like see oxfam website for delivery information read more
6 €
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1 "the poets of the nineteenth century" by rev robert aris willmott george routledge, london - first thus edition - 394p, 20cmx15cm - condition; good, original binding with some wear and rubbing, some page foxing, some scribbling and inscription endpapers"english sacred poetry of the sixteenth seventeenth eighteenth and nineteenth centuries" selected by willmott george routldge, london - new edition - ill by various incl gilbert and engraved by brothers danziel - 419p, 25cmx20cm - condtion: good, gift inscription to ffep, some foxing, complete with all illustrations, housed in mylar coverplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
34 €
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International cooperation in the early twentieth century by daniel gorman (hardback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 6 to 8 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
73 €
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Oxfam shop newcastle upon tyne starting from the premise that the most important contributions to tool building up to the end of the nineteenth and into the early 20th century came from english (the author probably means british) and american tool builders, the author, in this book, tries to bring out the importance of the work and influence of the great tool builders on the industry of their timethe scope of the book is evident in the table of contents seen in the second image included with this listingno dust wrapperthis copy is the first, , edition but was subsequently rebound probably in when it was part of a university librarybinding in very good conditionthere are 50 black and white plates and a frontispiece together with 7 illustrations within the textsee oxfam website for delivery information read moregood condition internallysome grubby marks and a few pages show foxingthere is evidence of previous repair which was made good by the rebindingadhesive tape residue evident in some places
17 €
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An illustrated look at the history of dance, focusing on the last years of the 19th and early years of the 20th centuries' first published , this is an unabridged facsimile edition, published in the 'da capo series in dance'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop fulwood road subtitled 'the modern revival of dancing as an art
9 €
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Oxfam shop dumfries a revised and enlarged edition of william hardie's work on the vigorous flourishing of the visual arts which occurred in scotland in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and which was of major significance in the context of european artsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehardie's survey continues through to modern times
5 €
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Oxfam bookshop thame gallery hymns of the 18th and early 19th centuries: 1lo he comes with clouds descending 5instrumental: the twenty-ninth of may or the jovial beggars 10light of the world 11o thou who camest from above 4o for a thousand tongues to sing 7all hail the pow'r of jesus' name 12how firm a foundation 6away with our sorrow and care 14o worship the king 16as pants the hart 8the god of abraham praise 9lord, in the morning 13christ the lord is ris'n today 15who would true valour see 2and can it be? see oxfam website for delivery information read morerejoice ye shining worlds 3
9 €
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They journey from amphora's beginnings in the turn-teplitz region of what was once bohemia, to foreign markets where their artworks garnered mass appeal and on to the world's largest art exhibitions of the late 19th and early 20th centuriesoxfam bookshop victoria here is the definitive account of the house of amphora, the innovative ceramic artworks bearing that name in fact or by association, and the five workshops that produced themincluded are hundreds of specially commissioned photographs with detailed descriptions, chapters on collecting, care and conservation, and a lengthy study of marks, signatures and the amphora numbering systemcognizant that all works of art reflect the times from which they emerge, the authors discuss the vital relationship between the ceramic workshops and the many movements - political, economic and artistic - that swept through europe and the rest of the world at that timewith access to the most extensive amphora collections worldwide and recently unearthed archives and records from the czech republic, the authors - all three specialists in their fields - piece together a fascinating story of talent, ambition, family ties and innovationsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
120 €
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Metcalfe and son was a printer and publisher in cambridge during the 19th and early 20th centuriesthis is an unused books of cards in the original box with lovely printing read more
5 €
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Extended thumbnail biographies of a variety of prominent figures from the 19th and early 20th centuriessee oxfam website for delivery information read morein very good condition considering its year of publicationrupert hart-davisoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback
9 €
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The picture printer of the nineteenth century: george baxter (hardcover) stock photo, not the actual bookedition: first edition description: condition: in very good condition without dust wrapper as issuedbeing printed on hand made paper the edges are in original condition ie not been trimmedcovers with minor rubbing and corners very slightly bumped95 or free collection read morebinding: hardcoveryou can cut the plates out and sell individuallyplates in good condition with good colourdate of publicationpublisher: sampson lowasin: beu38o plates in good condition with good colour
29 €
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Oxfam bookshop stratford upon avon church builders of the nineteenth century, by basil f l clarke  david & charles reprintsin overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age and handlinga reprint with new preface, corrections and annotations by the authortext and illustrations bright and clear throughout see oxfam website for delivery information read morehardback; 8vo, xx+296ppbinding tight and appears little read; owners bookplate to ffepreprint of the originalinternally cleandust jacket condition: goodcondition: very good
9 €
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London's lost theatres of the nineteenth century by erroll shersonpublished john lane ppbook condition: very good - clean covers, tightly boundsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefeaturing numerous black-and-white plates detailing the stadiums, performers, and streets of london during this time period (all checked and accounted for), this volume revisits the olympic theatre, the princess's theatre, the old strand theatre, toole's theatre, the bower saloon amongst many othershardback, red cloth boardsnotes on the plays and players follow the likes of ellen terry, edward blanchard, and henry irvinglight foxing to fore-edges and preliminaries, otherwise clean throughout
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14 €
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The primary concern of this book is with the english theory of poetry, and to a lesser extent of the other major arts, during the first four decades of the nineteenth centuryit stresses the common orientation which justifies us in identifying a specifically 'romantic' criticism; but not, i trust, at the cost of overlooking the many important diversities among the writers who concern themselves with the nature of poetry or art, its psychological genesis, its constitution and kinds, its major criteria, and its relation to other original and enduring critics of the time, rather than with the run-of-the-mill reviewers who often had more immediate, though shorter-lived influence on the general reading publicthis continuity was broken by the theories or romantic writers, english and german; and their innovations include many of the points of view and procedures which make the characteristic differences between traditional criticism and the criticism of our own time, including some criticism which professes to be anti-romanticjohnston, but there was also a discernible continuity in premises, aims and methodsoxfam bookshop byres road the development of literary theory in the lifetime of coleridge was to a surprising extent the making of the modern critical mindsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere were many important differences between, let us say, horace's art of poetry and the criticism of dr
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4 €
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Contents clean and unmarked apart from light foxing to top page edges and an inscription on inside front coveroxfam bookshop tavistock this book of extracts from 'the west briton', cornwall's leading newspaper, spans the years from and is the last of four sequent volumes which together encompass all aspects of everyday cornish lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read moredust jacket in good condition with fading to the spine and sticker damage to the back covergrey cloth covers in very good condition
6 €
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Inscriptions in ink on one page in front of book some rubbing on the top and bottom of the spine and minor marks on cover pages show some tanning, but otherwise they are free of marks and annotationssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford 1st edition longman green and co
19 €
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Jimena canales introduces readers to the revolutionary ideas of einstein and bergson, describes how they dramatically collided in paris, and traces how this clash of worldviews reverberated across the twentieth centurythe physicist and the philosopher is a magisterial and revealing account that shows how scientific truth was placed on trial in a divided century marked by a new sense of timeshe also discusses how bergson and einstein, toward the end of their lives, each reflected on his rival's legacy-bergson during the nazi occupation of paris and einstein in the context of the first hydrogen bomb explosionbergson, who gained fame as a philosopher by arguing that time should not be understood exclusively through the lens of science, criticized einstein's theory of time for being a metaphysics grafted on to science, one that ignored the intuitive aspects of timeeinstein considered bergson's theory of time to be a soft, psychological notion, irreconcilable with the quantitative realities of physicsthe physicist and the philosopher tells the remarkable story of how this explosive debate transformed our understanding of time and drove a rift between science and the humanities that persists todayshe shows how it provoked responses from figures such as bertrand russell and martin heidegger, and carried repercussions for american pragmatism, logical positivism, phenomenology, and quantum mechanicsoxfam shop kendal paperback as newcanales explains how the new technologies of the period-such as wristwatches, radio, and film-helped to shape people's conceptions of time and further polarized the public debatesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreon april , in paris, albert einstein and henri bergson publicly debated the nature of time
12 €
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Oxfam bookshop lymington this book traces the life and work of a painter twenty years old at the beginning of the twentieth centuryvery good condition with just some light tanning to the white parts of the dust jacket and some light edge wear to the jacketthe four years were full of travel and abrupt changes of location, passion, poverty, depression and inspirationsee oxfam website for delivery information read more51 colour reproductions - oils, gouaches, pastel; 20 pen & pencil drawings in two tones show the full range of the artist's stylethe work of the blue and rose periods was produced by a very young man in a span of hardly more than four yearsart series which offers a series of monographs on the great masters of modern artit would have taken any other artist decades of reflection and formulation
19 €
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Author jill trevelyan is a curator and award-winning writer specialising in twentieth century new zealand artthrough exclusive access to mcleavey's extensive and hitherto untapped archive of letters, diaries, exhibition files and more, this book offers insights into artists represented by mcleavey including: colin mccahon, toss woollaston, len lye, milan mrkusich, bill hammond, gordon walters, michael illingworth, robin white, richard killeen, john reynolds, yvonne todd and many morefar more than a simple biography, this examines the growth and development of contemporary new zealand artthe book is in very good, unmarked, clean condition and unclippedmcleavey's personal story is remarkable, but his contemporaries will recognise common themes: the religious upbringing, the struggle to be bohemian in repressive mid-century small town, the challenges of marriage and fatherhood, the dilemma of whether to stay or leave new zealand, and the need to make a markoxfam bookshop witney the first biography of peter mcleavey, the charismatic, pioneering art dealer who since the s has shaped new zealand art see oxfam website for delivery information read more
24 €
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Supplement to the anecdotes of some distinguished persons, chiefly of the present and two preceding centuriesseward, williamat the end, an interesting catalog of the books printed by tlondon: printed for tplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecontent in good condition, with clean pages and wide marginscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablefull leather vintage binding (with a small missing part on the spine)complement to the original work, very rare and scarce in commerce! read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
39 €
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With a legacy stretching back into legend and folklore, the vampire in all its guises haunts the film and fiction of the twentieth century and remains the most enduring of all the monstrous threats that roam the landscapes of horror
23 €
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The year marks the birth of guru nanak the founder of sikhismthe sikh gurus are the spiritual masters of sikhi who established this religion over the course of about two and a half centuries, beginning inbeautifully illustrated, rare book bargain only ÂŁ10 read morehe was succeeded by nine other gurus until, in , the guruship was finally passed on by the tenth guru to the holy sikh scripture, guru granth sahib which is now considered the living guru by the followers of the sikh faith
10 €
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Beautifully illustrated, rare book bargain only ÂŁ10the year marks the birth of guru nanak the founder of sikhismthe sikh gurus are the spiritual masters of sikhi who established this religion over the course of about two and a half centuries, beginning inhe was succeeded by nine other gurus until, in , the guruship was finally passed on by the tenth guru to the holy sikh scripture, guru granth sahib which is now considered the living guru by the followers of the sikh faith
10 €
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Beautifully illustrated, rare book bargain only ÂŁ10the year marks the birth of guru nanak the founder of sikhismsikh gurus the life and times of the ten sikh gurus by om books international the sikh gurus are the spiritual masters of sikhi who established this religion over the course of about two and a half centuries, beginning inhe was succeeded by nine other gurus until, in , the guruship was finally passed on by the tenth guru to the holy sikh scripture, guru granth sahib which is now considered the living guru by the followers of the sikh faith
10 €
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The sikh gurus are the spiritual masters of sikhi who established this religion over the course of about two and a half centuries, beginning inbeautifully illustrated, rare book bargain only ÂŁ10 read morehe was succeeded by nine other gurus until, in , the guruship was finally passed on by the tenth guru to the holy sikh scripture, guru granth sahib which is now considered the living guru by the followers of the sikh faiththe year marks the birth of guru nanak the founder of sikhismsikh gurus the life and times of the ten sikh gurus
10 €
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The spirit of early christian thought seeking the face of god by robert louis wilken (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 8 to 10 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
14 €
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Oxfam bookshop hampstead american jewish history: colonial and early national period, vol 1Â by jeffrey scentral european jews in america and anti-semitism in americathis is volume 1 onlyother volumes deal with american zionism, the history of judaism in the united states, and american jewry's reaction to the holocaustthe book is in very good conditioneach volume has its own index and is separately titled, esee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit has no dust jacket as issued and it is immaculate insidegurock part of a eight-volume set containing 211 journal articles and book chapters on jewish life in america, most written during the last 50 years
45 €