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Collectors item of 3 folders the glory of ancient egypt ideal for a person with a fasination of ancient egypt collection only le30sh can deliver local for cost
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Contents: section i alexandria to cairo, section ii cairo to assouan, section iii assouan to ipsamboul (abu-simbel), section iv the suez canal, section v egypt to sinaispecial: bound in the luxurious leather binding; it shows minor wear, corners are slightly bent, but the book is mainly good and solidthe endpapers and first/last leaves are severely foxed, otherwise the leaves are almost cleanwithout date, early or first edition (in which abu simbel is still called ‘ipsamboul’, and considering the calligraphic inscription from (see photo)original leather binding, original endpapers - 224 ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithree edges giltregistered shippingcondition: goodabundantly illustratedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Vol 1: from the roma invasion to the war of the roses 612 pages vol 2: from the war of the roses to the great rebellion 611 pages vol 3: from the great rebellion to the fall of marlborough 612 pages vol 4: from the fall of marlborough to the peninsular war 612 pages vol 5: from the peninsular war to the death of sir robert peel 612 pages vol 6: from the death of sir robert peel to the illness of the prince of wales 611 pages vol 7: from the illness of the prince of wales to the british occupation of egypt 611 pages vol 8: from the british occupation of egypt to the opening of parliament pages gilt lettering to the front and spinesall 8 volumes are in good conditionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiundated, circarubbed corners and spine endssome wear to the front and back boardsplease view the photos for further details! shipped tracked and insured*buyer please pay within 3 days* read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storespines are firm and intact
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Included are registered mail, additional postage stamps and sudan overprintsone cover has the seal of the imperial german consulate in cairo on the backare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikidifferent condition, see the scans of the front and back sidescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteegypt, lot with 76 old postal stationeries cards, wrapper and coverour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Author(s): brewer, douglas jtitle: the archaeology of ancient egypt: beyond pharaohs
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All 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 foldscondition: binding copies with decent blockspetersburgh; and fellow of the royal society of gottingenscarce early 19th century two volume set on ancient or classical geography by james rennellthis is the revised 2nd edition printed in london by cvolume 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 boardalso there is a small number of foxing specks to front end-papers of vol ihowever both volumes have neat and tidy blocks with complete text and crisp, clear leaves and maps with neat foldsvolumes are two octavo (220mm x 146mm) hardcovers in brown half-leather with marbled boards and marbled edgesplease note: fully insured delivery in sturdy packaging that does actually protect the contentsthe full title is: the geographical system of herodotus examined and explained, by a comparison with those of other ancient authors, and with modern geographythe whole explained by eleven maps adapted to the different subjects, and accompanied with a complete index by james rennell, esqdespite 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 rewardare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilate 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 st2kg [approx] with sturdy packagingin 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 geographyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storerivington, 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 author, a librarian at the royal geographical society, compiled this comprehensive picture of the history of exploration which is a testimony to the courage and resilience of those willing to face the hazards of journeys into the unknownthe globe image on the front of the dust jacket and the star on its spine have left ghost images on the cloth of the front board and spine of the bookgreen cloth hard covers with gilt titles on the spineunclipped dust jacket has some discolouration near the top edges and around the margins of the back; there is a tear at the top right corner of the front and a minor amount of chipping at the top of the spinethe continents are dealt with in turn and a wide range of explorers are included from a variety of nationsno inscriptionsslight fading at the very tops of the boards and spine where exposed to the lightoxfam bookshop lymington first editionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Hartley's moving exploration of a young boy's loss of innocence the go-between is edited with an introduction and notes by douglas brooks-davies in penguin modern classicsleslie poles hartley () was born in whittlesey, cambridgeshire, and educated at harrow and balliol college, oxfordoxfam bookshop hertford lfor more than thirty years from he was an indefatigable fiction reviewer for periodicals including the spectator and saturday review'the past is a foreign country: they do things differently there'when one long, hot summer, young leo is staying with a school-friend at brandham hall, he begins to act as a messenger between ted, the farmer, and marian, the beautiful young woman up at the hallthe haunting story of a young boy's awakening into the secrets of the adult world, the go-between is also an unforgettable evocation of the boundaries of edwardian society'magical and disturbing'independent 'on a first reading, it is a beautifully wrought description of a small boy's loss of innocence long agobut, visited a second time, the knowledge of approaching, unavoidable tragedy makes it far more poignant and painful'express see oxfam website for delivery information read moreif you enjoyed the go-between, you might like barry hines's a kestrel for a knave, also available in penguin modern classicshis first book, night fears () was a collection of short stories; but it was not until the publication of eustace and hilda (), which won the james tait black prize, that hartley gained widespread recognition as an authorhis other novels include the go-between (), which was adapted into an internationally-successful film starring julie christie and alan bates, and the hireling (), the film version of which won the palme d'or at the cannes film festivalhe becomes drawn deeper and deeper into their dangerous game of deceit and desire, until his role brings him to a shocking and premature revelation
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This is also the story of its rediscovery and exploration in words and picturesthe discovery of the bismarck by robert d ballardthis is the story of how hitler’s most famous battleship, the bismarck, was sunk under firethe book is in very good conditionhardback, pages 232 with hundreds of photographs and diagramsthe discovery of the bismarck by robert d ballard
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From there he visits the spanish coast line before going to visit cities in france, italy, the adriatic coast, greece, asia minor, syria, palestine, egypt and alexandria, tripoli, tunis, carthage, utica algiers and moroccodark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering, a gilt illustration and decorative gilt bordergilt lettering on the spine which has tears to itare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisome foxing to pagesthe writer begins his explorations at gibraltar and then goes to maltawear and minor marks to the boardsboth hinges are partially cracked but all pages are intact and the book is in good conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storei have here a rare book entitled the mediterranean illustrated picturesque views and descriptions of its cities, shores, and islands by the author of "the buried cities of campania", "catacombs of rome" adams w h davenport published by t nelson and sons, london, inthere is a full-page colour map of the coasts of the mediterranean and 146 illustrations, 29 of which are full-page
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7 engravings at the end of the book, 4 fold-out maps: -geological cut -geological map of the beni mzab of the sahara and the steppe region of the province of algiers -map of the province of algiers -geological map of the eastern sahara read moreare 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 websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Featuring sepia, period, photography by durrell the alexandria quartet is the story of the life and loves of a young british man, darley, who lives in egypt during world war iioxfam bookshop byres road beautiful folio society four book setdarley has love affairs with three women: justine, the sensuous jewish wife of a rich egyptian banker, nessim; melissa, a dancer in a cabaret who develops tuberculosis and dies; and clea, a beautiful artist who eventually becomes darley's soulmatethe central topic of the the alexandria quartet is "an investigation of modern love" durrell believed in the idea, whose origin is in platonism, that by studying and experiencing the varieties of love, one can ascend from raw physical contact to higher forms of spiritual connection see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsession can leadoxfam shop pershore a stunning literary thriller in the tradition of umberto ecowhat begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of julian carax and to save those he left behinddaniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'la sombra del viento' by julian caraxthis man is tracking down every last copy of carax's work in order to burn themthen, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from la sombra del viento, a character who turns out to be the devilbut as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his findto this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son daniel one cold morning inthe discovery of a forgotten book leads to a hunt for an elusive author who may or may not still be alivehidden in the heart of the old city of barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of printsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsession can leadwhat begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of julian carax and to save those he left behinddaniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'la sombra del viento' by julian caraxthis man is tracking down every last copy of carax's work in order to burn themthen, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from la sombra del viento, a character who turns out to be the devilbut as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his findto this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son daniel one cold morning inoxfam bookshop cheltenham a stunning literary thriller in the tradition of umberto ecothe discovery of a forgotten book leads to a hunt for an elusive author who may or may not still be alivehidden in the heart of the old city of barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of printsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This approach is broadly inspired by work on courts in later periods of history, especially early-modern francethe culturally specific conditions in which these monarchies functioned meant variety in the character of the ruler's court from one society to anotherthe case studies confirm that ancient monarchies created the conditions for the emergence of a court and court societya comparative approach is adopted to major aspects of ancient courts, including their organisation and physical setting, their role as a vehicle for display, and their place in monarchial structures of power and controloxfam bookshop glossop road slight shelf wear and scuffing to dust covers, good overall condition monarchy was widespread as a political system in the ancient worldthis volume offers a substantial discussion of ancient monarchies from the viewpoint of the ruler's courtthe monarchies treated are achaemenid and sassanian persia, the empire of alexander, rome under both the early and later caesars, the han rulers of china and egypt's eighteenth dynastysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsession can leadwhat begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of julian carax and to save those he left behindoxfam shop evesham hidden in the heart of the old city of barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of printbut as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his findthis man is tracking down every last copy of carax's work in order to burn themthen, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from la sombra del viento, a character who turns out to be the devilto this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son daniel one cold morning indaniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'la sombra del viento' by julian caraxsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsession can leadwhat begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of julian carax and to save those he left behinddaniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'la sombra del viento' by julian caraxthis man is tracking down every last copy of carax's work in order to burn themoxfam bookshop st albans a stunning literary thriller in the tradition of umberto ecothen, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from la sombra del viento, a character who turns out to be the devilbut as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his findto this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son daniel one cold morning inthe discovery of a forgotten book leads to a hunt for an elusive author who may or may not still be alivehidden in the heart of the old city of barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of printsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This season, history ventures outsides of our solar system in another epic exploration of the universe and its mysterieswith strikingly realistic computer re-creations, you ll feel like you ve traveled to the edge of the unknown: visit strange and unfamiliar worlds in exoplanets, prepare for the worst in cosmic collisions, and uncover the secrets of our own galaxy, the milky wayand that is just the beginningoxfam shop kendal we once considered ourselves to be at the center of the universe now we know that we are just a small spec in a giant cosmoslearn exactly what dark matter is and how it takes up 95% of the universe; take a front-row seat for the ultimate light show with supernovas; and while most people have heard of black holes (which swallow all matter that they come in contact with), find out more about white holes which actually create matterepisodes include:alien planets, cosmic holes, mysteries of the moon, the milky way, alien moons, dark matter, astrobiology, space travel, supernovas, constellations, unexplained mysteries, cosmic collisions, colonizing space/ see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsession can leadwhat begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of julian carax and to save those he left behindoxfam shop bridgnorth hidden in the heart of the old city of barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of printbut as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his findthis man is tracking down every last copy of carax's work in order to burn themthen, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from la sombra del viento, a character who turns out to be the devilto this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son daniel one cold morning indaniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'la sombra del viento' by julian caraxsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop didsbury this book by jessica lofthouse is a topographical description of walks and drives around the north of england, also known as the rediscovery of the north: exploration on foot and by carperfect for anyone interested in travel and walkingit has black and white sketches throughout of maps and walksthis hardback book is good condition, it has slight browning to pages but text remains clearthere is some small handwriting on the inside back cover from a previous ownersee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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• 60 beautifully animated characters • 70 breathtaking, hand drawn locations • compelling gameplay for the would-be adventurer • dive into an adventure of global exploration • solve cryptic puzzles • fight for survival for windows see oxfam website for delivery information read morebroken sword uses a basic point-and-click interface, where moving a pointer around various onscreen hot spots allows different actions to be performedthe game opens with a malevolent-looking clown bombing a café where you're sitting, leaving a man dead and many questions unansweredoxfam shop ulverston broken sword: the shadow of the templars is actually a colourfully animated adventure game that casts you as an american tourist vacationing in parisfancying himself to be a better detective than the local authorities, your nosy tourist dives headfirst into mystery and intrigue, hot on the trail of the killer clown
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60 beautifully animated characters 70 breathtaking, hand drawn locations compelling gameplay for the would-be adventurer dive into an adventure of global exploration solve cryptic puzzles fight for survival for windows see oxfam website for delivery information read morebroken sword uses a basic point-and-click interface, where moving a pointer around various onscreen hot spots allows different actions to be performedthe game opens with a malevolent-looking clown bombing a café where you're sitting, leaving a man dead and many questions unansweredoxfam shop ulverston broken sword: the shadow of the templars is actually a colourfully animated adventure game that casts you as an american tourist vacationing in parisfancying himself to be a better detective than the local authorities, your nosy tourist dives headfirst into mystery and intrigue, hot on the trail of the killer clown
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Oxfam shop alnwick an early exploration of india, highlighting the influence of the early railwaysvery good condition for its age, though front endpaper is missingsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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exploration and colonization were the hallmarks of the 18th centurythe reference to 18th century coins
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All proceeds from the sale of this item will fund the care of our rescue animalsset of 3 official meerkat teddies, yakov/aleksander/sergei, no boxes but excellent condition, just been displayed, never played withplease only enquire if genuinely interestedcollection (ch42 or ch64 areas) or item can be posted at extra charge via royal mail read more
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All proceeds from the sale of this item will fund the care of our rescue animalscollection only (ch42 or ch64 areas)set of 6 old style wooden cars, each car is 5" l, boxed, as new as never been displayed, excellent conditionplease only enquire if genuinely interested
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All proceeds from the sale of this item will fund the care of our rescue animalslovely picture of girl with unicorns, metallic finish, wooden frame, 13” x l x 11” w, excellent conditionplease only enquire if genuinely interestedcollection only (ch42 or ch64 areas)
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They are obviously out-numbered but are determined to keep sauron distracted in order to enable frodo to complete his quest to destroy the ring by throwing it into the fires of the mountain of doomtogether they must battle across middle earth to destroy the ring by casting it into the cracks of doom, the fiery chasm in the centre of mordorgandalf manages to rally gondor's fallen army with the help of king theoden of rohan for the biggest battle in the history of middle-earth; and aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilitiesmeanwhile aragorn, legolas and gimli search for the hobbits merry and pippin in the kingdom of rohan, which is currently being attacked by saruman's orc armiesoxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jfinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplayin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earththey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomonce they reach the elvish realm of rivendell the hobbits form part of the anti-sauron fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), legolas greenleaf (orlando bloom), gimli the dwarf and of course gandalfin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondorwhilst the fellowship are not travelling together they must unite against the powerful forces coming from the two towers: orthanc tower in isengard where saruman has bred a deadly army of , and sauron's fortress at barad-dûrtolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearswhen it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron are coming to find it, frodo is entrusted by wizard gandalf (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into their handsfrodo leaves the shire aided by his cousins merry (dominic monaghan), pippin (billy boyd) and trusty friend sam gamgee (sean astin), but they soon realise that the agents of mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from oversee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Died 5 january ) the grand old duke of york, he had ten thousand men"[21] in frederick actively supported the foundation of the royal military college, sandhurst, which promoted the professional, merit-based training of future commissioned officershe was the person most responsible for the reforms that created the force which served in the peninsular warin the opinion of sir john fortescue, frederick did "more for the army than any one man has done for it in the whole of its historyhe was also in charge of the preparations against napoleon's planned invasion of the united kingdom inthe soldiers friendduke of york commemorative coin/tokenstamped frederick duke of yorkbank transfer or pay pal (if pa pal please add 4% to cover fees) read morehe marched them up to the top of the hill and he marched them down again
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The dust cover is showing a few signs of age, but is still in very good condtion for a 49 year old publicationit looks at the beginnings from their home town in liverpool, to thier rise and subsequent conquer of the united statesthis book was first published in by souvenier press, then later re-issued up tilla cellarful of noise brian epstein this is a book by the beatles iconic manager 'brian epstein' it charts the story of the most famous band in the world, through just some of their ups and downs and the journey they undertookthe book itself though is in very good conditionthis is one of the first editions printed in
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