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Oxfam bookshop chipping norton joven, hermosa y triste -- surfing -- liberating the american people -- tutu tango -- musik -- re-arranging the 20th century -- lili marleen -- and she is happy cd and case in excellent condition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
3 €
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Originally housed in holbrook at the turn of the 20th century and passed on to familyusual wear and tear for furniture of this agecollection onlydark wood welsh dresser
50 €
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Fantastic pictorial history book of the 20th century stunning in depth book of facts and photos ÂŁ3
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Chronicle of the 20th century hardback collectors publiched in , no outer cover events from great condition
20 €
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A large book for sale chronicle of the 20th century good condition collection only gorton m187lh
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World powers in the twentieth century by harriet ward a good introduction to this period for modern history degree or a level coursecover is slightly faded but inside is good can post email me for details will combine postage if more than one item bought
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Human geography: issues for the 21st century by peter daniels, dennis shaw, jam…condition is gooddispatched with royal mail signed for® 2nd class
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Dispatched with royal mail 1st classcondition is newtaschen 365 day-by-day: fashion ads of the 20th century, heimann, jim, new book
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Title: crisis of the twelfth centurycatalogue number
29 €
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Belgium a voyage through the 20-st century in 80 stamps (part 3) sheetlet mnh ** am happy to ship with carrier of your choice read more
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He explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much moreindispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developmentshe examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planetfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysjĂĽrgen osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering eruditionthis is the highly anticipated english edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed german book, which is also being translated into chinese, polish, russian, and french
19 €
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ushered in a new era of discovery as explorers traversed the globe, returning home with vivid tales of distant lands and exotic peoplesin addition to these travel narratives, this anthology features rare pictures from sixteenth-century printed books, including images of brazil, roanoke, guiana, and india, which, together with the accounts themselves, provide a detailed understanding of the many ways in which fifteenth and sixteenth century travelers and readers imagined other worlds see oxfam website for delivery information read moreaided by the invention of the printing press in europe, travelers were able to spread their accounts to wider audiences than ever beforewritten by authors from spain, france, italy, england, china, and north africa describing locations that range from brazil to canada, china to virginia, and angola to vietnam, these accounts provided crucial insight into unfamiliar cultures and environments, and also betrayed the prejudices of their own societies, revealing as much about the observers themselves as they did about faraway landsincluded here are the mughal emperor babur's first thoughts of india upon establishing his empire there, the chinese chronicler ma huan's report detailing chinese travel to the middle east during the fifteenth century, and an account of africa written by the man known as leo africanusunlike other collections, travel narratives from the age of discovery offers a global view of travel at a crucial stage in world, and human, history, with accounts written by non-european authors, including two new translationsin travel narratives from the age of discovery, historian peter cfrom christopher columbus to lesser-known figures such as the huguenot missionary jean de léry, this anthology brings together first-hand accounts of places connected by the atlantic, pacific, and indian oceansmancall has compiled some of the most important travel accounts of this era
18 €
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Showing that these practices predate the age of nationalism, rae examines cases from both pre-nationalist and nationalist eras: the expulsion of the jews from fifteenth century spain, the persecution of the huguenots under louis xiv, and in the twentieth century, the armenian genocide, and ethnic cleansing in former yugoslaviaoxfam bookshop cotham hill why are forced displacement, ethnic cleansing and genocide an enduring feature of state systems? in this book, heather rae locates these practices of 'pathological homogenisation' in the processes of state buildingpolitical elites have repeatedly used cultural resources to redefine bounded political communities as exclusive moral communities, from which outsiders must be expelledshe argues that those atrocities prompted the development of international norms of legitimate state behaviour that increasingly define sovereignty as conditionalsee oxfam website for delivery information read morerae concludes by examining two 'threshold' cases - the czech republic and macedonia - to identify the factors that may inhibit pathological homogenisation as a method of state-buildingfirst editioncover shows minor wear and tear - slightly scratched and corners a little bumpedtext in very good condition, fore edge a little grubby
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20 €
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A window on peoples' lives in the 17th centurymany varied subjectsthe first main art movement that featured everyday people instead of the rich and aristocratic
10 €
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For years, the wall marked the border between china and nomadic peoples to the north and westmutual hostility inspired centuries of attacks, counter-attacks and wall-building, until the northward spread of china in the 20th century made the wall redundanthe covers two millennia of history, from the countrys first unification to the present day, when the great wall, built and rebuilt over centuries of war, has become a symbol of tranquillityin fact, most of it is made of earth, and much of it is not there at alleven its name is deceptive it is not an it, a single entity, but many walls (hence the uncertain length), built at different timesmyths surround itit is too big, too varied, too complex to be captured by a few images or a day-tripmany believe that the stone barrier marches across all china, that it has been in existence for over years, and that it is the only man-made structure visible from the moonbut we are wrongit cannot even be seen from earth orbit, let alone the moonyet behind the confusion are great simplicitiesthe many walls are united by two ideas self-protection and unity which go back to the first emperor, who founded the nation in 221 bcfor this riveting account, john man travelled the wall from the far western deserts to the pacific, exploring the grandest sections and many wild onessee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe is the first writer to describe two unknown walls in mongoliaoxfam bookshop cheltenham chinas great wall north of beijing is one of the worlds most famous sightswe all feel we know the wallestimates of its length vary from to milesmillions every year climb the line of stone snaking over mountains
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Some of these peoples have become alliesten years ago, the twentieth century and the bronze age were tossed together by a mysterious eventand for ten years, the two sides have tested each other, feinting and parrying, to decide who will be the ones to lead this brave new world into the futureand only one side can emerge the victorsome have turned instead to the renegade coast guard officer william walker" now the adventures of the nantucket islanders lost in the time of the bronze age continues with on the oceans of eternityin the decade since, the republic of nantucket has worked hard to create a new future for itself, using the technological know-how retained from modern times to explore and improve conditions for the inhabitants of the pastnow the official battle lines have been drawnsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham harry turtledove hailed island in the sea of time as "one of the best time travel/alternative history stories i've ever read," and jane lindskold called against the tide of years "another exciting and explosive tale
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She argues that if the entire region was the habitat of most of the armenians, their history too is part of these locations and peoplesin the last part of the volume, she presents the first and only polemical-apologetic armenian texts addressed to islam at the end of the fourteenth centurythe first three chapters of this volume are dedicated to the images of prophet muhammad in armenian literatureher objective is to suggest political readings of these themes and related texts by revealing hitherto unstudied and novel interactions in the cities of asia minor during the mongol perioddadoyan argues that the cosmopolitan urban environments were radically different from rural areas and close interactions took different and unexpected patternsdadoyan focuses on social and cultural aspects, rather than the core political focus exhibited in her first two volumesdadoyan focuses on the armenian condition and role in the medieval islamic worldoxfam bookshop aberystwyth in the third volume of the trilogy, seta bsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book is essential for all historians and middle east scholars and is the latest volume in transaction's armenian studies seriesdadoyan draws the outlines of a new philosophy of armenian history based on hitherto obscured patterns of interactiondadoyan shows that direct interactions and borrowings happened regularly from islamic sciences, reform projects, poetry, and arts
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New the peoples friend annual nostalgic collectors item hardback copy 30 wonderful new stories plus lots more! whether its romance, comedy or nostalgia that you like, you will definitely find something here to suit you! newin excellent condition p & p - ÂŁ2
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The eternal century sapphire is the jewellery dream of flawless perfectioneach century sapphire is fully faceted and polished by hand, making them unique creations that glow with vivid intensitythis extremely meticulous work is rewarded with a dazzling display of light and colours that has become the most exclusive trademark of every century watcha material that adapts to the incredible creativity of the century designers and the magical touch of its masters, who, generation after generation, shape and polish each of its facets entirely by handplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitehandcrafted 38 x 10white textured dial with seconds sub dial and date display at 6 o'clock, raised silver indices, luminous hands and hour markersmore transparent, perfectly pure, the second hardest material in the world after diamonds5 mm scratch-resistant sapphire case with 12 hand-cut faceted bezels, anti-reflective sapphire crystal on both sides, stainless steel, display case back swiss made automatic chronometer movement eta - cosc certified - 27 jewels, bph, 42-hour power reservethe variety of colours, shapes and sizes sets dreams on fire with a luminosity that lasts for all eternitycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablewater resistance: 100 m 10 atm - swiss made certifiedmm x 19 cm strap made of brushed and polished stainless steel 316l with folding claspour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
680 €
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The eternal century sapphire is the jewellery dream of flawless perfectionthis extremely meticulous work is rewarded with a dazzling display of light and colours that has become the most exclusive trademark of every century watcha material that adapts to the incredible creativity of the century designers and the magical touch of its masters, who, generation after generation, shape and polish each of its facets entirely by hand5 mm scratch-resistant sapphire case with a bezel with 12 hand-cut facets - anti-reflective sapphire crystal on both sides - stainless steel - display caseback swiss made automatic chronometer movement eta - cosc certified - 27 jewels - bph - 42-hour power reserve white textured dial with small second hand and date display at 6 o'clock, raised silver indices, luminous hands and hour markers mm x 19 cm strap made of brushed and polished stainless steel 316l with folding clasp water resistance 100 m 10 atm - certified swiss made each century sapphire is fully faceted and polished by hand, making them unique creations that glow with vivid intensityplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitehandcafted 38 mm x 0the variety of colours, shapes and sizes sets dreams on fire with a luminosity that lasts for all eternitycatawiki’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 storetransparent, perfectly pure, the second hardest material in the world after diamondsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
686 €
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The quote on the first page is as follows: dedicated to all the peoples of the world who kept the flame of freedom burning in mankind's darkest hourhistorically collectable: ÂŁ eastbournea personal message is written from the wife of the recipient with love and best wishes for a happy xmasauthentic piece of history, the victory book by odham's, covering various aspects of the war and the demise of the german army
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Syria, 19th centuryfrom the 19th century onwards, an original "oriental" furniture with nacre inlays ("moussaddaf") was extended to large familieswooden inlays spread from syria in the 19th centuries towards morocco and spain in the west and to iran and india in the eastplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitedamascus is not only the name of a city, but also the name of a fabricnacre marquetry (moussaddaf), moucharabiehs decoration, geometric sculpted diamond friezes(1 to restore, only the top)exceptional furniture for loungesdimensions: chairs: 48 x 48 cm height: 73 cm stool: 44 x 44 cm height: 52 cm syria is one of the great houses of traditional arabic craftsmanship, in the continuity of a prestigious pastcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebefore the 18th century, armchairs were reserved for important personalitiesexceptional 2 armchairs with rounded backrest + 1 stoolour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storenacre marquetrywalnut and cedar with centred legsfew cities in the world have a name so linked to their craftsmanshipare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitapestries in magnificent condition
419 €
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An ambitious project to unite the peoples of the empire under one homeland, begins to obsess himthis is a truly compelling, romantic and exciting book, and a fitting conclusion to the bestselling alexander trilogyan empire is destroyed and a new and bloody era beginsoxfam bookshop cheltenham alexander's epic quest continues into the heart of asia and on towards the mystery of indiabut there are other things on alexander's mindsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe culture and beauty of babylon is quickly ravaged and the palace of persepolis burnt to ashes and cinderthere are rebellions and bloodshed, but the curious beauty of queen roxanna gives alexander the strength to fulfil his destinythe macedonian army march ever onward in search of glory, crushing resistance at every turn
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This material was a more affordable yet interesting choice in replacing the expensive carrara marble and widely used, especially in large villas, from the late 19th century to the early 20th centuryplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe sculpture depicts: a young girl with a doveorigin: veneto (italy), from the first half of the 20th century, made of grit: the scraps from the processing of vicenza stone and granite are mixed with cement, and coloured with natural oxides mixed with watercatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabledimensions: h 156 cm + base h 51x44x38the item is offered in its original condition, with an old restoration on the right arm (see the detail encircled in red in the photos)statue with baseour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeit has been coloured again at a later time with white limeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
224 €
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Based on several extended periods living in villages, she has produced a unique and intimate record of the peoples of these remote and dwindling communitiesvery good clean conditionoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames the ancient kingdom of kutch, now part of the state of gujarat in modern india, is home to a rich tradition of embroidery, quilt-making, jewellery and many other traditional craftsthe spine is slightly sunned, and one page has been folded at the cornercard covers with end-flapspainter and embroiderer lorna tresidder's richly illustrated account of this fascinating region is part-travelog, part history and part social observation2 cm see oxfam website for delivery information read moreprofusely illustrated in colour by the author
25 €
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The dust cover is intact though slightly damaged in placesoxfam shop wilmslow this book, the result of a life-time's effort to understand the nature of things indian, describes the human situation in india after independencethe binding is tight and the text is clear and brightsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book edges show shelf wear and the page edges and end papers have some foxing
30 €
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The box is clearly not a 19th century item and is guaranteed to be at least 18th centurythe box has 4 rosettes, silver feet and was made in the 18th century or perhaps earlierplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe box is in good condition with hardly any damage to the filigree workbox was tested and is made of silverit was possibly made in the netherlands or germanythe lid is decorated with silver rosettes and stones (possibly red coral with garnets)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableweight is 13 gramsfor filigree boxes see wttewaal page 71beautiful filigree silver scent box with fine wire work with double-twisted cable edgesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
175 €
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Very nice 17th century gelderland pillow cabinetminimal restorations - left and right the lower rear part of a leg is flawed and the back panels have been replaced - panels a century younger, from the 18th centuryquarter sawn oak inlaid with rosewood and ebonyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitenice and high on its feet so that the cabinet certainly does not look massivenice low size: 210 cm high the top can be taken offinside also oakcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesee also the lock, original, complete with a large forged copper key of 13also nice with three ball feetespecially on the hood you can see that the cabinet is from gelderland: that straight plane with expertly carved ornamentsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
1289 €
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Pair of armour greaves made in england in the 16th centuryso, in my opinion, they are more probably from the second half of the 17th/19th century (which obviously reduces their value)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitenot invasive restorationsall twisted edges, foot with seven articulated bladespreserved in perfect condition, even in the opening and closing components: clasps, hooks, eyeletsentirely damascened, likely a parade armourgreaves, armour jambs, original itemscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableextremely rare items, both for the time and the particular type of damascening with anthropomorphic and floral motifs, as per the mannerist periodgreat exhibition impact for the complex bas-relief work and the alternation of lights and shades in goldthe damascening is reminiscent of the very important garnish of sir george clifford third duke of cumberland, although i cannot establish the atelieri was given the date 6 years ago, when i bought themour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein used conditionimportant size of the customer, both for volumes and heightsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin any case, this is a collectible lot for experts of this field
453 €
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4th century ce) this vast storehouse of indian knowledge is normally hiddenthe mahabharata was probably compiled between the 3rd century bce and the 3rd century ce, the original events related by the epic probably fall between the 9th and 8th centuries bcethe text probably reached its final form by the early gupta period (ccatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehis translation published as the mahabharata of krishna-dwaipayana vyasa translated into english prose between and , by protap chandra rai (), a calcutta bookseller who owned a printing press and raised funds for the project it narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the kurukshetra war and the fates of the kaurava and the pa??ava princes and their successorsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikigenerally good conditionthese 11 volumes have been translated from the original sanskrit languagethese volumes are an important translation which gives westerners a glimpse of this ancient indian civilisationwith original red cloth covers, slight bumped cornersref:wikipedia kisari mohan ganguli (also kthis is the early edition of english translation in these volumesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe mahabharata - mahabharata is one of the two major sanskrit epic of ancient india, the other being the ramaya?aganguli) an indian translator first complete translation of the sanskrit epic mahabharata in englishprinted calcutta - kolkata indiacondition volumes included i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi (vii not included) viii, ix, x, xi, xiiapprox 500 pages each volumebinding slightly-loose in volume iii & ivtraditionally, the authorship of the mahabharata is attributed to vyasaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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36 €