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It is the second campaign book of the the realmgate wars seriesbattle continues in the realms of fire, life and metal as the stormcast eternals and their allies try to hold back the advance of chaosand a new threat arisesarchaon everchosen has returned, and the stormcasts are in his sightoxfam bookshop carlisle the realmgate wars: balance of power is a campaign supplement for warhammer: age of sigmarsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Yet cardus also belied his impoverished origins to prosper in a second class-conscious profession, becoming a music critic of international renown' the times'with its verve, insight and generosity of sympathy, this is by some way the best full-length life of a cricket writer, perhaps even of any sports writerbetween two world wars, he became the laureate of cricket by doing the same with wordshowever, behind the rhapsody in blue skies, green grass and colourful characters, this richly evocative biography finds that cardus' mother was a prostitute, he never knew his father and he received negligible educationduncan hamilton is already a multiple award-winning sports writer, but it is hard to imagine he will write a better book than this superb, elegiac portrait of the sociable, feted, but ultimately unknowable, man who virtually invented modern sports writingin the great romantic, award-winning author duncan hamilton demonstrates how cardus changed sports journalism for everdaily mail 'hamilton is a worthy biographerwhile popularising cricket - while appealing, in cardus' words to people who 'didn't know a leg-break from the pavilion cat at lord's'- he became a star in his own right with exquisite phrase-making, disdain for statistics and a penchant for literary and musical allusionsinfatuations with younger women ran parallel to a decidedly unromantic marriageamong those who venerated cardus were pg wodehouse, john arlott, harold pinter, jb priestley and don bradmanas much sublime writing comes from his keyboard as from cardus's pensee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand, astonishingly, the supreme stylist's aversion to factual accuracy led to his reporting on matches he never attendedthis is writing every bit the equal of cardus himself' guardian neville cardus described how one majestic stroke-maker 'made music' and 'spread beauty' with his batthe great romantic uncovers the dark enigma within a golden age
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Oxfam shop wolverhampton the entire second series of the first 'star trek' spin-offfinally, in 'shades of gray', riker has to fight for his life when his nervous system comes under attack from an alien organism'unnatural selection' has the enterprise attempt to warn a genetic research station of the outbreak of a rapid ageing disease'elementary, dear data' has data and geordi play at holmes and watson on the holodeck, but their holographic moriarty assumes its own identity and threatens to take over the ship'where silence has lease' sees the enterprise trapped in a hole in space by an alien entity wishing to conduct experiments on it'manhunt' has troi's mother lwaxana arrive on the enterprise and sets her sights on picard, who seeks refuge in his holodeck dixon hill programme'a matter of honour' finds riker forced to serve as first officer on a klingon vessel as part of an exchange scheme'the royale' finds riker, data and worf exploring an apparently barren planet and discovering a casino'contagion' has the enterprise cross the romulan neutral zone in order to aid the uss yamato, whose computer systems have failed mysteriouslyin 'the schizoid man' data takes on characteristics of brilliant cyberneticist dr ira graves after witnessing his death on an away missionin 'the measure of a man' riker is forced to prosecute data in a court of law when the latter attempts to resign from starfleet'the outrageous okona' finds the enterprise playing host to the larger-than-life captain okona'loud as a whisper' sees troi helping deaf mute mediator riva to end an age-old galactic conflict when his three assistants, without whom he is unable to communicate, are killedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 'time squared' picard doubts the safety of the enterprise when they pick up a federation shuttle containingin 'peak performance' riker takes charge of an old starfleet vessel, the hathaway, in a war game against picard and the enterprise'the dauphin' sees wes crusher get into trouble after falling in love with salia, a young alien woman who is soon to become dauphin and thus end civil war on her home planetin 'the child' troi is impregnated by an unseen alien while sleeping and soon gives birth to a rapidly-ageing child'pen pals' has data reveal that he has broken the prime directive after befriending an alien girlin 'up the long ladder' the enterprise crew are forced to mediate in a conflict between the bringloidis, whose planet is on the verge of destruction, and the marisposans, a clone race who wish to copy riker and pulaski's dnapicard, sent back in time from six hours in the future to warn of a catastrophe that has yet to occur'q-who?' finds the enterprise transported to a far-flung universe, where they encounter the relentless part-human cybernetic beings known as the borg'the icarus factor' sees riker shaken by a reunion with his father, whom he has not seen for fifteen years'samaritan snare' sees both picard and wesley travelling to starbase scylla 515 - the former for cardiac surgery, the latter to sit his starfleet exams'the emissary' finds worf reunited with former lover k'ehleyr when she arrives as ambassador to a shipful of klingons who are not aware that the war with the federation is over
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Oxfam books & music totnes second edition of this authoritative book by a celebrated scholargilt lettering to spinethere is some foxing of the title page and of the fore edge of the text block but no extension onto the reading surfacebook plate on reverse of front cover and owner’s name of ffep datedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredark blue cloth covered boards with central cartouche in gilt of an owlhardback book with no djthree black and white illustrations and a line map
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They also hold the potential to create a society that balances the joys and responsibilities of contribution across the generations-in other words, one that works better for all of us
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford second edition of hardback book in good condition published by the oxford university press insee oxfam website for delivery information read moreblack and white photographic illustrations
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Title: lifting the latch: a life on the land - based on the life of mont abbott of enstone, oxfordshire (oxford paperbacks)title: lifting the latch: a life on the land - based on the life of mont abbott of enstone, oxfordshire (oxford paperbacks)
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Oxfam shop dumfries the complete second series of scotland's favourite glaswegian comic character rabepisodes comprise: 'domestic', 'that's entertainment (part 1)', 'that's entertainment (part 2)', 'ethics' and 'life has meaning'see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The life of governor joan gideon loten ()the life of governor joan gideon loten () is the first published biography about this international civil servantthe colour sections have gorgeous depictions of the natural historian watercolours that loten made and collected during his lifethe publication contains a chronological overview of loten’s life and career, a genealogy of his family, a dutch language summary and an elaborate set of notes of no less than 90 ppplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteraat attempts to show other sides of loten: his role as an employee of the voc and his position of holland virtuoso in political and academic circles in londonare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiit are those pieces that make studying loten attractive, despite raat’s special effortsup till now, he was mainly known amongst ornithologists and art historians that have studied his large collection of drawings and watercolours of birds and natural panoramascatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe book contains two impressive colour sections (32 ppour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storea personal history of a dutch virtuoso, uitgeverij verloren, hilversum x 24together), besides the many images in black and white\traat, alexander jcondition: as new
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Beset by heartbreaking visions of a past he gave up, he questions his choices: in swapping a precarious life as a brilliant underground artist for comfort and security did he betray his dreams? and if his dreams are lost, what does he have left? one of the most highly acclaimed debuts of recent years, the dream life of sukhanov is a work of demonic energy and startling imagery: a new classicoxfam bookshop cheltenham stepping out into the dusk of a warm moscow evening, esteemed art critic anatoly sukhanov feels on top of the world: his career is glittering, his wife is beautiful and his children are cleversukhanov's future will be haunted by doubtsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut the year is and the air is heavy with change
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Set during biblical times, the film tells the story of brian (graham chapman), an accidental messiah whose life runs in eerie parallel to that of jesus christhis misadventures come to the attention of pilate (michael palin), crucifixion inevitably follows, and the film ends with the infamous group rendition of the song 'always look on the bright side of life'oxfam shop ulverston notorious religious satire from the monty python team which was banned in 17 countries on releasealso starring john cleese, terry jones, terry gilliam, eric idle, terence bayler, carol cleveland, kenneth colley, neil innes, john young, gwen taylor, sue jones-davies see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The life of this robber baron, politician, and historic influencer is the astonishing tale of how one supremely ambitious man became this country's original "disruptor" - reshaping industry and engineering one of the greatest raids on the public treasury for america's transcontinental railroad, all while living more opulently than maharajas, kings, and emperorsit is also the saga of how stanford, once a serial failure, overcame all obstacles to become one of america's most powerful and wealthiest men, using his high elective office to enrich himself before losing the one thing that mattered most to him - his only child and sonscandal and intrigue would follow stanford through his life, and even after his death, when his widow was murdered in a honolulu hotel - a crime quickly covered up by the almost stillborn university she had saved richly detailed and deeply researched, american disruptor restores leland stanford's rightful place as a revolutionary force and architect of modern americaoxfam bookshop clifton very good condition; some shelf wearsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreamerican disruptor is the untold story of leland stanford - from his birth in a backwoods bar to the founding of the world-class university that became and remains the nucleus of silicon valleythe rags to riches story of the tumultuous tycoon who built silicon valley
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Oxfam bookshop bloomsbury street the lankavatara sutra draws upon the concepts and doctrines of yogacara and buddha-naturethe most important doctrine issuing from the lankavatara sutra is that of the primacy of consciousness (sktas to the first; he must recognise and be fully convinced that this triple world is nothing but a complex manifestation of one's mental activities; that it is devoid of selfness and its belongings; that there are no strivings, no comings, no goingshe must recognise and accept the fact that this triple world is manifested and imagined as real only under the influence of habit-energy that has been accumulated since the beginningless past by reason of memory, false-imagination, false-reasoning, and attachments to the multiplicities of objects and reactions in close relationship and in conformity to ideas of body-property-and-abodeas to the second; he must recognise and be convinced that all things are to be regarded as forms seen in a vision and a dream, empty of substance, un-born and without self-nature; that all things exist only by reason of a complicated network of causationbecause the world is seen as being "mind-only" or "consciousness-only", all phenomena are void, empty of self (atman) and illusory: there are four things by the fulfilling of which an earnest disciple may gain self-realisation of noble wisdom and become a bodhisattva-mahasattva: first, he must have a clear understanding that all things are only manifestations of the mind itself; second, he must discard the notion of birth, abiding and disappearance; third, he must clearly understand the egolessness of both things and personsvijñana) and the teaching of consciousness as the only realityas to the third; he must recognise and patiently accept the fact that his own mind and personality is also mind-constructed, that it is empty of substance, unborn see oxfam website for delivery information read morein the sutra, the buddha asserts that all the objects of the world, and the names and forms of experience, are merely manifestations of the mind: on the contrary my teaching is based upon the recognition that the objective world, like a vision, is a manifestation of the mind itself; it teaches the cessation of ignorance, desire, deed and causality; it teaches the cessation of suffering that arises from the discrimination of the triple world
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Lovecraft: against the world, against life michel houellebecq, introduction by stephen king "those who love life do not readhouellebecq's insights into the craft of writing illuminate both lovecraft and houellebecq's own workclean cover, pages and fore-edge display toning and some foxingindispensable reading for anyone interested in lovecraft, houellebecq, or the past and future of horrorthe two are kindred spirits, sharing a uniquely dark worldviewnor do they go to the movies, actuallylovecraft, the seminal, enigmatic horror writer of the early 20th centuryno matter what might be said, access to the artistic universe is more or less entirely the preserve of those who are a little fed up with the worldbut even as he outlines lovecraft's rejection of this loathsome world, it is houellebecq's adulation for the author that drives this work and makes it a love song, infusing the writing with an energy and passion that characterises houellebecq's new novelsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoverall a good copyoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells h" in this prescient work, now with an introduction by stephen king, michel houellebecq, the author of the novels platform and atomised, focuses his considerable analytical skills on h
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When exactly did life become a life class? is happiness overrated? is it just possible that beneath the flawless sheen of her friends' and neighbours' amazingly trouble-free lives, beneath the freshly-ironed shirts and home-grown veg, lie the same half-truths, the same uncertainties and the same desperation to keep up with the joneseson prendergast road, deep in nappy valley, among olive trees in terracotta, lower fuel emissions, lithuanian prostitutes, teenage drug dealers, stalkers and soaring house prices, five desperate women wait?sarah may is an intimate observer of society (aka curtain-twitcher of the highest order) and her novel is an hilariously dark-hearted soap opera of our everyday livesoxfam shop dumfries the queen of the black-hearted soap opera is back!welcome to the upwardly mobile prendergast roadhow far will these women go to get that place?follow kate hunter into the depths of her impeccably honed life, as she struggles to maintain the façade of perfectionthe progeny of the ivf generation is ready to start school and only one of them is destined to get a place in nappy valley's most oversubscribed cradle of learningin a society that always strives to be more organic, less carbon-polluting, more virtuous than any other, 'the rise and fall of the domestic diva' is a breath of fresh air (imported from the mountains of nepal and filtered organically for purity, of coursea snip at only £6see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In the secret life of the owl, john lewis-stempel explores the legends and history of the owl'john lewis-stempel is one of the best nature writers of his generation' country life see oxfam website for delivery information read more'there is something about owlsthey are creatures of the night, and thus of magicbut owls - with the sapient flatness of their faces, their big, round eyes, their paternal expressions - are also reassuringly familiarthey feature in every major culture from the stone age onwardsit is the time of the gloaming, the owl-lightout in the wood, the resident tawny has started calling, hoo-hoo-hoo-h-o-o-owe see them as wise, like athena's owl, and loyal, like harry potter's hedwigoxfam shop colne road the perfect gift for nature lovers'dusk is filling the valleyhuman-like, in other wordsand in vivid, lyrical prose, he celebrates all the realities of this magnificent creature, whose natural powers are as fantastic as any mythno other species has so captivated usthey are the birds of ill-tidings, the avian messengers from the other side
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The life of boetius, recommended to the author of the life of julianex-lib: earl of ilchester is a title in the peerage of great britainplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesmall hole to bottom of both hinges (5-8mm), not affecting integrity, otherwise very good bindingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihe had already been created baron ilchester, of ilchester in the county of somerset in , and baron ilchester and stavordale, of redlynch, in the county of somerset, incatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablepp description: rare book only found twice in oclc (universities of oxford and california)it was created in for stephen fox, 1st baron ilchester, who had previously represented shaftesbury in parliamentgilded stripes to spine, oblong embossed title on red leather to spinegilded board edges, red block edges, embossed decoration around board extremities ex-lib sticker to front pastedown; the earl of ilchestersome rubbing marks to bookour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storedescription: full, speckled, calf leather bound bookflebilis heu mestos cogor inire modos
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The second generation of primos 'trigger sticks', the jim shockey version, allow the user to adjust the rest to the desired height pretty much instantly and in silencethe trigger can be locked in place if deemed fit using the trigger lock on the side of the handle but this is not necessary as simply releasing the trigger produces a rest that is exceptionally stable and secureto secure the legs once in the perfect position simply release the triggerto adjust simply pull the trigger in and move the rest to the desired height and angle and the fluid movement of the legs does the rest
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The second generation of primos 'trigger sticks', the jim shockey version, allow the user to adjust the rest to the desired height pretty much instantly and in silenceto secure the legs once in the perfect position simply release the triggerthanks for lookingmint condition open to cash offersto adjust simply pull the trigger in and move the rest to the desired height and angle and the fluid movement of the legs does the restthe trigger can be locked in place if deemed fit using the trigger lock on the side of the handle but this is not necessary as simply releasing the trigger produces a rest that is exceptionally stable and secure
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The second generation of primos 'trigger sticks', the jim shockey version, allow the user to adjust the rest to the desired height pretty much instantly and in silenceto secure the legs once in the perfect position simply release the triggerthanks for lookingto adjust simply pull the trigger in and move the rest to the desired height and angle and the fluid movement of the legs does the restmint condition no offersthe trigger can be locked in place if deemed fit using the trigger lock on the side of the handle but this is not necessary as simply releasing the trigger produces a rest that is exceptionally stable and secure
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The second generation of primos 'trigger sticks', the jim shockey version, allow the user to adjust the rest to the desired height pretty much instantly and in silenceto secure the legs once in the perfect position simply release the triggermint condition thanks for looking open for offersto adjust simply pull the trigger in and move the rest to the desired height and angle and the fluid movement of the legs does the restthe trigger can be locked in place if deemed fit using the trigger lock on the side of the handle but this is not necessary as simply releasing the trigger produces a rest that is exceptionally stable and secure
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The man who would be king: the life of philippe d'orlans, regent of francetitle: the man who would be king: the life of philippe d'orlans, regent of france format: paperback type: book publisher: phoenix uk release date: language: english
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Title: the lost tudor princess: a life of margaret douglas, countess of lennoxtitle: the lost tudor princess: a life of margaret douglas, countess of lennoxlist price (msrp): 9authors: weir, alison
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Oxfam shop kendal all 12 episodes from the second season of the highly-acclaimed crime drama which follows drug and murder investigations in baltimorethe episodes are: 'ebb tide', 'collateral damage', 'hot shots', 'hard cases', 'undertow', 'all prologue', 'backwash', 'duck and cover', 'stray rounds', 'storm warnings', 'bad dreams' and 'port in a storm'told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, the series captures a universe of subterfuge and surveillance where easy distinctions between good and evil and crime and punishment are challenged at every turnin this season, mcnulty (dominic west) has been demoted to harbour patrol, daniels (lance reddick) is in the police archive, prez (jim true-frost) is on suburb patrol and greggs (sonja sohn) is stuck behind a deskalmost negligible scratching and grease on two of the five diskssee oxfam website for delivery information read morecase in good condition
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Oxfam shop dalkeith all 12 episodes from the second season of the golden globe-winning hbo period drama set during the s prohibition eraas he progresses in his venture he crosses paths with politicians and mobsters alike but his lavish lifestyle soon leads the federal government to grow suspicious of his activitiesthe episodes comprise: '21', 'ourselves alone', 'a dangerous mind', 'what does the bee do?', 'gimcrack and bunkum', 'the age of reason', 'peg of old', 'two boats and a lifeguard', 'battle of the century', 'georgia peaches', 'under god's power she flourishes' and 'to the lost'in this series, nucky's position of power is threatened by his former employee, jimmy (michael pitt), his brother, eli (shea whigham), and his predecessor, commodore louis kaestner (dabney coleman), who formulate a plot to bring him downatlantic county treasurer enoch 'nucky' thompson (steve buscemi) sets up a bootlegging business, hoping to get richsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop colne road all 12 episodes from the second season of the 'doctor who' spin-off children's series created by russell tepisodes are: 'the last sontaran (part 1)', 'the last sontaran (part 2)', 'day of the clown (part 1)', 'day of the clown (part 2)', 'secrets of the stars (part 1)', 'secrets of the stars (part 2)', 'the mark of the berserker (part 1)', 'the mark of the berserker (part 2)', 'the temptation of sarah jane smith (part 1)', 'the temptation of sarah jane smith (part 2)', 'enemy of the bane (part 1)' and 'enemy of the bane (part 2)'see oxfam website for delivery information read moredavies, featuring one of the doctor's most famous former companions, investigative journalist sarah jane smith (elisabeth sladen)
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Oxfam shop oadby all 14 episodes from the second series of the relaunched sci-fi adventure drama, starring david tennant as the latest incarnation of the legendary time lorddiscs are in excellent conditionmankind is threatened by a planetary invasion and there's only the prime minister to battle it outin the opening christmas episode london is deluged by santa claus impersonators and christmas trees intent on malicethe episodes are: 'the christmas invasion', 'new earth', 'tooth and claw', 'school reunion', 'the girl in the fireplace', 'rise of the cybermen', 'the age of steel', 'the idiot's lantern', 'the impossible planet', 'the satan pit', 'love and monsters', 'fear her', 'army of ghosts' and 'doomsday'see oxfam website for delivery information read morein this series, the tenth doctor takes companion rose tyler (billie piper) to new earth and struggles to overcome the effects of regeneration
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Oxfam shop herne bay all 13 episodes from the second series of the award-winning political drama starring kevin spaceyhowever, never one to rest on his laurels, he soon has his eye on the top jobarmed with an arsenal of political secrets to equal anyone in washington, francis is more than willing to scheme and blackmail his way to the topsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this series, underwood is appointed vice president of the usabased on the novel by michael dobbs and the subsequent bbc adaptation of the book, the series follows francis underwood (spacey), a politician whose sense of ambition is matched and encouraged by his wife claire (robin wright)
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Oxfam shop colne road all 14 episodes from the second series of the relaunched sci-fi adventure drama, starring david tennant as the latest incarnation of the legendary time lordmankind is threatened by a planetary invasion and there's only the prime minister to battle it outin the opening christmas episode london is deluged by santa claus impersonators and christmas trees intent on malicethe episodes are: 'the christmas invasion', 'new earth', 'tooth and claw', 'school reunion', 'the girl in the fireplace', 'rise of the cybermen', 'the age of steel', 'the idiot's lantern', 'the impossible planet', 'the satan pit', 'love and monsters', 'fear her', 'army of ghosts' and 'doomsday'see oxfam website for delivery information read morein this series, the tenth doctor takes companion rose tyler (billie piper) to new earth and struggles to overcome the effects of regeneration
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Oxfam bookshop bloomsbury street a second book of leo bensemann's work exemplified in twenty drawings in pen & pencil together with six engravings on wood and specimens of calligraphy and typography with a grand piece of german text and other select pieces never before engraved contains 31 plates of various art pieces from bookplates to typeset design by leo bensemanfading to top edge of original pink boards front and rearprinted by caxton press, marchcorners bumped and top edge has shelf rub and bump/creaseshelf rub/dirt on outside of plastic filmdust jacket wrapped in plastic film which has shrunk and caused the edges to curl slightlysee oxfam website for delivery information read morebook in good condition, some foxing/tape spots on front and rear end papers but none on the plates or interiorincludes frontispiece for the the rime of the ancient mariner, drawing for title page of of wives and wiving, lettering and handwriting for john donne's "why puritans make long sermons", drawing and title page for love poems by anton vogt and many more
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