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Stamp on half title pageillustrated by robert stewart sherriffs () with 15 full-page illustrations and 10 vignettesotherwise the book is in very good conditionchristopher marlowe - the life and death of tamburlaine the greatcover with minor signs of use‘tamburlaine the greatit may be considered the first popular success of london's public stageour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storewhereas the real timur was of turkic-mongolian ancestry and belonged to the nobility, for dramatic purposes marlowe depicts him as a scythian shepherd who rises to the rank of emperor’ (wikipedia) from the collection of folklorist and critic of american culture gershon legmanis loosely based on the life of the central asian emperor, timur (tamerlane/timur the lame, d) - cm number 126 from an edition of 300 copiesa play in two tragical discourses by cristopher marlowe - the hesperides press, london, - black cloth binding - unpaginated (222 ppwill be carefully packaged and sent insured, with track & traceare 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 availablenote in ink on first endpaperwritten in or , the play is a milestone in elizabethan public drama; it marks a turning away from the clumsy language and loose plotting of the earlier tudor dramatists, and a new interest in fresh and vivid language, memorable action, and intellectual complexity
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2 bedroom caravan for hire on the devon and cornwall boarder - pets welcomethe caravan is fully equippedour caravan is located on the devon and cornwall border, around 5 miles from bude and our stunning north coast beachesthe views on site are phenomenal and overlook our beautiful countryside with widemouth bay in the distancedo not send a message from this advert to contact the owner direct and for more details on this holiday home please click the "more details" link at the top of this description and contact the owners from the full advert on our website
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This wonderful new book takes fans into the changing room, the training ground and the boardroomsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyou won't have read a football book like this beforehow does a top professional football manager cope with the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, with living, breathing and sleeping football 24 hours a day, 365 days a year? how does the man in charge handle the ever-present danger of getting sacked in the ultimate results business?neil warnock's the gaffer contains countless insights into the trials and tribulations, the joyous peaks and the soul-destroying troughs of life as a football managerfrom transfer dealings to negotiations with agents, from half-time team-talks to training sessions, from scouting trips to team-bonding sprees, from administrators to chairman, from injuries to referees - the gaffer spills the beanswarnock draws heavily on a lifetime of experiences at all levels in football, but particularly on his tumultuous spells at crystal palace, queens park rangers, and leeds united
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Transport will have to be arranged by the buyer; costs are for the buyerthe table is made of the wood from the peer from nieuwpoort (belgium) and engraved with the test nothing is planned by the sea and the sandour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethey have entries in the yearbooks philippe stark and allessa dor mendini i no longer have a receipt but i have an email from the artist with confirmationshipping: transport by courier, after purchase in consultation with the sellerthe work of weijers and borms has been purchased by various museums and in the town hall in ghent05 m wide and is 3 m longtable designed by belgian artists duo weijers and bormsare 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 availablethe table top weighs over 200 kilos and is 3 cm thick and 1the table top is loose on the base and is made of american tulipa wood and patinated with green-grey tones
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John renbourn ?– the lady and the unicorn label: reprise records ?– rs , reprise records ?– format: vinyl, lp, album, reissue, stereo country: us released: mid ‘70 genre: folk, world, & country john renbourn ?– the nine maidens label: making waves ?– spin 102 format: vinyl, lp, album country: uk released: genre: folk, world, & country john renbourn profile: john renbourn (born 8 august , marylebone, london, england; died 26 march , hawick, scotland) was an english fingerstyle guitarist, singer and songwriterlater s stereo reissue with large coloured picture label on side a, in laminated sleeveour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe albums: quality: vinyl: vg++ / nm cover: vg ++ john renbourn ?– sir john alot of merrie englandes musyk thyng & ye grene knyghte label: transatlantic records ?– tra 167 format: vinyl, lp, album, reissue country: uk released: later ‘70 genre: rock, folk, world, & country style: folk rock, acoustic notes recorded at sound techniques, londonhe was known for his work in the group pentangle, his solo recordings and his many collaborations with stefan grossman, bert jansch and robin williamsonsee pictures for detailsrenbourn is usually categorized as a folk musician but he also recorded blues, early (medieval and renaissance) classical music and world musicthe pictures are part and supplement to the description and condition of the offered objectare 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 availablethree great albums by the legendary english guitarist, singer and songwriter john renbourn
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Shortly thereafter, mariska veres came as lead vocalisttheir biggest international hit was "weekend", a number one single in the netherlands, switzerland, germany, denmark and portugalformed in by former the motions guitarist robbie van leeuwenin and , the group enjoyed a worldwide chart success with “venus”, followed by several other hit singlespink labels with bicycle logothe motions ?– terug in de tijd label: negram ?– hjn 205 format: vinyl, lp, compilation country: netherlands released: genre: rock style: beat quality: vinyl: vg+ (some hairlines) cover: vg+ (name written on backside) the motions profile: the motions from the hague were one of the bigger groups of the s dutch beat explosionultra rare albums by famous dutch bands shocking blue, the motions and earth & fire the albums: shocking blue ?– at home label: penny farthing ?– pels 500, penny farthing ?– pelsthey were formed out of the remnants of ritchie clark and the ricochets in and went on to become hitmakers for the next several years in the '60searth and fire ?– atlantis label: polydor ?– format: vinyl, lp, album, gatefold, first press country: netherlands released: genre: rock style: prog rock, symphonic rock notes all songs published by new dayglow music, hilversumearth & fire were able to make some great albums in the processplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available500 format: vinyl, lp, album country: uk released:v genre: rock, pop, folk, world, & country style: pop rock, folk rock, psychedelic rock notes comes in a front-laminated flipback coverprinted and made by garrod & lofthouse ltdquality: vinyl: vg++ cover: vg++ (small sticker damage) earth & fire profile: earth and fire were a dutch progressive and symphonic rock band who over time evolved into a pop groupsee pictures for detailsmanufactured by philips records ltdformed in the netherlands by twin brothers chris and gerard koerts, and most popular in the s when fronted by singer jerney kaagman, earth and fire had many chart topping hits in the netherlands and elsewhere in europe, though they never gained much popularity in the united kingdom or the americasthe early atlantis () and song of the marching children (), are recommended? includes insert with lyrics, etcour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storemanufactured and distributed by philips records quality: vinyl: vg+ (some hairlines) cover: vg+ (name written on backside) shocking blue profile: dutch rock grouptheir first single hit the dutch top 40 inthe pictures are part and supplement to the description and condition of the offered objecton cover, second on label
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreon april , in paris, albert einstein and henri bergson publicly debated the nature of timethe 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 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 mechanicsshe 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 explosionthe 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 todaycanales 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 debateoxfam shop kendal paperback as newjimena 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 centurybergson, 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 physics
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There are a few white marks on the front board and signs of wear to the edges and corners and to the top and tail of the spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is the third volume, published in , bound in blue boardsoxfam bookshop hexham covers the career of claverhouse from the accession of king james to the battle of killicrankie, and the death of dundeesome light tanning and some foxing to the text
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Government, heightening the knowledge and debate that can lead from such publicationsthe bibliogov project is an effort to expand awareness of the public documents and records of the uin broadening the public understanding of government and its work, an enlightened democracy can grow and prosperranging from historic congressional bills to the most recent budget of the united states government, the bibliogov project spans a wealth of government informationwe invite you to learn of the records of the ugovernment via print publicationsthese works are now made available through an environmentally friendly, print-on-demand basis, using only what is necessary to meet the required demands of an interested public
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These four unlikely heroes must battle the evil forces of the white witch by waging war against a vast variety of creatures, including centaurs, minotaurs, minoboars, cyclops, werewolves, wraiths, ankleslicers, wolves, satyrs, boggles and moresee oxfam website for delivery information read more• live the epic adventure while playing as one of four heroes (lucy, peter, edmond, susan) in a team-based action adventure • battle the evil forces of the white witch by waging war against a huge variety of creatures, including centaurs, minotaurs, minoboars and more • utilise the unique combat skills, weaponry and special moves of each character to fight and fend off hordes of dark mythical beasts, or solve intricate puzzles and progress through the adventure • two-player action featuring all four characters • seamless game play integration of film footage with music and voice talent plus unlockable secrets to open exclusive content and morein order to end this frigid captivity and free his people, the mighty lion aslan, true ruler of narnia, invokes an ancient prophecyit will become the destiny of four young siblings from our world: peter, susan, edmund and lucy pevensie to work together and use their unique combat skills, weaponry and abilities to defeat the witch and her armies and save narniaoxfam shop clitheroe the chronicles of narnia: the lion, the witch and the wardrobe is a definitive action adventure based on the walt disney pictures and walden media film capturing the renowned and beloved book series from author cplayers enter the world of narnia, a land frozen in eternal winter by the evil powers of the malevolent and evil white witch
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Very good condition with just some light tanning to the white parts of the dust jacket and some light edge wear to the jacketthe work of the blue and rose periods was produced by a very young man in a span of hardly more than four yearssee 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 four years were full of travel and abrupt changes of location, passion, poverty, depression and inspirationoxfam bookshop lymington this book traces the life and work of a painter twenty years old at the beginning of the twentieth centuryit would have taken any other artist decades of reflection and formulationart series which offers a series of monographs on the great masters of modern art
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Large, heavy bible dated on the main title page, on the title page to the new testamentthere is a very occasional foxing spot through the text block but it is remarkably clean and brighton the page containing the names of the books there is a small mauve pen markoverall the covers are in excellent conditionsome foxing on the title and the following couple of pagessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe text is in two columns with notes in the margins on both sidesrubbing at the corners and the top & base of the spine, and along the front hinge where is leather is slightly split along the lower partblack leather binding with tooled boards and spine, 5 raised bands on the spine, and gilt decoration on the leather infoldsgilt page edges all round, the binding is tightyellow endpapers which are a little mottledfoxing on the colour mapsoxfam bookshop lymington the title continues: translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by his majesty's special command
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The places and the buildings that are shown on the stamps in this collection are basel university in switzerland, chillon castle in switzerland, basel in switzerland, wittenberg in germany, the parish church of san giorgio in switzerland, the brandenburg gate in germany, flensburg and schleswig in germany, staubbach falls in switzerland, hildeshein in germany, nafels in switzerland, wormser reichstag von in germany, zurich in switzerland, samedan in switzerland, gais in switzerland, kohlbrandbrucke hamberg in germany, wallfahrtskapelle altotting in germany, trifels and pfalz in germany, dresden zwinger raufbau in germany, the gotthard railway in switzerland, st pierre cathedral in geneva in switzerlandand, stift rein-hohenfurth in austria, sporthall in germany, lenzburg castle in switzerland, the bern lotschberg simplon railway and luegelkinn viaduct in switzerland, and schaffhausen in switzerlandoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 37 stamps showing the sights and scenery of germany, austria and switzerlandsome of them have the backing of the envelope that they were originally attached tosee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe stamps in this collection are all in very good conditionthe oldest stamps in this collection were issued in and possibly earlier than thatin this collection there are stamps that were issued in the s, s, s, s, s, s and sall of the stamps in this collection have been used and have the postmark on them of when they were usedthe newest stamp in this collection was issued in
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morenearly one hundred images edited from this body of work form the core of the railroad and the art of place, along with a selection of earlier pennsylvania railroad steam-era photographs that reflect kahler's interest in the railroad landscape from an early agewinston link photographsalso included are three essays by kahler, scott lothes, and jeff brouws, discussing the personal motivations, historical context, and aesthetic development behind the photography" armed with a used leica m6 and gritty tri-x film, he and his wife made six week-long trips in the dead of winter to photograph trains along the pocahontas division of the norfolk southern railwaywith funding for printing provided by the kahler family charitable fund, all sales will go to support the center's workhe soon began making annual trips to the west virginia and eastern kentucky coalfields, destinations that strongly resonated with his own aesthetic of "placeoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear in the late s, david kahler was deeply inspired by seeing an exhibition of o
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moredetailed reference maps in the distinctive and respected times style provide balanced, systematic coverage of all parts of the worldall place names on the maps are fully indexedthe introductory section presents an extensive states and territories guide along with thematic maps and statistics on major world themes giving an accurate picture of today's worldthis set is the ideal geography and history reference'the times world atlas' is a complete world reference atlas in a convenient and easy-to use format, retaining the authority, style and detail of the larger times atlasescarrying the authority of the times and its unrivalled reputation for accurate and current information, these two books are an authoritative guide to the world - past and presentit is fully up-to-date with the indian ocean tsunami and the overthrow of saddam husseinoxfam shop wolverhampton a lavish pack incorporating two of the times' finest atlases and history books'the times compact history of the world' is the most comprehensive small-format single-volume illustrated history of the world, richly enhanced with striking maps and photographs and featuring an accessible text by leading academicsall the mapping and information in this new edition has been brought fully up-to-date to give an accurate picture of today's world
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The hard cover has a little bumping to all four corners and to the top and bottom of the spineinternally the pages are a little tanned but there are no markingssee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut, even though he has always had an enthusiastic public, in his lifetime he was almost disregarded by the critics as one who had no part in 'modern' artthe book contains 32 pages of black and white and colour imageslaurence whistler is in a matchless position to record his life, having shared so many experiences with himas a man rex had charm and was outstandingly generous - liked by everyone and loved by manyyet he remained an enigmatic figure, apparently successful and never deeply happyin this beautifully written and carefully researched book laurence whistler recalls his elder brother with love but with detachment, intimately and often with humourhe was still developing his own distinctive style when his career was tragically cut short - in he was killed leading his troop of tanks into action in normandy, aged 39 the dust jacket is rather creased along the top edge and is discoloured in placeshe was an artist in whose work the romantic and the humorous met in a unique wayrex whistler was one of the most gifted figures of the inter-war yearsoxfam bookshop new milton used, good condition, hard cover with dust jacket
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet successive sri lankan governments have pursued economic policies favouring food consumers and the state itself at the expense of agricultural producerssri lanka has more than fifty years' history of pluralist democracy and such issues directly affect the interests of the smallholder populationoxfam bookshop chiswick dr moore's enterprising book focuses on an apparent paradox: the failure of sri lanka's highly politicized smallholder electorate to place on the national political agenda issues relating to the public distribution of material resourcesin exploring the features of sri lanka's history, geography, politics and economy which explain this paradox, the author looks in detail at some of the dominant features of contemporary sri lanka: the political consequences of the plantation experience; the persistence of elite political leadership; and the causes and consequences of ethnic conflict
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The same fascination exists in relation to roles of the narrator and the expositoroxfam books & music crouch end interest in the content of this book has developed out of an examination of the prompter who operated in full view of the audience and offered all the lines to the playersthe ability of such a figure to move in and out of the action, and thus different realities, characterizes a relationship to the action and the audiencesee oxfam website for delivery information read morein at groningen a production of the towneley second shepherds' play focused on an examination of this conventionthe purpose of this book is to investigate the nature of these roles in order to identify their influence upon the performance of medieval playsmany of the audience responses then were concerned with the figure of the prompter as he was seen to operate simultaneously both 'inside' and 'outside' the action of the playsometimes these roles are overt ones; sometimes they 'double up' with roles of actors, personages or characterssuch a role and its function is fascinating, not only in its own right, but also in relation to how it might inform us about the nature and purpose of presented theatrethese figures are of pivotal significance in the communication of those plays in which they operate
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Boards show shelfwear commensurate with age, corners are bumped and scuffedgold edges to blockthe volume on the bosphorus has internal cracking of the hinge at the endpapers at the front and a cracked hinge at the back of the book, after the final page, and prior to the four pages of advertisementssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreblocks are tight, some foxing to pagesthe second volume is "the danube by william beattie, mthe first volume consists of "the beauties of the bosphorus by miss pardoe, illustrated in a series of views of constantinople and its environs from original drawings by wtissue guarded platesin good used condition for age, bound in blue cloth with embossed design, and blind dentellethe spines are labelled "the bosphorus and danube"the volume on the danube has a loose tissue guard at the frontispiece, and hinges cracking at end papers internallygold embossed designs front and back and gold design and lettering to spineoxfam bookshop sevenoaks two volumes bound as a set, published for the proprietors by george virtue, 26 ivy lane, undatedillustrated in a series of views taken expressly for this work by w
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But van veeteren's investigations at the pure life go nowhere fastoxfam bookshop cheltenham a swedish crime writer as thrilling as mankell, a detective as compelling as wallanderthe strange priest-like figure who leads the sect - oscar yellineck - refuses even to admit anyone is missingin the beautiful forested lake-town of sorbinowo, sergeant merwin kluuge's tranquil existence is shattered when he receives a phone call from an anonymous womanfinally van veeteren realizes that to solve this disturbing case, faced with silence and with few clues to follow, he has only his intuition to rely onthe inspector and silence is followed by the sixth book in the series, the unlucky lotterysee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the heart of summer, the country swelters in a fug of heatyet even in the face of these new horrors, the remaining members of the sect refuse to co-operate with van veeteren, remaining largely silentthings soon take a sinister turn, however, when a young girl's body is discovered in the woods, raped and strangled; and yellineck himself disappearschief inspector van veeteren is recruited to help solve the mysteryas the body count rises, a media frenzy descends upon the town and the pressure to find the monster behind the murders weighs heavily on the investigative teamhåkan nesser's the inspector and silence is the fifth gripping crime novel in the van veeteren seriesshe tells him that a girl has gone missing from the summer camp of the mysterious the pure life, a religious sect buried deep in the woods
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreperhaps you saw the boy and mole on the comic relief t-shirt, love wins? here, you will find them together in this book of charlie's most-loved drawings, adventuring into the wild and exploring the universal thoughts and feelings that unite us allthe boy, the mole, the fox and the horse have been shared millions of times online - perhaps you've seen them? they've also been recreated by children in schools and hung on hospital wallsoxfam bookshop wanstead condition: as new a book of hope for uncertain timesthey sometimes even appear on lamp posts and on cafe and bookshop windowsenter the world of charlie's four unlikely friends, discover their story and their most important life lessons
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An impartial history of the rebellion and civil wars in england, 1st edition, london: printed, and sold by all the booksellers in town and country, , estc t (hooper), r (burnet), t (harris: 750 copies printed), r730 (welwood); wing b (burnet), w (welwood)26 large full-page illustrations that include many of the most important battles of the english civil warsestc calls for 16 unnumbered pages at the rear of burnet's work, whereas other records call for 12 only, as in the present copyepisodi storici a cortean impartial history of the rebellion and civil wars in england, 1st edition, london: printed, and sold by all the booksellers in town and country, , ppour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeincluding: 'battle naseby', 'general fairfax with his forces before city oxford', 'kings declaration to his gentry & army september ', 'sea fight between admiral blake and the spaniards' etc18th-century rebackinga large work, bound in full leather with six raised bands on the spinelarge heraldic bookplate lyme on the inner front panelnaval battles and court eventsthomas wodehouse legh, 2nd baron newton (), politician (bookplate of lyme park books dated ; golden coat of arms at the foot of the spine)complete with cover page and 26 large platesbattaglie navaliare 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 availablea very good copy
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Ed gorman and simon pearson paint a vivid picture of the men and their machines as the battle for air superiority over britain is played out across the skies of europe, from the west of ireland to the german capitalwe experience the battle chronologically through the remarkable stories of seventeen airmen from across the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreillustrated with contemporary photographs of the pilots and their aircraft, this is an enthralling and original account from both sides of a conflict that shaped the modern world, full of courage, endeavour and, above all, humanitysome will be new to many readers: the new zealander who "borrowed" a seaplane from the royal navy to set up a freelance air-sea rescue service that saved the lives of dozens of british and german pilots; the swiss baron who claimed to have destroyed six british fighters in a day; the vainglorious commander whose raf squadron was wiped out trying to disrupt nazi invasion plans; and the german bomber pilot who fought the first battle involving foreign troops on british soil since culloden - before repairing to a pub for a pint with soldiers who had taken him prisonerotherwise the book is in very good condition with sound binding and clean, unmarked pagesthere is a small worn patch near the top of the spine of the dust jacket and slight bumping to the top of the spine and the corners of the front coveroxfam bookshop new milton used, very good condition, hard cover with dust jacket, published
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They meant being crammed into a car with grandma and heading to the coastwhether it was swept away by a force ten gale on the welsh coast or suffering copious amounts of food poisoning on a brave trip to the south of france, family holidays alwaysleft them battered and bruisedoxfam bookshop cheltenham growing up in the seventies, we were on the brink of the modern ageemma's memoir,the tent, the bucket and me,is a painfully funny reminder of just what it was like to spend your summer holidays cold, damp but with sand between your toessee oxfam website for delivery information read morefor emma kennedy, and her mum and dad, disaster always came along for the ride no matter where they wentbut they never gave upbut despite a brave new world of casio hand-held calculators and digital watches, one thing remained the same: the family holidayfor the seventies child, summer holidays didn't mean the joy of centreparcs or the sophistication of a tuscan villawith just a tent for a home and a bucket for the necessities, we would set off on new adventures each year stoically resolving to enjoy ourselves
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Mcleavey'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 markthrough 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 moreauthor jill trevelyan is a curator and award-winning writer specialising in twentieth century new zealand artoxfam bookshop witney the first biography of peter mcleavey, the charismatic, pioneering art dealer who since the s has shaped new zealand artthe book is in very good, unmarked, clean condition and unclippedfar more than a simple biography, this examines the growth and development of contemporary new zealand art see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam books & music bridport this new book investigates communist rule in east germany from its establishment as a sphere of soviet influence after world war ii to its rapid collapse after the fall of the berlin wallpolitical pluralismthere is some slight foxing to the insidethere is no spine creasing, the binding is tight and there are no loose pages see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe subsequent stabilisation of the gdr and the establishment of an uneasy compromise between the ruling elites and the population in the later s and s are explained with reference to a range of internal social, economic and political factorsthe enduring appeal of west germany's social market economythis book has some shelf wear which includes bumping to the corners and creasing to the back coverthis clear and comprehensive survey marshals secondary and original primary sources in order to give a unique insight into the gdr's struggles and achievementsthe disintegration of the regime in is explained in the light of: the chronic weakness of gorbachev's soviet unionthe bravery of the protestorslater chapters cover the dramatic episodes of the uprising against soviet dominance and the building of the berlin wall inusing newly available archive material, the early chapters trace the emergence of the gdr out of the soviet zone of occupation
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General toning and spotting, stained to margin towards rear of book - see imagesthere is wear and scuffing to the remaining calf, spine cracked, but main block holdingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store5 inches x 5 inches) selling here is an incredibly scarce copy of ramsay's, 'essay on the treatment and conversion of african slavesthe books comprises of chapter i: of the various ranks in social life, ii: the advancement of slaves would augment their social importance, iii: the advancement of slaves must accompany their religious importance, iv: natural capacity of african slaves vindicated and v: plan for the improvement and conversion of african slavesrare first editioncondition: the book is bound in full calf, with both boards loose but presentinternally, front endpaper loose, title and subsequent few leaves loose at gutter - previous strengthening to margin, resulting in marking and tape residuean essay on the treatment and conversion of african slaves in the british sugar colonies by reverend james ramsay published: london, james phillips size: 22cm x 13cm (8please see our images for further descriptionare 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 availablean important eighteenth century work
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The binding has wear on the spine extremitiesgood book block and decent, bright pagesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe old shekarry - the forest and the field - london, jbound in the original linen hardcoverthe attachment of the book block is loose at the rear coveroriginal and complete with the eight illustrationsnimmo & bain, ppin good conditionare 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 availablehardcover - 19 x 14 cm
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehere we describe the fourth volume of the original london edition, which tells of the trips to francecoeval full havana-coloured binding with embossing and gold edging on the plates; spine redone with inadequate leather; marbled edges and endpapersbookplate of thomas fitz gerald on the front counter-platea six-volume american edition of pinkerton's travel collection was published in philadelphia infourth volume of a collection of the most renowned and interesting travels in all parts of the world, consisting of 17 volumes written by the scottish historian and poet john pinkerton, published for the first time in britain inthe last two narratives concern the mountains: horace-bénédict de saussure’s story "an account of the attempts that have been made to attain the summit of mont blanc"; and louis-fransois ramond's "journey to the summit of mont perdu" dates back tocopy in good condition, except for the redone spine and sporadic mildew or yellowingmartin lister, an english naturalist and physician; travels during the years and followed, with a focus on the agricultural resources of france described by the agronomist arthur youngare 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 availablecover page; 722 numbered pages, inside, 16 tipped-in engraved plates, depicting french views except for one, depicting mont blanc seen from chamounithe first story is "a journey to paris in the year " by dreach volume is illustrated by copious engravings
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Oxfam bookshop glossop road slight shelf wear and scuffing to dust covers, good overall condition monarchy was widespread as a political system in the ancient worldthe culturally specific conditions in which these monarchies functioned meant variety in the character of the ruler's court from one society to anotherthe 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 dynastythis volume offers a substantial discussion of ancient monarchies from the viewpoint of the ruler's courtsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea 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 controlthis approach is broadly inspired by work on courts in later periods of history, especially early-modern francethe case studies confirm that ancient monarchies created the conditions for the emergence of a court and court society
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