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Oxfam bookshop swanage condition: used good inscription on all copies good condition in full leather spine on eighth edition partially missed all pages intact published by hamilton, balfour, & neil dated see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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All volumes will be beautifully produced, and have comprehensive introductions and detailed annotationfiction and non-fiction volumes will also contain a full account of each text's manuscript development and textual variantswaugh was 19 when his first oxford review appeared, 31 when the spectator printed his last review ofthe edition's general editor is alexander waugh, evelyn waugh's grandson and editor of the twelve-volume personal writings sequenceno other edition of a british novelist has been undertaken on this scalewaughs works are placed in their rich literary and historical context, enabling readers to appreciate for the first time the range and complexity of his thinking and artistic practice, and linking this to the work of his contemporaries in britain, america and europelong interred in fashion magazines, popular newspapers, sober journals, undergraduate reviews, and bbc archives, 110 of the 170 pieces in the volume have never before been reprintedonly 15% of waugh's letters have previously been publishedoriginal texts, so easily distorted in the production process, have been established as far as possible using manuscript and other controlsthe origins of the works are explored, and annotations to each piece seek to assist the modern readerthis is a young writer's book, and the always lucid articles and reviews it presents read as fresh and lively, as challenging and opinionated, as the day they first appearedseveral typescripts of articles and reviews are published here for the first time, as are a larger number of unsigned pieces never before identified as waugh'sthe volume embraces university journalism; essays from waugh's years of drift after oxford; forcefully emphatic articles and contrasting sophisticated reviews written for the metropolitan press from to (the most active and enterprising years of waugh's career); reports for three newspapers of a coronation in abyssinia and essays for the times on the condition of ethiopia and on british policy in arabiasee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe complete works will revolutionize waugh studies, and offer new insights for twentieth-century literary and cultural studies generallythis first volume of evelyn waugh's articles, essays, and reviews contains every traceable piece of journalism that research could uncover written by waugh between january , when he first went up to oxford, and december , when he had recently returned from british guiana and was enjoying the runaway success of a handful of dustalexander waugh, evelyn waugh's grandson, is editing a twelve-volume personal writings sequence for the series, intercalating over letters with the complete, unexpurgated diariesoxfam bookshop victoria the complete works of evelyn waugh offers the first scholarly edition of waugh's work, bringing together all of his extant writings and graphic art: novels, biographies, travel writing, short fiction, essays, articles, reportage, reviews, poems, juvenilia, parerga, drawings, and designsfinally, in early waugh travelled for three months in remote british guiana, resulting in nine travel articles and a handful of dust, acclaimed as one of the most distinguished novels of the centurythis volume is part of the complete works of evelyn waugh critical edition, which brings together all waugh's published and previously unpublished writings for the first time with comprehensive introductions and annotation, and a full account of each text's manuscript development and textual variants
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The spectator himself unties the signed bill from the end of the yarn2 bonus super effects getthe yarn and fry your audiences! the ball of wool is in the spectator's hand since the beginning of the show
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volumes 3-6 other volumes similar layoutthe imperial gazetteer of england and wales; six volumesthe 6 volumes dated contain about printed pages in each volumedouble-page colour maps and black and white engravings in the six volumesthe volume covers are a little fragile but volumes are considered as a reading copy generally in a fair conditiondioceses, parishes, and boroughs: general statistics: postal arrangements: these dated and published 6 volumes were carefully updated with new revised information at the timevolume 2 plan of hull for the frontispiece an engraved view of liverpool coloured maps of the channel islands, and a double page plan of leedsall in alphabetical order the history topography industry and situation of eachare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiarranged in double columnsvolume 1 coloured chart of the bristol channel for the frontispiece25 pages of maps and also engraved viewsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecomprehensive gazette all towns and villages and communities without a church called hamlets throughout england and wales showing details of eacheach volume has maps & engraved views protected by tissue guardsdouble page plan of london, metropolitan burghs and southern and eastern environs and a double page plan of the town & burgh of liverpool with birkenheadpacked with interesting information on the many towns and villages throughout england and walescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Binding 1 (3 volumes): title page present for volumes 2 & 3binding 2 (3 volumes): title page present for volumes 5 & 6first edition - 6 volumes in 2 bindings - in folio formatare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikivolume 6: 92 ppcondition: old restoration of the 1st & last pages damaged in the 2 volumes, the rest of the texts are in good, used condition, aged, yellowed without particular dramaan important promoter of the cistercian order, he was canonised and thus became saint bernard of clairvauxour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website"sancti patris bernardi abbatis claravallensis theodidacti et melliflui ecclesiae doctoris operum" translation: saint bernard, abbot of clairvaux, theodidacti ciels, and doctor of the churchthe bindings with restored covers are in good condition with the usual light signs of wear - adorned spines with 6 crackled raised bands and lacks on the crowns - blunt cornershe was declared a doctor of the catholic church in"bernard of clairvaux () was a preacher and spiritual monkrestored bindings with 19th century percaline covers but the original spines have been preservedcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Both volumes show wear and tear to the outer leather coversthese two volumes are bound in full leather with marbled boardsboth volumes show some foxing particularly present on the first few pages up until the title pagethe top, bottom and fore edges of both volumes are marbled, the internal marbling is in beautiful conditionthe front and back covers of both volumes are starting to detach slightly interally along the gutter but the binding otherwise feels tightoxfam bookshop keynsham the imperial gazetteer; a general dictionary of geography, physical, political, statistical and descriptivepage is completely detached in volume 1 but still presentthere is all some minor creasing but generally the internal pages and clean the dictionary is beautifully interspersed with etched illustrationsthe leather on the front and back covers has a cross hatched embossed pattern on itthere is lots of embossed gold detail to the spine and the edges of the front and back coversdecorative spines with raised bands, titles in gold  see oxfam website for delivery information read morecompiled from the latest and best authoritiesthere is some small tears, stains and some significant scuffing to the leather to the top and bottom and corner edges
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Collection of 20 volumes of the complete works of charles de gaulle: - mémoires de guerre: 6 volumes - le grand témoin: 5 volumes - discours et messages: 7 volumes - mémoires d’espoir: 2 volumes the books are all illustrated with a portrait of the general in frontispieceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilike new conditionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethere are also many maps and facsimiles of letters or writingsbeautiful cardboard publisher’s binding, decorated coverscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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A few stains on the top edge of all the 4 volumesall the volumes show traces of adhesive tape (now removed) on their spinesthe first 32 volumes came out (not following a chronological order) likely between and (sized 23 x 30 cm, cafter a few issues, the volumes show the following words: “edizione fuori commercio in tiratura limitata per soli collezionisti a cura di luigi olmeda” (collector-only off-market edition, edited by luigi olmeda)size: 23 x 30 cmare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiit was published by an anonymous amateur publisher hidden behind the acronym: the duckie comic cluba 33-volume book series that offers the complete disney works of carl barks for the very first timethe complete carl barks issues nos32 closed the chronology of comic stories entirely created by barks and starts recollect those stories of which he had only written the script, then the illustrated stories, the covers of the american books and other materialour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelanguage: italiancondition: good to excellentpages in black and whiteby the dukie comic club collector-only off-market edition, edited by luigi olmedacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehardcover with dust jacket
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These 11 volumes have been translated from the original sanskrit languagethis is the early edition of english translation in these volumesthese volumes are an important translation which gives westerners a glimpse of this ancient indian civilisationcondition volumes included i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi (vii not included) viii, ix, x, xi, xiihis 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 successorsref:wikipedia kisari mohan ganguli (also kplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteprinted calcutta - kolkata indiathe 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 bcebinding slightly-loose in volume iii & ivganguli) an indian translator first complete translation of the sanskrit epic mahabharata in englishour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storetraditionally, the authorship of the mahabharata is attributed to vyasagenerally good conditionapprox 500 pages each volumewith original red cloth covers, slight bumped corners4th century ce) this vast storehouse of indian knowledge is normally hiddenare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe mahabharata - mahabharata is one of the two major sanskrit epic of ancient india, the other being the ramaya?athe text probably reached its final form by the early gupta period (ccatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Condition: all volumes are ex-library and have the related characteristicsthe other volumes in paper covers, sewn book blocks, are in good conditioncompiled set of four volumes in the original paper covers and one volume in the original blue linen binding with logo - x, 340, x, 336, (vi), 630, ix, 364, ix, 332 ppfive consecutive volumes: 6, 7, 8 (in linen binding), 9 and 10are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe book block has been re-gluedshipping with registrationa total of 5 booksthe shocking topics are various and each volume is a stand-aloneinterrogations of nazi leaders, their organisations and witnessesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available(4 x) 24 x 15 cm(1 x) 24 x 16 cmcontents: international tribunal sitting at nuremberg, germany, proceedings period 2nd february - april 3rdthe binding of volume 8 has clear signs of wear, see photosthe tables of contents have been photographed
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volumes come without slipcasethe volumes were selected by, and under the general editorship of, british historian felipe fernandez-armesto, and published by the folio society a history of england () is a series of reprints of twelve classic, magisterial volumes of different periods of english history, together constituting a continuous history from ancient roman times to the end of the 20th centuryt clanchy3) england in the later middle ages written by msee oxfam website for delivery information read morer elton2) early medieval england written by moxfam shop hebden bridge 5 x volumes: 1) england under the tudors written by gh keen4) england under the stuarts written by gm trevelyan5) anglo-saxon england written by peter hunter blair edition
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All volumes are cracked along the edges of the spinesvolumes 1-6 the invasion of the crimea; its origin and an account of its progress down to the death of lord raglan by alexander william kinglake containing multiple plates / fold out maps uniform volumes 22 x 14 cm hardbackvolume pages published in volume pages published in volume pages published in volume pages published in volume pages published in volume pages published in these books are all ex-libris books so contain the stamps and stickers in all the volumesplease view the photos for further details! shipped tracked and insuredare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipublished by william blackwood and sonsvolume 1 and 4 have pieces missing from the top of the spineour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevery few of the maps have tears, but they are shown if a map does contain a tearthe spines have white writing on them as seencatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Neatly inked name on flyleaf of volumes 1, 3 and 4rebound in in mottled glossy brown paper covered boardssporadic foxing and and generally evenly tanned throughout75) and antiquities of the jews (cneatly pencilled name on front endpaper of volume 1see oxfam website for delivery information read morespeckled edge to text blocksoxfam bookshop newport a record of jewish history, with special emphasis on the first century ce and the first jewish–roman war ( ce) comprising the jewish war (cthese works provide valuable insight into first century judaism and the background of early christianity, and are the chief source next to the bible for the history and antiquity of ancient palestinethe jewish war recounts the jewish revolt against roman occupationantiquities of the jews recounts the history of the world from a jewish perspective for an ostensibly greek and roman audience
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The main pagination of all four volumes is continuousthe volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksall pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsit has been possible to identify virtually all the host of islands, channels and inlets that vancouver encountered, and the provenance of most of the approximately 400 place names he bestowed, nine out of ten of which are still in use, is indicatedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication involume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discoveryvolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coastthe original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedvancouver, by contrast, surveyed the enormous extent of coast from lower california to cook inlet, and his meticulous survey literally set out on the map of the world the intricacies of puget sound and the western coast of mainland canadaall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust coverappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companythese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsall four visited the northwest coast of north america, but weather and circumstances prevented cook from making more than what beaglehole calls ' a magnificent, an epoch-making reconnaissance'; la perouse only touched the coast in a significant way at yakutat bay and lituya bay, and malasina's memorable visits were to yakutat bay and nootka soundit covers the coast of north americait was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyorsas a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands inthe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoveryvery small tear to spine on volume iithe voyage to australia and tahitioxfam bookshop skipton four of the greatest maritime exploring expeditions were crammed into two decades late in the 18th century - cook's third voyage, the french expedition commanded by la perouse, the malaspina expedition sent out by spain, and george vancouver's voyage of discoverythey attracted his interest, and the attention he devoted to the islands, their inhabitants and their political future when he twice later wintered there will surprise manythe third volume in the set includes the remainder of book 3, all book 4, part of book 5, covering the pacific coast of north america and return to hawaii
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Four of the volumes from to were published by "mrsford (henry justice ford)—the first two volumes shared with gin all, the volumes feature 798 stories, besides the 153 poems in the blue poetry bookgold gilt titled design to boards is missing and spine is fadedhe is best recognized for the works he did not writeuse your credit card and pay me with paypalfree uk postage! andrew lang's fairy books are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between andaccording to anita silvey, "the irony of lang's life and work is that although he wrote for a profession—literary criticism; fiction; poems; books and articles on anthropology, mythology, history, and travelhe made most of the selections, while his wife and other translators did a large portion of the translating and retelling of the actual stories, as acknowledged in the prefacesthe best known books of the series are the 12 collections of fairy tales known as andrew lang's "coloured" fairy books or andrew lang's fairy books of many coloursjacomb-hood and lancelot speed respectively, and the sequels alonemore scans of the book availableedited by andrew lang, 9 plates and numerous illustrations in text by h j ford blue cloth bindingwallis mills also contributed some illustrationsandrew lang () was a scots poet, novelist, and literary critic" the 12 coloured fairy books were illustrated by hbook is tight, no looseness, pages with odd finger marks and foxing, spine is undamaged if pulled to head and tail a little
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Hard-to-find volumes of the work in which christopher tolkien elaborates on the work of his father jall volumes in good condition: slight damage to paper dust jacket (see pictures); interiors in perfect conditionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifourth edition pagesfirst edition pagesfour volumes: parts 4, 5, 6 and 7parts 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the history of middle-earthpart 4: the shaping of middle-earthour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepart 7: the treason of isengardplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablewith a lot of unpublished work and backgrounds of the world of tolkienpart 5: the lost road and other writingspart 6: the return of the shadowthe history of middle-earth
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volumes and 12 are missinghis lives of the saints was first published in 4 volumes between andoxfam shop kendal 8 volumes of 12 volume set (one for each month of the year, and day by day within each month) of butler's lives of the saints, printed by thomas richardson and son for the catholic book society between andvolume 4, aprilalban butler () was an english roman catholic priest and hagiographersee oxfam website for delivery information read morehardbacks bound in green cloth with gilt lettering on spine; bindings are in very poor condition with spine and front or back cover detached in most cases, and some crude mends with sellotapevolume 9, septembervolume 3, march3 cm, with thickness varying from 2volume 8, augusteach volume measures 8volume 11, novembertext pages are generally in good condition, with very little foxing
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109 tunes in the 2 volumesthis reprint in two volumes contains the music preserved in the fitzwilliam museum, cambridgeintroductory text in english and germancovers and pages in excellent conditionthere are 2 volumes, listed separately due to postage constraints but sold together, each at £9illustration and description apply to bothsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam music shop reading this is a collection of virginal music was originally published innothing is know of its history beforethe original is a small folio volume of 220 leaves of paper, 209 filled with musicsome dust staining on the top edges
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Oxfam bookshop keynsham this set of books contains 3 volumes  - 2 main large volumes ( and pages) which date from and a smaller supplement (502 pages) which dates fromthere is slight damage to the internal binding at the end of the 2 main volumeson the recto page of volume 1 there is a charming inscribed list of all the owners of the books since the early sthey are leatherbound with gilt detail to the cover and spinethere is foxing throughoutsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe covers and spines have scuffs and tearsthis imperial dictionary contains hundreds of lovely black and white illustrations within the text and one platethe pages are in good conditionthe end papers are marbled
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The binding of all volumes is sound and tight, the cloth of all volumes is in excellent order, and the contents of all volumes are close to as newthe spines of the jackets have all lightened, and the jackets all have minor marks and other light wear, mainly on the backs or edges or at cornersoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames five volume set, all hardcovers in dust jacketsincluding index volume iiincluding index volume v: appendices & comprehensive indexsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is a small amount of spotting of the top edges of the page blocksincluding index combined weight 5 kgincluding index volume iiicombined size 25including index volume iv
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Oxfam bookshop henley-on-thames two uniform volumes bound in green leather with gilt titles to front and spine and gilt initials to frontcombined size 15combined weight 275gthe two paths: corners and edges (including gilt top edge) a little rubbed, spines faded (the title lettering remains bright), front hinge cracked, contents clean and brightribbon marker in placethe volumes: a joy for ever (and its price in the market), being the substance (with additions) of two lectures on the political economy of art delivered at manchester, july 10th and 13th the two paths, being lectures on art and its application to decoration and manufacture delivered in a joy for ever: corners slightly rubbed, spine faded (the title lettering remains bright), binding sound with hinges secure, contents clean and brightsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreribbon marker in place but shortened
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The ebooks are accessed with the norton shakespeare digital edition registration code included in the print volumesthe print and digital bundles offer students a great reading experience in two ways - printed volumes for their lifetime library and digital editions ideal for in-class useoxfam books & music aberdeen published in third edition this volume covers early plays and poems these individual volumes extracted from the norton shakespeare bring to readers a meticulously edited new text that reflects current textual-editing scholarship and introduces innovative teaching featuresevery introduction, note, gloss and bibliography has been reconsidered in light of reviewers' suggestions, and new textual introductions and performance notes reflect the extensive new scholarship in these fieldssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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47 volumes in totalbeautifully presented in a red cover with gold tooling and the science volumes in navy with gold toolingmuch nicer to handle than searching for information on the internetcollection from sittingbourneexcellent conditionthe complete 15th edition of encyclopedia britannica with 8 annuals plus 7 " science and the future " editions
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' matthew dennison, the spectator see oxfam website for delivery information read morebertie wooster, recently returned from a very pleasurable soujourn in cannes, finds himself at the stately home of sir henry hackwood in dorsetmeanwhile, peregrine 'woody' beeching, one of bertie's oldest chums, is desperate to regain the trust of his fiancée amelia, sir henry's tennis-mad daughterbut why would this necessitate bertie having to pass himself off as a servant when he has never so much as made a cup of tea? could it be that the ever-loyal, spinoza-loving jeeves has an ulterior motive?evoking the sunlit days of a time gone by, jeeves and the wedding bells is a delightfully witty story of mistaken identity, a midsummer village festival, a cricket match and love triumphantbertie is more than familiar with the country house set-up: he is a veteran of the cocktail hour and, thanks to jeeves, his gentleman's personal gentleman, is never less than immaculately dressedjeeves and the wedding bells is a masterpieceoxfam books & music durham a gloriously witty novel from sebastian faulks using pand though she is clever and he has a reputation for foolish engagements, it looks as though this could be the real thingon this occasion, however, it is jeeves who is to be seen in the drawing room while bertie finds himself below stairs - and he doesn't care for it at allwodehouse's much-loved characters, jeeves and wooster, fully authorised by the wodehouse estatefaulks captures perfectly both the tone and the spirit of wodehouse's originalshowever, georgiana is the ward of sir henry hackwood and, in order to maintain his beloved melbury hall, the impoverished sir henry has struck a deal that would see georgiana becoming mrs rupert venableslove, as so often, is at the root of the confusionbertie, you see, has met georgiana on the côte d'azurthis is a pitch-perfect undertaking: proof, almost a century after his debut, that jeeves may not be so inimitable after all'at two memorable moments in jeeves and the wedding bells i did indeed laugh until i criedfaulks's plot is bang on-message
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford each of the 12 years has three volumes - march, july and november each volume originally cost ÂŁ eacheach volume covers a number of mathematical topics such as: durer's magic tesseract integer sequences that behave as fibonacci-lucas pairs folding a triangle reflections on the woolwich ferry the presidential address the gaps between the sums of two squares relations on sets volumes years weighs around 10kg see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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If you can't get to the french laundry, you can now re-create at home the very experience wine spectator described as "as close to dining perfection as it getsand this, his first cookbook, is every bit as satisfying as a french laundry meal itself: a series of small, impeccable, highly refined, intensely focused coursesfrom innovative soup techniques, to the proper way to cook green vegetables, to secrets of great fish cookery, to the creation of breathtaking desserts; from beurre monté to foie gras au torchon, to a wild and thoroughly unexpected take on coffee and doughnuts, the french laundry cookbook captures, through recipes, essays, profiles, and extraordinary photography, one of america's great restaurants, its great chef, and the food that makes both uniqueone hundred and fifty superlative recipes are exact recipes from the french laundry kitchen-no shortcuts have been taken, no critical steps ignored, all have been thoroughly tested in home kitchens no signs of useoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the french laundry cookbook thomas keller good, price not clipped, slight wear to the dust jacket and boardsiacp award winner marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the acclaimed french laundry restaurant in the napa valley-"the most exciting place to eat in the united states" (the new york times)"  see oxfam website for delivery information read moremost dazzling is how simple keller's methods are: squeegeeing the moisture from the skin on fish so it sautées beautifully; poaching eggs in a deep pot of water for perfect shape; the initial steeping in the shell that makes cooking raw lobster out of the shell a cinch; using vinegar as a flavor enhancer; the repeated washing of bones for stock for the cleanest, clearest tastesthe most transformative cookbook of the century celebrates this milestone by showcasing the genius of chef/proprietor thomas keller himselfkeller is a wizard, a purist, a man obsessed with getting it right
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Both volumes first editionsboth volumes with black & white plates and folding maps black cloth, silver titles, both volumes tight, square and clean, but with some bumps to corners and edgescombined weight gdust jackets rubbed and bumped with a few short, closed edge-tears (and a discreet tape repair for volume 2), light marking to rear panels, neither jacket price clipped and both now in removable protective coversincluding indexes; vol 2 xiv, 555 ppcombined size 22see oxfam website for delivery information read moreincluding appendices and indexesoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames vol
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The spectator gets a great impression of the particular atmosphere caused by the harmony of nature and religious placesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifirst edition of the first english album published on the oisans and the dauphiny at the beginning of the 19th century, with fine engravings showing many calm and hidden places all around the valleys of piemont and the savoie, etcil comporte également des planches sur la savoie (e'le premier album anglais publié sur l'oisans et le dauphiné au début du 19ème siècle, superbement illustréclay for) george virtue, , in-4to, 280 x 225 mm, engraved front (portrait of william beattie md) + engraved title with view+ 4 llmigèves, cluse et viu) et le piémontour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteprinted title + 1 folding map + 216 p70 engraved plates with the origrare et très recherché' (perret)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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For more than thirty years from he was an indefatigable fiction reviewer for periodicals including the spectator and saturday reviewleslie poles hartley () was born in whittlesey, cambridgeshire, and educated at harrow and balliol college, oxfordbut, visited a second time, the knowledge of approaching, unavoidable tragedy makes it far more poignant and painful'express see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe becomes drawn deeper and deeper into their dangerous game of deceit and desire, until his role brings him to a shocking and premature revelationthe haunting story of a young boy's awakening into the secrets of the adult world, the go-between is also an unforgettable evocation of the boundaries of edwardian societyhis first book, night fears () was a collection of short stories; but it was not until the publication of eustace and hilda (), which won the james tait black prize, that hartley gained widespread recognition as an authorhartley's moving exploration of a young boy's loss of innocence the go-between is edited with an introduction and notes by douglas brooks-davies in penguin modern classicsif you enjoyed the go-between, you might like barry hines's a kestrel for a knave, also available in penguin modern classics'magical and disturbing'independent 'on a first reading, it is a beautifully wrought description of a small boy's loss of innocence long agohis other novels include the go-between (), which was adapted into an internationally-successful film starring julie christie and alan bates, and the hireling (), the film version of which won the palme d'or at the cannes film festivaloxfam bookshop hertford l'the past is a foreign country: they do things differently there'when one long, hot summer, young leo is staying with a school-friend at brandham hall, he begins to act as a messenger between ted, the farmer, and marian, the beautiful young woman up at the hall
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Helplessly, sarah watches her cousins lead increasingly isolated and empty lives as if punishing themselves for a past crimewriting in the spectator, anita brookner said, 'trevor is a specialist in brooding regret and a discoverer of past crimesoxfam bookshop cheltenham carriglas is the island estate off county cork where sarah pollexfen goes to live as governess to her wealthy cousins on the eve of the first world warsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe is devoted to ireland, to its soft speech and its frequently ugly deeds, and he combines them in a sort of elegy''the silence in the garden' won the yorkshire post book of the year awardand somewhere in the tranquil garden of carriglas there are secrets waiting to be discovered
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