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He was the only english serviceman to survive incarceration in this infamous death campoxfam bookshop brigg the harrowing, true story of british soldier arthur dodd's imprisonment in auschwitz during world war iibut its history cannot be denied; it's story must be told; it's lessons must be learnedeven those people born years after the war are stunned by the atrocities of the nazis at auschwitz, the most hated concentration camp in historysee oxfam website for delivery information read morearthur dodd's story will shock and scare the reader
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E: light shooting and different displays may cause the color of the item in the picture a little different from the real thing1 pcs magnifying glass toydouble magnifying lens: a smaller 34 mm and a larger 43 mmcatch bugs and other insects, see through the magnifying glass cover which also has air holes
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volumes are two octavo (220mm x 146mm) hardcovers in brown half-leather with marbled boards and marbled edgeshowever both volumes have neat and tidy blocks with complete text and crisp, clear leaves and maps with neat foldsin the course of the work are introduced dissertations on the itinerary stade of the greeks, the expedition of darius hystaspes to scythia, the position and remains of ancient babylon, the alluvions of the nile, and canals of suez; the oasis and temple of jupiter ammon, the ancient circumnavigation of africa, and other subjects of history and geographycondition: binding copies with decent blocks2kg [approx] with sturdy packagingplease note: fully insured delivery in sturdy packaging that does actually protect the contentsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevolume i binding just about holding with rear board wobbly with a partial split to outer hinge, while volume ii [see last photo] has a detached rear boardall maps are present although some maps have minor faults, such as small closed tear near inner margin join, and reddish-brown offsetting or print transfer from panel to panel within folds [map of ancient egypt has much of this], and the last map has a few splits along foldscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablelate major of engineers, and surveyor-general in bengal; fellow of the royal societies of london and edinburgh; member of the royal institute of paris, and of the imperial academy of stthe full title is: the geographical system of herodotus examined and explained, by a comparison with those of other ancient authors, and with modern geographyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis is the revised 2nd edition printed in london by cscarce early 19th century two volume set on ancient or classical geography by james rennellpetersburgh; and fellow of the royal society of gottingendespite the detached board and the minor flaws mentioned above, this is still a wonderful two volume set with blocks and maps in an overall excellent condition - very much worthy of a rebind that will most certianly rewardour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe whole explained by eleven maps adapted to the different subjects, and accompanied with a complete index by james rennell, esqalso there is a small number of foxing specks to front end-papers of vol irivington, and has the following page numbering: vol i pp: xxiv, pull-out maps; voll ii pp: vi, pull-out maps
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116 €
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All 8 volumes are in good conditionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikirubbed corners and spine endsplease view the photos for further details! shipped tracked and insuredvol 1: from the roma invasion to the war of the roses 612 pages vol 2: from the war of the roses to the great rebellion 611 pages vol 3: from the great rebellion to the fall of marlborough 612 pages vol 4: from the fall of marlborough to the peninsular war 612 pages vol 5: from the peninsular war to the death of sir robert peel 612 pages vol 6: from the death of sir robert peel to the illness of the prince of wales 611 pages vol 7: from the illness of the prince of wales to the british occupation of egypt 611 pages vol 8: from the british occupation of egypt to the opening of parliament pages gilt lettering to the front and spines*buyer please pay within 3 days* read moreundated, circaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesome wear to the front and back boardscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablespines are firm and intact
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37 €
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Lestiboudois - paris/ lille, roret/ vanackere, - two volumes in three bindings - (4) (x) ) (xxxiv) pptitles of volumes 2 and 3: botanographie belgique, ou flore du nord de la france, et de la belgique proprement dite; ouvrage dispose´ selon la me´thode naturelle, contenant les tableaux analytiques de franc¸ois-joseph lestiboudois, la description des plantes qui croissent spontane´ment ou qu'on cultive ge´ne´ralement dans l'ancienne province belgique, leurs localite´s, leurs proprie´te´s, l'indication du temps de leur floraison, la citation de leurs figures, etclabel on the first cover page in volume 1will be shipped with registration - for bidders: due to the corona virus, shipping within europe can suffer delaysplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe text blocks are discoloured and have some foxing here and there and/or a few blemishesblind stamped bindings with gilded covers, ribbed spine, golden page edges - 21 x 13 cmin good conditioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableoutside of europe, the delays can be quite significantwith a three-double gilded edge, consisting of and outside flower edge and two inside filet edges with gilded floral ornaments at the top and at the bottom a richly embossed central flower ornamentpaper remnants at the top of the flyleaf in volume 2all 23 are picturedtitle of volume 1: botanographie e´le´mentaire, ou, principes de botanique, d'anatomie et de physiologie ve´ge´table: contenant la description des organes des plantes; la de´finition des termes usite´s en botanique; une the´orie nouvelle sur l'anatomie et la physiologie ve´ge´tale; l'art de de´crire les plantes; l'expose´ des me´thodes les plus employe´es en botanique et la description des familles naturellesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiuniform, richly gilded green calf leather bindingsthe spines have been professionally restored with the preservation of the original spine stripa tiny hole in one table, two have heavy foxing, a few have wrinkles along the foldsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storefully re-writing of a part (botanographie e´le´mentaire) of his father’s (françois-joseph lestiboudois) workcontains 23 (of which 17 engraved) fold-out tables
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Complete in four volumeswith numerous black and white maps throughout all volumesvolume i is on the birth of britain, volume ii is on the new world, volume iii is on the age of revolution and volume iv is on the great democraciesit was started in and finally published , delayed several times by war and work on other textsoxfam shop balham  london - cassell and company ltdpages are bright and cleanchurchill's mother was american, and he excelled in history as a child which underpinned his firm belief in a so-called special relationship between the people of britain with the commonwealth of nations united under the crown (new zealand, canada, australia, south africa etcthis work dealt with the resulting two divisions of the english-speaking peoplesit was a bestseller, reviewed favourably on both sides of the atlanticsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecondition: good condition: in red cloth bindings with unclipped dustwrappers, edges are worn at edges and covers are aged) and the people of the united states who had broken with the crown and gone their own waya collection of first editions of this historical works by former prime minister winston churchilla history of the english-speaking peoples is a four-volume history of britain and its former colonies and possessions throughout the world, written by winston churchill, covering the period from caesar's invasions of britain (55 bc) to the beginning of the first world war ()
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Bindings firm, no loose pages, owner inscription to volumes i-iii, no bookplatessix volumes, all first editions, first printings: voliii: the grand alliance () -- xviii, 818 ppplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe interior of the books is in very good condition with no spotting or marksi: the gathering storm () -- xv, 640 ppvol ii: their finest hour () -- xvii, 683 ppthere are some chips and closed tears, especially along the upper edges, and there is a tape repair to the back flap of the jacket of vol6 kg see the photos for a better idea of details and condition read moreoverall a very good clean set, with original dust jackets in good conditionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikichurchill, published by cassell & coour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe second world war by winston svi: triumph and tragedy () -- xviii, 716 ppthe dust jackets have some staining and the spines are faded and brownedthe black covers are generally clean with some scuffing/stainingiv: the hinge of fate () -- xviii, 917 ppv: closing the ring () -- xviii, 673 ppsize: 22 x 15 cm weight: 5dust jackets not price clippedblack cloth bindings with gilt titles to spine, upper page edges dyed red; complete with all maps and diagrams, many of which are folding
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Binding is good on all volumesthe green colour does vary with three volumes in a more olive-type green and three veering towards a more bottle-type greenthe fifth series (, first edition) has six platessome tanning to first and last endpapers particularly series sevenall spines are bumped at the tops and bases, the front board of vol ii is bumped at the top edge, the front board of vol v has a short yellowish line near the right edgewith prefaces by the authorillustrated with tissue-protected plates many of which are photogravure, some from photographsthe first series (, sixth impression) has seven platesthe third series (, first edition) has six plates the protective tissues of which are foxed and which in turn has lightly affected some of the platesgreen cloth covers with gilt titles on the fronts and spinesowner name dated on first free endpaper of first seriesthe seventh series (, first edition) has five plates the tissue guard of the frontispiece is tanned, no other protective tissuesthe second series (, first edition) has five platesthe fourth series (, first edition) has six platessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe sixth series (, first edition) has five plates, the tissue guard of the frontispiece is tanned, no other protective tissuessir herbert eustace maxwell, 7th baronet of monreith, kt, pc, frs, frgs () was a scottish novelist, essayist, horticulturalist and conservative politician who sat in the house of commons from tomaxwell's memories of the months comprised seven series through tooxfam bookshop lymington a scarce seven volume set of 'memories of the months' by sir herbert maxwell, some of which are first editionall page edges are untrimmed, some still unseparated
70 €
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Five volumes (lrbs) read morefive volumes report of the inquiry into the export of defence equipment & dual-use goods to iraq & related prosecutionsthe scott inquiry into the export of defence equipment & dual use goods to iraq and related prosecutionsthe scott inquiryin good clean condition, very minor scuff to some of the covers, minor crease to corners of one of the coverpages in very good order
200 €
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The great war the standard history of the all europe conflict hw wilson volumes 1-7 volume 1&3 book cover damage but in side good conditions
40 €
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The magic of a name rolls royce - hardback books 3 volumes - all approx 340 pages by peter pugh the rolls royce story the first 40 years part 2 the power behind the jets part 3 a family of engines originally cost £ each - all in very good used condition
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Paul augé - larousse du xxe siècle en six volumes - paris, librairie larousse, - first edition - hardcover - leather binding in two colours - 26 x 33 cm - net weight: 27are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihe took over the publication of the dictionary and lexicum of the éditions larousse from his father claude augéin case of shipping: because of its weight, it will be shipped in two separate parcels, influencing the shipping coststome quatrième: - (i-mzabites) - articles, gravures/cartes, 78 planches hors-texte - ppthe lot contains: tome premier: - (a-carlyle) - articles, gravures/cartes, 68 planches hors-texte - ppit will be shipped adequately packaged and with insurancetome sixième: - (r°-zz) - articles, gravures/cartes, 80 planches hors-texte - pptome deuxième: - (carm-dzur) - articles, gravures/cartes, 74 planches hors-texte - pptome cinqième: - (n-rizzio) - articles, gravures/cartes - 78 planches hors-texte - ppa total of pagespick-up preferred (weight)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeengravings/mapstome troisième: - (e-hythe) - articles, gravures/cartes, 76 planches hors-texte - pp* paul augé () was a french publisher, romanist and lexicographercatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available5 kilograms - leather luxury edition - very good copies - lengthwise folds on some flyleaves, sporadic foxing - the abc subdivisions are decorated with elegant initials and culs-de-lampe454 planches hors-texte
48 €
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Letters in eight volumesspecial anniversary set in eight volumesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki¶ british nature researcher charles darwin corresponded with an exceptionally large group of people all over the worldscientific historian janet browne has argued that darwin’s ability to correspond on a daily basis played a crucial role in the development of his theory and his ability to find the support of colleaguesdarwin also relied on correspondence for a lot of his scientific work and used letters to find support for his ideas among friends an colleaguesthe letters also highlight a lot of aspects about darwin and his biography: the development of is ideas, an insight in his character and health, personal opinions about controversial mattersa wrinkle at the top of the spine of volume 1his letters to harvard botanist asa gray for instance show his changing opinions regarding slavery and the american civil warplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecondition: minimal signs of storagethe letters offer a lot of insight in matters from the origin of important scientific concepts to religious and philosophical discussions, that are still relevant todayby frederich burkhardt and the editors of the darwin correspondence projectcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
74 €
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A total of 7 volumes (ii to viii, 5 hardback and 2 softback) 6 volumes (ii to vii) describing the period of the peninsular war from untilare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki(sir charles oman) this war was one of the most significant and influential campaigns of the napoleonic warshall) it's a comprehensive book of more than officers in british, portuguese and spanish services killed or wounded in the seven years of the remarkable campaign1 volume (viii) biographical dictionary of british officers killed and woundedall books are in very good unread conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeall pictures are part of the descriptionarising from napoleon's strategic need to impose his rule over portugal and spain, it evolved into a constant drain on his resourcescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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At the time of publication these volumes formed the standard twentieth century authority on british constitutional history, law and practicethe three volumes of party politics complete the survey of british political institutions which sir ivor jennings began with parliament and cabinet government there is a very slight crease to the top cover corneroxfam bookshop hampstead party politics: volume 3 the stuff of politics by sir ivor jennings originally published in , this is the final volume of party politics following appeal to the people and the growth of parties, which appeared in andin very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein it sir ivor jennings analyses the nature of politics by discussing some of the political ideas such as church and king, liberty, nationalism, imperialism, free trade and the welfare state, which were instrumental in shaping the british political system
15 €
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With index on the three volumescomplete set of three volumes of dante alighieri's divine comedy in english, with comment by john dare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisinclair’, london pp3) ‘the divine comedy of dante alighierithe books are cloth-bound hardcovers in good condition; volume ii has a tear on the top of the spinesinclair, londonwith translation and comment by john don the left-hand page is the italian original, on the right-hand page the english translationplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store1) ‘the divine comedy of dante alighierisinclair’, london (rev2) ‘the divine comedy of dante alighiericatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Oxfam bookshop exeter four volumesedited by gleeson whitexx, 41 pages text, 41 illustrations staples showing at the rear of vol ii at the final illustration stapled bindingsvol iii: pub ; xvi, 41 pages text, 41 illustrationsvol iv: pub , xii, 50 pages text (includes biographical appendix and index for the 4 volumes), 41 illustrationssome grubbiness and scuffing to boards, particularly at the rearincipient crack to the rear hinge of vol i and front hinge of vol iveach volume showing signs of wear externally: bumps to corners of boards, tips of spines otherwise the books are clean internally with tight bindingssee oxfam website for delivery information read more each has heavy foxing to the frontispiece tanning and light foxing to edges of text blocksxvi, 41 pages, 41 illustrationseach shows heavy tanning to the pastedowns and free endpapers, front and backused hardbacks in fair conditonall have bowed boards
24 €
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Oxfam bookshop lymington a complete and faithful photographic reproduction of volumes i-ii-iii of sense and sensibility first editions from the library of jane austen's house museum, chawtonthe placeholder ribbon seems to be still in its original position and the book appears to be unreadquarter bound with cream cloth spine, black titles, and green paper covered boardssmall distortion at the top of the spine which may be a production fault as it lies over the placeholder ribbonsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretwo small bumps at the lower edge of the front board
45 €
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Some volumes have light foxing to the upper page edges (from the inside of the slipcase)vols i and ii have mild staining and wear to the boards, and vol ii has a few small dog-eared lower cornersoxfam bookshop kingsbridge gibbon's classic historical masterpiece, in 8 volumes, housed in 2 slipcasesthis is a reprint of the reissuethe slipcases have light shelfwear (one of them has a closed tear to the paper covering at the junction of the top and rear faces)the books appear to be unreadoriginally published by folio between and , the set was reissued insee oxfam website for delivery information read more
45 €
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Oxfam bookshop clifton first edition of the complete 4 volume set; volume 1 is dated , the other 3 volumes ; the backstrips of the spines are loose with parts missing on volumes 1, 2 & 4, but the binding is still tight; volume 1 contains a map at the backsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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124 €
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Volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages this set is in good condition - clean bright contents - firm bindings - no inscriptions - gilt titles and illustrations to front boards, with tooled illustrations to front boards and spines - unusual gilt anchor decoration to spines - some surface staining to front and rear boards, particularly to volumes and 10; contents in all volumes are all clean and bright - each book contains numerous coloured maps, along with black and white images/photographs from events occurring during the world war that spanned from - a very nice collectable setare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikistanley macbean knight - the history of the great european war - its causes and effects: 10 volume set - caxton publishing company, limited - hardback - undated (circa cm x 18 cmplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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46 €
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Bindings of both volumes are soundvol i is celtic saints and heroes; vol ii is the royal stewards and the brandanesoxfam bookshop lymington a rare first edition set of vol i & vol ii , with illustrations, maps and plansvol i front board has some water spotting and vol ii front board has some light, uneven sunningheads and tails of spines are worn and chipped and both are sunnedwritten to appeal to the ordinary reader, this first edition two volume set has a wealth of history relating to the isle of bute beginning with the origins of the island's name and its prehistoric inhabitants through to the 19th centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read moregilt titles on the spines and gilt illustration of a standing stone on the frontsfoxing on the endpapersburgundy cloth hard covers have edge and corner wear
175 €
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Oxfam bookshop hampstead the myths: volumes i-vi box of six paperbacks containing: a short history of myth by karen armstrong the penelopiad by margaret atwood weight by jeanette winterson the helmet of horror by victor pelevin lion's honey by david grossman dream angus by alexander mccall smith this project is the brainchild of jamie byng, a publisher at cognate booksthe series was launched october 22nd, after nearly seven years of workwhat makes these books and this series so great is that they are not approaching myths as fairy tales, or children's stories, but as truth, as the stories that tell us who we are and why we are here and how we are to liveslight wear on the corners of the slip-case and light discolouring in the top of the spines see oxfam website for delivery information read moretheir goal was to assemble some of the top authors in the world and have them re-tell a myth or legend in their own wordsin good condition
30 €
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The dust jackets are intact on all the volumes but some have some wear and slight sunning, one, volume 3, has a white mark across part of the titleoxfam bookshop aylesbury four volume set of the classic one thousand and one nights translated from the original french text by powys mathers all four volumes' blue cloth covers are in very good condition, they have gilt titles on the spine volume 4 has a creased corner to the front  see oxfam website for delivery information read more internally the books are clean, bright and tightly bound apart from volume 4 in which a few of the pages are discoloured
35 €
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Uniform volumes 297 pages eachvolumes 1-3 all published in by sampson low, marston, searle & rivington5 x 13 cm it is set in sussex during the time of the napoleonic wars, and revolves around the plots of the villainous captain caryl carne who attempts to aid a french invasionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisome slight wear to the exterior as can be expected due to the ageeach volume has a stamp on the page after the title page original decorated green cloth boards*buyer please pay within 3 days* read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease view the photos for further details! shipped tracked and insuredcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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35 €
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21 volumes in the series poets on poetry: 1) s18) robert hayden, collected prose, foreword by william meredith, edited by frederick glaysher, pp7) william stafford, writing the australian crawl, views on the writer's vocation, pp9) john haines, living off the country, pp13) hayden carruth, effluences from the sacred caves, ppplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecolburn, no evil star, anne sexton, pp10) donald hall, goatfoot milktongue twinbird, ppcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available2) donald justice, platonic scripts, pp14) john logan, a ballet for the ear, interviews, essays and reviews (edited by aare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki21) james wright, collected prose, edited by anne wright, pp3) richard kostelanetz, the old poetries and the new, pp6) robert francis, pot shots at poetry, pp8) robert bly, talking all morning, ppour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storenims, a local habitation, essays on poetry, pp16) louis simpson, the character of the poet, pp5) william stafford, you must revise your life, pp12) marge piercy, parti-colored blocks for a quilts, pp11) louis simpson, a company of poets, pp19) philip levine, don't ask, pp4) donald davie, trying to explain, ppwill be sent by registered and insured mail20) marvin bell, old snow just melting, essays and interviews, pp17) charles simic, the uncertain certainty, pp
44 €
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10 bound volumes of the journal of industrial archaeology covering the period from toalso a further 11 copies of the journal from the period of tothis is fascinating reading for anyone interested in this subject and covers a broad range of subjects and places and their history (including photographs)
25 €
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Five volumes in totalby elizabeth jane howard these paperback books are in splendid condition and make for gripping readingit follows the lives of the cazalet family before and during the second world warcan be posted at costit was dramatised by radio four and made for enthralling listening
3 €
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Please note that due to the weight of this item, an additional postage charge of £9oxfam bookshop preston a compact yet unabridged version of the original 8-volume encyclopedia of philosophy, presented in four hardcover volumes, bound in navy blue clothsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe corners of the hard covers are bumped, but the books are otherwise in excellent condition, with clean, white pages throughout
49 €
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Locomotives , and in north of england volume 1 - side two 1 locomotives and and , and near princes risborough 3  volume 1 was issued and volume 2 was issued in locomotives at muhlen bei horb in southern germanyoxfam shop cotham hill 2 vinyl lps of the sounds of steam locomotives on railways in britain, germany, spain, turkey, yugoslavia, romania and france both the outer sleeves have slight rubbing and bumping but are both intact locomotives of spanish national railways at castejon de ebro locomotives and , and and around bromsgrovefor both volumes, the lps and inner sleeves are in excellent conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morevolume 2 - side one - steam locomotives at work in yugoslavia, romania and france volume 2 - side two - steam locomotives at work in great britain, west germany and romania locomotives on baghdad to ankara and istanbul railway in turkeytracks: volume 1 - side one 1
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9 €