The start of the 20th century
List the start of the 20th century
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Oxfam books & music olney this is a modern print of a work by the illustrator millicent grey from around the beginning of the 20th centuryit has been ready mounted in a textured off white matt to fit a standard 10" x 12" framesee oxfam website for delivery information read morewe have many other of these beautiful prints available
7 €
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Israeli ritual goblet from the end of the 20th centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikidelivery with tracking code in professional packaging! read moreit is in an extremely beautiful condition, faint blackening can be seen here and there, maybe it would shine better from a peelplease 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 storei did not find a metal mark in it, but it has been tested by a jeweler, it is made of silver stronger than 800catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
64 €
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Representing two iconic british aircraft designs of the 20th century, the supermarine spitfire and bae hawk may have been developed during different eras of aviation technology, however, they are both instantly recognisable to millions of people
23 €
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65 years of song hits form the turn of the 20th century, ending in the 50'srare readers digest box set down memory laneprice includes uk p&p next day dispatch guaranteedbox showing signs of age, but records in good to excellent condition(plus fees unless sent as a gift)paypal acceptedinformative 23 page booklet included
45 €
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Acclaimed director guillermo del toro masterfully combines adventure, drama, romance, horror, and thrills in a film thatacademy award(r) winner for best picture in a hidden, high-security government laboratory at the height of the cold war, a mute, lonely cleaning woman (sally hawkins, in an oscar(r)-nominated performance) discovers a classified experiment and falls in love
20 €
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High quality antique from the beginning of the 20th centuryideally for dining roomcollection onlymanufactured by warings94 cm tall but the back is 102 cm, 134 cm long, 51 cm deep
25 €
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham robert grainier is a day labourer in the american west at the start of the twentieth century - an ordinary man in extraordinary timesas his story unfolds, we witness both his shocking personal defeats and the radical changes that transform america in his lifetimesuffused with the history and landscapes of the american west - its otherworldly flora and fauna, its rugged loggers and bridge-builders - train dreams captures the disappearance of a distinctly american way of lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebuffeted by the loss of his family, grainier struggles to make sense of this strange new world
2 €
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Oxfam books & music lichfield robert grainer is a day labourer in the american west at the start of the twentieth century - an ordinary man in extraordinary timessuffused with the history and landscapes of the american west, train dreams captures the disappearance of a distinctly american way of lifeas his story unfolds, we witness both his shocking personal defeats and the radical changes that transform america in his lifetimederailed by the loss of his family, grainer struggles to make sense of this strange new world shipped by train in into the woods of the idaho panhandle, he grows up, works on logging gangs, falls in love, and loses his wife and baby daughter to a particularly pernicious wildfiresee oxfam website for delivery information read more
5 €
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18 kt gold earrings, made by hand at the beginning of the 20th century, with natural stonesno reserve priceshipping via packlink pro read more
88 €
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At the start of the 21st century these techniques have matured into complex signal compression algorithms, such as mpeg video coding, and into complex error correction algorithms as found in turbo codes comprehensively illustrated with 119 examples and 194 diagramsoxfam bookshop glossop road some creasing to cover and other page corners, otherwise good condition coding techniques: an introduction to compression and error control provides a unique collation of compression, transmission, and error control coding techniquesit also includes advanced material and design tables and so will be a useful reference for postgraduate students and engineers in industryone of the few books to cover both compression and error controlthis new textbook commences at a fundamental level, and covers most compression and coding material found in undergraduate engineering coursesthey are also found in digital recording, celp speech coders for personal communications, video watermarking, radio data systems, and coding for deep space transmission from satellitescoding techniques are in widespread use, from the simple methods found in facsimile and teletext, to lossless and lossy file storage on disk, to low bit rate videophones, to jpeg, jbig, and wavelet image compressionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book provides the theoretical basis for these and similar coding techniques highly readable introduction to the complex subject of coding, an uncluttered mathematical approach
13 €
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Work probably done in the 19th centuryarmour composed of a cuirass and a morion (burgonet helmet?) in the style of the 17th centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe armour has ribbed edgesa slight hole on the front of the ridgeweight kg read morethe morion is made by a welded assemblyplease 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 store2 kg, made in one single piececatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
178 €
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Dimensions: h a similar 17th century piece is to be found in the collection of the victoria & albert museum, london: mare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibeautiful work of brassware with a landscape in reliefhttp://collectionsuk/item/o/coffer/ read morevery rare hammered iron chest with tapestry cabochonsplease 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 storedomed lid with original fastener closurecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
270 €
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Spanish piece of furniture from the beginning of the 19th centuryit's a piece of furniture that doesn't go unnoticedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikii sell it half-heartedly due to an overall change of furnitureit is in excellent condition considering its age, it has always been treated with the utmost care and was restored about ten years agoplease 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 storei inherited it from my grandfather who in turn received it as a gift from a nobleman of spanish origin (don pietro de leone)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
606 €
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This antique large mortar, including a pestle, was used in the pharmaceutical field and dates back to the end of the 18th centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe mortar is a tool used to crush, reduce to dust and mix solid substancesall our items are packaged with great care and shipped with regular tracking codedimensions: mortar height 17 cm x diameter 17 cm; pestel length 38 cm, diameter 8 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 storeit is made of wood and weighs about 2 kgthe mortar was widely used in ancient alchemy or, in the scientific field, in traditional chemistry and pharmacy, where it is used to make mixtures or powdered drugscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
69 €
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Very beautiful antique jeweller's anvil from the end of the 19th centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe object has a lovely dark patinathe object is in good condition with the usual signs of wearplease 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 store5 cm - your purchase will be carefully packed and shipped insuredcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
36 €
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Good condition very nice heavy bell-shaped mortar with original pestle from the beginning of the 18th centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikimortar is clearly cast by a master casterit has few signs of usemortar is in used, but beautiful conditionplease also see the photos for its condition5 cm diameter 13 cm diameter foot 95 cm weight: mortar grams pestle 500 grams total weight grams the lot will be sent carefully packaged and by registered mailmortar has a beautiful elegant design where lines in the foot and edge are applied as decorationplease 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 storewith the pestle, the lines used as decoration have been eroded by frequent use on one sidecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
87 €
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England, late 19th centuryin original and authentic conditionbeautiful weathered patinawalnut tilt top table in good and original conditionthe table top is manufactured from a single piece of woodslight signs of useelegant and functional
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Very beautiful wooden box finely carved from bretagne at the end of the 19th centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikirobust and 100% functional objectsecure shipping with tracking and insuranceplease 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 storethe wood is finely crafted, and is patinated by timecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
48 €
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The reference to 18th century coinsexploration and colonization were the hallmarks of the 18th century
61 €
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Mahogany table from the end of the 19th century, with extension mechanism in perfect condition
177 €
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The christ has 3 layers of varnish, the latest applied at the end of the 18th centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe shoulder was reinforced in the laboratory, because the sculpture was empty and started to collapse backwardswhen the sculptures started to darken, they were cleaned and re-paintedthere are traces of the original tempera in the folds of the cloth and on the green basethe wear and tear of time ruined the paint, exposed to the greasy smoke of candles and oil lampsplease 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 storethe shoulder was reinforced with a new restoration and made more stable with a chestnut base under the original green pedestalheight 50 cm, width 24 cmcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
152 €
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Oxfam 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 formulationthe four years were full of travel and abrupt changes of location, passion, poverty, depression and inspiration51 colour reproductions - oils, gouaches, pastel; 20 pen & pencil drawings in two tones show the full range of the artist's stylesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreart series which offers a series of monographs on the great masters of modern artthe work of the blue and rose periods was produced by a very young man in a span of hardly more than four yearsvery good condition with just some light tanning to the white parts of the dust jacket and some light edge wear to the jacket
19 €
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Good overall condition a laboratory for competing visions of modernity, the weimar republic () continues to haunt the imagination of the twentieth centuryoxfam bookshop glossop road creasing to cover and spineits thirty chapters explore germany's complex relationship to democracy, ideologies of "reactionary modernism," the rise of the "new woman," bauhaus architecture, the impact of mass media, the literary life, the tradition of cabaret and urban entertainment, and the situation of jews, intellectuals, and workers before and during the emergence of fascismthe weimar republic sourcebook represents the most comprehensive documentation of weimar culture, history, and politics assembled in any languagethis will be a major resource and reference work for students and scholars in history; art; architecture; literature; social and political thought; and cultural, film, german, and women's studiesit invites a wide community of readers to discover the richness and complexity of the turbulent years in germany before hitler's rise to powersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreits political and cultural lessons retain uncanny relevance for all who seek to understand the tensions and possibilities of our agedrawing from such primary sources as magazines, newspapers, manifestoes, and official documents (many unknown even to specialists and most never before available in english), this book challenges the traditional boundaries between politics, culture, and social lifewhile devoting much attention to the republic's varied artistic and intellectual achievements (the frankfurt school, political theater, twelve-tone music, cultural criticism, photomontage, and urban planning), the book is unique for its inclusion of many lesser-known materials on popular culture, consumerism, body culture, drugs, criminality, and sexuality; it also contains a timetable of major political events, an extensive bibliography, and capsule biographies
20 €
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The text is in english but it is the english of the 16th century with its non-standard spellinginternally the book is clean, bright and tightly bound, it appears to have never been read, the condition is so goodthe black slip case is in excellent condition as is the decorated green cloth coveroxfam bookshop aylesbury folio society edition of this english renaissance book first published in , this edition published inthere is an introduction and commentary by michael woodsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
19 €
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham at the end of the nineteenth century china is rocked by foreign attacks and local rebellionsthe only constant is the power wielded by one woman, tzu hsi, also known as empress orchid, who must face the perilous condition of her empire and devastating personal lossessee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this sequel to the bestselling empress orchid, anchee min brings to life one of the most important figures in chinese history, a very human leader who sacrifices all she has to protect both those she loves and her doomed empire
2 €
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Enfield's speaker remained in print until the middle of the nineteenth century and inspired other anthologies, such as mary wollstonecraft's the female speakerare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikimiller, london - new edition - 404p, 14cmx12cm - condition, front board loose, owner's name on front endpaper, some wear to gutter, scattered foxingwilliam enfield (29 march november ) was a british unitarian minister who published a bestselling book on elocution entitled the speaker ()"the speaker; or, miscellaneous pieces, selected from the best english writers" by william enfield - aplease 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 store[3] he published a sequel, exercises in elocution inhis most successful work, however, was the speaker (), an anthology of literary extracts intended to teach elocution, and produced first for his warrington pupilscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
33 €
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Contents clean and unmarked apart from light foxing to top page edges and an inscription on inside front coversee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop tavistock this book of extracts from 'the west briton', cornwall's leading newspaper, spans the years from and is the last of four sequent volumes which together encompass all aspects of everyday cornish lifedust jacket in good condition with fading to the spine and sticker damage to the back covergrey cloth covers in very good condition
6 €
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They till the rough soil and sleep in the same bed, touched only occasionally by the advances of the twentieth centuryin depicting the lives of benjamin and lewis and their interactions with their small local community chatwin comments movingly on the larger questions of human experienceoxfam bookshop cheltenham on the black hill is an elegantly written tale of identical twin brothers who grow up on a farm in rural wales and never leave homesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
2 €
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In this new omnibus edition, lightning strikes-and the fastest man alive is born! police scientist barry allen is transformed into the flash in these tales from the start of the silver age of comics! these stories introduce barry allen and his foes mrare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikielement, mirror master, pied piper, gorilla grodd, weather wizard and more! collects showcase #4, 8 and , flash comics #104 and the flash #this collection also guest-stars kid flash, the golden age flash, the elongated man and green lanternlight and more! includes guest-appearances by green lantern, the golden age flash and superman! 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 storethe flash and kid flash team up in these stories from the flash #, featuring their battles against reverse-flash, gorilla grodd, captain cold and heat wave, abra kadabra, drthese adventures from the flash # feature the scarlet speedster's battles with some of his best-known foes: captain cold, mirror master, pied piper, reverse-flash, heat wave, trickster, weather wizard and morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
57 €
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In a team of un astronauts travel to the moon only to discover that a team of british astronauts reached the lunar surface at the end of the 19th centurywhile attempting to trace the early explorers, un delegates find bedford (edward judd) who claims that he and two others landed on the moon in , where they were attacked by ant-like life forms known as the selenites before escapingcan bedford's story help the latest lunar visitors survive their voyage into the unknown? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop ipswich s british sci-fi adventure based on h
7 €