The taming of the shrew
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moretwo very different daughters provide a problem for their fathereverybody falls in love with beautiful, calm, sweet bianca, but her father won't let her wed until someone has married her fiery, vicious sister kate (taylor)luckily, petruchio (burton) wants a rich wife so badly he takes her on (having fallen in love with her anyway), and his genuine love soon 'tames' her into being a devoted wifeoxfam bookshop brigg franco zeffirelli directs richard burton and elizabeth taylor in this adaptation of shakespeare's playrunning time 117 minscase has a few light marksdisc clean bright and unmarked
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Henry iv part 1 & 2 not in collection or king lear or the taming of the shrewincluded in collection is venus and adonis, rape of lacrace, king henry vi part 3, sonnetts, glossary36 miniature books
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'the taming of the shrew' stars twiggy, stephen tompkinson, jamie murray and rufus sewell and is adapted by sally wainwrightoxfam bookshop swanage four of shakespeare's best known plays are interpreted into modern settings by some of britain's leading television writersfinally, 'macbeth' stars james mcavoy and keeley hawes in 'much ado about nothing', bickering between broadcasters beatrice (sarah parish) and benedick (damian lewis) gets too much to take so their colleagues at south west tv come up with a cunning plan to shut the pair up see oxfam website for delivery information read more'a midsummer night's dream' is adapted by peter bowker and stars imelda staunton, bill paterson, rupert evans and johnny vegas
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The taming of the queen is a historical novelby british author philippa gregory, published on 13 augustit tells the story of kateryn parr, the last wife of henry viii of englandcollection only
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But she cannot save the protestants, under threat for their faith, and henry's dangerous gaze turns on hersee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut is this enough to keep her safe? a leader of religious reform and the first woman to publish in english, kateryn stands out as an independent woman with a mind of her ownoxfam shop colne road why would a woman marry a serial killer? because she cannot refusethe traditional churchmen and rivals for power accuse her of heresy - the punishment is death by fire and the king's name is on the warrantkateryn has no doubt about the danger she faces: the previous queen lasted sixteen months, the one before barely half a yearfrom an author who has described all of henry's queens comes a deeply intimate portrayal of the last: a woman who longed for passion, power and education at the court of a medieval killerbut henry adores his new bride and kateryn's trust in him grows as she unites the royal family, creates a radical study circle at the heart of the court, and rules the kingdom as regentkateryn parr, a thirty-year-old widow in a secret affair with a new lover, has no choice when a man old enough to be her father who has buried four wives - king henry viii - commands her to marry him
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Set of 6 william shakespeareâs miniture books of his playâs, hamlet, macbeth, as you like it,romeo @ juliet, taming of the shrew, midsummer nights dream
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Together they must battle across middle earth to destroy the ring by casting it into the cracks of doom, the fiery chasm in the centre of mordorfinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplaygandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondorin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earththey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreonce they reach the elvish realm of rivendell the hobbits form part of the anti-sauron fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), legolas greenleaf (orlando bloom), gimli the dwarf and of course gandalffrodo leaves the shire aided by his cousins merry (dominic monaghan), pippin (billy boyd) and trusty friend sam gamgee (sean astin), but they soon realise that the agents of mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from overwhilst the fellowship are not travelling together they must unite against the powerful forces coming from the two towers: orthanc tower in isengard where saruman has bred a deadly army of , and sauron's fortress at barad-dûroxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jmeanwhile aragorn, legolas and gimli search for the hobbits merry and pippin in the kingdom of rohan, which is currently being attacked by saruman's orc armiestolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearsin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilthey are obviously out-numbered but are determined to keep sauron distracted in order to enable frodo to complete his quest to destroy the ring by throwing it into the fires of the mountain of doomwhen it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron are coming to find it, frodo is entrusted by wizard gandalf (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into their handsgandalf manages to rally gondor's fallen army with the help of king theoden of rohan for the biggest battle in the history of middle-earth; and aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilities
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In the opinion of sir john fortescue, frederick did "more for the army than any one man has done for it in the whole of its historystamped frederick duke of yorkhe was the person most responsible for the reforms that created the force which served in the peninsular warduke of york commemorative coin/tokenhe was also in charge of the preparations against napoleon's planned invasion of the united kingdom in"[21] in frederick actively supported the foundation of the royal military college, sandhurst, which promoted the professional, merit-based training of future commissioned officersdied 5 january ) the grand old duke of york, he had ten thousand menbank transfer or pay pal (if pa pal please add 4% to cover fees) read morehe marched them up to the top of the hill and he marched them down againthe soldiers friend
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Size: " x " conditionincludes an attached 32-page illustrated book about the civil war, with essays by bruce catton, and clifford dowdeymeasures 14" x 12âs the union & confederacy ) illustrated collector casebooks here for sale we have 2 illustrated books about the american civil war including a 12âlp excellent condition with each onethe albums are both in plastic covers and inserted at the end of the book and are in excellent condition they have some water damage, which is reflected in the asking pricefeaturing the national gallery orchestra, conducted by richard bales; the cantata choir of the lutheran church of the reformation, mezzo-soprano florence kopleff, baritone thomas pyle, and narrator reverend edmund jennings leerecorded at the national gallery of art, washington, dthank you for lookingit has 32 pages of text and photographs and a columbia legacy lp condition vinyl ex case books some water damageabout the confederacyfirst is the union, columbia records number dl-244 published in , with 60 pages of text and photographs, and a columbia masterworks lpplease see photographs as part of the descriptionthe second album is the confederacy, columbia album number , published incolumbia records proudly presents "the confederacy" based on music of the south during the yearscolumbia masterworks dl-" lp record album in beautifully embossed fabric album with gilt titles and illustrations, applied flag lithograph, and attached 32-page illustrated book about the civil war and the confederate army
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" pooh fans everywhere are sure to be spinning with excitement over this very special "hunny" of a music boxin very good condition certificate of authenticity read morelimited edition winnie the pooh hunny of a day music box by ardleigh elliott winnie the pooh and friends grace a "hunny of a day" ferris wheel collectible music box! a hundred acre wood exclusive first! - it's a hunny of a day whenever winnie the pooh and friends get together, and now you can join in with this first-of-a-kind musical ferris wheel collectible music box! pooh, piglet, tigger, eeyore, roo, rabbit and owl enjoy a special treat in the heart of the hundred acre wood, where every detail is sure to charm you! the "homemade" ferris wheel turns and everyone smiles as their barrel-style seats swing, while honeybees flit amongst the scenes of fun and friendship that grace the base! this exclusive, limited-edition winnie the pooh musical ferris wheel collectible music box from ardleigh elliott is crafted of triple-fired heirloom porcelain, richly accented in 22k gold, and plays the melody of "love makes the world go round
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiotherwise the book is in very good condition) - cm number 126 from an edition of 300 copieswill be carefully packaged and sent insured, with track & tracestamp on half title pageâtamburlaine the greatnote in ink on first endpaperit may be considered the first popular success of london's public stageour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât 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 emperorillustrated by robert stewart sherriffs () with 15 full-page illustrations and 10 vignettesa play in two tragical discourses by cristopher marlowe - the hesperides press, london, - black cloth binding - unpaginated (222 ppâ (wikipedia) from the collection of folklorist and critic of american culture gershon legmanplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitewritten 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 complexityis loosely based on the life of the central asian emperor, timur (tamerlane/timur the lame, dchristopher marlowe - the life and death of tamburlaine the greatcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablecover with minor signs of use
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementarysee pictures of the table of contentsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store) he was fascinated by the people and culture of morocco and soon after his arrival there he started to write about everything he saw and experiencedotherwise the books look good, bookblocks are solidcontents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendixhe wrote extensively about morocco (â registered shippingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteâjames edward budgett meakin () was an english journalistcondition: both books from new college library oxford with features: embossed marking on the front cover, traces at the bottom of the spine, bookplate and coding inside front and back cover, map with a stamp in the marginhe adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and language(total of 2 books) read moretwo uniformly bound books in the original bindings with original endpapers - xxxi, 464 + folding 'map of morocco' ( cm), xxii, 503 ppcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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The video tape is in excellent condition and is made available inclusive of the cost of packaging but exclusive of the cost of postage which will be one of the following: royal mail 'uk standard' 1st class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: ÂŁ3t video gems in , this classical musical version of the gilbert & sullivan opera is numbered vhs s and was produced by george walker and starred joel grey, alfred marks, elizabeth gale, david hillman and elizabeth bainbridgethe yeomen of the guard vhs video tapeshould it also be of interest, i also have a video tape for sale in the same condition at the same price of the guilbert & sullivan opera the mikado, which is also one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by ait was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowersone of the savoy video series of video tapes released by a70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: ÂŁ3
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikishowcasing the possible technical heights this medium could reach,and both stevens and a superb back-up,made that aspect of the show more than just a technical triumphour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storethe quality of the stereo-fm track for simulcast was excellent"stevens is a dark and quiet personality and the show was virtually without any spoken commentplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitewhile small screen addicts might have been disappointed by the lack of chatter,it was a refreshing departure from the usual inanity of forced conversations that are often included to provide humor or personality,stevens seemed more comfortable just singing and it helped give the show a more natural feelcat stevens?âthe hoaxer's midnight daydream hollywood live/aquarius theatre,nov9 in a review of this show,sam sutherland wrote:"viewers were treated to a portrait of stevens music of unusual depth,as stevens moved through material from various phases of his recording career since joining a&m's rostercatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available" performed about a year after the release of catch bull at four,cat stevens' most successful album in the us,this concert,which is a fan favourite,has been issued as a very,very rare bootleg \tmorning has broken\t \t18th avenue \ton the road to findout\t \twild world\t \tmoonshadow (including the teaser tape)\t \tkeeper of the leaves\t \ti've had it enough \tthe boy with the moon and star on his head\t \tthe hurt\t \tthe foreigner suite\t lp/nm cover/nm see pictures fantastic rare-cat stevens live recording read more
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiiron maiden ?â the book of souls: live chapter label: parlophone ?â format: 2 Ă cd, album, deluxe edition country: europe released: 17 nov tracklist 1-1 if eternity should fail (qudos bank arena, sydney, australia, speed of light (grand arena, grandwest, cape town, south africa, wrathchild (3arena, dublin, ireland, children of the damned (bell centre, montreal, canada, death or glory (wroclaw stadium, wroclaw, poland, the red and the black (ryogoku kokugikan, tokyo, japan, the trooper (estadio jorge magico gonzalez, san salvador, el salvador, powerslave (piazza dellâunita dâitalia, trieste, italy, the great unknown (metro radio arena, newcastle, uk, the book of souls (download festival, donington, uk, fear of the dark (arena castelao, fortaleza, brazil, iron maiden (estadio velez sarsfield, buenos aires, argentina, the number of the beast (wacken open air, wacken, germany, blood brothers (download festival, donington, uk, wasted years (hsbc arena, rio de janeiro, brazil, ) item will be shippd by registrated mailour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeiron maiden ?â the number of the beast label: parlophone ?â series: iron maiden the studio collection remastered â format: cd, album, limited edition, reissue, remastered box set country: europe released: 16 nov tracklist 1 invaders 2 children of the damned 3 the prisoner 4 22 acacia avenue 5 the number of the beast 6 run to the hills 7 gangland 8 hallowed be thy name with eddie 1:24 scale figurine, beast collectors patch & cdplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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He explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much moreindispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developmentsfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is the highly anticipated english edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed german book, which is also being translated into chinese, polish, russian, and frenchjĂŒrgen osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering eruditionhe examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planetoxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railways
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham "a highly original and often hypnotic workelisabeth and micha run away through the snow from their home village, crossing the wolf's tracks on their way to the citythose who catch sight of the wolf see their own lives reflected, and find themselves searching for a different path in a cold timetranslated from the german by jamie bulloch see oxfam website for delivery information read moreand elisabeth's father, a famous sculptor, observes the vast skeleton of a whale in his studio and asks: what am i doing here? and why? experiences and encounters flicker past with a raw, visual power, like frames in a black and white filmon an icy motorway eighty kilometres outside the city, a fuel tanker jack-knifes and explodesthe lone wolf is glimpsed on the hard shoulder and photographed by tomasz, a polish construction worker who cannot survive in germany without his girlfriendexactly the type of book that readers in search of striking european voices should embrace" john boyne, author of the boy in the striped pyjamasa contemporary berlin fairy tale that bristles with urban truths - the first novel of germany's best-known contemporary playwright one clear, ice-cold january morning shortly after dawn, a wolf crosses the border between poland and germanya woman burns her mother's diaries on a berlin balconyhis trail leads all the way to berlin, connecting the lives of disparate individuals whose paths intersect and divergethis first novel of germany's most celebrated contemporary playwright is written in prose of tremendous power and precision
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Liz, her older daughter, is preoccupied with a chance to recapture her dream of being a writer and is terrified of failure, againas each of these individuals confront the past and the challenges of the present and future, they also learn to accept the enduring, unconditional love of their family - and a mother who is strong enough to take more than her fair share of the blame, and loving enough to accept them as they really arethis summer she has arranged a dream trip on a luxurious yacht in the mediterranean, which she hopes will be the most memorable of alland her sons john and phillip work for her, for better or worse, with wives who wish they didn'tthe question is: can they do the same for her? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreimmersed in the splendour of the riviera, this should be a summer to remember, but old resentments die hard, and olivia is still running the business full-timemore than anything, she hopes to express her love and her regret at all the important times she missed during her children's early yearsbut her younger daughter, cassie, a hip london music producer, refuses the invitation altogether as she does every yearoxfam bookshop st albans after building an empire that has made her a legend in business, olivia spends months each year planning a lavish holiday for everyone in her family to enjoy
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Angels are a way of accessing spiritual energyfrom the author of the bestselling "the angel oracle", this colourful guide follows the spring-to-winter cycle of the zodiac and introduces readers to the angels of each season, the angels of the major festivals within each season, and finally to the angels of the weeksmany people today, both traditional believers and uncommitted seekers, are inspired by the support, protection and guidance of angelsexcellent conditionin the course of a year, readers will be introduced to all the forces that enhance inner development and encourage spiritual transformation read morethe archangel, michael, for example, represents judgement tempered by mercy; the shekinah, the feminine aspect of god, brings peace and blessing to the homeeach angel encapsulates one or more specific qualitiesover 80 angels are included with a description, accompanied by a prayer and a meditation that helps readers to reflect on these essential qualities
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Christ is standing on the shattered door, with a flag of victory in his handare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibig and rare copy! total dimensions: around 56 x 45 cmthe defeat of the powers of evil and the release of the victims by the fall of christ into hell after his deathdimensions image: around 43 x 35 cmour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storehelioengraving, xixth century, amand durandpowerful print on beautiful, laid paperliberation is brought to those who were bound by these powers of evilnext to the door are nails, probably the nails that were in his hands and feetthe "descend in hell" of jesus christ after his death on the crossan imagination of the phrase from the apostolic creed: "descended into hellthe door of the realm of the dead is broken on the groundplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevery beautiful copy" it's like: the victory over the evil powers is also announced therecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablethe cross is on the left, but is empty because christ has abandoned it
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The adventures of captain rob are a success and the books of the newspaper strips that appear at het parool until are in great demandare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikidecember captain rob sails with his sailing ship de vrijheid together with his dog skip for his first adventure, but the story still has the character of a trykuhn is an excellent draftsman, but lacks the gift of the word and is therefore assigned a copywriter by het parool to shape his thoughtsthe now on offer is a beautiful screen print, which appeared in a strictly limited and numbered edition in the sfrom the second story it is evert werkman and there is more line in the storiesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storenear mint condition - size: 50 x 70 cm - limited and numbered captain rob is the hero of the comic strip the adventures of captain rob, drawn and conceived by pieter kuhn () with text by journalist evert werkman (), which appears in 73 stories from december to january (interrupted by two longer periods) appeared in the parool magazinesthe adventures in the newspaper did not end until when kuhn died suddenlyfor the comic book enthusiast, nostalgia fan, or simply as a beautiful piece of art on the wallplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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The story and artwork within 'pentateuch' concerns the discovery of an abandoned spacecraft in orbit around jupiter, and the project to decipher the ideograms in the pentateuch 'document' discovered withinare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe title means, approximately, 'the first five books (pentateuch) of the creation (cosmogony)'most of the book is a retelling of the document, in much the same way as a modern translator might retell the contents of a babylonian tablet or egyptian papyrus scrollour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storepatrick woodroffe / dave greenslade ?â the pentateuch of the cosmogony label:emi ?â emsp 332 format:2 Ă vinyl, lp, album, book country:uk released: genre:electronic, rock style:new age, prog rock media condition: ex sleeve condition: ex a hardback book and double vinyl album released in , conceived, written and illustrated by patrick woodroffe, with music written and performed by dave greensladeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteparticularly remarkable is the combinatorial ideographic script created by woodroffe and used throughout the artworkcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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The video tape is in excellent condition and is made available inclusive of the cost of packaging but exclusive of the cost of postage which will be one of the following: royal mail 'uk standard' 1st class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: ÂŁ3t video gems in , this classical musical version of the gilbert & sullivan opera is numbered vhs s and was produced by george walker and starred joel grey, alfred marks, elizabeth gale, david hillman and elizabeth bainbridgethe yeomen of the guard vhs video tapeshould it also be of interest, i also have a video tape for sale in the same condition at the same price of the guilbert & sullivan opera the mikado, which is also one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by ait was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowersone of the savoy video series of video tapes released by aean-13 number read more70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: ÂŁ3
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitracked shippinghorizontal strip: 900th anniversary of the battle of hasting â 14 october figures - sheetlet: 25th anniversary of the battle of britain â 13 september figures) - horizontal strip: investiture of the prince of wales - 1 july figures) - regional stamps to â ecossewales and monmouthshireour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeincluding: - sheetlet: british birds - 8 august figures) - sheetlet: british flora â 24 april figures) - horizontal strip: british ships â 15 january figures) - horizontal strip: british ships â 15 january figures) - sheetlet: british cathedrals â 28 may figures) - horizontal strip: 900th anniversary of the battle of hasting â 14 october figures)great britain; album of presentation stamps offered to the delegates of the 16th () congress of the universal postal union in tokyoplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe stamps are presented by themesnorthern ireland\t all articles are presentedcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablesee the pictures for more detailsbook in cassette form containing 14 printed double sheets with 173 mint hinged stamps issued from to
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Bruce guenther is chief curator and robert and mercedes eichholz curator of modern and contemporary art at the portland art museumguillaume fonkenell is curator of sculpture and museum historian at the musee du louvrecorey is consulting curator at the high museum of artpaula deitz is editor of the hudson reviewputney is an art historian and head of the art museum practices program at the university of toledo and consulting curator of medieval art at the toledo museum of artsarah kennel is curator of photographs at the national gallery of art, washington, dabout the author laura d
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeâthe windmill: stories, essays, poems & pictures by authors & artists whose works are published at the sign of the windmillâ, edited by lpublisherâs cloth-backed orange boards, gilt lettering and windmill motif to upper board, gilt lettering to spine, lower page edges untrimmed, 4 colour plates with descriptive tissue guards, 1 double- and 3 single-page b/w plates, 7 facsimile reproductions of manuscripts and letters, title and contents pages in red and black, text pages on laid paper, ix + 226 pages, 25endpapers with usual foxing/offsetting; rear pastedown with a little âbubblingâother colour plates include a hugh thomson illustration from âthe merry wives of windsorâ, plus an art deco landscape by cswinburne, vita sackville-west, somerset maugham, laurence sterne, henry james, joseph conrad and rbinding almost tight, with slight leanfirst editionthis interesting anthology â a celebration of heinemannâs publishing list â is a collection of (in the main) previously unpublished works by heinemann artists and authors, including some of the most famous names of the dayamong the highlights of the title is a beautiful, little-known illustration by arthur rackham, entitled âsomebodyâs bookâ, in which a satyr is depicted reading to an enraptured nymph, while a pair of animated trees look over their shouldersstevenson, among otherscatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableedges of page block with foxing and soiling, a few small marks(see photos for full list of contentsauthors include max beerbohm (writing on einsteinâs theory), john galsworthy, siegfried sassoon, lafcadio hearn, john masefield, jack london, acallender and published by william heinemann, londonplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteno owner inscriptionslovat fraser; while cecil aldin provides a halftone spread with studies of dogsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiboards and spine with soiling, scratching, discoloration and marks as shown, bumping, rubbing and wear to extremities; paper worn through slightly to corners, and with a few small chips to edges; lower board with a little rippling, foot of spine with a few nicksusual age-toning to paper, foxing throughout (mostly light; heaviest at front and back of book, and to pages adjoining plates; glossy plates not affected), hinge between frontispiece and tissue guard with split, untrimmed lower edges with usual bumping, creasing, nicks and wear) condition: contents very clean
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikia series of engravings illustrating scenes on the route followed by the mail ships sailing by way of the mediterranean and the red sea to indiamason and others after david roberts, grieve, telbin, absolon, herring and rpublished as part of the gallery of illustration with letter-press by jincluded are views of the needles on the isle of wight, cintra, the tagus, trafalgar, tarifa, gibraltar, malta, alexandria, suez, the red sea, jeddah, aden, pointe de galle (ceylon), madras and calcuttaa beautifully produced and unusual work, with plates of scenes that rarely figure in works of this kindour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storethe engravings are by w32 wood-engraved plates including vignette titleoblong royal 8voplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitegrieve, thomas, and others, illustrators] the route of the overland mail to india, from southampton to calcutta[roberts, david, herring, jlondon, gallery of illustration, 14, regent street, waterloo placeblack-on white wood-engravingssears, the leighton brothers, acatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikijames thomson's poem the seasons, the first edition with thomas bewick's wood-cutsthere are some very small white spots on the front panel and some matt spots that can be seen when the light reflects on the panelthe pages, of are heavy rag paper, are clean and fresh, and the impressions of the bewick wood-cuts all fine and crispthe results are prints with far finer detail than other types of wood-cutsthey accordingly have the charm and warmth of carved wood, but allow much finer forms and greater expressive nuanceour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storethis is a large format book in a handsome original binding of green textured calf leather tooled in gold on both boards and the spine, with gold dentelles and gold to all three edges of the page blockthis technique cuts the image against the grain on very hard box-wood, with tools used for metal etchingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethomas bewick is not only the pioneer of the wood-block print, but also recognised as its foremost artistthe binding and page block are solid, there is perhaps the bit of edge-wear to the boardscatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikivondels palamedes, of vermoorde onnozelheitwith engraved title page and portrait of vondel + some folding engravingsin addition to religious and political poems, he also wrote a large number of playsvondel's palamedes is intended as an indictment of the death of oldenbarnevelt, a political murder in vondel's eyesone note on the title pageamersfoort, pieter brakmanhe was depicted on postage stamps and on the last five guilder banknote, and had many streets named after him, for instance the amsterdam vondelparkour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storein , grand pensionary van oldenbarnevelt was sentenced to death for high treason by the prince of orange (maurice of nassau) after a mock trialplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebeautiful and complete copy in good antiquarian condition without loose pages or tearsjoost van den vondel has been a historical figure in dutch cultural history over the centuriesjoost van den vondel (), âthe prince of the poetsâ, is one of the most important writers of the golden agetreurspel, met aantekeningen uit 's digters mondt opgeschreven, 82 ppsupplemented with hekeldigten, 154 ppcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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