The taming of the shrew
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Everybody 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)case has a few light marksrunning time 117 minssee oxfam website for delivery information read moretwo very different daughters provide a problem for their fatherdisc clean bright and unmarkedluckily, 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 play
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Henry iv part 1 & 2 not in collection or king lear or the taming of the shrew36 miniature booksincluded in collection is venus and adonis, rape of lacrace, king henry vi part 3, sonnetts, glossary
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'the taming of the shrew' stars twiggy, stephen tompkinson, jamie murray and rufus sewell and is adapted by sally wainwright see oxfam website for delivery information read morefinally, '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 upoxfam bookshop swanage four of shakespeare's best known plays are interpreted into modern settings by some of britain's leading television writers'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 augustcollection onlyit tells the story of kateryn parr, the last wife of henry viii of england
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Kateryn 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 himbut 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 ownbut she cannot save the protestants, under threat for their faith, and henry's dangerous gaze turns on herbut 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 regentthe traditional churchmen and rivals for power accuse her of heresy - the punishment is death by fire and the king's name is on the warrantfrom 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 killersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road why would a woman marry a serial killer? because she cannot refusekateryn has no doubt about the danger she faces: the previous queen lasted sixteen months, the one before barely half a year
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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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In 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthwhen 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 handstogether 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 mordorin '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 doomfrodo 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 overmeanwhile 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 yearsgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondoronce 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 gandalfthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplayoxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jgandalf 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 responsibilitieswhilst 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-dûr
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Bank 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 againdied 5 january ) the grand old duke of york, he had ten thousand menthe soldiers friendhe was also in charge of the preparations against napoleon's planned invasion of the united kingdom instamped frederick duke of yorkhe was the person most responsible for the reforms that created the force which served in the peninsular war"[21] in frederick actively supported the foundation of the royal military college, sandhurst, which promoted the professional, merit-based training of future commissioned officersin 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 historyduke of york commemorative coin/token
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It has 32 pages of text and photographs and a columbia legacy lpfeaturing 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 leecolumbia 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 condition vinyl ex case books some water damagesize: " x " conditionthe second album is the confederacy, columbia album number , published inrecorded at the national gallery of art, washington, dthe 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 priceabout the confederacymeasures 14" x 12first 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 descriptionthank you for lookingcolumbia records proudly presents "the confederacy" based on music of the south during the yearsincludes an attached 32-page illustrated book about the civil war, with essays by bruce catton, and clifford dowdeyâs 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 one
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" pooh fans everywhere are sure to be spinning with excitement over this very special "hunny" of a music boxlimited 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 roundin very good condition certificate of authenticity read more
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Whereas 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 emperorwill be carefully packaged and sent insured, with track & traceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikistamp on half title pagecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available) - cm number 126 from an edition of 300 copiescover with minor signs of useis loosely based on the life of the central asian emperor, timur (tamerlane/timur the lame, dâ (wikipedia) from the collection of folklorist and critic of american culture gershon legmanâtamburlaine the greatour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeotherwise the book is in very good conditionchristopher marlowe - the life and death of tamburlaine the greata play in two tragical discourses by cristopher marlowe - the hesperides press, london, - black cloth binding - unpaginated (222 ppnote in ink on first endpaperit may be considered the first popular success of london's public stageillustrated by robert stewart sherriffs () with 15 full-page illustrations and 10 vignetteswritten 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 complexityplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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He adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and languageâ registered shippingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki(total of 2 books) read more) 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 experiencedcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availabletwo uniformly bound books in the original bindings with original endpapers - xxxi, 464 + folding 'map of morocco' ( cm), xxii, 503 ppcondition: 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 marginsee pictures of the table of contentsthe moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementaryour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeotherwise the books look good, bookblocks are solidcontents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendixâjames edward budgett meakin () was an english journalisthe wrote extensively about morocco (please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: ÂŁ3it 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 athe yeomen of the guard vhs video tapethe 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: ÂŁ3should 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 at 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 bainbridge
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The quality of the stereo-fm track for simulcast was excellent" 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 moreare 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 triumphcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available"stevens is a dark and quiet personality and the show was virtually without any spoken commentour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storewhile 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 rosterplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Iron 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 mailare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiiron 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 & cdcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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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 morejĂŒrgen 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 planetfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionindispensable 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 developmentsosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysthis 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 french
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Those 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 morea woman burns her mother's diaries on a berlin balconythis first novel of germany's most celebrated contemporary playwright is written in prose of tremendous power and precisionthe lone wolf is glimpsed on the hard shoulder and photographed by tomasz, a polish construction worker who cannot survive in germany without his girlfriendhis trail leads all the way to berlin, connecting the lives of disparate individuals whose paths intersect and divergeoxfam 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 cityand 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 explodesexactly 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 germany
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This summer she has arranged a dream trip on a luxurious yacht in the mediterranean, which she hopes will be the most memorable of allimmersed 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-timethe question is: can they do the same for her? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 enjoyas 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 areliz, her older daughter, is preoccupied with a chance to recapture her dream of being a writer and is terrified of failure, againbut her younger daughter, cassie, a hip london music producer, refuses the invitation altogether as she does every yearand her sons john and phillip work for her, for better or worse, with wives who wish they didn'tmore than anything, she hopes to express her love and her regret at all the important times she missed during her children's early years
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In the course of a year, readers will be introduced to all the forces that enhance inner development and encourage spiritual transformation read moremany people today, both traditional believers and uncommitted seekers, are inspired by the support, protection and guidance of angelsthe archangel, michael, for example, represents judgement tempered by mercy; the shekinah, the feminine aspect of god, brings peace and blessing to the homeover 80 angels are included with a description, accompanied by a prayer and a meditation that helps readers to reflect on these essential qualitiesfrom 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 weeksangels are a way of accessing spiritual energyexcellent conditioneach angel encapsulates one or more specific qualities
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Helioengraving, xixth century, amand durandare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikichrist is standing on the shattered door, with a flag of victory in his handthe "descend in hell" of jesus christ after his death on the crosspowerful print on beautiful, laid paperan imagination of the phrase from the apostolic creed: "descended into hellcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablevery beautiful copybig and rare copy! total dimensions: around 56 x 45 cmliberation is brought to those who were bound by these powers of evilour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storedimensions image: around 43 x 35 cm" it's like: the victory over the evil powers is also announced therenext to the door are nails, probably the nails that were in his hands and feetthe door of the realm of the dead is broken on the groundthe cross is on the left, but is empty because christ has abandoned itthe defeat of the powers of evil and the release of the victims by the fall of christ into hell after his deathplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablenear 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 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 storekuhn is an excellent draftsman, but lacks the gift of the word and is therefore assigned a copywriter by het parool to shape his thoughtsdecember 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 trythe 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 websitethe adventures of captain rob are a success and the books of the newspaper strips that appear at het parool until are in great demand
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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 scrollare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe 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 withincatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableour 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 greensladethe title means, approximately, 'the first five books (pentateuch) of the creation (cosmogony)'please 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 artwork
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70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: ÂŁ3it 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 morethe yeomen of the guard vhs video tapethe 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: ÂŁ3should 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 at 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 bainbridge
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki\t all articles are presentedcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablegreat britain; album of presentation stamps offered to the delegates of the 16th () congress of the universal postal union in tokyobook in cassette form containing 14 printed double sheets with 173 mint hinged stamps issued from toincluding: - 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)northern irelandtracked shippingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storewales and monmouthshiresee the pictures for more detailshorizontal 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 ecossethe stamps are presented by themesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Putney 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 artguillaume fonkenell is curator of sculpture and museum historian at the musee du louvreabout the author laura dcorey is consulting curator at the high museum of artpaula deitz is editor of the hudson reviewbruce guenther is chief curator and robert and mercedes eichholz curator of modern and contemporary art at the portland art museumsarah kennel is curator of photographs at the national gallery of art, washington, d
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiâthe windmill: stories, essays, poems & pictures by authors & artists whose works are published at the sign of the windmillâ, edited by lusual 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 wearcallender and published by william heinemann, london(see photos for full list of contentsedges of page block with foxing and soiling, a few small marksno owner inscriptionsswinburne, vita sackville-west, somerset maugham, laurence sterne, henry james, joseph conrad and ramong 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 shoulders) condition: contents very cleanbinding almost tight, with slight leanstevenson, among othersour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storelovat fraser; while cecil aldin provides a halftone spread with studies of dogsfirst editionauthors include max beerbohm (writing on einsteinâs theory), john galsworthy, siegfried sassoon, lafcadio hearn, john masefield, jack london, aother colour plates include a hugh thomson illustration from âthe merry wives of windsorâ, plus an art deco landscape by cendpapers with usual foxing/offsetting; rear pastedown with a little âbubblingâboards 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 nicksthis 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 daycatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablepublisherâs 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, 25please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Mason and others after david roberts, grieve, telbin, absolon, herring and rare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki] the route of the overland mail to india, from southampton to calcuttaincluded 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 calcuttacatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablethe engravings are by wa beautifully produced and unusual work, with plates of scenes that rarely figure in works of this kind32 wood-engraved plates including vignette titlepublished as part of the gallery of illustration with letter-press by jsears, the leighton brothers, aour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storegrieve, thomas, and others, illustratorsoblong royal 8voblack-on white wood-engravingsa series of engravings illustrating scenes on the route followed by the mail ships sailing by way of the mediterranean and the red sea to indialondon, gallery of illustration, 14, regent street, waterloo place[roberts, david, herring, jplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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This technique cuts the image against the grain on very hard box-wood, with tools used for metal etchingthere are some very small white spots on the front panel and some matt spots that can be seen when the light reflects on the panelare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe pages, of are heavy rag paper, are clean and fresh, and the impressions of the bewick wood-cuts all fine and crispcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storethe binding and page block are solid, there is perhaps the bit of edge-wear to the boardsthe 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 nuancethis 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 blockjames thomson's poem the seasons, the first edition with thomas bewick's wood-cutsthomas bewick is not only the pioneer of the wood-block print, but also recognised as its foremost artistplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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With engraved title page and portrait of vondel + some folding engravingsin addition to religious and political poems, he also wrote a large number of playsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisupplemented with hekeldigten, 154 ppcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablehe was depicted on postage stamps and on the last five guilder banknote, and had many streets named after him, for instance the amsterdam vondelparkin , grand pensionary van oldenbarnevelt was sentenced to death for high treason by the prince of orange (maurice of nassau) after a mock trialamersfoort, pieter brakmantreurspel, met aantekeningen uit 's digters mondt opgeschreven, 82 ppone note on the title pageour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storebeautiful and complete copy in good antiquarian condition without loose pages or tearsvondel's palamedes is intended as an indictment of the death of oldenbarnevelt, a political murder in vondel's eyesjoost van den vondel has been a historical figure in dutch cultural history over the centuriesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitejoost van den vondel (), âthe prince of the poetsâ, is one of the most important writers of the golden agevondels palamedes, of vermoorde onnozelheit
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