The tres riches heures of jean duke of berry
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Oxfam bookshop sevenoaks 'the tres riches heures' is the most luxurious and most famous examples of manuscript illumination in late medieval europecommissioned by jean de berry in the early years of the 15th century, this masterpiece was executed by the three limbourg brothers, the greatest miniaturists of the timewith preface by millard meiss and introduction and commentaries on the plates by jean longnon and raymond cazellesthis volume contains reproductions of each of the miniatures in full colour and to scale (139 plates)clipped, mildly rubbed dust jacket which is faded to spine and has a small tear and scuffing to edgessee oxfam website for delivery information read morein very good used condition, pages bright and clean, bound in red cloth with gold lettering with very minor shelf wearoriginally published by georges braziller in , this is the wellfleet press edition
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Oxfam bookshop thame first published in , reproduces in colour and to exact scale each of the miniatures in the très riches heures of the duc de berry139 colour platesdust jacket, unclippedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Les tres riches heures du duc de berry thames and hudsoncream wraps with color illustration on front cover, red lettering, 31 pages, 139 pages of plates, pages, profusely illustrated with 139 colour illustrationspostage options available please enquire read morevery hood condition near new, text and illustrations are clean and bright)
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Published in this format in light shelfwear, but otherwise very good condition with tight binding and unmarked pagesoxfam books & music beaconsfield a reproduction in exact scale of what is claimed to be the most famous book of hours ever producedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Published in amsterdamconsists of six books; with added: quatre lettres a monsieur le president de malherbes, contenent le vrai tableau de mon carriere & les vrais motifs de toute ma conduite () the book is in a very fair condition, except for the spine which is largely wornvery early, perhaps the first dutch edition of the confessions of rousseaucatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe interior is still fineare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Edition: third edition, revised, corrected, and greatly improved: with the addition of a second partthe american angler's guide; or, complete fisher's manual, for the united states: containing the opinions and practices of experienced anglers of both hemispheresan important book in the history of american angling68; goodspeed p163; bruns b253; wetzel ppublisher: new york: hsigns of use and age-related colourationcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihandsomely illustrated with twenty-five engravings of the principal angle-fish of america, and embellished with numerous engravings on steel, stone, and wood/ third edition, revised, corrected, and greatly improved: with the addition of a second part / new york: hfirst edition third edition: the first edition to contain the second partin the original, contemporary publisher’s bindingamerican angler's guide, or, complete fisher's manual, for the united states: containing the opinions and practices of experienced anglers of both hemispheresengravings outside the text: illustrationswith the various modes adopted in ocean, river, lake, and pond fishing; the usual tackle and baits required; instructions in the art of making artificial flies; methods of making fish-ponds, transportation of fish, etcgold stamped front cover and spinealternative title: complete fisher's manual for the united statesannotation: part ii with its own engraved title pagesize: xii, [] ppvery solid bindingmarvellous and complete copyplease 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 storeauthor: brown, john j
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Mendelssohn wakes in his upper east side apartmentsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreaccompanied by three equally powerful stories set in afghanistan, galway and london, this is a tribute to humanity's search for meaning and grace, from a writer at the height of his form, capable of imagining immensities even in the smallest corners of our livesold and frail, he is entirely reliant on the help of his paid carer, and as he waits for the heating to come on, the clacking of the pipes stirs memories of the past; of his childhood in lithuania and dublin, of his distinguished career as a judge, and of his late wife, eileentheir work is like that of a poet: the search for a random word that, included at the right instance, will suddenly make sense of everythingmoments after he leaves the restaurant he is brutally attackedtold from a multitude of perspectives, in lyrical, hypnotic prose, thirteen ways of looking is a ground-breaking novella of true resonancethe detectives working on the case search through the footage of mendelssohn's movements, captured by cameras in his home and on the streetoxfam bookshop cheltenham a story in this collection has been longlisted for the sunday times efg short story award as it was, it was like being set down in the best of poems, carried into a cold landscape, blindfolded, turned around, unblindfolded, forced, then, to invent new ways of seeinglater he leaves the house to meet his son elliot for lunch, and when eliot departs mid-meal, mendelssohn continues eating alone as the snow falls heavily outsideit is a cold day in january when j
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When it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron, the dark lord of mordor, 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 handsoxfam shop clitheroe director's extended cut of the famous fantasy adaptation of part one of the fantasy trilogy by jsee 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 gandalftogether 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 mordorfrodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthfrodo 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 over
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This book explores the natural history of this mysterious fishhe also addresses the matter of conservation issues and human management, which in the past has led to fast decreasing populationsthe book is in good condition, with only some minor damage done to the top and bottom of the spine of the dust jacket and along the very edgesoxfam bookshop lincoln a fascinating journey into the extraordinary world of the king of fish: the salmonsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehistory suggests it is the pressure of human development which has narrowed down the survival zone of the salmon, and the author questions whether we can go on altering natural systems and freshwater rivers in order to make space for human populations, and do so in sync with fish needsthe author explores the life cycle of the salmon, using his own experiences and stories of salmon fishing and spotting to create an enticing narrativefor those interested in marine lifeinternally the pages are clean, the binding strong and the colour photographs are clear
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Illustrated in a series of views taken expressly for this work by wthe spines are labelled "the bosphorus and danube"gold edges to blocksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreboards show shelfwear commensurate with age, corners are bumped and scuffedthe first volume consists of "the beauties of the bosphorus by miss pardoe, illustrated in a series of views of constantinople and its environs from original drawings by woxfam bookshop sevenoaks two volumes bound as a set, published for the proprietors by george virtue, 26 ivy lane, undatedthe second volume is "the danube by william beattie, mthe volume on the bosphorus has internal cracking of the hinge at the endpapers at the front and a cracked hinge at the back of the book, after the final page, and prior to the four pages of advertisementsblocks are tight, some foxing to pagesgold embossed designs front and back and gold design and lettering to spinethe volume on the danube has a loose tissue guard at the frontispiece, and hinges cracking at end papers internallyin good used condition for age, bound in blue cloth with embossed design, and blind dentelletissue guarded plates
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Mendelssohn wakes in his upper east side apartmentsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreaccompanied by three equally powerful stories set in afghanistan, galway and london, this is a tribute to humanity's search for meaning and grace, from a writer at the height of his form, capable of imagining immensities even in the smallest corners of our livesold and frail, he is entirely reliant on the help of his paid carer, and as he waits for the heating to come on, the clacking of the pipes stirs memories of the past; of his childhood in lithuania and dublin, of his distinguished career as a judge, and of his late wife, eileentheir work is like that of a poet: the search for a random word that, included at the right instance, will suddenly make sense of everythingmoments after he leaves the restaurant he is brutally attackedtold from a multitude of perspectives, in lyrical, hypnotic prose, thirteen ways of looking is a ground-breaking novella of true resonanceoxfam bookshop hertford a story in this collection has been longlisted for the sunday times efg short story award as it was, it was like being set down in the best of poems, carried into a cold landscape, blindfolded, turned around, unblindfolded, forced, then, to invent new ways of seeingthe detectives working on the case search through the footage of mendelssohn's movements, captured by cameras in his home and on the streetlater he leaves the house to meet his son elliot for lunch, and when eliot departs mid-meal, mendelssohn continues eating alone as the snow falls heavily outsideit is a cold day in january when j
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Others were hot-headed, violent and self-servingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis first of two volumes takes us on a 500-year journey from parliament's earliest days in the thirteenth century through the turbulent years of the wars of the roses and the upheavals of the civil wars, and up to , when parliament - and the united kingdom, embracing scotland and ireland - emerged in a modern formit is the vivid, colourful biography of a cast of characters whose passions and obsessions, strengths and weaknesses laid the foundations of modern democracysome were ambitious, visionary and altruisticfew were unambiguously nobleyet their rowdy confrontations, their campaigning zeal and their unstable alliances framed our nationit has a cast of thousandsoxfam bookshop st albans the history of parliament is the history of the united kingdom itselfchris bryant tells this epic tale through the lives of the myriad mps, lords and bishops who passed through parliament
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See oxfam website for delivery information read more'coast' explores the nature and history of all miles of the british coastline, examining the ways in which we have shaped it in the past, and the ways in which it has shaped us, with contributions from historians, geologists, and geography expertsin 'a picture of britain', david dimbleby explores the british landscape and the writers and artists it has inspired over the generationsoxfam shop hebden bridge double-bill of bbc documentaries looking at british natural history and arttravelling to all corners of the british isles, from the cliffs of dover to the highlands of scotland, dimbleby explores the concepts of nationhood, travel and the romantic yearning that has influenced the work of some of britain's greatest creative minds
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This book is dedicated to a future vision of the body in architecture, questioning the contemporary relationship between our human flesh and the changing architectural fleshdifferent concepts of flesh are investigated, not only concerning the architectural and aesthetic, but also the biological aspectsthe latter is materialised in form of synthetic neoplasms, which are proposed as new semi-living entities, rather than more commonly derived from scaled-up analogies between biological systems and larger scale architectural constructsit seeks to challenge a common misunderstanding of skin as a flat and thin surfacein a time when a pervasive discourse about the impact of digital technologies risks turning the architectural skin ever more disembodied, this book argues for a thick embodied flesh by exploring architectural interfaces that are truly inhabitablehybrid technologies and interdisciplinary work methodologies are thus required, and lead to a revision of our current architectural practicesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethese 'neoplasmatic' creations are identified as partly designed object and partly living material, in which the line between the natural and the artificial is progressively blurredoxfam shop castle street this is an "as new" paperback copy of the editiona resurgence of interest in flesh, especially in art, has led to a politics of abjection, completely changing traditional aesthetics, and is now giving light to an alternative discussion about the body in architecturetoday's architecture has failed the body with its long heritage of purity of form and aesthetic of cleanlinessthrough the analysis and design of a variety of buildings and projects, flesh is proposed as a concept that extends the meaning of skin, one of architecture's most fundamental metaphors
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Various scuffs and marks to boards see oxfam website for delivery information read moreneatly inked name to front free endpaperfirst published in , the book offers one of the world's first collected descriptions of what builds nations' wealth, and is today a fundamental work in classical economicsshelf wear to top and bottom edges of spine and boardscreases to lower leading corners of first few leaves of text block, which is otherwise clean and tight and lightly but evenly tannedoxfam bookshop newport generally referred to by its shortened title, the wealth of nations, this is the magnum opus of the scottish economist and moral philosopher adam smithdecorated endpapers (everyman design)buff cloth covered boards with blind embossed design to front and gilt text to spine, which is discolouredby reflecting upon the economics at the beginning of the industrial revolution, the book touches upon such broad topics as the division of labour, productivity, and free markets
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop st albans in the spring of , the spectre of war turned into grim realityand on the english home front, men, women and children found themselves swept into a maelstrom of fear and uncertainty while events abroad led inexorably from the debacles of norway and dunkirk to the horror and glory of the battle of britainfor the lovatt family - james, seconded on a hush-hush assignment to work with churchill, and his brother harry, a naval officer - for bess spofford, joanne schorner, graham smit and all the inhabitants of the history villages of the new forest, it was the beginning of the most bizarre, funny and tragic episode of their lives
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Fatal passage: the untold story of john rae, the arctic adventurer who discovered the fate of franklincondition: finewith inscription of the previous owner on front paper5 cm) iceblink – the tragic fate of sir john franklin’s lost polar expedition john wiley & sonsharperflamingocanadanaval institute presscondition: fine5x16 cm) a frenchman in search of franklin: de bray's arctic journal, university of toronto presssearching for the franklin expedition: the arctic journal of robert randolph carteroverland to starvation cove: with the inuit in search of franklinuniversity of toronto presscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabledust jacket condition: fine (in protective cover)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Oxfam shop dalston three films by acclaimed austrian director michael haneke, known as his 'glaciation' trilogyin 'benny's video' (-year-old benny (arno frish) immerses himself in the universe of violent movies to fill the void of his middle-class existencethe final film in the trilogy, '71 fragments of a chronology of chance' (), is a mosaic of 71 film tableaux portraying a number of people and events - otherwise unconnected - in the lead-up to a shooting spree undertaken by an austrian student at christmas inthe film explores familiar haneke themes: the bourgeouis family unit, professional success and the price of conformismwhen he invites a girl back to his home, events take a fatal turn as he re-enacts the focus of his video obsession: the shooting of a pigsee oxfam website for delivery information read more'the seventh continent' () portrays three years in the life of georg (dieter berner), his wife anna (birgit doll) and their daughter eva (leni tanzer), during which time a psychological blindness leads to the family's self-destruction
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While the country reeled from the unexpected defeat of richard iii, henry tudor attempted to unify the two rival branches of the house of plantagenet by marrying elizabeth of york, intending to nullify the threat of the white rose while silencing doubts regarding the tudor claim see oxfam website for delivery information read more mint condition with unmarked slip-caseoxfam bookshop ludlow contrary to popular belief, the wars of the roses did not end in at the battle of bosworth folio societ editionthere are indications that, after decades of fighting off yorkist pretenders, his paranoia had grown so intense that he began to see his own son and heir as a potential rivalironically, the hope of the tudors was kept under close surveillance, guarded so strictly that he was all but under lock and key this would make an excellent gift for a student of tudor history however, in this engrossing account, desmond seward reveals how the war against the white rose continued in secret, seeding insecurity, fear and even paranoia behind the tudor facade of stability, magnificence and powerdespite the apparent security of his regime, with the current white rose firmly under lock and key, henry did not feel safe
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A beautiful figurine of catherine parr date: to katherine parr was queen of england and ireland as the last of the six wives of king henry viii, and the final queen consort of the house of tudorwith four husbands she is the most-married english queenshe married him on 12 july , and outlived him by one year
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The orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra, conducted by antonio pappano, was excellent, along with the singing with aleksandrs antonenko as gherman, alexander kravets as chekalinsky, vladimir stoyanov as tchaikovsky/prince yeletskythis performance received excellent reviewsthe sets were very period style with heavy oak doors and pannelling and a swinging chandelior that starts to smoke in the last actin addition, as with alfred hitchock, in this stefan herheim co-production with dutch national opera, tchaikovsky makes an appearance as prince yeletskythe queen of spades royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for spring seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of this second of tchaikovsky's operas and the most serious in content
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This book was edwin's final publication, in collaboration with james livingstonecontents tightly bound with some foxing near the front and back and no tears, marks, or annotations (source wikipedia) see oxfam website for delivery information read morebumping and minor fraying to spine top and tailblock clean; top edge darkened with age navy blue cloth covered boards with gilt tiles to front and spineminor scuff marks, fraying and bowing to corners author edwin brockholst livingston ( to ) was an amateur historian, whose lifetime work was the research and publication of the genealogy of the scottish livingstone family of callendar, and the offshoots of the family that sought their fortune in colonial americaoxfam books & music winchester 291 pp
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Written by jon rsmith and published by harper business in , this book is in pristine, as new conditionkatzenbach and douglas kthe price is inclusive of the cost of packaging but exclusive of the cost of postage which is detailed below: royal mail 'uk standard' 1st class service for small parcel up to and including 1kg: ÂŁ3the wisdom of teams - creating the high-performance organisations70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel up to and including 1kg: ÂŁ3
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Laurence olivier plays sir hugh dowding, the air chief marshal whose fleet outmanoeuvre the luftwaffe, despite a numerical disadvantage; and those few to whom so many owed so much are portrayed by an all-star cast including michael caine, kenneth more and ralph richardsonoxfam shop ulverston guy hamilton's classic war film looks at how england defended itself from the german aerial onslaught of the summer ofsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredouble disc: the extras may only be in spanishthe packaging is in spanish, though there is an option to have the original english dialoguedespite its pro-british slant, the authenticity of the film's impressive flying sequences was guaranteed by the technical advice of adolf galland, one of the nazi's most celebrated world war 2 pilots
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethere are chapters concerning aspects of development in mexico, peru and the dominican republic; irrigation systems; and an examination of the interface approachthree of the pages in the book have some highlightingoxfam bookshop lymington grey paperback covers which have some shelf wearsubtitled 'a perspective on social discontinuities in rural development', the purpose of this book (part of a series) was to report on research at the agricultural university of wageningen by the staff and students of the deptof sociology and the deptof rural sociology of the tropics and subtropics
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Contains all different conditions, periods between mid tocatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storemundo, very varied lot, weight 16 kg coins from the five continents ( pieces) the photos offer a view of the lot as evidence of the entirety of this excellent lot
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The orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra, conducted by antonio pappano, was excellent, along with the singing with aleksandrs antonenko as gherman, alexander kravets as chekalinsky, vladimir stoyanov as tchaikovsky/prince yeletskythis performance received excellent reviewsthe sets were very period style with heavy oak doors and pannelling and a swinging chandelior that starts to smoke in the last actin addition, as with alfred hitchock, in this stefan herheim co-production with dutch national opera, tchaikovsky makes an appearance as prince yeletskyqueen of spades royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for spring seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of this second of tchaikovsky's operas and the most serious in content
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Oxfam shop york animated feature based on the ancient celtic tale of the 'book of kells'see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe abbot is obsessed with building a wall to protect the township of kells from the marauding vikingsyoung orphan brendan (voiced by evan mcguire) is the nephew of the strict and over-protective abbot cellach (brendan gleeson)to the displeasure of his uncle, brendan shows great talent in drawing and enlists the help of magical forest sprite aisling (christen mooney) to help him finish the book and become a master illuminatorwhen brendan meets brother aidan (mick lally), a monk from the island of iona, he is fascinated by an uncompleted book that aidan has rescued from the vikings, who have already destroyed the iona monastery
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Safe distancing area providedescape from the planet of the apes 4beneath the planet of the apes 3battle for the planet of the apes price is for the complete set and includes secure packaging and receipted royal mail postage or collect from old hall, warrington (near gulliver's world) for just ÂŁ7five boxed and unplayed vhs films in mint condition which are suitable for transfer to cd: 1planet of the apes 2conquest of the planet of the apes 5
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Oxfam shop addlestone the logo board game of the best of tv and moviesthe game of moving pictures we all know and love see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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