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 cazellesclipped, mildly rubbed dust jacket which is faded to spine and has a small tear and scuffing to edgesoriginally published by georges braziller in , this is the wellfleet press editionin very good used condition, pages bright and clean, bound in red cloth with gold lettering with very minor shelf wearsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis volume contains reproductions of each of the miniatures in full colour and to scale (139 plates)
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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 platessee oxfam website for delivery information read moredust jacket, unclipped
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Les tres riches heures du duc de berry thames and hudsonpostage options available please enquire read morevery hood condition near new, text and illustrations are clean and bright)cream wraps with color illustration on front cover, red lettering, 31 pages, 139 pages of plates, pages, profusely illustrated with 139 colour illustrations
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beaconsfield a reproduction in exact scale of what is claimed to be the most famous book of hours ever produced light shelfwear, but otherwise very good condition with tight binding and unmarked pagespublished in this format in
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeconsists 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 rousseauare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipublished in amsterdamcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe interior is still fineplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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/ third edition, revised, corrected, and greatly improved: with the addition of a second part / new york: hengravings outside the text: illustrationssigns of use and age-related colourationhandsomely illustrated with twenty-five engravings of the principal angle-fish of america, and embellished with numerous engravings on steel, stone, and woodplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemarvellous and complete copyamerican angler's guide, or, complete fisher's manual, for the united states: containing the opinions and practices of experienced anglers of both hemispheresedition: third edition, revised, corrected, and greatly improved: with the addition of a second partare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablewith 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, etcannotation: part ii with its own engraved title pagefirst edition third edition: the first edition to contain the second partvery solid bindingthe 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 angling163; bruns b253; wetzel ppublisher: new york: hin the original, contemporary publisher’s bindingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeauthor: brown, john jsize: xii, [] ppgold stamped front cover and spine68; goodspeed palternative title: complete fisher's manual for the united states
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Oxfam 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 outsidetold from a multitude of perspectives, in lyrical, hypnotic prose, thirteen ways of looking is a ground-breaking novella of true resonancemendelssohn wakes in his upper east side apartmentmoments after he leaves the restaurant he is brutally attackedtheir work is like that of a poet: the search for a random word that, included at the right instance, will suddenly make sense of everythingit is a cold day in january when jaccompanied 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, eileensee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe detectives working on the case search through the footage of mendelssohn's movements, captured by cameras in his home and on the street
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Oxfam shop clitheroe director's extended cut of the famous fantasy adaptation of part one of the fantasy trilogy by jonce 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 overtogether 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 mordorwhen 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 handsfrodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This book explores the natural history of this mysterious fishsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe author explores the life cycle of the salmon, using his own experiences and stories of salmon fishing and spotting to create an enticing narrativehe 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 edgesfor those interested in marine lifeinternally the pages are clean, the binding strong and the colour photographs are clearhistory 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 needsoxfam bookshop lincoln a fascinating journey into the extraordinary world of the king of fish: the salmon
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethe spines are labelled "the bosphorus and danube"tissue guarded platesin good used condition for age, bound in blue cloth with embossed design, and blind dentellethe volume on the danube has a loose tissue guard at the frontispiece, and hinges cracking at end papers internallyillustrated in a series of views taken expressly for this work by wthe 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 advertisementsthe 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 wthe second volume is "the danube by william beattie, moxfam bookshop sevenoaks two volumes bound as a set, published for the proprietors by george virtue, 26 ivy lane, undatedgold edges to blockblocks are tight, some foxing to pagesboards show shelfwear commensurate with age, corners are bumped and scuffedgold embossed designs front and back and gold design and lettering to spine
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Later 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 outsidetold from a multitude of perspectives, in lyrical, hypnotic prose, thirteen ways of looking is a ground-breaking novella of true resonancemendelssohn wakes in his upper east side apartmentmoments after he leaves the restaurant he is brutally attackedtheir work is like that of a poet: the search for a random word that, included at the right instance, will suddenly make sense of everythingoxfam 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 seeingit is a cold day in january when jaccompanied 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, eileensee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe detectives working on the case search through the footage of mendelssohn's movements, captured by cameras in his home and on the street
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It has a cast of thousandssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreothers were hot-headed, violent and self-servingchris bryant tells this epic tale through the lives of the myriad mps, lords and bishops who passed through parliamentoxfam bookshop st albans the history of parliament is the history of the united kingdom itselffew were unambiguously noblesome were ambitious, visionary and altruisticthis 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 formyet their rowdy confrontations, their campaigning zeal and their unstable alliances framed our nationit is the vivid, colourful biography of a cast of characters whose passions and obsessions, strengths and weaknesses laid the foundations of modern democracy
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Oxfam shop hebden bridge double-bill of bbc documentaries looking at british natural history and artin 'a picture of britain', david dimbleby explores the british landscape and the writers and artists it has inspired over the generationstravelling 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 mindssee 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 experts
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These 'neoplasmatic' creations are identified as partly designed object and partly living material, in which the line between the natural and the artificial is progressively blurredtoday's architecture has failed the body with its long heritage of purity of form and aesthetic of cleanlinesshybrid technologies and interdisciplinary work methodologies are thus required, and lead to a revision of our current architectural practiceoxfam shop castle street this is an "as new" paperback copy of the editionit seeks to challenge a common misunderstanding of skin as a flat and thin surfacedifferent 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 constructsa 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 architecturesee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 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 inhabitablethrough 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 metaphorsthis book is dedicated to a future vision of the body in architecture, questioning the contemporary relationship between our human flesh and the changing architectural flesh
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Neatly inked name to front free endpaperoxfam 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 smith see oxfam website for delivery information read morevarious scuffs and marks to boardsshelf wear to top and bottom edges of spine and boardsdecorated endpapers (everyman design)creases to lower leading corners of first few leaves of text block, which is otherwise clean and tight and lightly but evenly tannedbuff 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 marketsfirst 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 economics
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For 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 livessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand 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 britainoxfam bookshop st albans in the spring of , the spectre of war turned into grim reality
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storedust jacket condition: fine (in protective cover)naval institute pressharperflamingocanadasearching for the franklin expedition: the arctic journal of robert randolph carter5 cm) iceblink – the tragic fate of sir john franklin’s lost polar expedition john wiley & sonsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki5x16 cm) a frenchman in search of franklin: de bray's arctic journal, university of toronto presscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableuniversity of toronto presscondition: finecondition: fineoverland to starvation cove: with the inuit in search of franklinwith inscription of the previous owner on front paperfatal passage: the untold story of john rae, the arctic adventurer who discovered the fate of franklinplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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In '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 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 pigthe 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 in'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-destructionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop dalston three films by acclaimed austrian director michael haneke, known as his 'glaciation' trilogy
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Oxfam bookshop ludlow contrary to popular belief, the wars of the roses did not end in at the battle of bosworth see oxfam website for delivery information read moreironically, the hope of the tudors was kept under close surveillance, guarded so strictly that he was all but under lock and key mint condition with unmarked slip-case 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 power folio societ editiondespite the apparent security of his regime, with the current white rose firmly under lock and key, henry did not feel safewhile 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 this would make an excellent gift for a student of tudor historythere 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 rival
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She married him on 12 july , and outlived him by one yearwith four husbands she is the most-married english queena 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 tudor
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The sets were very period style with heavy oak doors and pannelling and a swinging chandelior that starts to smoke in the last actthe 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 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 contentin addition, as with alfred hitchock, in this stefan herheim co-production with dutch national opera, tchaikovsky makes an appearance as prince yeletskythis performance received excellent reviews
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) see oxfam website for delivery information read morebumping and minor fraying to spine top and tailminor 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 americablock clean; top edge darkened with age navy blue cloth covered boards with gilt tiles to front and spine (source wikipedia 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 annotationsoxfam books & music winchester 291 pp
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The 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: ÂŁ370; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel up to and including 1kg: ÂŁ3the wisdom of teams - creating the high-performance organisationssmith and published by harper business in , this book is in pristine, as new conditionwritten by jon rkatzenbach and douglas k
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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 richardsonthe packaging is in spanish, though there is an option to have the original english dialogueoxfam shop ulverston guy hamilton's classic war film looks at how england defended itself from the german aerial onslaught of the summer ofdouble disc: the extras may only be in spanishsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredespite 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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Of rural sociology of the tropics and subtropicsthere are chapters concerning aspects of development in mexico, peru and the dominican republic; irrigation systems; and an examination of the interface approachoxfam 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 deptthree of the pages in the book have some highlightingof sociology and the deptsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecontains all different conditions, periods between mid toare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikimundo, 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 lotcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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The sets were very period style with heavy oak doors and pannelling and a swinging chandelior that starts to smoke in the last actthe 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 yeletskyhas 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 contentqueen of spades royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for spring seasonin addition, as with alfred hitchock, in this stefan herheim co-production with dutch national opera, tchaikovsky makes an appearance as prince yeletskythis performance received excellent reviews
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The abbot is obsessed with building a wall to protect the township of kells from the marauding vikingssee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen 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 monasteryyoung 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 illuminatoroxfam shop york animated feature based on the ancient celtic tale of the 'book of kells'
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Safe distancing area providedconquest of the planet of the apes 5battle 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 ÂŁ7escape from the planet of the apes 4beneath the planet of the apes 3planet of the apes 2five boxed and unplayed vhs films in mint condition which are suitable for transfer to cd: 1
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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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