Theatre of the book
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A renowned book conservator, she must now make her way to bosnia to start work on restoring the sarajevo haggadah, a jewish prayer book - to discover its secrets and piece together the story of its miraculous survivalbut the trip will also set in motion a series of events that threaten to rock hannah's orderly life, including her encounter with ozren karamen, the young librarian who risked his life to save the bookoxfam bookshop cheltenham the new novel from the author of 'march' and 'year of wonders' takes place in the aftermath of the bosnian war, as a young book conservator arrives in sarajevo to restore a lost treasuresee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen hannah heath gets a call in the middle of the night in her sydney home about a precious medieval manuscript which has been recovered from the smouldering ruins of wartorn sarajevo, she knows she is on the brink of the experience of a lifetimeas meticulously researched as all of brooks's previous work, 'people of the book' is a gripping and moving novel about war, art, love and survival
2 €
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Taken from the original publication illustrated by blake of the book of jobin red and black the title page states the book is 'a new edition'will be sent with next day dhl tracked and insured (for the full value of the item) courier next day postage within the ukplease get in touch to enquire about postage cost if wanting postage to remote areas of the uk where postage costs are higher, before orderingwear to the title sticker on spine otherwise in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more with twenty-two black and white etchingswith dedication on flyleaf and including tate gallery insertoxfam bookshop woodbridge rare limited edition, 1 of 100 copies for englandplease ask if you require any more information of photosengravings are all 12x8cm
1000 €
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Selling new copy of the book thief by markus zusak! this book is an amazing historical fiction novel99- am selling for ÂŁ5in new condition and bought for ÂŁ6
5 €
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As is common with my large batches, the quality may varyour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteplease view the accompanying photos, everything is depictedwill be shipped registeredincluding various modern blocks, valid postage, classic blocks, back of the book, blocks of 4 and much morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
57 €
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Oxfam bookshop micklegate a scholarly booksee oxfam website for delivery information read more
40 €
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It includes traditional subjects such as bibliography, palaeography, the history of printing, editorial theory and practice, textual criticism, book collecting, and libraries, but it also engages with newer disciplines such as the history of the book and the electronic bookoxfam bookshop preston the oxford companion to the book is a unique work of reference, covering the book, broadly conceived, throughout the world from ancient to modern timestext is printed on high-quality gloss paper, with black-and-white illustrationsthe work includes a substantial series of introductory essays alongside an a-z section of over entries, all linked by thorough cross-referencing and served by a classified index of entries see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit pays particular attention to how different societies shape books and how books shape societiestwo large hardback books quarter-bound in red leather, with gilt stamping and bookmark ribbon, presented in an attractively decorated cardboard slipcaseboth the books and the slipcase are in pristine condition
199 €
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"the book of job (fascimile reproduction of edition)" by william blake ernest benn, london - first thus uk edition - all blake present - condition: good, minor wear to original black boards william blake's illustrations of the book of job primarily refers to a series of twenty-two engraved prints (published ) by blake illustrating the biblical book of jobour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteit also refers to two earlier sets of watercolours by blake on the same subject ( and )the engraved illustrations are considered to be blake's greatest masterpieces in the medium of engraving,[1][2] and were also a rare commercial and critical success for blakecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
35 €
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Both book and dust jacket are slightly bumped at extremities, but the jacket is wonderfully glossy, the binding is sound and tight, the contents of the book are close to as new, and the jacket is not price-clippedthe community spirit endures in sennen, and through memories and a rich harvest of photographs, a way of life that is fast disappearing is celebrated and preserved in this booka close-knit community grew up in this once remote parish and a strong sense of friendship and family ties continues to this daythe sea has played a vital part in the life of the parish with fisherman gaining a tough living from it and the lifeboat, coastguards and lighthouse keepers have all been part of its proud maritime traditionincluding list of subscriberssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames sennen can lay claim to being the first and last parish in britain, sited at the most westerly tip of cornwall, it is a landscape of coves, farms, and hamlets, and includes the famous promontory of land's end which, over the centuries, has attracted thousands of visitors
30 €
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30 years after an unspecified environmental disaster, a lone man, eli (denzel washington), fights his way across the desolate wasteland of a post-apocalyptic america guarding a sacred book called the book of eli, which holds the secrets that can bring civilisation back from the brink of destruction and save humankindhis principal threat is despotic town leader carnegie (gary oldman), who will stop at nothing to get hold of the book and use its secrets to take control of societyoxfam bookshop carlisle sci-fi action thrillersee oxfam website for delivery information read moredisc and case in very good condition
2 €
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The book is organised into three partsbook is in good condition, few white marks on the spinein the final part of the book, he explains how early legislation affected the judiciary and the initial experience of the circuit courts and of the supreme courtthese three parts are divided into seventeen chapters, together with a statistical analysis of the business of the supreme court from to and substantial notes on manuscript sourcesoxfam bookshop hampstead history of the supreme court of the united states: volume 1 by julius goebel jrdetails the creation of a national judiciary in the united states under the act of and traces the supreme court's development through its first decade of existencesee oxfam website for delivery information read more antecedents and beginnings to is the first of twelve volumes in the oliver wendell holmes devise history of the supreme court of the united statesgoebel then goes on to depict the constitutional convention, the ensuing debate over ratification, and the framing of the bill of rightsthe first part describes the background of american constitutionalismin this first volume, julius goebel jr
70 €
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Extremely rare first edition copy of the hardback book 'cult of the shadows' by kenneth grant in vgcprice tag cut off corner of book inside jacket and a bookshop price sticker is attached to the dustjacket above thispublished by muller with the rare dustjacket complete but with some indentations on the dustjacket only and light wear to the corners of the book as shown in the picture
115 €
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Patrick woodroffe / dave greenslade ?– the pentateuch of the cosmogony label:emi ?– emsp 332 format:2 × 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 greenslademost of the book is a retelling of the document, in much the same way as a modern translator might retell the contents of a babylonian tablet or egyptian papyrus scrollour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease 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 artworkthe 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 withinthe title means, approximately, 'the first five books (pentateuch) of the creation (cosmogony)'catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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23 €
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P + frontipsiece, and a few pages at the back, where a publicity leaflet about the book was bound in" the cloth cover of the book is in poor condition: there are numerous water and other markings, and tears along the edges of the spine, though it is still attachedan appendix inserted while the book was being prepared for publication contains "a brief history of the orange-river sovereignty and of the various races inhabiting it, the great lake ngami, commandoes of the dutch boers, &cthe overall condition of the print block is good enough to merit rebindingoxfam shop west hampstead first published in , this important history of natal begins with a description of the country and an account of its discovery by vasco da gamaholden proceeds to describe the arrival of english and dutch settlers, the establishment of an english government, and the development of sugar and coffee plantations, trade and settlementssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe endpapers are cracked and the hinges loosening; however, the binding has remained firm except for the fthe name of a previous owner is written on the fthe pages have suffered some water damage, but the marks are faint, and they in no way obscure the text or illustrationsthe three maps and nineteen illustrations mentioned on the title page are all present
50 €
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The book is bound in blue boards which show marks of wear and scuffing at edges and cornersoxfam shop shirley "a reference book for marine engineers and others qualifying as engineers of motor vessels, giving practical suggestions from sea experience10 years chief engineer, british mercantile marinefading and slight creasing to spinethere is an inscription from a previous owner on inner board and contemporary advertising to front and backwritten by john lamb, formerly 14 years superintendent engineer, anglo - saxon petroleum cogilt titles to spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read morefront board is starting to detach from the binding but back board is secure" this is the third impression of the fifth edition which has been rewritten and enlargedpages are age-toned with deeper tanning to edges and a few dog-ears but this is a wonderful work for the enthusiast to ownend pages are age-toned with patches of foxing and there is slight loosening of the first few pages of the book, including the frontispiece, which shows the author posing in front of a magnificent hawthorn-werkspoor enginethere are black and white plates, numerous illustrations and fold-out diagrams within and all in good condition
23 €
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The pictures alone are worth the price of the bookthis a great book to look up little species of livebearersatlas of livebearers of the world by wischnath, lothar very good condition this is a huge book full of colour photosit was published a few years backthere is an index in the back to look common names if you are not sure about the species nameit gives the specifics for the different species
200 €
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book condition good, covers and spine unmarked and all pages crisp and cleanintroductory chapters cover the general ecology and climate of the region, and describe the structure of the book and how to use itoxfam bookshop shaftesbury this book is the standard field guide to the flowers, fruit trees, grasses and ferns found in the countries bordering the mediterraneanit covers portugal, spain, france, corsica, italy, sardinia, sicily, the balkans, greece, crete, cyprus, turkey, syria, lebanon, israel, egypt, libya, tunisia, algeria and morocco; in all over plant species are describedhas clear adhesive covering applied to the covers, and has name of previous owner on cover pagesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreillustrated by renowned botanical artist marjorie blamey, and written by leading field botanist christopher grey;wilson, this field guide will enable anyone to identify the wild plants found in this lovely and diverse regionhas a couple of the previous owner's annotations in the text
30 €
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Oxfam bookshop lincoln this book analyses the results achieved by the weapons of the falklands conflictat the front of the book is a contents page, diagram maps and introduction and, at the back, is a conclusion, appendix, index and acknowledgements the dust cover is protected by a plastic sleeve and the book is in good condition as a resultit describes the ships, aircraft, missiles and other weapons used during the battle, tells how they were employed, and assesses the various lessons arising from the conflict illustrated throughout with monochrome photographssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
7 €
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Vintage guide book "towyn - home of the talyllyn railway" 95 page guide to towyn & attractions - plus advertising pages & map c's 12cm high x 185cm wide mix of information and photographs + advertising condition is very good for the age of the book - first two photos are front and back of guide free shipping uk mainland only read more
7 €
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Extremely rare first edition copy of the hardback book 'cult of the shadows' by kenneth grant in vgcpublished by muller with the rare dustjacket complete but with some indentations on the dustjacket only and light wear to the corners of the book as shown in the picture
115 €
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Woven through the book are remarkable stories - of yeltsin's use of popular psychics, of the might of the 'robber barons' who form alliances with criminal mafia gangs, of machiavellian politicians who 'have dealt with the devil and believe they have made a good bargain'this was the height of market euphoria when, despite the chaos of everyday life, a prosperous future seemed within easy reachwritten by one of the finest writers on contemporary russia, it is told by interweaving high politics with glimpses of the revolution's impact on the lives of ordinary peoplein the final stage of the book, freeland chronicles the end of the first wave of russia's capitalist revolution, detailing the economic crisis currently rumbling through the countrysee oxfam website for delivery information read morebeginning with a sharp portrayal of the dismal living conditions in the soviet union, she moves on to the romantic early days of the capitalist transformationoxfam shop evesham this is the first account of russia's second revolution - the country's dramatic, wrenching transition from communist central planning to a market economy
6 €
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An illustrated book of "the book of canaries and cage birds" by wgreen morocco cover with spine lettering in goldin due to retirement and death the publisher changed name to cassell onlyalso has 65 drawings on wood( first edition?)55 coloured picture plates each with tissue guardsswayland and august fprinted by cassel, petter
400 €
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book synopsis: “this is the tale of the book thief, as narrated by deathit’s just a small story reallyand when death tells a storyyou really have to listena girl * an accordionist * some fanatical germans * a jewish fist fighter * and quite a lot of thievery” ad id: delivery service consumer credit
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Condition of the book: fair; with signs of use, but still in good condition considering the age of the bookour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteplease carefully study all photos as they are part of the descriptioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
159 €
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The book is in very good condition for its age however it is missing a blank page at the beginning of the book which appears to have been cut outthe text is clear and readable and there is very little to moderate yellowing of the pagesoxfam shop haverfordwest published in by mrs dyson this is a first edition copy of her work on trees aimed at children and young adultssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
25 €
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This book is in good condition considering its ageuseful street maps and motorways in the back of the bookit was printed in but may be of interest
3 €
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Oxfam bookshop sevenoaks published by book club associates by arrangement with oxford university press inbound in dark blue cloth, some marks from use on the edges of the book blocksome scuffing and wear to slipcase due to age and usesee oxfam website for delivery information read morein good used condition, a few pages have creases to cornersin two volumes inoriginal slip case with magnifying glass in box in top drawer of case
40 €
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Within the book the pages are clean and clear with no annotations or missing pagesthe front and back covers of the book are in very good condition with some light scratches on both sides due to usesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford 14 tracks from the release by these heavy metal rockers, transcribed note-for-note with guitar tabsongs include: burn the witch * little sister * someone's in the wolf * tangled up in plaid * and more
9 €
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Sylvia browne with lindsay harrison this is a fast paced book with a mini biography of sylvia browne discussing growing up psychic and then the rest of the book is about life on the other side
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Oxfam bookshop beverley book condition: slight stains on top of the book, slight fading to the spine see oxfam website for delivery information read more
10 €
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Both book and jacket are just a little bumped at extremities; inscription apart, the contents of the book are as newoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames inscribed and signed by delbert mcclinton on the front endpapersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreincluding appendix, notes, selected discography, bibliography, and index
40 €