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hardcover. Letters by the 18th century blue-stocking grande dame, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. She was a duke's daughter, who married the English ambassador in Constantinople, and the friend of Swift and Pope, whom she numbered among her correspondents. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781857151312
ISBN
9781857151312
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. A revised and enlarged paperback edition to mark the centenary of the much-loved singer's birth. Editor(s): Fifield, Christopher. Num Pages: 514 pages, 21, 17 black and white, 4 line drawing. BIC Classification: AVGC9; BGFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 890. 514 pages, 21, 17 black and white, 4 line drawing. Editor(s): Fifield, Christopher. A revised and enlarged paperback edition to mark the centenary of the much-loved singer's birth. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AVGC9; BGFA. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 32. Weight: 888.
Publisher
Boydell Press
Number of pages
514
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Revised Edition Used
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843830917
ISBN
9781843830917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.54

Hardcover. Kathleen Ferrier, the greatest lyric contralto Britain has ever produced, lost her courageous battle with breast cancer. This collection of 300+ letters and twelve years of her personal diaries give a picture of her life in the muted post-war years. Editor(s): Fifield, Christopher. Num Pages: 356 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; AVG; AVH; BGFA; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 668. 356 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Fifield, Christopher. Kathleen Ferrier, the greatest lyric contralto Britain has ever produced, lost her courageous battle with breast cancer. This collection of 300+ letters and twelve years of her personal diaries give a picture of her life in the muted post-war years. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; AVG; AVH; BGFA; BJ. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 26. Weight: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
BOYE6
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843830122
ISBN
9781843830122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; AN; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 205 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559360951
ISBN
9781559360951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.09

Paperback. A collection of the correspondence between Katherine Mansfield and John Middleton Murry. Their lives were inextricably, and often painfully, intertwined until her tragically early death from tuberculosis in 1923. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8pp illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 34. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
VIRAGO PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860689454
ISBN
9780860689454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

Hardback. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BG; BJ; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875801230
ISBN
9780875801230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.59

Paperback. Early nineteenth-century insights into Cairo life from the sister of famed Orientalist Edward Lane Editor(s): Kararah, Azza. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; BGHA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150. .
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774167621
ISBN
9789774167621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.72

Paperback. Through essays, articles, and interviews, this title presents the reader with the momentous changes in Poland and East-Central Europe. Sharing the author's intellectual journey through a tumultuous era, it focuses on the subjects important to him. Translator(s): Cave, Jane. Series: Society and Culture in East-Central Europe S. Num Pages: 346 pages, 7 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVP; BG; HBJD; JPA; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press California
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520217607
ISBN
9780520217607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.28

Hardcover. Cliff and Eunice Holliday went to live in Jerusalem in 1922, during a period of political upheaval and unrest. Cliff had the task of restoring the old city and building control outside. This book contains the letters Eunice wrote home, which portray a city during a critical time in its history. Num Pages: 224 pages, halftones, maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJG; AMVD; BGHA; HBJF1; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 276 x 219 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860640858
ISBN
9781860640858
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 54.16

Paperback. Langston Hughes was an innovator of jazz poetry and a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. This book offers a collection of letters between Hughes and four confidantes sheds light on his life and politics. It deals with his life and work. Editor(s): Crawford, Evelyn Louise; Patterson, Mary Louise. Num Pages: 424 pages, 30 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; BJ; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. .
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285347
ISBN
9780520285347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Hardback. Langston Hughes was an innovator of jazz poetry and a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. This book offers a collection of letters between Hughes and four confidantes sheds light on his life and politics. It deals with his life and work. Editor(s): Crawford, Evelyn Louise; Patterson, Mary Louise. Num Pages: 424 pages, 30 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; BJ; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285330
ISBN
9780520285330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 72.21

Paperback. In 1932 the young writer and political activist C.L.R. James arrived in London from his native Trinidad. This volume reveals C.L.R. James's first encounter with the colonial metropolis and the values that had already shaped his intellectual development in Trinidad. Num Pages: 140 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2ABM; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSK; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 116 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First UK edition.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902669618
ISBN
9781902669618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.59

Paperback. Written over a seven-year period to Charles V of Spain, Hernan Cortes's letters provide a narrative account of the conquest of Mexico from the founding of the coastal town of Veracruz until Cortes's journey to Honduras in 1525. The two introductions set the letters in context. Translator(s): Pagden, Mr. Anthony. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 640 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; BGHA; BJ; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 48. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300090949
ISBN
9780300090949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Garrett County Press United States
Number of pages
226
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Garrett County Press 1st Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781891053016
ISBN
9781891053016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.59

Hardback. Hailed by Terry Eagleton in The Guardian as "definitive," this is the only complete and authoritative edition of Antonio Gramsci's deeply personal and vivid prison letters. Editor(s): Rosengarten, Frank. Translator(s): Rosenthal, Raymond. Num Pages: 374 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: BGA; JFC; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 732.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231075527
ISBN
9780231075527
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.66

Paperback. In 1659, Luis de Haro met with Cardinal Jules Mazarin to conclude a peace treaty that would end over twenty years of war. The hitherto unpublished letters sent by Haro to Philip IV offer an account of the negotiations that diverges from Mazarin's reports. This edition offers a mix of the original letters and summaries, as well as explanatory notes. Editor(s): Williams, Lyn. Series: Exeter Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 147 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JD; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
147
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859896924
ISBN
9780859896924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.60

hardcover. Editor(s): Van Doren, Carl. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 410 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; BJ; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
410
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691653426
ISBN
9780691653426
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 201.37

Hardcover. Num Pages: 1028 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1362.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
1028
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674526273
ISBN
9780674526273
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.63
€ 153.06

Paperback. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 140 x 47. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Avalon Travel Publishing United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871134530
ISBN
9780871134530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.69

Hardcover. This edition will replace the long out-of-print edition of Edward Edwards published in 1868. It contains the full text, in the original spelling, with modern punctuation, of all known surviving letters, 240 in all, compared with Edwards' 160, in most cases taken from the original manuscripts, many never before published. Num Pages: 466 pages, 6 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 176 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1014.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895279
ISBN
9780859895279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.24

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