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Paperback. Clean copy showing some age and light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Bucknell University Press,U.S.
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0012863
ISBN
9780838776650
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.00

Hardcover. This collection of over 350 letters written by William Beckford to his bookseller George Clarke constitutes the most complete documentary record of his collecting habits and literary pursuits in existence. The letters are also significant as historical documents that guide the reader into the golden age of the London book trade in the 1830s. Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 colour and black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 806.
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781553268
ISBN
9781781553268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 31.94

Hardback. Though Robert Malthus has never disappeared, he has been perpetually misunderstood. Robert Mayhew offers at once a major reassessment of Malthus's ideas and an intellectual history of the origins of modern debates about demography, resources, and the environment, giving historical depth to our current planetary concerns. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 233 x 27. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674728714
ISBN
9780674728714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.13

Paperback. A tale of a boy reared in the poverty of the Gorbals who became one of the world's most extraordinary safe blowers. He spent more than 40 years in jail. A daring escaper, he broke out of Scotland's grim prison fortress of Peterhead five times - three times in one year! A likeable rogue, he was a gentle man who in peacetime shrank from violence. Num Pages: 212 pages, 8 pp. plate section. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 226. The Extraordinary True Story of the Safe Blower Who Became a War Hero. 212 pages, 8 pp. plate section. A tale of a boy reared in the poverty of the Gorbals who became one of the world's most extraordinary safe blowers. He spent more than 40 years in jail. A daring escaper, he broke out of Scotland's grim prison fortress of Peterhead five times - three times in one year! A likeable rogue, he was a gentle man who in peacetime shrank from violence. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BTC. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight: 234.
Publisher
Black & White Publishing
Number of pages
212
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845023461
ISBN
9781845023461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Tells the story of the infamous Peterhead Prison in Scotland's far north-east. Built in the 1880s as part of an ambitious humanitarian plan to use convict labour to construct a 'harbour of refuge' on the town's wild, storm-battered coast, it became what some call Scotland's gulag. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 pp. colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Black and White Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845025380
ISBN
9781845025380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.96

Hardcover. Ex Libris with usual markings. Clean copy with some minor shelf wear, dustwrapper sunned with some minor nicks and scuffing. Inscribed by previous owner on FFEP, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Writers and Readers Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st
SKU
KKD0012756
ISBN
9780906495353
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

paperback. The tragic, compelling story of the last Tsar and his family Num Pages: 624 pages, 16pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; BGR; HBG; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTG; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 41. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
W&N
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780575400061
ISBN
9780575400061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

hardcover. This volume includes alphabetically arranged entries for all of Melville's works and characters, and for his family members, friends and acquaintances. It gives special attention to the 19th-century women who influenced Melville. An chronology overviews the main events in Melville's life. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSK; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 985.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313290114
ISBN
9780313290114
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.89

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848845442
ISBN
9781848845442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; KJSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Number of pages
304
Publisher
Atlantic Books United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857890047
ISBN
9780857890047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.11

Paperback. Presents author's journey, from boot camp on Parris Island, South Carolina, all the way to the raging battles in the Pacific, where some of the war's fiercest fighting took place. This title provides details of the horrors and sacrifice of war, painting a portrait of how real warriors are made, fight, and often die in the defence of their country. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1M; 3JJH; BM; HBJM; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091937515
ISBN
9780091937515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

paperback. A biography of Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 246. Paperback in very good condition.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Tempus Publishing Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF2233537
ISBN
9780752447278
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 14.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Driven to the South Seas by ill health, Robert Louis Stevenson could not close his eyes to the impact of colonialism, the 'stirabout of epochs and races, barbarisms and civilisations, virtues and crimes'. This book gathers together all of his South Sea fiction. Editor(s): Calder, Jenni. Num Pages: 776 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 49. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
776
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862416430
ISBN
9780862416430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.20

Paperback. A collection of letters written by Robert Louis Stevenson throughout his remarkable life. Selected from the eight critically-acclaimed volumes of Stevenson's letters, the letters have been annotated and put in context by the editor, an authority on Stevenson's life and work. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 640 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JH; BG; BJ; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 41. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300091243
ISBN
9780300091243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.39

Paperback. The next piece of thrilling WW2 history from acclaimed author Robert Lyman Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784296742
ISBN
9781784296742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Biography...John Henry Bernard. 80pp. A study of a leader of the Southern Unionists
Publisher
Linden Publishing Services
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
9781905487219
ISBN
9781905487219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. BIC Classification: BG. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
V9780141030579
ISBN
9780141030579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardcover. Good clean copy in dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004395
ISBN
9780300063745
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 40.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations; maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552124195
ISBN
9780552124195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Clean copy with some light shelfwear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprints
Publisher
Pan Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
SKU
KST0021655
ISBN
9780330314824
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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