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Hardcover. A collection of letters by Sir Joshua Reynolds. It is the first edition to be published since 1929, and since that date the number of known letters has almost doubled. This volume contains 308 letters by the artist to friends, family and patrons, all accompanied by detailed notes. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 318 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; ACQ; AFC; AGB; BG; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 760.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300087338
ISBN
9780300087338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Brings together thirty-six murderous tales that shocked not only Wales but also made national headlines. This book includes the case of William Augustus Lacey, who killed his young wife with a razor in a fit of jealously at Pontypridd in 1900; baby farmer Rhoda Willis, the first woman to be hanged at Cardiff Prison, in 1907; and, more. Num Pages: 192 pages, 45 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 174 x 13. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750949613
ISBN
9780750949613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.45

Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781633882850
ISBN
9781633882850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.30

hardcover. A study of the life and work of the 9th-century Irish scholar Johannes Scottus Eriugena. It includes an extended summary of his most important work, "Periphyseon", a remarkable attempt at a synthesis between the Bible and Neoplatonist philosophy. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3F; BG; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
OUP Oxford United Kingdom
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198266747
ISBN
9780198266747
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 214.53

Hardback. Offers a portrait of home front Ohio, and how a young boy, his sister, and his mother waited out their war, scanning newspapers and magazines for news of Dad and devouring letters full of humor and expressions of love for and pride in his family and dreams of a good life after the war. Series: World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 559.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823229796
ISBN
9780823229796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.20

Hardback. The first accurate transcription of John James Audubon's 1826 journal. Editor(s): Patterson, Jerry Daniel. Num Pages: 536 pages, 22 illustrations, 3 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; PSVW6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 42. Weight in Grams: 922.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803225312
ISBN
9780803225312
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.32

Hardback. "The first accurate transcription of John James Audubon's 1843 journals, which includes recently discovered and previously unpublished journal entries detailing his last expedition along the upper Missouri River"--Provided by publisher. Editor(s): Patterson, Jerry Daniel. Num Pages: 496 pages, 45 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; RBKF; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 39. Weight in Grams: 912.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803244986
ISBN
9780803244986
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.63

Hardcover. A leading representative of New York in the Continental Congress, John Jay (1745-1829) became one of the American commissioners who negotiated peace with Great Britain. This work consists of a wide-ranging selection of some of the most significant and interesting public and private documents and letters, written or received by Jay. Editor(s): Nuxoll, Elizabeth Miles. Num Pages: 912 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928043
ISBN
9780813928043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.32

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906359294
ISBN
9781906359294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.73

Hardcover. Good copy with some shelf wear. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear and plastic covering. Book is good clean copy with light yellowing of pages
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Arbor House Pub Co
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KKD0009664
ISBN
9780877951605
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. The colourful story of the four very different men who created our modern world: Henry VIII, Francis I of France, Charles V of Spain and Suleiman the Magnificent: popular history at its best from John Julius Norwich Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473632981
ISBN
9781473632981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

hardcover. The colourful story of the four very different men who created our modern world: Henry VIII, Francis I of France, Charles V of Spain and Suleiman the Magnificent: popular history at its best from John Julius Norwich Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; BGR; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 568. Good clean copy, showing light age and shelfwear. Light wear to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Murray Publishers Ltd London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000993
ISBN
9781473632950
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSD; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241977682
ISBN
9780241977682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Keats's letters are 'the most notable and most important ever written by any English poet' (T. S. Eliot). This new edition revises and updates Robert Gittings's selection and includes 170 letters, a new introduction and notes, list of correspondents and full index Editor(s): Gittings, Robert. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Critical ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555734
ISBN
9780199555734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. FFEP torn out.
Publisher
Blackstaff Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0011097
ISBN
9780856405914
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. One of the Remarkable True Stories of WWII series. A tale of a fascinating life of courage, wild escapades and a dark secret Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BTM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755316120
ISBN
9780755316120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Hardcover. A document in the history of the Kennedy years, these letters give us a firsthand look at the working relationship between the president and one of his close advisors, John Kenneth Galbraith. His letters are a source of advice about economics, public policy, and the federal bureacracy. Num Pages: 168 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BG; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674528376
ISBN
9780674528376
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.32

paperback. John Killen brings together the legends, folklore, traditions and stories that have been associated with St Patrick across the centuries. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3D; BGX; HBJD1; HRLP1; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 122. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Blackstaff Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780856409585
ISBN
9780856409585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 7.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781910745489
ISBN
9781910745489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.97

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
124
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782797012
ISBN
9781782797012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.35

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