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Hardcover. Very good copy in good dustwrapper. DW has light shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1966
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0006032
ISBN
9780571066773
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This is a comprehensive introduction to 20th-century Chinese history. It chronicles the important events that happened in China since the abdication of the last Qing Emperor in 1912, and forms a comprehensive cultural history of China since 1911. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
327
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333638804
ISBN
9780333638804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.40

Paperback. Examines the ways in which easterners who travelled West during the California gold rush of 1849-51 obtained, assessed, and used information. This book follows several gold rush companies across the country, gleaning from their letters and diaries a sense of how they obtained information and evaluated its constantly changing sources. Num Pages: 284 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; GTB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 443.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803218277
ISBN
9780803218277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.17

Paperback. Editor(s): Salway, Benet; Van Wees, Hans. BIC Classification: HBLA1; HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138785830
ISBN
9781138785830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 50.86

Paperback. Victorian Britain made sport 'sporting' - respectable, rule-bound and a nationwide obsession. Ancient sports, such as archery and fencing, were revived. New sports, such as tennis and cycling, were invented. Foreign sports, including polo, judo and lacrosse, were imported. Series: Shire Album S. Num Pages: 40 pages, b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 4. Weight in Grams: 106. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
40
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
9780747806660
ISBN
9780747806660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.59

Paperback. A cultural and literary history of London, looking at the capital's development from Roman times to its modern-day role, as financial and tourist metropolis. Series: Cities of the Imagination. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 b&w drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; DSB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Signal Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904955214
ISBN
9781904955214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.69

Paperback. Shows how enlightened aristocrats, reactionary romantics, and the theorists and victims of totalitarianism have variously fashioned their vision of Russian society in musical terms. This book focuses on four individual composers, each characterized both as a self-consciously Russian creator and as a European. Num Pages: 616 pages, 127 music exs., 11 figures, 3 diagrams. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AV; CFP; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 876.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070650
ISBN
9780691070650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927527061
ISBN
9781927527061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.69

Hardcover. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 108 includes James Adams, "The Latin of the Magerius Mosaic"; Lucia Floridi, "The Construction of a Homoerotic Discourse in the Epigrams of Ausonius"; Benjamin Garstad, "Rome in the Alexander Romance"; Christopher Jones, "The Greek Letters Ascribed to Brutus"; and other essays. Series: Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 147 x 41. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417540
ISBN
9780674417540
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.12

Paperback.
Publisher
Modern Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Modern library pbk. ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679640233
ISBN
9780679640233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.38

Hardback. aeo The first in depth study of American sexuality at the time of the conquest of the Americas. aeo Sheds new light on conventional ways of examining the sexual relations, mainly between males, encountered by the Spaniards and Portugese entering the Americas during the Conquests. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; JFSJ; JFSL9; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745607276
ISBN
9780745607276
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.78

Paperback. Richard Twiss' "A Tour in Ireland in 1775", published in the following year, was a controversial book. It enraged the Irish public through its unflattering representation of Ireland and its inhabitants. This book includes a collection of poems in opposition to the book. Editor(s): Finnegan, Rachel. Series: Classics of Irish History. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; DCF; WTLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 119 x 186 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University College Dublin Press Dublin
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904558903
ISBN
9781904558903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.74

Paperback. At 19 years of age, Norman Collins, the author of this memoir lead a platoon of men into the carnage of the Battle of the Somme. Editor(s): Van Emden, Richard. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DBKSH; 3JJF; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 8. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848848658
ISBN
9781848848658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 174 x 27. Weight in Grams: 908.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473885172
ISBN
9781473885172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408821640
ISBN
9781408821640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.28

Paperback. Erudite but highly readable.. An attractive and timely repackaging of an unrivalled classic of Burgundian studies. MEDIUM AEVUM Series: The History of Valois Burgundy. Num Pages: 557 pages, 13 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 42. Weight in Grams: 806.
Publisher
Boydell Press
Number of pages
557
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851159188
ISBN
9780851159188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. Philip, who ruled from 1419 to 1467, was one of the most powerful and influential rulers of the fifteenth century. Forced into an alliance with the English, he soon found that he held the balance of power between England and France - reflected in the final crucial phase of the Hundred Years War. Series: The History of Valois Burgundy. Num Pages: 516 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 32. Weight in Grams: 740.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
516
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851159171
ISBN
9780851159171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.85

Paperback. When in 1363 the duke of Burgundy died without an heir, the duchy returned to the French crown. John II's decision to give it to his fourth son, Philip, had some logic behind it. This title describes the process by which Philip fashioned the power, in particular his administrative techniques. Series: The History of Valois Burgundy. Num Pages: 314 pages, 4, 4 line drawing. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466. The Formation of the Burgundian State. Series: The History of Valois Burgundy S. 314 pages, 4, 4 line drawing. When in 1363 the duke of Burgundy died without an heir, the duchy returned to the French crown. John II's decision to give it to his fourth son, Philip, had some logic behind it. This title describes the process by which Philip fashioned the power, in particular his administrative techniques. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 19. Weight: 454.
Publisher
Boydell Press
Number of pages
314
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851159157
ISBN
9780851159157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.68

Paperback. The Growth of Burgundian Power. Series: The History of Valois Burgundy S. 354 pages, 16, 9 black and white, 7 line drawing. The aims and personality of the second duke are illuminated, and the development of the Burgundian state during his ducal reign (1404-1419) charted. His supposed 'infernal pact' with the English and his assassination are examined; his activities in France are studied, as he exploited French resources for the benefit of Burgundy. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 23. Weight: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell Press
Edition
New
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851159164
ISBN
9780851159164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 34.11

Paperback. In the summer of 1940, the French army was one of the largest and best in the world, confident of victory. In the space of a few nightmarish weeks all that changed as the French and their British allies were crushed and eight million people fled their homes. This book describes the consequences of that defeat. Num Pages: 496 pages, Yes. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140296846
ISBN
9780140296846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.73

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