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Paperback. Editor(s): St.George, Robert Blair. Num Pages: 432 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; GTB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801483929
ISBN
9780801483929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 39.41

Hardback. The lives of saints were among the most reproduced and widely distributed literatures of medieval and early modern Europe. This study examines how humanist authors received, criticized, and rewrote the traditional stories of exemplary virtue for patrons and audiences who were surprisingly open to their textual experiments. Num Pages: 544 pages, 6 photos, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 34. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129763
ISBN
9780231129763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.19
€ 61.57

Hardback. Analyzes how and why museums emerged in the late-nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire. This work argues that, rather than directly emulating post-Enlightenment museums of Western Europe, Ottoman elites produced categories of collection and modes of display appropriate to framing a new identity for the empire in the modern era. Num Pages: 280 pages, 43 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QDT; 3JH; GM; GTB; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602. Museums, Archaeology and the Visualization of History in the Late Ottoman Empire. Series: Ahmanson-Murphy Fine Arts Book S. 280 pages, 43 b&w photographs, 2 maps. Analyzes how and why museums emerged in the late-nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire. This work argues that, rather than directly emulating post-Enlightenment museums of Western Europe, Ottoman elites produced categories of collection and modes of display appropriate to framing a new identity for the empire in the modern era. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QDT; 3JH; GM; GTB; HBJF; HBLL. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 24. Weight: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520233355
ISBN
9780520233355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.73
€ 64.45

Hardback. A riveting account of private art collectors' passion from Roman times to the present Num Pages: 232 pages, 17 b/w illus. BIC Classification: GM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300208528
ISBN
9780300208528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.79

Hardback. Based on a body of information and data, this volume recounts the history of five continents over a long stretch of time and in a comparative approach. It gives a range of views of the construction and collapse of the modern colonial empires of Europe, the United States of America and Japan. Translator(s): Everson, Andrene. Series: European Expansion & Global Interaction. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845453381
ISBN
9781845453381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.87

Paperback. In 1500 few Europeans regarded nature as a subject worthy of inquiry. Yet years later the first museums of natural history had appeared in Italy, dedicated to the marvels of nature. Drawing on archives of visitors' books, letters, and pleas for patronage, this title reconstructs the lost social world of Renaissance and Baroque museums. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 449 pages, 30 b&w reproductions, 1 map, 6 museum floor plans, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; GM; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; P; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
449
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520205086
ISBN
9780520205086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.19

Paperback. Accessibly written, expertly researched history of Ireland's only mass witchcraft trial in 1711. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 black & white plates, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845887452
ISBN
9781845887452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.51

Hardback. 8vo. A good copy in original dustwrapper slightly worn at edges.History of India in the twentieth century.The Commomwealth.Indian Literature
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Putnam
Publication date
1963
SKU
KEX0269710
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 18.00

Hardback. 8vo. Very good copy - KAW0774 - 124pp. - Writers and readers, London
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Writers and readers London
Number of pages
124
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1979
SKU
KCK0002708
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardback. This book examines Anglican missionary work in nineteenth-century British Columbia at several scales: the local ethnographic literature; histories of contact and conflict in mainland B.C. from the early nineteenth century; the theology and sociology of mission; and the recent critical literature on European colonialism. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; HRCX7; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774806541
ISBN
9780774806541
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.81

Paperback. With data for ships throughout the period, rules for famous admirals, historical scenarios, a campaign system and a brief historical summary for those who wish to refresh their memory of the era, this title offers everything players need to bring to the tabletop the battles and campaigns of the first great age of naval warfare. Illustrator(s): Rava, Giuseppe. Series: Osprey Wargames. Num Pages: 64 pages, 41 col. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; HBLA; HBW; JWF; WDHW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 248 x 6. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472814180
ISBN
9781472814180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.55

Hardcover. Num Pages: 448 pages, 21. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 243 x 41. Weight in Grams: 744.
Publisher
Zena Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780951106969
ISBN
9780951106969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.65

Hardback.
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
World Dominion Press
Publication date
1936
SKU
KLN0004986
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 9.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. "104p. illus. 25cm. Paperback. Near-fine copy, just light sunning to spine and bottom edge." Keywords: Subjects
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
World Dominion Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1936
SKU
KEX0108079
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 93.12
€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Africa@War. Num Pages: 64 pages, 90 b/w & 10 colour photos, 10 tables, 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 1H; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJH; HBLW3; HBWS; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 297 x 6. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Helion & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911096320
ISBN
9781911096320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.07

Paperback. 170pp. 8vo. A good copy in original wrappers .Mozambique. African history in the 20th century.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
The Unesco Press Paris
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0270169
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Africa. 232 pp. Bright orange cover. Includes illustrated maps. Preface by Basil Davidson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Druckerer Horst Ahlbrecht
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KNW0000958
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Africa. 232 pp. Bright orange cover. Includes illustrated maps. Preface by Basil Davidson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Druckerer Horst Ahlbrecht
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KNW0000957
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Africa. 232 pp. Bright orange cover. Includes illustrated maps. Preface by Basil Davidson
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Druckerer Horst Ahlbrecht
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
SKU
KNW0000959
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 317 pages, Photographs. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 1HFMA; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBJH; HBLW3; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 668. 317 pages, Photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DSP; 1HFMA; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBJH; HBLW3; HBWS. Dimension: 222 x 157 x 20. Weight: 668.
Publisher
Protea Boekhuis
Number of pages
317
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781869193515
ISBN
9781869193515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.84

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