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Hardcover. During the nineteenth century, Britain became the first gaslit society, with electric lighting arriving in 1878. At the same time, the British government significantly expanded its power to observe and monitor its subjects. This title explores how light facilitated such practices as safe transportation and private reading. Num Pages: 368 pages, 65 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBT; TNKH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226640761
ISBN
9780226640761
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.94
€ 79.61

Paperback. During the nineteenth century, Britain became the first gaslit society, with electric lighting arriving in 1878. At the same time, the British government significantly expanded its power to observe and monitor its subjects. This book explores how light facilitated such practices as safe transportation and private reading. Num Pages: 368 pages, 65 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBT; TNKH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226640778
ISBN
9780226640778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 30.01

Hardcover. A wide-ranging new survey of the role of the sea in Britain's global presence in the 19th century. Mostly at peace, but sometimes at war, Britain grew as a maritime empire in the Victorian era. This collection looks at British sea-power as a strategic, moral and cultural force. Editor(s): Taylor, Miles. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB; HBTM; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230303881
ISBN
9780230303881
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. This volume is derived from a series of lectures sponsored by the National Maritime Museum and held at the Institute of Historical Research. Editor(s): Taylor, Miles. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349338412
ISBN
9781349338412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 255 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; HBJM; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349485109
ISBN
9781349485109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.92

Paperback. Full of detail and colour about everyday life in Dickens's London, and leaves you with a sense not only of how hard life was then, but how strange. Even if you've read Dickens and the contemporary historians of the poor, there is still more to marvel at here.' Sebastian Faulks, Mail on Sunday Books of the Year Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 197 x 41. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848877979
ISBN
9781848877979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.62

Paperback. Series: Shire album. Num Pages: 32 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; TDCW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 144 x 2. Weight in Grams: 80. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
32
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9780852635834
ISBN
9780852635834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.59

Paperback. Presenting a collection of Victorian and Edwardian images, this book explores the growth of tourism from the 1840s until the outbreak of the First World War. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 149 x 9. Weight in Grams: 276. New.
Publisher
Shire
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780747811534
ISBN
9780747811534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.98

Hardcover. Paperback in very good condition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Burndy Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1962
Edition
First
SKU
KRF0040589
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Stalin's reign of terror in the Soviet Union has been called 'the other Holocaust'. During the Stalin years, it is thought that more innocent men, women and children perished than in Hitler's destruction of the European Jews. This book tells the story of the survivors. Num Pages: 224 pages, 89 bw integrated in 38pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 212 x 17. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780761374
ISBN
9781780761374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.85

Paperback. Utilising Foucault's genealogical method, this book traces the history and development of the victim from feudal law, arguing that the historical power of the victim to police, prosecute and punish offenders significantly informed the development of the modern criminal law and justice system. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JKV; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349540556
ISBN
9781349540556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.04

Paperback. This text examines how the French nation has dealt with "les annees noires" of defeat, occupation and repression, specifically studying what this proud nation has chosen to remember and what it has chosen to conceal. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 400 pages, 7 halftones , 7 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674935396
ISBN
9780674935396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.24

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Helion & Company United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908916501
ISBN
9781908916501
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.28
€ 54.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBT; KFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Chartered Accountants Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908199294
ISBN
9781908199294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.33

hardcover. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear, remains a fine copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031691
ISBN
9781594489488
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.49

Paperback. As the dust settles on Labour's time in office, Toynbee and Walker strip away political rhetoric and spin and investigate their failures and achievements in a lively, comprehensive, acerbic analysis. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLX; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847082503
ISBN
9781847082503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. "The Venture of Islam" has been honored as a magesterial work of the mind since its publication in early 1975. In this three-volume study, illustrated with charts and maps, Hodgson traces and interprets the historical development of Islamic civilization from before the birth of Muhammad to the middle of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 544 pages, xii, 532 p., 33 charts, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1Q; HBG; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 842.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226346830
ISBN
9780226346830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.66

Paperback. For six centuries, the Republic of Venice was a maritime empire, its sovereign power extending throughout much of the eastern Mediterranean. This book reconstructs the whole of this glittering dominion in the form of a sea-voyage, travelling along the historic Venetian trade routes from Venice itself to Greece, Crete and Cyprus. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; PDX; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140119947
ISBN
9780140119947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Rothero, Christopher. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 243 x 1. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850458992
ISBN
9780850458992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. Translator(s): Felsen, Vivian. Num Pages: 212 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BM; HBTB; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Vehicule Press Canada
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550654042
ISBN
9781550654042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.84

Hardcover. First edition - 8vo. Very good in dustwrapper - REL0019 - Access Press, Northbridge Australia
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Access Press Northbridge Australia
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
SKU
KCK0002774
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 35.00

Paperback. The Varangian Guards were Viking mercenaries who operated far beyond their native shores as an elite force within the Byzantine Armies. The Varangians wore mixtures of their native clothing and armour together with a splendid formal Byzantine uniform. This title offers an insightful look at this legendary guard units of the medieval world. Illustrator(s): Rava, Giuseppe. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: HBLC1; HBW; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 4. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849081795
ISBN
9781849081795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBG; HBJD; HBTV; HBTZ; HBWN; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141976372
ISBN
9780141976372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.79

Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 263 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1412.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606600764
ISBN
9781606600764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.22

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