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Sheet map, folded. Detailed map of the Manufacturing District (Black Country) that shows the coal field and other mineral mining areas. Details Canal network. The map folds out to a large 1000m x 890mm size that is sharp and legible, a great resource for local history study. Series: Birmingham Historic Maps Collection. Num Pages: 1 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMS; HBTP1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 124 x 225 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Mapseeker Archive Publishing
- Number of pages
- 1
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844918188
- ISBN
- 9781844918188
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.86
€ 26.99
€ 23.86
Hardback. The first full-length study of essayist and controversialist Hubert Butler offers a comprehensive account of a literary and social figure whose importance in twentieth-century Irish culture is increasingly recognised. Series: Oxford Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HRAX; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554. Copy in fine dust wrapper. Newspaper review pasted to inside front cover and some minimal pen scoring. Remains a good copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0013129
- ISBN
- 9780199641567
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 90.00
€ 90.00
Hardback. Chronicles the history of a Communist-led resistance movement inside the Minsk ghetto, which, through its links to its Belarussian counterpart outside the ghetto and with help from others, enabled thousands of ghetto Jews to flee to the surrounding forests where they joined partisan units fighting the Germans. Num Pages: 376 pages, 23 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520242425
- ISBN
- 9780520242425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.91€ 65.36
€ 84.91
€ 65.36
Hardcover. Editor(s): Sweetnam, Mark S. Num Pages: 240 pages, map. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH; HRCC93. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Four Courts Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846823299
- ISBN
- 9781846823299
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.00€ 42.31
€ 50.00
€ 42.31
Paperback. Features the lives of people - from German children fathered by black Occupation soldiers to communist activists, from surviving Jews to Turkish 'guest' workers, from young hoodlums to middle-class mothers. This book shows how they experienced and represented the institutions and social forces that shaped their lives and defined the wider culture. Editor(s): Schissler, Hanna. Num Pages: 448 pages, 3 tables, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; GTB; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691058207
- ISBN
- 9780691058207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.81€ 42.58
€ 53.81
€ 42.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 42. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801475795
- ISBN
- 9780801475795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
paperback. Herodotus' great work is not only an account of the momentous historical conflict between the Greeks and the Persians but also the earliest sustained exploration in the West of the problem of cultural difference. This title asks fundamental questions about how Herodotus represented this difference. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. Num Pages: 411 pages, 5 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780520264236
- ISBN
- 9780520264236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.97
€ 44.99
€ 31.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 339 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; HB; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 339
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803264472
- ISBN
- 9780803264472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785335440
- ISBN
- 9781785335440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.19
€ 137.19
Hardcover. People in the ancient world thought of vision as an ethical tool and a tactile sense. Gazing upon someone was treated as a path to philosophical self-knowledge, but the question of tactility also introduced an erotic element. This title asserts that these links among vision, sexuality, and self-knowledge are key to the understanding of the self. Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 185 x 30. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226038353
- ISBN
- 9780226038353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.67€ 79.61
€ 95.67
€ 79.61
Paperback. People in the ancient world thought of vision as both an ethical tool and a tactile sense, akin to touch. The author traces this complex notion of self from Plato's Greece to Seneca's Rome as she unveils divided selves, moral hypocrisy, and lustful Stoics - and offers fresh insights about seminal works. Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226211725
- ISBN
- 9780226211725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. A critical translation and commentary on a work long regarded as Latin America's first novel, which proves that this famous tale of piracy is actually a historical account that sheds new light on Spain's worldwide struggle against the ambitions of France and other European powers Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 b&w photographs, 6 maps, 2 charts. BIC Classification: HBTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292743892
- ISBN
- 9780292743892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580463027
- ISBN
- 9781580463027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.13
€ 37.99
€ 32.13
Paperback. Republished to mark the centenary of the battle of the Somme Geoff Dyer's classic book is 'the great Great War book of our time' (Observer) Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 b&w integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782119265
- ISBN
- 9781782119265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardcover. Illustrated. 8vo.Very good copy with slightly worn dustwrapper
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- RANDOM HOUSE
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1958
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KEX0252229
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Wahhabism has been generating controversy since it first emerged in Arabia in the 18th century. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 136 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784536824
- ISBN
- 9781784536824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.71
€ 21.99
€ 19.71
Paperback. Tells the story of a Chinese village that has been Catholic since the seventeenth century, drawing direct connections between its history, the globalizing church, and the nation. This title provides an insight into villager experiences during the Socialist Education Movement and Cultural Revolution, as well as the growth of Christianity in China. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 279 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273122
- ISBN
- 9780520273122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardcover. First edition - Original cloth slightly worn - REL0015 - 218pp. - Wesleyan Methodist book-room, London
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Wesleyan Methodist book-room London
- Number of pages
- 218
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1890
- SKU
- KCK0002770
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 50.00
€ 50.00
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
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Hardback. A fantastically readable biography of a 19th-century Parisian courtesan who harbours an incredible secret Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 171 x 35. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848319264
- ISBN
- 9781848319264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.13
€ 26.99
€ 18.13
Paperback. From its construction in the 1660s to its heyday in the 1960s, Cliveden played host to a dynasty of powerful women. Anna Maria, Elizabeth, Augusta, Harriet, and Nancy were five ladies who, over the course of three centuries, shaped British society through their beauty, personalities, and political influence. This book tells their stories. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; BGH; BK; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 41. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Arrow Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099594727
- ISBN
- 9780099594727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. Seventeen-year-old Henry VIII was 'a youngling, he cares for nothing but girls and hunting.' Henry was considered a demi-god by his subjects, so each woman he chose was someone who had managed to stand out in a crowd of stunning ladies. This book offers an insight into the love life of Henry, and the twelve women who knew the man behind the mask. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752454962
- ISBN
- 9780752454962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Paperback. Seventeen-year-old Henry VIII was 'a youngling, he cares for nothing but girls and hunting.' The sixteenth century was a time of profound changes in religion and society across Europe - and some of Henry's lovers were at the forefront of influencing these events. This title gives an insight into the love life of our most popular king. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752458526
- ISBN
- 9780752458526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.49
€ 13.99
€ 13.49
hardcover. A history of the Mixtec Indians of southern Mexico, this book focuses on several dozen Mixtec communities in the region of Oaxaca during the period from about 1540 to 1750. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804737562
- ISBN
- 9780804737562
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.16
€ 161.16