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Hardcover. Takes the reader on an international tour of macabre and devotional architectural masterpieces in nearly 20 countries. This book brings together some of the world's most important charnel sites, ranging from the crypts of the Capuchin monasteries in Italy, to the strange tomb of a 1960s wealthy Peruvian nobleman. Num Pages: 224 pages, 421 illustrations, 290 in colour. BIC Classification: AMN; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 314 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1572.
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500251782
- ISBN
- 9780500251782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.63
€ 52.99
€ 37.63
Paperback. Focusing on clothing, bodily deportment, sex roles, sexual practices, and political rhetoric as forms of "fashion," this work bounds across two thousand years of history, showing how the evolution of fashion from an upper-class privilege into a vehicle of popular expression closely follows the rise of democratic values. Translator(s): Porter, Catherine. Series: New French Thought Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPS; JFCK; JFCX; JPHV; KNSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691102627
- ISBN
- 9780691102627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.80
€ 46.99
€ 33.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Encounter Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594032639
- ISBN
- 9781594032639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.04
€ 18.04
Paperback. The Mughal empire (1526 1857) has long been viewed as a wonderland of unimaginable treasure; it was in fact the mightiest Islamic empire in the history of India. This book describes the political, military and economic rise of the Mughals, their system of rule, and their gradual collapse, finally supplanted by the British colonial empire in 1857. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, 92 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QD; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 208 x 25. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861892515
- ISBN
- 9781861892515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.74
€ 58.74
He demonstrates a significant point of contact between two writers generally thought to be antagonists-the idea that imperial speech structures reveal the self. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421406749
- ISBN
- 9781421406749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.64
€ 83.64
paperback. Translator(s): Walford, N. Num Pages: 687 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 209 x 51. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 687
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813513041
- ISBN
- 9780813513041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.53€ 54.27
€ 54.53
€ 54.27
Hardback. During the Chinese Qin-Han period, there arose a regime of textual authority - overlapping but not coinciding with imperial authority. Drawing on research, this work analyzes the early elite culture, particularly in literature and in linguistic, intellectual and institutional history. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSB; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847687381
- ISBN
- 9780847687381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.84
€ 191.84
Paperback. The Empire Reformed describes how, in the era of the Glorious Revolution, imperial leaders and colonial subjects created new political bonds based on their common desire to save English America from the designs of French "papists" and their "savage" Indian allies. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222838
- ISBN
- 9780812222838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.87
€ 32.99
€ 29.87
Paperback. Editor(s): Klein, Milton M. Num Pages: 864 pages, 139. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 177 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 864
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489914
- ISBN
- 9780801489914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Hardback. The eastern Roman Empire was the largest state in western Eurasia in the sixth century. A century later, it was a fraction of its former size. Ravaged by warfare and disease, the empire seemed destined to collapse. Yet it did not die. John Haldon elucidates the factors that allowed the empire to survive against all odds into the eighth century. Series: Carl Newell Jackson Lectures. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLC1; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 206 x 35. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088771
- ISBN
- 9780674088771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.10€ 48.55
€ 52.10
€ 48.55
Hardback. Second edition - 8vo. Very good copy - KAW0579 - 32pp. - Community Relations Commission, London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Community Relations Commission London
- Number of pages
- 32
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1976
- SKU
- KCK0002513
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Paperback. aeo The first comprehensive and fully--researched biography of Matilda ever published in English. aeo Written by the worlda s leading Anglo--Norman scholar. aeo The first comprehensive and fully--researched biography of Matilda ever published in English. aeo Written by the worlda s leading Anglo--Norman scholar. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631190288
- ISBN
- 9780631190288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.47
€ 51.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 24 pages of color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3F; ACQ; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781681774206
- ISBN
- 9781681774206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.86
€ 17.99
€ 17.86
Paperback. Presents an account of the life and times of the Empress Theodora. This book follows her from her childhood as a Hippodrome bear-keeper's daughter to her imperial roles as Justinian's trusted counselor and as an effective and powerful advocate for the downtrodden. Num Pages: 172 pages, 9 b&w illus., 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 331. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292702707
- ISBN
- 9780292702707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.06
€ 23.99
€ 22.06
Paperback. clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- KST0011422
- ISBN
- 9780714121055
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 300.00
€ 300.00
Paperback. Editor(s): Eden, Paul E. Num Pages: 512 pages, 1200 artworks and photographs. BIC Classification: HBWQ; JWMV3; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2042.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Amber Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782744733
- ISBN
- 9781782744733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 37.12
€ 46.99
€ 37.12
Paperback. Editor(s): Strudwick, Helen M. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDAE; GBC; HBJH; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 333 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1998.
- Publisher
- Amber Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First edition.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782744368
- ISBN
- 9781782744368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.82
€ 33.99
€ 27.82
Paperback. Series: Routledge Revivals. Num Pages: 354 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; GBC; HBLW; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415710886
- ISBN
- 9780415710886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.32
€ 46.99
€ 46.32
Hardback. With over 1800 entries ranging from Helen Abell (historic preservationist), to Sebastian Zorn (twice president of the Lousiville Water Company), this work aims to offer a detailed reference to Louisville - Kentucky's first chartered city. Editor(s): Kleber, John E. Num Pages: 992 pages, 306 photographs, 79 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; GBC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 58. Weight in Grams: 2631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813121000
- ISBN
- 9780813121000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.85
€ 80.85
Hardback. Covering a range of information about the five boroughs, this title includes 800 entries that help complete the story of New York: from Air Train to E-ZPass, from September 11 to public order. Editor(s): Jackson, Kenneth T.; Keller, Professor Lisa; Flood, Nancy. Num Pages: 601 pages, 752 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; GBC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 222 x 62. Weight in Grams: 3450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 601
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300114652
- ISBN
- 9780300114652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.31€ 48.24
€ 56.31
€ 48.24
Paperback. This book, "The Encyclopedia of Ornament", by Henry Shaw, is a replication. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible. This book was created using print-on-demand technology. Thank you for supporting classic literature. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 203.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nobel Press
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9785879443561
- ISBN
- 9785879443561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.10
€ 73.10
Hardback. Since war is among the oldest of human activities - long antedating the invention of writing - presumably the earliest attempts to record it took the form of poems or songs that were performed on suitable occasions. However revealing or inspiring, poems are no substitute for military theory and written history. Num Pages: 1024 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: GB; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 204 x 55. Weight in Grams: 2334.
- Publisher
- Amber Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782740230
- ISBN
- 9781782740230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691162577
- ISBN
- 9780691162577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.04
€ 33.99
€ 25.04
Hardcover. The first study to take a comprehensive, historically comparative view of disillusionment with Communist systems and ideologies. "An indispensable portrait."-Harvey Klehr. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566636889
- ISBN
- 9781566636889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.54
€ 31.99
€ 29.54