.png){kind=logo}
History
Results 5521 - 5544 of 46254
History
Hardback. Bones of the Ancestors tells the shadowy story of the Ambum Stone, a 3,000-year-old carving from Papua New Guinea that found its way onto the antiquities market and then into an important modern museum. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: HBJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759111592
- ISBN
- 9780759111592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.89
€ 160.89
Paperback. Let's sail with the German protestant theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer 'Down-Under'. Editor(s): Preece, Gordon; Packer, Ian. Num Pages: 275 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1M; HBJM; HRCM; HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- ATF Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781921817885
- ISBN
- 9781921817885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. Africa 126 pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Dietz Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1961
- SKU
- KNW0001027
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Africa. 127 pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Dieta Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1961
- SKU
- KNW0001045
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. . Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Distribution Services
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1974
- SKU
- KEX0232198
- ISBN
- 9780586038796
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. Good copy showing some age and wear. Dust jacket present, shows light shelf wear. Clothbound copy showing slight damp staining along exterior edges. Gilded title to spine. Very light spotting along page edges. Remains nice copy, text is very clean throughout and page edges are well-defined
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Co New York
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0025170
- ISBN
- 9780688060879
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. BIC Classification: HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 93 x 6. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Publisher
- Bryn Mawr Commentaries, Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780929524351
- ISBN
- 9780929524351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.15
€ 10.99
€ 10.15
Hardcover. This rich and varied collection of essays by scholars and interviews with artists approaches the fraught topic of book destruction from a new angle, setting out an alternative history of the cutting, burning, pulping, defacing and tearing of books from the medieval period to our own age. Editor(s): Smyth, Adam; Partington, Gillian. Series: New Directions in Book History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 22 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137367655
- ISBN
- 9781137367655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, 38 black & white illustrations, 15 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GPFC; HB; PBWR; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 11. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Copernicus
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319069258
- ISBN
- 9783319069258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.37
€ 93.37
Hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 74 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AGR; HBJF1; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 6. Weight in Grams: 28.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691653419
- ISBN
- 9780691653419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.18€ 68.86
€ 89.18
€ 68.86
Paperback. Portrays in microcosm a history made of great human tides of invasion, colonization, emigration, nomadism and tourism. Enriched by cross-cultural comparisons with the history of the American West, this title carves a route through Ireland's history, literature and landscape. Num Pages: 208 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Fully Updated New Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844677085
- ISBN
- 9781844677085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.58
€ 16.99
€ 15.58
hardcover. Translator(s): Lorton, David. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; BGH; GBCB; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801440502
- ISBN
- 9780801440502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.77
€ 61.77
Hardback. "[1 v.]. Dust wrapper. A good clean copy. 1976-1978, Seventh Edition."
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Sheppard Press
- Publication date
- 1976
- SKU
- KEX0048443
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. This book narrates and analyzes the southern tours that Booker T. Washington and his associates undertook in 1908-1912, relating them to Washington's racial philosophy and its impact on the various parts of black society. Num Pages: 260 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606524
- ISBN
- 9780230606524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Paperback. The beginning of the twentieth century was an important time in African-American history. Segregation and discrimination were on the rise. Two seminal African American figures - Booker T Washington and W E B Du Bois - began to debate on ways to combat racial problems. Series: The African American History Series. Num Pages: 194 pages, photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842029957
- ISBN
- 9780842029957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 45.10
€ 46.99
€ 45.10
Paperback. Series: Penn State Series in the History of the Book. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; DQ; DSB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271064055
- ISBN
- 9780271064055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.39
€ 51.99
€ 40.39
Paperback. A ground-breaking collection by thirteen distinguished international scholars; this volume presents fresh perspectives on the exchange of culture and ideas between isolated communities through books and correspondence, and offers pioneering comparisons between the northern Atlantic and that of Spanish and Portuguese territories further south. Editor(s): Howsam, Leslie; Raven, J. Num Pages: 329 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349330744
- ISBN
- 9781349330744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Hardback. A ground-breaking collection by thirteen distinguished international scholars; this volume presents fresh perspectives on the exchange of culture and ideas between isolated communities through books and correspondence, and offers pioneering comparisons between the northern Atlantic and that of Spanish and Portuguese territories further south. Editor(s): Howsam, Leslie; Raven, James. Num Pages: 329 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285675
- ISBN
- 9780230285675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Books in Motion in Early Modern Europe: Beyond Production, Circulation...
. Ed(S): Bellingradt, Daniel; Nelles, Paul; S...
hardcover. Editor(s): Bellingradt, Daniel; Nelles, Paul; Salman, Jeroen. Series: New Directions in Book History. Num Pages: 280 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319533650
- ISBN
- 9783319533650
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.40
€ 161.40
Books Without Borders, Volume 1: The Cross-National Dimension in Print...
Fraser, Robert, Hammond, Mary
Hardcover. Where does the book belong? Does it enshrine the soul of a nation, or is it a means by which nations talk to one another, sharing ideas, technologies, texts? This book, the first in a two-volume set of original essays, responds to these questions with archive-based case studies of print culture in a number of countries around the world. Num Pages: 225 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230210295
- ISBN
- 9780230210295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Hardcover. This volume focuses on the publisher's series as a cultural formation - a material artifact and component of cultural hierarchies. Contributors engage with archival research, cultural theory, literary and bibliometric analysis (amongst a range of other approaches) to contextualize the publisher's series in terms of its cultural and economic work. Editor(s): Fraser, Robert; Hammond, Mary. Num Pages: 218 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230210332
- ISBN
- 9780230210332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. For more than 2,500 years, the book, in a wide range of forms, has been used to document, to educate and to entertain. This book explores the rich history of the book, one of the most efficient, influential and enduring technologies ever invented. Num Pages: 224 pages, 266 illustrations, 214 in colour. BIC Classification: GL; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 251 x 17. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500291153
- ISBN
- 9780500291153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.02
€ 19.99
€ 16.02
Paperback. Editor(s): Gasser, James. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 349 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HPL; PBX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 557.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 349
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048154913
- ISBN
- 9789048154913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.82
€ 194.82
Paperback. Traces the movie industry through the momentous decade of the 1940s. This title discusses changes in the structure of the studio system - including the shift to independent production - and the dominant stars, genres, and production trends through the period. Series: History of the American Cinema S. Num Pages: 582 pages, 164 b/w photographs, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBT; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 176 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1242. American Cinema in the 1940s. Series: History of the American Cinema S. 582 pages, 164 b&w photographs. Traces the movie industry through the momentous decade of the 1940s. This title discusses changes in the structure of the studio system - including the shift to independent production - and the dominant stars, genres, and production trends through the period. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBT; KNTC. Dimension: 252 x 176 x 37. Weight: 1228.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 582
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520221307
- ISBN
- 9780520221307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81