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Paperback. The Civil War confronted all Americans with the weightiest moral and political issues since the American Revolution. In diaries and journals they argued and agonized with themselves; in sermons and speeches, in poems and love letters, they revealed to one another their own interior war. Editor(s): Bodden, Donna; Lang, Eleanor. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781881089315
- ISBN
- 9781881089315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.95
€ 34.95
Paperback. The trials and hearings presented in the two volumes of On Trial capture much of American history in the intensity of courtroom confrontation and argument. Judicial proceedings have long fascinated both historians and the general public. Editor(s): Marcus, Robert D.; Marcus, Anthony. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781881089261
- ISBN
- 9781881089261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.59
€ 42.99
€ 42.59
Paperback. The trials and hearings presented in the two volumes of On Trial capture much of American history in the intensity of courtroom confrontation and argument. Judicial proceedings have long fascinated both historians and the general public. Editor(s): Marcus, Robert D.; Marcus, Anthony. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781881089247
- ISBN
- 9781881089247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.59
€ 42.99
€ 42.59
Paperback. The struggle for civil rights was one of the most powerful movements in American history. This title features 64 selections. The materials are grouped and presented so as to explain the logic, the strategies, and the conflicts within a movement that has recast much of the nation's mind and culture. Editor(s): West, Thomas; Mooney, James. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: HB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781881089209
- ISBN
- 9781881089209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.22
€ 36.22
Paperback. Richly informative on American manners and morals in the early ninteenth century, this famous travel account also reveals much about the contrast between British and American culture. Editor(s): Larson, John. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781881089131
- ISBN
- 9781881089131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.22
€ 36.22
Paperback. The novelist William Dean Howells described autobiography as the most democratic of American literary genres. Autobiography has offered a voice to women, African Americans, Native Americans, and others whose writings have often been excluded from the literary canon. Editor(s): Morton, Marian; Duncan, Russell. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd Canada
- Edition
- Volume 1
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781881089070
- ISBN
- 9781881089070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.32
€ 41.32
Paperback. Contains 18 selections from Margaret Leech, Helen Hunt Jackson, Edward Bellamy, Frederick Jackson Turner, Andy Adams, Jane Addams, Lincoln Steffens, Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Upton Sinclair, Sinclair Lewis, John Dos Passos, Ruth McKenney, John Steinbeck, Henry Roth, Ralph Ellison, the Port Huron Statement, the Walker Report, and Greil Marcus. Editor(s): Marcus, Robert D. Num Pages: 448 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781881089056
- ISBN
- 9781881089056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.32
€ 41.32
Hardcover. Challenges the view that that the Moriscos of Spain made little or no attempt to assimilate to the majority Christian culture around them, and that this led to their expulsion between 1609 and 1614. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 291 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Tamesis Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662735
- ISBN
- 9781855662735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.64
€ 116.64
Hardcover. The essays in this volume cover lyric, hagiography, clerical verse narrative, frontier balladry, historical and codicological studies, and include the draft of an unpublished essay found amongst Professor Deyermond's papers. Editor(s): Beresford, Andrew M.; Haywood, Louise M.; Weiss, Julian. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 334 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; GTB; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662506
- ISBN
- 9781855662506
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.64
€ 116.64
Paperback. A fascinating exploration of the world - the education, housing, cultural assumptions - that Jesus took as his reference point Num Pages: 272 pages, Line drawings and maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAL; 3D; HBLA; HDDH; HRCF2; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson Plc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854249470
- ISBN
- 9781854249470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardcover. This book celebrates the greatest of English novelists by illustrating his abiding preoccupations. It reproduces extracts from the novels alongside a selection of the original covers, their illustrations and all the paraphernalia of nineteenth-century advertising, breathing life into the vibrant world of Dickens and his characters. Num Pages: 112 pages, 95 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 478. 112 pages, 95 colour illustrations. This book celebrates the greatest of English novelists by illustrating his abiding preoccupations. It reproduces extracts from the novels alongside a selection of the original covers, their illustrations and all the paraphernalia of nineteenth-century advertising, breathing life into the vibrant world of Dickens and his characters. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; HBTB. Dimension: 195 x 197 x 15. Weight: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243846
- ISBN
- 9781851243846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.92
€ 13.99
€ 11.92
Hardcover. Beautifully illustrated, this work brings to life a highly treasured personal book and the story behind its creation, use, loss, and rediscovery. It also explores St Margaret's life, her learning, piety, and place in Scottish history. Series: Treasures from the Bodleian Library. Num Pages: 120 pages, 67 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; BGX; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 268 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243709
- ISBN
- 9781851243709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. Lavishly illustrated with over 150 images, this book gives an excellent insight into the key issues and evolving strategies of the Conservative Party throughout the twentieth century, and up to the present day. A foreword by advertising guru Maurice Saatchi discusses the posters from a communication and design perspective. Num Pages: 192 pages, 196 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; AGC; AKLP; HBTB; JPHF; JPVL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 850. British Election Posters from the Conservative Party Archive. 160 pages, 196 colour illustrations. Lavishly illustrated with over 150 images, this book gives an excellent insight into the key issues and evolving strategies of the Conservative Party throughout the twentieth century, and up to the present day. A foreword by advertising guru Maurice Saatchi discusses the posters from a communication and design perspective. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; AGC; AKLP; HBTB; JPHF; JPVL. Dimension: 250 x 209 x 18. Weight: 850.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243532
- ISBN
- 9781851243532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.67
€ 26.99
€ 20.67
Hardcover. A niece of Jane Austen and a novelist herself, Catherine Hubback wrote regularly to her eldest son John and his wife Mary. Her letters offer an articulate, detailed commentary on life in California by a gentlewoman managing a household and finding her place in a new world Editor(s): Klippert, Zoe. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 2AB; 3JH; BGL; BJ; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243440
- ISBN
- 9781851243440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardcover. The twentieth century has seen perhaps more political upheaval and change than any other period. This book draws together a unique collection of images of the individuals who influenced and shaped the course of the century in the political arena. The result is a fascinating and unique insight into the iconography of political power. Series: Postcards from.. Num Pages: 112 pages, 94 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AKL; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 175 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243273
- ISBN
- 9781851243273
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.02
€ 11.99
€ 11.02
Hardcover. Hugh Crow was the captain of a slave-trading vessel which made one of the last legal journeys across the Atlantic with its 'human cargo'. This is a highly engaging, rare, first-hand account written by a staunch defender of the slave trade. Crow depicts himself as an enlightened practitioner of the trade, concerned with the welfare of his 'negroes'. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243211
- ISBN
- 9781851243211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.15
€ 21.99
€ 17.15
Paperback. Remembered today for his 'Brief Lives', John Aubrey (1626-97) was one of the foremost scholars and antiquaries in the great decades of the British scientific revolution. This richly illustrated book is the first accessible guide to Aubrey's many diverse achievements as a biographer, antiquary, mathematician, and all-round virtuoso. Num Pages: 112 pages, 80 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLH; JFCX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 183 x 10. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243198
- ISBN
- 9781851243198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardcover. This extraordinary book was one of the many gifts presented to Queen Elizabeth during her week-long visit to Oxford in the summer of 1566. A history of the University illustrated with exceptionally fine architectural drawings of its buildings, this facsimile includes a translation and commentary on this fascinating work. Editor(s): Durning, Louise. Translator(s): Knight, Sarah. Num Pages: 128 pages, 48 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 187 x 13. Weight in Grams: 592. Ms Bodley 13a, A Facsimile with Introduction and Translation. 128 pages, 48 colour illustrations. Editor(s): Durning, Louise. This extraordinary book was one of the many gifts presented to Queen Elizabeth during her week-long visit to Oxford in the summer of 1566. A history of the University illustrated with exceptionally fine architectural drawings of its buildings, this facsimile includes a translation and commentary on this fascinating work. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Dimension: 258 x 187 x 13. Weight: 592. Translator(s): Knight, Sarah.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243150
- ISBN
- 9781851243150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.29
€ 19.99
€ 16.29
Hardcover. Anthony Wood is one of the most colourful and informative chroniclers of seventeenth-century Britain. He describes the skirmishes between parliamentarian and royalist forces in the 1640s and the return of King Charles II in 1660. His account of his own life is peppered with famous people, including Christopher Wren and John Locke Editor(s): Kiessling, Nicolas K. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243082
- ISBN
- 9781851243082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Taking its title from Howard Carter's famous description of his first glimpse of the treasures of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, this book offers a timeless portrait of highlights representing the range of the Bodleian Library's unique collections. Num Pages: 180 pages, 94 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: GL; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 263 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851240777
- ISBN
- 9781851240777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42
Hardcover. Ralph Ayres was head cook at New College in the 1770s. This book is a fascinating insight into the eighteenth-century kitchen, a period of great interest to social and culinary historians, and includes recipes for famous dishes such as Quaking Pudding, and Oxford Sausages. Editor(s): Jakeman, Jane. Num Pages: 88 pages, 72 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 171 x 13. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851240753
- ISBN
- 9781851240753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.29
€ 19.99
€ 16.29
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- English Heritage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848020443
- ISBN
- 9781848020443
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Paperback. A novel study of the complex connections between Nelson Mandela and the nationalist leadership in the ANC with their kinsmen inside the Transkei Bantustan state, that reveals the significance of ethnic belonging, so important in African history. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; JPFN; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011565
- ISBN
- 9781847011565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.04
€ 27.04
Hardback. A timely interdisciplinary, comparative and historical perspective on African childhood migration that draws on the experience of children themselves to look at where, why and how they move - within and beyond the continent - and the impact of African child migration globally. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; JFFN; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011381
- ISBN
- 9781847011381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73