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Paperback. The story of Liverpool is, in many ways, the story of its docks. Before the docks, trade was limited by the tides and at the mercy of the Mersey's currents. After dock construction began, the city became a hub of Britain's worldwide trading network. Series: Images of England. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBTM; KNGS; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165 x 9. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752417127
ISBN
9780752417127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.66

Paperback. Liverpool Docks: A Short History, traces the birth, growth, strategic importance of the port both in times of peace and war. The book gives a complete timeline from the very earliest days right up to the present-a time when both a new and even larger container dock is being built together with the development of the new cruise liner terminal. Num Pages: 208 pages, 72 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781555187
ISBN
9781781555187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.70

Paperback. Covers the story of Liverpool's children in the Second World War. This title features the adventures and misadventures, the fun and games and ever-present danger, and the humor and sorrow of those wartime years experienced by the survivors of Liverpool Blitz. It explores the memories of the children ravaged by war. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJH; HBTB; JFSP1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 9. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752451589
ISBN
9780752451589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.56

Paperback. From the early 1960s, though, Liverpool's passenger trade entered a downturn that was unstoppable. Liverpool now has a new landing stage to accommodate visiting cruise ships back in the Mersey. This book tells its story, using the memories of those who sailed in them, of the halcyon days of the passenger liners which sailed from the Mersey. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBJD1; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 173 x 10. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780752449159
ISBN
9780752449159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.37

Paperback. .
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363194
ISBN
9780822363194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.52

Hardback. Showing how feminist theory is generated from everyday life and the ordinary experiences of being a feminist, Sara Ahmed highlights the ties between feminist theory and living a life that sustains it by building on legacies of feminist of color scholarship and discussing the figure of the feminist killjoy. Num Pages: 312 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFK; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363040
ISBN
9780822363040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.73

Paperback. How a small group of landowners, inspired by Aldo Leopold, pioneered private conservation and ecological restoration. It offers an insightful reflection on what it means to live the "land ethic" that is quite relevant to today s growing conservation challenges." Series: Wisconsin Land and Life. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; 3JJ; HBTB; RNF; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 239.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299298746
ISBN
9780299298746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.95

Paperback. Since the earliest development of states, groups of people escaped or were exiled. This book gives voice to three communities living at the edges of capitalism: Cossacks on the Don River in Russia; Zapatistas in Chiapas, Mexico; and prisoners in long-term isolation since the 1970s. Num Pages: 316 pages, 18 b/w images and 4 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520287303
ISBN
9780520287303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 222 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gefen Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652298546
ISBN
9789652298546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.71

Hardback. Editor(s): Isom-Verhaaren, Christine; Schull, Kent F. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; HBJF1; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 667.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253019301
ISBN
9780253019301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.07

Paperback. Editor(s): Isom-Verhaaren, Christine; Schull, Kent F. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; HBJF1; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253019431
ISBN
9780253019431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.37

Paperback. Offering an introduction to the field of archaeology, the authors use a single case study to demonstrate the power of their interdisciplinary approach, and create a fresh portrait of 19th-century domestic life in the company-owned boarding-houses of the Boott Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts. Num Pages: 128 pages, 37 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; HD; JHM; WTHH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558490352
ISBN
9781558490352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.68

Paperback. In the late 19th century, Scandinavian urban dwellers developed a passion for a modern sort of visual spectacle: objects and effigies brought to life in realistic scenes. The period 1880-1910 was the high point of mannequin display in Europe. This title explores this phenomenon. Num Pages: 352 pages, 77 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DND; 1DNN; 1DNS; ASZ; GM; HBT; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691050744
ISBN
9780691050744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.71

Paperback. Sent to the Congo (Zaire) in the 50s, as fieldworker for a Belgian cultural agency, Vansina helped to found the field of African history as a scholarly speciality. This memoir describes Vansina's life and career on three continents, against the background of the collapse of colonialism in Africa. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; BGHA; HBTQ; HBTR; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299143244
ISBN
9780299143244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.48

paperback. Living with Strangers tells the story of the Sioux who moved into the Canadian-American borderlands in the later years of the nineteenth century. David G. McCrady's award-winning study crosses national boundaries to examine how Native peoples on both sides of the border reacted to the arrival of the Sioux. Num Pages: 200 pages, 14 halftones; 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442609907
ISBN
9781442609907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
F First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801480980
ISBN
9780801480980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.29

Paperback. .
Publisher
Llygad Gwalch Cyf
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845242435
ISBN
9781845242435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.54

Hardcover. Featuring beautiful images, and many classic and contemporary recipes, Lobster: A Global History is the first book to describe the social history of lobster consumption around the world. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 144 pages, 40 colour illustrations, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; WBTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 204 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861897947
ISBN
9781861897947
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.91

Paperback. Explores the crucial notion of "colonial difference" in the study of the modern colonial world and traces the emergence of an epistemic shift, which author calls "border thinking". This title expands the horizons of debates under way in postcolonial studies of Asia and Africa by dwelling in the genealogy of thoughts of South/Central America. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 line illus. 3 tables. 9 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
With a New preface by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156095
ISBN
9780691156095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.61

Paperback. Traces the monumental battle waged by civil rights organizations and by local people to establish basic human rights for all citizens of Mississippi Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 752.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252065071
ISBN
9780252065071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.36

Paperback. A collection of 17 essays first printed in "American Quarterly", the journal of the American Studies Association. To mark the Association's 50th anniversary, the editor has brought together works which provide a window into the history and evolution of the practice of American studies. Editor(s): Maddox, Lucy. Num Pages: 458 pages, 4, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; DNF; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
458
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801860560
ISBN
9780801860560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.98

paperback. Lena Orlin paints a dense picture of everyday life in Renaissance England, with an emphasis on personal privacy, the built environment, and the life story of a remarkable undiscovered woman - merchant's wife and mother of four, Alice Barnham - with a central role in some of the most important untold stories of sixteenth-century women. Num Pages: 392 pages, 45 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1722.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A. United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199577385
ISBN
9780199577385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.16

Paperback. This collection of essays is the first serious attempt to conceptualise the transplantation of English migrants and culture in the New World as a Diaspora. Editor(s): Bueltmann, Tanja; Gleeson, David; MacRaild, Donald M. Series: Migrations and Identities. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; HBJD1; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781381120
ISBN
9781781381120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.15

Hardback. Num Pages: 832 pages, 14 photographs, 11maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 236 x 31. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774831086
ISBN
9780774831086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.55

Paperback. Fine paperback book in excellent contidtion.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
English Heritage Publications London
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KNH0011591
ISBN
9781850747246
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Fine paperback book in excellent contidtion.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
English Heritage Publications London
Number of pages
64
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KNH0011592
ISBN
9781850747246
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Hardback. Luther Lee was one of the founders of Wesleyan Methodism, a 19th-century reformer and an ordained minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. This volume explores his life, politics and theology. One of the author's particular foci is the extent to which Lee impacted the antislavery movement. Series: Studies in Evangelicalism. Num Pages: 296 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ; HRCC2; HRCC95. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810837102
ISBN
9780810837102
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.67

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBTB; HBW; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691644967
ISBN
9780691644967
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.75

Paperback. Looking at urban history, this work balances statistics with the words of historians, diarists and novelists, poets and churchmen such as: Pepys, Boswell, Fielding, Walpole, Blake, Mayhew, Wells, Woolf, and Spark. It is a celebration of the city and also an elegy for its decline, with statistics and anecdote, from Boadicea to Betjeman. Num Pages: 560 pages, b&w illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140105933
ISBN
9780140105933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.64

Sheet map. Series: Old House. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJG; HBTP1; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 214 x 8. Weight in Grams: 115. New.
Publisher
Old House Books
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9781908402288
ISBN
9781908402288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.23

paperback. Describes London from the time of the Druids to the beginning of the twenty-first century, noting magnificence in both epochs. This title includes chapters on the history of silence and the history of light, the history of childhood and the history of suicide, the history of Cockney speech and the history of drink. Num Pages: 848 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1072.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099422587
ISBN
9780099422587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 black & white plates, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752474854
ISBN
9780752474854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.20

Hardcover. Series: Amazing and Extraordinary Facts. Num Pages: 144 pages, 100 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTB; HBW; WQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 130 x 17. .
Publisher
Rydon Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910821084
ISBN
9781910821084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.54

Hardcover. Seeks to define exactly what it is that makes Britain's capital the international urban HQ for creativity and innovation. Why and how has the city become a creative universe of its own making? This book unlocks the secret passions, undress social mundanities and address outrageous profanities. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJP; 3JM; AJCR; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 332 x 319. Weight in Grams: 4674.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500970713
ISBN
9780500970713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.26
€ 54.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTW; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474227490
ISBN
9781474227490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.23

Paperback. Story of monuments and memorials in london with lost meanings Num Pages: 224 pages, 150 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473879119
ISBN
9781473879119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.88

Paperback. A nostalgic look back at the docks of London the 1960s. Num Pages: 128 pages, 220. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPK; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445665849
ISBN
9781445665849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.84

Paperback. From galleries to clubs, pubs to Tube stations, crap weather to pigeon crap, this title presents an anthology of personal and subjective readings of the capital since the late 1970s. Editor(s): Kerr, Joe; Gibson, Andrew. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Revised Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780230498
ISBN
9781780230498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.97

Paperback. Everything you ever wanted to know about London's rock 'n' roll venues. Num Pages: 176 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; AMGC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445658193
ISBN
9781445658193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.99

paperback. London in the nineteenth century was the greatest city mankind had ever seen. Its growth was stupendous. Its wealth was dazzling. This was the London of Blake, Thackeray and Mayhew, of Nash, Faraday and Disraeli. In this book, we witness the city's metamorphosis over the course of the century through the daily lives of its inhabitants. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 244 x 51. Weight in Grams: 882.
Publisher
Bodley Head
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847924476
ISBN
9781847924476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 26.31

Paperback. In 1901 no other city matched London in size, wealth and grandeur. Yet it was also a city where poverty and disease were rife. In the worlds of work and popular culture, politics and crime, through war, immigration and sexual revolution, this history shows how the city shaped their lives and how it in turn was shaped by them. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 337 x 44. Weight in Grams: 754.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847924537
ISBN
9781847924537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.86

Paperback. From costermongers to ex-convicts, from chimney-sweeps to vagrants, the underprivileged of London are brought to life in this book, where their plight is expressed through a blend of first person accounts and statistics. It originated in a series of newspaper articles that grew into a four volume account of the working-classes of London. Editor(s): Neuburg, Victor. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
508
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140432411
ISBN
9780140432411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.51

Paperback. An account of life below the margins in the greatest Metropolis in the world and a portrait of the habits, tastes, amusements, appearance, speech, humour, earnings and opinions of the labouring poor at the time of the Great Exhibition. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 688 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; DNJ; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 37. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840226195
ISBN
9781840226195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.29

Paperback. This groundbreaking investigation into the lives of London's underclass was undertaken by Henry Mayhew in the 1850s. His interviews with street traders, beggars, and thieves results in a work as vivid as a Victorian novel. This new selection includes original illustrations and an illluminating introduction and notes. Editor(s): Douglas-Fairhurst, Robert. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages, 24 black and white illustrations, and a map. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 24. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199697571
ISBN
9780199697571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.99

Sheet map. Series: Old House. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBTP1; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 7. Weight in Grams: 114. New.
Publisher
Old House Books
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9781908402295
ISBN
9781908402295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.23

Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBT; WGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 221 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1220. 1931-1945. 208 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBT; WGC. Dimension: 284 x 221 x 18. Weight: 1180.
Publisher
Capital Transport Publishing
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854142603
ISBN
9781854142603
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.07

Paperback. "London Voices, London Lives" addresses a question of great current importance for urban policy: what kind of a place is London in the 21st century, and how does it differ significantly from other parts of urban Britain? It addresses these questions in a unique way: over one hundred ordinary Londoners provide their answers in their own voices. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; 3JM; HBTB; HBTD; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861349835
ISBN
9781861349835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 38.49

paperback. This is a one-volume history of the city of London from Roman times to the late-20th century. London grew from a backwater in the Classical age into an important medieval city, a significant Renaissance urban centre and a modern colossus. Series: A "New York Times" notable book 1995. Num Pages: 448 pages, 58 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 142 x 30. Weight in Grams: 600. Good clean copy. Covers showing a little shelf wear. Text and illustrations are crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031945
ISBN
9780674538399
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.23

Paperback. Series: Discovering Books. Num Pages: 96 pages, colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; JHBL; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 270. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
6th
Condition
New
SKU
9780747805595
ISBN
9780747805595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.57

Paperback. Outlines the history of London's sewers from the nineteenth century onwards, using a variety of colour illustrations, photographs and newspaper engravings to show their development from medieval spaces to the complex, citywide network, largely constructed in the 1860s, that is still in place today. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations (some colour). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBTB; TBX; TQSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 158 x 6. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Shire Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747814313
ISBN
9780747814313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: AMX; HB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149. .
Publisher
Shire Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
Revised Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784422561
ISBN
9781784422561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.14

Paperback. A cultural and literary history of London, looking at the capital's development from Roman times to its modern-day role, as financial and tourist metropolis. Series: Cities of the Imagination. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 b&w drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; DSB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Signal Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904955214
ISBN
9781904955214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.25

Hardcover. Over the past 2000 years London has developed from a small town, fitting snugly within its walls, into one of the world's largest and most dynamic cities. This book illustrates and helps to explain the transformation. Num Pages: 400 pages, Over 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 314 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2498. 400 pages, Over 400 colour illustrations. Over the past 2000 years London has developed from a small town, fitting snugly within its walls, into one of the world's largest and most dynamic cities. This book illustrates and helps to explain the transformation. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTP1. Dimension: 246 x 314 x 32. Weight: 2486.
Publisher
British Library
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0002-
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712358798
ISBN
9780712358798
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.98

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Dore, Gustave. Series: Anthem Travel Classics. Num Pages: 280 pages, 180+ halftone engravings. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 266. A Pilgrimage. Series: Anthem Travel Classics. 280 pages, 180+ halftone engravings. Illustrator(s): Dore, Gustave. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 20. Weight: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Anthem Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843311935
ISBN
9781843311935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 35. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405919142
ISBN
9781405919142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.36

paperback. A biography of the city of London. It takes us on a journey - historical, geographical and imaginative - through the city of London. Num Pages: 688 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 199 x 46. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099570387
ISBN
9780099570387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.68

Paperback. Tyburn Fields is the best known site of execution in London, but London may be aptly named the executioner's city, so many were the places where executions could and did occur. This book reveals the capital as a place where the bodies of criminals defined the boundaries of the city and heads on poles greeted patrons on London Bridge. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 126 x 30. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750940245
ISBN
9780750940245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.10

Hardcover. Series: History of the Urban Environment. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBT; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 172 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822944270
ISBN
9780822944270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.23

Paperback. An extraordinary group portrait of London today: a book as rich, dynamic, lively, and diverse as the city itself. Num Pages: 448 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JM; HBJD1; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 196 x 28. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2000th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847083296
ISBN
9781847083296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.25

Hardback. Captain Thomas Coram was dismayed at the sight of children dying on the dung heaps of London. He petitioned to the King to grant a Royal Charter for building the Foundling Hospital in Bloomsbury. Children were brought to hospital for shelter. This book presents this social history of London's poverty, revealed through the members of the hospital. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, map, ports, plan. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBTB; JKSB1; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 342. Good copy in clean dustwrapper 8vo. The History of Nursing and Hospital Histories.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0304495
ISBN
9780752442440
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

Paperback. Cover s the heyday of Londons gang era. Num Pages: 208 pages, Integrated. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BTC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473894761
ISBN
9781473894761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.44

Paperback. Series: The Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816629978
ISBN
9780816629978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.07

Paperback. Although the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City symbolically mark the start of the gay rights movement, individuals came together long before the modern era to express their same-sex romantic and sexual attraction toward one another. This title seeks to uncover the many iterations of same-sex desire in colonial America and the early Republic. Editor(s): Foster, Thomas A. Num Pages: 414 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSJ; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814727508
ISBN
9780814727508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.02

Hardback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611470581
ISBN
9781611470581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.35

paperback. A highly readable history and almost encyclopedic reference work, with information on every pertinent aspect of farming and country life. Editor(s): Lapping, Mark B. Num Pages: 394 pages, 36 illus. 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; TBX; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874512144
ISBN
9780874512144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.03

Hardcover. At the turn of the nineteenth century, even the most experienced mariners were still risking catastrophe when navigating the North American coastline because they lacked accurate navigational charts. This title presents a narrative of how American ingenuity solved an international scientific mystery. Num Pages: 264 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press South Carolina
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570038013
ISBN
9781570038013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.07

Paperback. Discusses the story of the shrinking bathing suit and the evolution of the black singlet. This book on the role of clothes in our history shows the way in which clothes reveal and identify, embody tradition and memory, are both local and global. Editor(s): Labrum, Bronwyn; McKergow, Fiona; Gibson, Stephanie. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations (colour section). BIC Classification: 1MBN; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 100 x 100 x 100. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Auckland University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781869403973
ISBN
9781869403973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.80

Paperback. An account of three young women who attended the University of California at Berkeley and became caught up in the tumultuous changes of the 60s. It chronicles the hopes, confusion and disillusionment of a generation whose rites of passage defined one of the most contentious decades of this century. Num Pages: 381 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 68.
Publisher
University of California Press Berkeley
Number of pages
381
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520209107
ISBN
9780520209107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.67

Hardcover. Lords of the Sea is an engrossing tale of piracy, maritime conquest, slavery and exploration that details the history of the Barbary corsairs. Jamieson artfully explains how these Muslim corsairs from the Ottoman Turkish empire captured Christian ships for centuries. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3J; HBJH; HBLH; HBTM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861899071
ISBN
9781861899071
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.78

Paperback. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; BGL; DSBH; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089291
ISBN
9781844089291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.83

Hardback. Editor(s): Grob, Leonard; Roth, John K. Series: Stephen S. Weinstein Series in Post-Holocaust Studies. Num Pages: 245 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295998459
ISBN
9780295998459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.79

Paperback. Editor(s): Grob, Leonard; Roth, John K. Series: Stephen S. Weinstein Series in Post-Holocaust Studies. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 268 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295998466
ISBN
9780295998466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.76

Paperback. A passionate and vivid recreation of the history of Trinidad by the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KJWWT; HBJK; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
PAN MACMILLAN
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330522847
ISBN
9780330522847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.01

Paperback. Focusing on the early modern period, this book establishes the presence of an informal frontier between two of the proposed societies astride the Leicestershire-Lincolnshire border. It encourages researchers to identify other regions and their frontiers by adopting similar methods. Series: Studies in Regional and Local History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 86. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAL; 1DBKEML; HBJD1; HBTB; HBTP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 173 x 244 x 13. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
Edition
Volume 7
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902806976
ISBN
9781902806976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.22

Hardback. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252040900
ISBN
9780252040900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.79

Paperback. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252082382
ISBN
9780252082382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, maps. BIC Classification: HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 241 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1108.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500288160
ISBN
9780500288160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.65

Paperback. Drawn from two medieval collections of form letters for all manner of business and personal affairs, Lost Letters of Medieval Life depicts early thirteenth-century England through the everyday correspondence of people of all classes, from peasants and shopkeepers to bishops and earls. Editor(s): Carlin, Martha; Crouch, David. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223361
ISBN
9780812223361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.02

Hardback. A lively account of the 1924 Revolution in Sudan and the way in which the colonial situation has affected its representation, a case in point in the histories of nationalist anti-colonial movements in Africa and the Middle East. Series: Eastern Africa Series. Num Pages: 333 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 692.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
James Currey
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011152
ISBN
9781847011152
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.83

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473893436
ISBN
9781473893436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.83

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