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hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNF; BTP; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062372130
ISBN
9780062372130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 25.18

Paperback. Translator(s): Bromfield, Andrew. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JJPN; DNJ; HBJF; HBTW; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 200 x 23. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780241264119
ISBN
9780241264119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Hardback. Offers a snapshot of Britain in the 1860s. This is a facsimile of the actual book, often referred to as "Bradshaw's Guide", that inspired the "Great British Railway Journeys" television series, and is possibly the only surviving example of the 1863 edition. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 177 x 44. Weight in Grams: 804.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Old House Books
Number of pages
512
Publication date
2012
Edition
Premium ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908402486
ISBN
9781908402486
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.31

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 3JH; HBTK; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Middleton Press United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908174130
ISBN
9781908174130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.30

Sheet map. At the turn of the 20th century the rail network extended to over 23,000 miles, very nearly the circumference of the world - the greatest length it was ever to achieve. Some urban routes had closed and later, hundreds of rural lines and stations succumbed to the Beeching axe. This title shows the network in its heyday before the decline commenced. Series: Old House. BIC Classification: HBTP1; WGF; WQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 150 x 7. Weight in Grams: 124. New.
Publisher
Old House Books
Publication date
2011
Edition
Facsimile map
Condition
New
SKU
9781908402134
ISBN
9781908402134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.23

Sheet map, folded. Series: George Bradshaw Railway Maps Collection. Num Pages: 1 pages. BIC Classification: 1DF; 3JJC; HBTP1; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 126 x 7. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Historical Images Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
1
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844918058
ISBN
9781844918058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.54

Hardback. Noam Maggor shows how the moneyed elite in Gilded Age Boston leveraged their wealth to forge transcontinental networks of commodities, labor, and transportation. With the decline of cotton-based textile manufacturing, these gentleman bankers found new business opportunities in the mines, railroads, and industries of the Great West. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 halftones, 7 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674971462
ISBN
9780674971462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 40.99

Paperback. The sometimes shocking, always fascinating history of brainwashing, from the bestselling author of COCAINE Num Pages: 448 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: HBT; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340831618
ISBN
9780340831618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, 236 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEC; AJCR; HBJK; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 304. Weight in Grams: 1778.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764349300
ISBN
9780764349300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 35.59

Sheet map. A map of the Elizabethan London. It offers an insight into the geography of the capital and lives of its inhabitants. It features the infamous Tower of London, a bear baiting arena, the Charterhouse monastery, the monument at Chary-ncros, Old St Paul's Cathedral and even local wildlife in the grassy fields north of Holborn. Series: Old House. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 475 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 46. New.
Publisher
Old House Books
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9781908402271
ISBN
9781908402271
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 5.28

Hardcover. An award-winning pastry chef's foolproof recipes and fresh take on the history of American desserts, from chocolate chip cookies to toaster pastries. Num Pages: 400 pages, 84 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFCV; WBN; WBVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 216. .
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393239867
ISBN
9780393239867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. A sweeping survey of Brazilian representations--encompassing literature, art, propaganda, mass media, and other realms--across five centuries of evolving identity, brimming with powerful photographs. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 408 pages, 79 b&w illus, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 185 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292718579
ISBN
9780292718579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.49

paperback. This book tells the story of the education programme in the Transport and General Workers Union, from its foundation in 1922 until the end of the 20th century. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJ; HBT; KNG; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 2. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Lawrence And Wishart Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905007073
ISBN
9781905007073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 29. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
HarperOne
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061581083
ISBN
9780061581083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. Breaking the Codes is a cultural history of the fin-de-siecle that uses the "problem" of the criminal woman to examine both the debates around the appropriate place of women in French society and the ways in which issues of gender were central to the most important cultural transformations of the period. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 half-tones, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804726931
ISBN
9780804726931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Hardback. Providing heterogeneous accounts of the intersections between the fine art world with literature, jazz, film, and theater in New York, Paris, Milan, Brazil, and Cuba between 1959 and 1960, the contributors show this period to be pivotal in the culture and politics of Western Europe and the Americas. Editor(s): Guilbaut, Serge; O'Brian, John. Num Pages: 352 pages, 67 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1K; 3JJPG; ACXD; APFA; HBTB; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822360230
ISBN
9780822360230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.28

paperback. Providing heterogeneous accounts of the intersections between the fine art world with literature, jazz, film, and theater in New York, Paris, Milan, Brazil, and Cuba between 1959 and 1960, the contributors show this period to be pivotal in the culture and politics of Western Europe and the Americas. Editor(s): Guilbaut, Serge; O'Brian, John. Num Pages: 352 pages, 67 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1K; 3JJPG; ACXD; APFA; HBTB; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822360414
ISBN
9780822360414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Hardcover. A compendium of fascinating information about the great waters that cover two-thirds of our Earth and the men and women that sailed them. Num Pages: 384 pages, 100 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 143 x 32. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing Plc
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847247766
ISBN
9781847247766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.20

Hardcover. From 1505 to 1689, Russia's Tsars chose their wives through an elaborate ritual: the bride-show. Alongside accounts of sordid boyar plots against brides and the multiple marriages of Ivan the Terrible, this book offers an analysis of the show's role in the complex politics of royal marriage in early modern Russia. Num Pages: 396 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875804484
ISBN
9780875804484
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.85

Hardback. A subtle investigation of how fears of cultural dilution and violence have shaped Afrikaner identity historically and in the present day. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBTR; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849046817
ISBN
9781849046817
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.07

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