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Regional & national history

Hardback. Home to the original Fulton Fish Market and then the South Street Seaport Museum, it is one of the last neighborhoods of late 18th- and early 19th-century New York City not to be destroyed by urban development. This book tells the story, from the 1960s to the present, of the South Street Seaport District of Lower Manhattan. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; GM; HBJK; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publisher
New York University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479822577
ISBN
9781479822577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.72

Paperback. Clavius was influential throughout Europe in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. This book uses his own publications, as well as archival materials, to trace the central role he played in integrating traditional Ptolemaic astronomy and Aristotelian natural philosophy into an orthodox cosmology. Num Pages: 314 pages, 17 half-tones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226469294
ISBN
9780226469294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.06

Paperback. In "Restless nation" James M. Jasper isolates a narrative that lies very close to the core of the American character. From colonial times to the present day, Americans have always had a deep-rooted belief in the 'fresh-start' philosophy, explored in this work. Num Pages: 276 pages, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBJK; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226394794
ISBN
9780226394794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white photos. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JJH; 5AN; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 165 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 870.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
HMH Books for Young Readers
Edition
1st.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780544096646
ISBN
9780544096646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 29 bw illus. BIC Classification: 1DVW; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472580047
ISBN
9781472580047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.92

Paperback. An accessible history of Ireland from the earliest records. Lydon recounts, in colourful detail, the waves of settlers, missionaries and invaders which have gone to Ireland since pre-history and offers a perspective on Irish history up to present. Num Pages: 436 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 794. Very good copy. Press reviews pasted to inside front cover and end paper. Some pen scoring, text not affected, remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Routledge
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0028524
ISBN
9780415013482
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

hardcover. This volume offers an illuminating overview of the work of a pioneering and highly distinguished scholar of Latin American social and cultural history and philology. The "old and new" of the subtitle is meant literally; the first piece was written in 1968, the last in 1998. Four of the twelve essays are published here for the first time. Num Pages: 416 pages, 2 line diagrams 1 table 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3J; HBJK; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 695.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804738095
ISBN
9780804738095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.34

Hardback. This book provides a translation from the Nahuatl (or Aztec) of two sets of historical annals written by Mexican indigenous people from the Tlaxcala-Puebla region in the late seventeenth century; the introduction and notes make the works accessible to the modern reader. Editor(s): Townsend, Camilla. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804763790
ISBN
9780804763790
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.69

Paperback. The Nahua Indians of central Mexico were the most populus of Mesoamerica's cultural-linguistic groups at the time of the Spanish conquest. These essays on the postconquest Nahuas and Nahua-Spanish interaction bring together pieces that reflect various facets of the author's research interests. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 25. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804719544
ISBN
9780804719544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.23

Paperback. This volume offers an illuminating overview of the work of a pioneering and highly distinguished scholar of Latin American social and cultural history and philology. The "old and new" of the subtitle is meant literally; the first piece was written in 1968, the last in 1998. Four of the twelve essays are published here for the first time. Num Pages: 416 pages, 2 line diagrams 1 table 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3J; HBJK; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804738101
ISBN
9780804738101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.23

Hardback. The premier practitioner of the Nahuatl annals form was a writer of the early seventeenth century now known as Chimalpahin. This volume is the first English edition of Chimalpahin's largest work, written during the first two decades of the seventeenth century. Editor(s): Lockhart, James; Schroeder, Susan; Namala, Doris. Translator(s): Lockhart, James; Schroeder, Susan; Namala, Doris. Num Pages: 340 pages, 2 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804754545
ISBN
9780804754545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.98

Hardback. Series: American Thought and Culture. Num Pages: 226 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742535411
ISBN
9780742535411
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.14

Hardcover. This work reasserts the importance of the French Revolution to an understanding of the nature of modern European politics and social life. It argues that the European model of democracy was created in the Revolution, a model with stark differences to Anglo-American liberal democracy. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674006249
ISBN
9780674006249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.39
€ 87.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 217 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Univ Tennessee Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870493973
ISBN
9780870493973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.73

Paperback. The New York Times best-selling biography of one of America's most storied military figures. Num Pages: 832 pages, 8 pages of illustrations, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBW; HBWJ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
832
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393354201
ISBN
9780393354201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.46

Hardcover. A major new biography of one of America's most storied military figures. Num Pages: 832 pages, 8 pages of illustrations, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBW; HBWJ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393241570
ISBN
9780393241570
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.29

Hardcover. In the first two essays in this volume - "The Age of Dobie" and "The Age of McMurtry" - James Ward Lee places the writers, the politicians, and the cultural leaders in the context of each age. Subsequent chapters discuss writers and trends in Texas literature. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875652887
ISBN
9780875652887
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.02

Paperback. Editor(s): Ledbetter, James; Roth, Daniel B. Num Pages: 288 pages, B/W photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Condition
New
SKU
9781586489014
ISBN
9781586489014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.75

Hardback. Editor(s): West, James L.; Petrov, Iurii A. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 346 pages, 231 halftones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 664.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633053
ISBN
9780691633053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.30

Paperback. This book recounts the history of the Denbigh, one of the Civil War's most successful blockade runners. A new introduction by J. Barto Arnold III reviews recent archival and archaeological research and highlights the blockade runner's place in the Confederacy's complex and ultimately insoluble problem of obtaining manufactured items from abroad. Num Pages: 190 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 3. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Percheron Press United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780975273852
ISBN
9780975273852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.28

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