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Paperback. Features over 200 old photographs that depict scenes, people and events from everyday life in Corsham and the surrounding area, including Pickwick, Gastard, Easton and Neston, covering a period of more than one hundred years. Series: Archive Photographs. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 9. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752410715
ISBN
9780752410715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.27

Paperback. A long awaited and deserved new edition of this enduring and moving classic. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBWQ; HRCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 158.
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
John Murray Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340863534
ISBN
9780340863534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.65

paperback. Captain Arthur Hart-Synnot, a conservative officer, fell for Masa Suzuki, a Japanese girl, when he was posted to Tokyo. He was recalled to London. Though separated for years by time and huge distances, they remained devoted to each other. Based on over 800 letters found in Tokyo, this book presents the true story of an extraordinary love affair. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BG; HBJF; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cornerstone
Edition
New
Number of pages
336
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KLN0018064
ISBN
9780099481652
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

paperback. Captain Arthur Hart-Synnot, a conservative officer, fell for Masa Suzuki, a Japanese girl, when he was posted to Tokyo. He was recalled to London. Though separated for years by time and huge distances, they remained devoted to each other. Based on over 800 letters found in Tokyo, this book presents the true story of an extraordinary love affair. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BG; HBJF; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 344.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New
SKU
KNW0008223
ISBN
9780099481652
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDT; HBJF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691610313
ISBN
9780691610313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.21
€ 52.93

Paperback.
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781551264
ISBN
9781781551264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JFSL3; JPHL; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Beacon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807018101
ISBN
9780807018101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.22

Paperback. This is a volume in the series Textes litteraires/Exeter French Texts. If Elizabeth I of England thought to rid herself forever of Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex, by sending him to the scaffold she was very much mistaken, since his name, intertwined with hers, has traversed four centuries. Editor(s): Gibson, Wendy. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 92 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ADF; DD; DSBD; DSG; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
92
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859896665
ISBN
9780859896665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.62

Paperback. The Irish famine peaked in Black '47, but it brought misery and increased mortality to Ireland for several years. This title presents the Great Irish Famine from a variety of perspectives. It concentrates on fresh insights available through interdisciplinary and comparative methods. It highlights several economic and sociological features. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 320 pages, 54 tables, 38 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 10. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
9780691070155
ISBN
9780691070155
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.99
€ 36.72

Hardback.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127194
ISBN
9780691127194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.44
€ 58.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691171050
ISBN
9780691171050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.11

Hardcover. A comprehensive collection of photographs and memorabilia detailing Irish involvement in the First World War and what was going on at home at the time Num Pages: 288 pages, 250 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 219 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1402.
Publisher
The Mercier Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9781781172483
ISBN
9781781172483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.00
€ 7.81

Hardcover. Who ruled the countryside in late Imperial Russia? On the rare occasions that tsarist administrators dared pose the question so boldly, their discouraged answer was that peasants ruled. This title challenges this dominant paradigm of the closed village by investigating the ways peasants engaged tsarist laws and the local institutions. Num Pages: 281 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875803708
ISBN
9780875803708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.42

Paperback. An examination of the latest discoveries in the archaeology of Ancient China, including: the early Neolithic painted pottery; the Shang bronzes; the bronze bells of the Marquis Yi of Zeng; the terracotta army of Qin Shi Huangdi; and the lavish tomb of the Marquis of Dai from the Han dynasty. Series: New Horizons S. Num Pages: 160 pages, 120 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1QDA; HBJF; HBLA; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 125 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500300954
ISBN
9780500300954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.90

Paperback. Using archaeological insights and discoveries, the author describes the birth, growth and demise of ancient people, whose nemesis was the growing power of Rome. She discusses the mysterious Etruscan language; the 6th-century BCE growth of Etruscan cities and Mediterranean trade; and the fatal incorporation of Etruria into Rome's political orbit. Series: I.B. Tauris Short Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 bw integrated, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780766157
ISBN
9781780766157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.37

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMS; GBC; GTB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1062.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810853478
ISBN
9780810853478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.87

paperback. Inventing Atlantic Canada is the first book to analyse the reaction of the Maritime provinces to Newfoundland's entry into Confederation. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442611580
ISBN
9781442611580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.43

Hardcover. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226307282
ISBN
9780226307282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 39.37

Hardcover. The life and times of polymath, scholar, author and folk hero, Hamish Henderson (1919-2002), poses, and helps us to answer, these questions. This book examines his life long commitment to finding a form of artistic expression suitable for post was Europe. It explores his ideas in their intellectual, cultural and political contexts. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748696574
ISBN
9780748696574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.84
€ 101.60

Hardback. Fresh approaches to how premodern women were viewed in legal terms, demonstrating how this varied from country to country and across the centuries. Editor(s): Beattie, Cordelia; Stevens, Matthew Frank. Series: Gender in the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 262 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; JFSJ1; LNMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838333
ISBN
9781843838333
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; APF; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Chicago Review Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613745755
ISBN
9781613745755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.36

Paperback. Raised amid Virginia's wealthiest slaveholders, Edwards Coles was a close associate of many of nation's leaders, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison among them. And, like Jefferson, he believed the institution of slavery to be morally and ideologically wrong. This title offers a study of slavery and social activism in nineteenth-century America. Series: Early American Places. Num Pages: 298 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875806891
ISBN
9780875806891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.57

Paperback. Starting with the premise that Europe was made by its imperial projects as much as colonial encounters were shaped by events and conflicts in Europe, this volume investigates metropolitan-colonial relationships. It shows how "civilizing missions" often provided new sites for a bourgeois order. Editor(s): Cooper, Frederick; Stoler, Ann Laura. Num Pages: 463 pages, 10. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJH; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 36. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
463
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206052
ISBN
9780520206052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.54

Hardback. Examines momentous changes in notions of citizenship, sovereignty, nation, state, and empire in a time of acute uncertainty about the future of a world that had earlier been divided into colonial empires. This book shows how both France and its former colonies backed into more "national" conceptions of the state than either had sought. Num Pages: 512 pages, 6 halftones. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1H; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBJH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 33. Weight in Grams: 850.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691161310
ISBN
9780691161310
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.68
€ 49.96

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