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Hardback. Editor(s): Parker, William Nelson; Jones, Eric L. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; KCN; KCT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 857.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691644608
ISBN
9780691644608
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.19

Hardback. This unique collection of writings by the celebrated author David Madden provides a multitude of reflections on the Civil War and Reconstruction, from nonfiction to fiction. Num Pages: 260 pages, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DNF; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442243484
ISBN
9781442243484
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.49

Paperback. Marcel Proust's fiction is threaded through with evidence of his belief in the importance of reading. This book contains a special selection of Proust's own writings about reading, along with a key Ruskin essay 'Of Kings' Treasuries'. Translator(s): Searls, Damion. Series: On. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 124 x 12. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hesperus Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843916161
ISBN
9781843916161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.89

Paperback. Fanny Trollope set sail for America with hopes of joining a Utopian community of emancipated slaves, taking with her three of her children and a young French artist, leaving behind her son Anthony, growing debts, and a husband going slowly mad from mercury poisoning. This book describes her misfortunes, and is a satirical account of a nation. Editor(s): Neville-Singleton, Pamela. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ACD; 3JF; 3JH; DNF; DSBF; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435610
ISBN
9780140435610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.94

paperback. Marking the centennial of Panama's separation from Colombia in 1903, this work reprises US images of the isthmus a century ago. The text illustrates the prejudices and expansionistic rhetoric of the time. The mixture of writings shows the long evolution of the US debate on the question of Panama. Editor(s): LaRosa, Michael J.; Mejia, German R. Num Pages: 336 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCP; 3JH; 3JJ; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1. Ausgabe.
SKU
V9780742527225
ISBN
9780742527225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.14

Hardback. In this translation of two seminal works by Mauriac, the 1930 novel "What Was Lost" and its theoretical basis, the 1929 essay "God and Mammon", Raymond MacKenzie re-introduces Mauriac to the English speaking world. Translator(s): MacKenzie, Raymond N. Num Pages: 216 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; HRCC7; HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742531680
ISBN
9780742531680
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.59

Paperback. In this translation of two seminal works by Mauriac, the 1930 novel "What Was Lost" and its theoretical basis, the 1929 essay "God and Mammon", Raymond MacKenzie re-introduces Mauriac to the English speaking world. Translator(s): MacKenzie, Raymond N. Num Pages: 216 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; HRCC7; HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 229 x 9. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742531697
ISBN
9780742531697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.48

Paperback. History of the American sexual revolution as depicted through the correspondence between Ira Reiss and Albert Ellis, two leading social scientists and pioneers of the revolution. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; DNF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759102736
ISBN
9780759102736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.93

Hardback. Detailing Humphrey's civil rights speeches from 1948-1964, this work analyses his key ideas and contributions. Comments by Humphrey and others are included in order to provide additional framework for the study of his rhetoric. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; DNF; JPQ; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
118
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761802242
ISBN
9780761802242
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.00

Hardback. The editors once more have assembled the most complete and reliable text of the debates by examining a variety of sources: stenographer Thomas Lloyd's shorthand notes, his Congressional Register, and contemporary newspaper accounts. Editor(s): United States Congress; Veit, Helen E.; Bickford, Charlene Bangs; Bowling, Kenneth R.; DiGiacomantonio, William Charles. Series: Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791. Num Pages: 888 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1276.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
888
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801845772
ISBN
9780801845772
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.46

Hardback. They make available for the first time in English the frank and insightful letters of the French minister on the subject of the new federal government. Editor(s): Bickford, Charlene Bangs; Bowling, Kenneth R.; DiGiacomantonio, William Charles; Veit, Helen E. Series: Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791. Num Pages: 760 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DNF; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1203.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
760
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801871603
ISBN
9780801871603
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.61

Hardback. This volume presents letters written by and to members of the First Federal Congress and communications from other informed individuals at the seat of government in New York City by 1789. They bring the official record to life by providing details about the political process. Editor(s): United States Congress; Bowling, Kenneth R.; DiGiacomantonio, William Charles; Veit, Helen E. Series: Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791. Num Pages: 776 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DNF; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1225.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
776
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801871610
ISBN
9780801871610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.73

Hardback. This volume presents letters written by and to members of the First Federal Congress and communications from other informed individuals at the seat of government in New York City by 1789. They bring the official record to life by providing details about the political process. Editor(s): United States Congress; Bowling, Kenneth R.; DiGiacomantonio, William Charles; Veit, Helen E. Series: Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791. Num Pages: 696 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DNF; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1112.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
696
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801871627
ISBN
9780801871627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.01

hardcover. Translator(s): McCullough, Helen Craig. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1968
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804706537
ISBN
9780804706537
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.83

Hardback. Renowned translator Helen Craig McCullough has selected representative portions of these two major classical Japanese works with a view to shaping the abridgments into coherent, aesthetically acceptable wholes. Translator(s): McCullough, Helen Craig. Num Pages: 500 pages, 2 half-tones. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 38. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804722575
ISBN
9780804722575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.42

Hardback. This posthumous work brings together articles, interviews, statements, prefaces, manifestos, and speeches dating from 1964 to 1985 (just before Genet's death in 1986). These texts bear witness to the many political causes and groups with which Genet felt an affinity. Editor(s): Dichy, Albert. Translator(s): Fort, Jeff. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804729444
ISBN
9780804729444
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 181.14

Hardback. Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932) has been considered by many the major African-American fiction writer before the Harlem Renaissance. This book collects essays he wrote from 1899 through 1931, the majority of which concern white racism, and political and literary addresses he made to both white and black audiences from 1881 through 1931. Editor(s): McElrath, Joseph R., Jr.; Leitz, Robert; Crisler, Jesse S. Num Pages: 636 pages, Illustrations, 1 port. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 262 x 189 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1350.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
636
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735490
ISBN
9780804735490
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.01

Hardback. These hard-to-find writings afford an inside look at the emergence of Girard's scapegoat theory from his pioneering analysis of rivalry and desire. Girard unbinds the Oedipal triangle from its Freudian moorings, replacing desire for the mother with desire for anyone--or anything--a rival desires. Editor(s): Anspach, Mark R. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804747790
ISBN
9780804747790
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.42

Hardback. "..a valuable research tool with this comprehensive bibliographical listing of all scientific and technical periodicals published in Europe between 1665 and 1800..a personal name index and subject and institutional indexes make the volume an essential reference tool for scholars of the early modern period."-ISIS Num Pages: 352 pages, Plans, transparencies, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: DNF; GBCR; PD; TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810824928
ISBN
9780810824928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.51

Hardback. This book presents a selection of the writings of Sir Walter Wilson Greg (1875-1959), one of the leading bibliographers of the 20th century and, along with R. B. McKerrow and A. W. Pollard, the founder of the New Bibliography that dominated 20th-century textual studies. Series: Great Bibliographers S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810833999
ISBN
9780810833999
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.09

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