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British Isles

Paperback. This is the tale of the lost city below the Scottish capital, chronicling Edinburgh's history, its structure and the lives of its inhabitants. The book discusses the lost city's rediscovery, the stories that made it legendary, the areas where it existed, and where to find the parts that remain. Num Pages: 176 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; HBJD1; JFSG; WQH; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Mainstream Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840182316
ISBN
9781840182316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Fortress, palace & prison, the 1000-year story of the Tower Num Pages: 304 pages, 100. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445643779
ISBN
9781445643779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. A poignant, facsimile manual showing how to dig a trench, mount a bayonet charge, aim a field artillery piece and bury the dead from official books supplied by the War Office during the First World War Num Pages: 288 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 124. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445638225
ISBN
9781445638225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.70

Paperback. Niamh O'Sullivan considers the aesthetic, historical, technical and contextual roles of British newspaper illustration in interpreting the story of the Famine. The booklet examines how academically trained artists who had little experience of looking at unfiltered or distanced atrocity became pictorial journalists. Num Pages: 68 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 229 x 6. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Quinnipiac University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780990468639
ISBN
9780990468639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.02

paperback. The title of a poem is often seen as no more than a convenient means of reference. But in shorter lyric poems the title can often be as long as a line of verse, and as allusive. This is a theoretical, critical, and historical exploration of the traditions for titling shorter English poems. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804735179
ISBN
9780804735179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 40 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AVGH; AVRN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 149 x 7. Weight in Grams: 80.
Publisher
Ossian Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780946005253
ISBN
9780946005253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.30

Paperback. Timetravellers guide to Victorian London Num Pages: 96 pages, 30 B&w cartoons. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 4KHJ; 4KHN; YQH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 200 x 128 x 7. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Flame Tree Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904153115
ISBN
9781904153115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.56

Paperback. Timetravellers guide to Shakespeare's London Num Pages: 96 pages, 30 b&w cartoons. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 4KHJ; 4KHN; YQH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 8. Weight in Grams: 96.
Publisher
Flame Tree Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904153108
ISBN
9781904153108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.56

Paperback. Timetravellers guide to Saxon London Num Pages: 96 pages, 30 b&w cartoons. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 4KHJ; 4KHN; YQH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 7. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Flame Tree Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904153078
ISBN
9781904153078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.56

Hardcover. Discover the fascinating lives of the figures that have shaped Ireland from the early nineteenth century to the present day. Explore the rich history of the island's cultural, social and political landscape, with more than 100 obituaries carefully curated from The Times archive. Editor(s): Lysaght, Charles. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3J; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 205 x 41. Weight in Grams: 502. In dustwrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
KKD0006943
ISBN
9780008211516
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Explains what life was like in the most immediate way, through taking readers, to the middle ages, and showing various things from the horrors of leprosy and war to the ridiculous excesses of roasted larks and haute couture. Num Pages: 368 pages, col. Illustrations, col. maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
Edition
18th Impression
SKU
9781845950996
ISBN
9781845950996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 11.69

paperback. We think of Queen Elizabeth I's reign as a golden age. But what was it actually like to live in Elizabethan England? If you could travel to the past and walk the streets of London in the 1590s, where would you stay? What would you eat? This title reveals a country in which people still starve to death and Catholics are persecuted for their faith. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 200 x 28. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099542070
ISBN
9780099542070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. A book about Ronald Blythe's life in Aldeburgh during the 1950s. He had originally come to the Suffolk coast as an aspiring young writer, but found himself drawn into Benjamin Britten's circle and began working for the Aldeburgh Festival. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBKEAS; 3JJPG; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571290956
ISBN
9780571290956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.48

Hardback. The gallant stand of the 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne has long become part of historical and media legend. But how many students of the war realize there was already a U.S. unit holding the town when they arrived? And this unit-the 10th Armored Division-continued to play a major role in its defense throughout the German onslaught. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612001814
ISBN
9781612001814
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.07

Hardback. This study of British shipbuilding in its heyday brings together original discussions of the organization of production, the relationship between leaders and members of the industry's key trade union, and the involvement of that union in wider labour politics. Num Pages: 384 pages, Tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 43. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719081033
ISBN
9780719081033
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.95

Hardback. In 1666, King Charles II introduced a fashion that developed into the three-piece suit. This text examines the inspiration behind this royal revolution in masculine attire, showing how the ideology of modern English masculinity was a self-consciously political and public creation. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 313 pages, 39 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 239 x 32. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
313
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520214934
ISBN
9780520214934
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.89
€ 49.20

Paperback. In this study, an audit of British compliance with international human rights standards is carried out. It provides an up-to-date description of law and practice with respect of freedom of information, looking at both the political and legal aspects of political freedom in the UK. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JPA; JPHV; JPVH; LNDA; LNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 191 x 22. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Routledge
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415096423
ISBN
9780415096423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.01

Paperback. Hogg's powerful novel combines two stories that hauntingly echo each other, one set in Edinburgh and the Scottish Borders in the early 1820s, and the other set in the Highlands in 1746, the time of Culloden and its devastating aftermath. Editor(s): Hasler, Antony; Mack, Douglas S.; Groves, David. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 34. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748663170
ISBN
9780748663170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.33

Paperback. The Dark Side of British Football in the 1970s Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; 3JJPL; BGS; JFSL3; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472119261
ISBN
9781472119261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Hardback. Described in the Radio Times (27 July 2015) as 'A remarkable, unique institution lying at the heart of British life', the Three Choirs Festival celebrated its three-hundred-year anniversary in 2015. Num Pages: 496 pages, 149 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; ASZP; AVGC8; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New Rev
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783272099
ISBN
9781783272099
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.26

Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Adams, Aislinn. Num Pages: 60 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 119 x 11. Weight in Grams: 118. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper has some minor edge wear but remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Appletree Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0003971
ISBN
9780862813765
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardback. First printed edition, with facsimile and studies, of a significant manuscript from medieval England. Editor(s): Rollason, Lynda. Num Pages: 387 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 24 colour illustrations, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 279 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1278.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Edition
Facsimile
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270101
ISBN
9781783270101
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.68

Paperback. A masterpiece of black humour from the renown comic and acclaimed author of 'At Swim-Two-Birds' - Flann O'Brien. Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160 206pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
(Reissue)
Condition
New
SKU
9780007247172
ISBN
9780007247172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750964838
ISBN
9780750964838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.37

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