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Hardcover. These two volumes consist of over 600 letters and documents that Adams sent to, and received from, numerous correspondents in Europe and America. It chronicles Adam's efforts to convince the British that peace was essential, as well as other diplomatic efforts and more personal correspondence. Editor(s): Revelas, Joanna M.; Ryerson, Richard Alan; Walker, Celeste; Decker, Anne M. Series: Adams Papers: General Correspondence & Other Papers of the Adams Statesmen. Num Pages: 1192 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 94. Weight in Grams: 3082.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
1192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674654457
ISBN
9780674654457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 412.50

Hardback. Minister to Britain John Adams was unable to enforce the peace treaty of 1783 and renew Anglo-American commerce. But he saved U.S. credit, petitioned to release impressed sailors, saw the Prussian-American treaty ratified, and laid the groundwork for negotiations with the Barbary States. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 183 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1808.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674728950
ISBN
9780674728950
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.38

Hardcover. In this volume, the circumstances and reasoning behind Adams's bold moves in the spring of 1781 are presented in full, showing him to be a determined and resourceful diplomat, unafraid to go beyond the bounds of traditional diplomacy to implement his vision of American foreign policy. Editor(s): Ryerson, Richard Alan; Cecere, Anne Decker; Shea, Jennifer; Taylor, C. James; Walker, Celeste. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 568 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 165 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1371.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674011366
ISBN
9780674011366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 197.32

Hardcover. This volume shows John Adams to be a determined and resourceful diplomat, unafraid to go beyond the bounds of traditional diplomacy to implement his vision of American foreign policy. Editor(s): Lint, Gregg L.; Ryerson, Richard Alan; Cecere, Anne Decker; Taylor, C. James; Shea, Jennifer; Walker, Celeste; Hogan, Margaret A. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 576 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1389.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674012813
ISBN
9780674012813
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.65

Hardback. John Adams reached Paris on October 26, 1782, for the final act of the American Revolution: the peace treaty. This volume chronicles his role in the negotiations and the decision to conclude a peace separate from France. Editor(s): Lint, Gregg L.; Taylor, C. James; Woodward, Hobson; Hogan, Margaret A.; Claffey, Mary T.; Sikes, Sara B.; Graham, Judith S. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 640 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674026070
ISBN
9780674026070
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 182.49

Paperback. Editor(s): Bach McMaster, John; Stone, Frederick D. Num Pages: 811 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1390.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
811
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865977945
ISBN
9780865977945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.64

Hardback. This pair of elegant, slip-cased volumes are devoted to Raffles' second wife, Sophia (1786-1858), who wrote the first published account of her husband's life and achievements, and his lesser-known but equally, if not more intriguing, first wife, Olivia (1771-1814). Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 3JF; 3JH; BG; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 138 x 36. Weight in Grams: 850.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Landmark Books Pte.Ltd ,Singapore
Condition
New
SKU
V9789814189491
ISBN
9789814189491
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.78
€ 43.02

paperback. Ends of Enlightenment explores three realms of remarkable innovation in eighteenth-century Europe that remain active in today: the realist novel, philosophical thought, and the physical sciences, especially human anatomy. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; DSBD; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804742122
ISBN
9780804742122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.64

Paperback. No bigger story has occurred in Glasgow than the coming of the Irish. "Irish" tells how Glasgow would not have become the powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution had it not been for the labours and skills of the tens of thousands who flooded in during and following Ireland's Great Famine. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Mainstream Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840188516
ISBN
9781840188516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.34

Hardcover. We think of Tutankhamun's age as one of rich tombs and religious obsession, but it was also a time of complicated and ultimately successful political machinations and military campaigns. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471743583
ISBN
9780471743583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.21

Paperback. This text is a comprehensive military history of frontier conflict in Australia. Covering the first 50 years of British occupation in Australia, the book examines in detail how both sides fought on the frontier and examines how Aborigines developed a form of warfare differing from tradition. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJM; HBLL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of New South Wales Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868407562
ISBN
9780868407562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.29

Hardcover. Examines how the demands of western settlers, the potential of western disunion, and local, popular politics determined the fate of slavery and freedom in the West between 1790 and 1820. This book demonstrates that local political contests and geopolitical realities were responsible for determining slavery's fate in the West. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 862.
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition first Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813926698
ISBN
9780813926698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.82

Hardcover. Culture and Society in Ireland since 1750: Essays in honour of Gearoid O Tuathaigh collects specially commissioned texts and essays to commemorate Gearoid O Tuathaigh's career as a distinguished academic and educator. Editor(s): O Ciosain, Niall. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154. .
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd Dublin
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843516385
ISBN
9781843516385
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.00
€ 34.07

Hardcover. Britain and Bonaparte 1801-1803. 234 pages, black & white illustrations. A study of the hardening of British public opinion against Bonaparte and an examination of the events that caused it. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JW. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 21. Weight: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Boydell Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843830412
ISBN
9781843830412
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.37

Hardcover. Num Pages: 350 pages, index. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
y First printing
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865972803
ISBN
9780865972803
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 20.83

Paperback. Shows how John Locke, a great English philosopher of 18th century, arrived at his theory of knowledge. This work also shows how the liberal values of toleration formed the backbone of European thought of the 18th century. It looks at the questions which he addressed with such tenacity: 'how Man can know' and 'how Man should try to live'. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 136 pages, 8 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192803948
ISBN
9780192803948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. In 1727 John Campbell began a forty-year career as an old corps whig member of parliament. His correspondence, containing letters to his son and to his friend and political ally Henry Fox, is here published together as a single collection for the first time. Series: Parliamentary History Book Series. Num Pages: 394 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118710623
ISBN
9781118710623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.96

hardcover. Situating Hume's famous work "Of Miracles" in the context of the 18th century debate on miracles, this book shows that it is largely unoriginal. It also discusses the issues of eyewitness testimony to establish the credibility of marvelous and miraculous events. It aims to contribute to the history of ideas, the philosophy of religion, and more. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; HPCD; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 489. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Cloth covers, no DJ as issued, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
OUP USA
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSK0000486
ISBN
9780195127379
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. Featuring fifty-eight newly translated documents, meticulous annotations, and trenchant contextual analysis, this documentary history is an indispensable resource for anyone seeking to understand the Inquisition in general and its nearly three-hundred-year reign in the New World in particular. Editor(s): Chuchiak, John F., IV. Translator(s): Chuchiak, John F., IV. Num Pages: 464 pages, 17, 15 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HRAM9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 844.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421403861
ISBN
9781421403861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.71

Hardcover. Professor Richards's work is based on part of a manuscript in the British Library concerned with the revenues and administration of the later Mughal Empire, and datable to the reign of the Emperor Bahadur Shah I (AD 1708-1712). Editor(s): Richards, John F. Num Pages: 195 pages, p. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; 2BXF; 3JF; DNF; DSBD; DSBF; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780906094143
ISBN
9780906094143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.89
€ 78.27

Paperback. "Wabash 1791: St Clair's Defeat". Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, 30 b/w; 33 col. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 185 x 8. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849086769
ISBN
9781849086769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.24

Paperback. The sweeping dramatic narrative of how a young colony won victory in the American Revolution. Num Pages: 704 pages, 41 halftone, 20 map illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBW; HBWF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 179 x 37. Weight in Grams: 914.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
692
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195382921
ISBN
9780195382921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.27

Hardcover.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748645770
ISBN
9780748645770
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.78
€ 105.10

Paperback. Turning his back on neoliberalism at the moment that its advocates were in their pomp, trumpeting 'the end of history' and the supposedly unstoppable spread of liberal values across the globe, Gray's was a lone voice of scepticism. The thinking he criticised here would lead ultimately to the invasion of Iraq. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBG; HBLL; HBTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415424042
ISBN
9780415424042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.24

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