Empires & historical states
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Empires & historical states
Paperback. The Gayer-Anderson Cat has been one of the most admired objects at the British Museum since its arrival in 1947. This book presents a detailed description of the cat and a discussion of its possible meaning and role in ancient times. It is complemented by photographs. Series: Objects in Focus. Num Pages: 64 pages, 37 illustrations, 31 in colour. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; ACG; AFKC; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714119731
- ISBN
- 9780714119731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.22
€ 9.22
Hardback. An important new look at Rome's earliest buildings and their context within the broader tradition of Mediterranean culture Num Pages: 268 pages, 62 color + 58 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300211818
- ISBN
- 9780300211818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.00€ 49.96
€ 65.00
€ 49.96
Hardcover. The Gentleman's House analyses the architecture, decoration, and furnishings of small classical houses in the eighteenth century. By examining nearly two hundred houses it offers a new interpretation of social mobility in the British Atlantic World characterized by incremental social change. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JF; AMKD; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 245 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378378
- ISBN
- 9781137378378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.66
€ 120.66
Hardback. A study traces the tendentiousness of Greek representations by introducing comparative Egyptian material, thus interrogating the Greek texts and authors from a cross-cultural perspective. Series: Classics and Contemporary Thought. Num Pages: 360 pages, 8 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBG; HBLA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520228207
- ISBN
- 9780520228207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.64€ 48.70
€ 62.64
€ 48.70
Paperback. As he stepped into the massive, roaring space of the Coliseum, he would have been aware of two things: first the bodies of those who had fought and fallen, their blood mingling with the hot dust of the arena floor; second, a sound as ominous as the scenes before him - that of swords being sharpened. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ASZ; HBJD; HBLA; HBTS; WST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160. Fine copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSS0001040
- ISBN
- 9780091886547
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This fully illustrated study draws upon the latest research to tell the enthralling story of the Roman short sword at war, and will appeal to Roman historians, reenactors, and wargamers. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter. Series: Weapon. Num Pages: 80 pages, 64 col. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBW; JWM; WCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 309 x 7. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472815859
- ISBN
- 9781472815859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.39
€ 20.99
€ 15.39
Hardcover. A celebration of the finest 300 works of Byzantine art. Num Pages: 304 pages. Dimension: 298 x 264 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2250.
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714848105
- ISBN
- 9780714848105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.85€ 53.75
€ 70.85
€ 53.75
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBLA; HRKP3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691634586
- ISBN
- 9780691634586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 261.81
€ 261.81
paperback. Beginning with the return of the remnants of Magellan's circumnavigation in 1522 and ending with Charles' death in 1558, the author brings to life the periods of the Renaissance, revealing how the Spaniards were able to conquer Guatemala, Yucatan, Columbia, Venezuela, Peru and Chile and why Cabeza de Vaca walked from Florida to Mexico. Num Pages: 720 pages, 16 pp colour. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1QDH; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141034492
- ISBN
- 9780141034492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 17.36
€ 22.99
€ 17.36
Paperback. Brings together many important historical texts, including speeches of Themistius, the "Passion of St Saba", and evidence relating to the life and work of Ulfila. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps, figures, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1QDAR; 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853234265
- ISBN
- 9780853234265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.61
€ 36.99
€ 33.61
Paperback. A valuable collection of source material which makes this revised edition an essential tool for everyone studying the administration of the Empire. Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World. Num Pages: 308 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBT; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415232371
- ISBN
- 9780415232371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.78
€ 50.78
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932792164
- ISBN
- 9781932792164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.62
€ 49.62
Paperback. Features essays that reflect the different directions in which legal history in the settler colonies of the British Empire has developed. This title shows how local life and culture in selected settlements influenced, and was influenced by, the ideology of the rule of law that accompanied the British colonial project. Editor(s): Foster, Hamar; Berger, Benjamin L.; Buck, Mr. A. R. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDB; LAQ; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814928
- ISBN
- 9780774814928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.99
€ 40.99
€ 39.99
Paperback. Series: Yale Library of Military History. Num Pages: 424 pages, 44 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; HBW; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300227093
- ISBN
- 9780300227093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.57
€ 23.99
€ 17.57
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 61437th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062078
- ISBN
- 9780674062078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.07
€ 34.99
€ 29.07
Hardback. This illuminating book remains essential to both ancient historians and students of modern strategy. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 black & white line drawings, 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBW; JWKT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- revised and updated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421419442
- ISBN
- 9781421419442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.81€ 63.51
€ 70.81
€ 63.51
Paperback. Unpublished for 90 years, Agatha Christie's extensive and evocative letters and photographs from her year-long round-the-world trip to South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and America as part of the British trade mission for the famous 1924 Empire Exhibition. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JJG; BJ; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007460687
- ISBN
- 9780007460687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.80
€ 17.99
€ 12.80
Paperback. The Great Karnak Inscription of Merneptah's 5th regnal year, the longest surviving continuous monumental text from Egypt, describes the combined Libyan and Sea People invasion of Egypt c.1208 BCE. This new study, the first complete commentary on this damaged text, begins with a translation of the text, accompanied by detailed notes. Series: Yale Egyptological Studies. Num Pages: 210 pages, 15 b/w pls. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HDDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Yale Egyptological Seminar United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780974002507
- ISBN
- 9780974002507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.01
€ 47.01
Hardback. This new political history of the Orthodox Church in the Ottoman Empire explains why Orthodoxy became the subject of acute political competition between the Great Powers during the mid 19th century. It also explores how such rivalries led, paradoxically, both to secularizing reforms and to Europe's last great war of religion - the Crimean War. Series: Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700-2000. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QDT; 3JH; HBLL; HBWL; HRCC8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137508454
- ISBN
- 9781137508454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.40
€ 109.40
Paperback. Reveals how the only hard evidence that dates the Great Pyramid - the quarry marks discovered by Colonel Vyse in 1837 - was forged Num Pages: 224 pages, 75 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJH; HBLA; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591437895
- ISBN
- 9781591437895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.80
€ 17.99
€ 12.80