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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. For some historians and biographers, Maximilien Robespierre (1758-94) was a great revolutionary martyr who succeeded in leading the French Republic to safety in the face of overwhelming military odds. This biography focuses on Robespierre's formative years and the development of an iron will in a frail boy conceived outside wedlock. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 201 x 26. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300197242
ISBN
9780300197242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.27

Hardback. The first full-scale biography of Robert Willis, the "founding father" of architectural history. Series: History of the University of Cambridge. Num Pages: 470 pages, 83, 49 black & white illustrations, 34 black & white line drawings, 49 black and white, 3. BIC Classification: 3JH; AM; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 183 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1366.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
470
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838005
ISBN
9781843838005
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.69

paperback. An eyewitness account of an eventful journey on an emigrant vessel. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSA; 3JH; BGHA; HBTB; JFFN; JPVH1; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132. Very good copy showing minor shelf wear and age
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Mercier Press Dublin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025397
ISBN
9781856350914
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Hardcover. In Robert Southey, Andrews argues that Robert Southey's denunciation of global Catholicism is essential to understanding his life, works, and times. On this issue, Southey was absolutely consistent in all his work and the Poet Laureate's partisan rhetoric reveals much about the religious culture of this stormy period in England. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 270 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230115132
ISBN
9780230115132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.11

Paperback. A biography that offers a fresh account of Robert Schumann's life. It confronts the traditional perception of the doom-laden Romantic, forced by depression into a life of helpless, poignant sadness. It frees Schumann from one hundred and fifty years of myth-making and unjustified psychological speculation. Num Pages: 496 pages, 30 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; AVGC5; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 812.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300163988
ISBN
9780300163988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Hardcover. Robert Rauschenberg's engagement with photography began in the late 1940s under the tutelage of Aaron Siskind and Hazel Larsen Archer at Black Mountain College in North Carolina. This title gathers together and surveys Rauschenberg's numerous uses of photography. Num Pages: 232 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 286 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1694.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500544006
ISBN
9780500544006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.07

Hardback. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875807393
ISBN
9780875807393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.79

Hardback. In 1798 Robert Morris - "financier of the American Revolution", confidante of George Washington, recent US Senator - plunged from the peaks of wealth and prestige into debtor's prison and public contempt. Setting Morris' tale in the context of the nation's founding, this title focuses on an essential yet nearly forgotten American figure. Series: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-century Culture & History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 56 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300196047
ISBN
9780300196047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.45

Paperback. Series: 20th Century Architects. Num Pages: 224 pages, 120. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 170 x 9. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
RIBA Enterprises United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859461655
ISBN
9781859461655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.21

Paperback. Robert Herrick was born in London, in 1591, the seventh child of a prosperous goldsmith. He graduated from St John's College, Cambridge in 1617, and became a Cavalier poet in the mould of Ben Jonson, mixing in literary circles in London. This title introduces Herrick. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 120 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571236800
ISBN
9780571236800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.74

Hardback. Robert Hart was the Ch'ing government's Inspector General of the Maritime Customs Service. These journals follow on from "Entering China's Service" and cover the years when Hart was setting up Customs procedures, establishing a modus operandi with the Ch'ing bureaucracy and inspecting treaty ports. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 600 pages, 10 half-tones, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; BGA; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 40. Weight in Grams: 936.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
600
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674775305
ISBN
9780674775305
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 36.90

Paperback. .
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786449439
ISBN
9780786449439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages, 30 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; 3JJPK; HBJK; JPHC; JPHF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 11. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780253023780
ISBN
9780253023780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.98

Paperback. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 283 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742551268
ISBN
9780742551268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.66

Paperback. .
Publisher
Birlinn General
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780273914
ISBN
9781780273914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.50

Hardback. Editor(s): Lenfestey, James; Smith, Thomas R. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Edition
Har/Dvdr
SKU
V9780816677702
ISBN
9780816677702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.44

Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; 3JJPL; AJB; AJCR; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 286. .
Publisher
Steidl Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783958290976
ISBN
9783958290976
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.13

paperback. After a calamitous performance and the death of one of their own, Lord Westfield's Men are more than despondent. So when Nicholas Bracewell is offered a new play, anonymously penned, his proposal seems too good to refuse. It is the story of a simple death used to conceal a greater treachery, perhaps even treason. Series: The Nicholas Bracewell Mysteries. BIC Classification: 3JB; FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Allison & Busby United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749015855
ISBN
9780749015855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.57

Paperback. Most people know Roald Dahl as a famous writer of children's books and adult short stories, but few are aware of his fascination with medicine. Taking examples from Dahl's life, and illustrated with excerpts from his writing, this book uses Dahl's medical interactions as a starting point to explore some extraordinary areas of medical science. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGT; DSBB; DSK; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 232 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781383391
ISBN
9781781383391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.82

Paperback. Roads Were Not Built for Cars is a history book, focussing on a time when cyclists had political clout, in Britain and especially in America. The book researches the Roads Improvement Association - a lobbying group created by the Cyclists' Touring Club in 1886 - and the Good Roads movement organised by the League of American Wheelmen. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; RPC; RPT; WGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 205 x 21. Weight in Grams: 772.
Publisher
Island Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd None ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781610916899
ISBN
9781610916899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 37.42

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