Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardcover. This text explores the reception of the royal family during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and its representation in fiction, poetry, and the popular press. Samuelian finds that popular response to the royal family has reflected the public's belief in their right of access to the private life of royalty. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402. Sex, Scandal, and Monarchy in Print, 1780-1821. Series: Nineteenth Century Major Lives and Letters. 264 pages, 0. This text explores the reception of the royal family during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and its representation in fiction, poetry, and the popular press. Samuelian finds that popular response to the royal family has reflected the public's belief in their right of access to the private life of royalty. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 18. Weight: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230616301
- ISBN
- 9780230616301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.62
€ 62.62
Paperback. Examining Queen Victoria's own contributions to Victorian writing and art, this text looks at the cultural mechanisms through which her influence was felt. It explores the variability of Victoria's agency and of its representations using a wide array of literary, historical and visual sources. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226351148
- ISBN
- 9780226351148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.11
€ 37.99
€ 29.11
Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTV; HBWE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 287 x 40. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781447267546
- ISBN
- 9781447267546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 5.80
€ 25.99
€ 5.80
Hardback. The Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, was the first major astronomical observatory in the southern hemisphere, and this book presents an account of its origin, construction and use. It describes technical aspects, such as the instruments and their makers, the installation of the instruments and their initial problems. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; PGG; PHVB; UNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1190.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792335276
- ISBN
- 9780792335276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.66
€ 123.66
Hardcover. Uses over 400 illustrations to show the clothing of both Officers and Ratings in World War II and during the years leading up to it, when Naval uniforms underwent significant modernization. In this book, the illustrations are supported by detailed text describing the development and use of Naval clothing of the time. Num Pages: 160 pages, 300 colour photographs 170 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; JWF; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Publisher
- The Crowood Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847978448
- ISBN
- 9781847978448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.28
€ 42.28
Hardback. In the context of their war experience in the First World War, the changes and developments of the Executive branch of the Royal Navy between the world wars are examined and how these made them fit for the test of the Second World War are critically assessed. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 black & white halftones, 2 graphs, 8 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBW; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137481955
- ISBN
- 9781137481955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.25
€ 109.25
Hardcover. This text examines the widespread response in British artistic media to the death in childbirth in 1817 of Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, showing how both in print materials and extra-literary artifacts her life and death were invested with the qualities of myth. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; ACV; DSB; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333695807
- ISBN
- 9780333695807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.54
€ 119.54
Paperback. A catalogue of the almost life-size porcelain animals created for the elector of Saxony and king of Poland, Augustus the Strong, in 1735. This was perhaps the most significant commission for porcelain ever executed in Europe. The text discusses the challenges and solutions the work demanded. Num Pages: 48 pages, 30 colour & 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; ACQ; AFPC; AGC; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 205 x 3. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780892366446
- ISBN
- 9780892366446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.75
€ 20.99
€ 16.75
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, over 600 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 310 x 239 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2330.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764333736
- ISBN
- 9780764333736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.76€ 55.25
€ 75.76
€ 55.25
Hardback. Editor(s): Muller, Frank. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern Monarchy. Num Pages: 319 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137592088
- ISBN
- 9781137592088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.43
€ 109.43
Hardback. This book explores the French monarchy's role in financing criminal prosecutions in the royal courts of the realm between 1670 and 1789. Num Pages: 556 pages, 1 maps, 10 charts, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; JPA; KFFK; LNFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 290 x 225 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 556
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611493740
- ISBN
- 9781611493740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.47
€ 196.47
An abridgment of both volumes of Livermore's classic translation, this work presents those selections that comprise Garcilaso's historical narrative. The author's introduction and notes set Garcilaso in his intellectual, historical, and cultural contexts. Editor(s): Spalding, Karen. Translator(s): Livermore, Harold V. Num Pages: 264 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3H; 3JB; HBJK; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Edition
- Abridged
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208445
- ISBN
- 9780872208445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.45€ 42.50
€ 54.45
€ 42.50
hardcover. Rather than envision themselves as agents of state-sponsored repression, the royal book censors of eighteenth-century France wished, through their reports and decisions, to guide the literary traffic of the Enlightenment and expand public awareness of progressive thought. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804763592
- ISBN
- 9780804763592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.56
€ 80.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 40 mono photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; GBC; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Ian Allan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857802863
- ISBN
- 9781857802863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.13
€ 17.99
€ 14.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Midland Counties Pub
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857802344
- ISBN
- 9781857802344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.18
€ 23.18
Hardcover. For nearly half a century, Sir Roy Strong has enjoyed a high public profile in the arts world in Britain. In this book, richly illustrated with drawings, letters, photographs and other archival material, he recounts for the first time the story of his social origins and the roots of his life-long passion for the culture and history of England. Num Pages: 296 pages, 48 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 177 x 24. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851242825
- ISBN
- 9781851242825
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Hardcover. Series: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; 3JJPL; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 220 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137515292
- ISBN
- 9781137515292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Paperback. Roy Jenkins was probably the best Prime Minister Britain never had. But though he never reached 10 Downing Street, he left a more enduring mark on British society than most of those who did. His biography is the story of an well-filled and well-rounded life. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1034.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099532620
- ISBN
- 9780099532620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.22
€ 33.99
€ 24.22
Paperback. Series: Nordic Film Classics. Num Pages: 216 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 18 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JJ; 3JM; APFA; APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 190 x 25. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295998251
- ISBN
- 9780295998251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.91
€ 26.99
€ 26.91
Hardback. In this oral history, Ogata Masato, fisherman and Minamata disease sufferer, tells of the devastation of methyl mercury poisoning and the impact of industrial pollution on his own life, on his extended family and on the fishing culture in Minamata Bay, Japan. Editor(s): Ogata, Masato; Colligan-Taylor, Karen. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBTD; RNP; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742500204
- ISBN
- 9780742500204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.68
€ 162.68