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Paperback. From its origins at the end of the 1830s, photography has evolved both aesthetically and technologically. This guide explains the technical terms used in photography, and offers an account of the dramatic rise of digital photography. It is suitable for those wishing to increase their understanding and enjoyment of the art of photography. Num Pages: 104 pages, 61 colour & 23 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AJG; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 7. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892369713
ISBN
9780892369713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.35

Paperback. A guide to the technical terms most commonly used in painting. It presents explanations of the technical terms most often encountered by art enthusiast, visitors to galleries, and museum goers. It also pays special attention to the processes and methods of painting conservation, and offers definitions and examples of materials and techniques. Num Pages: 100 pages, 71 full-colour & 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AFC; AGZ; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 232 x 8. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892369720
ISBN
9780892369720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 384 colour plates and maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; GBC; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Lone Star United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589070073
ISBN
9781589070073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.91

Paperback. .
Publisher
Texas A&M University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890966747
ISBN
9780890966747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 10.11

Hardback. London: An Illustrated Literary Companion, compiled by Rosemary Gray, captures the varying moods of the great city of London over recent centuries, through diary entries, with quotations, poems, essays and extracts from great works written in its honor. It is beautifully illustrated with drawings and engravings from distinguished artists. Editor(s): Gray, Rosemary. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; DQ; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 104 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Illustrated, Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509827688
ISBN
9781509827688
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.25

Hardcover. This compact gift book is packed full of witty, scandalous and entertaining quotations about this famous city from the Middle Ages to the current decade. Series: In Quotations. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; GBCQ; WTM; WZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 92.
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851244010
ISBN
9781851244010
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 6.17

Paperback. On ten strolls through some of the most interesting areas of London, this work explores the literary landscape of the capital. It introduces Shakespeare, Heine and Hogarth south of the river, finds Virginia Woolf and Lady Ottoline Morell in Bloomsbury, discovers Blake and Trollope in Westminster, and comes across John Keats in beautiful Hampstead. Series: Armchair Traveller. Num Pages: 224 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; DSRC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
The Armchair Traveller at the Bookhaus United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906598730
ISBN
9781906598730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Hardback. Num Pages: 238 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1121.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611493139
ISBN
9781611493139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.57

Hardback. This book shows how, in his enormously influential Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689), John Locke embraces the new rhetoric of seventeenth-century natural philosophy, adopting the strategies of his scientific contemporaries to create a highly original natural history of the human mind. Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 199 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611481822
ISBN
9781611481822
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.46

Paperback. Explores the fragrant world of magical oils. This book shows how to select and mix 67 essential oils for a myriad of magical, medicinal, and spiritual applications - arranged alphabetically for ease of use. It is filled with 1,200 original recipes for spells, rituals, and remedies. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: GBC; MX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 179 x 27. Weight in Grams: 910.
Publisher
Llewellyn Publications,U.S.
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780738727516
ISBN
9780738727516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 23.97

paperback. Entries are cross-referenced and indexed, and organized by categories and subcategories, making it quick and easy to find what you need. This book provides a look at why correspondences are more than objects to focus intent, but are fundamental to how we think. Num Pages: 456 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 254 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1078.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Llewellyn Publications,U.S.
Number of pages
456
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780738732534
ISBN
9780738732534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 30.51

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 100 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: GBCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493030514
ISBN
9781493030514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.20

Hardback. Num Pages: 143 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 167 x 13. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
143
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611491296
ISBN
9781611491296
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.10

Paperback. Living and Working in Britain is designed to provide newcomers with the practical information necessary for a relatively trouble-free life. Its contents include finding a job, permits & visas, health, accommodation, finance, insurance, education, shopping, post office and telephone services, public transport, motoring and much more. Series: Living and Working. Num Pages: 336 pages, 200 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; GBC; VSW; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Survival Books, Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
9th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909282872
ISBN
9781909282872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.60

Hardback. Though the efficacy of literary biography has been widely contested by academic theorists, attention to the lives of authors remains an enduring fact of our literary history. The essays in this collection address the relationships among American literary biography, documentation, and interpretation from a practitionerOs perspective. Editor(s): Habich, Robert D.; Hudspeth, Robert N. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611472691
ISBN
9781611472691
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.96

Hardback. Series: Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory. Num Pages: 173 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611482706
ISBN
9781611482706
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.49

Paperback. Few scholars have analysed class in children's literature. This definitive collection remedies that by defining and exemplifying historical materialist approaches to children's literature. The thirteen essays analyse a wide range of texts using concepts in historical materialism from class struggle to the commodity. Editor(s): Hubler, Angela E. Series: Children's Literature Association Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSRC; DSY; JFCA; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781496807830
ISBN
9781496807830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.21

Hardcover. Featuring over 2,000 proverbs and sayings, both quirky and wise, on 250 different themes, the Little Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs draws on the latest Oxford Dictionaries research and ensures you can find a pithy saying for any occasion. Editor(s): Knowles, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: CB; GBCQ; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 114 x 158 x 36. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198778370
ISBN
9780198778370
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.33

Hardback. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 139 x 31. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810831322
ISBN
9780810831322
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.66

Hardback. A practical and useful reference book for students and teachers. Unique in concept, it shows in musical notation the key and range of over 1,700 songs in 60 of the most popular and available song collections. Each entry also lists composer and a pronunciation key. Also included is an anthology of Grieg songs. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: AVG; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 220 x 17. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810841345
ISBN
9780810841345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.84

Hardback. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611492156
ISBN
9781611492156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.85

Paperback. Written by a Principal Lecturer in English with over ten years' experience in teaching literary and cultural theory, Literary Theory: A Complete Introduction gives you everything you need to succeed, all in one place. It outlines the basics in clear, jargon-free English, and provides added-value features like key ideas and memorable quotations. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473611924
ISBN
9781473611924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.74

Paperback. Here Turgenev discusses the character of creative writing, the attitude of the artist to his environment, and the transmutation of the artist's experience into a work of art. "The best possible introduction to the author a reader could ask for."-New York Herald-Tribune. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: GB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
First PB Edition, First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566634052
ISBN
9781566634052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.27

Hardback. Editor(s): Womersley, David; McCabe, Richard. Num Pages: 371 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 168 x 26. Weight in Grams: 717.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
371
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611493276
ISBN
9781611493276
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.05

Hardback. Catherine Jone's Literary Memory explores the relationship of memory to writing in the "long" eighteenth century in Scotland and America. It does so by arguing for Walter Scott's adaptation and development in the Waverley Novels of varieties of "literary memory" from the philosophy and psychological theory of the Scottish Enlightenment. Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 249 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611481808
ISBN
9781611481808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.44

Hardback. Editor(s): Lavery, Jonathan; Groarke, Louis. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: DSR; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611474848
ISBN
9781611474848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
1517 Media; Fortress Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000648
ISBN
9780800601768
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 410 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 168 x 28. Weight in Grams: 767.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
410
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611473315
ISBN
9781611473315
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.38

Paperback. A guide to Britain and Ireland's most fascinating, beautiful and inspiring houses, gardens, cafes, railway stations and more. It features more than 100 locations associated with the world's leading authors, and includes a short essay putting the location or city in its literary and historical context; and useful contact details and travel link. Num Pages: 192 pages, c.100 colour photographs, c 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; DSRC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 169 x 14. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
IMM Lifestyle Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780090627
ISBN
9781780090627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.94

Paperback. Editor(s): Koury, Ronald. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: B; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610786
ISBN
9780815610786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.95

Hardcover. Series: Education Bibliography Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: CFC; GBCR; JNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 263 x 188 x 21. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560728337
ISBN
9781560728337
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.96
€ 81.56

Hardback. Series: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611473889
ISBN
9781611473889
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.42

Num Pages: 309 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1DNN; GBC; PSPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 221 x 22. Weight in Grams: 852.
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Tapir Academic Press Norway
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
SKU
V9788251912143
ISBN
9788251912143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.42

Paperback. First published in 1927, this volume provides a classification of lime and a review of its various uses in building construction and repair. This facsimile edition contains methods, terminology and practices detailed by Cowper which are still valid today. Num Pages: 96 pages, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: GBC; TGM; TNKX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 7. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873394298
ISBN
9781873394298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.85

Hardback. Actuaries are experts in assessing risk, so it is not surprising that over the past few years they have become involved in many new areas of financial planning, including the appraisal of major capital projects. Editor(s): Renn, Derek. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: GBC; KFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631209065
ISBN
9780631209065
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.91

Hardback. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810850552
ISBN
9780810850552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.40

Paperback. .
Publisher
Filament Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
172
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908691415
ISBN
9781908691415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.36

Paperback. The West Indian kitchen today, five hundred years after Columbus, is a wonderful blend of flavors and cooking styles. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; GB; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
New Amsterdam Books United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9781561310647
ISBN
9781561310647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.19

Hardback. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 17. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611492774
ISBN
9781611492774
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.81

Hardcover. A guide to the lichens of North America, presenting colour photographs, descriptions, distribution maps and keys for identification. It focuses on 805 foliose, fruticose and crustose lichens and covers another 700 species in the keys or notes. English names are provided for most species. Illustrator(s): Laurie-Bourque, Susan. Num Pages: 828 pages, 927 colour plates, 821 b&w illustrations, glossary. BIC Classification: 1KB; GBC; PSTV; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 285 x 251 x 48. Weight in Grams: 3312.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
828
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300082494
ISBN
9780300082494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 182.29