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Hardback. Consists of the 166 letters that St Louisan James Love wrote to his fiancee, Eliza Mary "Molly" Wilson, during his Civil War service. This book includes the letters that discusses the war, including activities in Missouri, battles, Love's life as a soldier, and his time in a Confederate prison, and more. Editor(s): Kodner, M. E. Num Pages: 528 pages, 140 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 193 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1266.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Missouri Historical Society Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781883982829
- ISBN
- 9781883982829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.50
€ 29.99
€ 23.50
paperback. A son's search for his father and the father's search, 50 years earlier, for the mysterious Sierra Madre Apaches. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BJ; HBTB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780803271029
- ISBN
- 9780803271029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.15
€ 21.99
€ 21.15
Hardcover. At the outset of his career Ted Hughes described letter writing as 'excellent training for conversation with the world', and he was to become a prolific master of this art which combines writing and talking. This selection documents the course of a life at once resolutely private but intensely attuned to other lives. Editor(s): Reid, Christopher. Num Pages: 784 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1025. Very good copy in near fine dustwrapper. First edition
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KEX0303688
- ISBN
- 9780571221387
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Paperback. Letters by writer, filmmaker, and cultural revolutionary Guy Debord conjure a vivid picture of the dynamic first years of the Situationist International movement. Translator(s): Kendall, Stuart; McHale, John. Series: Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: AB; BJ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584350552
- ISBN
- 9781584350552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.70
€ 24.99
€ 22.70
Hardcover. This collection of letters previously only available in an extremely rare private publication released over a century ago gives a fascinating first-hand account of life on campaign and of the experience of battle. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 pages of b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; BJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 28. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Frontline Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848327740
- ISBN
- 9781848327740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 7.28
€ 22.99
€ 7.28
Paperback. In 17th century France, aristocratic women were valued by their families as commodities to be married off in exchange for money, social advantage, or military alliance. The Duchesse de Montpensier was one of the few exceptions, as this collection of her letters demonstrates. Translator(s): DeJean, Joan. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 96 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 3JD; BJ; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226534923
- ISBN
- 9780226534923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.92
€ 31.99
€ 24.92
hardcover. Sherlock Holmes was still an undergraduate when Squire Trevor pointed out the direction of his future life's work, telling him that all the detectives of fact and of fancy would be children in your hands. His prediction was right on the mark: so it was then, and so it remains more than a century later. Num Pages: 421 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BJ; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 421
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823212217
- ISBN
- 9780823212217
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.55
€ 68.55
Hardback. By early 1787, John and Abigail Adams were planning their return home to Massachusetts from Great Britain. But they barely had time to settle in, before they were pulled back into the public sphere by John's election as the first vice-president under the new Constitution. This book offers a perspective on this crucial period in American history. Editor(s): Hogan, Margaret A.; Taylor, C. James; Rodrique, Jessie May; Woodward, Hobson; Lint, Gregg L.; Claffey, Mary T. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 592 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674022782
- ISBN
- 9780674022782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.59€ 113.12
€ 128.59
€ 113.12
Paperback. Editor(s): Smith, Hampton. Num Pages: 336 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873517812
- ISBN
- 9780873517812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.02
€ 36.99
€ 31.02
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843835141
- ISBN
- 9781843835141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.69
€ 32.99
€ 27.69
There's a Fax from Bruce: Edited Correspondence Between Bruce Beresfor...
Beresford, Bruce, Milliken, Sue
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Currency Press Pty Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781925005660
- ISBN
- 9781925005660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.46
€ 24.99
€ 17.46
Hardback. Editor(s): Walker, Alan. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH; BGF; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 186 x 21. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801440762
- ISBN
- 9780801440762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.68
€ 35.68
hardcover. Editor(s): Kinter, Elvan. Num Pages: 626 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: BJ; DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1098.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 626
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674014626
- ISBN
- 9780674014626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.26€ 133.02
€ 149.26
€ 133.02
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306809989
- ISBN
- 9780306809989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.59
€ 18.99
€ 14.59
Paperback. Film tie-in: an intimate portrait of Charles Darwin Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848542020
- ISBN
- 9781848542020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Paperback. Annie Ernaux turns her penetrating focus on those points in life where the everyday and the extraordinary intersect, where "things seen" reflect a private life meeting the larger world. Ernaux's thought-provoking observations map the world's fleeting and lasting impressions on the shape of inner life. Translator(s): Kaplansky, Jonathan. Series: French Voices. Num Pages: 106 pages. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780803228153
- ISBN
- 9780803228153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.09
€ 18.99
€ 13.09
Hardcover. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BJ; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865972025
- ISBN
- 9780865972025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.69
€ 23.69
Hardcover. Editor(s): Garlick, Kenneth; Macintyre, Angus. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 1000 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AC; AGB; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 77 x 77 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1325.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300031249
- ISBN
- 9780300031249
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.63€ 73.80
€ 97.63
€ 73.80
The Diary of Kosa Pan. Thai Ambassador to France, June-July 1686.
Pan, Kosa. Ed(S): Cruysse, Dirk Van Der; Smit...
Paperback. This account of Kosa Pan's journal describes in great detail the arrival in Brest in 1686 of the first full Siamese embassy to reach France. This fragment is apparently all that survives of a massive report of the activities of the embassy written for King Narai. Editor(s): Cruysse, Dirk van der; Smithies, Michael. Translator(s): Busayakul, Visudh. Num Pages: 88 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMT; BJ; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 137.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789747551587
- ISBN
- 9789747551587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.42
€ 25.42
Hardback. From 1837 to 1861, Thoreau kept a Journal that began as a conventional record of ideas, grew into a writer's notebook, and eventually became the principal imaginative work of his career. This work reveals him as an increasingly confident taxonomist creating lists that distill his observations about plant leafing and seasonal birds. Editor(s): Petrulionis, Sandra Harbert (Assistant Professor of English, Pennsylvania State University, USA); Witherell, Elizabeth Hall. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 520 pages, 89 line illus. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691065410
- ISBN
- 9780691065410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.09€ 98.73
€ 132.09
€ 98.73
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091796341
- ISBN
- 9780091796341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.46
€ 14.46
Hardcover. Vols. 3-4: L.H. Butterfield and Marc Friedlaender, editors. Num Pages: 621 pages, 14 halftones, 8 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 89. Weight in Grams: 3087.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press Massachusetts
- Number of pages
- 621
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674004061
- ISBN
- 9780674004061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 299.74€ 268.49
€ 299.74
€ 268.49
paperback. Details how the Corps of Discovery turned homeward in March 1806 from Fort Clatsop on the mouth of the Columbia River. Editor(s): Moulton, Gary E. Num Pages: 383 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; BG; BJ; GBCS; HBJK; HBLL; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803280144
- ISBN
- 9780803280144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.65
€ 33.99
€ 30.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, c 30 b/w photos, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGHA; BJ; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910777930
- ISBN
- 9781910777930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.49
€ 25.99
€ 19.49