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First World War
Magisterial in its scope, beautifully written and literally unputdownable.I cannot recommend Keegan's book too highly.'Julian Critchley, Scotsman 'Nobody describes a battle as Keegan does, vividly relating the unfolding events to...
Dances Of Death: The Group Theatre Of London In The Thirties
$20.00 AUD
Author: Michael SidnellBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber and Faber, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsDances Of Death: The Group Theatre Of London In The Thirties chronicles the influential and...
Inventing The Middle Ages: The Lives, Works, And Ideas Of The Great Medievalists Of The Twentieth Century
$120.00 AUD
Author: Norman F. CantorBinding: HardbackPublished: The Legal Classics Library, 2016Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work chronicles the intellectual history behind...
Lenin's Embalmers
In 1924 Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union, died and, at Stalin s instigation, his body was mummified and put on display. Ilya Zbarsky s father Boris was one...
In Europe's Shadow
Robert Kaplan first visited Romania in the 1970s, when he was a young journalist and the country was a bleak Communist backwater. What ensued was a lifelong fascination with a...
Andalus: Unlocking the Secrets of Moorish Spain
Jason Webster originally travelled to Spain to play the flamenco guitar. A qualified Arabist, he now embarks on a quest for Spain's forgotten Arab legacy, and gets embroiled with characters...
Naturalism and Symbolism in European Theatre 1850-1918
This, the fourth volume to be published in the series Theatre in Europe: A Documentary History, charts the development of theatrical presentation at a time of great cultural and political...
The Imperial Cruise: A True Story of Empire and War
In 1905 President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Taft, his gun-toting daughter Alice and a gaggle of congressmen on a mission to Japan, the Philippines, China, and Korea....
North of Ithaka: A Granddaughter Returns to Greece and Discovers Her Roots
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Eleni Gage, a young journalist living in New York, leaves her Manhattan flat to return to the remote but beautiful Greek village of Lia in northern Greece and rebuild her...
To Try Her Fortune in London: Australian Women, Colonialism, and
Between 1870 and 1940, tens of thousands of Australian women were drawn to London, their imperial metropolis and the center of the publishing, art, musical, theatrical, and educational worlds. Even...
Romantic Affinities: Portraits from an Age, 1780-1830
The winner of a 1988 Somerset Maugham Award, this is a kaleidoscopic series of portraits from an era of tumultuous change in Europe as it was experienced and communicated by...
Kings & Queens Of England
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Author: Alan PalmerBinding: HardbackPublished: Octopus Books, 1976Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive historical account chronicles the fascinating lineage of England's rulers, from the earliest Anglo-Saxon kings to...
Liberty's Exiles: The Loss of America and the Remaking of the British
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'More than just a work of first-class scholarship, Liberty's Exile's is a deeply moving masterpiece that fulfil's the historian's most challenging ambition: to revivify past experience.' Niall Fergusson On a...
Apokrimata: Decisions Of Septimius Severus On Legal Matters
$120.00 AUD
Author: William Linn Westermann And A. Arthur SchillerBinding: HardbackPublished: The Legal Classics Library, New York, 1999Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly...
La Pittura Di Storia Dell'OttocentoaItaliano
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Author: Giuseppe Mare AmoreBinding: HardbackPublished: Fratelli Fabbri Editori, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: ITALIAN TEXT ONLY.Historian Giuseppe Mare Amore presents a comprehensive analysis of historical painting...
A Distant View Of The Vatican
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Author: Alfred StirlingBinding: HardbackPublished: The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis work presents an insightful historical and political analysis of the Vatican, offering a unique...
Ireland And Britain 1170-1450
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Author: Robin FrameBinding: HardbackPublished: THE HAMBLEDON PRESS, 1998Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIreland And Britain 1170-1450 chronicles the intricate and often tumultuous relationship between these two islands during a pivotal...
Catalina Then And Now
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Author: W. Somerset MaughamBinding: HardbackPublished: HERON BOOKS, LONDON, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsW. Somerset Maugham casts his keen, dispassionate eye upon Catalina Island, that isolated crescent off the California...
Happy Families: Growing Up In The Eighteenth And Nineteenth Centuries
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Author: Jean LathamBinding: HardbackPublished: A. and C. Black, London, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis historical account, Happy Families: Growing Up In The Eighteenth And Nineteenth...
Elizabethan England
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Author: Peter LaneBinding: HardbackPublished: Batsford Academic and Educational Ltd, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imagePeter Lane's Elizabethan England chronicles a pivotal era...
The Young Freud: The Origins Of Psychoanalysis In Late Nineteenth-Century Viennese Culture
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Author: Billa ZanusoBinding: HardbackPublished: Basil Blackwell, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe scholarly work The Young Freud: The Origins Of Psychoanalysis In Late Nineteenth-Century Viennese Culture chronicles the formative...
The Works Of Washington Irving: In Ten Volumes, Volume Vi
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Author: Washington IrvingBinding: HardbackPublished: Bell & Daldy, 1866Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsWashington Irving's Irving's Works: Life Of Columbus presents a...
The Potemkin Mutiny
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Author: Richard HoughBinding: HardbackPublished: Heron Books, 1111Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis gripping historical account chronicles the dramatic 1905 uprising aboard the Imperial Russian battleship Potemkin, an event that sent...
Soviet Painting In The Tretyakov Gallery
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Author: A. LebedevBinding: HardbackPublished: Aurora Art Publishers, Leningrad, 1976Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsSoviet Painting In The Tretyakov Gallery presents a comprehensive...
Acts Of Parliament
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Author: Gavin SouterBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press., 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight tear to back of DJ, minor sin-fading...
Story Of A Year 1798
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Author: Raymond PostgateBinding: HardbackPublished: Longmans., 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis historical account Story Of A Year 1798 chronicles the tumultuous events that shaped a pivotal moment in...
Western European Painting In The Hermitage: 16th-20th Centuries
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Author: Albert KostenevichBinding: HardbackPublished: Aurora Art Publishers., 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsWestern European Painting In The Hermitage: 16th-20th Centuries presents a magnificent visual and scholarly...
"Fritz" Of Prussia: Germany's Second Emperor
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Author: Lucy TaylorBinding: HardbackPublished: T. Nelson and Sons, 1891Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Worn and faded boards...
Paths To Freedom
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Author: Bob KellowBinding: PaperbackPublished: Kellow Corporation., 1992Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe detailed and intriguing story of the many people in the...
A Hundred Years Of Dannebrog 1883-1983
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Author: Bo BramsenBinding: HardbackPublished: Nyt Nordisk Forlag., 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some light foxing to page edges, minor tear to spine...
Restructuring Greek Shipping After World War II
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Author: Georgios M. FoustanosBinding: HardbackPublished: ARGO Publishing., 2007Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Greek and English.This historical account chronicles the complex process of rebuilding the Greek shipping industry...
Nicholas II The Last Tsar
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Author: Marvin LyonsBinding: HardbackPublished: Routledge & Kegan Paul., 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: DJ has signs of yellowing and slight bumps, tanning...
A General History Of Europe: Europe In The Eighteenth Century 1713-1783
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Author: M. S. AndersonBinding: HardbackPublished: Longman, 1962Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Glue stains on endpapers, internally sound. This academic history, A General History Of Europe: Europe...
An Army Of Amateurs: The Story Of The Soe Resistance Movement In France, By One Of The Three Brothers Who Organized And Ran It.
$75.00 AUD
Author: Philippe De VomecourtBinding: HardbackPublished: Doubleday & Company, 1961Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Clear slipcase over DJ. Small stain to spine of DJ otherwise...
Russia & Britain
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Author: Edward CrankshawBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins , 1111Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Minor rips and wear to spine and edges of...
No Return For U-2: Truth About The Provocative Penetration Of Soviet Air Space By An American Plane
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Author: -Binding: PaperbackPublished: Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow, 1960Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Some stains on cover. Small piece...
St Petersburg: A Traveller's Companion
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Author: Laurence KellyBinding: HardbackPublished: Constable, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsSt Petersburg: A Traveller's Companion presents a vivid portrait of Russia's imperial city, guiding readers through its rich...
One Man's Russia
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Author: James KirkupBinding: HardbackPublished: Phoenix House, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsOne Man's Russia chronicles James Kirkup's insightful journey through the vast and enigmatic...
The Shadow Of The Winter Palace: The Drift To Revolution 1825-1917
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Author: Edward CrankshawBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Clear splipcase over DJ. Minor tanning to front and back leaves. Pages...
Paris Was Yesterday: 1925-1939
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Author: Janet FlannerBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus and Robertson (UK), 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsJanet Flanner's Paris Was Yesterday: 1925-1939 chronicles the vibrant and tumultuous interwar years in the...
King Wren: The Youth Of Henri Iv.
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Author: Heinrich MannBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg, 1937Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis historical novel vividly chronicles the tumultuous early...
Specially Employed: The Story Of British Aid To French Patriots Of The Resistance (SIGNED)
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Author: Maurice BuckmasterBinding: HardbackPublished: The Batchworth Press, 1952Condition:Book: FairJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Green boards in good condition. Hinges cracked, a few loose pages....
My Russia
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Author: Peter UstinovBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsPeter Ustinov's My Russia chronicles a deeply personal and often humorous journey through the vast and...
Jacopo Benassi: Bologna Portraits
Bologna Portraits is the portrait of one of the most charming and least well-known Italian cities portrayed through the faces of the people who live there today. It started during...
The Dream King: Ludwig Ii Of Bavaria
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Author: Wilfrid BluntBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton-London, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography, The Dream King: Ludwig Ii Of Bavaria, chronicles the extraordinary life of Bavaria's...
Czars And Czarinas Of Russia
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Author: Tamara Talbot RiceBinding: HardbackPublished: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.Inc, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCzars And Czarinas Of Russia chronicles the fascinating and often tumultuous lives of...
Moondrop To Gascony
$150.00 AUD
Author: Anne-Marie WaltersBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, London , 1947Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Light foxing on book block. Clean text. This...
Saint-Simon: The Memoirs Of Louis De Rouvroy, Duc De Saint-Simon, Covering The Years 1691-1723
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Author: Louis De Rouvroy, Duc De Saint-SimonBinding: HardbackPublished: The Heritage Press, 1959Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Sandglass pamphlet and foldout family tree laid-in. Saint-Simon: The Memoirs Of...