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Education through Art in Australia
$50.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: good; worn DJ with some wear; yellowed pages; unmkd; binding remains tight. Bernard Smith's "Education through Art in Australia" is a nonfiction study of art...
The Formalesque
In this richly illustrated book Professor Bernard Smith, who is often referred to as 'the father of art history in Australia', condenses the arguments presented in an earlier publication Modernism's...
Imagining the Antipodes: Culture, Theory and the Visual in the Work of Bernard Smith
$60.00 AUD
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Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
This hugely praised and bestselling book is Ferguson's most revolutionary and popular work. EMPIRE is a major reinterpretation of the British Empire as one of the world's greatest modernising forces....
Ways of Seeing
Based on the BBC television series, John Berger's Ways of Seeing is a unique look at the way we view art, published as part of the Penguin on Design series...
The Penguin Book of the British Short Story: 1: From Daniel Defoe to
An extraordinarily ambitious, surprising and enjoyable book, the first of two volumes, celebrating the British short story This is the first anthology capacious enough to celebrate the full diversity and...
Winds of Change: Britain in the Early Sixties
The third volume of Peter Hennessy's landmark postwar history of Britain Harold Macmillan - the presiding figure in Peter Hennessy's magnificent new history - famously said in 1960 that the...
The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How the World Sees Time
A wide-ranging and thought-provoking exploration of the importance of long-term thinking.Humans are unique in our ability to understand time, able to comprehend the past and future like no other species....
The Wealth of Nations: Books I-III
Penguin Classics relaunch Smith's THE WEALTH OF NATIONS was the first comprehensive treatment of political economy. Originally delivered in the form of lectures at Glasgow, the book's publication in 1776...
The Imagination Muscle
'Beautiful, moving, profoundly imaginative in itself - this book is as entertaining as it is relevant and practical' ALAIN DE BOTTON'Anyone who has an imagination - that is, everyone -...
Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
This astoundingly successful, superbly reviewed book vividly recreates the excitement, brutality and adventure of the British Empire. Ferguson's most revolutionary and popular work, EMPIRE is a major reinterpretation of the...
The Legacies of Bernard Smith: Essays on Australian Art, History and
It has been widely asserted that Bernard Smith established the discipline of art history in Australia. He was the founding professor of contemporary art and the directory of the Power...
Australian Art And Architecture: Essays Presented To Bernard Smith
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingA landmark tribute to one of Australia's most influential art historians, Australian Art and Architecture: Essays Presented to Bernard Smith brings together...
Understanding a Photograph
A selection of John Berger's writings on photography, including incredible images, edited & selected by Geoff Dyer John Berger's writings on photography are some of the most original of the...
A History of Britain: v.2: British Wars, 1603-1776
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Simon Schama, CBE Format:...
Poems 1938-1993
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Author: Bernard SmithBinding: PaperbackPublished: Meanjin, 1996Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling collection, Poems: 1938 - 1993, chronicles the profound poetic...
History of Britain (Vol 3): The Fate of the Empire
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The English Reader: What Every Literate Person Needs to Know
In this sequel to the best-selling "The American Reader", Diane and Michael Ravitch have gathered together the best and most memorable poems, essays, songs, and orations in English history, capturing...
Australian Art And Architecture: Essays Presented To Bernard Smith
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerAustralian Art And Architecture: Essays Presented To Bernard Smith assembles a distinguished collection of scholarly writings that illuminate the rich...
Collected Essays In Literary Criticism
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodA towering achievement in twentieth-century critical thought, Herbert Read's Collected Essays in Literary Criticism assembles the most enduring and penetrating writings of one of Britain's foremost...
Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties
The most celebrated history book of autumn 2006 comes with a massive publicity campaign. Having It So Good evokes Britain emerging from the shadow of war and the privations of...
A Thinking Reed
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Barry Jones Format: Hardback...
Cambridge Cultural History of Britain: Volume 9, Modern Britain
This generously illustrated book is a comprehensive survey of the arts in Britain from 1945. Uniquely, it also reveals the cultural and social setting in which the writers, musicians, architects...
Red Classics Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard
There is no braver officer in Napoleon's cavalry than etienne Gerard - especially in his own opinion. Whether kidnapped by gangs of brigands or outnumbered by enemy troops, the plucky...
One Year's Reading For Fun
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Author: Bernard BerensonBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1960Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis literary work presents a unique insight into the intellectual life of a prominent art historian....
Mr. Finchley Discovers His England
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Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - worn and faded. Binding - slightly...
Collected Letters: 1874-1897
$25.00 AUD
Author: Bernard ShawBinding: HardbackPublished: Max Reinhardt, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling collection, Vol. 1: Bernard Shaw Collected Letters 1874-1897, chronicles the formative years of the renowned...
Letters, 1892-1956
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Bernard Shaw: v. 1: The Search for Love, 1856-98
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Imagining the Pacific: in the Wake of the Cook Voyages
The book titled Imagining the Pacific: in the Wake of the Cook Voyages by the author Smith Bernard. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...
The Great British Speeches
Author: Simon Heffer Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 50 speeches from every period of British history from the medieval era to the present and a fascinating dip-in...
Romancing: The Life and Work of Henry Green
Henry Yorke led a double life. Under his own name he was managing director of his father's engineering company; as Henry Green he was the author of some of the...
European Vision And The South Pacific
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of art history and imperial exploration, European Vision and the South Pacific presents one of...
Edward Burra
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - softcover/wraps in good condition. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. Faded spine. Edward Burra was one of the most...
Dear Mr Shaw: Selections from Bernard Shaw's Postbag
___________________ SELECTIONS FROM GEORGE BERNARD SHAW'S POSTBAG ____________________ '...wonderful entertainment' - Julian Symons, SUNDAY TIMES 'Shaw's charm and brilliance pervade this book' - Piers Brendon, OBSERVER '...sparkling celebration of a...
The B. B. C.: A Short Story of the First Fifty Years
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Asa Briggs, one of Britain's foremost historians and the author of a widely acclaimed four-volume history of British broadcasting, here provides a concise account of the BBC's first fifty years...
Bernard Shaw
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Michael Holroyd Format: Hardback...
Bernard Shaw: 1856-1898: The Search for Love
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The Boy Adeodatus
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Author: Bernard SmithBinding: SoftbackPublished: Penguin, Australia, 1985Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markings-
Collected Letters 1926-1950
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Author: Bernard ShawBinding: HardbackPublished: Viking, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Remainder markThis compelling volume presents a rich collection of correspondence from one of the twentieth century's most influential playwrights...
Sage: A Life Of J.D. Bernal
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A landmark scientific biography, Sage: A Life of J.D. Bernal...
Britain and the Widening War, 1915-1916
In a series of concise, thought-provoking chapters the authors summarize and make accessible the latest scholarship on the middle years of the Great War 1915 and 1916 and cover fundamental...