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The book titled Russia by the author Edward Acton. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodCondition remarks: price clipped dj. Few figures in nineteenth-century Russian history burn as fiercely as Alexander Herzen — exile, agitator, and prophet...

Author: John Emerich Edward Dalberg ActonBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan and Co, Limited, 1952Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book compiles a series of insightful lectures on the evolution...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears intact. No stickers or labels visible. A distinguished tribute volume, Oxford China...

The purpose of this book is to provide an introduction to contemporary Russia by examining its past. This second edition includes new material and expands sections dealing with the late...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerFew architectural treasures encapsulate the grandeur and romance of the Italian Renaissance quite like the storied villas of Tuscany, and Harold Acton...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerOne of the most unflinching social documents of the Victorian era, William Acton's Prostitution presents a groundbreaking and methodical examination...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingFew figures in British royal history have captivated and confounded the public imagination quite like Edward VIII, the...

Edition: 2nd ed., 5th repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsThis compelling biography chronicles the tumultuous life and brief reign of a monarch whose...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of narrative history, History of England: To the Death of William III chronicles the turbulent political and social transformation...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Pages & binding clean. A charming work of autobiographical memoir, An Edwardian Youth chronicles...

Author: L. E. JonesBinding: HardbackPublished: MACMILLAN & CO LTD; ST MARTIN'S PRESS, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsAn Edwardian Youth chronicles the formative years of an...

George Dillman and Genevieve Masefield have crossed the Atlantic Ocean numerous times in their capacity as ship's detectives. On several of those crossings they've had the pleasure, and in some...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the turn of the twentieth century, England basked in the last golden glow of imperial confidence — a world...

A dazzling study of four figures who flourished in - and defined - the early years of the twentieth century. In his account of four characters, each of whose importance...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Few historians have cast as long a shadow over...

Author: L.E. JonesBinding: HardbackPublished: Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1956Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsL. E. Jones’ four-volume autobiographical series—A Victorian Boyhood (1956, Reprint), An Edwardian Youth...

Author: Gideon Haigh Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 Gideon Haigh has written numerous acclaimed books on both cricket and true-crime - now he's unearthed a gripping story...

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Genevieve Masefield and George Porter Dillman have met all kinds of people while sailing as ship detectives for the Cunard Line. But as they prepare to embark on yet another...

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Author: George HutchinsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Quartet Books., 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor sun fading to spine, foxing on page edges.This biographical work...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew playwrights have burned as brilliantly and briefly as Christopher Marlowe, the Elizabethan genius whose thunderous verse and...

Author: Richard StaffordBinding: HardbackPublished: THE ST. MARK'S PRESS, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Number 65 of 104 copies. This compelling historical account...

Author: Colin CunninghamBinding: HardbackPublished: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work chronicles the architectural and social significance of municipal...

Mary Ward (1851-1920) had a furiously active public career, her literary and philanthropic activities transforming her from an eminent Victorian into a pre-eminent Edwardian. The granddaughter of Thomas Arnold, she...

Louise Haselton offers glimpses of the curious inner lives of everyday and overlooked things. From the domestic to the exotic, the natural to the 'made', she distinctively intuits connections between...

Author: Harold LoveBinding: HardbackPublished: MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some foxing on top of blockThis biography chronicles the remarkable life of James Edward Neild,...

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Author: A. Stuart Gray FribaBinding: PaperbackPublished: Gerald Duckworth, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis authoritative reference work chronicles the lives...

September 1907. George Dillman sets sail from Liverpool on the Lusitania's maiden voyage. While posing as a passenger George is in fact an undercover detective hired by the Cunard Line....

'The very best sort of panoramic portrait' David Kynaston'The Edwardians have long been the lost decade of British history, yet they are that history at its climax. Alwyn Turner sets...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodLong before the term nature journaling entered the cultural lexicon, Edith Holden was quietly chronicling the world around her with an eye of uncommon beauty...

Author: Gideon Haigh Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Gideon Haigh has written numerous acclaimed books on both cricket and true-crime - now he's unearthed a gripping story that combines...

Author: Gregory D. PhillipsBinding: HardbackPublished: Harvard University Press, 1979Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the intricate world of the British aristocracy during the Edwardian...

'The very best sort of panoramic portrait' David Kynaston'The Edwardians have long been the lost decade of British history, yet they are that history at its climax. Alwyn Turner sets...

'The very best sort of panoramic portrait' David Kynaston'The Edwardians have long been the lost decade of British history, yet they are that history at its climax. Alwyn Turner sets...

Author: John S. GoodallBinding: HardbackPublished: Pan Macmillan, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has tanning along spineEdwardian Entertainments by John S. Goodall chronicles the vibrant...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedAt the dawn of the twentieth century, Britain stood at a crossroads — caught between the dying embers of Victorian...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingLong before The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady became a publishing sensation, there was a woman behind...

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