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Edité par Giles de la Mare Publishers, United Kingdom, London, 2005
ISBN 10 : 1900357240ISBN 13 : 9781900357241
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The Romanesque churches to be found in every corner of France are one of the wonders of Europe. They were built between about 1000 and 1200 and were contemporary with English Norman architecture. Their architectural style varies from region to region, as do their size, shape and layout. The period saw the first revival of the art of sculpture since Roman times, and many of the churches such as Moissac, Autun, Vezelay and Chauvigny contain outstanding sculpture. Some, like St-Savin-sur-Gartempe and Tavant, have superb frescoes, and a few like Ganagobie have fine mosaics. It was the age of pilgrimages and a number of the churches were built along the four great pilgrim routes through France to Santiago de Compostela in north-west Spain. Many have links to Romanesque churches in Italy, England and Germany, since Romanesque was a style that was admired throughout Europe. "Romanesque Churches of France", which covers a hundred or so churches in ten geographical sections from Normandy and Burgundy in the north to Provence, Roussillon and Languedoc in the south, is the first comprehensive book to be published on the subject. This book is an ideal companion for travellers, with its many maps and its regional arrangement, and will be a stimulus for the exploration of remote and beautiful areas that are less familiar, such as Auvergne and the Pyrenees. It will also be invaluable as a reference book for all those with a general interest in the history of French architecture and sculpture. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Edité par Giles de la Mare Publishers Limited London 2007, 2007
Vendeur : Heritage Books, Southampton, MA, Etats-Unis
n/a (illustrateur). Very Good + Sixth Edition Printing Not Spec. 12mo = 7-9" No DJ 216pp Photographs by Sarah Quill. Drawings by Kaffe Fassett. Trade paperback. Clean interior and exterior. No highlights or markings in text. Bright copy. Glossy paper. Corners are bumped. 1900357267.
Edité par Giles de la Mare Publishers, United Kingdom, London, 2003
ISBN 10 : 1900357224ISBN 13 : 9781900357227
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Henry Moore's rise from Yorkshire miner's son to international acclaim as the twentieth century's greatest sculptor is one of the most remarkable stories in British art. In this revised, updated, expanded and redesigned new edition of The Life of Henry Moore, Roger Berthoud charts Moore's transition from controversial young modernist to pillar of the art-world establishment, garlanded with domestic and foreign honours. His account is enriched by the weekly interviews he did with Moore -- and his wife Irina -- before the sculptor's death in 1986, aged eighty-eight. At home and abroad Moore's sculptures aroused strong passions and were often the object of abuse, sharp criticism and even physical assault, as well as of admiration. He was attacked by younger artists, among others, who saw his growing fame as an obstacle to their advancement. He was to survive the ebb and flow in his reputation, and emerge with the status of a contemporary old master. From a mass of material, including recently discovered early letters, and interviews with Moore's friends, his former assistants and students, dealers, collectors, museum officials and leading architects with whom he worked, Roger Berthoud has built up a lively and engaging though not uncritical picture of Moore's long life and career in this definitive biography. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Edité par Giles de La Mare Publishers, London, 2000
ISBN 10 : 1900357194ISBN 13 : 9781900357197
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Softcover. Etat : Fine. 8vo.
Edité par Giles de la Mare Publishers, United Kingdom, London, 1996
ISBN 10 : 1900357011ISBN 13 : 9781900357012
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. This is the story of the destruction of a talented Jewish family, and of the survival against all the odds of two young sisters. It is one of the most moving stories to emerge from the Second World War. Anita and her elder sister Renate defied death at the hands of the Gestapo and the SS over a period of two and a half years when they were sucked into the whirlpool of Nazi mass extermination, being first imprisoned as 'criminals' and then being transferred, separately, to Auschwitz, and finally to Belsen when the Russians approached. They were saved by their exceptional courage, determination and ingenuity, and by several improbable strokes of luck. At Auschwitz, Anita escaped annihilation through her talents as a cellist when she was co-opted into the camp orchestra directed by Alma Rose, niece of Gustav Mahler. Her book is especially remarkable because of the many documents she has managed to preserve, most of them now lodged in the archives of the Imperial War Museum in London. In a sequence of family letters to her sister Marianne, who was marooned in England, from just before the war to 1942 when her parents were deported and liquidated, an atmosphere of happy normality gradually gives way to latent terror and foreboding. The appalling predicament of the Lasker family, and of Anita and Renate in particular when the rest of their relations had been deported and they were left totally alone in Breslau, could not be more poignantly conveyed. They were caught by the Gestapo trying to flee to Paris, and sent to prison: another piece of 'luck', as it turned out, since they were spared the worse horrors of Auschwitz for a crucial year. After the liberation of Belsen in April 1945, the correspondence with Marianne in England resumed. Anita was seconded to the British Army, and she quotes first-hand material about the early days of the occupation, including a transcript of part of the Luneburg trial in late 1945 when she gave evidence about Nazi atrocities at Auschwitz and Belsen, and was confronted in court by her tormentors. In 1946 she and Renate were both finally permitted to emigrate to England. Three years later, Anita became a founder member of the English Chamber Orchestra, in which she continued to play the cello until recently. Anita's book featured in BBC Radio 4's 'Desert Island Discs' programme on 25th August 1996. She had also told her story in a series of five BBC Radio 4 programmes in 1994; and a BBC 2 TV film about her experiences, Playing to Survive, was screened in October 1996. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Edité par Giles de la Mare Publishers, United Kingdom, London, 1997
ISBN 10 : 1900357097ISBN 13 : 9781900357098
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. "Vermeer" is considered by some to be one of the most profound books ever written on the artist. The text has been updated for this third edition to appear in paperback. The volume also includes an essay on Vermeer, "Counterfeiter of Grace", written by the author shortly before his death in which he sums up current Vermeer research. All the illustrations used have been newly reproduced for the reissue of this classic work in the field of art history. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Edité par Giles de la Mare Publishers, United Kingdom, London, 2004
ISBN 10 : 1900357232ISBN 13 : 9781900357234
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Becoming an Orchestral Musician takes you on a journey into the musical profession. It is the first comprehensive guide for professional musicians on how to succeed in joining an orchestra or ensemble, and how to survive as an orchestral musician. Such crucial topics as how to obtain the right tuition, music college versus university, auditioning, nerves, the secrets of ensemble playing and intonation, conductors, the mechanics of the orchestra, performing philosophies and strategies for survival are covered in separate sections. The matter of how to explore and adapt one's musical psyche, the pitfalls of a career in music and the highs and lows of performing are also discussed. The history, mythology and science of music-making and numerous anecdotes provide a vivid background. It is essential reading for all orchestral musicians, including players of every instrument, whether at college or university or during their career, whether full-time or part-time, and whether professional or amateur, and also for the parents of budding instrumentalists. There are probably more orchestras and ensembles in the length and the breadth of Britain today than ever before.With the renewed recognition in schools of the importance of music, the competition among younger musicians has become intense. Schools and colleges need to be well informed about career guidance for their students. Richard Davis's book will give the answers to many of the questions those students will be asking. It has been warmly welcomed by his colleagues in the BBC Philharmonic, and by other musicians, too. Twenty of them have been interviewed by him specially for it on their experiences and on advice they would like to give to younger musicians on many different themes. They include principals and rank and file players, soloists, academics, music critics, fixers, chamber musicians and people involved in management. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Edité par Giles de la Mare Publishers 1996-11-18, London, 1996
ISBN 10 : 1900357038ISBN 13 : 9781900357036
Vendeur : Blackwell's, London, Royaume-Uni
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book. Etat : New. Language: eng.
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Edité par Giles de la Mare Publishers, London, United Kingdom, 1996
ISBN 10 : 190035702XISBN 13 : 9781900357029
Vendeur : Valuable Volumes, Buckinghamshire, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Near Mint. No Jacket.
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Edité par Giles de la Mare Publishers Limited, London, 1996
ISBN 10 : 1900357038ISBN 13 : 9781900357036
Vendeur : Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. First Edition. ix, 498pp. Boards. Collects forty-two stories. Introduction by Giles de la Mare. Includes a bibliographical appendix and a chronological list of earliest known printed versions. Light foxing to the top edge else a fine copy in near fine dustjacket with light rubbing and edge wear. ; Octavo.
Edité par Giles de la Mare Publishers, London. 2000. signed by the author and inscribed on title page to Edna & Denis Healey, 1999
ISBN 10 : 1900357089ISBN 13 : 9781900357081
Vendeur : Much Ado Books, Alfriston, SUSSE, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Black and White photographs. Very Good.
Edité par Giles de la Mare Publishers Limited, London, 1998
ISBN 10 : 1900357100ISBN 13 : 9781900357104
Vendeur : CURIO, Grimsby, N. E. Lincolnshire, Royaume-Uni
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Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Paperback copy, no dustjacket as issued. 248pp. B/w photographs. Not library copy, no creasing to spine, name/date in ink to ffep. (43/7).
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Edité par Giles de la Mare Publishers, London, 1998
ISBN 10 : 1900357127ISBN 13 : 9781900357128
Vendeur : CitiRetail, Stevenage, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. The Amadeus Quartet, which was active from 1948 until 1987 when its viola player Peter Schidlof died, is probably the most famous and distinguished string quartet of the 20th century. It played to a wide variety of audiences on innumerable occasions in all the major countries of the world, and produced a galaxy of recordings, many of which are still available. The intensity of its music-making was breathtaking. Muriel Nissel, the author of Married to the Amadeus, is the wife of Siegmund Nissel, the second violinist. Her book tells the extraordinary and moving story of the Quartet, with its many triumphs and its periodic setbacks and traumas, from the inside for the forty years from its inception during the time after the Second World War up to the 1980s. She reveals how it moulded the lives of the four players and their wives and families in unexpected ways, and how they all became inextricably involved in this unique joint enterprise. The fashion in which work and family life interacted was crucial to the Quartet's survival.She returned to her professional life as a statistician when the children went to school and describes how difficult it was in the 1960s for a married woman with children to achieve equal status with men at work; and she tells of the problems she also had to face at home finding satisfactory ways of caring for her family. Remarkably, the four members of the Quartet remained unchanged throughout. They each of them had exceptional qualities. Norbert Brainin, the first violin, Siegmund Nissel and Peter Schidlof, all refugees from Vienna, had first met in internment camps in Britain in 1940. Martin Lovett, the cellist, joined them not long after the war, at a moment when the musical climate was sympathetic to chamber music and the record industry was booming. They never looked back. Nobody who has read Muriel Nissel's absorbing book will ever be able to listen to a string quartet again without being aware of the immense commitment such a group demands of the players and of their families too, and of the longstanding emotional, aesthetic and organizational complexities it entails. The Amadeus Quartet, which was active from 1948 until 1987 is probably one of the most famous and distinguished string quartets of the 20th century. This volume tells the story of the Quartet from the inside, with its many triumphs and its periodic setbacks and traumas. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Edité par Giles de la Mare Publishers, London, 2007
ISBN 10 : 1900357267ISBN 13 : 9781900357265
Vendeur : CitiRetail, Stevenage, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. "Venice: The Anthology Guide" is the sixth edition, completely updated, revised and reset, of Milton Grundy's perennially fresh classic travel guide to the city. It is unlike any other guide, for it conducts visitors round Venice using the observations and opinions of famous writers and art historians to enlighten them. Among the people it quotes are Vasari, Ruskin, Berenson, Wittkower, Dickens, Henry James, A.J.C. Hare, Otto Demus, Ernst Gombrich, Michael Levey, Cecil Gould, Hugh Honour, James Morris and Alan Bennett. It includes thirty new colour illustrations, twenty of them by Sarah Quill, the renowned photographer of Venice. The book divides Venice up into seven walks and four excursions, with eight clear maps, so that people can see the maximum number of sights they wish to in a limited time. Its coverage of Venice's rich store of paintings and sculpture is as full as that of its unique architecture. Most of the illustrations - Sarah Quill's apart - are taken from old engravings and paintings, and, like the text, provide a fascinating historical perspective on the present day versions of the scenes and buildings they represent. Serving as a travel guide to Venice, this book divides Venice up into seven walks and four excursions, with eight maps, so that people can see the maximum number of sights they wish to in a limited time. It also includes illustrations that are taken from old engravings and paintings. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
Edité par Giles de la Mare Publishers, London, 2009
ISBN 10 : 1900357291ISBN 13 : 9781900357296
Vendeur : AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, Australie
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Robert Ponsonby has been at the centre of the music world both in Britain and elsewhere for some sixty years, and "Musical Heroes" is a distillation of his experiences, achievements and friendships in that world. With its deft touch and its empathy, it is both captivating and inspiring, and it is often full of humour. It paints portraits in many formats of the fifty or so figures he knew best, including conductors, composers, performers and administrators: Boult, Beecham, Giulini, Pritchard, Kubelik, Boulez, Walton, Tippett, Berio, Ligeti, Henze, Menuhin, Sena Jurinac, Rostropovich, Jacqueline du Pre, John Ogdon, William Glock, John Drummond, Thomas Armstrong and Robert Mayer are some of those featured. There has been a widespread renaissance in the appreciation of classical music in the past few years, above all among talented young musicians and composers and in schools, where music is now taught systematically. "Musical Heroes" will therefore have a wide appeal not only among established lovers of classical music but also among people who have discovered it for themselves more recently.There is probably more active music-making in Britain today than there has ever been, and concerts in all parts of the country are often packed out. Dame Janet Baker: 'One of the truly great privileges is to spend one's working life among charismatic, interesting and gifted people. It has clearly been the experience of Robert Ponsonby during his many years of artistic administration and he writes about it with obvious delight.How refreshing.to read [his] collection of portraits which steer such a well-judged course between the light and darker sides of the human condition and give us a balanced picture of his subjects. He has a delightful turn of phrase and describes aspects of character which I found immediately recognizable and true. It is all done with wit, perception, kindness, honesty, affection and humour, leaving this reader wanting more'. Robert Ponsonby has been at the centre of the music world both in Britain and elsewhere for some sixty years. This title presents a distillation of his experiences, achievements and friendships in that world. It paints portraits in many formats of the fifty or so figures he knew best, including conductors, composers, performers and administrators. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
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Edité par London : Giles de la Mare Publishers, 2001
ISBN 10 : 1900357046ISBN 13 : 9781900357043
Vendeur : MW Books, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: ix, 566 pages ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references. Subject: England - Social life and customs ; Fiction. 1 Kg.
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Edité par Giles de la Mare Publishers, London, 2007
ISBN 10 : 1900357275ISBN 13 : 9781900357272
Vendeur : CitiRetail, Stevenage, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Dennis Barker has written a hard-hitting expose of the erosion of standards and values in the media world of newspapers, TV and radio over the past twenty years, in particular those of integrity, independence of thought and accuracy. He was prompted to start work on his book by the low standing of journalists - at the bottom near estate-agents and politicians - in recent opinion polls on the esteem in which the public holds those in different professions. He takes the reader through a whole gamut of journalistic 'tricks', which pinpoint the failings of the media, in over fifty short chapters, including 'the death of the reporter', 'prejudicial words', 'shovel it all in', 'the sub's role', 'my beautiful career', 'same old celebrities', 'money worship' and 'headlines and fib-lines'. In 'snubbing', we see how a colourfully dramatic conflict or a cauldron of ill-will can be created where possibly none exists. The general public is becoming increasingly aware of the unsatisfactory state of affairs in media journalism, which is highlighted by the periodic distortions caused by the political ambitions of chief executives and tycoons, misleading headlines, and its extraordinary obsession with celebrity culture. "Tricks Journalists Play" is essential reading for the majority of us who care about the pernicious effects of spin, misrepresentation and deception and social and international prejudice, the purveying of half-truths in relation to crucial issues that affect our future, and the failure to report fully and accurately on matters that have a bearing on freedom and democracy in this country. An experienced journalist himself, Dennis Barker has worked for the "Guardian" since the 1960s in many roles, from feature writer and media correspondent to general columnist, and at the moment is a contributor of obituaries, mainly in the media and entertainment spheres. Takes the reader through a gamut of journalistic 'tricks', which pinpoint the failings of the media, in over fifty short chapters, including 'the death of the reporter', 'prejudicial words', 'shovel it all in', 'the sub's role', 'my beautiful career', 'same old celebrities', 'money worship' and 'headlines and fib-lines'. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
Edité par Giles de la Mare Publishers, London, 2010
ISBN 10 : 1900357313ISBN 13 : 9781900357319
Vendeur : CitiRetail, Stevenage, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. The widespead and numerous Romanesque churches in the northern half of Spain rival those of France for their distinctiveness and originality and for their remarkable sculpture. They were mainly built between about 1000 and 1200 and mirror the progressive rolling back of Islamic power in the long reconquista, first of all along the north coast and in Catalonia, which was only occupied by the Muslims for about a hundred years, and then in Leon and Castile. Their architectural styles vary greatly from region to region, and some of them contain fine frescoes as well. Romanesque style introduced the first revival of the art of sculpture since Roman times, and in Spain there good examples of decorative carving as far back as the seventh century. It was the age of pilgrimages and many of the churches were founded along the pilgrim routes from the Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, which are popular destinations for travellers in Spain today.Romanesque Churches of Spain, which covers a hundred and twenty churches in Catalonia, Aragon, Navarre and the Basque Country, Cantabria, Castile, Leon, Asturias and Galicia, and includes no less than twenty pre-Romanesque churches in the Visigothic, Asturian and Mozarabic styles of 600-1000, many with exotic features such as the horseshoe arch, is the first comprehensive book to be published on the subject. It is a perfect companion for travellers, with its ten maps and its regional arrangement, and will be a stimulus for the exploration of wild and remote areas that are unfamiliar to many people, especially across the Pyrenees and in the mountainous areas of Aragon, Cantabria and Asturias. It will also be invaluable as a reference book, with its 262 illustrations, for all those with a general interest in the history of Spanish architecture and sculpture, many of the churches possessing outstanding examples such as Santiago de Compostela, Jaca, Soria, Agramunt, Ripoll, Armentia, Estibaliz, Sanguesa, Santo Domingo de Silos and San Pedro de la Nave.Peter Strafford is a distinguished journalist who worked on the Times for more than three decades, including in Paris and Brussels, and was, among other things, the Times correspondent in New York for five years. His acclaimed Romanesque Churches of France has recently been reprinted. The Romanesque churches in the northern half of Spain rival those of France for their distinctiveness and originality and for their remarkable sculpture. Built mainly between about 1000 and 1200, their styles vary greatly. 120 churches in Catalonia, Aragon, Navarre and the Basque Country, Cantabria, Castile, Leon, Asturias and Galicia are covered. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
Edité par Giles de la Mare Publishers, London, 2006
ISBN 10 : 1900357259ISBN 13 : 9781900357258
Vendeur : CitiRetail, Stevenage, Royaume-Uni
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Book & Merchandise. Etat : new. Book & Merchandise. John Wilson did more than anyone else to prevent and cure blindness, and help blind people, throughout the world between the 1940s and his death in 1999. In addition, he made a significant contribution to the cause of disabled people in general. His achievements deserve comparison with those of other charismatic figures such as Helen Keller and Albert Schweitzer. A man of action and unflagging energy, with exceptional determination, imagination and compassion, and analytical and organizational ability, he changed millions of people's lives for the better by developing systems and techniques for preventing and curing blindness, and by spurring on the process by which blind people have come to be able to play a full, active and creative role in society. His story is a moving one. Blinded himself in a school experiment in 1931 at the age of twelve, he went on to read law at Oxford. After joining the National Institute for the Blind as an administrator, he took part in 1946-7 in an epic government-sponsored tour of the African and Middle Eastern territories in what was then the British Empire that lasted nine months, studying the intractable problems of blindness there.It led to the formation of what was to become the Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind, now known as Sight Savers International.In the wake of his sustained campaigns for the cure and prevention of blindness, above all in Africa and the Indian sub-continent, underpinned by the indomitable support of his wife Jean, John Wilson became a leading activist and mentor for blind and disabled people both at the UN and world-wide; and he was to found further important institutions such as the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness and Impact, which focusses on the universal challenge of avoidable disability. He was an enthusiastic globe-trotter, a powerful orator, a much-loved member of his family and a highly respected friend and colleague of large numbers of people with whom he worked across the continents. This inspiring tale of how one remarkable man travelled the world and transformed countless lives will have a strong appeal to the general public. It will also be of direct interest to people involved in charities and other institutions, particularly those concerned with blindness and disability.Meticulously researched, it is primarily based on John Wilson's Braille diaries and his other papers, the records at Sight Savers and interviews in many different countries with people who knew him.The first daisy book for all, containing these CD-ROM text versions: Large print, daisy audio and full text, screen reader and braille A man of action and unflagging energy, with exceptional determination, imagination and compassion, John Wilson changed millions of people's lives for the better by developing systems and techniques for preventing and curing blindness. This work tale of how one remarkable man travelled the world and transformed countless lives. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
Edité par Giles de la Mare Publishers, London, 2006
ISBN 10 : 1900357054ISBN 13 : 9781900357050
Vendeur : CitiRetail, Stevenage, Royaume-Uni
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Hardcover. Etat : new. Hardcover. The publication of "Short Stories for Children" celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of Walter de la Mare's death. It is also the culmination of a major literary enterprise. For many people, Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) is as great a writer of fiction as of poetry. But, the majority of his short stories, of which there are a hundred, have long been unavailable. "Short Stories" brings them all together in three volumes in the first comprehensive collection to be published. The third and last volume, "Short Stories for Children", starts with "Broomsticks and Other Tales" of 1925, with its twelve stories, and continues with "The Lord Fish" of 1933 with seven stories. It includes three distinctive stories, 'Pigtails, Ltd', 'The Thief' and 'A Nose', that have never been reprinted since they originally appeared in Broomsticks. Quirky, disparate, unpredictable, acutely observed, sometimes frightening, and often preoccupied with states of mind and personal identity, these stories have much in common with the adult stories. Some of them are peopled with giants, witches, kind elves, evil and spiteful fairies, and imprisoned maidens in castles, but most are not.We find ourselves in railway trains, a mansion in the City of London, another Elizabethan one in a mysterious tract of country, a remote farm house near the sea, a waterlogged forest, a drawing-room being watched by a fly; and, among other things, we encounter a wise monkey, a haunted cat, a fish magician, a baron transmogrified into a donkey, a thief desperate to be burgled, a man who believes he has a wax nose, and a godmother celebrating her 350th birthday.As in de la Mare's poems, everyday reality may at any time become undercut by disturbing uncertainty and dark, though not always malign, forces. A full understanding of the poems and stories is impossible without knowledge of both. Vivid and timeless, Bold's original woodcut designs and Rex Whistler's original engravings have been used to illustrate the two parts of the book. Starting with "Broomsticks and Other Tales" of 1925, with its twelve stories, this book continues with "The Lord Fish" of 1933 with seven stories. It includes three distinctive stories, 'Pigtails, Ltd', 'The Thief' and 'A Nose'. These stories are quirky, sometimes frightening, and often preoccupied with states of mind and personal identity. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Edité par Giles de la Mare Publishers, London, 2000
ISBN 10 : 1900357186ISBN 13 : 9781900357180
Vendeur : CitiRetail, Stevenage, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. East Anglia has a unique and very substantial heritage of flint-built churches and secular buildings over a wide area that range from Saxon times to the 20th century, many of them of exceptional beauty, and most in a good state of preservation. Stephen Hart considers that these buildings, in which a large number of different flintwork techniques and designs are used that are partly functional, partly dependent upon local materials and partly aesthetic in inspiration, constitute an important part of our heritage. It has only been scantily treated in previous works. His book is the first comprehensive one to be written on English flint architecture and is likely to become the definitive work on the subject. He shows that, although some of these techniques and designs are also to be found in other chalkland regions of England, including Hampshire, Sussex (e.g. Goodwood House), Kent, Wiltshire and Dorset, the greatest variety is in East Anglia. He has devised a classification system based on analysis of the materials and workmanship in flintwork which distinguishes between different types of flint, including flint combined with brick and stone.The numerous colour plates and black and white photographs convey the fascinating multiplicity of styles to be found, some of them reminiscent of the work of contemporary artists like Richard Long, and the virtuoso skills of the craftsmen who created them. There is a deeper consciousness and wider appreciation of vernacular architecture today in Britain than there has ever been, and the book could well inspire people to explore new possibilities in the use of flint architecture. Apart from its general appeal, it is a book that will strike a particular chord among architects, designers, craftsmen, local historians, artists and regional councils responsible for planning and conservation. East Anglia has a substantial heritage of flint-built churches and secular buildings that range from Saxon times to the 20th century. In this book the author reveals that there are a number of different building techniques and designs used in them that are partly functional and partly aesthetic. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
Edité par Giles de la Mare Publishers Ltd., London, 1996
ISBN 10 : 1900357003ISBN 13 : 9781900357005
Vendeur : Karen Jakobsen (Member of the PBFA), Sturminster Newton, Royaume-Uni
Membre d'association : PBFA
Livre Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Grey hardcover with title in silver on spine. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with light shelfwear and light sunning to the top inch of the rear of the jacket. Not price-clipped. 292pp. 110 colour plates of oil paintings and over 250 b/w reproductions and photographs. William Nicholson (1872-1949) is known by many for his early woodcuts and radical posters of the Beggarstaff Brothers in the 1890s. This book, compiled by two of the artists grandsons, Andrew and Tim Nicholson, is the first to do justice to the extraordinary diversity of William Nicholsons's oeuvre, as well as providing a documentary account of the artists life.
Edité par Giles De LA Mare Pub Ltd, London, 1996
ISBN 10 : 1900357003ISBN 13 : 9781900357005
Vendeur : Andmeister Books, London, Royaume-Uni
Livre Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. With 110 colour plates of the painter's oil paintings and over 250 black and white reproductions and photographs.
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Edité par Giles De La Mare Publishers, 1996 And 2001, London,, 1996
ISBN 10 : 1900357046ISBN 13 : 9781900357043
Vendeur : Burwood Books, Wickham Market, Royaume-Uni
Membre d'association : PBFA
Livre Edition originale
Hardback. Etat : Very Good. First Edition Thus. Hardbacks. Dust Jackets. 8vo. pp x, 498 & ix, 556. Fiction, short stories. ISBN 1900357046 (second vol, which is almost unfindable) VG+ copies in bright complete VG dust jackets with very slight edgewear.
Edité par Giles de la Mare Publishers Limited, London, 1996
ISBN 10 : 1900357003ISBN 13 : 9781900357005
Vendeur : City Bookshop ABA, ILAB, PBFA, Norwich, Royaume-Uni
Livre Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Illustrated by William Nicholson (illustrateur). First Edition. The book is fine but for a small dent to the bottom of the lower board. The dust jacket has a small tear to the same location and a small part of the rear has sunning. It is otherwise fine and is not price clipped. Sent from our bookshop in the UK. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 292 pages.