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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good+. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good-. First Edition. DJ spine ends chipped.

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. The Bagnios of Algiers and The Great Sultana. Two Plays of Captivity by Miguel de Cervantes. [2010] first University of Pennsylvania Press printing; near fine or better trade softcover. Glossy and crisp; tight/square and unmarked; just a touch of rubbing near top edge of front wrap.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good-. DJ top spine end is torn with paper hanging.

Hardcover. Etat : New. Following on from The Roman Inquisition: A Papal Bureaucracy and its Laws in the Age of Galileo (2013), this volume provides a closely detailed account of how the Roman Inquisition operated to serve the papacy's long-standing political aims in Naples, Venice and Florence. Using materials generated by the Inquisition's central tribunal, Mayer sheds light on papal interdicts and the high-profile trials of Giordano Bruno, Cesare Cremonini and Marcantonio de Dominis. …

Etat : New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2006). (2006) 2012 reprint. Large 8vo paperback (152 x 229mm). Pp228,ad. B/w photogrpahs and line illustrations. Minor faults but clean. Good-plus second-hand paperback. Big-game angling in the American North Atlantic. "This book teaches the proper techniques for catching fish offshore. Whether your challenge is to experience the thrilling aerial display of marlin, or cranking tilefish out of the depths along the 100 fathom line, the necessary information can be found between the covers of this book." Beginning the adventure - boats and gear; Terminal tackle; Rig it right - leaders, knots; Artificial lures; Natural bait - catching and storing your own; Trolling; Non-traditional trolling techniques; chunking for tuna; Basics of battling trophy fish; Targeted trophy species; Forecasting weather; New rigging techniques, wind-ons and pro-rigged ballyhoo; Offshore alternatives - deep dropping, jigging; End of the line. .…

Hardcover. Etat : New. The most influential Irish, Scottish and American fiction of the early 19th century - works such as Maria Edgeworth's Castle Rackrent or Scott's Waverley novels - were published or sold predominantly from London, and authors used various literary strategies to make the books more accessible to readers in England. Joseph Resek argues that this need to appeal to London shaped both provincial literatures and the history of modern aesthetics.…

PaperBack. Etat : Good.

Paperback. Etat : New. The Life of Titian (1648) by the Venetian artist and writer Carlo Ridolfi documents Titian's life and work, but also counters Vasari's earlier, somewhat negative appraisal of Venice and its artists. An invaluable source of information on Titian, the text is translated here by Julia and Peter Bondanella, with an introduction by Bruce Cole and an essay by Jody Robin Shiffman comparing the writings of Vasari and Ridolfi.…

Hardcover. Etat : New. Gordion, in central Anatolia, was occupied from the Early Bronze Age to the first millennium CE and archaeological excavations there, ongoing since 1950, have offered insights into issues such as ancient exchange systems and shifting trade alliances. This volume of 17 papers covers topics including textile production, settlement and land use, and conservation of the site. No jacket.…

Hardcover. Etat : New. A lawyer, academic, advisor to Henry IV and papal bureaucrat, but also a traitor and spy, Adam Usk (fl 1400) wrote a chronicle of his times, described by Steven Justice as 'an eerie and evasive and captivating work', that seems to conceal facts rather than recount them. In this reading of the chronicle, Justice challenges both historians' and critics' approach to literature more generally as he investigates what Usk was trying to hide.…

Hardcover. Etat : New. In a study of the practice of empire in the Americas, Adrian Finucane traces the development of relationships between Spanish colonists and British merchants and agents after the signing of the 1713 asiento that gave the British South Sea Company a monopoly of the slave trade and opened other opportunities in the West Indies. The study looks at the Company's important contribution to British presence in the Americas through the actions and enterprise of its agents, merchants and adventurers.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good.

Etat : Very Good. 1985. Hardcover. Clean copy fine in dust wrapper. DW sunned to spine. Remains a very good copy. . . . .

Paperback. Etat : New. From the 'mythical moment of ritual disruption' in the 1340s when Edward III retrieved the fallen garter of his dancing partner, addressed those laughing at the lady's distress with the enigmatic words 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' and promised to found an Order of the garter, to the present day annual procession of the Garter Companions in full regalia, Professor Trigg traces the cultural history of this medieval institution and its survival into contemporary culture. …

Etat : Very Good. 1985. Hardcover. Clean copy fine in dust wrapper. DW sunned to spine. Remains a very good copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Etat : New.

Hardcover. Etat : New. With close textual exegesis of works of French realism, detective fiction, science fiction and the fantastic, Andrea Goulet examines the novel within the context of 19th-century scientific discourse, specifically, the epistemological debates of optics.

9+229 pages, ep maps : sympathetic analysis of the humane face of Nyerere's democratic socialism; hardback vg vg dw isbn 0271002069 east africa tanzania tanganyika dar es salaam nyerere ujamaa.

Hardcover. Etat : As New. No Jacket. Hbk, 351pp, no dj as issued, fine green cloth boards with silver-gilt titles to the spine, a new and unread copy, excellent, clean, tight and unmarked as new.

Hardcover. Etat : New. Aiming to 'reopen the entire question of the status of the new in medieval culture', Professor Ingham challenges the view that associates the Middle Ages with conservatism and explores the medieval ambivalence about newness and novelty in literary, philosophical, scientific and religious discourses in the period from the 12th to 16th centuries.…

Hardcover. Etat : New. Focusing on the nature of the Islamic rural economy after the mid-seventh century, this multidisciplinary study covers the wide geographical area where Islam was the predominant, but not exclusive religion. The twelve chapters are in four sections on water management; agriculture, pastoralism and subsistence; commerce and production; and movement and memory in the landscape. …

Hardcover. Cloth, dw. VG.

Softcover. xiv, 247 p.; 21.5 cm. Role of intellectual asceticism and its effects on the status and treatment of women [orig. 1988] VG, sewn, in orig. violet wrapper. Spot on upper edge. Misogyny Sexism (illustrateur).

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Includes dust jacket. Dust Jacket in nice condition.

Hardcover. Etat : New. Written in 1456 this celebrated late medieval prose work purports to be the chivalric biography of a real knight, Jean de Saintré (1320-68), but actually blends fact, fiction and comedy, describing Jean's glorious exploits in combat and romantic love - and much else, including treatises on sins and virtue, details of apparel, set pieces on tournaments and a lusty monk. This English translation is accompanied by an introduction, notes, glossary and bibliography.…

Hardcover. Etat : read description. No Jacket. 389 pages. Ex-Library with usual stamps. Cover is very sound but with irregular fading, a few scratch marks and a library number on spine. Sound hardback. No dust jacket. Guide to the Diplomatic Archives of Western Europe.

16+175 pages, references, tables, maps, figures : uses the whole country & regional studies to assess the contribution of smuggling & other unofficial activities to the national wealth; paperback, John Lonsdale's copy with a page of handwritten notes & ink underlining to the final chapter, ow vg isbn 0852552130 south africa zaire congo african smuggling kinshasa shaba luozi zaire economy.…

Etat : Very Good. 1948. Hardcover. Ex Libris with usual markings. Clean copy with some minor shelf wear, rebound in red modern cloth with label on spine and new endpapers. Text lightly scored but remains clear, remains a very good copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Pages 138 to 243 (approx. 105 pages) Clean slim booklet in soft card covers. (The Battleground of Imperial Memory : Something Rotten in the State of Gibraltar : Microecologies of a Mediterranean Enclave : Greening The Core of The Mediterranean City.).

Hardcover. Etat : New. Originating from a conference in 2007, this volume of 18 papers offers the first comprehensive overview of Gordion during the Phrygian period, with essays on mapping and landscape, the early Phrygian citadel, Midas and Tumulus MM, the rebuilt citadel after 800 BCE, and the conservation of the site. Includes a large-scale plan of the citadel mound. No jacket.…