2012, ISBN: 9780851114125

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London: Century Publishing / Gentry Book Limited, 1984. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8x5x1. Reprint. Spine creased, ink name on front cover verso, distributor sticker on rear co… Mehr…

London: Century Publishing / Gentry Book Limited, 1984. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8x5x1. Reprint. Spine creased, ink name on front cover verso, distributor sticker on rear cover. 1984 Trade Paperback. xix, 375 pp. In August 1914 the British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914–16) left England under Shackleton's leadership. He planned to cross Antarctica from a base on the Weddell Sea to McMurdo Sound, via the South Pole, but the expedition ship Endurance was trapped in ice off the Caird coast and drifted for 10 months before being crushed in the pack ice. The members of the expedition then drifted on ice floes for another five months and finally escaped in boats to Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands, where they subsisted on seal meat, penguins, and their dogs. Shackleton and five others sailed 800 miles (1,300 km) to South Georgia in a whale boat, a 16-day journey across a stretch of dangerous ocean, before landing on the southern side of South Georgia. Shackleton and his small crew then made the first crossing of the island to seek aid. Four months later, after leading four separate relief expeditions, Shackleton succeeded in rescuing his crew from Elephant Island. Throughout the ordeal, not one of Shackleton's crew of the Endurance died. A supporting party, the Ross Sea party led by A.E. Mackintosh, sailed in the Aurora and laid depots as far as latitude 83°30′ S for the use of the Trans-Antarctic party; three of this party died on the return journey. - Briannica, Century Publishing / Gentry Book Limited, 1984, 3, New York: Morrow, William Company, 1983. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 430pp., Index. First edition, first printing. Dust-jacket protected by reinforced mylar covers that have been pasted to inside of front and rear boards. Not an ex-library copy, from a private collection. No previous ownership marks. A popular history linking the success of the Royal Navy with the commercial and territorial expansion of the British Empire. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Near fine in a near fine dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Morrow, William Company, 1983, 4, Singapore: Monsoon Books, 2012. First edition. Paperback. New. Stamford Raffles, though best known for founding the British colony of Singapore, cut his teeth on another colonial escapade in the Malay Archipelago, when he led a British expeditionary force into the Dutch sphere of influence in Java. Hannigan's account demonstrates that Raffles, at least in Java, was more of a rapacious autocrat than he was subsequently portrayed. 368 pages Weight: 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia, Monsoon Books, 2012, 6, penguin Books , London, 1979. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. First impression. Size: Small Octavo. 576 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages lightly tanned throughout. Edges browned slightly. The spine shows no crease marks. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. This concluding volume brings readers up to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965. "Morris has written an unorthodox masterpiece...[a] book filled with superb studies of battles, ceremonies, landscapes, confrontations and, above all, characters" (New York Times Book Review). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military & Warfare; British History; Britain/UK; 19th century; History. ISBN: 0140049282. ISBN/EAN: 9780140049282. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9578. . 9780140049282, penguin Books, 1979, 3, Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 1989. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Eighth Impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 534 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. The book has been read and may carry some marks and creases. The book is available and ready to ship. For the Western world as a whole, the period from about 1760 to 1800 was the great revolutionary era in which the outlines of the modern democratic state came into being. It is the thesis of this major work that the American, French, and Polish revolutions, and the movements for political change in Britain, Ireland, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden, and other countries, though each distinctive in its own way, were all manifestations of recognizably similar political ideas, needs, and conflicts. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; United States; Politics & Government. ISBN: 0691005699. ISBN/EAN: 9780691005690. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9788. . 9780691005690, Princeton University Press, 1989, 2.5, Cassell, October 2005. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good. No marks or writing observed in text. Binding is tight and square. Spine is uncreased. Gently read, if at all. Light shelf wear to book., Cassell, 4, London : The Bodley Head, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; viii, 229 p., [6] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; What is England? -- England and the imagination -- Gloriana -- This blessed plot -- The rural idyll -- England redefined? Summary; What does it mean to be English? For centuries, Englishness was synonymous with Britishness, informed first by the political dominance of the English monarchs over the British Isles - reaching its apogee in the rule of Elizabeth I - and later by the island's imperial might and expansion. But alongside that tradition, reaching back to medieval times, there has also been a vision of England as the rural arcadia celebrated by painters and poets. While the mythology of empire lingers on in the national psyche, Roy Strong argues that it is the rural tradition - combining aestheticism, pastoralism and patriotism - that offers an answer to the present crisis of English identity. National identity essentially resides in the mind: evolving over time it is inevitably selective in how it epitomizes the ideals and aspirations of a people. In this searching and deeply passionate book, Roy Strong reveals an iconography of England rooted in the cultural imagination. Rather than simply depicting reality, art and literature have often ennobled - and immortalised - reality in a way that has directly affected how we see ourselves. Today we view Suffolk through the eyes of Constable, the Lake District comes to life in the poetry of Wordsworth, and the country house seems to emerge from the novels of Evelyn Waugh. Free from nationalism, chauvinism and political bias, Roy Strong offers a vision of England that is inclusive and relevant for everybody living in the country today - an appreciation of the beauty of the English countryside, a love of nature and gardening, and a celebration of the dramas of Shakespeare, the paintings of Turner and the music of Elgar. Subjects; National characteristics, English. England - Civilization. England - Social life and customs. Social & cultural history ; British & Irish history., London : The Bodley Head, 2011, 0, Apollos, 1990. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed., Apollos, 1990, 2.5<

2005, ISBN: 9780851114125

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Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Very Good. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 458 pages. Text body is clean, an… Mehr…

Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Very Good. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 458 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Of all the centuries in recorded history, none has seen more change, none has ended more differently than it began, than the twentieth. In 1900, Queen Victoria still ruled over England, the Imperial Manchu dynasty over China, and the Romanov Tsars over Russia. The cinema was in its infancy, radio and television still to be invented. The first cars were on the road, but air travel existed only in earthbound imaginations. And now, as Yeats said, all is "changed utterly." In this ambitious book, twenty-four of the most distinguished scholars in the world survey the momentous events and the significant themes of the twentieth century in compact, scholarly essays. The contributors tackle political issues region by region as well as non-political topics in subjects such as physics, modernism in art, international economics, and the impact of new technologies on culture. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Britain/UK; 1990s; ISBN: 0198204280. ISBN/EAN: 9780198204282. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8085. . 9780198204282 This book weighs over one kilogram, and may involve extra shipping charges if posted to some countries.., Oxford University Press, 1998, 3.5, Paperback / softback. New. Hobson's 1902 book presents a controversial interpretation of Britain's motivations to conquer foreign lands in the nineteenth century. He proposed that ultra-wealthy financiers consciously worked to manipulate political leaders so they could invest money and sell goods in the new outposts of their country's empire., 6, Longman, 2005-07-29. Paperback. Used: Good., Longman, 2005-07-29, 2.5, Imperial War Museum, 1992. Softcover. Good., Imperial War Museum, 1992, 2.5, Apollos, 1990. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN:9780851114125, Apollos, 1990, 0<

1990, ISBN: 9780851114125

SPCK Publishing, Taschenbuch, 192 Seiten, Publiziert: 1990-04-24T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 3ill.M. 1.05 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1516384, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bü… Mehr…

SPCK Publishing, Taschenbuch, 192 Seiten, Publiziert: 1990-04-24T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 3ill.M. 1.05 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1516384, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Allgemein, Europa, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, Großbritannien, Irland, Geschichte allgemein, Institution Kirche, Christ & Gesellschaft, Christentum & Theologie, Religion & Glaube, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Featured Categories, Englische Bücher, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_2301, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_0, Arborist Merchandising Root, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_4901, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_0, Special Features Stores, Taschenbücher, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_4201, SPCK Publishing, 1990<