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Aspecten van ambtenarenrecht. Praktische handreikingen voor rechtspositionele vraagstukken (Volledig geactualiseerde 6e druk - editie 2011-2012) — STUIVER, H.S.P. / LINGE, B. van

Aspecten van ambtenarenrecht. Praktische handreikingen voor rechtspositionele vraagstukken (Volledig geactualiseerde 6e druk - editie 2011-2012)

STUIVER, H.S.P. / LINGE, B. van
Wolf Legal Publishers
2011, XIV,455pp. Volledig geactualiseerde 6e druk, Paperback. In zeer goede staat. Pakketzending.
"Aspecten van Ambtenarenrecht biedt al een kleine 20 jaar concrete handreikingen om rechtspositionele problemen mee aan te pakken. De praktijkervaring van de auteurs staat garant voor tal van voorbeelden die het ambtenarenrecht voor u inzichtelijk maken. Dit boek behandelt onder andere het aangaan en beëindigen van een ambtelijke arbeidsrelatie, reorganisatie en privatisering, functioneren, ordemaatregelen en ambtenarentuchtrecht, het sociale zekerheidsrecht en het procesrecht. Deze zesde druk is geactualiseerd naar aanleiding van veranderingen in de wet- en regelgeving, jurisprudentie en nieuwe publicaties op het vakgebied. Nu wordt ook aandacht besteed aan de vernieuwde regeling “Melden vermoeden van een misstand” (klokkenluidersregelingen), de Wet bestuurlijke lus, de Wet dwangsom en beroep bij niet tijdig beslissen, de “Europese boete” en de nog lang niet uitgekristalliseerde discussie over het ambtenaarschap in 2015. Door de praktische benadering van het ambtenarenrecht is Aspecten van ambtenarenrecht bij uitstek geschikt voor praktijkjuristen, advocaten, medewerkers van vakbonden en van afdelingen rechtspositie en arbeidsvoorwaarden en P&O’ers. Maar de uitgave is ook bijzonder geschikt voor gebruik als studieboek in het hoger beroepsonderwijs, op de bestuursacademie’s en voor cursussen ambtenarenrecht."
€ 15,00
ISBN: 9789058506306
Buchnr. 65890
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Type. The Secret History of Letters. — LOXLEY, Simon

Type. The Secret History of Letters.

LOXLEY, Simon
I.B. Tauris, London - New York
2005, 248pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In very good condition.
A historical and cultural analysis of the development of type, letters, and typography traces the motivations of typography's creators, noting the persecution and political upheavals that marked their efforts and tracing the period between the creation of the first moveable type to the dawning of the Internet.
€ 22,00
ISBN: 9781850433972
Buchnr. 65889
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Charles Dickens Collectie - 11 verfilmingen op 20 Dvd's in doos. Ruim 46 uur genieten! — DICKENS, Charles 3 Fotos

Charles Dickens Collectie - 11 verfilmingen op 20 Dvd's in doos. Ruim 46 uur genieten!

DICKENS, Charles
BBC
2011, 20 DVD's in zeer goede staat. Doos met lichte krasjes. 35x40x5cm. Pakketzending.
Deze verzamelbox bevat maar liefst elf sfeer volle verfilmingen van meesterwerken van Charles Dickens. Dickens wordt algemeen gezien als de grootste Britse schrijver van de negentiende eeuw. Veel van zijn werken verschenen eerst als feuilleton in diverse bladen en werden pas later als boek uitgegeven. Grote bekendheid verwierf hij met The Pickwick Papers, dat vanaf 1836 in maandelijkse afleveringen verscheen. Behalve een scherp observator van mensen was Dickens ook een sociaal bewogen auteur. In veel van zijn werk stelde hij misstanden aan de kaak. Gelukkig ging dat echter nooit ten koste van de sterke verhaalopbouw, de kleurrijke karakters en de goed gedoseerde humor die zijn vertelstijl kenmerken.
€ 29,00
Buchnr. 65888
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Under the Tump. Sketches of Real Life on the Welsh Borders. — BALCH, Oliver

Under the Tump. Sketches of Real Life on the Welsh Borders.

BALCH, Oliver
Faber & Faber
2016, 320pp. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In very good condition.
"Sheep, hills and inbreds. The typical image of rural Wales is hardly flattering. So why is a little market town in the Welsh Marches attracting waves of newcomers? Hay-on-Wye is hardly 'typical'. Nestled under the Black Mountains, it's home to 20 second-hand bookshops and the UK's largest literary festival. Yet is that the sum of its appeal? From an old pottery workshop under a castle tump, Oliver Balch embarks on an entertaining expedition of his new home to find out who and what makes it tick. In his signature reportage style, his investigations take him to the weekly market with the Merry Widows and down the pub with the local old boys. He meets with ex-hippies up in the hills and visits a self-appointed King in his palace. Oliver Balch avoids romanticising the British countryside in favour of an honest and vividly told sketches of real life on the Welsh borders. An unusual portrait of a very unusual place."
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9780571311958
Buchnr. 65886
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Romantic Readers. The Evidence of Marginalia. — JACKSON, H. J.

Romantic Readers. The Evidence of Marginalia.

JACKSON, H. J.
Yale University Press
2005, xvii,366pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. Dust jacket with some light sings of use, else in very good condition.
When readers jot down notes in their books, they reveal something of themselves-what they believe, what amuses or annoys them, what they have read before. But a close examination of marginalia also discloses diverse and fascinating details about the time in which they are written. This book explores reading practices in the Romantic Age through an analysis of some 2,000 books annotated by British readers between 1790 and 1830. This period experienced a great increase in readership and a boom in publishing. H. J. Jackson shows how readers used their books for work, for socializing, and for leaving messages to posterity. She draws on the annotations of Blake, Coleridge, Keats, and other celebrities as well as those of little known and unknown writers to discover how people were reading and what this can tell us about literature, social history, and the history of the book.
€ 18,00
ISBN: 9780300107852
Buchnr. 65874
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Marc Joseph. New and Used. — Krukowski, Damon / Joseph, Marc

Marc Joseph. New and Used.

Krukowski, Damon / Joseph, Marc
Steidl
2006, 120pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. In very good condition
Growing up in Ohio in the 1970s, photographer Marc Joseph was first exposed to art, writing and music in the eccentric largeer book and record shops of downtown Cleveland. Most Saturday afternoons were spent combing through the stacks in anticipation of a major future purchase — like his first, “London Calling” by The Clash — or studying certain talismanic book covers like George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” or Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl”. This was the beginning of Joseph’s permanent fascination with books and records — both as public artworks and as formative private experiences. New and Used is a collection of richly detailed color photographs of hardcovers, paperbacks, LPs, CDs and cassettes, either shelved, piled, boxed and stacked in their natural environments — independent book and record shops — or individually silhouetted like artifacts pinned into shadow boxes. Together with editor Damon Krukowski, the artist has assembled a collection of short fiction, prose, poems and personal essays by writers and musicians including Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, novelists Jonathan Lethem and Lydia Davis, critic and curator Bob Nickas, poets Eileen Myles and Nick Tosches and others, all of whom respond to the New and Used of their own experience.
€ 7,00
ISBN: 9783865212733
Buchnr. 65860
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Eyewitness. The Rise and Fall of Dorling Kindersley. The inside story of a publishing phenomenon. — DAVIS, Christopher

Eyewitness. The Rise and Fall of Dorling Kindersley. The inside story of a publishing phenomenon.

DAVIS, Christopher
Harriman House Publishing
2009, 312pp. Illustrated. Paperback. In very good condition.
By the close of the last millennium Dorling Kindersley had become one of the most recognisable brands in publishing. Across the range of illustrated household reference titles, from children's books to travel guides, its distinctive look of colourful images cut out against a white background could be seen on bookshelves throughout the country - and indeed the publishing world. Apart from three minor acquisitions, DK had grown organically over 25 years to be a publicly listed company with a turnover of GBP200 million, some 1500 employees, publishing arms across the English language markets, a 50-strong international sales force that dealt with more than 400 publishers, a direct selling business with 30,000 independent distributors, and had expanded its skills for delivering handsomely designed reference books into the new media of videos, CD-ROMs and online educational content. Then a series of catastrophic printing decisions brought the company to its knees, and ultimately into the arms of Pearson. Christopher Davis is uniquely positioned to tell the story of DK's rise and fall. He joined the company at its foundation and in due course became Group Publisher.The narrative he provides is a dual one, encompassing the visionary genius of Peter Kindersley and the publishing revolution he fomented, and charting the remarkable, sometimes precarious, frequently hilarious, roller-coaster ride as the company grew from a handful of people in a studio in South London to a substantial global business. In the rapidly changing publishing climate of today, this book is also a nostalgic reminder of a time when creativity could flourish unburdened by the shackles of corporate bureaucracy.
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9781906659196
Buchnr. 65837
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Gutenberg. How One Man Remade the World with Words. — MAN, John

Gutenberg. How One Man Remade the World with Words.

MAN, John
John Wiley & Sons, New York
2002, 312pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In very good condition.
A unique portrait of the genius behind one of the world's greatest revolutions in communication. Long before the Internet, the world witnessed another technological revolution that was to change the course of human history - the printing press, the brainchild of fifteenth-century Germany's Johann Gutenberg. In 1450, all of western Europe's books were copied painstakingly by hand and amounted in number to no more than a single modern library would hold. By 1500, they were printed and numbered in the millions - all because of Gutenberg's printing press. Bringing about the biggest cultural changes since the alphabet, this brilliant innovation made possible the development of modern science and literature, the political shift from statelets to nations, and the printed Bible, which - instead of unifying the Christian world - was to drive it apart forever. In the tradition of the bestselling The Professor and the Madman , John Man's compelling narrative explores in revealing detail the remarkable achievements of this tremendously influential figure. It vividly traces Gutenberg's trials and triumphs as he struggled against a background of plague, religious upheaval, and legal battles to bring his remarkable invention to light and spur the largest information revolution the world had ever seen. John Man (London, UK) is a historian and travel writer. He is the author of Alpha Beta How 26 Letters Shaped the Western World .
€ 7,00
ISBN: 9780471218234
Buchnr. 65834
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Engraved on Steel. The History of Picture Production Using Steel Plates. — HUNNISETT, Basil

Engraved on Steel. The History of Picture Production Using Steel Plates.

HUNNISETT, Basil
Ashgate
1998, xvii,387pp. Illustrated. Cloth, with dust jacket. In very good condition.
"Steel engraving was developed more fully in Britain than in Europe during the 19th century, with most of the innovations undertaken by Charles Heath and the many engravers then working in London. This new expertise spread quickly to Germany, to France, to the Netherlands, and later on to Switzerland and other places in Europe. The close links with America through Jacob Perkins were cemented by the arrival of British engravers during the first half of the century. This study explores areas such as note, map, stamp and book plate engraving, mezzotint and aquatint, the casing of books and most present day usage. The main focus of the book is on engraving and engravers, but Basil Hunnisett also describes the context of their work the artists; the print industry; paper manufacture; and publishing. He describes the activities of print publishers, including the Art Unions and provides a review of steel engraving in Europe and America."
€ 35,00
ISBN: 9780859679718
Buchnr. 65830
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Edward Ardizzone. A Bibliographic Commentary. — ALDERSON, Brian

Edward Ardizzone. A Bibliographic Commentary.

ALDERSON, Brian
Oak Knoll Press - The British Library - Private Libraries Assoitiation
2003, 309pp. Illustrated. Cloth, with dust jacket. In very good condition. Pakketzending.
Edward Ardizzone was one of the best-loved artists (and authors) in the English-speaking world. He illustrated more than 200 books and pamphlets, a good number of which he also wrote, as well as designing dust jackets and ephemera for a range of patrons. Brian Alderson first published a checklist of Ardizzone's work in The Private Library in 1972. Since then, with the co-operation of the artist and his family, he has expanded this work, describing in a full-scale bibliography of Ardizzone's books, dust jackets, ephemera, periodical contributions, war art, prints, posters and bookplates. There are several appendices, including an essay On the Illustration of Books by Ardizzone himself.
€ 35,00
ISBN: 9781584561033
Buchnr. 65820
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The Ten Commandments of Typography - Type Heresy. Breaking the Ten Commandments of Typography (2 volumes in 1). — FELTON, Paul

The Ten Commandments of Typography - Type Heresy. Breaking the Ten Commandments of Typography (2 volumes in 1).

FELTON, Paul
Merrell Publishers
2006, 72pp. Cloth. Belly-wrapper with shelfwear, book in very good condition.
"A humorous and incisive analysis of the basic tenets of typography and how to turn them on their heads, this book will appeal to the conformist and the non-conformist in everyone - not just the newcomer to design. One side of this sharp-witted, cleverly designed guide presents the ten main rules, or 'commandments', of type design, addressing such aspects of typographic doctrine as legibility, alignment and capitalization; the other shows how type can successfully subvert these rules, presenting 'sacreligious' visual alternatives. In support of the commandments, Felton includes a list of twelve 'disciples', those internationally renowned graphic designers whom he identifies as rule-abiding, including such figures as Eric Gill, Jan Tschichold and Erik Spiekermann. Confronting these are his 'fallen angels', including such experimental typographers as David Carson, Jeffery Keedy, Phil Baines, and Jonathan Barnbrook."
€ 14,00
ISBN: 9781858943558
Buchnr. 65813
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Across the Narrow Seas Studies in the History and Bibliography of Britain and the Low Countries. Presented to Anna E. Simoni. — ROACH, Susan (presented by)

Across the Narrow Seas Studies in the History and Bibliography of Britain and the Low Countries. Presented to Anna E. Simoni.

ROACH, Susan (presented by)
The British Library
1991, xv,223pp. Illustrated. Dust jacket somewhat sun faded, else in very good condition.
The essays collected here, a festschrift presented to Anna Simoni on her 75th birthday, take as their theme relations between Britain and the Low Countries, from the dawn of printing to the Napoleonic Wars, with a broad range of approaches - literary, bibliographical, cultural, and more.
€ 18,00
ISBN: 9780712302609
Buchnr. 65809
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The Enlightenment and the Book. Scottish Authors and Their Publishers in Eighteenth-Century Britain, Ireland and America. — SHER, Richard B.

The Enlightenment and the Book. Scottish Authors and Their Publishers in Eighteenth-Century Britain, Ireland and America.

SHER, Richard B.
University of Chicago Press
2007, 616pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. 1,5kg. In very good condition. Pakketzending.
In this magisterial history, Richard B. Sher breaks new ground for our understanding of the Enlightenment and the forgotten role of publishing during that period. The Enlightenment and the Book seeks to remedy the common misperception that such classics as The Wealth of Nations and The Life of Samuel Johnson were made by their authors alone. To the contrary, Sher shows how the process of bookmaking during the late eighteenth century involved complex partnerships between authors and their publishers. Similarly, Sher demonstrates that publishers were involved in the project of bookmaking for a variety of reasons, ranging from accumulating profits to advancing human knowledge.
€ 20,00
ISBN: 9780226752525
Buchnr. 65808
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Second-Hand Books. A First-Hand View. — DAVIS, O. J. M.

Second-Hand Books. A First-Hand View.

DAVIS, O. J. M.
The Book Guild
2001, ix,225pp. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In very good condition.
"In a quirky and engaging narrative, O. J. M. Davis delivers a highly personal overview of the second-hand book world born out of bitter-sweet experience. From posing the question 'What is a Book For?', he goes on to illuminate every corner of the business, from the obsessiveness of the collector to the hyperbole of catalogues, from manoeuvres at auction houses to tooth-and-nail battles in church halls. There are unexpected angles not only the stresses and strains of the life of a bookseller (complete with customer put-downs), but the afterlife as well; a discussion of desirable items, but also the undesirable; even a book's-eye view of the world. By turns discursive and anecdotal, it moves from 'faction' to fiction and back again, employing a variety of genres - essay, short story, fantasy, drama. In the final chapter the author goes further still, turning his jaded eye upon himself with a 'posthumous' attack on his own work."
€ 25,00
ISBN: 9781857765274
Buchnr. 65802
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Words Fail Me. — MONACHINO, Teresa

Words Fail Me.

MONACHINO, Teresa
Phaidon Press
2006, unpaginated. Hardcover. Dust jacket with signs of use, else in very good condition.
In this quirky new title designer and typographer Teresa Monachino rounds up and breaks down a variety of unruly words words lacking in integrity, misleading words that do not mean what they say, words that mean more than they say, words with inconsistent pronunciation or spellings that are just plain cruel! Using striking and witty graphic design the author demands answers to such troublesome questions as, why is abbreviation such a long word, does monosyllabic really need five syllables and why is lisp so hard to say if you have one?
€ 9,00
ISBN: 9780714846354
Buchnr. 65800
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The Holocaust and the Book. Destruction and Preservation. (HARDCOVER) — ROSE, Jonathan

The Holocaust and the Book. Destruction and Preservation. (HARDCOVER)

ROSE, Jonathan
University of Massachusetts Press
2001, vi,314pp. Illustrated. Cloth, with dust jacket. In very good condition. Pakketzending.
Between 1933 and 1945 Nazi Germany destroyed an estimated 100 million books throughout occupied Europe, an act inextricably linked with the murder of 6 million Jews. This volume examines this bleak chapter in the history of printing, reading, censorship, and libraries.
€ 29,00
ISBN: 9781558492530
Buchnr. 65792
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Britain from the Air. — HAWKES, Jason (photographs) / STRUTHERS, Jane (text)

Britain from the Air.

HAWKES, Jason (photographs) / STRUTHERS, Jane (text)
Ebury Press
1993, 191pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. 27x30cm. 1,3kg. In very good condition.
The landscape of the British Isles is one of the most diverse in the world. Within these islands there is everything from wild mountains, coasts and moorlands to gentle farmland, forests and meandering rivers. Imprinted over this diversity is a rich history, visible as much in the buildings as in the shape of the landscape itself. From prehistoric monuments like Stonehenge to the vast modern motorways which sweep across the land, Britain is marked indelibly by the works of man. In this book Jason HaWKes has spent the last year covering Britain by helicopter taking photographs of oblique and unfamiliar approaches to famous landmarks and buildings and sweeping long views which capture the character of specific regions.
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9780091771751
Buchnr. 65787
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A Sense of Belonging to Scotland. The Complete Collection. The Favourite Places of Scottish Personalities. — HALL, Andy

A Sense of Belonging to Scotland. The Complete Collection. The Favourite Places of Scottish Personalities.

HALL, Andy
Birlinn - Mercat
2007, 216pp. Illustrated. Paperback. In very good condition.
Following the success of Andy Hall's A Sense of Belonging to Scotland and Further Journeys , both books are now available in one collection. Featuring stunning photography and memorable contributions from celebrities such as Ewan McGregor, Emma Thompson, Denis Law, Ian Rankin and Colin Montgomerie, this is a celebration of everything that is special about Scotland - its light, its atmosphere, its colour, its diversity, its character and its achievements.
€ 15,00
ISBN: 9781841831077
Buchnr. 65785
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The English Church. England's 100 finest Parish Churches. — TATTON-BROWN, Tim / CROOK, John

The English Church. England's 100 finest Parish Churches.

TATTON-BROWN, Tim / CROOK, John
New Holland
2005, 240pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. 30x24,5cm. 1,6kg. As new. Pakketzending.
The English Church is a celebration of 100 of the finest churches England has to offer. From the tiny vernacular church to former cathedrals and abbeys that now operate as parish churches, this is a diverse and fascinating collection of ecclesiastic architectural treasures. More than 300 specially commissioned, full-colour photographs capture the fine details and grandeur of churches, from Truro in Cornwall to Carlisle near the Scottish border. Meanwhile the lively and informative text, written by one of England's foremost experts on church history and design, sheds light on the churches' unique features. Packed with little-known facts and anecdotes and an array of breathtaking images, this book is a perfect souvenir for overseas or UK visitors, or anyone with an interest in English history and architecture.
€ 19,00
ISBN: 9781843309659
Buchnr. 65783
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The National Trust Book of the Countryside. — BAKER, Nick (introduction)

The National Trust Book of the Countryside.

BAKER, Nick (introduction)
The National Trust
2009, 384pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. 1,9kg. 26x25cm. As new. Pakketzending.
Explore the British countryside with the National Trust. No organisation knows more about the British countryside than the National Trust, the custodians of some of our most beautiful stretches of land and coastline. Drawing on their expertise, this stunningly illustrated book is a comprehensive guide to the country's natural heritage. Part One describes the major habitats and landscapes coasts, mountains, forests and woods, rivers and lakes, meadows and downland. The formation, development and ecology of each habitat is described and brought to life with photographs and indepth information on the wildlife you can see there. Find out about the secretive migrations of our eels, salmon and sea trout, an exploding bombardier beetle, a totally aquatic moth or delight in the beauty of our fields of heather, our sea of bluebells in woodlands and our ever-changing coastline. Part Two gets you closer to specific areas of the British isles with coverage of the regions South West England, Southern England, Central England, Northern England, Eastern England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. It provides a tour of the key landscapes of each of our regions, from an exploration of the Lake District to why the White Cliffs of Dover are white. Plus some of the best walks in each of the regions. From the thousand-year-old limbs of yew trees near Crom Old Castle, Northern Ireland to the lake of bluebells on the Isle of Wight (the 'ghost' of what was probably a wood), this is a celebration of our land.
€ 24,00
ISBN: 9781905400690
Buchnr. 65782
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Capital View. The Art of Edinburgh. One Hundred Artworks from the City Collection. — POPPIEL, Alyssa

Capital View. The Art of Edinburgh. One Hundred Artworks from the City Collection.

POPPIEL, Alyssa
Birlinn
2014, 224pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. As new.
Edinburgh boasts one of the largest and most diverse collections of art of any city in Britain. In this book, Alyssa Poppiel features a hundred artworks from the city collection, from the Enlightenment to the present day, which feature Edinburgh and its surroundings. All are accompanied by extended captions which set the context and provide a huge amount of lively historical and anecdotal material. Artists include John Slezer, Paul Sandby, Henry Raeburn, Alexander Nasmyth, Walter Geikie, David Roberts, Sam Bough, John Bell, James Paterson, Francis Cadell, William Crozier, Stanley Cursiter, Jessie M. King, Anne Redpath, John Bellany.
€ 20,00
ISBN: 9781780271965
Buchnr. 65781
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The Welsh Coast. — WATSON, Peter

The Welsh Coast.

WATSON, Peter
Frances Collins
2010, 110pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. 27,5x26cm. In very good condition.
From castles in the sand to castles on a cliff-top, the Welsh coast is as beautiful and dramatic as it is diverse. Photographer Peter Watson captures the visual delights of this twisting and endlessly varied coastline, starting at the northern tip, the birdwatcher's paradise along the Dee Estuary, then heading west to the Isle of Anglesey, passing along the way the resorts of Rhyl, Colwyn Bay and LLandudno. The Lleyn Peninsula then leads to the expansive stretch of coastline from Tremadog all the way down to Cardigan Bay, and then to the renowned Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and the impressive Gower Peninsula. The coastal odyssey ends on a high note with an exploration of some of the beaches and bays which can be found hidden away between the bustling cities of Swansea and Cardiff.
€ 15,00
ISBN: 9780711231115
Buchnr. 65776
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The British Inheritance. A Treasure of Historic Documents. — HALLAM, Elizabeth / PRESCOTT, Andrew (edited by)

The British Inheritance. A Treasure of Historic Documents.

HALLAM, Elizabeth / PRESCOTT, Andrew (edited by)
Berkeley-Los Angeles, University of California Press
1999, 150pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. 32x23,5cm. In very good condition.
"Britain's 1000-year prominence on the international stage endures. Posterity owes the English language (spoken now by more than half the world's population) a tradition of democratic freedom, governmental and legal systems which have been adapted in many countries, and world figures in science, literature, and the arts. The ''British Inheritance'' is shared not just by the peoples of the UK but also by those of many lands--the U.S.A., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, and India--which were once its colonies and are now its allies and partners. Britain's rich historical heritage is evident in the great archive and manuscript collections found in such institutions as the Public Record Office, British Library, National Library of Scotland, Scottish Record Office, and National Library of Wales. From King Arthur, Alfred the Great, and William the Conqueror to the end of the Empire, swinging England of the 1960s, and the multicultural Britain of the '90s, this volume displays, in chronological order, key documents which illuminate defining moments in British history. The documents are accompanied by lively commentaries by experts and curators, placing the material in context and explaining its significance. Alongside such major treasures as the Domesday Book and Magna Carta are many less-well-known but nonetheless fascinating items such as Oscar Wilde's calling card and the last letter of Mary, Queen of Scots. Superbly illustrated in color throughout, with a brief introduction, this authoritative and accessible book will appeal to anyone with an interest in history, politics, and culture."
€ 13,00
ISBN: 9780520224704
Buchnr. 65775
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