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Fables. — HOBBS, Anne Stevenson (Editor)

Fables.

HOBBS, Anne Stevenson (Editor)
London, Victoria and Albert Museum
1986, 144pp. Illustrated. Cloth. Dustjacket sun-faded. Book in very good condition.
"This collection of illustrations from the National Art Library at the V&A contains well-known and unfamiliar fables accompanied by contemporary texts and translations, often with a topical or satirical content. It gives a cross-section of illustrative styles from the 15th to the 20th centuries. Fabulous color and b/w illustrations throughout. A wonderful reference volume, with a small bibliography and an ""Analysis by Theme"" at rear (plus Index)."
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9780948107122
N° livre 59376
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'Ja, maar...' . Reflecties op de participatiesamenleving. — Twist, Mark van / Chin-A-Fat, Nancy / Scherpenisse, Jorren / Steen, Martijn van der

'Ja, maar...' . Reflecties op de participatiesamenleving.

Twist, Mark van / Chin-A-Fat, Nancy / Scherpenisse, Jorren / Steen, Martijn van der
Boom Lemma uitgevers / Essayreeks
2014, 127pp. Paperback. Als nieuw.
In het publieke debat is er veel aandacht voor maatschappelijk initiatief, zelforganisatie en het vertoon van eigenaarschap of `samenredzaamheid van burgers en bedrijven. Er lijkt een verschuiving plaats te vinden in het publieke domein, waarbij de overheid steeds meer plaatsmaakt voor burgers en sociaal ondernemers. De ontwikkeling naar een participatiesamenleving, recent zelfs aangekondigd in de troonrede, gaat veelal gepaard met enthousiasme en hoopvolle verwachtingen, maar in toenemende mate ook met kritiek en wantrouwen. Hoe om te gaan met de onzekerheid, variëteit en ongelijkheid die kan ontstaan? Moet de overheid zich langzaam terugtrekken uit delen van het publieke domein en onder welke voorwaarden zou de terugtred dan moeten plaatsvinden? In deze bundel zijn acht bijdragen opgenomen die vanuit uiteenlopende invalshoeken kritisch kijken naar de kwaliteiten en kansen van participatie en de verhouding tussen burger, markt en overheid daarbij. De auteurs reflecteren op de kwetsbaarheden en risicos van de participatiesamenleving in het domein van wonen en bouwen. Zo ontstaat een rijk beeld van de kritiek op de participatiesamenleving, maar ook helderheid over de opties, keuzes en richtingen die nu bij beleidsmakers voorliggen. Prof. dr. Mark van Twist is hoogleraar Bestuurskunde aan de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam en is decaan en bestuurder van de Nederlandse School voor Openbaar Bestuur. Drs. Nancy Chin-A-Fat is als onderzoeker en leermanager verbonden aan de Nederlandse School voor Openbaar Bestuur. Drs. Jorren Scherpenisse is als onderzoeker en leermanager verbonden aan de Nederlandse School voor Openbaar Bestuur. Dr. Martijn van der Steen is co-decaan en adjunct-directeur van de Nederlandse School voor Openbaar Bestuur.
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9789462363717
N° livre 59374
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Country Lives Remembered. — MARTIN, Brian / BINNEY, Ruth

Country Lives Remembered.

MARTIN, Brian / BINNEY, Ruth
David & Charles
2010, 207pp. Illustrated. Cloth with dustjacket. In very good condition.
"""Country Lives Remembered"" contains stories of Britain's most colourful countrymen and women from the past, lovingly edited by best selling countryside author Ruth Binney. The tales are packed with amusing anecdotes, informative facts and folklore, providing a valuable and evocative insight into what life was like in the countryside over many decades. 'Bygone Days' sections source information and activities on country pursuits, demonstrating the joy and satisfaction that can still be found in country living today. Beautifully illustrated throughout with specially commissioned artwork, ""Country Lives Remembered"" celebrates a traditional way of life that so many people aspire to."
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9780715338193
N° livre 59373
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Meer dan een brug. Belevenissen van denkers en makers achter De Oversteek. — DUIFHUIZEN, René / MULDER, Nicoline

Meer dan een brug. Belevenissen van denkers en makers achter De Oversteek.

DUIFHUIZEN, René / MULDER, Nicoline
Mulder Projectmanagement, Nijmegen
2013, 167pp, Geïllustreerd. Paperback. Oblong. In zeer goede staat.
"Op de plaats waar de geallieerden in 1944 de Waal naar het noorden overstaken, ligt nu een gloednieuwe brug De Oversteek. De Oversteek is veel meer dan een brug. Het is een oeververbinding tussen twee delen van Nijmegen die zorgt voor mobiliteit, verbinding, stadsontwikkeling en verbroedering. De Oversteek is het resultaat van jarenlang denken, beslissen, samenwerken, creativiteit, hard werken, tegenslagen overwinnen en successen vieren. De burgemeester, de shovelmachinist, de uitvoerder, de milieudeskundige, de tegenstanders, de koffiejuffrouw, de projectmanager en talloze anderen vertellen in dit boek hun belevenissen. U leest over taaie bestuurlijke processen en over de paniek als het water stijgt. Over waarom er geen tunnel is gegraven en over werken met het 'geïntegreerde contract'. Over het hoe en waarom van bakstenen en over een eerbetoon aan de 48 gesneuvelde militairen bij de oversteek van 1944. Over de spannende momenten bij het invaren van de brug en over archeologische vondsten bij de bouwwerkzaamheden. Over een bijzondere manier van projectmanagement en over geldkwesties. Alles wordt verteld door de betrokkenen zelf en rijkelijk voorzien van foto's. 'Meer dan een brug' laat u het werk- en denkproces van De Oversteek in al haar facetten meebeleven. Inhoudsopgave Woord vooraf Woord vooraf van de auteurs Waalbrug Waalcrossing Structuurplan stadscentrum Geen, een, twee, drie bruggen? Oorlogsmonument Historische lijn Geldkwesties Het formele besluit Vaagheid in de vraag Samenwerken met omwonenden tijdens de planfase Koers west Multatuli Waarom geen tunnel? Leren van de buren Wat kost een brug? Tweedehands brug... Leren moet, fouten maken mag Betrokken nijmegenaren Vereniging leefmilieu Ruimte voor de rivier Ontstaan van de naam Lerende organisatie Een geïntegreerd contract Keuze voor een geïntegreerd contract Verborgen gebreken en risico's Ambitiedocument beeldkwaliteit Ontwerpfasen Commissie beeldkwaliteit Fotografie Vijf rijstroken Bouwcombinatie stadsbrug nijmegen - bsn De visie van de architecten Staalprijzen Radarverstoring? Dialoogfase Van dialooggesprekken naar contract Onderhoudsinspanningen Straatnamen in de omgeving van de brug Calatrava 'a historical mistake' Kiezen uit vier maquettes Milieuzaken Luchtkwaliteit Geluidskwaliteit Verkeerspost op het water Compenseren van aangetaste natuur Trillende palingen Dingen van vroeger Raad van state Projectmedewerkers in het veld Samenwerking in een geïntegreerd contract Internationale samenwerking Verhalen uit het projectteam van de gemeente nijmegen Hoog water Mijlpalen in de bouw Omgevingsmanagement Communiceren met omwonenden tijdens de uitvoering Nog meer verhalen uit het projectteam Verhalen uit de keet Stalen hoofdoverspanning Staal transporteren en lassen Meer verhalen uit de keet Half miljoen bakstenen Samenwerking opdrachtgever - opdrachtnemer Een nieuw oorlogsmonument Een exploderende stoomketel"
€ 14,00
ISBN: 9789491894008
N° livre 59371
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Past into Print. The Publishing of History in Britain 1850-1950. — HOWSAM, Leslie

Past into Print. The Publishing of History in Britain 1850-1950.

HOWSAM, Leslie
BRITISH LIBRARY / University of Toronto Press
2009, 182pp. Illustrated. Cloth. With dustjacket. In very good condition.
Past into Print takes a fresh approach in looking at the creation of historical knowledge, exploring history books and periodicals as sites of conflict and compromise. Traditionally, scholars have been reluctant to acknowledge book-trade influences, either on the history they read and learn, or the histories they write and study. In this book the demands of commerce and of scholarship jostle with debates about patriotism and pedagogy. The human protagonists are historians and publishers, while the theoretical concerns lie with historiography and bibliography. Drawing on the lively correspondence found in publishers' archives, Leslie Howsam shows how mid-Victorian narrative certainties gave way to twentieth-century disciplinary anxieties.
€ 13,00
ISBN: 9780712350273
N° livre 59369
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Hoe formuleer ik het? Sneller lezen, sneller schrijven. — Braak, J. van den / Winterkamp, J.

Hoe formuleer ik het? Sneller lezen, sneller schrijven.

Braak, J. van den / Winterkamp, J.
Kluwer / TaalAnker. Cahierreeks voor taalgebruikers 67
2008, 108pp, Paperback. In zeer goede staat.
Het lezen van zakelijke teksten is een tijdverslindende taak. Waarschijnlijk lees je niet zo vlot en efficient als je zou willen. Welke leesgewoonten belemmeren jouw leestempo? Hoe worstel je die brieven en rapporten sneller door? Dit boek geeft antwoord op die vragen en presenteert technieken om zakelijke teksten in een hoger tempo te overzien. Je leert hoe je een leestaak effectiever kunt aanpakken om informatie beter te verwerken.
€ 9,00
ISBN: 9789013054279
N° livre 59368
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Printing in England in the Fifteenth Century. E. Gordon Duff's Bibliography with supplementary descriptions, chronologies and a census of copies by Lotte Hellinga — HELLINGA, Lotte / DUFF, E. Gordon

Printing in England in the Fifteenth Century. E. Gordon Duff's Bibliography with supplementary descriptions, chronologies and a census of copies by Lotte Hellinga

HELLINGA, Lotte / DUFF, E. Gordon
The Bibliographical Society / The British Library, London
2009, xvii,278pp. Cloth. No dustjacket as issued. 26 x 20 cm. In very good condition.
Since its publication in 1917, Duff's bibliography has been the standard reference for all printing in England and continental printing for the English market before 1501. Its 431 entries include accurate transcriptions, and 53 full-page plates illustrate all founts of type used in England and some of the continental founts. This edition revised by Lotte Hellinga, updates the work by adding 46 full descriptions of items that have come to light since 1917, a new and extensive census of copies, combined with a concordance to the main incunabula bibliographies and catalogues. A new chronological index, based on the results of recent research, replaces Duff's Typographical Index.
€ 29,00
N° livre 59366
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William Pickering Publisher. A Memoir and a Check-List of his Publications. — KEYNES, Geoffrey

William Pickering Publisher. A Memoir and a Check-List of his Publications.

KEYNES, Geoffrey
The Galahad Press
1969, Revised Edition, 125pp. Illustrated. Cloth. Dustjacket plasticized and browned (not by smoke, see picture). Else in good condition.
"Pickering [1796 - 1854] was a pioneer in publishing attractive though inexpensive books and in the use of cloth bindings in place of paper boards. Keynes first published his bibliography in 1924 when his publisher described it as follows ""'The fame of William Pickering (born 1796, died 1854) as a designer and producer of books has long been known to a large circle of collectors, but the extent of his influence on the history of the book trade in England has not been fully appreciated. A monograph by Mr. Geoffrey Keynes, F.R.C.S., now provides material for a fairer judgement. In an introductory essay the author traces the main events in Pickering's life, and gives a connected account of his activities as a publisher and bookseller. The essay is supplemented by a check-list describing Pickering's chief publications of literary and typographical interest."" In this revised edition Keynes adds a new preface, revises and extends the Memoir of William Pickering, and augments the listing of Pickering's publications."
€ 20,00
N° livre 59359
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Tekstvorm geregeld. — Genootschap Onze Taal

Tekstvorm geregeld.

Genootschap Onze Taal
Sdu Uitgevers / Genootschap Onze Taal, Taalwerkplaats
2010, 138pp, Paperback. In goede staat.
Over het schrijven van teksten zijn veel boeken verschenen, maar over puur de vorm veel minder. Dit gidsje concentreert zich op de vorm vanuit de gedachte dat een tekst die er verzorgd uitziet, eerder wordt gelezen. Behalve algemene aanwijzingen ook gerichte aanwijzingen voor tien specifieke tekstgenres, zoals e-mails, brieven, cv's, uitnodigingen, persberichten, wetenschappelijke artikelen en webteksten. De auteur verzorgt de Taaladviesdienst van het Genootschap Onze Taal. Een handzaam gidsje voor de schrijver die regelmatig diverse tekstgenres produceert en meer informatie wil over de vormgeving daarvan. De niet-professionele schrijver zal naast adviezen over de vorm toch ook inhoudelijke adviezen nodig hebben. Bevat een overzicht van de regels voor titulatuur.
€ 9,00
ISBN: 9789012581356
N° livre 59357
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Images of Change. An archaeology of England's contemporary landscape. — Penrose, Sefryn. With a foreword by Antony Gormley

Images of Change. An archaeology of England's contemporary landscape.

Penrose, Sefryn. With a foreword by Antony Gormley
English Heritage
2010, 200pp, Illustrated. Paperback. In very good condition.
"Motorways, airports, tower blocks, power stations, windfarms; TV and the internet, easy travel and shrinking distances; business parks, starter homes and vast shopping and leisure complexes. All of these helped define the later 20th-century world and their material remains remind us of the major changes brought about through innovation and rapidly developing technology. Illustrated with striking aerial and ground photographs of some stunning and sometimes surprising 20th-century landscapes, Images of Change highlights for perhaps the first time the impact the developments of the last century have had on the landscape and gives us a new angle on the industrial, military, domestic and agricultural influences at work around us. By turns dramatic, beautiful, perhaps even shocking, the images and accompanying text will convince that the later 20th century should not be seen as an age that has devalued or destroyed what went before. Understanding how the 20th-century landscape is perceived and how it connects to the past is part of what this book is about - helping us to understand that change and creation is as important in the landscape as preservation. We recognise and celebrate the process of landscape change for earlier periods - the 20th century should be no different."
€ 15,00
ISBN: 9781848020719
N° livre 59354
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Tibet Panorama. — Lemanczyk, Iris / Poncar, Jaroslav

Tibet Panorama.

Lemanczyk, Iris / Poncar, Jaroslav
Edition Panorama
2007, Unpaginated, Illustrated. Hardcover. Light signs of use, in good condition.
"Die Aufnahmen des Asienspezialisten Jaroslav Poncar von Tibet sind inzwischen zu Klassikern geworden. Nach den Bildbänden im XXL-Format und in der Bibliothek nun die einmaligen Panorama-Photographien vom Dach der Welt in dieser neuen Reihe. Poncar durchquerte hierfür auf mehreren Reisen den gesamten Himalajastaat und zeigt neben den einmaligen Landschaftsaufnahmen auch das Leben der Nomaden und der Bewohner in den Städten. In unserer neuen Reihe, die wir in diesem Jahr mit 20 Bänden starten, präsentieren wir die schönsten Länder, Städte und Regionen der Erde mit jeweils 50 doppelseitigen, farbigen Panorama-Photographien in einem halben Meter Breite. Unsere Autoren, alle ausgesprochene Landeskenner, haben für diese Bildbände oft viele Reisen auf sich genommen, um neben bekannten Sehenswürdigkeiten auch Motive abseits der klassischen Touristenpfade einzufangen. Alle Titel werden mit einer Übersichtskarte und einem literarischen Text in fünf Sprachen eingeführt, der Lust auf das Thema macht und über Land, Leute und Geschichte informiert. Selbstverständlich ist auch diese Reihe in der von uns gewohnten Qualität an Photographie, Gestaltung und Herstellung umgesetzt. So zeigt zum Beispiel die Blindprägung auf dem Titel oder der für jeden Band individuell gestaltete Vor- und Nachsatz, dass wir auch bei der Ausstattung keinerlei Kompromisse eingegangen sind."
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9783898233491
N° livre 59352
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Der Philo-Verlag 1919-1938. Abwehr und Selbstbehauptung. — Urban-Fahr, Susanne

Der Philo-Verlag 1919-1938. Abwehr und Selbstbehauptung.

Urban-Fahr, Susanne
Olms, Haskala, Band 21
2001, 293pp. Cloth with dustjacket. In good condition.
Die Geschichte des Philo-Verlages ist ein Spiegelbild deutsch-jüdischer Geschichte in der Weimarer Republik und in den ersten Jahren unter nationalsozialistischer Diktatur. Der Centralverein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens, gegründet 1893 als Abwehrverein gegen Antisemitismus, schuf sich mit dem Philo-Verlag ein publizistisches Instrument für seine Arbeit. Im Centralverein und im Philo-Verlag waren die akkulturierten deutschen Juden repräsentiert, die ihre Heimat gleichzeitig in Deutschland und in der jüdischen Kultur sahen. Nach der Machtübergabe an die NSDAP im Januar 1933 mußten Verlag und Centralverein ihre Strategie ändern. Der Philo-Verlag stellte mit seinen Veröffentlichungen den vor den Trümmern ihres bisherigen Lebens stehenden deutschen Juden praktische Ratgeber und geistige Orientierungshilfen, aber auch Bücher zur Unterhaltung zur Verfügung.
€ 15,00
ISBN: 9783487114132
N° livre 59350
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Sensitive history under negotiation. Pupil's historical imagination and attribution of significance while engaged in heritage projects. (proefschrift). — SAVENIJE, Geertje

Sensitive history under negotiation. Pupil's historical imagination and attribution of significance while engaged in heritage projects. (proefschrift).

SAVENIJE, Geertje
Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam
2014, xii,196pp. Illustrated. Paperback. In very good condition.
Although little is known about the ways in which pupils learn history during museum visits, people have many expectations of it. Museum visits would bring the past alive for pupils through the presentation of historical objects and audio- and video fragments and pupils? valuation of a particular heritage would increase. However, do such processes actually occur and in which ways do pupils? identities and backgrounds play a role in these processes? This mixed methods multiple case study examined the ways in which pupils imagine a particular history and attribute significance to this history while engaged in heritage projects including a museum visit. I conducted a case study regarding the history of slavery and a case study regarding the history of the Second World War. The data were collected using questionnaires, individual interviews and observations of pupil group work and museum educators. The study revealed that the heritage projects enriched the pupils? images of the past and made them more concrete. Also, many pupils were stimulated to empathise with the people from the past. However, they had little attention for the historical context of these people and they had difficulty to take other perspectives than their own present-day perspective. The heritage projects provided insight in the different ways in which significance is attributed to the past in current Dutch society. The projects enabled the pupils to explore their own ideas regarding significance and how these were related to their identity. However, the possibility to find the heritage unimportant remained undiscussed, although many pupils found this an interesting perspective and did not necessarily attached great importance to the preservation of the heritage. Heritage projects provide an ideal context for contributing to pupils? insight into the attribution of significance to the past by themselves and by others. This type of critical reflection ? why something is preserved and what this preservation reveals about our society ? would be a valuable contribution to the current school history curriculum. To accomplish that, however, it is indispensable that history teachers and museum educators are willing to question their own relation to a particular heritage as well.
€ 10,00
N° livre 59348
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De politiek achter het gebaar. Als het lichaam spreekt. — MEENEN, Jan van

De politiek achter het gebaar. Als het lichaam spreekt.

MEENEN, Jan van
Globe
2004, 164pp. Geïllustreerd. Paperback. In zeer goede staat.
Waarom raakt Karel de Gucht z'n das aan tijdens z'n toespraak? Wat betekent de geperste lippen van Jean-Luc Dehaene? Langs welke kant fotografeert men het beste Kathleen Van Brempt? Waarom zijn er zo weinig kale politici in de Wetstraat? Jan van Meenen trok drie maanden lang met een Amerikaanse antropoloog en fotograaf langs de Wetstraat op zoek naar het miljoenen jaar oude non-verbale gedrag van Vlaamse politici.
€ 7,00
ISBN: 9789054665762
N° livre 59347
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W.H. Auden — JOHNSON, Wendell Stacy

W.H. Auden

JOHNSON, Wendell Stacy
Continuum, New York / Literature and Life: British Writers
1990, 175pp. Hardcover with dustjacket. In good condition.
"A lost soul; a literary nomad; a voice filled with life, sensuality, and childlike wonder yet heavy with sorrow and the specter of death--this is the essence of W.H. Auden, the man and the poet. This biocritical survey portrays Auden's life through personal anecdote, friendship, and his published and unpublished works. Ranging from drama and political satire to operatic libretti and literary criticism, Auden's themes touch upon the nature of love, faith, healing, and death.""Earth, receive an honored guest,"" wrote Auden in his elegy to Yeats. One might also say Libraries, receive an elegiac complement to literary biography. For general and academic libraries. --Mikey Scott, Torrey Pines H.S., Del Mar, Cal."
€ 15,00
ISBN: 9780826404497
N° livre 59345
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29 variaties op een thema naar etsen met de droge naald van Ceseli Josephus Jitta. — JITTA, Ceseli Josephus

29 variaties op een thema naar etsen met de droge naald van Ceseli Josephus Jitta.

JITTA, Ceseli Josephus
In eigen beheer
1986, 19pp, 29 fotokopieën op ingres papier naar etsen van Jitta, Oplage 25 exemplaren. Softcover. Cover met lichte gebruikssporen, verder in goede staat.
In « 29 variaties op een thema » laat Ceseli Josephus Jitta in de Israel Galerie in Amsterdam een komisch-erotisch beeldverhaal zien van een forse vrouw, alleen gekleed in rode schoenen, een mannetje met bolhoed en bijpassende kledij en een hond. Eigenlijk laat zij die geschiedenis twee keer zien. eerst in drogenaald grafiek en daarna nog eens heel fraai in aquarel. Of het verhaal bij de feministes in goede aarde zal vallen, Is niet helemaal zeker, maar het eindigt er in ieder geval mee dat mannetje en hond uitgeput en uitgeblust door de stoere dame, met een forse schop op straat belanden. De grafiek in fotokopie ook samengebracht in een boekje heeft een duidelijk sterker erotische lading dan de aquarellen, waarschijnlijk omdat Ceseli Josephus Jitta haar beelden met enkele rake lijnen in de plaat kraste. De verdere uitwerking in de beeldschone aquarellen haalt het verrassende effect een beetje weg. De aquarellen kunnen dan ook beter buiten de reeks van 29 gewaardeerd worden dan de grafiek. In de aquarellen hebben de scherpe lijnen plaats gemaakt voor zachte kleurvlakken, die zeer beeldend zijn maar toch een beetje de scherpe kantjes van het verhaal halen.
€ 20,00
N° livre 59342
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The Cambridge University Press 1696-1712. 2 Volumes (=complete) — McKENZIE, D.F.

The Cambridge University Press 1696-1712. 2 Volumes (=complete)

McKENZIE, D.F.
Cambridge at the University Press
"1966, XV,432;IX,381pp. In 2 volumes. Cloth. 28 x 18,5 cm. Light signs of use. In good condition."
"As the first study in depth of a handpress printing house, it provides an essential basis for much bibliographical and textual work on early printed books. All books and other items printed by the press are listed in a detailed bibliography. Vol 1 Organization and policy of the Cambridge University Press. -Vol. 2 1st Minute book, accounts and vouchers. From the blurb ""Professor McKenzie's study of the Cambridge University Press in the time of Queen Anne gives a detailed picture of the Press in this period. As the first study in depth of a hand-press house, it provides an essential basis for much bibliographical and textual work in early printed books. The Press records on which the work is based form, in their detail and comprehensiveness, a unique collection of printing-house documentation. The entries in the Curator's Minute Book provide the fullest extant account of printing charges in these years; the Annual Press Accounts show clearly the kind of expenditure which a large printing-house incurred; and many of the Vouchers reveal the week-by-week operations of the Press in great detail. The testimony of all these documents to printing and book-trade practice is an important contribution to the meagre fund of primary evidence at present available on these subjects. They allow new insights into such topics as printing-house design, staff ratios and turnover, deployment of staff, the purchase of types and equipment, the maintenance of equipment, compositors'and pressmen's output, the wages they received, press-figures, shared work, book prices, edition sizes, and so on. All books and other items printed by the Press (and the period includes Bentley's ' Horace ' and the second edition of Newton's ' Principia ') are listed in a detailed bibliography, which gives precise information on each book's production, identifying sheet by sheet the compositors, correctors, and pressmen who worked on it. There is also an inventory of all the types used at the Press, with notes on their design, origin, cost and quantity. All the documents on which the narrative in the first volume is based are reproduced in the second volume""."
€ 35,00
N° livre 59340
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Hidden Treasures of England. A Guide to the Country's Best-Kept Secrets. — McNay, Michael

Hidden Treasures of England. A Guide to the Country's Best-Kept Secrets.

McNay, Michael
Random Housex
2009, xi,546pp, Illustrated. Hardcover. With dustjacket. 24 x 16 x 3,8 cm. In very good condition.
"Review Wonderful. If you love England, buy this book. Country Life Stonehenge, the Tower of London, York Minster, Longleat - all familiar, all among England's most visited places. But, what about the wonderful Roman villa at Lullingstone in Kent? Or Manchester Town Hall, with its stunning Victorian murals? Or the medieval sculpture at Lanercost Priory in Cumbria. All equally rewarding, all far too easily overlooked. In Hidden Treasures , Michael McNay pays tribute to England's less well-known gems, highlighting the astonishing masterpieces to be found scattered across the length and breadth of the country.In some cases it may be an entire building that draws his attention, but more often than not it is a particular object or highlight - a painting hidden away in a corner of a stately home, perhaps; magnificent stained glass in an otherwise unremarkable church; a seventeenth-century statue standing on a bleak urban roundabout; a medieval bridge everyone uses but no one stops to looks at. It may be the one thing worth seeing in a rather unpromising village. It may, just as easily, be jostling for attention among better-known tourist sites in the middle of a busy city. Whatever it is, each object or building is lovingly described, and its history given, along with a sense of how it fits in to the story of art and architecture in England.For those already familiar with particular places, Hidden Treasures offers an alternative itinerary. For those who dislike crowds, it shows how to leave the tourist trail well behind. And for those who want to stop and look rather than simply glance, it shows where and how to look."
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9781905211838
N° livre 59338
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Hebrew Manuscripts. The Power of Script and Image. — TAHAN, Ilana

Hebrew Manuscripts. The Power of Script and Image.

TAHAN, Ilana
BRITISH LIBRARY
2007, 160pp. Illustrated. Cloth with dustjacket. In very good condition
"The written word holds sacred value to Jewish people and this means that books have always played a central role in the development and transmission of their religion and culture. During the Middle Ages, the art of the book became the chief medium of artistic creativity for Jewish communities in Europe and the Near East. Today we have striking evidence of their belief in the power of the written word in the beautifully decorated Bibles, liturgies, and legal codes that have survived and been preserved by the British Library. In Hebrew Manuscripts, Ilana Tahan explores the fascinating milieu that Jewish scribes and artists worked in during the medieval period. With Judaism widely suppressed, these bookmakers were heavily influenced by the artistic trends of the majority cultures that surrounded them. This isolation from other Jewish communities led to two dominant traditions within Hebrew illumination styles those that drew from Islamic art for inspiration and those that exhibited an affinity with Christian methods. Nonetheless, the exquisitely crafted images reproduced here are a vivid testimony to a distinctly Jewish creativity and passion for books and an enthralling look into the world of Jewish rituals and customs. The manuscripts are presented in by subject Biblical Works, Liturgical Works-Prayer Books, Liturgical Works-Hagadot, Legal Codes, The French Miscellany, Philosophical Manuscripts, Micrography and Hebrew Illumanated Manuscripts (16th-19th Centuries)."
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9780712349215
N° livre 59336
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Een proeve van leven. Praten en beslissen over extreem te vroeg geboren kinderen. — VERMEULEN, (H.) Eric

Een proeve van leven. Praten en beslissen over extreem te vroeg geboren kinderen.

VERMEULEN, (H.) Eric
aksant
2001, 403pp. Paperback. Naam op voorste schutblad. Verder in goede staat.
Twee decennia geleden nog werden 28 weken zwangerschapsduur gezien als de ondergrens van de levensvatbaarheid ('leefbaarheid' in Nederlandstalig België). Daaronder werden kinderen niet geacht te kunnen overleven, ook niet met de dan beschikbare medische middelen en die zwangerschapsduur heeft voor velen nog steeds de betekenis van een ondergrens.
€ 7,00
ISBN: 9789052600208
N° livre 59335
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Landscape and Identity. Geographies of Nation and Class in England — DARBY, Wendy Joy

Landscape and Identity. Geographies of Nation and Class in England

DARBY, Wendy Joy
Berg - Oxford International Publishers, New York
2000, xx,330pp, Illustrated. Paperback. In very good condition.
In England, perhaps more than most places, people's engagement with the landscape is deeply felt and has often been expressed through artistic media. The popularity of walking and walking clubs perhaps provides the most compelling evidence of the important role landscape plays in people's lives. Not only is individual identity rooted in experiencing landscape, but under the multiple impacts of social fragmentation, global economic restructuring and European integration, membership in recreational walking groups helps recover a sense of community. Moving between the 1750s and the present, this transdisciplinary book explores the powerful role of landscape in the formation of historical class relations and national identity. The author's direct field experience of fell walking in the Lake District and with various locally based clubs includes investigation of the roles gender and race play. She shows how the politics of access to open spaces has implications beyond the immediate geographical areas considered and ultimately involves questions of citizenship.
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9781859734308
N° livre 59334
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In Search of Albion. From Cornwall to Cumbria. A Ride Through England's Hidden Soul. — IRWIN, Colin

In Search of Albion. From Cornwall to Cumbria. A Ride Through England's Hidden Soul.

IRWIN, Colin
André Deutsch
2005, 277pp. Illustrated. Cloth. With dustjacket. In very good condition.
Following Colin's hunt for the quintessential Irish 'craic' as documented in the bestselling In Search of the Craic, Colin Irwin's next trip is through England...Offering a warm, amusing and largely anecdotal commentary on modern England, Colin Irwin seeks out the traditional events, festivals and gigs that are becoming increasingly sidelined in our rapidly changing era of instant communication, multi-culturalism and Pop Idol. During his travels, Irwin drinks with eccentrics, sings with strangers and visits a succession of seriously bizarre events and rituals, such as a concert in Dartmoor Prison, sedan-chair racing in Lancaster, people flying in Bognor and swimming in the Serpentine on Christmas Day. He discovers that while the world shrinks, there's an increasing tendency for communities to look inwardly at their own heritage. He finds that while the old ways may be in hiding they still thrive and - chatting along the way to iconic characters - that even English folk music is enjoying a resurgence.
€ 10,00
N° livre 59333
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Beyond the Gray Flannel Suit. Books from the 1950s that Made American Culture. — Castronovo, David

Beyond the Gray Flannel Suit. Books from the 1950s that Made American Culture.

Castronovo, David
Continuum
2004, 207pp, Hardcover. With dustjacket. In very good condition.
American writers of the 1920s, such as Hemingway and Fitzgerald, have been heralded as The Lost Generation, while an earlier generation formed The American Renaissance. Far less critical attention has been paid to mid-twentieth-century literature and how a super-charged body of writing changed our perceptions of the world. Beyond the Gray Flannel Suit considers the books of our lives, which shaped our times, whether we realize it or not. Where did youth culture come from? Why do people argue over pop and high culture? What part do race and ethnicity play in an author's work? By examining a carefully selected range of books and authors, Castronovo shows the true significance of the remarkable literary explosion that took place between the late 1940s and the JFK years.
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9780826416261
N° livre 59332
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Northern Landscapes. Representations and Realities of North-East England. — Faulkner, Thomas / Berry, Helen / Gregory, Jeremy (edited by)

Northern Landscapes. Representations and Realities of North-East England.

Faulkner, Thomas / Berry, Helen / Gregory, Jeremy (edited by)
The Boydell Press / Boydell & Brewer Ltd
2010, xix,324pp, Illustrated. Cloth. With dustjacket. In very good condition. Pakketzending.
How distinctive is the landscape of the North East of England How far does its distinctive nature contribute to the regions regional identity These are key questions addressed by this book. Covering a wide range of subjects including country house landscapes, village landscapes and townscapes, including coverage of how the regions landscape has been perceived and represented in literature and art, and approaching the subject from a wide range of perspectives including historical, literary, archaeological, art-historical and geographical, the book provides a rich, detailed and well-illustrated overview of the landscape of the North East of England. It demonstrates that this landscape is more subtle, layered and varied than is often supposed, and that stereotypes that the region is grimly industrial and dominated by coal-mining are wrong. Overall, besides much interesting detail and many new research findings, the book vividly evokes the landscapes and the spirit of place of the North East.
€ 45,00
ISBN: 9781843835417
N° livre 59329
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Print Culture and Intellectual Life in Ireland, 1660-1941. — FANNING, Martin / GILLESPIE, Raymond

Print Culture and Intellectual Life in Ireland, 1660-1941.

FANNING, Martin / GILLESPIE, Raymond
The Woodfield Press
2006, xx,267pp. Illustrated. Hardcover with dustjacket. In very good condition
In this innovative volume, ten leading scholars from a variety of backgrounds examine how the production, circulation, and reception of books reflected Irish intellectual life. Through rigorous encounters with seminal works in their own particular fields-law, music, archaeology, Celtic studies, history, literary criticism, and art-the contributors explore how print and publishing impacted on the way ideas were shaped and spread in modern Ireland. These studies take the reader from the early modern elite literary coteries, and the restricted world of the hand press, to the commercial mass markets of 19th and 20th century Ireland. As a result of these changes, a social and intellectual world-at once international, and yet specifically Irish-emerges in which ideas were shaped by print, and in turn, shaped the role of the book in modern Ireland.
€ 20,00
ISBN: 9781905094004
N° livre 59327
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Faulks on Fiction. Great British Characters and the Secret Life of the Novel. — FAULKS, Sebastian

Faulks on Fiction. Great British Characters and the Secret Life of the Novel.

FAULKS, Sebastian
Central Book House / BBC Books
2011, 376pp, Illustrated. Paperback. In very good condition.
The British invented the novel, with the publication of Robinson Crusoe in 1719 marking the arrival of a revolutionary and distinctly modern form of art. But it's also true, as Sebastian Faulks argues in this remarkable book, that the novel helped invent the British for the first time we had stories that reflected the experiences of ordinary people, with characters in which we could find our reality, our understanding and our escape.
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9781849900027
N° livre 59326
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City Secrets London. — KAHN, Bob

City Secrets London.

KAHN, Bob
The Little Bookroom, New York
2001, 271pp, Illustrated. Cloth. In very good condition.
The travel advice in City Secrets London comes directly from the personal recommendations of those who know the city most intimately writers, critics, artists, and producers. By following these in-the-know recommendations, any traveler will extend well beyond the normal tourist experience to discover a private city rich in personal history. The secret energy of London is discovered not only through details on new, hip locations, but also by exploring the favorite hidden hangouts of historical personalities. Read this book and take an unsuspecting friend along for the trip, they'll be impressed by your cool and by your insider knowledge.
€ 9,00
ISBN: 9781892145079
N° livre 59325
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Sydney's Phantom Book Shops. — BRODSKY, Isadore

Sydney's Phantom Book Shops.

BRODSKY, Isadore
University Co-Operative Bookshop Limited, Broadway / Sydney
1973, 144pp. Illustrated. Cloth with dustjacket. In good condition.
Sydney's Phantom Book Shops sets out on an ambitious journey to traverse the streets of Sydney and to draw together the threads of romance, of booksellers and bookshops. In the early days, London's Paternoster Row found its Sydney counterpart in Sergeant Major's Row which became George Street in 1810. Pitt Street was to follow George Street's example but it was Castlereagh Street that the poetic acclaimed as Booksellers Row. The rise and fall of Castlereagh Street, its moments of triumph, its darkened days of defeat, invite comparisons and make us wonder at the almost overnight displacement of the halcyon days of leisurely browsing and selecting to the abrupt change and pace of a metropolis.
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9780959903904
N° livre 59323
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Nee. — MEEUSE, Piet (redactie)

Nee.

MEEUSE, Piet (redactie)
De Bezige Bij / Raster nr. 108, tijdschrift in boekvorm.
192pp. Paperback. In zeer goede staat.
"Dit nummer van dit literaire 'tijdschrift in boekvorm' is gewijd aan 'de moeilijkheid van het nee-zeggen'. 'Nee-zeggen' is ruim opgevat als ontkennen, weigeren, protesteren, afwijzen, omzeilen, treuzelen en uitstellen. De bijdragen bestaan uit verhalen, gedichten en beschouwingen van veelal gerenommeerde auteurs als Toon Tellegen, Charlotte Mutsaers, Dirk van Weelden, Esther Gerritsen, Hugo Brandt Corstius, Bei Dao, Miroslav Krleza, Albert Camus e.a., en filosofen als Gilles Deleuze, Gunther Anders, Klaus Heinrich. Het boek geeft vele ingangen op het thema, verdeeld over 3 afdelingen een aantal teksten rond Bartleby, een personage in het gelijknamige verhaal van Herman Melville, een aantal teksten rond de filosoof en 'meester van het tegenspreken' Gunther Anders, en verder losse, ongeordende verhalen, gedichten en beschouwingen. De moeilijker teksten worden ingeleid in een kleiner lettertype. Verder is in dit boektijdschrift de derde aflevering opgenomen van Bernlefs inspirerende 'Tegen het vergeten; kroniek over vertaalde poezie'. Bevat korte biografietjes van de auteurs."
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9789023416722
N° livre 59321
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A History of the Oxford University Press, Volume 1. To the Year 1790. — CARTER, Harry

A History of the Oxford University Press, Volume 1. To the Year 1790.

CARTER, Harry
At the Clarendon Press, Oxford 1975.
1975, XXXI, 640pp. Cloth. Dustjacket with damage. Book in good condition.
"With an Appendix Listing the Titles of Books Printed There 1690-1780. Contains a brief history of publishing at Oxford before the University's Delegates took charge of the printing office in 1690, before narrating in considerable detail the development and productions of a learned press. The second (and even possibly, third) volume(s) have, as yet, not materialized. This volume is the first of two (or possibly three) which will deal for the first time comprehensively and in detail with the history of the Oxford University Press. It begins with a brief account of publishing at Oxford before 1690, when the University's Delegates of the Press took charge of a printing-office previously conducted and equipped by John Fell and three partners. It narrates in more detail the development and production of a learned press managed by the Delegates until 1780, when the decision was taken to depute to businessmen the management of a separate Bible Press under University control. An appendix gives the titles of all the books printed at the University Press in the years 1690-1780. The Press has older records than any other in England and they reveal a good deal of interest about the history of the book trade and of learned editing. The author was given unlimited access to the archives by the Delegates, and this has enabled him to add substantially to the information hitherto printed."""
€ 25,00
N° livre 59318
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Oscar Wilde's Profession. Writing and the Culture Industry in the Late Nineteenth Century — GUY, Josephine M. / SMALL, Ian

Oscar Wilde's Profession. Writing and the Culture Industry in the Late Nineteenth Century

GUY, Josephine M. / SMALL, Ian
Oxford University Press
2000, x,314pp, Cloth. With dustjacket. In very good condition.
A materialist account of Wildes writing career, based on publishing contracts and other documentation as well as detailed evidence of how he composed, this book argues that Wilde was not driven by an oppositional politics, nor was he an aesthetic purist. Rather, he was thoroughly immersed in the contemporary commodification of culture in which books became product. This study surveys his writing practices across the whole of the oeuvre, and radically reinterprets the significance of his revision and plagiarism.
€ 89,00
ISBN: 9780198187288
N° livre 59316
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Rivers And The British Landscape. — OWEN / POOLY / FOLKARD

Rivers And The British Landscape.

OWEN / POOLY / FOLKARD
Carnegie Publishing
2005, 243pp, Illustrated. Cloth. With dustjacket. In very good condition.
"Rivers and streams occupy a fundamental place within the British landscape. They are central and focal features of the natural landscape, helping to shape the very landforms of the country, as well as providing a range of habitats for flora and fauna. Few places in Britain are far from running water, and human society interacts with rivers in a wide range of ways. Most towns and cities grew up on riverbanks, and rivers play a vital role in economic, social and cultural life. They have provided power for industry; water for industrial use and human consumption; rivers have often been used for communication and the transport of goods; and they are sites of leisure and recreation. Most people are attracted to water; and rivers have featured prominently in literature and art over the centuries. Rivers can also pose threats, from flooding or pollution, and therefore have to be managed and regulated. Whereas there are many books which deal with specific aspects of rivers, Rivers and the British Landscape provides the first fully integrated analysis of British rivers exploring the physical formation of rivers; the characteristics of environments; analysis of the social, economic and cultural uses and associations of rivers; and examination of the problems of river management. These themes are explored through historical and contemporary examples, with case studies drawn from all parts of Britain. The book is lavishly illustrated and includes an appendix of key facts about British rivers. Written by experts on each aspect of British rivers, Rivers and the British Landscape is aimed at anyone with a general interest in rivers and the British landscape. The authors aim to highlight the holistic nature of river environments, and to explore the ways in which physical, economic, cultural and management characteristics interact to create the distinctive personalities of British rivers. It is hoped that material in this volume may help you to view your local river in a new light. Provides an analysis of British rivers, exploring the physical formation of rivers; the characteristics of environments; analysis of the social, economic, and cultural uses and associations of rivers; and examination of the problems of river management. This book is illustrated, and includes an appendix of key facts about British rivers. Chapters include Introduction to British rivers Why do we have rivers in Britain?; What rivers do - flow and forms; Rivers and their environment; Rivers as an economic resource; Rivers as a cultural resource; The management of British rivers; A journey down the River Severn. Appendices include Facts and figures for primary rivers; Longest rivers in Britain; The top ten largest catchments; The top ten highest mean flows; Major freshwater lochs and lakes; Major reservoirs; Highest British waterfalls; The busiest rivers and inland waterways in the UK; Freight moved by mode of transport, 1990 and 2000; General Quality Assessment for rivers in England and Wales."
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9781859361207
N° livre 59314
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The Book That Changed My Life. 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them. — Coady, Roxanne J.

The Book That Changed My Life. 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them.

Coady, Roxanne J.
Gotham Books
2006, xvii,197pp. Hardcover. With dustjacket. In good condition.
Seventy-one concise and lively essays by some of today's most successful writers identify the books that proved pivotal to the shaping of their careers, in a volume that includes Harold Bloom on Little, Big, Nelson DeMille on Atlas Shrugged, and Sebastian Junger on Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.
€ 9,00
ISBN: 9781592402106
N° livre 59312
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Reading Writers Reading. Canadian Authors' Reflections — SCHAUB, Danielle

Reading Writers Reading. Canadian Authors' Reflections

SCHAUB, Danielle
University of Alberta Press / The Hebrew University Magnes Press
2006, XXI,345pp. Illustrated. Cloth with dustjacket. 26 x 28,5 cm. 2,4kg. In good condition.
"Canadian authors such as Aritha van Herk, Margaret Atwood, Don Coles, and Michael Crummey share their personal reflections on the transformative experience of reading. Each of the 164 contributions is presented on a single page, with a small b&w candid portrait of the author on the facing page. Photographer and critic Schaub describes her shooting technique and artistic vision in the introduction. ""I am a writer because I was a reader first."" Alison Gordon. ""Nobody has ever written who never read."" Mavis Gallant. "".reading is a connection, at once a way and a goal, a liberating destiny."" Robert Kroetsch. Over 160 Canadian writers, in English and French, write about their experiences of reading. With striking photographs of each writer, Reading Writers Reading offers a sublime voyage into the heart of literary creation."
€ 15,00
ISBN: 9780888644596
N° livre 59307
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Het cahier Lord George Gordon Byron. — BYRON, G.G.

Het cahier Lord George Gordon Byron.

BYRON, G.G.
Amsterdam, Uitgeverij Candide / Bipolare Cahiers deel 1
2004, 125pp, Geïllustreerd. Linnen. Met stofomslag. In goede staat.
Psychiatrische diagnostiek bij kunstenaars is een delicate kwestie. Sommige kunstenaars worden getroffen door uitzinnig geluk, anderen balanceren op de rand van zelfmoord vanwege depressies, maar gestoord zijn ze allemaal. Aldus George Gordon, beter bekend als de dichter Lord Byron. In Touched with fire (1993) bestempelt Kay Redfield Jamison zowel Byron als Virginia Woolf als manisch- depressieve patiënt. Dat Byron (1788-1824) een vreemde vogel was staat buiten kijf. In Cambridge weten ze nog altijd te vertellen dat Byron tijdens zijn drie jaar op Trinity College naakt over de court rondrende, maar ook dat hij incest pleegde met zijn halfzuster Augusta. Dat laatste was inderdaad het geval, aldus deel I van deze serie over schrijvers en dichters met een bipolaire stoornis. Byron kende een onstuimig liefdesleven. Zijn bestaan was zelden rustig. Zijn politieke ideaal om een vrij Griekenland te stichten voerde hem naar gevaarlijke oorden. In 1823 gaf hij gehoor aan het verzoek van het Filhelleense Comité in Londen om dat te vertegenwoordigen in Griekenland, dat tegen de Turken in opstand was gekomen. Op 4 augustus 1823 arriveerde hij in Kefallonia, een van de Ionische eilanden onder Brits protectoraat. Uiteindelijk ging hij scheep naar Missolonghi in de Golf van Lepanto, waar hij begin 1824 arriveerde. De eerste problemen had Byron nog maar net overwonnen toen hij door koorts werd getroffen en het leven liet, totaal uitgeput. Bij Byron denken sommigen aan de diagnose pychopathie, de borderline persoonlijkheidsstoornis en de aandachtstekortstoornis met hyperactiviteit. In Het cahier Lord George Gordon Byron wordt geopperd dat het mogelijk Byrons keuze was om zo'n bijzonder stormachtig bestaan te leiden. De gerapporteerde stemmingswisselingen zijn veeleer suggestief voor een bipolaire stoornis. (winkelprijs 15,00)
€ 7,00
ISBN: 9789075483369
N° livre 59305
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Poisoned Pens. Literary Invective from Amis to Zola. — DEXTER, Gary

Poisoned Pens. Literary Invective from Amis to Zola.

DEXTER, Gary
FRANCES LINCOLN
2009, 240pp, Cloth. With dustjacket. In very good condition.
'With the single exception of Homer, there is no eminent writer, not even Sir Walter Scott, whom I can despise so entirely as I despise Shakespeare.' George Bernard Shaw From what Byron really thought of Keats to Salman Rushdie's savage put-down of John Le Carre, from Cocteau's damning view of Victor Hugo to Edith Sitwell's derogatory description of D.H. Lawrence, here, complied by the author of Why Not Catch 21? is an anthology of writers on writers, eloquently giving vent to their least charitable feelings in outbursts of petulance, denunciations, abuse, mockery, and more. What the reviewers said about Why Not Catch 21?. 'A deliciously witty and erudite collection which, as with a box of chocolate liqueurs, I had to discipline myself not to consume too quickly. Few writers have ever worn their learning as lightly as Gary Dexter.' Gilbert Adair 'Fifty delicious little essays about, in some cases, very familiar books, which tell you things you didn't know before and occasionally draw odd and unexpected conclusions. If no one buys this delightful book for you, buy it for yourself. No literary lavatory will be complete without a copy.' Spectator
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9780711229297
N° livre 59303
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A Good Year for Blossom. Women Writers of The Guardian Country Diary. — Wainwright, Martin

A Good Year for Blossom. Women Writers of The Guardian Country Diary.

Wainwright, Martin
Guardianbooks
2008, 315pp. Illustrated. Hardcover with dustjacket. In very good condition
Country gentlemen, bird-watching vicars and farmers have traditionally been the chroniclers of the British countryside. This book introduces a very different point of view. We see the changing seasons - and the 20th century revolution in the long-settled ways of rural life - through the sharp eyes of ten exceptional women including a leading suffragette, a classical scholar, an artist with her own large farm and a climber's daughter who turned to writing when her children grew up and left home.
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9780852651018
N° livre 59300
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Whatever it is, I Don't Like it. — JACOBSON, Howard

Whatever it is, I Don't Like it.

JACOBSON, Howard
Bloomsbury
2011, 343pp, Hardcover. With dustjacket. In good condition. First edition. Pakketzending.
It takes a particular kind of man to want an embroidered polo player astride his left nipple. Occasionally, when I am tired and emotional, or consumed with self-dislike, I try to imagine myself as someone else, a wearer of Yarmouth shirts and fleecy sweats, of windbreakers and rugged Tyler shorts, of baseball caps with polo players where the section of the brain that concerns itself with aesthetics is supposed to be. But the hour passes. Good men return from fighting Satan in the wilderness the stronger for their struggle, and so do I. The winner of the 2010 Man Booker Prize, Howard Jacobson, brims with life in this collection of his most acclaimed journalism. From the unusual disposal of his father-in-law's ashes and the cultural wasteland of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to the melancholy sensuality of Leonard Cohen and desolation of Wagner's tragedies, Jacobson writes with all the thunder and joy of a man possessed. Absurdity piles upon absurdity, and glorious sentences weave together to create a hilarious, heartbreaking and uniquely human collection. This book is not just a series of parts, but an irresistible, unputdownable sum which triumphantly out-Thurbers Thurber.
€ 15,00
ISBN: 9781408810309
N° livre 59296
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Bibliographia, Lectures 1975-1988 by recipients of The Marc Fitch Prize for Bibliography. — HORDEN, John (edited by)

Bibliographia, Lectures 1975-1988 by recipients of The Marc Fitch Prize for Bibliography.

HORDEN, John (edited by)
Leopard's Head Press
1992, xiii,160pp, Illustrated. Cloth. In very good condition.
"This volume contains the lectures given by the recipients of the annual Marc Fitch Prize for Bibliography between 1975 and 1988. Lectures on ""The Literature of English Bookbinding""; ""A Dictionary of Scottish Biography""; ""Pepys and his Editors"" etc."
€ 20,00
ISBN: 9780904920215
N° livre 59294
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Brewer's anthology of England and the English. — MILSTED, David

Brewer's anthology of England and the English.

MILSTED, David
Cassell
2001, 531pp, Cloth. With dustjacket. In very good condition. Pakketzending.
"Rule Britannia! Here is England's very essence, captured in an anthology of over 1,500 quotes. Eccentricity, snobbery, war, and relationships with the rest of Europe all resound in a ""parliament of voices"" that ranges from Bede to Larkin, and includes traditional and Asian English. Arranged thematically (questions of identity, a touch of class), the words come from some of England's finest writers. From the patriotic and laudatory to the dissident and choleric, it's richly entertaining."
€ 9,00
ISBN: 9780304355273
N° livre 59292
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Mostly Women. A Photographer's Life. — WARD, Michael

Mostly Women. A Photographer's Life.

WARD, Michael
Granta Books, London
2006, xi,356pp, Illustrated. Cloth. With dustjacket. In very good condition.
"Michael Ward worked as a press photographer on the Sunday Times for more than thirty years, specialising in pictures of actors, writers, painters and politicians. This remarkable anthology of his work catches the various moods of Britain and its stars from the 1950s to the 1980s - Diana Dors, Julie Christie, the Beatles, Alec Guinness, Barbara Windsor, and David Hockney. But, it is more than a book of photography. Mostly Women tells Ward's own strange story of a boy born to theatrical and quite spectacularly careless parents who sent him to boarding school at the age of three; of his beautiful mother, who fell in love with him; of a failed career as an actor; of his working life on a great newspaper; and of his five marriages and the women in between."
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9781862078499
N° livre 59291
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Towards Today's Book. Progress in 19th century Britain. — CHICK, Arthur

Towards Today's Book. Progress in 19th century Britain.

CHICK, Arthur
Farrand Press, London
1997, xiv,233pp, Illustrated. Cloth. With dustjacket. 25,5 x 20,5 cm. In very good condition.
A study which details in chronological order the major developments which affected British book production during the 19th-Century and the people who pioneered them. Many techniques, from paper making to print and bindery machinery underwent considerable change, making books more accessible to all.
€ 18,00
ISBN: 9781850830429
N° livre 59290
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English Landscape in the Twentieth Century. — ROWLEY, Trevor

English Landscape in the Twentieth Century.

ROWLEY, Trevor
Hambledon Continuum
2006, xv,472pp, Illustrated. Cloth. With dustjacket. In very good condition.
The English landscape changed more radically in the twentieth century than it had over the previous thousand years. This can be seen everywhere, nowhere in England being untouched by human influence. In this eye-opening book, Trevor Rowley shows vividly what changed and why. By the millenium, the countryside had become a dormitory or holiday destination, and agriculture employed less than one per cent of the population by 2000. In contrast, cities and towns, dominated by the megalopolis of London, expanded massively. Life, and the landscape, became ruled by the car. Regional identities disappeared as national chains and uniform building styles began to be found from Penzance to Carlisle. Uplands and county houses became theme parks often overrun by visitors. Two world wars and changing patterns of work and leisure also left their imprint. The English Landscape in the Twentierth Century is a striking and readable survey of a subject that matters to everyone.
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9781852853884
N° livre 59288
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Picador Book of Funeral Poems. — Paterson, Don

Picador Book of Funeral Poems.

Paterson, Don
PICADOR
2012, 139pp, Paperback. In very good condition.
"In our deepest grief we still turn instinctively to poetry for solace. These poems, drawn from many different ages and cultures, remind us that the experience of parting is a timelessly human one however alone the loss of a loved one leaves us, our mourning is also something that deeply unites us; these poems of parting and passing, of sorrow and healing, will find a deep echo within those who find themselves dealing with grief or bereavement. Whatever our loss, it is assuaged in finding a voice ? and whether that voice is one of private remembrance or public memorial, The Picador Book of Funeral Poems will help you towards it."
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9780330000000
N° livre 59286
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Heritage of Lakeland. A Centenary Collection. — Griffin, Harry

Heritage of Lakeland. A Centenary Collection.

Griffin, Harry
FRANCES LINCOLN
2011, 253pp, Illustrated. Cloth. Dustjacket with light signs of use. Book in good condition.
In a distinguished writing career lasting more than seventy years Harry Griffin reflected on and documented the landscape, history and people of his beloved Lake District. To mark his centenary year in 2011 this is a new selection of his previously uncollected writings on the mountains, on climbing and on the social history of the Lakes. It also includes passages from Music and Mountains, his unfinished and final manuscript which records both his experience as music critic of the Daily Mail in Manchester before and after the war where he met and heard many celebrated musicians and, more personally, recounts the importance of his own daily struggles with performance. It includes notes from his personal diaries of some of his fellwalking routes in Cumbria.
€ 10,00
ISBN: 9780711231795
N° livre 59285
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Celtic Music. Great Musicians, Influential Groups. — Mathieson, Kenny

Celtic Music. Great Musicians, Influential Groups.

Mathieson, Kenny
Backbeat Books / Third Ear
2001, 192pp, Illustrated. Paperback. 23,5 x 19 cm. In very good condition.
This comprehensive guidebook covers all that is Celtic in music today, through essays exploring solo artists, bands, singers, and players of specialized instruments, such as harps, pipes, fiddles, drums, squeezeboxes, whistles, mandolins and more. Performers profiled range from the rock-influenced group Clannad, to Welsh band Ar Log, Brittany group Gwerz, singer Christie Moore, harpist/piper/singer Alan Stivell, and many more! Reviews guide readers to the essential recordings, as well as unexpected, genre-expanding discoveries for any new or established Celtic collection.
€ 9,00
ISBN: 9780879306236
N° livre 59283
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The Appearance of Print in Eighteenth-Century Fiction. — FLINT, Christopher

The Appearance of Print in Eighteenth-Century Fiction.

FLINT, Christopher
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
2011, 296pp, Hardcover, with dustjacket. In very good condition.
Eighteenth-century fiction holds an unusual place in the history of modern print culture. The novel gained prominence largely because of advances in publishing, but, as a popular genre, it also helped shape those very developments. Authors in the period manipulated the appearance of the page and print technology more deliberately than has been supposed, prompting new forms of reception among readers. Christopher Flint's book explores works by both obscure 'scribblers' and canonical figures, such as Swift, Haywood, Defoe, Richardson, Sterne and Austen, that interrogated the complex interactions between the book's material aspects and its producers and consumers. Flint links historical shifts in how authors addressed their profession to how books were manufactured and how readers consumed texts. He argues that writers exploited typographic media to augment other crucial developments in prose fiction, from formal realism and free indirect discourse to accounts of how 'the novel' defined itself as a genre.
€ 29,00
ISBN: 9781107008397
N° livre 59282
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Moeder-Brevier, wenken en raadgevingen bij de opvoeding van jonge kinderen. Vrij naar het fransch van mevrouw Fertiault. — AGRICOLA

Moeder-Brevier, wenken en raadgevingen bij de opvoeding van jonge kinderen. Vrij naar het fransch van mevrouw Fertiault.

AGRICOLA
J. Rinkes Jr. / Arnhem
Zonder jaar, 372pp. Gebonden in gedecoreerd linnen. 17 x 13 cm. Boekblok opnieuw goed in de band gezet. Rug iets gebruind (niet door rook) Bovenzijde van de rug met lichte slijtage (zie foto). Verder in goede staat.
"""Gelijk de titel reeds aanduidt, heeft Moeder-brevier (eene wèlgeslaagde bewerking van Mad. Fertiault's Science de la jeune mère) juist niet de school, maar de opvoeding in huis op het oog. Hier is de practijk, de toepassing hoofdzaak en, al zal de aandachtige lezeres spoedig opmerken, dat het boekje niettemin op juiste paedagogische grondslagen berust, de meer oppervlakkige zal er te gemakkelijker haar nut mede doen, omdat geen omhaal van geleerdheid haar afschrikt, noch afgetrokken beschouwingen haar vermoeien. De wensch is niet overdreven, dat dit werkje, dat de pers van den heer Rinkes eer aandoet, aan alle beschaafde moeders in handen moge komen."""
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N° livre 59281
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