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The Kaiser and English Relations
by Benson, E.F
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Webster, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1926. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. First edition. Jacket edges rubbed chips, tears and creases.Hauntingly pro-German gift note, bookplate on front free endpaper, gilt band on spine rubbed. 1926 Hard Cover. ix, 304 pp. Published three years before the outbreak of World War II. MR. BENSON has the English gift of telling a familiar story in an acceptable way. His experienced hand allows him to lead his narrative almost effortlessly through the tangle of Court and diplomatic history stretching from 1855 to beyond 1918; and his unerring taste avoids the garish and theatrical effects which Emil Ludwig chose as the main accents of his work on the same theme. Like Ludwig, Mr. Benson has composed a biographical portrait from a series of anecdotes and episodes drawn from a very scattered field — ranging from intimate letters and memoirs to out-and-out diplomatic history. The diplomatic episodes at times make a very confused pattern, as the author very properly has avoided sketching in the diplomatic background of these many years. In the end, also, he has hardly offered us any clear impression of the Kaiser’s actual influence in this field. We are kept moving rapidly over a very agitated surface of things, but only rarely are we given a look beneath the surface. - Atlantic
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- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Muse Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2332002
- Title
- The Kaiser and English Relations
- Author
- Benson, E.F
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Weight
- 1.56 lbs
- Keywords
- HISTORY EUROPE EUROPEAN POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICS BIOGRAPHY KAISER ENGLAND BRITISH HISTORY GERMANY GERMAN
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About Yesterday's Muse Books
Yesterday's Muse Inc. is an independent used & rare bookseller that has been in operation for over 15 years. We opened our first 'brick and mortar' storefront in December of 2008 in our hometown of Webster, NY.Owner Jonathan Smalter is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), former vice president of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), both of which are trade organizations created to promote ethical online selling practices, and to encourage continuing education among fellow booksellers. He is also a 2011 graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS). He has nearly 20 years of experience in the book trade, during which time he has become adept at evaluating used and collectible books.
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