Search Results: Titles starting with N from Eastleach Books

OneWorld Books, 2013. 1st edition.. Paperback. Paperback, F. xiv+274pp, a fine copy. A series of eight essays on the Conservative - Liberal Democrat assult on the NHS which took the form of the coalition government's Health & Social Care Act which was brought to the Commons by Andrew Lansley.

Birkhäuser, Basel, 2003. revised reprint.. Paperback. Large format paperback, F. 232pp, colour illustrations throughout, index, DVD in pocket at the rear, a fine copy. Parallel German English text. A study of post war modernist architecture in Switzerland - a school of architecture defined by the use of modules, prefabrication & the assembly building system. Eight essays are included, as well as studies of 14 buildings.

Hutchinson, 1987. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, VG/VG. [x]+303pp, 3 b/w maps, index, dustjacket spine slightly faded, edges a little bumped, ownership inscription on the endpaper, otherwise a fine copy. A partly autobiographical account of the history of the Scottish coastal town of Nairn.

A Gadsby, George Yard, Bouverie St, 1867. reprint.. Hardback. Cloth, VG. 120pp+6pp publishers adverts, b.w frontis, cloth a little marked, cheap paper tanned, but overall a nice copy. Pocket edition of three of Huntington's sermons. William Huntington [ 1745 - 1813 ] English preacher and strict Calvinist who believed some were predestined to be saved and some were not. His unusual, polemical style of preaching and writing made him popular but brought conflicts with other preachers throughout his life.

Cassell, 1954. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, F/VG+. 282pp, attractive copy in a slightly creased dustjacket. Fiction set in the Lakeland Fells around Pavey Ark.

Bloomsbury, 2005. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, F/VG+. 472pp, 158 colour & b/w plates, index, a fine copy in a slightly spine faded but otherwise fine dustjacket. A history of the struggle to name the Worlds plants scientifically, a struggle which to be overcome meant the unravelling of the seemingly chaotic nature of plants, their similarities & related species. It was a struggle which occupied the mind of man for centuries, begining in Ancient Greece. Well illustrated with plates and images from early books & manuscripts on plants and botany.

Bantam Press, 1991. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, F/F. xxiv+532pp, 32pp b/w plates, a nice fine copy. In depth & exhaustive biography of Ronald's better half, and we don't mean Bonzo..

Aquamarine - Anness Publishing, 2001. 1st edition.. Hardback. Laminated pictorial boards, dj, F/VG. 144pp, colour illustrations throughout, index, a fine copy in a very slightly rubbed & bumped dustjacket. Comprehensive guide to adding elegance to a table setting display with the creative use of napkins & serviettes. The book includes many ways of folding napkins with clear instructions.

Robinson, 2003. 1st edition.. Paperback. Paperback, F. xiv+306pp, b/w map, index, a fine copy. A revised & edited edition of General De Ségur's sensational 1824 account of Napoleon's diasterous expedition to Russia, which saw a million men dead. De Ségur's frank account resulted in him fighting a duel.

J B Lippincott & Co, Philadelphia, 1927. 1st US edition.. Hardback. Cloth, VG. 375pp, b/w frontis, 15 b/w plates, paper a little yellowed at the margins, spine a little sunned & cloth lightly marked, corners rubbed, a nice copy. Biographical account of the many women who played a role in the life of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, amorous and otherwise.

Osprey Publishing, Oxford, 2004. 1st edition.. Paperback. Large format paperback, VG+. 48pp, 8pp colour plates, b/w illustrations, index, covers a little yellowed otherwise a nice fine copy. Osprey New Vanguard Series vol 90. An account of the guns & other weapons which were in used during the Napoleonic era, covering the British, French, Spanish, & other navies.

Longman, 1997. 1st edition.. Paperback. Paperback, G. x+290pp, 5 b/w maps, index, edges a little worn, Ex Public School library with three ink stamps, a good reading copy. Profiles in Power series. A study of Napoleon & the nature & mechanics of his power.

George Allen & Unwin, 1927. 1st UK edition.. Hardback. Cloth, VG. 370pp, b/w frontis, 15 b/w plates, sporadic light foxing more so to the preliminary & final pages, spine a little sunned & cloth lightly marked, corners rubbed, a nice copy. Biographical account of the many women who played a role in the life of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, amorous & otherwise.

Oxford University Press, 1919. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, F. 112pp, a fine copy. A 4 act play which sees Napoleon onboard ship off the Coast of Boulogne. Frederic Herbert Trench [ 1865 - 1923 ] Irish poet & playwright.

Constable, 2001. 1st edition.. Hardback. Imitation cloth, dj, F/VG. xviii+206pp, 16pp b/w plates, index, a fine copy in dustjacket that has a little scuffing to the rear panel but is otherwise fine. An account of Napoleon's exile upon St Helena under the supervision of the island's Governor, Sir Hudson Lowe.

Georg Müller, München , 1911 - 1913. 1st edition.. Hardback. Half red morocco over cloth, VG. 3 volumes, xii+482pp, x+434pp, xiv+462pp, b/w frontis to each volume, grand total of 163 b/w plates, 220 text illustrations & 8 maps & plans, index to each volume, leather rubbed along the edge with a little loss to the head of volume II, a nice set. Bookplate of Adolf Von Kamprodener to volumes I & II. A biography of Napoleon, with these three volumes covering his early life & the period of his reign until Januarry 1799 when he was in Egypt. A futher 6 volumes were published between 1914 - 1934 covering his later life.

Macdonald, 1973. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, VG/G. 228pp, 16pp b/w plates, 8 b/w maps, dustjacket chipped with loss along the top edge, spine sunned, a good copy. Analysis of the performance of the French Marshals who fought in the Peninsular War in relation to each other & their past battles.

Gaetano Macchiaroli Editore, Rome, 1985. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, F/F. 466pp, 454 b/w & colur illustrations some full page, a fine copy. text in ITALIAN. Works of art in & inspired by Naples. A well illustrated accoun & a heavy book..

Wydawcow Prac Naukowych Universitas, Krakow, 1995. 11st edition.. Paperback. Paperback, VG+. 138pp, index, slightly edge worn, otherwise a fine copy. An essay on the cultural history of the Western & Southern Slavic people.

Zaria Vostoka, Tbilisi Georgia, 1958. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, G. 88pp, b/w frontis, 29pp b/w plates, CYRILLIC text, covers grubby, a nice copy. Scarce survey of the folk art of Georgia. Covers items in silver, textiles & embroidery, woodwork & carving etc etc.