Charles Bossom
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Paris: Société Littéraire de France, 1917. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo Text in French. Rústica original impresa. Book Condition: Buen estado. 1 ª Edición FRANCESA. Frances Pág: 62 23x14 French Edition adorned with 10 beautiful engraved by André Hofer drawings. (Book ref. 137799)
Shire Publications Ltd, 1997. Illustrated Card Cover. Very Good. 8vo 0747803218 64pp. Index. Photos & drawings. Clean and tight. The knowledge of metallurgy, first developed in the Near East, spread to most parts of Europe by 2000 BC. The birth of this new technology coincided with a pivotal moment in the human story, a time of great social and economic change which we call the bronze age. Flourishing metal industries emerged in Britain and Ireland, the success of which owed much to the ability to secure reliable supplies of copper and tin. Recent research has uncovered several locations where bronze age copper mines have survived the destructive reworking of recent centuries. This book examines the distribution of these sites and their geological background. All aspects of early mining technology are covered, from the initial discovery of copper minerals to their extraction and concentration using primitive techniques. This mining was a considerable technological achievement, as was the ability to convert the mineral ores to metal by smelting at high temperatures. The daily life of these miners, the dangers they faced, their settlement background and ritual beliefs are also considered. Many of these miners made an important contribution to trade during the bronze age. This book contains recent research on the most important sites, some of which can be visited by the public today, and provides a useful introduction to a fascinating aspect of bronze age life. (Book ref. 137797)
London: Cassell, 1900. Hard Cover. Good/No DJ. Sm 4to Original blue cloth boards with gilt titling and decoration to spine and upper cover. Rubbed to edges. Light foxing to end papers. Frontis plate with drawings and sepia plates. Gilt to all edges gilt. 160 pages (Plus publisher's catalogue) clean and tight. (Book ref. 137796)
London: Hutchinson, 1953. Illustrated by Brian Fawcett. Photographs & Drawings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo Dust jacket unclipped, some loss to edges, now in clear protective sleeve. Original cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. . Map end papers. No ownership marks. Frontis plate, plates. 312 pages clean and tight. Arranged from his manuscripts. letters, log-books, and records by Brian Fawcett. (Book ref. 137795)
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1939. Hard Cover. Good/No DJ. 8vo Original cloth boards slight bump to top corners. Slightly rubbed. Neat inscription on ffep. Frontis plate.Illustrated. xiii, 623 clean and tight. "PREFACE: - THIS book was written entirely in prison, except for the postscript and certain minor changes, from June 1934 to February 1 c935. The primary object in writing these pages was to occupy myself with a definite, task, so necessary in the long solitudes of gaol life, as well as to review past events in India, with which I had been connected, to enable myself to think clearly about them. I began the task in a mood of self-questioning and, to a large extent, this persisted throughout. I was not writing deliberately for an audience, but if I thought of an audience, it was one of my own countrymen and countrywomen. For foreign readers I would have probably written differently, or with a different emphasis, stressing certain aspects which have been slurred over in the narrative and passing over lightly certain other aspects which I have treated at some length. Many of these latter aspects may not interest the non-Indian reader, and he may consider them unimportant or too obvious for discussion or debate; but I felt that in the India of to-day they had a certain importance. A number of references to our internal politics and personalities may also be of little interest to the outsider. The reader will, I hope, remember that the book was written during a particularly distressful period of my existence. It bears obvious traces of this. If the writing had been done under more normal conditions, it would have been different and perhaps occasionally more restrained. Yet I have decided to leave it as it is, for it may have some interest for others in so far as it represents what I felt at the time of writing. My attempt was to trace, as far as I could, my own mental development, and not to write a survey of recent Indian history. The fact that this account resembles superficially such a survey is apt to mislead the reader and lead him to attach a wider importance to it than it deserves. I must warn him, therefore, that this account is wholly one-sided and, inevitably, egotistical; many important happenings have been completely ignored and many important persons, who shaped events, have hardly been mentioned. In a real survey of past events this would have been inexcusable, but a personal account can claim this indulgence. Those who want to make a proper study of our recent past will have to go to other sources. It may be, however, that this and other personal narratives will help them to fill the gaps and to provide a background for the study of hard fact. I have discussed frankly some of my colleagues with whom I have been privileged to work for many years and for whom I have the greatest regard and affection; I have also criticized groups and individuals, sometimes perhaps rather severely. That criticism does not take away from my respect for many of them. But I have felt that those who meddle in public affairs must be frank with each other and with the public they claim to serve. A superficial courtesy and an avoidance of embarrassing and sometimes distressing questions do not help in bringing about a true understanding of each other or of the problems that face us. Real co-operation must be based on an appreciation of differences as well as common points, and a facing of facts, however inconvenient they might be. I trust, however, that nothing that I have written bears a trace of malice or ill-will against any individual. I have purposely avoided discussing the issues in India to-day, except vaguely and indirectly. I was not in a position to go into them with any thoroughness in prison, or even to decide in my own mind what should be done. Even after my release I did not think it worth while to add anything on this subject. It did not seem to fit in with what I had already written. And so this `autobiographical narrative' remains a sketchy, personal, and incomplete account of the past, verging on the present, but cautiously avoiding contact with it. JAWAHARLAL NEHRU. BADENWEILER, January 2nd, 1936." (Book ref. 137794)
New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1966. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Lge 8vo Dust jacket wear to edges, tears, unclipped. Black cloth boards with bright gilt titling. No ownership marks. Illustrations. 983 pages clean and tight. John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough (1644-1722), was one of the greatest military commanders and statesmen in the history of England. Victorious in the Battles of Blenheim (1704), Ramillies (1706), and countless other campaigns, Marlborough, whose political intrigues were almost as legendary as his military skill, never fought a battle he didn't win. Although he helped James II crush the rebellion of the Duke of Monmouth, Marlborough later supported William of Orange against James II in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and brilliantly managed England's diplomatic triumphs during the War of the Spanish Succession. Marlborough also bequeathed the world another great British military strategist and diplomat - his descendant, Winston S. Churchill, who wrote this book to redeem Marlborough's reputation from Macaulay's smears. One million words long and ten years in the making, Churchill's Marlborough stands as both a literary and historical masterpiece, giving us unique insights into the Churchill of World War II, for just as Churchill's literary skill helps us understand the complexities of Marlborough's life, so too did his writing of Marlborough help Churchill master the arts of military strategy and diplomacy. (Book ref. 137793)
London: Macmillan & Co, 1939. Hard Cover. Good/No DJ. 8vo No dj. Original cloth boards with bright gilt on spine. No ffep. Frontis plate. xiii, 417 pages clean and tight. (Book ref. 137791)
London: Macmillan, 1951. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No DJ. 8vo No DJ. Original cloth boards with gilt titling on spine. Name and date on ffep. Frontis plate. xvi, 674 pages clean and tight. Numbers on rear end papers. (Book ref. 137790)
London: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1951. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No DJ. 8vo (Book ref. 137788)
New York: Harcourt & Brace, 1922. First USA Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No DJ. 8vo Red cloth boards with slightly faded titling on spine, No ownership inscription. Frontis photographic plate. 324 pages clean and tight. (Book ref. 137786)
London: Museum Press, 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No DJ. 8vo Red cloth boards, fading titling on spine, slightly soiled. Previous WH Smith library label on f. paste down. Illustrated end papers. Frontis plate. 328 pages clean and tight. (Book ref. 137785)
London: John Calder, 1962. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo Dust jacket unclipped, loss to top of spine, spine sunned. Original cloth boards with gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. 236 pages clean and tight. (Book ref. 137784)
London: Collins & Brown,, 1990. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Obl 4to 185585015X Dust jacket complete. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Colour frontis plate. Numerous colour & b/w illustrations. 160 pages clean and tight. It has been said that Jane Austen the woman and Jane Austen the author are all of a piece, and nowhere is this more evident to the lovers of her novels than in the pages of her letters. This new celebration of these letters is illustrated with portraits, facsimile letters, topographical engravings and fashion plates, and aims to bring to life the world Jane Austen inhabited. Although the book follows a broadly chronological scheme, the letters are arranged round visual themes considered particularly suitable for illustration, such as the Hampshire countryside, social life in Bath and London, domestic pursuits, paying visits and travelling by carriage. The author, who was born in Jane Austen's Hampshire village, lectures on English Literature for the Open University and the Oxford University Department of External Studies. Her special interest is 19th-century children's literature and she has compiled an anthology, "Childhood". (Book ref. 137783)
Yale University Press, 1993. Large Format Paperback. Very Good. 9vo 0300054173 292 PAGES CLEAN AND TIGHT. This book examines Western perceptions of war in and beyond the 19th-century, surveying the writings of novelists, anthropologists, psychiatrists, poets, natural scientists, journalists and soldiers to trace the origins of modern philosophies about the nature of war and conflict. Daniel Pick compares philosophical and historical modes of conflict with fictions of invasion and biological speculations about the nature and value of conquest. He discusses the work of such well-known commentators as Clausewitz, Engels and von Bernhardi, and examines little-known war writings by Proudhon, De Quincey, Ruskin, Valery, Reich and many others. Pick explores why so many major 19th-century writers justified war and even considered it rational and indespensible to social survival. And, conversely, he shows that during the course of the century, war was increasingly depicted as a machine running out of control, a locomoticve on the tracks toward total destruction. Pick looks at ways in which change and continuity, technology and destructve power, rationality and madness entered the debate on the nature and use of violence and conflict. By analyzing the contexts and evolution of discussions of war in the previous century, he aims to shed light on current thought on this subject. (Book ref. 137782)
London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1996. Large Format Paperback. Very Good. 0241136725 Book looks unread. Plates. 269 pages clean and tight. This is an account of the witch-hunts of Salem, Massachusetts, during the winter of 1691. It describes how a group of girls, stifled with the rigidity of their Puritan lives, started an innocent game of fortune-telling, which rapidly descended into collective hysteria, violent fits and the accusation that many of their neighbours were witches. The result was more than 100 men, women and children languishing in Salem prison on the charge of witchcraft. (Book ref. 137780)
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 1984. Large Format Paperback. Very Good. 8vo 071020194X English has become the most important international language and is the most commonly taught second or foreign language in the world. This book is concerned with 'New Englishes' and more particularly with new varieties of English. Well-known examples of New Englishes include Indian English, Philippine English, Singapore English and African Englishes of nations such as Nigeria and Ghana. The book deals with the way New Englishes have developed in those non-native situations where they are used for a wide range of functions within the community. These New Englishes are varieties which have become localized not only through the influence of the other languages of the regions where they are used but also through being adapted to the life and culture of their speakers. They are, or are in the process of becoming, varieties of English in their own right - as legitimate as the 'older' Englishes which have been passed on from generation to generation of native speakers. As the authors show, these New Englishes had their beginnings in the colonial era, but in many nations independence has meant an increase in the use and functions of English. Characteristics of these New Englishes are examined and compared to show that although there are many differences from one New English to another, there are also striking similarities. Topics such as accent and intonation, new meanings for words, new expressions, features of sentence structure, the development of styles, problems of standards and the use of the New Englishes in literature are discussed. Throughout the book, the authors show how English has been modified and enriched in its new settings. (Book ref. 137779)
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1999. Large Format Paperback. Very Good. 8vo 0631161694 312 pages clean and tight. This book is an excellent, comprehensive account of the ways in which nations and nationhood have evolved over time. (Book ref. 137778)
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1912. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor. 4to Remains of dj, tears, chunks missing, 25% of spine missing. Red cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling and decoration. Bright gilt to top edge. Light foxing to prelims / end papers. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Tissue guarded plates: - 2 photo-engravings., and 38 phototypes.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 329 pages clean text. Binding tight. Chapters: Collectors and collecting. Block-books. The invention of printing: Holland. The invention of printing: Mainz. Other incunabula. The development of printing. Early German and Dutch illustrated books. Early Italian illustrated books. Early French and Spanish illustrated books. Later foreign books. Foreign illustrated books of the 16th century. Printing in England (1476-1580). English books printed elsewhere than at London. English woodcut illustrations. Engraved illustrations. Modern fine printing. Bibliography. Index. (Book ref. 137777)
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford Univ Press, 1947. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo Reprint. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. Previous owner's details on f. end papers. Frontis plate. Plates. 594 pages clean and tight. (Book ref. 137776)
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1958. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 5 " by 7.5" Tall Dust jacket unclipped with slight rubbing to corners and edges. Yellow cloth with black titles to front and spine with red pattern from front to back. Very slightly rubbed to corners and edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. 48 pages, clean bright and tightly bound. The News Chronicle once said of Herbert Palmer: "Almost alone among the po~ts'of today he is haunted by a sense of Eternity", and of a previous book the Listener said: "No poet writing today has quite the same kind of religious strength." But NIr Palmer's strictly religious verse is very scattered and, with the exception of "Song of Job and Solomon" and "King Constantine's Vision of the Cross", takes up no great space in any of his collections. This new book has as much unity as variety, so that it can be read as one long religious poem, while the title-section seems to point the way to a new kind of love story, one which deals with noble earthly love in its relationship to Eternity. Naturally prominent is the theme of present-day disintegration and distortion of values, and of the shape of things as a witness of the underlying spirit. In its use of internal rhyme, assonance, half-rhyme (even in some of the blank verse) and the frequent continuation of full rhyme and half-rhyme from stanza to stanza, the book displays a technical quality which is unusual in the poetry of recent years. Plangent and lucid, it aims at the complete marriage of form and content and has been written as much for the ear as for the eye. (Book ref. 137774)