Morris jan 1926 (17 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a fine dust-wrapper. Well-preserved overall. Physical description; 202 pages. Includes index. Subjects; Morris, Jan (1926-2020) Anecdotes. Voyages and travels Anecdotes. Travel writing. 1 Kg.

1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 544 pages 30 plates, illustrations, color map (on lining papers), portraits 23 cm. Notes; The 2d volume of the author's trilogy; the 1st of which is Heaven's command; the 3d, Farewell the trumpets. Includes bibliographical references (pages 524-526). Contents; The heirs of Rome : the Diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria, its celebration as a festival of Empire and the explosion of national emotion known as the New Imperialism -- Palm and pine : the extent of the British Empire at its climax, and something of its tangled origins -- Life-lines : the shipping routes, mails and cables that bound the British possessions together -- Migrations : how the existence of the British Empire disseminated seed and stock across the world -- Pioneers : an imperial frontier town, Salisbury, Rhodesia -- The profit : the first incentive of imperialism : gain -- The glory : secondary motives : aspects of glory, aggressive, defensive, romantic, evangelist and plain patriotic -- Caste : attitudes of the British towards their subject peoples, and reasons for the aloofness that was fundamental to their method -- Islanders : an island fortress : St Lucia in the Windward Islands. Imperial order : the theoretical structure of Empire, its basic system and its laws -- Imperial complexity : exceptions, anomalies and complications of Empire, from larrikins to Lord Cromer -- Imperialists in general : the run of Empire-builders : their type, look and social aspirations -- Imperialists in particular : two explorers, three soldiers, an admiral, two administrators, two politicians, a couple of adventurers and a Queen -- Proconsuls : Simla and the British Government of India -- Consolations : some pleasures of Empire, sporting and social -- Challenge and responses : adventure : living dangerously and dying young -- Stones of Empire : imperial architecture, sacred and sucular, with parks and gardens too -- Tribal lays and images : imperial muses : painting, sculpture, literature, music and intimations of folk-art -- All by steam! : the British Empire as a development agency : irrigation, roads, railways, mapping, medicine and a specimen millennium. Freedmen : a self-governing colony of the Empire : Canada -- On guard : the armies of the Crown, British and Indian : their past glories and their present weaknesses -- At sea : splendours and absurdities of the Royal Navy, with glimpses of e?lan -- Imperial effects : spoils and influences of Empire, and what they did for England -- Overlords : the other island : Ireland -- Omens : troubles of Empire and possible threats to its future, with plans for evading them -- "The song on your bugles blown" : did the British Empire have an idealogy? : religion, Englishness, imperial monarchy, radicalism and fiar play -- Finale : Queen Victoria writes up her diary, the British survey their position in the world, and we bring the Empire to a close. 1 Kg.…

1st Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 128 pages: illustrations (some color); 21 x 23 cm. Contents: Cast of creatures -- The habitat -- Flight of birds -- School of sea-creatures -- Pack of dogs -- Pride of cats -- Miscellany of mammals -- Fantasy of monsters -- Team of champions -- The companionship -- Historical summary -- List of artists. Subjects: Animals in art.Venice (Italy); Guidebooks.Venice (Italy) Social life and customs. Venice (Italy) Description and travel. Animals; Folklore. 1 Kg. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator).…

Zustand: FINE. First US printing. Hav is like no place on earth - because of course, it isn't. Originally published as if it were a genuine travel book - but in reality, a delightful fiction short-listed for the Booker. "After reading 'Last Letters from Hav', what travel writer would ever want to report from an actual place? . . . a vigorous literary hybrid; elegant fiction in its own right but also a respectfully witty homage to indomitable English travel writers like Lawrence, Burton and Blanch." (Elaine Kendall, LA Times) Illustrated with a double page map. 203 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Literally as new. Physical description; [256]p. ; 26cm. Subjects; Authors, English 20th century Biography. Travelers Great Britain Biography. Authors, Welsh 20th century ; Biography. Travel and description. Travel Biographies. 1 Kg. …

1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 192 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations (some color); 25 cm. Subjects: Venice (Italy) History 1508-1797.Venice (Italy) Description and travel. Mediterranean Region Description and travel. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good, somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 190 pages : illustrations ; 14 x 20 cm. Subjects; Carpaccio, Vittore (1455?-1525?). Painters Italy Biography. Painting, Renaissance Italy Venice. Venice (Italy) In art. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Series; Pax Britannica trilogy ; 2. Physical description; 544 pages 30 plates, illustrations, color map (on lining papers), portraits 23 cm. Notes; The 2nd volume of the author's trilogy; the 1st of which is 'Heaven's command'; the 3rd, 'Farewell the trumpets'. Subjects; Commonwealth of Nations History. Great Britain Colonies History 19th century. Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901. World politics 19th century. Imperialism. Jan Morris. Pax Britannica. British Empire at its climax. Victorian empire history. 1 Kg. …

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 255p: ill(some col.), facsims(some col.),ports(some col.); 32cm. Notes: Includes index. Subjects: World politics 19th century. Commonwealth of nations.History. Great Britain Civilization 19th century.Great Britain Colonies History 19th century.Commonwealth countries History. Commonwealth 1850-1900. Genre: Illustrated. 1 Kg.…

Revised Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Spine uniformly sun-toned. Not price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 155p : ill, map ; 23cm. Subjects; Spain Description and travel Guidebooks. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Uncommon in such positive condition. ; 253 pages; Author's SIGNED presentation copy. Physical desc. : xv, 253 p. : maps ; 24 cm. Subject: World War, 1939-1945 --Europe, Eastern --Sources --British & Irish history: Second World War ; Military history ; Battles & campaigns ; World history: Second World War ; International relations. Series: Atlantic studies on society in change ; no. 90. 2 Kg. …

Hardcover. First American edition. Octavo, 209 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is grey with white and black print. Dust jacket in mylar. Price unclipped: "$18.95". Boards quarter bound with grey cloth to spine and grey paper to boards. Inscribed in ink by the author on the half-title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column S. 1401208. FP New Rockville Stock.…

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 464 pages : illustrations. Subjects: Morris, Jan 1926-2020 Travel. Genre: History. Language: English. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st US edition, 1st printing ; 256 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 9780394550985; 0394550986 LCCN: 91-41141 ; LC: DU178; Dewey: 994.4/1 ; OCLC: 24795743 ; blue cloth ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, labels ; Built upon a penal colony, Sydney is a city that bears the mark of its hard-knocks history. This author weaves that past into the present, finding ghosts of the city's rebellious founders in the vibrancy and puck of today's populace. The result is an intimate portrait of the city that forms the spiritual heart of Australia. ; "Renowned and much-loved travel writer Jan Morris turns her eye to Sydney: 'not the best of the cities the British Empire created . but the most hyperbolic, the youngest at heart, the shinest.'" ; Jan Morris was born in 1926 of a Welsh father and an English mother, and when she is not travelling she lives with her partner Elizabeth Morris in the top left-hand corner of Wales, between the mountains and the sea. She is also the author of six books about cities and countries, two autobiographical books, several volumes of collected travel essays and the unclassifiable Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere. A Writer's World, a collection of her travel writing and reportage from over five decades, was published in 2003. Hav, her novel, was published in a new and expanded form in 2006. ; VG. Book.…

First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Includes previous owner's signature. Physical description; 216 pages ; 151 illustrations (10 color), map ; 32 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 49-50). Subjects; Iran - Pictorial works. Architecture Iran ; Pictorial works. Iran ; Pictorial works. Iran Description and travel ; Views. Iran History. Iran Description and travel. Iran Description and travel ; Pictorial works. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. Pictorial works. 1 Kg. …

Zustand: New.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 160 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. Subjects; Morris, Jan (1926-2020) Travel Ireland. Travel. Ireland Description and travel. Ireland Description and travel (1951-). Ireland. Ireland (Republic). Description & travel. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg.…