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Can booksellers learn anything from those bracingly Pinteresque and seedy greasy spoons beloved of lorry drivers? We tend to preferFormica-free environments and a more intellectually curious clientele, and so one certainly would not think so. But after a four-yearstudy, academics at the Ohio State University have established beyond dubiety that a vital lesson emerges from the proletarian eatery:diners believe food is healthier, and induces a deeper sense of emotional connection, if listed on menus in a florid handwritten-stylefont. Machine-written typefaces induce a feeling there is less ‘love’ in the offerings and make the customer feel more lonely. Dry,old-fashioned booksellers, struggling to compete with a behemoth, cannot afford to ignore this ‘human touch’. ABC’s devoted andPrime service is obviously a comfort and joy for the solitary reader, but we will additionally be employing scribes in our newscriptorium around the clock, parchment costs permitting. Loving illumination without the ketchup.

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THE LEGACY OF R D LAINGAn Appraisal of His Contemporary RelevanceEdited by M GUY THOMPSONR D Laing (1927-89) continues to be widely recognised in thepsychotherapy community. Laing’s books are a testament to hisbreadth of interests, including the understanding of madness,alternatives to conventional psychiatric treatment, existentialphilosophy and therapy, family systems, cybernetics, mysticismand poetry. He is most remembered for his critique of psychiatricpractices, his controversial rejection of the concept of ‘mentalillness’, and his ground-breaking centre for people in acutemental distress at Kingsley Hall, London. This appraisal of hiscontemporary relevance is composed by thinkers and practitionerswho knew Laing intimately, some of whom worked with him.They bring Laing back into contemporary conversations about morehumane approaches to helping those in profound mental distress.168pp ILLUS 2015 LIST PRICE: £34.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £14.95 Y040

LOSING ITIn Which an Ageing Professor Laments His Shrinking Brain . . . WILLIAM IAN MILLERIn the opening pages, Miller warns, ‘the general themes . . . maystrike some as glum and grim’. Yet humour leavens each page ashe confronts old age, its humiliations and its hardships. Taking anentirely original approach – using personal reflection, socialscience analysis and, above all, a deep knowledge of Anglo-Saxonliterature and culture – Miller frees us from facile stereotypes andpresents a portrait of old age that is honest, nuanced andenriched by an understanding of the human experience of agingsince Greek and Roman antiquity. He reminds us of the dilemmaswhen ‘your mental abilities are on a bullet train heading south’.

Witty, graceful and erudite. THE OLDIE

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THE SMELL OF FRESH RAINThe Unexpected Pleasures of Our Most ElusiveSenseBARNEY SHAWAn investigation into the biology, psychology and history of smell,and a search for effective ways to put into words scents that weinstantly relate to but find strangely ineffable. To gauge olfactorybrilliance, the book includes a 200-entry thesaurus of succinctdescriptions of common aromas.304pp 2018 LIST PRICE: £8.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £4.95 Y039

ALICE’S ADVENTURES UNDER GROUNDThe Original ManuscriptLEWIS CARROLLIn 1862 Charles Dodgson spun out an ‘interminable fairy-tale’until Alice Liddell --- its heroine --- implored him to write it down.Two years later he sent her an early ‘Christmas gift for a dearchild’, written in sepia-coloured ink and including 37 pen and inkillustrations (and a coloured title page). In this facsimile of hismanuscript, now in the British Library, modern readers can enjoythe expressive script and illustrations of the original. In anaccompanying commentary, Sally Brown sketches a portrayal ofDodgson, and traces the stages through which the story passed asit was revised, expanded, illustrated by the Punch cartoonist JohnTenniel and finally published as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,under the pen-name Lewis Carroll.128pp 42 ILLUS 2015 LIST PRICE: £14.99SALE PRICE: £7.95 LA59

NOTES FROM UNDERGROUNDFYODOR DOSTOYEVSKYIsolated from society in a basement in St Petersburg, a maliciousformer civil servant vents his resentments in rambling notes thatexpose his inner turmoil. An emotional, paranoid knot ofcontradictions, the narrator is also desperate to join a society heloathes, if only to prove his superiority to it. Exploring themes offree will versus determinism, Dostoyevsky’s existential explorationwas written to challenge increasingly popular Western egoistphilosophies. 144pp 2014 LIST PRICE: £9.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £5.95 LA57

A ROUNDABOUT MANNERSketches of Life by William Makepeace ThackerayWILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYIntroduction by JOHN SUTHERLANDThackeray, author of the masterpiece Vanity Fair, was consideredone of the most distinctive voices of his time: Dickens was hisclosest rival. This anthology offers a lens into Victorian life andcovers all of Thackeray’s versatile genius: his sketches, journalism,essays, cartoons and fiction.144pp ILLUS 2018 LIST PRICE: £14.99SALE PRICE: £7.95 LA56

www.academicbookcollection.comA DEEP CRYSoldier-Poets Killed on the Western FrontEdited by ANNE POWELLThe lives, deaths, poetry, diaries and extracts from letters of sixty-six soldier-poets are brought together in this unique anthology.The poems have been collected from a multitude of sources, andthe relative obscurity of some of the voices makes the message allthe more moving. Moreover, all but five of these soldiers lie withinforty-five miles of Arras and their deaths are described inchronological order, with an account of each man’s last battle. Thisin itself provides a revealing gradual change in the poetry fromearly naive patriotism to despair about the human race and thebitterness of ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’.

Magnificently different to other anthologies. OBSERVER

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REBUS ANNIVERSARY BOX SETIAN RANKINA beautifully designed box setof three of Ian Rankin’sInspector Rebus novels: Knotsand Crosses (where JohnRebus is first introduced),Black and Blue (thebreakthrough novel, andwinner of the CWA GoldDagger) and Exit Music(where Rebus retires . . . butwill he ever be able to leave itall behind?). With exclusiveintroductions.

Rankin is a phenomenon . . .

these novels are totally absorbing.

SPECTATOR

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THE GREAT AGE OF THE ENGLISH ESSAYAn AnthologyEdited by DENISE GIGANTE This anthology gathers consummate examples of a new literarygenre that emerged in eighteenth-century England: the periodicalessay. Included are the Spectator co-founders Joseph Addison andRichard Steele, Samuel Johnson and Romantic recluse Thomas DeQuincey, addressing a wide variety of topics from the oddities ofvirtuosos to the private lives of parrots and the fantastic horrors ofopium dreams. An introduction highlights the stylistic innovationsand conventions that distinguish the literary form. 464pp MAP 2008 LIST PRICE: £21.00 (P)SALE PRICE: £7.50 LA51

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A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN AND THREE GUINEASVIRGINIA WOOLFThis volume combines two seminal contributions to feministliterature. A Room of One’s Own, first published in 1929, is a wittyand urbane argument against the intellectual subjection ofwomen, particularly women writers. The sequel, Three Guineas, isa polemic which draws a comparison between the tyrannoushypocrisy of the Victorian patriarchal system and the evils offascism. Introduction by Hermione Lee.320pp 2000 LIST PRICE: £6.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £3.95 LA55

SHAKESPEARE’S FIRST FOLIOFour Centuries of an Iconic BookEMMA SMITHThis is a biography of a book: the first collected edition ofShakespeare’s plays printed in 1623 and known as the First Folio. It begins with the story of its first purchaser and goes on to explorethe ways people have interacted with this iconic book over fourhundred years. It reanimates its histories, paying close attention tothe details of individual copies around the world --- their bindings,marginalia, general condition and sales history --- to discuss fivemajor themes: owning, reading, decoding, performing and perfecting.400pp ILLUS 2016 LIST PRICE: £19.99SALE PRICE: was £10.95 / now £8.95 LA48

THE WRY ROMANCE OF THE LITERARY RECTORYDEBORAH ALUN-JONESThe author examines some of the long line of literary figures, fromthe seventeenth century to the twenty-first, who have beenassociated with the ‘particularly creative form of isolation’ thatrectories, parsonages and vicarages afford. In eight illustratedchapters, Alun-Jones explores the calm rural exteriors and thetensions within buildings that were family homes, such asTennyson’s at Somersby, acquired properties such as JohnBetjeman’s house at Farnborough or, like R S Thomas’s ManafonRectory, residences of literary clerics.

. . . generously and intelligently illustrated . . . these are readable, sympathetic

and humane studies. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

208pp 87 ILLUS (12 COLOUR) 2013 LIST PRICE: £18.95SALE PRICE: £7.95 LA50

DRAWN FROM LIFESelected EssaysMICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIn these essays Montaigne ponders the great and small questionsof life on subjects as diverse as education, fear, reading and death.Throughout he attempts to reach a deeper understanding ofhimself and, in so doing, touches on the greater human condition.The selection is from the M A Screech translation.210pp 2016 LIST PRICE: £14.99SALE PRICE: £7.50 LA45

FARNSWORTH’S CLASSICAL ENGLISH METAPHORWARD FARNSWORTHThe author collects the most eloquent examples of metaphor,arranges them by theme and provides the historical and culturalbackdrops that inspired their use. He offers specific accounts ofwhere metaphors originate, how they have been and can be usedand why they work.243pp 2016 LIST PRICE: £27.95SALE PRICE: £13.95 LA43

SORLEY MACLEAN: COLLECTED POEMSWhite Leaping FlameSORLEY MACLEANEdited by CHRISTOPHER WHYTE and EMMA DYMOCKThis volume of the work of Sorley MacLean (1911-96) bringstogether both published poetry from his own edited volumes aswell as poems never published before, all in original Gaelic withEnglish translations.

One of the very greatest of the Gaelic poets . . . and one of the great love poets

of the world. IAIN CRICHTON SMITH

576pp MAPS 2011 LIST PRICE: £25.00SALE PRICE: £12.50 LA47

AND YET . . . EssaysCHRISTOPHER HITCHENSHitchens’s previously uncollected essays cover the themes thatdefine him: literature, religion and politics.

A rare blend of elements: the buoyant and the serious, the streetwise and the

learned, the crude joking of the pub and the cut glass Oxford tones of civilized

debate. COMMONWEAL

352pp 2016 LIST PRICE: £16.99 (P)SALE PRICE: was £8.95 / now £6.95 LA34

THE CHARLESTON BULLETIN SUPPLEMENTSVIRGINIA WOOLF and QUENTIN BELLEdited by CLAUDIA OLKA collaboration between Woolf during her most prolific years andthe child painter, these booklets of stories portray Bloomsbury

eccentricities and the foibles and mishaps of the residents andvisitors at Charleston. 144pp 40 COLOUR ILLUS 2013 LIST PRICE: £12.99SALE PRICE: £4.95 L998

MOZART: OPERAS FOR WIND ENSEMBLETHE AMADEUS ENSEMBLE / JULIUS RUDEL (conductor)This four-disc set of performances by the Amadeus Wind Ensemblebrings together transcribed arrangements from six Mozart operas(The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, The Magic Flute, TheAbduction from the Seraglio, La clemenza di Tito and Così fantutte). The sound is clear and balanced and each group of piecescould be considered as a suite.4 CDs BOXED 3HRS 20 MINS BOOKLET 2009 LIST PRICE: £22.00SALE PRICE: £12.95 C135

ARCHBISHOP RAMSEYThe Shape of the ChurchPETER WEBSTERMichael Ramsey’sarchiepiscopate from1961 to 1974 sawprofound renegotiationsof the relationship of theChurch of England withits own flock, with thenation more widely, withthe Anglican churchworldwide and with theother Christianchurches. Reproducingmany original writings ofRamsey for the firsttime, this book exploreskey questions whichsurround his tenure.How did Ramsey reactto the rapid hollowing-out of the regularconstituency of thechurch while at the same time seeing sweeping changes in themanner in which the church tried to minister to its members?What was his role in the widening of the church’s global vision,and the growing porousness of its borders with otherdenominations? And how did the nature of the role of archbishopas figurehead change in this period?

. . . a fine contribution to the understanding of an era as well as of a man.

ROWAN WILLIAMS

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THE ASHGATE RESEARCH COMPANION TO JOHN OWEN’S THEOLOGYEdited by KELLY M KAPIC and MARK JONESJohn Owen (1616-83) is regarded as one of the greatesttheologians Britain ever produced and has had an importanthistorical and theological influence. This companion explores keyquestions related to his method, theology and pastoral practice. Itexamines his thought through such topics as his work on the HolySpirit, his developed view of faith and reason and his contributionto the place of toleration.

. . . [these essays are] of the highest scholarly quality. ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY

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THE HIDDEN GODA Study of Tragic Vision in the Pensées ofPascal and the Tragedies of RacineLUCIEN GOLDMANNThis landmark text, first published in 1964, fleshes out thesimilarities between Pascal’s Pensées and Kant’s critical philosophy,contrasting them with the rationalism of Descartes and the

empiricism of Hume. For Goldmann, a leading exponent ofapplying Marxist ideas to literary and philosophical problems, the‘tragic vision’ marked an important phase in the development ofEuropean thought, as it moved from rationalism and empiricism tothe dialectical philosophy of Hegel and Marx. 464pp 2016 LIST PRICE: £19.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £9.95 P705

IS THIS NOT THE CARPENTER?The Question of the Historicity of the Figure of JesusEdited by THOMAS THOMPSON and THOMAS VERENNAThe historicity of Jesus is now widely accepted and hardlyquestioned by most scholars, an assumption that disarms biblicaltexts of much of their power by privileging an interpretation whichsweeps aside much theological speculation and allusion. Thisvolume presents a corrective: a rereading of the New Testamentfor those with a serious interest in arguments for the mythhypothesis. Two important features are the essays focusing on therole of the Pauline corpus in the debate over the historicity ofJesus, and on critical interaction with the argument for aneyewitness tradition behind the canonical Gospels.296pp 2014 LIST PRICE: £33.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £15.95 P709

KARL POPPER’S RESPONSE TO 1938Edited by PETER MARKL and ERICH KADLECWhen Karl Popper received news of the events in Vienna in 1938,he decided to start working on two books which became classicsin political philosophy. This volume deals with the lastingsignificance of his thought and aspects of the genesis of ThePoverty of Historicism and the two volumes of The Open Society.After a discussion of Popper’s personality and philosophy, theessays deal with the birth of The Open Society, including thephilosopher’s correspondence with E H Gombrich, Popper’s ethics,the view that his political thought should be understood as on thedemocratic left, his late evolutionary thinking, and the role ofPopper’s objective knowledge in a modern knowledge society.162pp 2008 LIST PRICE: £19.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £9.50 706

PERSONAL IDENTITY AND BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHYEmpty PersonsMARK SIDERITSThe author is one of the few philosophers equally expert inBuddhist philosophy and contemporary analytic philosophy; andwho is as lucid on ethical matters as on metaphysical ones. Thisbook is valuable for its treatment of these two major streams ofBuddhist philosophy, the first half exploring an Abhidharmaapproach to personhood and psychological reality, and the secondhalf illuminating Mahayana approaches with analytic clarity. Itexplores the conversation between Buddhist and Westernphilosophy showing how concepts and tools drawn from onephilosophical tradition can help solve problems arising in another. 248pp 2016 LIST PRICE: £23.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £10.95 P710

REVERENCERenewing a Forgotten VirtuePAUL WOODRUFFDrawing on thinking in Greek and Chinese traditions, Woodruffargues that reverence is a virtue that begins in an understandingof human limitations. From this grows the capacity to be in awe ofwhatever we believe lies outside our control ---God, truth, justice,nature, even death. 258pp 2010 OUT OF PRINT (P)SALE PRICE: £6.95 P703

THE BED OF PROCRUSTESPhilosophical and Practical AphorismsNASSIM NICHOLAS TALEBAn investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, humanerror, risk and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. Itstitle is from Greek mythology: the story of a man who madevisitors fit his bed by either stretching them or cutting their limbs.It represents Taleb’s view of modern civilisation’s hubristic sideeffects ---modifying humans to satisfy technology, blaming realityfor not fitting economic models, inventing diseases to sell drugs,defining intelligence as what can be tested in a classroom, andconvincing people that employment is not slavery.176pp 2016 LIST PRICE: £11.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £6.95 P701

MONASTERIES AND MONASTIC ORDERS2000 Years of Christian Art and CultureKRISTINA KRÜGEREdited by ROLF TOMANThe history and culture of Europe have been shaped bymonasticism, which has left a rich legacy of religious art andarchitecture. This volume charts its history from late antiquitythrough its peak in the Middle Ages to the present day. Lavishlyillustrated with colour photographs of architecture, interiors,gardens, paintings and illuminated manuscripts, the book

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NOT IN GOD’S NAMEConfronting Religious ViolenceJONATHAN SACKSAn exploration of the roots of violence and its relationship toreligion, focusing on the historic tensions between Judaism,Christianity and Islam. Through a close reading of key biblical textsat the heart of these three Abrahamic faiths, Sacks challengesthose who claim that religion is intrinsically a cause of violence,and argues that theology must become part of the solution if it isnot to remain at the heart of the problem. 320pp 2015 LIST PRICE: £20.00SALE PRICE: £8.95 P702

ATHOSThe Holy MountainSYDNEY LOCHAn autonomous region of the Hellenic Republic, Athos is home totwenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries that cling to its rocky flanks.The monks who inhabit this isolated place still use the Juliancalendar, living on ‘Byzantine Time’. Loch spent many yearsexploring Athos, the result of which is this portrait. 288pp 22 ILLUS 2017 LIST PRICE: £10.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £5.95 P700

RESURRECTING JESUSEmbodying the Spirit of a Revolutionary MysticADYASHANTIA Buddhist with huge respect for Christianity invites us torediscover the life and teachings of Jesus as a direct path to whatmay be the most radical of transformations: spiritual awakening.He reveals the man known as Jesus as an exemplar of the realisedstate and a model of enlightened engagement with the world.Tracing his story from birth to Resurrection, he shows how the keyevents in Jesus’s life parallel the stages of spiritual awakening thatwe may be called to experience ourselves. 272pp 2014 LIST PRICE: £19.99SALE PRICE: £10.95 P698

‘AND SO BEGAN THE IRISH NATION’Nationality, National Consciousness andNationalism in Pre-modern IrelandBRENDAN BRADSHAWThe study opens with a discussion of the historical methodsemployed, and an introductory essay tracing the history of nationalconsciousness in Ireland from its first beginnings as recorded in thepoetry of the early Christian Church to its early-modern flowering,which provides the context for the case studies addressed insubsequent chapters. These include comparisons of Tudor Walesand Ireland, Irish reactions to the ‘Westward Enterprise’, the UlsterRising of 1641, the Elizabethans and the Irish, and the two siegesof Limerick. The volume concludes with a transcription anddiscussion of ‘A Treatise for the Reformation of Ireland, 1554-5’.336pp ILLUS 2015 LIST PRICE: £93.99SALE PRICE: £28.00 HC21

BALFOUR’S WORLDAristocracy and Political Culture at the Fin de SiècleNANCY W ELLENBERGERIn the quarter century after Arthur Balfour’s entry into political lifein the 1870s, Britain experienced material changes andintensifying human interactions as dramatic to his generation asthe forces of globalisation are today. Aristocrats watched anxiouslyas gifted boys from the middle classes rose to the top inprofessional life. Culture wars erupted at home, as small wars ofempire proliferated overseas. Politicians came to terms withelectioneering among the masses and with a print culture thatprefigured the mass media of the next century. The first great eraof advanced, international capitalism affected every segment ofsociety, including the rarefied domain of the first Edwardian primeminister. This book is a history of how Arthur and his friends ---George Herbert, 13th Earl of Pembroke; Laura and Margot (laterLady Asquith) Tennant; Mary and George Wyndham ---helped toconstruct a new ‘emotional regime’ among Britain’s political elitesat the fin de siècle.430pp 17 ILLUS 2015 LIST PRICE: £30.00SALE PRICE: £15.95 HC10

BANNOCKBURNThe Triumph of Robert the BruceDAVID CORNELLFew battles resonate through British history as strongly asBannockburn. On 24 June 1314, the Scots under the leadership ofRobert the Bruce unexpectedly trounced the English, leavingthousands dead or wounded. The victory was one of Scotland’sgreatest, the more so because the Scottish army was outnumberedby about three to one. The loss to the English, fighting underEdward II, was staggering. In this account, Cornell sets the iconicbattle in political and military context and focuses new attentionon the roles of Robert and Edward in the events leading to thebuild-up of their armies. The author brings the two-day battle tolife and reassesses both the crucial melee fought on the secondday and the powerful impact of the battle’s legacy on English andScottish national identity. 296pp 16 ILLUS 2014 LIST PRICE: £14.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £7.95 HC09

THE BATTLE OF THE FIELDSRural Community and Authority in Britain during the Second World WarBRIAN SHORTFrom 1939 the County War Agricultural Executive Committeeswere imbued with powers to transform British farming to combatthe loss of food imports caused by German naval activity andinitial European mainland successes. Their powers were sweepingand draconian. When fully exercised against recalcitrant farmers,dispossession in part or whole could and did result. This bookincludes the most detailed analysis of these dispossessionsincluding the tragic case of Ray Walden, the Hampshire farmerwho was killed by police after refusing to leave his farmhouse in1940. The committees were deemed successful by Whitehall asharbingers of modernity: mechanisation, draining, artificialfertilisers, reclamation of heaths, marshes and woodlands. Wenow deplore some of these changes but Britain did not starve, inlarge part thanks to their efforts.480pp 45 ILLUS 2015 LIST PRICE: £75.00SALE PRICE: £22.00 HC17

THE BRITISH NAVY IN THE BALTICJOHN D GRAINGERThis book presents a comprehensive overview of the activities ofthe British navy in the Baltic Sea. It traces developments fromAnglo-Saxon times, through the medieval period when there werefrequent disputes between English kings and the HanseaticLeague, the seventeenth-century wars with the Dutch, andBritain’s involvement in the Northern Wars in the early years of theeighteenth century. It considers in detail the major period of Britishinvolvement in the Baltic during the Napoleonic Wars, when theBritish navy fought the Danes, Napoleon’s allies, and was highlyeffective in ensuring Sweden’s neutrality and Russia’s change ofallegiance. It goes on to discuss British naval actions in the Balticduring the Crimean War and in the First World War and itsaftermath. Throughout, the book relates naval actions to patternsof trade, to wider international politics, and to geographicalfactors such as winter sea ice and the shallow nature of the BalticSea.304pp 3 ILLUS 2014 LIST PRICE: £65.00SALE PRICE: £18.95 HC18

BRITISH TRAVELLERS AND THE ENCOUNTER WITH BRITAIN, 1450-1700JOHN CRAMSIEWhen William Camden set out to write the history of Britannia inthe sixteenth century, he deliberately took to the roads to discoverit first-hand. Here, Cramsie offers original perspectives on thediverse cultures of Camden’s Britain through the study of travellersand their narratives. We meet characters such as the Tudortraveller John Leland, who intended to tell the peoples of Englandand Wales about themselves; chronicle how they came to settlethe towns, villages, valleys and mountaintops; record the marksthey left in the landscape; and celebrate the histories and culturesthey created. The individuals studied in this book include actual aswell as armchair travellers and those who blurred the boundariesbetween them.

. . . the most perceptive and intelligent study of British ethnicities and cultural

identities to appear in the last twenty years. JOHN GUY

564pp 26 ILLUS 2015 LIST PRICE: £45.00SALE PRICE: £16.95 HC19

CHAUCER’S PEOPLEEveryday Lives in the Middle AgesLIZA PICARDThis is an absorbing and revealing guide to the Middle Ages,populated with Chaucer’s pilgrims from The Canterbury Tales.These are lives spent at the pedal of a loom, maintaining theledgers of an estate or navigating the high seas. Drawing oncontemporary experiences of a vast range of subjects includingtrade, religion, toe-curling remedies and hair-raising recipes, thebook is a holiday in the complex, joyful, indelicate medieval world.368pp 37 ILLUS & MAPS 2018 LIST PRICE: £12.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £6.95 HC22

THE COUNTRYSIDE OF EAST ANGLIAChanging Landscapes, 1870-1950SUSANNA WADE MARTINS and TOM WILLIAMSONThis book investigateshow the landscape ofEast Anglia developed inthe period of the so-called great depression,beginning in 1870, andthe phase of wartimeintensification whichsucceeded it after 1930.It considers how fields,farms and villagesdeveloped in this periodof dramatic agriculturalchange; examines thefate of country houses,gardens and landedestates; and looks indetail at the character ofhabitat change --- at thedevelopment of hedges,woods, wetlands andheaths. It also considers how new kinds of landscape, rangingfrom conifer plantations to holiday resorts, came into existence.The period of the ‘great depression’ was not simply one of stasisand decay. It was instead a time in which there were fundamentalchanges in the rural environment which were not always beneficialto wildlife and biodiversity.

. . . a stimulating, informative book, beautifully produced and illustrated.

LANDSCAPE HISTORY

264pp 39 ILLUS (6 COLOUR) 2008 LIST PRICE: £25.00SALE PRICE: £13.95 HC20

RULERSHIP AND REBELLION IN THE ANGLO-NORMAN WORLD, c1066-c1216Essays in Honour of Professor Edmund KingEdited by PAUL DALTON and DAVID LUSCOMBEThe importance of the themes of rulership and rebellion in thehistory of the Anglo-Norman world between 1066 and the earlythirteenth century is incontrovertible. The power, government andinfluence of kings, queens and other lords pervaded anddominated society and was frequently challenged and resisted. Butwhile biographies of rulers, studies of the institutions andoperation of central, local and seigniorial government, and workson particular political struggles abound, many major aspects ofrulership and rebellion remain to be explored or further elucidated.This volume is an original contribution to our knowledge andunderstanding of Anglo-Norman history. 304pp 2015 LIST PRICE: £88.99SALE PRICE: £26.95 HC23

THE CULTURE OF FOOD IN ENGLAND, 1200-1500C M WOOLGARThis landmark work shows that food in late-medieval England wasfar more complex, varied and culturally significant than weimagine today – it wasn’t just pottage and gruel. Drawing on avast range of sources ---not just household accounts and recipebooks, but also fables, proverbs, sermons, coroners’ records andsaints’ lives --- the author charts how emerging technologies as wellas an influx of new flavours and trends from abroad had an impacton eating habits across the social spectrum, illuminating desire,necessity, daily rituals and pleasure.360pp 16pp of ILLUS 2016 LIST PRICE: £30.00SALE PRICE: £16.95 HB91

A HISTORY OF BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTERSHIREBRIAN S SMITH and ELIZABETH RALPHCovering the entire ancient county created in the eleventh century,this book is the only comprehensive account of the closely-linkedhistory of the shire and the city of Bristol, and includes thatsouthern part incorporated in the short-lived county of Avonbetween 1974 and 1996. This revised third edition covers recentdiscoveries and new interpretations of the prehistoric and Romanperiods, and much fresh material on the history of Gloucester, andprovides a new assessment of the twentieth century.152pp 167 ILLUS (14 COLOUR) 2004 LIST PRICE: £15.99SALE PRICE: £8.95 HC04

OPERATION TABARINBritain’s Secret Wartime Expedition to Antarctica, 1944-46STEPHEN HADDELSEY with ALAN CARROLLThis is the story of the only Antarctic expedition to be launched byany combatant nation during the Second World War and one ofthe most curious episodes in what Ernest Shackleton called ‘thewhite warfare of the south’. It laid the foundations for one of themost enduring government-sponsored programmes of scientificresearch in the polar regions: the British Antarctic Survey. 272pp ILLUS 2016 LIST PRICE: £16.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £7.95 HC05

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SCOTLAND’S MERLINA Medieval Legend and its Dark Age OriginsTIM CLARKSONIn this book, Merlin’s origins are traced back to the story ofLailoken, a semi-legendary madman and seer who is said to havelived in the Scottish Lowlands in the late sixth century. The authorconsiders whether Lailoken belongs to myth or reality andexamines his reappearance in medieval Welsh literature as thefabled prophet Myrddin, who was eventually transformed intoMerlin the Wizard, King Arthur’s mentor.

. . . succeeds in cutting through centuries of confusion and complexity in a way

that is deeply impressive. UNDISCOVERED SCOTLAND

190pp 8pp of PLATES 2016 LIST PRICE: £14.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £7.95 HC02

WAR ON WHEELSThe Mechanisation of the British Army in the Second World WarPHILIP HAMLYN WILLIAMSDuring the Second World War the British Army’s number ofvehicles grew from 40,000 to 1.5 million, ranging from tanks andgiant tank transporters to jeeps, scout cars and mobile baths andoffices. This stunningly illustrated volume follows some of the menand women who mechanised the British Army from the early daysat Chilwell, through the near disaster of the BEF, the Desert Warand the Italian invasion, to preparations for D-Day and war in theFar East. It explores the building of a network of massive depotsacross the UK and throughout the theatres of war, with creativeinput from the motor industry.144pp 125 ILLUS 2016 LIST PRICE: £20.00 (P)SALE PRICE: £11.95 HC06

BRITANNIA AND THE BEARThe Anglo-Russian Intelligence Wars, 1917-1929VICTOR MADEIRAFor Bolshevik Russia, Great Britain ---not America ---was theenemy. By exploring British and Russian mind-sets in the criticalinterwar years this book traces the links between wartime socialunrest, growing trade unionism in the police and the military, andMoscow’s subsequent infiltration of Whitehall. As early as 1920,Cabinet ministers were told that Bolshevik intelligence sought torecruit university students from prominent families destined forgovernment, professional and intellectual circles. Yet despite thesewarnings, men such as the Cambridge Five slipped the security netfifteen years after the alarm was first raised. 343pp 13 ILLUS 2014 LIST PRICE: £55.00SALE PRICE: £15.95 HB77

LOST ENGLAND 1870-1930PHILIP DAVIESThis selection of more than 1,300 photographs from the HistoricEngland collection presents a visual narrative of the builtenvironment and people’s lives within it, from the age of horse-drawn trams to that of trolley buses. 560pp 1,300+ PHOTOS 2016 LIST PRICE: £50.00SALE PRICE: £30.00 HB87

GONE TO THE CONTINENTThe British in Calais, 1760-1860MARTIN BRAYNEAn account of how, between 1760 and 1860, Calais in British eyeswas a place of romance, sometimes of intrigue, or even ofsanctuary from the law; a place where ‘the first shock ofdifference’ was experienced. Scholars, lovers, writers and criminalspassed through the port, some of them ending their lives there.302pp 23 ILLUS (10 COLOUR) MAPS 2016 LIST PRICE: £14.95 (P)LIST PRICE: £5.95 HB61

THE OPINIONS OF WILLIAM COBBETTEdited by JAMES GRANDE, JOHN STEVENSONand RICHARD THOMASPolitician, journalist, reformer, convict, social commentator and all-round thorn in the side of the establishment, William Cobbett cuta swathe through late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuryBritish society. This book provides a selection of his copiouswritings that highlights his talents, obsessions and concerns, fromcorruption and Parliamentary reform, poverty and commerce, topatriotism and religion.

Cobbett’s opinions are not held but thrown, flung in the face of individuals.

Irony is effete, polite plain facts anaemic. THE OLDIE

224pp ILLUS 2013 LIST PRICE: £36.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £13.95 HB44

THE IRISHA Photohistory, 1840-1940SEAN SEXTON and CHRISTINE KINEALYThe first Irish photographs date from 1840, and in the century that followed political life was dominated by the struggle for landrights, for Home Rule and finally for independence. Much of thatexperience, now so remote, is brought to life here in images. 224pp 271 PHOTOS 2002 OUT OF PRINTSALE PRICE: £17.95 HB48

GROWING SPACEA History of the Allotment MovementLESLEY ACTONWhile the story of the allotment movement has hitherto beenprimarily one of relieving hunger, this book tells another side: thatof intrigue, lawsuits, politics, land grabs, soaring house prices,recreation and, not least of all, want and plenty.280pp ILLUS & PHOTOS 2015 LIST PRICE: £14.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £6.50 HB60

THE ASHGATE RESEARCH COMPANION TO IMPERIAL GERMANYEdited by MATTHEW JEFFERIESThis scintillating volume allows authorities on the historiographyon the Kaiserreich to write at length about research in theirspecialist fields. Chapter headings are: Imperial governance;Prussian governance; The German monarchies; Elections;Liberalism; Conservatism; Nationalism; Anti-semitism; PoliticalCatholicism; Socialism; Particularism and localism; Popular culture;Gender; Religion; Class; Trade policy and globalisation; Agriculturallabour; The environment and environmentalism; Population:demography and mobility; International relations; Militarism; Thearmy; The navy and the sea; Germany and the origins of the FirstWorld War; Colonialism and genocide.480pp 2015 LIST PRICE: £110.00SALE PRICE: £35.00 HC24

THE HUSBAND HUNTERSSocial Climbing in London and New YorkANNE DE COURCYTowards the end of the nineteenth century and for the first fewyears of the twentieth, a strange invasion took place in Britain. Thecitadel of power, privilege and breeding in which the titled, land-owning governing class had barricaded itself for so long wasbreached. From 1874 --- the year that Jennie Jerome, the firstknown ‘Dollar Princess’, married Randolph Churchill --- to 1905,dozens of American heiresses married impoverished British peers,bringing with them all the fabulous wealth, glamour andsophistication of the Gilded Age. They had the cash, but neededmore class.

An acidly funny account . . . the extravagant ostentation that de Courcy serves

up in her delectably gossip-filled book is of the sort that modern-day oligarchs

still revere. DAILY TELEGRAPH

320pp 21 ILLUS 2018 LIST PRICE: £14.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £6.95 HC25

IN WARTIMEStories from UkraineTIM JUDAHMaking his way from the Polish border in the west, through thecapital city and the heart of the 2014 revolution, to the easternfrontline near the Russian border, Judah talks to the people livingthrough the conflict ---mothers, soldiers, businessmen, poets,politicians ---whose memories of a contested past shape theirattitudes, allegiances and hopes for the future. Together, theirstories paint a vivid picture of what the second largest country inEurope feels like in wartime: a nation trapped between powerfulforces, both political and historical, and fighting one another on asecond front --- the crucial war against corruption.

. . . reveals the links between the current conflict and the history lying beneath

the emotions and memories. FOREIGN AFFAIRS

288pp 2016 LIST PRICE: £20.00SALE PRICE: £8.95 HC13

THE MAKERS OF THE MODERN MIDDLE EASTT G FRASER, ANDREW MANGO and ROBERT McNAMARAIn 1914 the Middle East was still dominated, as it had been forsome four centuries, by the Ottoman Empire; by 1923, its politicalshape had changed beyond recognition as a result of the insistentclaims of Arab and Turkish nationalism and of Zionism. This bookexamines that historic transformation, taking as its focus the workof three leaders. The Hashemite Emir Feisal hoped to head an Arabkingdom in Syria but was thwarted by the French. The Turkish warhero Mustafa Kemal defied the imperial ambitions of the Europeanpowers, inspiring a new Turkish nationalism and founding asecular republic on the ruins of a defeated empire. The Russian-born scientist Chaim Weizmann seized the chance to secure theBalfour Declaration in favour of Zionism from the British in 1917,and then successfully argued for a British mandate for Palestinewhich would carry this out.390pp 2015 LIST PRICE: £37.50SALE PRICE: £9.95 HC11

MIDNIGHT AT THE PERA PALACEThe Birth of Modern IstanbulCHARLES KINGAt midnight on 31 December 1925, citizens of the newly-proclaimed Turkish Republic celebrated the New Year. For the firsttime ever, they had agreed to use a nationally unified calendar andclock. Istanbul was home to generations of Greeks, Armeniansand Jews, as well as Muslims. It welcomed White Russian noblesousted by the Russian Revolution, Bolshevik assassins on the trailof Trotsky, German professors, British diplomats and Americanentrepreneurs --- a multicultural panoply of performers and poets,do-gooders and ne’er-do-wells. At the Pera Palace, Istanbul’s mostluxurious hotel, so many spies mingled in the lobby that a sign wasposted asking them to relinquish their seats to paying guests. Kingbrings to life an era when a storied city stumbled into the modernworld.

Succeeds brilliantly in portraying the eclipsed city in the Twenties and Thirties,

when bars, jazz clubs and brothels all proliferated. SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

480pp MAPS 2015 LIST PRICE: £12.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £6.95 HC12

¡NO PASARÁN!Writings from the Spanish Civil WarEdited by PETER AYRTONAn anthology of thirty-eight of the most vivid and poignant storiesto come out of the Spanish Civil War, by writers from across thepolitical and geographical spectrum. Included are celebratedinternational figures such as Leonardo Sciascia, Arthur Koestler,Jean-Paul Sartre and Victor Serge and well known British andAmerican observers such as George Orwell, Laurie Lee, John DosPassos and Langston Hughes. Uniquely, where previous collectionsprivileged the writings of the International Brigades, this volumedraws most heavily on writers from Spain itself.448pp 2016 LIST PRICE: £20.00SALE PRICE: £10.95 HC14

THE OTHER PARISThe People’s City, Nineteenth and Twentieth CenturiesLUC SANTEParis, the City of Light,the city of fine dining,seductive couture andintellectual hauteur, wasuntil fairly recentlyalways accompanied byits shadow: the city ofthe poor, the outcast,the criminal, theeccentric, the wilfullynonconforming. Thisbook gives us apanoramic view of thatsecond metropolis,whose traces are in thebricks and stones of thecontemporary city andin the culture of France itself. Richly illustrated, The OtherParis reclaims the city from the modern bon vivants andspeculators; scuttling through the knotted streets, through thewhorehouses and dance halls, the knock-out shops and hoboshelters of the old city.

This brilliant, beautifully written essay is the finest book I have ever read about

Paris. Ever. PAUL AUSTER

320pp 300+ ILLUS & MAPS 2015 OUT OF PRINTSALE PRICE: £13.95 HC15

THE PURSUIT OF POWEREurope, 1815-1914RICHARD J EVANSDrawing on a lifetime of thinking about nineteenth-centuryEurope, Evans aims to reignite the sense of wonder thatpermeated a remarkable era, as rulers and ruled navigatedoverwhelming cultural, political and technological changes. It wasa time where what was seen as modern with amazing speedappeared old-fashioned, where huge cities sprang up in ageneration, new European countries were created and where, forthe first time, humans could communicate almost instantly overthousands of miles.

Dazzlingly erudite and entertaining. SUNDAY TIMES

848pp 2016 LIST PRICE: £30.00SALE PRICE: £15.95 HC16

BAD TEETH NO BARA History of Military Bicycles in the Great WarCOLIN KIRSCHIt is no surprise that bicycles were quickly pressed into service atthe outbreak of hostilities in World War I, performing a variety ofroles by armies on both sides, including as messengers, scouts andguides. This appreciation of their part in the Great War includescolour photographs of vintage bikes and their riders, and providesaccounts of their long-forgotten exploits. 384pp 150 ILLUS (50 COLOUR) 2018 LIST PRICE: £32.00 (P)SALE PRICE: £12.95 HC03

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PAGE 5SPRING 2019 ACADEMIC BOOK COLLECTIONCASSINO 1944Breaking the Gustav LineKEN FORDIllustrated by HOWARD GERRARDThe battle for Cassino in 1944 was the most bitter struggle of theentire Italian campaign of World War II. The dominating peak ofMonte Cassino was key to the entire Gustav Line, a formidablesystem of defences that stretched across the Italian peninsula. Thisbook details the events of the five-month battle. 96pp 74 ILLUS & MAPS (28 COLOUR) 2004 LIST PRICE: £14.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £7.95 HB93

THE DELUGEThe Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916-1931ADAM TOOZEThis panoramic study tells a chilling story of the struggle for globalmastery from the battles of the Western Front in 1916 to theGreat Depression of the 1930s. The war shook the foundations ofpolitical and economic order across Eurasia. Empires that hadlasted since the Middle Ages collapsed into ruins. New nationssprang up. Strikes, street-fighting and revolution convulsed muchof the world. And beneath the surface turmoil, the war set inmotion a more lasting shift: 1916 was the year when world affairsbegan to revolve around the United States. Tooze shows how thefate of effectively the whole of civilisation came to revolve aroundthis new power’s fraught relationship with a changed world.

. . . the general public and policymakers alike will ---must! --- turn to Adam

Tooze for instruction. TABLET

672pp ILLUS 2015 LIST PRICE: £30.00SALE PRICE: £12.95 HB94

THE DYING DAYS OF THE THIRD REICHGerman Accounts from World War IICHRISTIAN HUBERIt has taken seventy years for the narratives of ordinary Germansoldiers during the Second World War to be made available to anEnglish-speaking audience. This collection of first-hand accountsincludes the stories of German soldiers fighting the Red Army onthe Eastern Front; of Horst Messer, who served on the last EastPrussian panzer tank but was captured and spent four years inRussian captivity at Riga; Hans Obermeier, who recounts hiscapture on the Czech front and escape from Siberia; and a movingaccount of an anonymous Wehrmacht soldier in Slovakia givenorders to execute Russian prisoners. 176pp 2016 LIST PRICE: £20.00SALE PRICE: £12.50 HC07

ETHNOGRAPHY AFTER ANTIQUITYForeign Lands and Peoples in Byzantine LiteratureANTHONY KALDELLISThe Byzantines, geographically located at the heart of theupheavals that led from the ancient to the modern world, hadabundant knowledge of the cultures with which they struggledand bargained. In this work the author shows Byzantine writersusing accounts of foreign cultures as vehicles to critique their ownstate or to demonstrate Romano-Christian superiority over Islam.He comes to the conclusion that the Byzantines’ Roman identity,rather than their orthodoxy, was the vital distinction from culturesthey considered heretic and barbarian.288pp 2013 LIST PRICE: £62.00SALE PRICE: £16.95 HB95

HUÊ 1968A Turning Point of the American War in VietnamMARK BOWDENIn the early hours of 31 January 1968, the North Vietnameselaunched more than one hundred attacks across South Vietnam inwhat would become known as the Tet Offensive. Its lynchpin wasthe capture of Huê, Vietnam’s intellectual and cultural capital, by10,000 National Liberation Front troops who descended fromhidden camps. American battalions retook the city, block by blockand building by building, in some of the most intense urbancombat since World War II. Played out over 24 days and costing10,000 lives, the Battle of Huê was by far the bloodiest of theentire war. Bowden narrates each stage of this crucial battle frommultiple viewpoints. 624pp MAPS & ILLUS 2017 LIST PRICE: £21.99SALE PRICE: £11.95 HB96

THE INVENTION OF THE LAND OF ISRAELFrom Holy Land to HomelandSHLOMO SANDSand examines the sacred land that has become the site of thelongest running national struggle of the twentieth century. Hedeconstructs the age-old legends surrounding the Holy Land andthe prejudices that continue to suffocate it, dissects the concept of‘historical right’ and tracks the creation of the modern geopoliticalconcept of the ‘Land of Israel’ by nineteenth-century EvangelicalProtestants and Jewish Zionists. 304pp ILLUS 2012 LIST PRICE: £16.99SALE PRICE: £8.95 HB97

THE LAST DAYS OF STALINJOSHUA RUBENSTEINStalin’s sudden collapse and death in March 1953 was as dramaticand mysterious as his life. This is a briskly told account of thedictator’s final active months, the vigil at his deathbed, and theunfolding of Soviet and international events in the months afterhis death. Rubenstein throws light on the plotting of Beria,Malenkov, Khrushchev and other ‘comrades in arms’ who wellunderstood the significance of the dictator’s impending death; thewitness-documented events of his death as compared to officialpublished versions; Stalin’s rumoured plans forcibly to exile SovietJews; the responses of Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles tothe Kremlin’s conciliatory gestures after the dictator’s death; andthe momentous repercussions when Stalin’s regime of terror wascut short.304pp 16 ILLUS 2016 LIST PRICE: £25.00SALE PRICE: £12.95 HB98

THE NATION IN HISTORYHistoriographical Debates about Ethnicity and NationalismANTHONY D SMITHAn account of assumptions and explanations of nationalism indifferent historical epochs. Smith codifies the most cogentresponses that have been offered to three defining issues: thenature and origin of the nation and nationalism; the antiquity ormodernity of nations and nationalism; and the role of nations andnationalism in historical, and especially recent, social change.Using the examples of Persia, Israel and Greece for long-termillustrations, he also discusses ethnic and national identities inFrance, Germany, England, Yugoslavia and elsewhere.144pp 2000 LIST PRICE: £13.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £7.95 HB99

WHY DID THE HEAVENS NOT DARKEN?The ‘Final Solution’ in HistoryARNO J MAYERMayer seeks to demonstrate that, while the Nazis’ anti-Semitismwas always virulent, it did not become genocidal until well into theSecond World War, when the failure of their all-or-nothingcampaign against Russia triggered the ‘Final Solution’. The work isperhaps the strongest case against the intentionalist argument andwas met with hostile reviews.544pp MAPS 2012 LIST PRICE: £19.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £9.95 HC01

ASYLUMA Survivor’s Flight from Nazi-Occupied Viennathrough Wartime FranceMORIZ SCHEYERAs an editor for one of Vienna’s principal newspapers, MorizScheyer was an important literary journalist. With the advent ofthe Nazis he was forced from both job and home. In 1943, inhiding in France, Scheyer began drafting what was to become thisbook. Tracing events from the Anschluss, through life in Paris andunoccupied France, including a period in a French concentrationcamp, contact with the Resistance and clandestine life in aconvent, he gives a mesmerising account of the events andexperience of persecution. After Scheyer’s death, his stepsondestroyed the manuscript. Or thought he did.320pp PHOTOS 2016 LIST PRICE: £14.99SALE PRICE: £7.95 B908

BERLINImage of a CityRORY MACLEANWeaving together intimate portraits of 21 of Berlin’s formerinhabitants in the last five centuries, MacLean reveals the variedand rich history of the city, from its brightest to its darkestmoments. We encounter an ambitious prostitute refashioningherself as a princess, a Scottish mercenary fighting for the PrussianArmy, Marlene Dietrich flaunting her sexuality, Goebbelsconcocting Nazi iconography and Hitler fantasising about themega-city Germania.432pp 2014 LIST PRICE: £14.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £8.95 HB80

GREAT CATASTROPHEArmenians and Turks in the Shadow of GenocideTHOMAS DE WAALThe destruction of the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire in 1915-16 was a brutal mass crime that prefigured other genocides in thetwentieth century. By various estimates, more than a millionArmenians were killed and the survivors were scattered across theworld. In Turkey, the Armenian issue was initially forgotten andsuppressed, only to return to the political agenda following anoutbreak of Armenian terrorism in the 1970s and the growth ofidentity politics. The author here tells the much less well-knownstory of what happened to Armenians, Kurds and Turks in theaftermath of the Genocide and records consequent Armenian-Turkish relations in all their twists and turns.312pp 2015 LIST PRICE: £20.00SALE PRICE: £8.95 HB84

SHADOWS OF REVOLUTIONReflections on France, Past and PresentDAVID A BELLThe common thread of these essays is France and French history,of which Bell is an acknowledged expert. The collection is dividedinto seven sections: The ‘Longue Durée’; From the Old Regime tothe Revolution; The Revolution; Napoleon Bonaparte; TheNineteenth Century; Vichy; and Parallels: Past and Present. Bellargues that so much of French (and European) history revolvesaround the French Revolution of 1789 to 1799. His other mainfocus is the French Vichy regime and the process by which theFrench have come to terms with their collaboration. 456pp 2016 LIST PRICE: £23.99SALE PRICE: £9.95 HB85

STALIN’S WORLDDictating the Soviet OrderSARAH DAVIES and JAMES HARRISBased on the dictator’s notes, rough drafts and correspondence,this is a study of how Stalin processed information in areas rangingfrom terror to art, foreign policy to leadership technique, class tocults of personality, in a system in which huge political importancewas attached to the correct use of words and phrases. The authorsshow not only how Stalin perceived the world but also how hemisperceived it. 360pp 2015 LIST PRICE: £65.00SALE PRICE: £14.95 HB86

CENTENARY OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONArticles from the Socialist StandardSOCIALIST STANDARDSeventy years of articles arguing cogently against the view that theBolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1917 was a positive chapter inthe furtherance of socialism. The book details the rejoinder toLeninism and the disastrous influence of the Soviet state aroundthe world.231pp 2017 LIST PRICE: £5.00 (P)SALE PRICE: £4.95 S374

THE HUNDRED YEARS WARDivided HousesJONATHAN SUMPTIONIn the late fourteenth century, contemporaries in England andFrance believed that they were living through times of greatwickedness and great achievement, of collective mediocrity butintense personal heroism, of extremes of wealth and poverty,fortune and failure. Sumption shows that it is possible to agreewith all of these judgments.

. . . an enthralling account of English decay and French resurgence . . . conveys

so graphically ‘the savagery, the utter savagery’, to say nothing of the sheer

pointlessness, of it all. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

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RED FORTRESSHistory and Illusion in the KremlinCATHERINE MERRIDALEThe Kremlin has an intriguing history in its own right but comes tolife here as the focal point for the great sweep of events andcharacters which shaped both it and Russia over the centuries.

. . . a brilliant meditation on Russian history and the myths with which the

Russians have sought to console themselves. GUARDIAN

506pp ILLUS 2014 LIST PRICE: £12.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £6.95 HB57

DEFEAT AND MEMORYCultural Histories of Military Defeat in the Modern EraEdited by JENNY MACLEODThese studies of the manner in which military defeat isremembered reveal recurring themes: the rituals of humiliation,the influence of the Christian belief in sacrifice and redemption,and the myths of the stab-in-the-back and the Lost Cause.272pp ILLUS 2008 LIST PRICE: £78.00SALE PRICE: was £12.95 / now £8.95 HA12

A COMPANION TO GALICIAN CULTUREEdited by HELENA MIGUÉLEZ-CARBALLEIRAOf all the differentiated regions of contemporary Spain, Galicia isthe most deeply marked by political, economic and culturalinequities throughout the centuries. Possibly due to the absence ofa nationally aware local bourgeoisie and the enduringly colonialstructures informing Spanish-Galician relations, processes of

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national construction have been patchily successful. However,Galicia’s cultural distinctness is easily recognisable, from thelanguage spoken in the region to the specific forms of the builtlandscape. This volume offers an in-depth introduction to theintegral aspects of Galician cultural history, from pre-historicaltimes to the present day. 245pp 2014 LIST PRICE: £60.00SALE PRICE: £11.95 R306

DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?Why Writing Well MattersSIR HAROLD EVANSHarold Evans has editedeverything from theurgent files of battlefieldreporters to the complexthought processes ofHenry Kissinger, and hehere brings his insight intothe art of clearcommunication. The rightwords are oxygen to ourideas, but the digital erahas been cutting off thatoxygen flow. Thecompulsion to be precisehas vanished from ourculture, and in writing ofall kinds we see a trendtowards more – morespeed and moreinformation, but far lessclarity. Evans providespractical examples of how editing and rewriting can make forbetter communication, even in the digital age.

It is a powerful argument for the importance of language, and a signal warning

of the consequences of its abuse. DAILY TELEGRAPH

448pp CARTOONS 2018 LIST PRICE: £12.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £7.50 R307

RUSSIAN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY OF IDIOMSSOPHIA LUBENSKYThis is the most comprehensive and scholarly bilingual dictionaryof Russian idioms available. It includes close to 14,000 idioms, setexpressions and sayings found in contemporary colloquial Russianand in literature from the nineteenth century to the present. A notable part of the work is the alphanumeric index that makesfinding the right expression easy.992pp 2014 LIST PRICE: £76.00SALE PRICE: £32.00 R305

A HISTORY OF THE 20TH CENTURYIN 100 MAPSTIM BRYARS and TOM HARPERThis book explores the cartographic legacy of modern conflict and tells many other stories, including Jewish London at the turnof the century, the Edwardian opium trade, rapid post-wardecolonisation, and the expansion of the London Underground. 240pp 110 COLOUR MAPS 2014 LIST PRICE: £25.00SALE PRICE: was £14.95 / now £12.50 R301

THE WORLD FOR A KINGPierre Desceliers’ World Map of 1550CHET VAN DUZERA full-scale colour reproduction of one of the British Library’sgreatest treasures, the manuscript world map of 1550 producedby Pierre Desceliers. Compendious, exotic, sumptuously illustratedand replete with interest and information, the map is one of themost important of the ‘Dieppe School’ of cartography thatflourished in Normandy from the 1540s to the 1560s. The textanalyses the map’s illustrations of people, animals and cities; anddiscusses its curious hypothetical southern continent. A reduced-size removable reproduction of the map is inserted at the back ofthe book.160pp 42 PLATES 2015 LIST PRICE: £50.00SALE PRICE: £22.95 R300

COMPENDIUM OF THE WORLD’S LANGUAGESGEORGE L CAMPBELL and GARETH KINGThis new incarnation of Campbell's astounding work brings amuch-loved survey of more than fifty languages emphatically intothe twenty-first century.

One might buy the book for the information it contains, but it gives much

pleasure also. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

2 VOLS 1,984pp 256 TABLES 2012 LIST PRICE: £370.00SALE PRICE: £135.00 R287

DOWNSTREAMA History and Celebration of Swimming the River ThamesCAITLIN DAVIESThe Victorian era saw organised swimming on the Thames withthe launch of the long-distance amateur championship of GreatBritain. Soon, floating baths were built in London; people swam at official pools and islands at Oxford, Reading and Henley, divedoff pontoons at Kingston and played at temporary lidos inRichmond. By the 1930s the Thames had become a holiday spotfor families, with beaches at the Tower of London, Greenwich andGrays. This book explores the changing nature of swimmers’relationship with the river, featuring previously unpublished archiveimages.400pp ILLUS 2015 LIST PRICE: £16.99SALE PRICE: £8.95 E347

NOTES FROM THE SOFARAYMOND BRIGGSFrom the bestselling author of The Snowman comes a charmingand profusely illustrated work for adults. Briggs traces the courseof his life in a series of vignettes that take him from theawkwardness and embarrassment of growing up to thevicissitudes and frustrations of growing old and the absurdities ofthe modern world.

He only really bares his fangs when commenting on the decline of literacy and

educational standards. THE HERALD

224pp ILLUS 2015 LIST PRICE: £14.99SALE PRICE: £6.50 E348

THE ROOF AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLDDiscovering the Transantarctic MountainsEDMUND STUMPThe Transantarctic Mountains are the most remote mountain belton Earth, an utterly pristine wilderness of ice and rock rising tomajestic heights and extending for 1,500 miles. This book is thefirst to show us this continental-scale mountain system in all itsbeauty and desolation, and the first to provide a comprehensive,fully illustrated history of the region’s discovery and heroicexplorations.

. . . this solid and dependable book is as beautiful as the mountains it describes.

NATURE

272pp 144 ILLUS & MAPS (129 COLOUR) 2011LIST PRICE: £30.00SALE PRICE: £12.95 E349

INTERESTING TIMESPETER BROOKESThis new collection of satirical sketches of contemporary politicallife by Peter Brookes of The Times showcases the stand-out piecesfrom his opinion-page cartoons. They subject our political mastersto the most brutal of roastings, taking in the 2016 EU referendumand the 2017 General Election.112pp 100+ CARTOONS 2017 LIST PRICE: £20.00SALE PRICE: £10.95 E346

THE UNSEEN AQUITANIAThe Ship in Rare IllustrationsJ KENT LAYTON and TAD FITCHRMS Aquitania was one of the longest serving passenger liners ofthe twentieth century, carrying 1.2 million passengers over acareer that spanned nearly 36 years. The ship was pressed intoservice during both world wars, became the last surviving four-funnelled ocean vessel and was also one of the most elegant,nicknamed ‘the ship beautiful’. The authors present the mostevocative collection of rare and unusual imagery relating to thishistoric liner. 184pp 250 ILLUS (50 COLOUR) 2017 LIST PRICE: £25.00SALE PRICE: £15.95 E344

THE WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL LIBRARIESPhotography by MASSIMO LISTRIEdited by ELISABETH SLADEK and GEORG RUPPELTThrough great wooden doors, up spiralling staircases and alongshelf-lined corridors, we here glory in the world’s oldest and finestprivate, public, educational and monastic libraries, dating as farback as 766. Between them, these institutions hold some of themost precious records of human thought and deed, inscribed andprinted in manuscripts, volumes, papyrus scrolls and incunabula. Ineach, the photographs capture the library’s unique atmosphere, asmuch as their most prized holdings and design details. Each libraryand their often-turbulent pasts are described.

One can practically smell the dust on these ancient books. ARTOLOGY

560pp COLOUR PHOTOS 2018 LIST PRICE: £150.00SALE PRICE: £96.00 E345

THE MEDIEVAL BOOK AND A MODERN COLLECTOREssays in Honour of Toshiyuki TakamiyaEdited by TAKAMI MATSUDA, RICHARD A LINENTHAL and JOHN SCAHILLWith particular concentrations on Chaucer, Gower, Malory andreligious and historical writings of the late Middle Ages, thisvolume includes essays examining the work of early printers suchas Caxton and de Worde, and of bibliophiles and antiquarians inmodern times.

Physically splendid . . . a banquet of a book that should not be missed.

RICARDIAN

552pp 82 ILLUS 2015 LIST PRICE: £35.00 (P)SALE PRICE: £17.95 E343

THE LIQUID CONTINENTA Mediterranean TrilogyVol 1: Alexandria; Vol 2: Venice; Vol 3: IstanbulNICHOLAS WOODSWORTHThe Mediterranean has its own culture, its own life, its own way ofbeing. This sea, the author says, should not be seen as an emptyspace surrounded by Europe, Asia and Africa, but as a continent inits own right, a place from whose coastlines people look inwardsover the water to each other. 3 VOLS 846pp ILLUS & MAPS 2008 LIST PRICE: £38.97SALE PRICE: was £14.95 / now £9.95 E339

TOURISTS, TRAVELLERS AND HOTELSIN NINETEENTH-CENTURY JERUSALEMOn Mark Twain and Charles Warren at theMediterranean HotelSHIMON GIBSON, YONI SHAPIRA andRUPERT L CHAPMANA study of the rise of commercial hotel keeping in Jerusalem fromthe beginnings in the early 1840s, supplemented with a largetrove of rare photographs. Chapters cover modes of travel and therole of dragomen, early guidebooks and other aspects of tourism.304pp 350 ILLUS 2013 LIST PRICE: £60.99SALE PRICE: £19.95 E335

AMAZING GRACEThe Man Who Was WGRICHARD TOMLINSONW G Grace was arguably one of only two batsmen in the historyof cricket who, in their prime, have been at least twice as good astheir contemporaries. This study describes a man who would havebeen great in any age and whose fundamental decencyoutweighed his failings. The author’s most original theme is thepsychological aspect of Grace’s drastic physical deterioration,which set in by his early 30s.432pp 16pp ILLUS 2015 LIST PRICE: £9.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £5.50 B929

CONSTANT LAMBERTBeyond The Rio GrandeSTEPHEN LLOYDSixty years after his tragic early death Constant Lambert (1905-51)is little known today. As a composer he is remembered for his jazz-inspired The Rio Grande but little more, and for a man whoselflessly devoted the greater part of his life to the establishmentof English ballet his work is largely unrecognised. This book looksnot only at his music but at his journalism, his talks for the BBC,his championing of jazz (in particular Duke Ellington) and – moreprivately ---his long-standing affair with Margot Fonteyn. 622pp 111 ILLUS (12 COLOUR) 2014 LIST PRICE: £25.00SALE PRICE: £13.95 B927

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PAGE 7SPRING 2019 ACADEMIC BOOK COLLECTIONTHE CORRESPONDENCE OF JONATHAN SWIFTIn Four Volumes, plus Index VolumeJONATHAN SWIFTEdited by DAVID WOOLLEYThe collected letters of Jonathan Swift have long been esteemedwith the best to have emerged from eighteenth-century England,an age distinguished for the excellence of its letters. In the half-century from 1690 to 1740 some two hundred and thirtycontemporaries, in all walks of life, thought to preserve hisautographs: among them were his literary friends, his printers andpublishers, politicians in England and Ireland, his ecclesiasticalsuperiors and other clergy, his friends of the nobility and closerfriends and relatives. He also diligently kept many of their replies.These volumes provide a marvellously animated panorama notonly of his own life, but of his varied acquaintances and the scenesof London, Dublin and rural Ireland through a deeply interestingera. 5 VOLS 680pp 1999-2007 LIST PRICE: £375.00SALE PRICE: £125.00 B925

CURSED LEGACYThe Tragic Life of Klaus MannFREDERIC SPOTTSSon of Thomas Mann, homosexual, drug-addicted and forced toflee from his fatherland, the writer Klaus Mann’s comparativelyshort life was as artistically productive as it was devastatinglydislocated. Best-known today as the author of Mephisto, theliterary enfant terrible of the Weimar era produced seven novels, adozen plays, four biographies and three autobiographies --- amongthem the first works in Germany to tackle gay issues. He wasamong the first to take up his pen against the Nazis, as a rewardfor which he was blacklisted and denounced as a dangerous half-Jew, his books burnt in public squares, and his citizenship revoked.Having served with the US military in Italy, he was neverthelessundone by anti-Communist fanatics and died in France at ageforty-two. This biography charts the effects of reactionary politicson art and literature and tells the story of a talent destroyed bypersonal circumstance.352pp 16 ILLUS 2016 LIST PRICE: £30.00SALE PRICE: £10.95 B922

KENNETH CLARKLife, Art and CivilisationJAMES STOURTONFrom his time as Bernard Berenson’s protege to his appointment asthe youngest-ever director of the National Gallery, Kenneth Clarkdisplayed precocious genius. No voice has exercised so muchpower and influence over the arts in Britain as Clark’s. Aformidable aesthete, his coterie included John Betjeman, WinstonChurchill, Margot Fonteyn, E M Forster, Vivien Leigh, the QueenMother and Henry Moore. Hidden from view, however, was hiswife Jane’s alcoholism and his own philandering. In this biography,Clark is shown as a man who conveyed the beauty andimportance of art, architecture and civilisation for generations tocome.

. . . scholarly, entertaining, beautifully written and sympathetic, while far from

uncritical. THE TIMES

496pp ILLUS 2016 LIST PRICE: £30.00SALE PRICE: £14.95 B926

THE LIVES OF GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDELDAVID HUNTERTo evaluate the familiar,even over-familiar, storyof Handel’s life could beseen as a quixoticendeavour. How canthere be anything newto say? This book seeksto distinguish fact fromfiction, not only toproduce a newbiography but also toexplore the concepts ofbiography anddissemination by usingHandel’s life and lives asa case study. Byexamining the images ofHandel found inbiographies and musichistories --- the genius,the religious profound,the master of musicalstyles, the distiller into music of English sentiment, the hymner ofthe middle class, the independent, the generous, the sexless, thewealthy, the bankrupt, the pious, the crude, the battler of ill-fortune, the moral exemplar --- and by adding new factualinformation, Hunter shows how events are manipulated intostories and tropes.

[An] unique contribution to Handel scholarship. MUSIC & LETTERS

536pp 17 ILLUS 2015 LIST PRICE: £30.00SALE PRICE: £15.95 B928

THE MEMOIRS OF WALTER BAGEHOTFRANK PROCHASKAWalter Bagehot (1826-77) was a prominent English journalist,banker and man of letters. For many years he was editor of TheEconomist, and to this day the magazine includes a weekly‘Bagehot’ column. He famously wrote The English Constitution, abook exploring the nature of the British Parliament and monarchy.In this imaginative reconstruction of the memoir Bagehot mighthave written, Prochaska assumes his subject’s voice, draws on hisextensive writings (Bagehot’s Collected Works fill 15 volumes) andscrupulously avoids what Bagehot considered that mostunpardonable of faults ---dullness.

Prochaska picks out the plums nicely, and the ripest and juiciest are usually

Bagehot’s remarks on the world he really knew from the inside, the world of

money. LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS

224pp 2013 LIST PRICE: £18.99SALE PRICE: £8.95 B923

MOURNING DIARYROLAND BARTHESThe French critic Roland Barthes has guru status among literarytheorists. This private diary opens the door onto his strangepersonal world, recording, day-by-day, the impact of bereavementas he struggled to live without the most important person in hislife: his beloved mother, Henrietta, with whom he lived for sixtyyears. Introduction by Michael Wood.

Precise and touching memories intersect with spare and at times desperate

notes on time, death and grief. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

254pp 2011 LIST PRICE: £14.99SALE PRICE: £6.95 B924

THE WILSON-JOHNSON CORRESPONDENCE,1964-69Edited by SIMON C SMITHThis volume provides all the correspondence between HaroldWilson, who became Prime Minister in October 1964, andPresident Lyndon B Johnson, who stepped down in January 1969.This period witnessed Britain’s accelerated ‘retreat from Empire’and the United States’ correspondingly active role in confrontingcommunist influence across the globe. The letters reveal thedifficulties both faced during this period of transition. In particular,the issue of the Vietnam War looms large, as Wilson’s refusal tocommit British forces served to place severe strain on relationsbetween the two men. Other topics which re-occur includeAmerican attempts to stiffen Britain’s resolve to preserve thepound’s value, the almost continual British defence reviews, thefuture of the British Army on the Rhine, the French withdrawalfrom NATO, the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, East-West relations,Britain’s relations with the EEC, the Prague Spring, and thedevaluation of sterling. 336pp 2015 LIST PRICE: £93.99SALE PRICE: £28.00 B930

EDWARD SEYMOURLord Protector: Tudor King in All But NameMARGARET SCARDFor nearly three years Edward Seymour was the most powerfulman in Tudor England. Yet such authority was not his by right. Itcame about only through a stroke of good fortune – his sister,Jane, married Henry VIII and gave birth to a son. It was his kinshipto this boy, Edward VI, that gave him an advantage over othermen. Seymour’s political skills were not well-honed, however, andhis single-mindedness and overbearing attitude alienated thosewhose support he most needed. The scene was set for conflict,which this story of ambition, power and ultimate failure describes.288pp 25 COLOUR ILLUS 2016 LIST PRICE: £20.00SALE PRICE: £11.95 B917

IRONSIDEThe Authorised Biography of Field Marshal Lord Ironside, 1880-1959EDMUND IRONSIDEField Marshal Ironside was mobilised as a Subaltern for the BoerWar to act as a secret agent and to streamline the peace process.With an appetite for battle, in World War I he became the AlliedCommander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force in North Russiaand, as a knighted Major General at the age of 39, thenmodernised the Staff training to deal with armoured and aerialwarfare. His skills were tested out in the Raj and, in 1939, theBritish Army leadership as Chief of the Imperial General Staff wasplaced in his hands. This biography is the definitive account of oneof the most varied and long careers of any military leader in thetwentieth century. 416pp 32 PLATES / 80 ILLUS 2018 LIST PRICE: £40.00SALE PRICE: £25.00 B918

LOUISThe French Prince Who Invaded EnglandCATHERINE HANLEYIn 1215 a group of English barons, dissatisfied with the weak anddespicable King John, decided that they needed a new monarch.They wanted a strong, experienced man, of royal blood, and theyfound him on the other side of the Channel: Louis, eldest son and

heir of the king of France. In this biography of England’s least-known ‘king’, Hanley explores the life and times of ‘Louis the Lion’before, during and beyond his fruitless quest for the Englishthrone. 296pp 12pp of ILLUS 2016 LIST PRICE: £25.00SALE PRICE: £13.95 B914

THE NEVILLS OF MIDDLEHAMEngland’s Most Powerful Family in the Wars of the RosesK L CLARKIn 1465, the Nevills had reached the pinnacle of power andinfluence in England. Richard Nevill was the king’s right-hand manand married to the richest woman in the kingdom; John Nevill wasan accomplished soldier who did much to stabilise the newdynasty; and George Nevill was not only chancellor but newlyenthroned as Archbishop of York. The Nevill women were just asactive and were not afraid of wielding their influence. But cracksin the stability of the family began to show. Rivalries led to seriousconflict that worsened when Edward IV married ElizabethWydeville, a choice of bride that did not please everyone. TheNevills had already lost a great deal for the Yorkist cause, and asthe Wars of the Roses turned into one of the bloodiest periods ofEnglish history they would lose even more. 416pp 32 ILLUS 2016 LIST PRICE: £25.00SALE PRICE: £14.95 B919

THE THIRD PLANTAGENETGeorge, Duke of Clarence, Richard III’s Brother JOHN ASHDOWN-HILLLess well-known than his brothers, Edward IV and Richard III, littlehas been written about George, Duke of Clarence, leaving us witha series of unanswered questions: What set him and his brotherEdward IV against one another and who was really responsible forhis death? George played a central role in the Wars of the Roses,but was he for York or Lancaster? Is the story of his drowning in abarrel of wine true? And was ‘false, fleeting, perjur'd Clarence’ insome way behind the sixteenth-century defamation of Richard III?This book exposes the myths about this Plantagenet prince andreveals the results of the recent re-examination of the Clarencevault.224pp 16 PLATES / 30 ILLUS 2014 LIST PRICE: £16.99SALE PRICE: £8.95 B920

CHARLOTTE BRONTËA Fiery HeartCLAIRE HARMANCharlotte Brontë’s life contained all the drama and tragedy of thegreat Gothic novels it inspired. Harman shows us an intense andtroubled young woman from an astonishingly creative family, whocreated new kinds of heroines inspired by her life.

Revelatory . . . I thought I was Brontë-ed out, but reading this book . . . has

drawn me back in. INDEPENDENT

480pp ILLUS 2014 LIST PRICE: £22.00SALE PRICE: £10.95 B909

MANUSCRIPTS DON’T BURNMikhail Bulgakov: A Life in Letters and DiariesEdited by J A E CURTISThis chronicle of Bulgakov’s life includes a partial copy of a diaryuncovered in the KGB’s archives, as well as diaries of his third wiferecording the nightmarish precariousness of life during the Stalinistpurges. There are also letters to Stalin and to his siblings in Paris;intimate notes to his second and third wives; and correspondencewith Gorky and Zamyatin. 306pp ILLUS 2012 LIST PRICE: £13.95 (P)SALE PRICE: £7.50 B907

GEORGE ORWELL: A LIFE IN LETTERSGEORGE ORWELLEdited by PETER DAVISONThis volume takes its place beside the five major biographies as anindispensable resource for understanding Orwell and his times.560pp ILLUS 2013 LIST PRICE: £25.00SALE PRICE: was £12.95 / now £9.95 B888

THE PERIODIC TABLEPRIMO LEVILevi assesses his life in terms of the chemical elements heassociates with his past. From his birth into an Italian Jewish familyand his training as a chemist, to the darkness of the Holocaust andits aftermath, he reflects on the difficult course of his life.208pp 2012 LIST PRICE: £7.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £4.25 B885

BYRON’S LETTERS AND JOURNALSA New SelectionEdited by RICHARD LANSDOWNThis collection provides the cream of Lord Byron’s informal proseand represents the thought processes and publishing dilemmasbehind the major works.560pp 2015 LIST PRICE: £30.00SALE PRICE: £14.95 B864

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JOURNEYMANAn AutobiographyEWAN MacCOLLEdited by PEGGY SEEGERThe singer, songwriter, actor, playwright and broadcaster describeshis Salford childhood, the founding and life of Joan Littlewood’sTheatre Workshop, and his struggle to secure the integrity of theUK folksong revival.512pp 41 ILLUS 2010 LIST PRICE: £19.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £9.95 B832

THE WRITINGS OF THEOBALD WOLFE TONE, 1763-98Vol 1: Tone’s Career in Ireland to June 1795Vol 2: America, France and Bantry Bay,

August 1795 to December 1796Vol 3: France, the Rhine, Lough Swilly and

Death of Tone, January 1797 toNovember 1798

THEOBALD WOLFE TONEEdited by T W MOODY, R B McDOWELL and C J WOODSThis edition of the writings of Theobald Wolfe Tone, barrister,United Irishman and officer in the French revolutionary army,consists of correspondence, diaries, autobiography, pamphlets,public addresses and miscellaneous memoranda. 3 VOLS 1,668pp 2009 LIST PRICE: £165.00 (P) SALE PRICE: £38.00 B690

THE ANCESTOR’S TALEA Pilgrimage to the Dawn of LifeRICHARD DAWKINS and YAN WONGAn updated edition of one of the richest and most originalaccounts of evolution ever written. The authors take us on anexhilarating reverse journey, from present-day humans back to themicrobial beginnings of life. It is a journey happily interrupted bymeetings of fellow modern animals (as well as plants, fungi andbacteria) similarly tracing their evolutionary path back throughhistory. As each evolutionary pilgrim tells their tale, light is shed ontopics such as speciation, sexual selection and extinction.

. . . achieves the almost impossible: it makes biology interesting again.

STEVE JONES

800pp ILLUS & COLOUR PLATES 2017 LIST PRICE: £14.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £8.50 N131

TO THE RIVERA Journey Beneath the SurfaceOLIVIA LAINGThe author set out one morning to walk the banks of the RiverOuse, from source to sea. Along the way, she explores the rolesthat rivers play in human lives, tracing their intricate flow throughliterature, mythology and local lore.

A beautifully written meditation on landscape. SUNDAY TIMES

304pp PHOTOS 2017 LIST PRICE £9.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £4.95 N127

ACCOMPANIED VOICESPoets on Composers: from Thomas Tallis toArvo PärtEdited by JOHN GREENINGThis is an anthology of some of the most memorable internationalwriting about classical music, and a commentary by one set ofpractising artists on the work of another. It is in effect achronological guide to the major composers of the last fourhundred years, written in the language which comes closest tomusic itself ---poetry. Poets represented include Coleridge,Tennyson, Thomas Hardy, R S Thomas, Geoffrey Hill, Ted Hughes,Basil Bunting, Siegfried Sassoon, Roy Fuller and George MackayBrown, among nearly a hundred writers.

. . . contains far too many artistic riches and provokes far too many thoughts to

be absorbed in one, two or even three readings. BBC MUSIC

234pp 2015 LIST PRICE: £18.99SALE PRICE: £9.95 AA83

BALTHUS: CATS AND GIRLSSABINE REWALDBalthus’s lifelong fascination with the dark side of childhoodresulted in his most iconic works: canvases depicting girls on thebrink of puberty, hovering between innocence and knowledge. Inthese pictures, the artist mingled intuition into his young sitters’psyches with overt erotic desire and forbidding austerity. Balthus’sportraits of a local young Parisienne named Therese Blanchard,and his interior scenes featuring Therese’s various successors, areamong the most powerful depictions of childhood andadolescence in the Western canon. Also present in many of theimages are cryptic cats ---often smiling, sometimes leering, andlikely as not standing in for Balthus himself. This beautifulcatalogue focuses on the early decades of his career, from themid-1930s to the 1950s. 176pp 120 ILLUS (100 COLOUR) 2013 LIST PRICE: £29.95SALE PRICE: £13.95 AA78

THE CHORAL REVIVAL IN THE ANGLICAN CHURCH, 1839-1872BERNARR RAINBOWWhen Rainbow was director of music at the College of St Markand St John, Chelsea, he came across the 1849 diary of servicemusic of Thomas Helmore. Astonished at its breadth of repertoire,he was inspired to investigate the circumstances of the document.His findings are recorded in this book, which sets Helmore’scontribution against the background of the Choral Revival as awhole. In tracing the history of the revival of care for the music ofthe liturgy, which led to the existing relationship between choirsand congregations, the author produces a socio-musical history ofa period vital in the evolution of the Anglican Church. 390pp 17 ILLUS 1970; REPR 2001 LIST PRICE: £30.00SALE PRICE: £14.95 AA84

JOHN HEARTFIELDLaughter is a Devastating WeaponDAVID KING and ERNST VOLLANDBorn in Berlin in 1891, John Heartfield, along with George Grosz,is considered to have invented photomontage, a technique ofcutting up and manipulating photographs. During the 1930s hisengagement with this medium produced some of the most visuallyarresting and politically hard-hitting artwork of the twentiethcentury, appropriating the widely-circulated propaganda of thetime to create its total antithesis. In 1933 much of his work wasdestroyed when the Gestapo ransacked his studio, and theensuing years saw him flee in exile around Europe. This overviewof his work includes more than 150 full-colour reproductions, aswell as documentary photographs and recollections from familymembers.175pp 150+ COLOUR ILLUS 2015 LIST PRICE: £29.99SALE PRICE: £14.95 AA80

LOST COUNTRY HOUSES OF NORFOLKHistory, Archaeology and MythTOM WILLIAMSON, IVAN RINGWOOD and SARAH SPOONERThe country houses lostfrom the landscapesince the late nineteenthcentury seem tosymbolise the passing ofa world of taste andelegance, of stabilityand deference: a worlddestroyed by modernity.This book presents asystematic analysis ofcountry house losses inNorfolk, discussing thescale and chronology ofdestruction. The authorsargue that the loss ofgreat houses was not anentirely newdevelopment of thetwentieth century, theyexplain the variedreasons why houses were abandoned and destroyed, and theyexplore the archaeological traces which these places, their gardensand parks, have left in the modern landscape. Their arguments areilluminated by a lavishly-illustrated gazetteer. 361pp 90 ILLUS 2015 LIST PRICE: £29.95SALE PRICE: £16.95 AA85

KEEPING AN EYE OPENEssays on ArtJULIAN BARNESBarnes began writing about art with a chapter on Géricault’s TheRaft of the Medusa in his 1989 novel A History of the World in10½ Chapters. Since then he has written a series of remarkableessays, chiefly about French artists, which trace the story of howart made its way from Romanticism to Realism and intoModernism. Illustrated in colour throughout, this book containsessays on Géricault, Delacroix, Courbet, Manet, Fantin-Latour,

Cézanne, Degas, Redon, Bonnard, Vuillard, Vallotton, Braque,Magritte, Oldenburg, Howard Hodgkin and Lucian Freud.

[A] beautifully produced and judiciously illustrated collection. DAILY TELEGRAPH

288pp COLOUR ILLUS 2015 LIST PRICE: £22.99SALE PRICE: £11.95 AA81

MICHELANGELOVol 1: The Achievement of Fame, 1475-1534MICHAEL HIRSTThis book is the first of two volumes in what will be the definitivemodern biography of Michelangelo. It follows the artist from hisapprenticeship in Ghirlandaio’s workshop to his final move toRome in 1534, when, at the age of 59, he left behind his nativeFlorence, never to return. The wealth of new information,including material from the long-awaited editions of the artist’scorrespondence, enables light to be shed on the genesis ofMichelangelo’s works in sculpture, painting and architecture, andon his complex psychological relations with his family, friends andpowerful patrons.416pp 70 ILLUS 2012 LIST PRICE: £30.00SALE PRICE: £14.95 AA79

MUSIC AND TRASCENDENCEEdited by FÉRDIA J STONE-DAVISThis book examines how music has not only played a significantrole in many philosophical and theological accounts of the natureof existence and the self, but also provides a resource for thecreation of day-to-day meaning. The 15 essays include: ‘Music andthe Beyond in the Later Middle Ages’ (Christopher Page); ‘Musicand the Transcendental’ (Roger Scruton); ‘Music and World-Making: Haydn’s String Quartet in E-Flat Major’ (Férdia JStone-Davis); ‘Immanence, Transcendence and Political Song’(Christopher Norris); ‘Unwritten Theology: Notes Towards aNatural Theology of Music’ (Russell Re Manning).272pp 2015 LIST PRICE: £82.99SALE PRICE: £25.00 AA87

THE NEW PERCY GRAINGER COMPANIONEdited by PENELOPE THWAITESIn the thirty-five years since his centenary in 1982 it has becomeclearer that Percy Grainger (1882-1961), composer, pianist andrevolutionary, was a man born out of his time. Many of his ideas,both musical and social, sit far more easily in the contemporaryworld. Those years have also seen a notable expansion of interestin Grainger’s music. Innumerable recordings have been made,including the monumental Grainger survey by Chandos. The NewPercy Grainger Companion gives information and help to performand listen to this life-celebrating repertoire, with chapters offeringnew background information and evaluations.

. . . an invaluable – and essential – contribution towards a fuller understanding

of a composer on the cusp of overdue rediscovery. CLASSICAL MUSIC

356pp 42 ILLUS 2016 LIST PRICE: £19.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £9.95 AA86

THE SHOW MUST GO ON!Popular Song in Britain Duringthe First World WarJOHN MULLENUsing a collection of more than one thousand popular songs, aswell as around 150 soldiers’ songs, Mullen provides an insight intothe world of popular entertainment during the First World Waragainst the pressures of commerce, propaganda, patriotism, socialattitudes and the progress of the war. He considers the needs,tastes and experiences of working-class audiences and dispelssome of the rose-tinted myths about music hall. Different genresare assessed, including music hall, revue, pantomime, musicalcomedy, blackface minstrelsy, army entertainment and amateurperformance in prisoner of war camps, as well as non-commercialhymns and folk songs. 262pp ILLUS 2015 LIST PRICE: £23.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £10.95 AA88

. . . UNTO HEAVEN WILL I ASCENDJacob Epstein’s Inspired Years, 1930-1959RAQUEL GILBOAAs a Jew who utilised Christian symbols, a skilful modeller whointroduced direct carving into England, and a modernist whoeventually came to dislike abstraction for its own sake, JacobEpstein did not fit neatly into the artistic categories of his time.Almost all of the sculptures that he produced from the 1930saroused a public outcry. It was only during the 1950s, followingthe trauma and emotional shock of World War II, that newrequirements for the expression of ideas and emotions rather thanfor mere forms renewed the demand for ‘an Epstein’ and his kindof ‘content’ sculpture. Gilboa’s text reveals the man in all hisgenius, interpreting many works in the light of the artist’s personalcircumstances.220pp 200 ILLUS 2014 LIST PRICE: £20.00 (P)SALE PRICE: £9.95 AA82

FRA ANGELICOGABRIELE BARTZThe artist and Dominican friar posthumously called Fra Angelico(c1395-1455) pioneered many of the stylistic trends that

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PAGE 9SPRING 2019 ACADEMIC BOOK COLLECTIONdistinguish the early Renaissance. In this volume, numerous large-sized illustrations showcase the artist’s oeuvre, and texts illustratethe stages in the artist’s life and in the development of his work.140pp COLOUR ILLUS 2014 OUT OF PRINTSALE PRICE: £6.50 AA75

THE IMAGE OF VENICEFialetti’s View and Sir Henry WottonDEBORAH HOWARD and HENRIETTA McBURNEYThis volume explores the creation of one of the largest survivingdepictions of Venice, which has remained almost unknown sinceits creation. Signed and dated 1611, the painting is the work of anotable Bolognese artist, Odoardo Fialetti. His huge bird’s-eye viewof the watery townscape is enlivened by tiny vignettes of Venetianlife. In 1636 the painting was donated to Eton College by theformer British ambassador to Venice, Sir Henry Wotton.176pp 100 COLOUR ILLUS 2014 LIST PRICE: £30.00SALE PRICE: £12.95 AA70

IT’S ALL A BIT HEATH ROBINSONRe-inventing the First World WarLUCINDA GOSLINGThe advent of the First World War inspired Heath Robinson todream up a series of increasingly outlandish and bizarre militaryinventions with which the opposing armies would try to outwiteach other. The cartoons are a fantastically absurd take onwartime technology and home-front life. 144pp 150 ILLUS (70 COLOUR) 2015 LIST PRICE: £9.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £5.95 AA74

KEEP BRITAIN TIDYAnd Other Posters from the Nanny StateHESTER VAIZEYThis collection of public information posters from the period 1945-75 provides an insight into the policies and priorities of successivepost-war governments, covering everything from the jobs peopledid, the food they ate, the amount of alcohol they drank andcigarettes they smoked to the wearing of motorcycle helmets andseat belts, road safety for children and ‘Keep Britain Tidy’campaigns. More than forty posters have perforations enablingtheir removal and display. 98pp 48 COLOUR ILLUS 2014 LIST PRICE: £14.95 (P)SALE PRICE: was £7.95 / now £6.50 AA76

A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE PIANOThe Instrument, the Music, the Musicians:from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in BetweenSTUART ISACOFFThis history of the piano explores its capabilities and the range ofemotional expression it conveys in different artists’ hands.

A remarkable book that captures the interactions between craftsmen,

composers, performers and the public in a style that is informative and

entertaining. LITERARY REVIEW

361pp ILLUS 2012 LIST PRICE: £15.00 (P)SALE PRICE: £8.95 AA68

PEACOCK & VINEOn William Morris and Mariano FortunyA S BYATTA study of two endlesslyinventive artists: theEnglish designer WilliamMorris (1834–96) andthe Spanish creator ofexotic pattern and dress,Mariano Fortuny (1871–1949). Fabric designs ofboth men were lavishcelebrations of flora andfauna, although Morris’stended to be of agarden variety whileFortuny’s designs inglowing silks and velvetsinclined to thefantastical. Domestically,however, they were atopposite poles. Thearistocratic Fortuny livedand worked in aVenetian palazzo, while home for the socialist Morris was a‘sweet, simple old place’.

A beautifully produced little book. THE TIMES

192pp ILLUS 2016 LIST PRICE: £14.99SALE PRICE: £7.95 AA69

SHADOWSThe Depiction of Cast Shadows in Western ArtE H GOMBRICHThe influential art historian discusses the way shadows wererepresented ---or ignored ---by artists from the Renaissance to theseventeenth century and then describes how Romantic,Impressionist and Surrealist artists exploited the device of the cast

shadow to enhance the illusion of realism or drama in theirrepresentations.96pp 60 COLOUR ILLUS 2014 LIST PRICE: £12.99SALE PRICE: £7.95 AA71

THE THOUSAND AND ONE CHURCHESWILLIAM M RAMSAY and GERTRUDE BELLEdited by ROBERT G OUSTERHOUT and MARK P C JACKSONWritten by two of the most eminent Anatolian experts of the day,this book on church history and architecture in Turkey was firstpublished in 1909. Sir William Ramsay, Scottish classical scholarand archaeologist, and Gertrude Bell, traveller, archaeologist anddiplomatist, joined forces for an expedition investigating the Hittiteand Byzantine site of Binbir Kilisse in 1907. Bell established thechronology of Byzantine churches and reveiled her findings onbuildings and ecclesiastical architecture. Ramsay contributedhistorical and geographical details of the churches and an accountof other notable monuments in the region. More than 250digitised images replace the original illustrations.618pp 267 ILLUS 2008 LIST PRICE: £41.00SALE PRICE: £18.95 AA72

ARTISTS’ SELF-PORTRAITSOMAR CALABRESEThe author defines the genre of the self-portrait as a manifestationof self-identity, providing examples from Egyptian tomb paintingand pictures on medieval stained glass to modern times. Hefocuses on the turning point for the establishment of the form inthe Renaissance, when the status of the painter or sculptor wasraised from artisan to artist. At first, they were hidden in narrativepainting: an artist would paint his image as part of a crowd scene,for example, or as a mythological figure. At the other extreme,once the form was accepted it was practiced by some artists ---Rembrandt, van Gogh, Munch and Dali, for instance --- as almostan obsession. The volume is magnificently illustrated.392pp 345 COLOUR PLATES 2006 LIST PRICE: £95.99SALE PRICE: £40.00 AA57

CHARDINPIERRE ROSENBERGBaptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699–1779) was widely acknowledgedin his time as a premier painter of still life and genre scenes. Thissumptuously illustrated book reproduces in colour 99 of Chardin’spaintings and pastels and arranges them thematically.

Excellent . . . No question, Chardin was one of the greatest artists who ever

picked up a brush. ROBERT HUGHES

360pp 157 ILLUS (99 COLOUR) 2000 LIST PRICE: £50.00SALE PRICE: £26.95 AA58

CHARLES MACKERRASEdited by NIGEL SIMEONE and JOHN TYRRELLBy the time of his death in 2010, Sir Charles Mackerras haddeveloped into a conductor of major international significance.Comprising a brief biography and chapters written by those whoworked with him, such as Janet Baker and Alfred Brendel, this is acelebration of an exceptional, creative life.336pp 44 ILLUS 2015 LIST PRICE: £25.00SALE PRICE: was £12.95 / now £10.95 AA49

THE CLASSICAL BUILDINGS OF BATHMIKE JENNERThis book on classical Bath ranges from the Roman era througheighteenth-century showpieces such as John Wood’s Circus andRoyal Crescent to controversial late twentieth-century examples.The author explains how the see-saw of fashion saw the work ofevery generation despised and rejected by the next, and thenbrought back into esteem by a later one. 208pp 150+ COLOUR PHOTOS 2014 LIST PRICE: £25.00 (P)SALE PRICE: £10.95 AA65

FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN 1951PAUL RENNIEThe Festival of Britain was viewed with suspicion by politicalconservatives, who called into question its objectives and urged itsdismantlement. This is contrasted with the popularity of theFestival among collectors, social historians and anybody interestedin post-war British culture and society. This book presents the storyof the Festival through its souvenirs, produced to commemorateThe Tonic to the Nation. 128pp 155 ILLUS (135 COLOUR) 2007 LIST PRICE: £14.95SALE PRICE: £9.95 AA52

IMAGINING THE PAST IN FRANCEHistory in Manuscript Painting, 1250-1500ELIZABETH MORRISON and ANNE D HEDEMANFrom around the mid-thirteenth to the end of the sixteenthcentury, the most important and original work in secularillumination was in French vernacular history manuscripts. Thisbeautiful volume celebrates the historical imagery produced duringthese years by bringing together around 55 manuscripts relatingthe adventures of epic figures such as Hector, Alexander,Charlemagne and the Virgin Mary. 384pp 194 COLOUR ILLUS 1 MAP 2010 LIST PRICE: £37.00 (P)SALE PRICE: £19.95 AA48

JOSEPH WRIGHT OF DERBYBath and BeyondAMINA WRIGHTJoseph Wright (1734-97) arrived in Bath from his native Derby latein 1775. Recently returned from a tour of Italy, he came to thefashionable spa town to re-establish his business as a portraitpainter. Using rarely-seen illustrations of his work, this bookconsiders his attempts to conquer a saturated portrait market withimages of local celebrities. His views of fireworks in Rome and theterrors of Vesuvius were first shown in Bath.112pp 60 COLOUR ILLUS 2014 LIST PRICE: £15.99 (P)SALE PRICE: was £9.50 / now £7.50 AA59

MAX BECKMANN: THE STILL LIFESEdited by KARIN SCHICK, HUBERTUS GASSNER andHAMBURGER KUNSTHALLEIn his still lifes, Max Beckmann (1884-1950) juxtaposed vitalitywith death, permanence with ephemerality. Featuring nearlyeighty paintings along with watercolours, this volume includes afew of the quiet, conventional canvases the artist executed beforeWorld War II, and closes with the explosive, wildly inventivemasterpieces painted shortly before his death. Images of skulls,dying flowers and extinguished candles populate these works,which draw on the tradition of the Old Masters as well as thevanitas of the early seventeenth century. 200pp 150 COLOUR ILLUS 2014 LIST PRICE: £45.00SALE PRICE: £19.95 AA55

MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STAINED GLASS In the Victoria and Albert MuseumPAUL WILLIAMSONThis volume showcasesthe Victoria and AlbertMuseum’s outstandingholdings of stained andpainted glass --- apeerless collectionranging in date fromc1140 to 1540. Morethan 100 colour platesand details show largepanels from churchesand cathedrals such asLa Sainte-Chapelle,Saint-Germain-des-Prés,Cologne, Bruges,Canterbury andWinchester to small butno less beautifulfragments.160pp 100+ COLOUR PLATES 2004 LIST PRICE: £30.00SALE PRICE: was £13.95 / now £10.95 AA61

ROMAN GLASS IN THE CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASSDAVID WHITEHOUSEThis stunning set presents more than 860 objects from one of theworld’s most comprehensive collections of Roman glass. Everyobject is illustrated, in most cases by a colour photograph. Thevolumes cover vessels made by casting or blowing, cameo glass,and objects with engraved, painted or gilded decoration; andpendants, disks and miscellaneous small objects (jewellery, mirrorsand architectural glass). 3 VOLS 1,014pp 1,000+ COLOUR ILLUS 1997-2003 LIST PRICE: £360.00SALE PRICE: was £120.00 / now £90.00 AA56

SARAH ANGELINA ACLANDFirst Lady of Colour PhotographyGILES HUDSONSarah Angelina Acland (1849-1930) is one of the most importantphotographers of the late Victorian and early Edwardian periods.This abbreviated catalogue raisonné of 220 of her 1,000 images,from portraits of illustrious visitors to her Oxford home (amongthem two prime ministers) to picturesque views of the landscapeand gardens of Madeira. 304pp 312 ILLUS (124 COLOUR) 2012 LIST PRICE: £45.00SALE PRICE: was £18.95 / now £12.95 AA53

SATURDAY AFTERNOONS AT THE OLD METThe Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts, 1931-1950PAUL JACKSONFor more than sixty years the weekly broadcasts from theMetropolitan Opera in New York were an important part ofAmerican cultural life. The period covered by this volume was anage of sublime voices and memorable characterisations --- Pinza’sFigaro, Melchior’s Siegfried, Lehmann’s Marschallin, Martinelli’sOtello, Milanov’s Gioconda and Bjoerling’s Manrico. The authorexplores the glory and decline of Tibbett’s and Rethberg’s careers,the debuts of Flagstad and Sayão, and the contribution oflegendary conductors Beecham, Walter, Reiner and Szell. 585pp 100+ PHOTOS & ILLUS 2003 LIST PRICE: £32.95SALE PRICE: £17.95 AA54

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ICONS IN TIME, PERSONS IN ETERNITYOrthodox Theology and the Aesthetics ofthe Christian ImageC A TSAKIRIDOUThis book identifies those features of the Orthodox icon thatmight most obviously be seen to resemble modernist art. It holdsthese similarities up to close scrutiny, comparing icons withpaintings by Kandinsky, Picasso, Rothko and Chagall, and byJapanese artists, revealing points of convergence and difference. 378pp 48 ILLUS (8 COLOUR) LIST PRICE: £120.49SALE PRICE: £38.00 AA27

CORNISH ART METALWORK: 1890s-1970sCOLIN PILLA study of the Cornish art metalwork crafted over an 80-yearperiod from the height of the Arts and Crafts movement, throughArt Nouveau to the birth of the ‘Craft’ movement. 128pp COLOUR ILLUS 2011 OUT OF PRINT (P)SALE PRICE: was £8.95 / now £6.25 AA33

SOLDIERS AND SUFFRAGETTESThe Photography of Christina BroomEdited by ANNA SPARHAMIn 1903, Christina Broom turned to photography to support herfamily. She took her camera to the streets and recorded historicallyimportant images of Suffragettes, sporting events, royal occasionsand World War I soldiers. This publication explores her imageryand reveals the woman behind the lens.240pp 250 PHOTOS 2015 LIST PRICE: £20.00 (P)SALE PRICE: £10.95 AA42

ENGLISH MEDIEVAL ALABASTERSWith a Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert MuseumFRANCIS CHEETHAMForeword by SIR ROY STRONGThe numerous examples of English alabasters that survive inEuropean churches and museums attest to their enduring appeal.This volume demonstrates how the panels and altarpieces aid our understanding of life and devotional practice in medievaltimes. 368pp 346 ILLUS (8 COLOUR) 2005 LIST PRICE: £95.00SALE PRICE: was £35.00 / now £29.95 A996

EDVARD GRIEG IN ENGLANDLIONEL CARLEYWhen Grieg (1843-1907) gave his first concerts in London he hadthe world at his feet, with English writers describing him as themost popular of all living composers. This book explores his impacton England and the musical milieu of the time. 512pp 85 ILLUS 2006 LIST PRICE: £50.00SALE PRICE: £14.95 A975

MEDICINE AND HEALING IN THE ANCIENTMEDITERRANEAN WORLDEdited by DEMETRIOS MICHAELIDESThe papers presentedhere cover many aspectsof medicine in theMediterranean worldduring Antiquity andearly Byzantine times.The contributions aregrouped under a seriesof headings: medicineand archaeology; media(online access toelectronic corpus); theAegean; medicalauthors and schools ofmedicine; surgery;medicaments and cures;skeletal remains; newresearch in Cyprus;Asklepios andincubation; andByzantine, Arab andmedieval sources. These subject areas are addressed through acombination of archaeological data and the examination andinterpretation of philosophical, literary and historiographical texts.446pp ILLUS 2014 LIST PRICE: £65.00SALE PRICE: £28.00 G390

THE ARCH OF CONSTANTINEInspired by the DivineIAIN FERRISNext to the Colosseum in Rome stands the Arch of Constantine.Completed AD 312-315, it was built to celebrate ten years of theEmperor Constantine’s reign and his victory at the Battle of theMilvian Bridge. Ferris analyses the arch in the context of theemperor’s rule, as well as discussing its impressive decoration andthe reuse of artworks salvaged from older monuments (‘spolia’) inits construction.160pp 39 COLOUR PHOTOS 2014 LIST PRICE: £18.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £8.95 G386

SEA EAGLES OF EMPIREThe Classis Britannica and the Battles for BritainSIMON ELLIOTTThe Roman war machine comprised land and naval forces. Britain’snavy, known as Classis Britannica until the mid-third century, was astrong fighting force in its own right, but its vessel types,personnel, tactics, roles and technology have never been studiedin depth. Here, Elliott explores the story of this famed naval force,discussing the role it played in military campaigns across Europeand in policing the waters of the Roman Empire in Britain.224p 16 PLATES 2016 LIST PRICE: £25.00SALE PRICE: £14.95 G388

TUTANKHAMUN’S FUNERALHERBERT E WINLOCK and DOROTHEA ARNOLDThis elegant book retells Herbert Winlock’s 1941 out-of-printaccount of the mysterious material found in a pit in the Valley of the Kings a decade before Tutankhamen’s tomb was discoveredin 1922. His analysis of the objects and their significance isupdated with current scholarship and illustrated with colourphotographs. 72pp 100 COLOUR ILLUS 2010 LIST PRICE: £10.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £2.95 G387

ATTICAIntermediate Classical Greek:Readings, Review and ExercisesCYNTHIA L CLAXTONThis volume simultaneously offers a Greek grammar review and anintroduction to primary texts. Through comprehensive exercises,explanatory notes and an ancillary website, the book provides theskills needed to become comfortable with advanced material. 392pp 6 ILLUS 2013 LIST PRICE: £34.00 (P)SALE PRICE: was £16.95 / now £13.95 G383

BATTLING THE GODSAtheism in the Ancient WorldTIM WHITMARSHIn the bracing, combative air of ancient Athens, scepticism wasfully formed and spoiling for a fight. The author brings to life thelively free-thinking voices of antiquity and reveals how atheism anddoubt, far from being modern phenomena, have intrigued thehuman imagination for thousands of years.304pp 2015 LIST PRICE: £20.00SALE PRICE: £9.95 G382

THE FORMATION OF CHINESE CIVILIZATIONAn Archaeological PerspectiveKWANG-CHIH CHANG, XU PINGFANG et al Edited by SARAH ALLANPalaeolithic sites from one million years ago, Neolithic sites withextraordinary jade and ceramic artefacts, excavated tombs,temples and palaces of the Shang and Zhou dynasties --- all theseare part of the riches of China’s antiquity. This book surveys thecountry’s archaeological remains and in the process rewrites theearly history of the world’s most enduring civilisation.384pp 359 ILLUS (308 COLOUR) 43 MAPS & PLANS 2005LIST PRICE: £65.00SALE PRICE: £39.95 G384

JEWISH ANTIQUITIESFLAVIUS JOSEPHUSThe works of the Jewish writer Flavius Josephus represent one ofthe most important records of Judaism and the Jews that survivefrom the ancient world. This work, his greatest historicalenterprise, is an account in twenty books of Jewish history fromthe creation to the outbreak of the Jewish revolt against Rome inAD 66. 928pp 2006 OUT OF PRINT (P)SALE PRICE: £6.95 G385

GARDENS OF POMPEIIANNAMARIA CIARALLOThis profusely illustrated volume combines botanical imagesdepicted in Pompeiian art, spiced with quotes from periodauthors, and present-day photographs of gardens in the region.We garner an image of what the Vesuvian landscape of 79AD mayhave looked like. 80pp 130+ COLOUR ILLUS 2002 OUT OF PRINTSALE PRICE: £8.50 G380

INSIDE THE NEOLITHIC MINDConsciousness, Cosmos and the Realm of the GodsDAVID LEWIS-WILLIAMS and DAVID PEARCEThe authors examine belief, myth and society in the Neolithicperiod, linking material on human consciousness, imagery andreligious concepts to propose new theories about the causes of anancient revolution in cosmology, the origins of social complexityand the domestication of plants and animals.320pp 104 ILLUS (29 COLOUR) 2005 OUT OF PRINTSALE PRICE: was £12.95 / now £10.95 G377

LUCIAN: SELECTED DIALOGUESLUCIAN Translated by C D N COSTALucian’s dialogues puncture the pretensions of pompousphilosophers and describe the daily lives of Greek courtesans; theyare peopled by politicians, historians and ordinary citizens, as wellas by gods and mythic figures.304pp 2009 LIST PRICE: £9.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £4.95 G350

CLASS WAR CONSERVATISM AND OTHER ESSAYSRALPH MILIBANDMiliband wrote several books which contributed to left-wingpolitical discourse, especially in the 1960s and 1970s. This is a re-issue of a collection of essays published in the early 1980s,although containing some additional material. While much of it isdated, the theory, argument and analysis could be said to remainrelevant. 368pp 2015 LIST PRICE: £12.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £6.50 S378

PATRONISING BASTARDSHow the Elites Betrayed BritainQUENTIN LETTSThe people who knowbest, the snooterati withtheir faux-liberal ways,are the targets of thisbook. Their downfall islargely of their ownmaking --- their Sybariticexcesses, an obsessionwith politicalcorrectness, theprolonged rape ofreason and rite. You’llfind these self-indulgentshow-ponies not just inpolitics and thecloistered oldinstitutions but also inhigh fashion, football,among the clean-eatingfoodies and at theBaftas and Oscars. Lettsidentifies these condescending creeps and their networks, theirmethods and their dubious morals.320pp ILLUS 2017 LIST PRICE: £16.99SALE PRICE: £8.95 S376

MILITANTMICHAEL CRICKUpdated and expanded, Crick’s book explores the origins,organisation and aims of Militant, the Trotskyite organisation that operated clandestinely within the Labour Party in the 1980s.

A must-read for Labour activists. TOM WATSON MP

352pp 2016 LIST PRICE: £10.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £5.50 HB90

BRITISH LIBERAL LEADERSLeaders of the Liberal Party, SDP and Liberal Democrats since 1828Edited by DUNCAN BRACK, ROBERT INGHAM and TONY LITTLEThis book considers the attributes and achievements of eachLiberal leader in the context of their respective time and diplomaticlandscape, from Charles (Earl) Grey to Nick Clegg.528pp 2015 LIST PRICE: £25.00SALE PRICE: £9.95 S369

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HIGH SPIRITSThe Comic Art of Thomas RowlandsonKATE HEARDThis volume brings together more than 100 full-colour and keenlyobservant caricatures by Rowlandson (1757-1827), with subjectsspanning the entire range of English society. 272pp 200+ ILLUS 2013 LIST PRICE: £24.95 (P)SALE PRICE: £11.95 AA67

INFORMAL BEAUTYThe Photographs of Paul NashSIMON GRANTBest known for his landscape paintings, Paul Nash (1889-1946)was also a consummate photographer. This book reveals hisrecently digitalised photographs as powerful and atmosphericworks in their own right.144pp 100 PHOTOS LIST PRICE: £16.99SALE PRICE: £8.95 AA73

THE ART OF NETSUKE CARVINGMASATOSHI and RAYMOND BUSHELLSLIPCASE 236pp 812 ILLUS (350+ COLOUR) 1992 LIST PRICE: £90.00SALE PRICE: £36.00 AA51

THE SYMBOL AT YOUR DOORNumber and Geometry in ReligiousArchitecture of the Greek and Latin Middle AgesNIGEL HISCOCK441pp 191 ILLUS 2008 LIST PRICE: £120.00SALE PRICE: was £38.00 / now £32.00 AA31

THE BARONIAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLANDROBERT WILLIAM BILLINGSIntroduction by IAN GOW2 VOLS BOXED 816pp 240 PLATES 2008 LIST PRICE: £125.00SALE PRICE: £58.00 AA24

J M W TURNER AND THE SUBJECT OF HISTORYLEO COSTELLOA consideration of Turner’s complex response to altered politicaland historical circumstances in the creation of history paintings.

[Costello] is exceptionally good at writing about pictures . . . and is acutely

aware of what paint surfaces can communicate. BURLINGTON MAGAZINE

306pp 133 ILLUS (31 COLOUR) 2012 LIST PRICE: £120.00SALE PRICE: £29.95 AA11

FACING BEAUTYPainted Women and Cosmetic ArtAILEEN RIBEIROThis book discusses shifting perceptions of female beauty between1540 and 1940, both real and ideal, and how women’s faces andbodies have been enhanced by cosmetics and hairstyles.256pp 150 ILLUS (100 COLOUR) 2011 LIST PRICE: £40.00SALE PRICE: £18.95 A991

WOOD HOUSESRUTH SLAVIDFeaturing 46 houses from around the world, this celebration ofarchitecture in wood explores traditions in timber housing, timberframe construction and the use of wood in an urban setting.208pp 220 COLOUR ILLUS 2006 OUT OF PRINTSALE PRICE: £20.00 A859

ELIZABETHThe Forgotten YearsJOHN GUYHelpless before marzipan, Queen Elizabeth is greedy,temperamental, prone to black moods, black humour, black teeth(all that marzipan), vain, vindictive, an inveterate snob. Guy paintsa portrait of a complex queen in the latter half of her reign. 512pp ILLUS 2016 LIST PRICE: £25.00SALE PRICE: £12.50 B912

THE MAISKY DIARIESRed Ambassador to the Court of St James’s,1932-1943IVAN MAISKYEdited by GABRIEL GORODETSKY632pp 72 ILLUS 2015 LIST PRICE: £25.00SALE PRICE: £13.95 B915

SHORTSMARK TWAIN’S NOTEBOOKSJournals, Letters, Observations, Wit, Wisdom and DoodlesEdited by CARLO DE VITO336pp 150 ILLUS 2015 LIST PRICE: £13.95SALE PRICE: £8.95 B910

ISAIAH BERLIN: BUILDINGLetters, 1960-1975ISAIAH BERLINEdited by HENRY HARDY and MARK POTTLE704pp ILLUS 2013 LIST PRICE: £40.00SALE PRICE: £12.50 B902

THE MACMILLAN DIARIESPrime Minister and After: 1957-1966HAROLD MACMILLANEdited by PETER CATTERALL796pp 32 PLATES 2011 LIST PRICE: £40.00LIST PRICE: £15.95 B903

ISABELLA OF CASTILEEurope’s First Great QueenGILES TREMLETT624pp COLOUR ILLUS 2017 LIST PRICE: £25.00SALE PRICE: £15.95 B895

THE LITERARY CHURCHILLAuthor, Reader, ActorJONATHAN ROSEThis book explores in tandem Churchill’s careers as statesman andauthor, revealing the profound influence of literature and theatreon his personal, carefully composed grand story. 528pp 13 ILLUS 2015 LIST PRICE: £12.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £8.95 B890

LIVING ON PAPERLetters from Iris Murdoch, 1934-1995IRIS MURDOCHEdited by AVRIL HORNER and ANNE ROWE688pp 2016 LIST PRICE: £32.95SALE PRICE: £14.95 B875

WITNESS TO HISTORYThe Life of John Wheeler-BennettVICTORIA SCHOFIELDThe historian Sir John Wheeler-Bennett (1902-75) became anauthority on Germany in the interwar years and was acquaintedwith its hierarchy, including Hitler and Hindenburg. 336pp 16 ILLUS 2012 LIST PRICE: £30.00SALE PRICE: £12.95 B845

THE MACMILLAN-EISENHOWER CORRESPONDENCE, 1957-1963 Edited by E BRUCE GEELHOED and ANTHONY O EDMONDS445pp 2004 LIST PRICE: £122.00SALE PRICE: £26.95 B762

KARL MARXA BiographyDAVID McLELLANA revised and updated edition of a classic study.504pp ILLUS 2006 LIST PRICE: £109.99SALE PRICE: £35.00 B722

BREAD AND OILA Celebration of Majorcan CultureTOMAS GRAVES240pp ILLUS 2013 OUT OF PRINT (P)SALE PRICE: £6.95 E331

AFTER THERMOPYLAEThe Oath of Plataea and the End of the Graeco-Persian WarsPAUL CARTLEDGE240pp 13 ILLUS & MAPS 2013 LIST PRICE: £16.99SALE PRICE: £8.95 G379

SYNAESTHESIA ANDTHE ANCIENT SENSESEdited by SHANE BUTLER and ALEX PURVESThe ancient Greeks and Romans came to know the world throughtextures, flavours, aromas, sounds and sights. This volume rangeswidely from Homer to Quintilian, and flirts with all of the fivesenses as recognised in a modern western sensorium.240pp 9 ILLUS 2013 LIST PRICE: £25.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £9.95 G364

LABOUR AND THE GULAGRussia and the Seduction of the British LeftGILES UDY688pp ILLUS & MAP 2017 LIST PRICE: £30.00SALE PRICE: £14.95 HC08

BY ROYAL APPOINTMENTTales from the Privy Council – the Unknown Arm of GovernmentDAVID ROGERSThe Privy Council’s tentacles spread to every area of parliamentaryand public life. This is an anecdote-filled odyssey through thehistory of one of England’s oldest and most secretive institutions,its history spanning from King Cnut to its modern embodimentand functions.344pp 2015 LIST PRICE: £25.00SALE PRICE: £13.95 HB89

THE SECRET WAR BETWEEN THE WARSM15 in the 1920s and 1930sKEVIN QUINLAN286pp 10 ILLUS 2014 LIST PRICE: £30.00SALE PRICE: £14.95 HB78

THE LONG SHADOWThe Great War and the Twentieth CenturyDAVID REYNOLDSThe study throws light on the whole of the last century anddemonstrates that 1914-18 is a conflict that Britain, more thanany other nation, is still struggling to comprehend.544pp 32 ILLUS 2013 LIST PRICE: £14.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £7.50 HB53

ELIZABETH I AND HER CIRCLESUSAN DORANThis is a study of Elizabeth I’s inner circle and the crucial humanrelationships which lay at the heart of her life. 424pp 20 ILLUS 2015 LIST PRICE: £25.00SALE PRICE: £14.95 HB34

HOUSEHOLD SERVANTS IN EARLY MODERN ENGLANDR C RICHARDSONRelationships between servants and between employers andservants following the Reformation are explored, as well asLondon and provincial patterns of employment and servantvulnerability and servant ‘power’.272pp 2 ILLUS 2010 LIST PRICE: £18.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £8.95 H639

RAVENSBRÜCKLife and Death in Hitler’s Concentration Camp for WomenSARAH HELM768pp PHOTOS 2015 LIST PRICE: £25.00SALE PRICE: £13.95 HB82

THE RESISTANCEThe French Fight Against the NazisMATTHEW COBB416pp ILLUS 2013 LIST PRICE: £10.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £6.25 HB88

DUTCH CULTURE IN A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE1900: The Age of Bourgeois CultureJAN BANK and MAARTEN VAN BUURENThe volume covers the ‘reconstruction’ of the Golden Age; theDutch East Indies and relations with South Africa; theemancipation of Catholics after 1853; the Jewish community inAmsterdam and other cities; and Protestant denominations.624pp ILLUS (SOME COLOUR) 2005 LIST PRICE: £78.00SALE PRICE: £35.00 H585

THE FRENCH RENAISSANCE COURTROBERT J KNECHTAgainst a sharp précis of political events, Knecht details thestructure, daily activities and festivals of the court through sevenreigns. It is an account of an opulent and dynamic institution inwhich image and representation were paramount.440pp 94 ILLUS (24 COLOUR) 2008 LIST PRICE: £30.00SALE PRICE: £18.95 H390

GIFFORDS CIRCUSThe First Ten YearsNELL GIFFORDGiffords is a village greencircus that has touredEngland since 2000,delighting audiences withgood old-fashionedentertainment, completewith acrobats, jugglers,horses, magic, puppeteers,dancers and comedy. Lavishly illustrated, this bookshows how the magic andmystery are created. 224pp COLOUR PHOTOS 2014 LIST PRICE: £25.00SALE PRICE: £12.95 LA54

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MONTAIGNE AND THE ART OF FREE-THINKINGRICHARD SCHOLARScholar provides a luminous companion to Montaigne’s Essais, whichare rooted in time and place yet continue to speak to the present.229pp ILLUS 2010 LIST PRICE: £32.95SALE PRICE: £15.95 LA52

WEATHERLANDWriters and Artists under English SkiesALEXANDRA HARRISThe Anglo-Saxons lived in a wintry world, while the Middle Agesbrought the warmth of spring. It is hard to find a description of arainy night before 1700, but the Romantics took a squall as fitsubject for their most probing thoughts.

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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF PRIMO LEVIPRIMO LEVIEdited by ANN GOLDSTEINThese handsome volumes comprise all fourteen of Levi’s books, aswell as essays and non-fiction work never before published inEnglish.3 VOLS BOXED 3,008pp 2015 LIST PRICE: £79.99SALE PRICE: £36.00 LA42

THE FUTURE OF CHRISTIANITYReflections on Violence and Democracy,Religion and SecularizationDAVID MARTIN240pp ILLUS 2011 LIST PRICE: £36.99 (P)SALE PRICE: was £15.95 / now £12.95 P689

AFTERLIFEA History of Life After DeathPHILIP C ALMONDThe author journeys to worlds both of torment and delight. Hetravels to the banks of the Styx, transports us to the Isles of theBlessed and walks the Elysian Fields. The souls of the damned clogthe soot-filled caverns of Lucifer even as the elect ascend toParadise. Scientific explorations of the domains of the dead arealso covered. 288pp 40 ILLUS 2016 LIST PRICE: £25.00SALE PRICE: £12.50 P693

THE PRIVATE LIFEWhy We Remain in the DarkJOSH COHENSummoning literature from Milton to Sophocles, the authorexplores the concept of private life as the presence in us ofsomeone else, an uncanny stranger both unrecognisable and eerilyfamiliar, who can be neither owned nor controlled.224pp 2013 LIST PRICE: £20.00SALE PRICE: £6.95 Y037

THE ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO NINETEENTH-CENTURY PHILOSOPHYEdited by DEAN MOYAR960pp 2010 LIST PRICE: £190.00SALE PRICE: £45.00 P627

DISCOVERING LONDON’S DOCKLANDSCHRISTOPHER FAUTLEYFew places in Britain have seen such extreme changes of fortuneas London’s Docklands. This guide reveals the area’s mysteries andsecrets.96pp 70 ILLUS (50 COLOUR) LIST PRICE: £8.99 (P)SALE PRICE: £4.95 R304

SAIL ON, O SHIP OF STATEThe Fate of the Nation StateEdited by JOHANNA MÖHRING and GWYTHIAN PRINS277pp 2012 LIST PRICE: £14.99SALE PRICE: £6.50 S372

A SHORT HISTORY OF POWERSIMON HEFFERTaking a view from Thucydides up to the present, the author offersan analysis of the motive forces behind the pursuit of power: land,wealth, God and minds.160pp 2012 LIST PRICE: £14.99SALE PRICE: £6.50 S373