Publicado por Bellew Publishing, England, 1990
ISBN 10: 094779252X ISBN 13: 9780947792527
Librería: ABOXABOOKS, Bristol, VT, Estados Unidos de America
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Soft cover. Condición: Good. 1st Edition. Assumed first edition. Moderate wear on jacket edges. Otherwise in very good condition.
Publicado por Bellew Publishing, London England, 1991
ISBN 10: 0947792945 ISBN 13: 9780947792947
Librería: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, Reino Unido
Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Paperback Printing. The Canterbury Papers III Using the Bible Today Contemporary Interpretations of Scripture 202pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).
Publicado por Bellew Publishing, London England, 1991
ISBN 10: 0947792538 ISBN 13: 9780947792534
Librería: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, Reino Unido
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Cloth. Condición: Fine. First Edition. This bok studies the dispute between the British Government and Emperor Theodore II (reigned 1855-68) a notable Ethiopian protagonist of reform and reunification of the then divided country - which led to the detention of a British consul. This remarkable event was followed, with the inevitability of a Greek tragedy, by others no less remarkable; the imprisonment of three other British officials and several German and other European missionaries at that monarch's mountain fortress of Magdala; the British Government's decision, after seemingly interminable debate, on military intervention; the despatch of Sir Robert Napier's Expedition of 1867-8 which crossed the greater part of northern Ethiopia without encountering any significant opposition, and was much acclaimed in Britain where a number of roads and two public houses were named in his and its honour; the destruction of Theodore's army as a result of Britain's superiority in modern weapons; Theodore's dramatic suicide at Magdala on Easter Sunday, 1868; the collapse of the government Theodore had forged; the looting of manuscripts, crowns, crosses and other artifacts (largely to the benefit of the British Library); a bitter power struggle among Ethiopian chiefs to decide who should inherit his crown; and eventually, the reunification and modernisation of Ethiopia which Theodore had enisaged, but which he failed to achieve, and never lived to see. Prelude to Magdala is a history of Britain in the 1860s - and of policy-making in Downing Street, as much as of Emporor Theodore and Ethiopia; the work is interesting moreover for its insights into some of the personalities involved, not least Walter Plowden, Britain's first Consul in Ethiopia, a great admirer of Theodore; and the author's particular Bete-noir - the 'pushful' Dr. Charles T. Beke.B/W sketches.
Publicado por Bellew Publishing, London England, 1991
ISBN 10: 0947792538 ISBN 13: 9780947792534
Librería: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Cloth. Condición: Fine. First Edition. This bok studies the dispute between the British Government and Emperor Theodore II (reigned 1855-68) a notable Ethiopian protagonist of reform and reunification of the then divided country - which led to the detention of a British consul. This remarkable event was followed, with the inevitability of a Greek tragedy, by others no less remarkable; the imprisonment of three other British officials and several German and other European missionaries at that monarch's mountain fortress of Magdala; the British Government's decision, after seemingly interminable debate, on military intervention; the despatch of Sir Robert Napier's Expedition of 1867-8 which crossed the greater part of northern Ethiopia without encountering any significant opposition, and was much acclaimed in Britain where a number of roads and two public houses were named in his and its honour; the destruction of Theodore's army as a result of Britain's superiority in modern weapons; Theodore's dramatic suicide at Magdala on Easter Sunday, 1868; the collapse of the government Theodore had forged; the looting of manuscripts, crowns, crosses and other artifacts (largely to the benefit of the British Library); a bitter power struggle among Ethiopian chiefs to decide who should inherit his crown; and eventually, the reunification and modernisation of Ethiopia which Theodore had enisaged, but which he failed to achieve, and never lived to see. Prelude to Magdala is a history of Britain in the 1860s - and of policy-making in Downing Street, as much as of Emporor Theodore and Ethiopia; the work is interesting moreover for its insights into some of the personalities involved, not least Walter Plowden, Britain's first Consul in Ethiopia, a great admirer of Theodore; and the author's particular Bete-noir - the 'pushful' Dr. Charles T. Beke.illustrated with Black & white sketches.
Publicado por Bellew Publishing Company Limited, London, England, 1999
ISBN 10: 1857251458 ISBN 13: 9781857251456
Librería: Casa Camino Real, Las Cruces, NM, Estados Unidos de America
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Envelope. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Leonardo DaVinci Ilustrador. First Edition. Leonardo's Studio is a two-storey, three-dimensional evocation of the artist's life and work. Every detail has been carefully abstracted from the drawings, paintings, the notes and writings of the great man. The pop-up building is accompanied by two exquisite books which illustrate the artist's life and works and provide Leonardo's personal guidance on the art of painting, drawing, civil engineering, costume design, botanical illustration, armour, ballistics, ordinance, even a guide on how to draw a dragon--it is time to learn with Leonardo. Published in conjunction with the National Gallery, London. Slight edgewear on folder, otherwise in very good condition. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Folder.
Publicado por Bellew Publishing, London, England, 1989
ISBN 10: 0947792147 ISBN 13: 9780947792145
Librería: Dartmouth Books, West Molesey, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. This First Edition hardback was published by Bellew in 1989. The book is bound in purple-red textured paper on stiff boards with cream coloured endpapers. Spine titles are in gilt. The book has 213 numbered pages. The size of the book in inches is 9.5 x 6.4 and it weighs 0.52 kg. Two points have reduced condition grading: a front free endpaper has been neatly removed with no loss to the text. The lower edge of the dust-jacket is a bit ruffled, although with no paper loss. As to content, the 14 stories included carry the names of some famous writers, such as Ernest Hemingway, Conan Doyle, John Galsworthy. As with all our sales of books within the UK, we only ever charge a flat standard delivery cost of £3.35.