Swann Thomas E (25 results)

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Softcover in very good plus condition. Article topics include : the dramatic structure of Ataka, a Noh play; what happens in Kinkakuji; an introduction to the private correspondence of Toyotomi Hideyoshi; the mechanis of the Macao-Nagasaki silk trade; and more. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Journal. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Softcover in very good condition. Article topics include : Utakata no ki by Mori Ogai; the problem of Utaka no Ki; Hojo Soun's twenty-one articles; Bakumatsu foreign employees; survey review: Yanagita Kunio; and more. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Journal.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Softcover in very good plus condition. Article topics include : Kawabata Yasunari--bridge-builder to the west; Garakuta Bunko; available Japanese folk tales; a Jomon site at Ninomiya; the sources of English liberal concepts in early Meiji Japan. Translations of the following: the logic of the species as dialectics; atemiya, a translation from the Utsubo Monogatari; Shi; Haha; I Can Speak; and more. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Journal.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. 1st Edition. © 1968: A collection of 3 short stories by Thomas Burnett Swann. 1st edition, 1st printing. Ace Books #G-694. Frontispiece 'EM' possibly Ed Emshwiller:- Contents: The Dolphin And The Deep / The Manor Of Roses / The Murex:- Synopsis: Thomas Burnett Swann, whose books 'Day Of The Minotaur' and 'The Weirwoods' have won him the enthusiastic applause of science-fantasy readers everywhere, is a scholar, poet and creator of brilliant legendary. Once again, Swann has combined fact and folk-memory to come up with three wonder-filled stories of the days when mankind shared the world with other humanoid races. Here are quests and encounters: an Etruscan, a Triton and a dolphin seeking the elusive enchantress Circe; three children of a later era on a Crusade which leads them to the Manor of the Roses; and the strange friendship between an Amazon warrior girl and a Myrmidon insect-boy. These are new adventures in old worlds, told with the enduring artistry of a modern-day master story-teller:- (original cost $0.50). Cover Art: Gray Morrow / Illustrations: E M (illustrator). …

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Edge rubbing and reading creasing to the spine. Light surface and edge wear to the covers. Price in pen to the first page. Browning to the pages. Contains 'The Weirwoods' (Part 1 of 2) by Swann, 'Ragtime' by Adams, 'Green Goblins Yet' by Price, 'State of Mind' by Tubb, 'The Foreigner' by Byrne, 'Goodnight, Sweet Prince' by Wordley and an editorial by Parkhill-Rathbone. Cover illustration by Agosta Morol. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Morol, Agosta (illustrator). …

Octavo softcover (VG-); Photos available on request. All our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2013 OUP hardcover edition. Light reading wear, wear and small tear to edge of dustjacket else good condition. From the cover: For generations of historians, 1789 was a defining moment in world history and it has been said to mark, amongst other things, the triumph of the bourgeoisie, the birth of modernity, the rise of nationalism or even the invention of ideology. To explain an event of such magnitude it was understandable that historians should seek no less portentous explanations of its origins and that factors such as the rise of capitalism, class struggle or the impact of the Enlightenment were cited as the long-term causes of Revolution. In recent years, however, there has been a preoccupation with the actual course of the Revolution. The prevailing concern with political culture and gender as analytical tools has illuminated developments in Paris and in the French provinces, and has brought to prominence many themes inadequately explored during earlier scholarly generations. Rather less attention is given currently to how France was plunged into revolutionary turmoil, which is now taken largely as a 'given'. The present collection, by contrast, focuses once again upon the origins of the dramatic events within and beyond France which transformed later eighteenth-century Europe so comprehensively and established the terms of political and social struggle for the next two centuries. It presents a series of up-to-date essays which, collectively, provide a new interpretation of the origins of the Revolution. Uniquely among recent contributions to the field, this volume transcends national historiographical traditions and includes contributions by leading experts from France, Britain and the United States, giving it a breadth of approach which previous scholarship has lacked. Contents: Preface Introduction: The crisis of the absolute monarchy by Julian Swann How, and how not, to use the concept of crisis in the reign of Louis XVI by Jean-Pierre Poussou The end of a golden age or the implosion of a false absolutism? The Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia from absolutism to revolution, 1685-1814 by Michael Broers From servant of the king to 'idol of the nation': The breakdown of personal monarchy in Louis XVI's France by Julian Swann The marechal de Castries and the pre-revolution by Munro Price The problem with Necker's Compte rendu au roi (1781) by Joel Felix Necker and aristocratic constitutionalism: the British connection by Nigel Aston The culture of war in Europe, 1750-1815 by David A. Bell The Austrian alliance, the Seven Years' War and the emergence of a French 'national' foreign policy, 1756-1790 by Thomas E. Kaiser A model of conduct from the age of chivalry? Honour, international decline and the end of the Bourbon monarchy by Hamish Scott Franco-British naval rivalry and the crisis of the monarchy, 1759-1789 by Olivier Chaline 'Complaints lost in the wind' - French India and the crisis of the absolute monarchy: a global dimension? by Mike Rapport The Maison militaire du roi and the disintegration of the old regime by Guy Rowlands The crisis of the nobility at the twilight of the monarchy by Michel Figeac The making of a bourgeois identity? Urban histories and their historians in eighteenth-century France by Clarisse Coulomb William 'Bill' Doyle and the Origins of the French Revolution by Tim Blanning.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2013 OUP hardcover edition. Dustjacket missing else good condition. From the cover: For generations of historians, 1789 was a defining moment in world history and it has been said to mark, amongst other things, the triumph of the bourgeoisie, the birth of modernity, the rise of nationalism or even the invention of ideology. To explain an event of such magnitude it was understandable that historians should seek no less portentous explanations of its origins and that factors such as the rise of capitalism, class struggle or the impact of the Enlightenment were cited as the long-term causes of Revolution. In recent years, however, there has been a preoccupation with the actual course of the Revolution. The prevailing concern with political culture and gender as analytical tools has illuminated developments in Paris and in the French provinces, and has brought to prominence many themes inadequately explored during earlier scholarly generations. Rather less attention is given currently to how France was plunged into revolutionary turmoil, which is now taken largely as a 'given'. The present collection, by contrast, focuses once again upon the origins of the dramatic events within and beyond France which transformed later eighteenth-century Europe so comprehensively and established the terms of political and social struggle for the next two centuries. It presents a series of up-to-date essays which, collectively, provide a new interpretation of the origins of the Revolution. Uniquely among recent contributions to the field, this volume transcends national historiographical traditions and includes contributions by leading experts from France, Britain and the United States, giving it a breadth of approach which previous scholarship has lacked. Contents: Preface Introduction: The crisis of the absolute monarchy by Julian Swann How, and how not, to use the concept of crisis in the reign of Louis XVI by Jean-Pierre Poussou The end of a golden age or the implosion of a false absolutism? The Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia from absolutism to revolution, 1685-1814 by Michael Broers From servant of the king to 'idol of the nation': The breakdown of personal monarchy in Louis XVI's France by Julian Swann The marechal de Castries and the pre-revolution by Munro Price The problem with Necker's Compte rendu au roi (1781) by Joel Felix Necker and aristocratic constitutionalism: the British connection by Nigel Aston The culture of war in Europe, 1750-1815 by David A. Bell The Austrian alliance, the Seven Years' War and the emergence of a French 'national' foreign policy, 1756-1790 by Thomas E. Kaiser A model of conduct from the age of chivalry? Honour, international decline and the end of the Bourbon monarchy by Hamish Scott Franco-British naval rivalry and the crisis of the monarchy, 1759-1789 by Olivier Chaline 'Complaints lost in the wind' - French India and the crisis of the absolute monarchy: a global dimension? by Mike Rapport The Maison militaire du roi and the disintegration of the old regime by Guy Rowlands The crisis of the nobility at the twilight of the monarchy by Michel Figeac The making of a bourgeois identity? Urban histories and their historians in eighteenth-century France by Clarisse Coulomb William 'Bill' Doyle and the Origins of the French Revolution by Tim Blanning.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Out of print book in very good condition , clean .

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Library binding with ink stamps on a few pages inside. Binding tight and square, text clean, bright, and unmarked. 1929 Hard Cover. 768 pp. A collection of numerous articles on current political and social events, along with letters to the editor, music and drama reviews, books of the month and book review sections, etc. This volume discusses everything from birth control to the dangers of cocaine to telepathy to the failure of the Federal Reserve.…

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Condition: New.

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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Octavo, red cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, 341 pp.,VG (light bruising to edges & extrems, light scuffing/rubbing to boards, ownership inscription to ffep, ffep torn at fore-edge), in d/w, VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & scuffing, moderate fading esp to spine). Photos available on request.…

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