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Hamlyn 1970: paperback:cameo series : 157 pages; includes 70 plates in full colour. Synopsis: The history and description of tin-glaze ware( sometimes called tin-enamel) comprising maiolica, faience and delft. Text supported by good quality full colour plates. Condition: used: with rubbed edges and small crease to cover: front end paper foxed : contents clean: overall clean and good:
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Hamlyn- Cameo series, 1970; hardback in dust jacket; ISBN 0600012549; 157 pages; 72 full colour plates; some light foxing to title page overall clean and good
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Amazon.co.uk Review: Could a 16th-century army of 160 Spaniards subjugate a Native American empire of 5-10 million people? Conquistadors, recounting tales of heroism and endurance, but also of immeasurable greed and staggering brutality, explains how the lure of gold, the attributes of individual leaders and the hand of fate made this possible.: : The book tells of alien cultures meeting for the first time; of Cortes conquering Mexico, Francisco Pizarros clash with the Incas, the search for El Dorado, and Cabeza de Vacas years spent peacefully amongst Native Americans. Tying in with a BBC television series in which Michael Wood follows in the footsteps of these explorers, this copiously illustrated and attractively presented book incorporates glimpses of his own journeys. A thought-provoking, balanced and not excessively gory account, Conquistadors reveals how Europeans got bank vaults of gold, potatoes on their dinner tables and lupins in their gardens, while the Native Americans suffered devastating cultural loss and gained ravaging diseases. Feeling that blame or regret are pointless, Woods focus is on understanding the events and explaining how the world still lives in the conquests wake. Debate on the morality of the conquest and on what it means to be human occurred in the 16th century and questions on the treatment of traditional cultures, the exploitation of the natural world and globalisation remain as living legacies of the Conquistadors. --Karen Tiley : : Synopsis: Based on the BBC TV series, this is an account of one of the most cataclysmic events in history, the Spanish conquest of the Americas in the 16th century. Wood travels in the footsteps of some of the greatest of the Spanish adventurers, from Amazonia to Lake Titicaca and from the deserts of New Mexico to the heights of Machu Picchu. He experiences first hand the reality of epic journeys such as those made by Cortes and the Pizarros, and explores the turbulent and terrifying events surrounding the Spanish conquest of the Aztec and Inca empires. He also retraces Orellanos extraordinary voyage of discovery down the Amazon and de Vacas journey across the continent to the Pacific. As well as bringing history alive with text and pictures, Wood grapples with the moral legacy of the European invasion. These are stories not only of conquest, heroism and greed, but of changes in the way we see the world, history and civilization, justice and human rights.Comments: pristine - as new- immediate availability B B C hardback in dust jacket - published 2000-288 pages. Format: Hardcover. Pages: 288.
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The first volume accompanying the BBC television series of the same name.: : In a beautifully written and thoughtfully crafted book, studded with striking portraits, pictures and maps, Schama, the bestselling author of books on European cultural history such as The Embarrassment of Riches and Citizens, as well as 1999s Rembrandts Eyes, has managed to be both conventional and provocative. He tells the official version of Britains island story--from Roman Britain, through the Norman conquest, the struggles of the Henrys and Richards with their bolshie barons and cautious clerics, Edward I and the subjugation of Wales, King Death (the plague), and on to the Henrician reformation, before closing with the remarkable reign of the virgin queen, Elizabeth I.: : While sticking to a script familiar to anyone who sat up and listened in history lessons at school, Schama brings it all alive, with memorable prose--Simon de Montforts rebel parliament is described as inaugurating the union between patriotism and insubordination; with Henry VIII, Schama says, you could practically smell the testosterone. And with fine sensitivity too, particularly on the symbolism of buildings, memorials, language and ceremonies, and on the complex relations between England and her Celtic and Catholic neighbours. If history must have gloss, then let it be written and presented like this. --Miles Taylor : : Roy Porter, Literary Review: the rare joy of ...a scholar ...convincing the reader that he has a cracking good tale to tell and ...loving every minute of the telling.Comments: glossy and pristine - as new- immediate availability-B B C 2000 -416 pages. Format: Hardcover.
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Comments: very good . Format: Hardcover. Pages: 160.
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William Wright, Southwark, London: 1838: leather bound: black leather on sharkskin: approximately 5.25 by two by 8.6 inches tall: gilt decorated ribs to spine: gilt lettering to spine and sharkskin front: 888 pages: full-page black and white reproduction portrait of C. C. Sturm, and reproduction paintings of The Holy Family, The Resurrection. Mary announcing the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Last Supper. The Deathbed of a Christian. Jerusalem. The Starry Heavens. Bethlehem. Christ's agony in the Garden. The Scourging of Jesus. Christ appearing to Mary Magdalene. The Entombment . The raising of Lazarus. Christ instructing Nicodemus. Synopsis: Described on the title page a ' Evening Devotions on the Worship of God in Spirit and in Truth for Every Day in the Year. translated from the German of Christopher Christian Sturm, author of the Reflections on the Works of God,by Robert Huish , Esq ., FRS. FZS, translator of Sturm's morning devotions; Contemplations on the Sufferings of Christ; Editor of the Travels of Beechy and Back; Translator of Lamartines Travels in the Holy Land, etc etc. ' the volume includes a 1-2 page evening devotion for every day of the year. Condition: some rubbing to cover edges: corners bumped: hinge division between frontispiece and half title page: foxing to reverse and borders of illustrations: some age discoloration to endpapers: overall collectable and good..
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Sothebys 1987 first edition: black hard cover in dust jacket approximately 9.5 x 12 inches tall : gilt lettering to spine, decoration to front: 175 pages plus concordance and index: Black and white and colour illustrated through out including many full-page plates. Synopsis: A comprehensively illustrated description and history of mediaeval sculpture and works of art in the Thyssen- Bornemisza collection: formed by two generations of passionate collectors: Baron Henrich Thyssen- Bornemisza ( 1875 -- 1947 ), and his son, Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza born in 1921, and believed to be second only to the Royal Collection of England . The majority of the mediaeval sculpture and works of art were acquired by the first Baron, but the collection was enlarged after 1947 by the second. Most of the collection had not been exhibited outside the Villa Favorita or Daylesford House prior to the publication of this volume. Contents: Acknowledgements. Forword. Introduction 1. The collecting of mediaeval works of art. 2. Materials and techniques of the mediaeval artist. Bibliographical abbreviations. Catalogue. Stone and marble sculptures. Wood sculptures. Ivory carvings. Enamels. Other works of art. Concordance. Photographic acknowledgements. Index of collectors. collections and dealers. Condition very clean and good overall.
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David andamp; Charles; 2000; hardback in dust jacket; 224 pages including index; colour illustrated. Synopsis Drawing and sketching are the foundation skills of all art. This book guides the reader through all the available options for materials, techniques and style. It deals with such topics as finding a medium to suit a particular method, and how to portray shapes and textures. Condition: as new
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Comments: 1973 Readers Union edition - very clean and good . Format: Hardcover. Pages: 288.
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Synopsis: Drawings, exercises, and step-by-step demonstrations assist beginners and developing artists in mastering a variety of ink-rendering techniques and styles.Comments: very clean and good / as new and immediately available - small tipex bar to end paper . Format: Hardcover. Pages: 160.
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