2003, ISBN: 9780195176001

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London: Hutchinson & Co., 1916. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Good. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the bindings of both volumes with the upper part of the spine strip… Mehr…

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1916. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Good. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the bindings of both volumes with the upper part of the spine strip to volume I partially detached. Hinges weak in both. Text complete, clean and tight but a little age-tanned. A good set. . ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 4kg. I will need more than the quoted shipping within the UK, and will have to quote courier costs for sending it beyond the shores of my fair country. ### Hardback. Physically 11” x 8½” (4 kg); (xix) 820pp; Index; Publishing date unstated, dated from references. Contains: Black & white photographs; Colour plates; Maps; Colour frontispiece; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy of this book means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book#184638|| Condition:, London: Hutchinson & Co., 1916, 2.5, London EC1: Hutchinson, 1988. First Edition 1988 Hardcover Secret Armies: The Full Story of the S.A.S., Delta Force and Spetsnaz.Pictorially-illustrated, with removable mylar -plastic protected dustjacket. A loose chronicle of some of the successes (and sometimes failures) of several of the world's elite special operations forces Illustrated With Numerous Black and White Photos440pp . Contents... (Military History, Special Operations, S.A.S., Delta Force, Adams, James, 1951-) . (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, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo. Hardback., Hutchinson, 1988, 4.5, London: Hutchinson, [1944]. First Edition. 12mo (18cm). Pictorial paper wrappers; 79pp. Mild external wear; text paper browned at margins (not brittle); Very Good. In the publisher's "Fight For Freedom" series. Argues against neutrality for Belgium (and other small European nations) in the face of German aggression and insists on the maintenance of national sovereignty.Translated from the French; Preface by Rt. Hon. Arthur Greenwood., Hutchinson, 0, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. Signed by author in ink to title page. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". xv, 558pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. John E. Ferling (born 1940) is a professor emeritus of history at the University of West Georgia and a leading authority on late 18th and early 19th century American history. He is an award-winning author of numerous books, and has appeared as an expert voice in documentaries on the History Channel, PBS, the Learning Channel, and C-SPAN Book TV. ABOUT THIS BOOK: It was an age of fascinating leaders and difficult choices, of grand ideas eloquently expressed and of epic conflicts bitterly fought. Now comes a brilliant portrait of the American Revolution, one that is compelling in its prose, fascinating in its details, and provocative in its fresh interpretations. In A Leap in the Dark, John Ferling offers a magisterial new history that surges from the first rumblings of colonial protest to the volcanic election of 1800. Ferling's swift-moving narrative teems with fascinating details. We see Benjamin Franklin trying to decide if his loyalty was to Great Britain or to America, and we meet George Washington when he was a shrewd planter-businessman who discovered personal economic advantages to American independence. We encounter those who supported the war against Great Britain in 1776, but opposed independence because it was a "leap in the dark." Following the war, we hear talk in the North of secession from the United States. The author offers a gripping account of the most dramatic events of our history, showing just how closely fought were the struggle for independence, the adoption of the Constitution, and the later battle between Federalists and Democratic-Republicans. Yet, without slowing the flow of events, he has also produced a landmark study of leadership and ideas. Here is all the erratic brilliance of Hamilton and Jefferson battling to shape the new nation, and here too is the passion and political shrewdness of revolutionaries, such as Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry, and their Loyalist counterparts, Joseph Galloway and Thomas Hutchinson. Here as well are activists who are not so well known today, men like Abraham Yates, who battled for democratic change, and Theodore Sedgwick, who fought to preserve the political and social system of the colonial past. Ferling shows that throughout this period the epic political battles often resembled today's politics and the politicians--the founders--played a political hardball attendant with enmities, selfish motivations, and bitterness. The political stakes, this book demonstrates, were extraordinary: first to secure independence, then to determine the meaning of the American Revolution. John Ferling has shown himself to be an insightful historian of our Revolution, and an unusually skillful writer. A Leap in the Dark is his masterpiece, work that provokes, enlightens, and entertains in full measure.(Publisher)., Oxford University Press, 2003, 3<

2003, ISBN: 9780195176001

Taschenbuch

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. Signed by author in ink to title page. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". xv, 558pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and e… Mehr…

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. Signed by author in ink to title page. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". xv, 558pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. John E. Ferling (born 1940) is a professor emeritus of history at the University of West Georgia and a leading authority on late 18th and early 19th century American history. He is an award-winning author of numerous books, and has appeared as an expert voice in documentaries on the History Channel, PBS, the Learning Channel, and C-SPAN Book TV. ABOUT THIS BOOK: It was an age of fascinating leaders and difficult choices, of grand ideas eloquently expressed and of epic conflicts bitterly fought. Now comes a brilliant portrait of the American Revolution, one that is compelling in its prose, fascinating in its details, and provocative in its fresh interpretations. In A Leap in the Dark, John Ferling offers a magisterial new history that surges from the first rumblings of colonial protest to the volcanic election of 1800. Ferling's swift-moving narrative teems with fascinating details. We see Benjamin Franklin trying to decide if his loyalty was to Great Britain or to America, and we meet George Washington when he was a shrewd planter-businessman who discovered personal economic advantages to American independence. We encounter those who supported the war against Great Britain in 1776, but opposed independence because it was a "leap in the dark." Following the war, we hear talk in the North of secession from the United States. The author offers a gripping account of the most dramatic events of our history, showing just how closely fought were the struggle for independence, the adoption of the Constitution, and the later battle between Federalists and Democratic-Republicans. Yet, without slowing the flow of events, he has also produced a landmark study of leadership and ideas. Here is all the erratic brilliance of Hamilton and Jefferson battling to shape the new nation, and here too is the passion and political shrewdness of revolutionaries, such as Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry, and their Loyalist counterparts, Joseph Galloway and Thomas Hutchinson. Here as well are activists who are not so well known today, men like Abraham Yates, who battled for democratic change, and Theodore Sedgwick, who fought to preserve the political and social system of the colonial past. Ferling shows that throughout this period the epic political battles often resembled today's politics and the politicians--the founders--played a political hardball attendant with enmities, selfish motivations, and bitterness. The political stakes, this book demonstrates, were extraordinary: first to secure independence, then to determine the meaning of the American Revolution. John Ferling has shown himself to be an insightful historian of our Revolution, and an unusually skillful writer. A Leap in the Dark is his masterpiece, work that provokes, enlightens, and entertains in full measure.(Publisher)., Oxford University Press, 2003, 3<

2003, ISBN: 9780195176001

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 9x1x6. First printing. Cover corners reinforced with tape, ink name on front flyleaf. 2003 Trade Paperba… Mehr…

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 9x1x6. First printing. Cover corners reinforced with tape, ink name on front flyleaf. 2003 Trade Paperback. xv, 558 pp. "It was an age of fascinating leaders and difficult choices, of grand ideas eloquently expressed and of epic conflicts bitterly fought. Now comes a brilliant portrait of the American Revolution, one that is compelling in its prose, fascinating in its details, and provocative in its fresh interpretations. In A Leap in the Dark, John Ferling offers a magisterial new history that surges from the first rumblings of colonial protest to the volcanic election of 1800. Ferling's swift-moving narrative teems with fascinating details. We see Benjamin Franklin trying to decide if his loyalty was to Great Britain or to America, and we meet George Washington when he was a shrewd planter-businessman who discovered personal economic advantages to American independence. We encounter those who supported the war against Great Britain in 1776, but opposed independence because it was a "leap in the dark." Following the war, we hear talk in the North of secession from the United States. The author offers a gripping account of the most dramatic events of our history, showing just how closely fought were the struggle for independence, the adoption of the Constitution, and the later battle between Federalists and Democratic-Republicans. Yet, without slowing the flow of events, he has also produced a landmark study of leadership and ideas. Here is all the erratic brilliance of Hamilton and Jefferson battling to shape the new nation, and here too is the passion and political shrewdness of revolutionaries, such as Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry, and their Loyalist counterparts, Joseph Galloway and Thomas Hutchinson. Here as well are activists who are not so well known today, men like Abraham Yates, who battled for democratic change, and Theodore Sedgwick, who fought to preserve the political and social system of the colonial past. Ferling shows that throughout this period the epic political battles often resembled today's politics and the politicians--the founders--played a political hardball attendant with enmities, selfish motivations, and bitterness. The political stakes, this book demonstrates, were extraordinary: first to secure independence, then to determine the meaning of the American Revolution.  John Ferling has shown himself to be an insightful historian of our Revolution, and an unusually skillful writer. A Leap in the Dark is his masterpiece, work that provokes, enlightens, and entertains in full measure., Oxford University Press, 2003, 3<