1981, ISBN: 9780691053332

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, [1916]. Third Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's navy blue decorative cloth embossed and lettered in gilt; [2],vi,[14],[v… Mehr…

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, [1916]. Third Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's navy blue decorative cloth embossed and lettered in gilt; [2],vi,[14],[vii]-xxiii,[1],374pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece. Boards very lightly rubbed at extremities, some old soil to upper cover, light foxing to textblock fore-edge, else a Very Good, exceedingly bright copy. This edition with new [14]-pp. preface bound in between pp. vi and [vii]. Collection of essays by the economist and Assistant United States Secretary of Labor the last year of Woodrow Wilson's administration, best known for his fervent opposition to the "witch hunt" resulting from the first, post-WW1, Red Scare., Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - though front inner flap of same with an accidental,vertical but narrow folded crease to it's length.Bright,crisp,clean, matt, monochrome photograph superimposed to a wrap-around red+ khaki motif of Japanese sun-striped flag illustrated background dw/dj design with b/w lettering to front+spine,rear panel with thumbnail b/w photograph and white text; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - one small closed tear/split at rear,lower corner,no other nicks,tears or splits present.Head+foot of spine/backstrip with minimal bumping and reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth bds with impressed letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain dark brown eps.UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,1-192pp [paginated] includes a preface,12 chapters and epilogue,16pp contemporary b/w photographs etc.,in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp88/9 and pp104/5 respectively,a biblio,acknowledgements,and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,contents list/table with a b/w regional (Burma) map to it's reverse,an epigraph with Louis Mountbatten (Supreme Allied Commander) signatured,b/w facsimile 'Order of the Day' document to it's reverse and 8pp blanks at the rear of the book. Commanded by the brilliant but unorthodox General WJ 'Bill' Slim,the British 14th - known now as the 'Forgotten Army' - took on the Japanese entrenched in Burma in 1944.A vital mission, Slim's bloody,tense and fraught victory on the mainland would never have been achieved were it not for the dispatching of heroic Army and Navy soldiers who stole quietly along the rivers and onto the islands along the eastern coast of Burma to open the way for a strategic turning point - as vital as El Alamein in the Western Desert or the D-Day landings in Normandy. Battling against the hated Japanese,as well as some of the deadliest insects, animals and diseases known to man,in the thick,dense jungle of the Arakan,units of the Royal Marines and Royal Navy were helped by a motley collection of daring seamen. It is these men - these Banzai Hunters - who fought for every inch of the Arakan coast in amphibious and covert attacks on land,to engage the Japanese on a second front while the troops of the Allied 14th Army in India struck south to retake Burma.Like the exploits of the soldiers of the 'Forgotten Army' - so named because their story has always taken second place to the achievements in Europe - it is also a little episode and has been compiled from a mixture of official documents, contemporary reports and the recollections of those who were there. Together these men from all over the British Commonwealth engaged in a vital campaign of audacity and courage in the dangerous waterways,hostile stretches of swamp and jungle and all along the coast of the Arakan that has earned them the enduring epithet The Banzai Hunters,and a place in military history. Since April 2013 and again in March 2015,and in this year too, the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template, altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight/value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.ROBSON BOOKS,2006., Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey First English Translated Edition 1981. 1981., 1981. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original sea green cloth covers, silver title and author lettering to the navy cloth spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6¼''. Contains [xiv] 230 + i printed pages of text with monochrome maps. Old dry damp stains to the covers, contents not affected. Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with short closed tear to the top front cover. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0691053332, Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey First English Translated Edition 1981. 1981., 1981<

ISBN: 9780691053332

Presented here is an English translation of a study that was part of a distinguished French series on the country's post-Revolution history. Unlike much Napoleonic literature that feature… Mehr…

Presented here is an English translation of a study that was part of a distinguished French series on the country's post-Revolution history. Unlike much Napoleonic literature that features the personality and foreign policy of the Emperor, it describes the condition of France and the French people during the fifteen years immediately following their great revolution. The translator, R. R. Palmer, is a distinguished historian who has written and translated many books in French history, including "The Coming of the French Revolution" by Georges Lefebvre (Princeton).Applying the methods of the new social history ("Annales" school), the author covers the political, administrative, social, economic, and cultural facets of the First Empire. Part I deals with the domestic program and institutions under Napoleon and the fervor of the new chief of state as he sought to establish a coherent, efficient, and thoroughly controlled regime. Part II examines the opposition to his system and the reasons behind the imperfect realization of his ideal. It discusses population and demographic trends, social structure, and economic activity--all of which eluded Napoleon's grasp. Media > Book, [PU: Princeton University Press]<

ISBN: 9780691053332

Hardcover book. 230 pages. Published by Princeton University Press Media > Book, [PU: Princeton University Press]