2012, ISBN: 9781856055918

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London: Conway, 2009. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good+ — in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (red boards with silver titling… Plus…

London: Conway, 2009. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good+ — in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (red boards with silver titling to the spine & upper board) Physically 10” x 7¾” (1.7 kg); 272pp; Index; Bibliography; Includes: Black & white photographs; Colour photographs; Colour plates; Maps; ISBN: 978-1-8448-6109-5 || 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#190963|| Condition:, London: Conway, 2009, 3, London: Conway Maritime Press, 2000. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Gently faded at the spine of the dust wrapper. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (quarter-bound red on cream boards with black titling to the spine) Physically 9½” x 6¼” (1 kg); (xxii) 298pp; Index; Bibliography; Contains: Black & white photographs; Black & white plates; Maps; Maps to the endpapers and blanks; ISBN: 0-851-77792-9 || 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#183579|| Condition:, London: Conway Maritime Press, 2000, 3, Lincoln, NE: Bison Books, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Full-color illustrated wrapper with gold and black lettering. 368 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "Twelve Thousand Years: American Indians in Maine documents the generations of Native peoples who for twelve millennia have moved through and eventually settled along the rocky coast, rivers, lakes, valleys, and mountains of a region now known as Maine. Arriving first to this area were Paleo-Indian peoples, followed by maritime hunters, more immigrants, then a revival of maritime cultures. Beginning in the sixteenth century, Native peoples in northern New England became tangled in the far-reaching affairs of European explorers and colonists. Twelve Thousand Years reveals how Penobscots, Abenakis, Passamaquoddies, Maliseets, Micmacs, and other Native communities both strategically accommodated and overtly resisted European and American encroachments. Since that time, Native communities in Maine have endured, adapted when necessary, and experienced a political and cultural revitalization in recent decades....., Bison Books, 2004, 3, Berlin: Verlag Von E. S. Mittler & Sohn, 1942. 158pp + 2pp catalogue at rear, bw ills. Or red cloth lacking jacket. Several clippings taped in at front dated 1932. Place/year writen on front free endpaper, brief notation in Hungarian at bottom of page 13. The author travelled by submarine to England during the First World War. Text in German/auf Deutsch. Gothic print.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo., Verlag Von E. S. Mittler & Sohn, 1942, 3, New York: Penguin Books, 1988. Presumed First U. S. Paperback Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. Good. [14], 368, [2] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Maps. Select Bibliography. Index. Slight wear to cover and spine edges. Sticker residue on the back cover. Ink notations and marks on several pages and on rep. Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan OBE FRSL (15 May 1934 - 2 August 2012) was an English military historian, lecturer, writer and journalist. He wrote many published works on the nature of combat between prehistory and the 21st century, covering land, air, maritime, intelligence warfare and the psychology of battle. In 1960 Keegan took up a lectureship in military history at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, which trains officers for the British Army. He remained there for 26 years, becoming a senior lecturer in military history during his tenure, during which he also held a visiting professorship at Princeton University and was Delmas Distinguished Professor of History at Vassar College. Leaving the academy in 1986, Keegan joined the Daily Telegraph as a defence correspondent and stayed with the paper as defence editor until his death. He also wrote for the American conservative National Review Online. In 1998 he wrote and presented the BBC's Reith Lectures, entitling them War in our World. An exploration of four different military leadership styles (the heroic style of Alexander the Great, the anti-heroic style of the Duke of Wellington, the unheroic style of Ulysses S. Grant, and the false-heroic style of Adolf Hiter) and how they reflect their times. The author believes that a fifth type of leader will emerge in the nuclear age--a post-heroic leader, who acts only after clear, intellectual thought. Derived from a Kirkus review: In aid of an inescapable conclusion, Keegan offers a virtuoso appreciation of military leadership down through the ages. For most of history, Keegan argues, warriors who "carry forward others to the risk of their lives" could reveal only as much of themselves as their followers required; all else had to be concealed by a mask of command. To probe this essentially, theatrical mystique, he examines the careers of four celebrated exemplarsAlexander the Great, "a supreme hero" and accomplished actor whose "being and performance merged in his person"; Wellington, whom Keegan characterizes as an anti-hero for his carefully planned, matter-of-fact approach to waging war on behalf of a constitutional monarchy; Ulysses S. Grant, whose self-consciously unheroic generalship the author judges appropriate for a popular democracy; and, by contrast, Hitler, who yearned for transcendent glory but was forced to engage in false heroics because: the destructive power of contemporary weapons barred him from running the risks required to reach the traditional ideal. While Keegan focuses on just four remarkable commanders, he does not limit himself to their exploits and the societies that empowered them. In his interpretive profile of Grant, for example, he considers the implications of the so-called gunpowder revolution (which among other results made obsolete edged-weapon warfare) and the presumptive meritocracy that obtained in Napoleon's armies. In a truncated postscript, Keegan asserts that, in light of nuclear realities, the world can no longer afford dramatic, let alone heroic, leadership. Indeed, he maintains, modern states must seek out post-heroic captains willing and able to abjure victory in their management of military power. A challenging, forceful, and timely analysis of martial governance., Penguin Books, 1988, 2.5, Sidney, BC: Gray's Publishing. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1971. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0888260261 . DJ shows shelf wear,short tears and chipping, corners a little bumped. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 169 pages; This is the story of ex-pat Brits Miles and Beryl Smeeton's east to west trip around the Horn, starting in England and finishing in Victoria BC - a 19,000 mile jaunt. This was their 3rd attempt - the first two attempts ended with their boat Tzu-Hang capsizing during the Cape Horn traverse and then ending in a Chilean port. The Smeetons have written a number of other books detailing their many adventures ., Gray's Publishing, 1971, 2.75, Sidney, BC: Gray's Publishing Ltd.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. First Canadian Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0888260261 . Light edge wear and creasing of dust jacket, top fore corner a little bumped ; A bright solid, book, DJ in Mylar. Jacket art taken from painting by Deryck Foster ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 169 pages; This is the story of ex-pat Brits Miles and Beryl Smeeton's east to west trip around the Horn, starting in England and finishing in Victoria BC - a 19,000 mile jaunt. This was their 3rd attempt - the first two attempts ended with their boat Tzu-Hang capsizing during the Cape Horn traverse and then ending in a Chilean port. The Smeetons have written a number of other books detailing their many adventures ., Gray's Publishing Ltd., 1970, 3, This is the The Encyclopedia of Ships, Over 1500 Military and Civilian Ships from 5000 BC to the Present Day. It was first published in England in 2001; it was a best-seller and was reprinted each year. This is its third printing, dated 2003.Its editor and illustrator is the British artist Tony Gibbons who, where photographs or paintings were not available, drew gorgeous images of the thousands of ships shown here. Details about each ship are also provided--history, specs etc.This is a large, heavy book--544 pages, 9 1/2" x 11 1/2"; it weighs 6 lbs.The dust jacket has a little shelfwear, mainly to the spine.The book itself is perfect--pristine condition.PLEASE NOTE: THE STATED EXPECTED SHIPPING DATE APPLIES ONLY WITHIN NORTH AMERICA. THE SHIPPING CHARGE APPLIES TO NORTH AMERICAN BUYERS, OR TO INTERNATIONAL BUYERS WHO ACCEPT SURFACE MAIL. DUE TO PANDEMIC-RELATED SHIPPING ISSUES, UNLESS YOU PAY TO HAVE YOUR ITEM DELIVERED BY AIR, OR BY A PRIVATE CARRIER, DELIVERY CAN TAKE FROM 2 TO 5 MONTHS., Amber Books, 2003, 4<

2012, ISBN: 9781856055918

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London: Conway Maritime Press, 2000. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Gently faded at the spine of the dust wrapper. . First edition (first printin… Plus…

London: Conway Maritime Press, 2000. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Gently faded at the spine of the dust wrapper. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (quarter-bound red on cream boards with black titling to the spine) Physically 9½” x 6¼” (1 kg); (xxii) 298pp; Index; Bibliography; Contains: Black & white photographs; Black & white plates; Maps; Maps to the endpapers and blanks; ISBN: 0-851-77792-9 || 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#183579|| Condition:, London: Conway Maritime Press, 2000, 3, London: Conway, 2009. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good+ — in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (red boards with silver titling to the spine & upper board) Physically 10” x 7¾” (1.7 kg); 272pp; Index; Bibliography; Includes: Black & white photographs; Colour photographs; Colour plates; Maps; ISBN: 978-1-8448-6109-5 || 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#190963|| Condition:, London: Conway, 2009, 3, Lincoln, NE: Bison Books, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Full-color illustrated wrapper with gold and black lettering. 368 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "Twelve Thousand Years: American Indians in Maine documents the generations of Native peoples who for twelve millennia have moved through and eventually settled along the rocky coast, rivers, lakes, valleys, and mountains of a region now known as Maine. Arriving first to this area were Paleo-Indian peoples, followed by maritime hunters, more immigrants, then a revival of maritime cultures. Beginning in the sixteenth century, Native peoples in northern New England became tangled in the far-reaching affairs of European explorers and colonists. Twelve Thousand Years reveals how Penobscots, Abenakis, Passamaquoddies, Maliseets, Micmacs, and other Native communities both strategically accommodated and overtly resisted European and American encroachments. Since that time, Native communities in Maine have endured, adapted when necessary, and experienced a political and cultural revitalization in recent decades....., Bison Books, 2004, 3, Berlin: Verlag Von E. S. Mittler & Sohn, 1942. 158pp + 2pp catalogue at rear, bw ills. Or red cloth lacking jacket. Several clippings taped in at front dated 1932. Place/year writen on front free endpaper, brief notation in Hungarian at bottom of page 13. The author travelled by submarine to England during the First World War. Text in German/auf Deutsch. Gothic print.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo., Verlag Von E. S. Mittler & Sohn, 1942, 3, Sidney, BC: Gray's Publishing. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1971. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0888260261 . DJ shows shelf wear,short tears and chipping, corners a little bumped. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 169 pages; This is the story of ex-pat Brits Miles and Beryl Smeeton's east to west trip around the Horn, starting in England and finishing in Victoria BC - a 19,000 mile jaunt. This was their 3rd attempt - the first two attempts ended with their boat Tzu-Hang capsizing during the Cape Horn traverse and then ending in a Chilean port. The Smeetons have written a number of other books detailing their many adventures ., Gray's Publishing, 1971, 2.75, New York: Penguin Books, 1988. Presumed First U. S. Paperback Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. Good. [14], 368, [2] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Maps. Select Bibliography. Index. Slight wear to cover and spine edges. Sticker residue on the back cover. Ink notations and marks on several pages and on rep. Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan OBE FRSL (15 May 1934 - 2 August 2012) was an English military historian, lecturer, writer and journalist. He wrote many published works on the nature of combat between prehistory and the 21st century, covering land, air, maritime, intelligence warfare and the psychology of battle. In 1960 Keegan took up a lectureship in military history at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, which trains officers for the British Army. He remained there for 26 years, becoming a senior lecturer in military history during his tenure, during which he also held a visiting professorship at Princeton University and was Delmas Distinguished Professor of History at Vassar College. Leaving the academy in 1986, Keegan joined the Daily Telegraph as a defence correspondent and stayed with the paper as defence editor until his death. He also wrote for the American conservative National Review Online. In 1998 he wrote and presented the BBC's Reith Lectures, entitling them War in our World. An exploration of four different military leadership styles (the heroic style of Alexander the Great, the anti-heroic style of the Duke of Wellington, the unheroic style of Ulysses S. Grant, and the false-heroic style of Adolf Hiter) and how they reflect their times. The author believes that a fifth type of leader will emerge in the nuclear age--a post-heroic leader, who acts only after clear, intellectual thought. Derived from a Kirkus review: In aid of an inescapable conclusion, Keegan offers a virtuoso appreciation of military leadership down through the ages. For most of history, Keegan argues, warriors who "carry forward others to the risk of their lives" could reveal only as much of themselves as their followers required; all else had to be concealed by a mask of command. To probe this essentially, theatrical mystique, he examines the careers of four celebrated exemplarsAlexander the Great, "a supreme hero" and accomplished actor whose "being and performance merged in his person"; Wellington, whom Keegan characterizes as an anti-hero for his carefully planned, matter-of-fact approach to waging war on behalf of a constitutional monarchy; Ulysses S. Grant, whose self-consciously unheroic generalship the author judges appropriate for a popular democracy; and, by contrast, Hitler, who yearned for transcendent glory but was forced to engage in false heroics because: the destructive power of contemporary weapons barred him from running the risks required to reach the traditional ideal. While Keegan focuses on just four remarkable commanders, he does not limit himself to their exploits and the societies that empowered them. In his interpretive profile of Grant, for example, he considers the implications of the so-called gunpowder revolution (which among other results made obsolete edged-weapon warfare) and the presumptive meritocracy that obtained in Napoleon's armies. In a truncated postscript, Keegan asserts that, in light of nuclear realities, the world can no longer afford dramatic, let alone heroic, leadership. Indeed, he maintains, modern states must seek out post-heroic captains willing and able to abjure victory in their management of military power. A challenging, forceful, and timely analysis of martial governance., Penguin Books, 1988, 2.5, Sidney, BC: Gray's Publishing Ltd.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. First Canadian Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0888260261 . Light edge wear and creasing of dust jacket, top fore corner a little bumped ; A bright solid, book, DJ in Mylar. Jacket art taken from painting by Deryck Foster ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 169 pages; This is the story of ex-pat Brits Miles and Beryl Smeeton's east to west trip around the Horn, starting in England and finishing in Victoria BC - a 19,000 mile jaunt. This was their 3rd attempt - the first two attempts ended with their boat Tzu-Hang capsizing during the Cape Horn traverse and then ending in a Chilean port. The Smeetons have written a number of other books detailing their many adventures ., Gray's Publishing Ltd., 1970, 3, This is the The Encyclopedia of Ships, Over 1500 Military and Civilian Ships from 5000 BC to the Present Day. It was first published in England in 2001; it was a best-seller and was reprinted each year. This is its third printing, dated 2003.Its editor and illustrator is the British artist Tony Gibbons who, where photographs or paintings were not available, drew gorgeous images of the thousands of ships shown here. Details about each ship are also provided--history, specs etc.This is a large, heavy book--544 pages, 9 1/2" x 11 1/2"; it weighs 6 lbs.The dust jacket has a little shelfwear, mainly to the spine.The book itself is perfect--pristine condition.PLEASE NOTE: THE STATED EXPECTED SHIPPING DATE APPLIES ONLY WITHIN NORTH AMERICA. THE SHIPPING CHARGE APPLIES TO NORTH AMERICAN BUYERS, OR TO INTERNATIONAL BUYERS WHO ACCEPT SURFACE MAIL. DUE TO PANDEMIC-RELATED SHIPPING ISSUES, UNLESS YOU PAY TO HAVE YOUR ITEM DELIVERED BY AIR, OR BY A PRIVATE CARRIER, DELIVERY CAN TAKE FROM 2 TO 5 MONTHS., Amber Books, 2003, 4<

2003, ISBN: 9781856055918

This is the The Encyclopedia of Ships, Over 1500 Military and Civilian Ships from 5000 BC to the Present Day. It was first published in England in 2001; it was a best-seller and was repri… Plus…

This is the The Encyclopedia of Ships, Over 1500 Military and Civilian Ships from 5000 BC to the Present Day. It was first published in England in 2001; it was a best-seller and was reprinted each year. This is its third printing, dated 2003.Its editor and illustrator is the British artist Tony Gibbons who, where photographs or paintings were not available, drew gorgeous images of the thousands of ships shown here. Details about each ship are also provided--history, specs etc.This is a large, heavy book--544 pages, 9 1/2" x 11 1/2"; it weighs 6 lbs.The dust jacket has a little shelfwear, mainly to the spine.The book itself is perfect--pristine condition.PLEASE NOTE: THE STATED EXPECTED SHIPPING DATE APPLIES ONLY WITHIN NORTH AMERICA. THE SHIPPING CHARGE APPLIES TO NORTH AMERICAN BUYERS, OR TO INTERNATIONAL BUYERS WHO ACCEPT SURFACE MAIL. DUE TO PANDEMIC-RELATED SHIPPING ISSUES, UNLESS YOU PAY TO HAVE YOUR ITEM DELIVERED BY AIR, OR BY A PRIVATE CARRIER, DELIVERY CAN TAKE FROM 2 TO 5 MONTHS., Amber Books, 2003, 4<

ISBN: 9781856055918

Bookmart. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less (usually same day). Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so s… Plus…

Bookmart. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less (usually same day). Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks, rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry., Bookmart, 2.5<

ISBN: 9781856055918

Gardners Books. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex lib… Plus…

Gardners Books. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Gardners Books, 2.5<