KIRSCH, JONATHAN:MOSES : A LIFE - encadernado, livro de bolso
1998, ISBN: 9780345412690
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG/GOOD.No owner inscrptn and price-clip to dw/dj.Glossy laminated,subject's colour portrait painting (by Winterhalter) illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with b/w l… mais…
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG/GOOD.No owner inscrptn and price-clip to dw/dj.Glossy laminated,subject's colour portrait painting (by Winterhalter) illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with b/w lettering; with some minimal shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.Some chipping with minimal loss to both top+bottom edges due to laminate breakdown and to a few closed tears/nicks to same.Top panel of dw/dj has 3 impressed indentations which have reciprocally affected the board beneath.Minimal bumping with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/backstrip of dw/dj,some partial sunning/fading tolower half of spine/backstrip too.Top edge lightly dust-soiled and minimally foxed/spotted,fore-edges similar but slightly brighter and cleaner; contents however,bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine,with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread? Bright,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain red cloth bds with grey panel for title+author in bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to same,and immaculate monochrome scenic view of the Kronprinzenpalais, Berlin illustrated endpapers.Described hard but fairly and honestly,not really as bad as it reads or indeed looks! UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,11-382pp [paginated] includes foreword, double-page genealogical family tree of Emperor+Empress Frederick III,29 chapters,16pp contemporary,b/w scenic+portrait photographs (30 in total - majority familial,biographical portraits) in 4 blocks of 4pp apiece between pp40/1,pp104/5,pp216/17 and pp312/13 respectively, notes on Empress's children,reference notes,biblio and an index.Plus [unpaginated]; half-title page,subject colour portrait illustrated frntis, title page,a dedication,and separate contents+illustrations lists/tables. Scholars will be attracted to this biography of Queen Victoria's eldestdaughter,later the German Empress Frederick,because of its use of unpublished material but,above all,it is the very moving,human story of a woman,whose devotion to her husband's country which she longed to serve and guide towards more liberal ways,was frustrated by the bitter hostility of the Chancellor Bismarck and by the cruelty of fate.Vicky's marriage was a happy one but the dictatorial form of government,the wretched condition of the poor and the stiff manners of the court were a shock to her.When,at the age of 63,her father-in- law became King of Prussia he fell under the influence of Bismarck.The Iron Chancellor detested the ideals of the the heir apparent and his wife; he spied upon them and vilified them. Vicky was horrified by the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and worked unremittingly for the wounded.At that time she still retained the hope that it could not be long before her Fritz succeeded his father and that then,together,they would be able to plan a better future for their country.In the event,her father-in-law,who in 1871 had become German Emperor,lived to be 90 and when Fritz succeeded to the throne in 1888 he was already dying of cancer and ruled for only 99 days. The years of Vicky's widowhood were saddened by the hostility towards her of her son Kaiser William II. Because of her generous outlook and unconventional ways and, above all,because of Bismarck's hatred and fear of Vicky,she has often been unfairly represented as an interfering and domineering English woman. This biography vindicates her and at the same time shows how,in spite of opposition and unfavourable circumstances she retained her vitality, gaeity and her enthusiasm for the cause of liberalism. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/ P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.COLLINS AND HARVILL PRESS,1972., 2.75, UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,subject's portrait colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip,a b/w striped headband and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,10-119pp [paginated] includes profuse b/w,colour (the majority) subject photographs with English text; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,contributors+ acknowledgements,an introduction by W.F. Deedes (Daily Telegraph writer,columnist and former editor,and a personal friend of the Princess),chapter contributions by Sandra Barwick,Caroline Davies, Elizabeth Grice,Hilary Alexander and Colin Randall - all senior staff journalists on the Daily Telegraph - respectively. 'DIANA REMEMBERED' is a celebration in words and pictures of the life of Diana,Princess of Wales.Including photographs from her early life,the wedding,the trips abroad where Diana enchanted dignitaries and ordinary people alike, to the sad funeral on Saturday 6 September, 'Diana Remembered' is a beautiful memorial to a woman who touched so many lives. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., LONDON.MACMILLAN,1997., 5, GD, WATERMILL, 1980, 0, NY: Ballantine Books. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1998. first edition,1p; 10987654321pt line. HARDCOVER. 9.3 X 6.1 X 1.3 inches. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN GOOD UNCLIPT(S27.50) DUST JACKET ..DJ HAS BEEN EFFECTED BY HEAT...Plastic bit rumpled, not torn. It is tranlucent and shows the photo decorated cover thru the red & Black dj titles..Book itself has not titles, etc on covers. Very unusual production values. ; Michaelangelo MOSES cover art. DJ has photo of author & biog on inner flap.. ; Map; 415pg thick pages; Drawing on the biblical text and a treasury of both scholarship and storytelling, Kirsch examines all that is known and all that has been imagined of Moses. In these vivid pages, we see the marvels and mysteries of Moses's life in a new light--his rescue in infancy and adoption by an Egyptian princess; his reluctant assumption of the role of liberator; his struggles to wrest his people from the pharaoh's dominion; his desperate vigil on Mount Sinai. Here too is the darker, more ominous Moses--the sorcerer, the husband of a pagan woman, the military commander who cold-bloodedly ordered the slaying of innocent people; the beloved of God whom God sought twice to murder. ., Ballantine Books, 1998, 2.75<