hamish miles translator (17 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Used - Very Good. Minor yellowing to book block, label of former owner on inside cover, binding tight with no spine creases.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Solid binding. Boards are moderate to severely edgeworn. Shows more than the usual amount of shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 1st Edition. One of 1260 copies, the second volume in a projected edition of the select novels and tales of George Sand. Blue cloth, fore-edges untrimmed, top edges gilt. Covers faded beneath jacket, endpapers foxed, internally very nice, unopened. Jacket soiled, browned, edges ragged; label of American distributor stuck to spine.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Appleton, 1928. First edition, stated first printing. 8vo. Unusual purple moire binding. Soft, rough-cut pages, translated by Hamish Miles. Name inside, boards skewed, spine faded. Very good condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Very good condition purple cloth boards with gold front cover and spine lettering. Includes List of Other Books by Andre Maurois; List of Illustrations; Note; Bibliography; Publisher's Note; Index; and a rear section of Books by Andre Maurois. Illustrated with seven black-and-white plates, including photographic plates plus a black-and-white frontispiece plate drawing of Benjamin Disraeli. Translated by Hamish MilesPages 185 - 194 contains a two inch darkening spot which is most conspicuous on pages 188 to 190; the other 8 pages much less so. All other pages are in fine condition and the spine/binding is tight and square with some light to moderate rubbing and the upper and lower spine edges. "I was curious to read about this man I'd heard of, but knew nothing. The book traces the turbulent rise of Benjamin Disraeli to become Prime Minister of England and confidant of Queen Victoria. It gives an excellent view of politics in all its hurly-burly but focuses more on the man Disraeli rather than on the politics in which the man was such an accomplished participant. This is a very sympathetic biography, well-written and insightful." -- from C.H. at Goodreads dot com. "This book is a true testament of what can be accomplished in spite of extraordinary odds." -- from Gregory at Goodreads dot com. "When a biography moves you emotionally, equal credit goes to the biographer and the subject. Especially when it moves a person who does not habitually enjoy biographies, it just proves that it is one book worth reading. This book paints a picture of a misunderstood statesman, who succeeded against all odds, to achieve his dreams; grasping the meaning of life on the way. An inspiring tale." -- review from Richa at Goodreads dot com.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good Plus. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. 351 pages; blue cloth, gilt spine titles; light wear to board extremities, sunning to spine; a good plus to very good minus copy.

6th Edition or Higher. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth over marbled boards. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dustjacket. First Edition. 264 pages. No dustjacket. Blue hardback binding lightened to spine with dulled spine-titles, title to front bright. Wear/small creases to spine-ends and boards' corners. Ink name to flyleaf, page-edges age-darkened with one 3cm stain. Pages clean and sound. All plates verified present and correct.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 254 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

6th Edition or Higher. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth over marbled boards. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Douglas, Aaron (illustratore). 2nd printing. Text clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Illustrated boards have some areas worn to boards along edges, more so along bottom edges, and wear to boards at corners.This wear is just barely visible on fronts of boards. Illustrated boards have very light fading to told stars. Front board has small areas with very tiny white specks. Spine has light wear. Author/title patch on spine has light wear. Paste down pages and free end papers are unmarked, have light toning. Edges of pages have toning, faint vintage stains and very light foxing. No dust jacket.

Hardcover, 218 pages. Condizione: Good. Early 1929 printing of English edition. Minor edge wear and soiling to boards, head of spine frayed and corners bumped. Minor soiling to text block edges, spine slightly cocked. Gatherings secure in binding.

Paperback. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. 2 volumes, Vol. I, 1935, 642pp, Vol. 2, 1938, 441pp, maroon cloth, gold design and lettering on spines, Ex Library, minimal markings, frontispiece portrait in V.1, footnotes, appendix with a short biography, indices, was appointed Master of the Horse to Napoleon, served as ambassador to Russia for two and half years beginning in 1807, and served at other duties for Napoleon,

Hardcover. 4 p.l., 369, [1] p. front. (port. ) illus. (maps) 23 cm. Footnotes. Index. From Wikipedia: Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey (17 November 1854-21 July 1934) was a French Army general, the first Resident-General in Morocco from 1912 to 1925 and from 1921 Marshal of France. Lyautey was born at Nancy (Lorraine) into an upper-middle class family with aristocratic connections, royalist sympathies and a military past. In 1873 he entered the French military academy of Saint-Cyr, attended the army training school beginning in 1876, and in December 1877 was made a lieutenant. He made his career serving in the colonies and not in metropolitan France, a more prestigious assignment. The first years after graduating, Lyautey served as a cavalry officer in Algeria and from 1894 to 1897 in Indochina, under Joseph Gallieni. Lyautey adopted and emulated Gallieni's policy of methodical expansion of pacified areas followed by social and economical development to bring about the end of resistance and the cooperation of former insurgents. This method became known as tache d'huile (literally, "oil stain"), as it resembles oil spots spreading to cover the whole surface. Lyautey's writings have had a significant influence on contemporary counterinsurgency theory through its adoption by David Galula. From 1897 to 1902 Lyautey served on Madagascar, again under Galliéni. He played a key role in the invasion of the island (1896 1898), in which he commanded the French forces. His military skill and success in this campaign greatly contributed to his promotion to general de brigade in 1902. The murder of French citizens in Casablanca was used as a pretext for Lyautey to occupy Oujda in eastern Morocco at the Algerian border in 1907. Having been promoted to général de division, Lyautey was Military Governor of French Morocco from 4 August 1907 to 28 April 1912. After the Convention of Fez established a protectorate over Morocco, Lyautey served as Resident-General of French Morocco from 28 April 1912 to 25 August 1925. Lyautey is considered to have been an apt colonial administrator. During the First World War, he continued the occupation of the country, regardless of the fact that France needed most of her resources in the struggle against the Central Powers. Lyautey served as France's Minister of War for three months in 1917. In 1925, Lyautey lost the military command of the French forces engaged against Abd-el-Krim to Philippe Pétain and resigned to return to France. On 27 July 1914 Gen. Lyautey was telephoned by Paris to evacuate Protectorate except the coast and to send all troops. He was quoted as saying: "A war among Europeans is a civil war. It is the most monumental folly the world has ever committed." Marshal Lyautey served as Honorary President of the three French Scouting associations. [citation needed] His château in the east of France at Thorey hosts the museum of French Scouting. Lyautey became associated with France's growing fascist movement. He admired Italian leader Benito Mussolini, and was associated with the far right Croix de Feu. In 1934, he threatened to lead the Jeunesses Patriotes to overthrow the government. Lyautey died in Thorey and was buried in Morocco, but the body was reinterred in Les Invalides in 1961. Good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Cover has some wear and soiling.