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Opera : A Research and Information Guide
ISBN: 9780815335160 / Angielski / Twarda / 654 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a guide to the research writings on all aspects of opera. This second edition presents 2,833 titles of books, parts of books, articles and dissertations in European languages, with full bibliographic descriptions and critical annotations. The book contains the core literature on the operas of 320 individual composers and details of operatic life in 43 countries. All relevant works through to November 1999 have been considered, covering more than fifteen years of literature since the first edition was published.
This is a guide to the research writings on all aspects of opera. This second edition presents 2,833 titles of books, parts of books, articles and dis...
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881,59 |
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African Art: The World Bank Collections
ISBN: 9780821341957 / Angielski / Miękka / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. African artistic expression has helped to construct culture, form social identity, and support spiritual communication. The choice of the World Bank's African collection for a catalogue stems from the recognition by many art experts that the Bank is home to a rich and valuable collection that deserves to be better known by staff, representatives from member countries, and the public at large. The book displays African art from past to present, African art at the World Bank, and African art and society.
African artistic expression has helped to construct culture, form social identity, and support spiritual communication. The choice of the World Bank's...
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88,11 |
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The Union Preserved: A Guide to Civil War Records in the Nys Archives
ISBN: 9780823219001 / Angielski / Twarda / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Union Preserved: A Guide to the Civil War Records in the New York State Archives is a comprehensive reference work that, for the first time, makes available to a wide public one of the most important and extensive Civil War resources in the nation: the collections of the New York State Archives and Records Administration. The guide also seeks to make readers aware of the vast collections of wartime manuscripts, newspapers, maps, rare books, ephemera, and artifacts held by the New York State Museum, The New York State Library, and The New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs....
The Union Preserved: A Guide to the Civil War Records in the New York State Archives is a comprehensive reference work that, for the first time, makes...
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244,89 |
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Art Nouveau: A Research Guide for Design Reform in France, Belgium, England, and the United States
ISBN: 9780824066284 / Angielski / Twarda / 406 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reveals the Art Nouveau period (1890-1905) as an era dedicated to design reform in all areas of the visual arts. Architecture, interior decoration, furniture, jewellery, bookbinding, posters, ceramics, glass, wallpaper, and textiles, are the subjects of critical documentation; annotated bibliographic entries from literature of the period, provide evidence for the spread of design changes in France, Belgium, England, and the United States. Evidence from later publications adds a chronological dimension and demonstrates the changes in the way the Art Nouveau period has been studied.
Reveals the Art Nouveau period (1890-1905) as an era dedicated to design reform in all areas of the visual arts. Architecture, interior decoration, fu...
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808,12 |
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Sources of Irish Traditional Music C. 1600-1855: An Annotated Catalogue of Prints and Manuscripts, 1583-1855
ISBN: 9780824069483 / Angielski / Twarda / 1418 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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2424,38 |
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Hawaiian National Bibliography, 1780-1900: Volume 1: 1780-1830
ISBN: 9780824820428 / Angielski / Twarda / 552 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive, annotated, multivolume bibliography is a record of all printed works touching on some aspect of the political, religious, cultural, or social history of the Hawaiian Islands-from the first printed notice mentioning the Islands (in a German periodical of January 1780) to the beginning of the twentieth century, when the Islands ceased to be a separate political entity. Volume I covers the period from 1780 to 1830, when exploratory voyages to the northern Pacific had largely concluded and the arrival of improved printing equipment in the Islands resulted in a substantial... This comprehensive, annotated, multivolume bibliography is a record of all printed works touching on some aspect of the political, religious, cultu... |
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205,71 |
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Popular Reading for Children IV: A Collection of Booklist Columns
ISBN: 9780838980101 / Angielski / Miękka / 49 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This latest edition offers dynamic and retrospective reading lists for children of all ages and is a must-have for children's book selections.
This latest edition offers dynamic and retrospective reading lists for children of all ages and is a must-have for children's book selections.
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34,23 |
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Indexes: The Comedies of Aristophanes: Vol 12
ISBN: 9780856687501 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume completes the twelve-volume series The Comedies of Aristophanes, begun in 1980, and is comprised of comprehensive indexes to the preceding eleven volumes. The book is divided into three parts: I Texts and Passages, II Persons, and III General.
This volume completes the twelve-volume series The Comedies of Aristophanes, begun in 1980, and is comprised of comprehensive indexes to the preceding...
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590,31 |
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Indexes: The Comedies of Aristophanes: Vol 12
ISBN: 9780856687518 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume completes the twelve-volume series The Comedies of Aristophanes, begun in 1980, and is comprised of comprehensive indexes to the preceding eleven volumes. The book is divided into three parts: I Texts and Passages, II Persons, and III General.
This volume completes the twelve-volume series The Comedies of Aristophanes, begun in 1980, and is comprised of comprehensive indexes to the preceding...
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156,16 |
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The Index of Middle English Prose: Handlist XVII: Manuscripts in the Library of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
ISBN: 9780859916110 / Angielski / Twarda / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Major religious works among the fifty-five manuscripts indexed in this handlist include a thirteenth-century copy of the Ancrene Riwle, Rolle's Forme of Living and the English translation of his Emendatio vitae, the Apocalypse of Jesus Christ, Mirk's Festial, the Pilgrimage of the Soul, the Seven Points of True Love and Everlasting Wisdom and the apparently unique English translation of the Wycliffite Rosarium theologie. Medical writing is also well represented, with a number of extensive compilations which also contain medical recipes. Uroscopy texts include the Practica urinarum and the...
Major religious works among the fifty-five manuscripts indexed in this handlist include a thirteenth-century copy of the Ancrene Riwle, Rolle's Forme ...
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416,30 |
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Arthurian Literature XX
ISBN: 9780859917988 / Angielski / Twarda / 217 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Arthurian Literature continues the policy of alternating themed issues and miscellanies. This varied collection includes studies of major Arthurian works and authors in Old French, Middle High German, Middle English, and of one important novel by C.S. Lewis. A controversial textual crux in Chretien's Yvain, debated vigorously by scholars in the late 1980s, is revisited, while the narrative function of clothing in Chretien's romances comes under review. An enigmatic and linguistically difficult passage from Der jungere Titurel is translated and discussed, and an article on Der arme Heinrich...
Arthurian Literature continues the policy of alternating themed issues and miscellanies. This varied collection includes studies of major Arthurian wo...
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416,30 |
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Kachinas, A Selected Bibliography
ISBN: 9780865340312 / Angielski / Miękka / 34 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kachinas are supernatural beings from Indian religion and this selected bibliography lists over 100 references to magazine articles and books with information about them. Kachinas are often represented in carved and painted Indian dolls. The book contains an essay that explains the various aspects and meanings of the Kachina in Indian life and gives historical and philosophical background information. Eight full-page black and white drawings by New Mexico artist Glen Strock illustrate the text. Collectors will find this book invaluable and for the general reader it offers an introduction to a...
Kachinas are supernatural beings from Indian religion and this selected bibliography lists over 100 references to magazine articles and books with inf...
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49,91 |
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Indian Pottery of the Southwest
ISBN: 9780865340671 / Angielski / Miękka / 34 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pottery is one of the earliest and oldest crafts in the history of mankind. It has evolved from the utilitarian to the purely artistic, from cooking pots to storyteller dolls. Native American pottery has flourished in the American Southwest since 300 B.C. This selected bibliography is a guide for both the collector and the general reader who would like additional information about Native American pottery and potters. * * * * * Marcia Muth is a graduate of the University of Michigan. She was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1919 and grew up in Indiana and western New York State. A former...
Pottery is one of the earliest and oldest crafts in the history of mankind. It has evolved from the utilitarian to the purely artistic, from cooking p...
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49,91 |
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The Guide to Classic Recorded Jazz
ISBN: 9780877454892 / Angielski / Miękka / 410 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A solid introductory guide to classical jazz naming the greats, their influences, and providing neophyte listeners with keys to listening and appreciating this musical genre. Free-lance music critic Piazza explains the science of riffing and the development of bebop and harmonic ensemble thinking.
A solid introductory guide to classical jazz naming the greats, their influences, and providing neophyte listeners with keys to listening and apprecia...
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118,31 |
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All Music Guide to Soul: The Definitive Guide to R&B and Soul
ISBN: 9780879307448 / Angielski / Miękka / 914 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Informative biographies, essays, reviews, and discographies trace soul's growth from its roots in blues and gospel and its flowering in Memphis and Motown to its many branches today.
Informative biographies, essays, reviews, and discographies trace soul's growth from its roots in blues and gospel and its flowering in Memphis and Mo...
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97,90 |
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Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection
ISBN: 9780884020240 / Angielski / Twarda / 728 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In volume 2 of this series, Part I examines Phocas and Heraclius (602-641) and Part II covers the period between Heraclius Constantine to Theodosius III (602-717).
In volume 2 of this series, Part I examines Phocas and Heraclius (602-641) and Part II covers the period between Heraclius Constantine to Theodosius ...
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711,20 |
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Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection
ISBN: 9780884020455 / Angielski / Twarda / 982 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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927,73 |
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Catalogue of Late Roman Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection
ISBN: 9780884021933 / Angielski / Twarda / 520 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first fully illustrated catalogue of a major collection of late Roman and early Byzantine imperial coins. It follows the general layout of the Byzantine volumes in the Dumbarton Oaks series, with a substantial introduction dealing with the history of the coinage, including iconography, mints, and monetary system. In this volume, however, all the coins are illustrated in the plates.
This is the first fully illustrated catalogue of a major collection of late Roman and early Byzantine imperial coins. It follows the general layout of...
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391,58 |
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Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection
ISBN: 9780884022336 / Angielski / Twarda / 730 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume is in two parts. Part I covers the reigns of Alexius I to Alexius V (1081-1204), and Part II covers the emperors of Nicea and their contemporaries (1204-1261).
This volume is in two parts. Part I covers the reigns of Alexius I to Alexius V (1081-1204), and Part II covers the emperors of Nicea and their conte...
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1035,99 |
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Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection
ISBN: 9780884022619 / Angielski / Twarda / 660 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Part I includes the introduction, appendices and bibliography while Part II continues with the catalogue, concordances and indexes.
Part I includes the introduction, appendices and bibliography while Part II continues with the catalogue, concordances and indexes.
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907,11 |