Hardback. New. Today air-to-surface vessel ASV radars are installed on maritime reconnaissance aircraft for long-range detection tracking and classification of surface ships and for hunting submarines. Such radars were first developed in the UK during WWII. This book describes the ASV radars developed during WWII for long-range maritime surveillance. hardcover
1895. WOLF Simon. The American Jew as Patriot Soldier and Citizen. Edited by Louis Edward Levy. Philadelphia: Levytype Company 1895. 1st ed. 8vo. xiii 5 576 10 advts. pp. Orig. cloth. An exceptionally bright copy with only minor toning to the binding. Fine. unknown
Hardback. New. This book explores the economic effects of war reparations with a focus on how sovereign debt has financed the transfers. Results have varied: from quick repayments of large reparations to catastrophic economic crises. The occurring theme across the book has been that enforcement of debt contracts has important consequences. hardcover
Hardback. New. Aimed primarily at law professors graduate students lawyers and government officials working in international trade law this second edition provides an up-to-date and detailed overview of trends and innovations in bilateral and regional trade agreements. hardcover
budapest: Orsz. Magyar Képzőműv. Múzeum 1915. In special binding by Ferdinand Bakala with the coat of arms of the Eszterhazy family. Fine condition. In special binding by Ferdinand Bakala with the coat of arms of the Eszterhazy family. 1t.LXXII272p.16t. From the collection of Arpad Plesch. Orsz. Magyar Képzőműv. Múzeum unknown
1972. Bibliotheca Bacchica: Bibliographie Raisonnee des ouvrages imprimes avant 1600 et illustrant la soif humaine. Orig. cloth in d/j. London: Holland Press 1972. 2 volumes in one. Folio. Illus. Reprint of 1927 edition. Very good. unknown
Hardback. New. This 2007 book describes the tools for analyzing and controlling peak-to-average power performance in multicarrier systems like OFDM and DMT. hardcover
Hardback. New. Family money and marriage are explored through a crucial text that transforms our knowledge of the culture of ancient Rome in its heyday; the first English translation of Bryson's work along with a new edition of the Arabic text in which the book survives. hardcover
Hardback. New. Concerts flourished in London during the second half of the eighteenth century as never before. Enterprising promoters developed subscription series around the new symphony orchestra and the lucrative environment attracted both Mozart and Haydn whose last twelve symphonies were written for London. hardcover
Paperback / softback. New. This book discusses educational developments during a crucial period of English history in their social context revising a long-standing interpretation of the effect of Reformation legislation. paperback
Paperback / softback. New. Troubadours and Irony re-examines the work of five early troubadours namely Marcabru Bernart Marti Peire d'Alvernha Raimbaut d'Aurenga and Giraut de Borneil to argue that the courtly poetry of southern France in the twelfth century was permeated with irony and that many troubadour songs were playful laced with humorous sexual innuendo and far from serious. paperback
Hardback. New. Dialogue was invented as a written genre by fifth-century Greeks but in the ancient Christian empire became a largely forgotten form. It raises profound questions of freedom openness power and authority. This volume investigates why dialogue matters. Who wrote dialogues and why Who repressed dialogues and why hardcover
Paperback / softback. New. A volume of studies in philosophical logic by a group of younger philosophers in the UK. There is a core of problems in the theory of meaning which have been accorded a central importance by philosophers logicians and theoretical linguists and which have stimulated some of the most powerful and original work in these subjects. paperback
Hardback. New. Simon Williams explores the image of the hero in Wagner's work and examines this heroism as a function of Wagner's theatre and music. The book analyses all thirteen stage works by Wagner and his adaptation of the figure of the Romantic hero. hardcover
Hardback. New. Does Greek matter To whom and why This lively illustrated interdisciplinary study focuses on moments when passionate conflicts about Greek and Greek-ness have erupted in the modern and ancient worlds ranging from ancient Greece through the Renaissance to modernist opera. It takes reception studies in an exciting alternative direction. hardcover
Hardback. New. An innovative and exciting introduction to one of the most influential and controversial ancient authors. Explores Lucian's major contributions to the history of satire comic dialogues religion art and erotics against the background of the cultural politics of the Greek world in the Roman Empire. hardcover