John CannonBiblio.com
Best.-Nr. B9780521335669Paperback / softback. New. paperback
Best.-Nr. B9780521076678Paperback / softback. New. Dr Cannon studies the workings of the eighteenth-century constitution concentrating on the years of acute crisis from 1782 to 1784. He examines the formation of the Fox-North coalition its achievement of office in March 1783 and the manoeuvres by which it was eventually ousted. paperback
Best.-Nr. B9780521025263Paperback / softback. New. In his short life Sir William Jones mastered so many languages that even in his own time he was regarded as a phenomenon; and so he was. Garland Cannon editor of The Letters of Sir William Jones has written a new definitive biography of this fascinating man. paperback
Best.-Nr. B9780521022675Paperback / softback. New. This book examines the presumption that Chaucer invented literary English and argues instead that his English is largely traditional. It provides a thorough history of every one of Chaucer's words and maps the origins and patterns of use that have made these words so compelling for 600 years. paperback
Best.-Nr. B9780521763028Hardback. New. Designed for music students and opera-goers this book enables a thorough understanding of what opera is and how it works with an emphasis on its dramatic experience. Organised chronologically the book shows how the many different kinds of opera have developed and explores specific examples using accessible illustrative tables. hardcover
Best.-Nr. B9780521106023Paperback / softback. New. Originally published in 1985 this monograph describes the interaction of radiation with plasma. The emphasis throughout is on relating the formal mathematics to the real world of observable properties and interpretation. The main thrust of the book gives a detailed analysis of the matter - radiation interaction. paperback
Best.-Nr. B9780521746472Paperback / softback. New. Designed for music students and opera-goers this book enables a thorough understanding of what opera is and how it works with an emphasis on its dramatic experience. Organised chronologically the book shows how the many different kinds of opera have developed and explores specific examples using accessible illustrative tables. paperback
Best.-Nr. B9781107412583Paperback / softback. New. In this book Cannon Schmitt shows how Darwin and other Victorian naturalists transformed their encounters with the South American continent and its indigenous peoples into influential accounts of biological change race and the origins of humanity. His observations open a new discussion concerning the cultural meanings of evolutionary theory in the Victorian period. paperback
Best.-Nr. B9781502397768Paperback / softback. New. paperback
1865Best.-Nr. 126391865. Photographer unknown Rodman cannon tintype photograph circa 1860s documents one of the most important classes of heavy artillery used by the United States during the Civil War and in nineteenth-century coastal defense. The image supports research into Union ordnance technology military engineering and the visual culture of large-scale artillery deployment. Rodman guns developed under the direction of ordnance officer Thomas J. Rodman marked a major expansion in American heavy weapons design and photographs of these guns preserve direct evidence of how such artillery was presented maintained and understood in relation to the men who worked around it. Half plate tintype photograph image approximately 4.5 x 7 inches showing three men posed on and beside a large Rodman cannon mounted on a wheeled rail-supported carriage. The gun's immense barrel dominates the composition with its pronounced rounded breech and upper vent area clearly visible. The carriage rests on a circular rail track designed to allow the piece to be traversed for aiming a system associated with fortified coastal positions and heavy defensive artillery. One man stands beside the carriage while two others are seated or leaning along its structure their bodies providing a clear sense of the cannon's scale. Their caps and work clothing suggest artillery personnel or laborers engaged with the weapon and its mounting rather than a purely studio portrait setting. Rodman guns were introduced in the 1850s and became central to American heavy ordnance during the Civil War especially in siege and harbor defense contexts where large-caliber smoothbore cannon were required to fire explosive shells against ships and fixed fortifications. This photograph is valuable not only for the weapon itself but for the relationship it establishes between industrial-scale artillery and the human figures tasked with operating it. The image records mid-nineteenth-century military technology in a direct and legible form with the rail carriage and posed attendants making the engineering purpose immediately visible. Minor surface wear and edge rounding consistent with nineteenth-century tintypes; overall good condition. A strong documentary image of Civil War era heavy artillery and the material scale of Union ordnance production. unknown
Best.-Nr. A9781551114453Paperback / softback. New. This text offers an innovative approach to the teaching of logic which is rigorous but entirely non-symbolic. paperback
Best.-Nr. A9780198779438Hardback. New. From Literacy to Literature: England 1300-1400 is a cultural history that draws a line between canonical ricardian writers and the school-books of their time. hardcover
Best.-Nr. A9781470437152Paperback / softback. New. This is the second of a three volume collection devoted to the geometry topology and curvature of 2-dimensional spaces. The collection provides a guided tour through a wide range of topics by one of the twentieth century's masters of geometric topology. The books provide perspective and insight to mathematicians at all levels who are interested in geometry and topology. paperback
1989Best.-Nr. 96769Birmingham AL: Gryphon Editions 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Leather bound Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. A Limited Edition.; First Gryphon Edition.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gryphon Editions hardcover
1989Best.-Nr. 96914Birmingham AL: Gryphon Editions 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Leather bound Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. A Limited Edition.; First Gryphon Edition.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gryphon Editions hardcover
1834Best.-Nr. 91439New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1834. Eleventh Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Closed tear on upper front panel. Scuffing to spine. Slight open tear on heel. Soiling to and scuffing to back panel. Edge wear.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover
1941Best.-Nr. 22101New York: H.W. Wilson 1941. First edition 8vo pp. xi 1 391; fine in original terra-cotta cloth spine lettered in gilt. H.W. Wilson unknown
1888Best.-Nr. 72158Salt Lake City UT: Juvenile Instructor Office 1888. First edition. Leather bound. Fair. 512pp. Octavo 22.5 cm Black leather with decorative gilt and blind stamping to the boards and backstrip. Title gilt stamped on backstrip. All edges gilt. Floral endpapers rear free endpaper absent. Mild slant to spine. Hinges reinforced. Heavy dampstaining to the frontispiece portraits. Light dampstaining to the fore-edge and bottom margins of the pages. Lengthy notations in pencil on rear flyleaf. Steel engraving portraits of Joseph and his brother Hyrum are present. Biography of the founder of Mormonism by LDS Church elder and publisher George Q. Cannon George Q. Cannon and Sons would later be known as Deseret Book. Flake/Draper 1161. Juvenile Instructor Office unknown
2024Best.-Nr. 9033712London: National Gallery Global/Yale 2024. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. Edited by Cannon with Campbell and Wolohojian. Beautifully illustrated throughout in color. 9 1/2 x 11 inches. 311 pages. National Gallery Global/Yale hardcover
Best.-Nr. DI-A5YD-ZX6PMass Market Paperback. Very Good. paperback
Best.-Nr. 194421Longman Orme and Co. 1839. 1st edn. 8vo 9 x 5¾ ins. Original gilt lettered blind-stamped red cloth lower part of boards stained and wear at head and tail of spine - in protective cover. Pp. viii vi 104 illus with engraved title and 3 coloured plates front gathering loose; engraved title spotted and toned; armorial bookplate of Aubrey Penderel Janion on front paste-down; no inscriptions. Longman Orme and Co., 1839 unknown
1991Best.-Nr. 1772742352Pocket 1991. First Edition THUS. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.First edition THUS. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding with general signs of previous use. CLEAN CONTENT PAGES. See photos for more information. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Pocket paperback
Best.-Nr. GOR014383977Hardback. Very Good. hardcover
2019Best.-Nr. 1766770833Kaboom 2019. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Kaboom paperback
Best.-Nr. 1637156030.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
