Sloane

Book looks new and unread to me.  >>>    A bout the Authors -  Paul Sloane studied engineering at Cambridge University and works in software marketing. His passion for lateral puzzles started when he met a dwarf standing on a block of ice in an elevator. His first book,  Lateral Thinking Puzzlers, was published by Sterling in 1991, and has gone on to become a best seller. -  Des MacHale is Associate Professor of Mathematics at University College in Cork. He is the author of over 40 books, including one on the John Ford cult film The Quiet Man  and another on George Boole of Boolean algebraic fame.  * Leisure * Hobbies *  *NB.*   If you buy more than one book from me you only pay R 6 postage each on the additional books – see what else I have to offer, it might be worth your while.  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days 'Nothing so fully displays the grandeur of his mind as his immense and rare collections...perhaps the fullest and most curious in the world', National Gazette, 1753 Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was the greatest collector of his time, and one of the greatest of all time. His name is familiar today through the London streets and squares named after him on land he once owned (Sloane Square, Hans Place), but the man himself, and his achievements, are almost forgotten. Born in the north of Ireland, Sloane made his fortune as a physician to London's wealthiest residents and through investment in land and slavery. He became one of the eighteenth century's preeminent natural historians, ultimately succeeding his rival Isaac Newton as President of the Royal Society, and assembled an astonishing collection of specimens, artefacts and oddities - the most famous curiosity cabinet of the age. Sloane's dream of universal knowledge, of a gathering together of every kind of thing in the world, was enabled by Britain's rise to global ascendancy. In 1687 he travelled to Jamaica, then at the heart of Britain's commercial empire, to survey its natural history, and later organised a network of correspondents who sent him curiosities from across the world. Shortly after his death, Sloane's vast collection was then acquired - as he had hoped - by the nation. It became the nucleus of the world's first national public museum, the British Museum, which opened in 1759. This is the first biography of Sloane in over sixty years and the first based on his surviving collections. Early modern science and collecting are shown to be global endeavours intertwined with imperial enterprise and slavery but which nonetheless gave rise to one of the great public institutions of the Enlightenment, as the cabinet of curiosities gave way to the encyclopaedic museum. Collecting the World describes this pivotal moment in the emergence of modern knowledge, and brings this totemic figure back to life. Features Summary 'Nothing so fully displays the grandeur of his mind as his immense and rare collections...perhaps the fullest and most curious in the world', National Gazette... Author James Delbourgo Publisher Allen Lane Release date 20170615 Pages 544 ISBN 1-84614-657-7 ISBN 13 978-1-84614-657-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days 'Nothing so fully displays the grandeur of his mind as his immense and rare collections... perhaps the fullest and most curious in the world', National Gazette, 1753 Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was the greatest collector of his time, and one of the greatest of all time. His name is familiar today through the London streets and squares named after him on land he once owned (Sloane Square, Hans Place), but the man himself, and his achievements, are almost forgotten. Born in the north of Ireland, Sloane made his fortune as a physician to London's wealthiest residents and through investment in land and slavery. He became one of the eighteenth century's preeminent natural historians, ultimately succeeding his rival Isaac Newton as President of the Royal Society, and assembled an astonishing collection of specimens, artefacts and oddities - the most famous curiosity cabinet of the age. Sloane's dream of universal knowledge, of a gathering together of every kind of thing in the world, was enabled by Britain's rise to global ascendancy. In 1687 he travelled to Jamaica, then at the heart of Britain's commercial empire, to survey its natural history, and later organised a network of correspondents who sent him curiosities from across the world. Shortly after his death, Sloane's vast collection was then acquired - as he had hoped - by the nation. It became the nucleus of the world's first national public museum, the British Museum, which opened in 1759. This is the first biography of Sloane in over sixty years and the first based on his surviving collections. Early modern science and collecting are shown to be global endeavours intertwined with imperial enterprise and slavery but which nonetheless gave rise to one of the great public institutions of the Enlightenment, as the cabinet of curiosities gave way to the encyclopaedic museum. Collecting the World describes this pivotal moment in the emergence of modern knowledge, and brings this totemic figure back to life. Features Summary 'Nothing so fully displays the grandeur of his mind as his immense and rare collections... perhaps the fullest and most curious in the world', National Gazette... Author James Delbourgo Publisher Allen Lane Release date 20170627 Pages 544 ISBN 1-84614-657-7 ISBN 13 978-1-84614-657-2

  Author(s): Sloane Crosley  Title:      I was There'd be Cake  ISBN:  978 1 84627 185 4  Publisher/place: Portobello Books, London  This Edition: first  Year of Publication: 2008  Binding: paperback Number of pages:  230  Weight: 178g  Condition:   Excellent, like new  Please see pictures, as these form part of the description.  

 Author(s): Michael Redhill  Title: Martin Sloane  Publisher: William Heinemann  This Edition: first UK edition  Year of Publication: 2002  Place Of Publication: Great Britain  First Published: 2001  Binding: hardcover  Dustjacket: yes  Number of pages: 356 Weight:  396g  Condition: Excellent, like new, has been inscribed though Please see pictures below, as these form part of the description.   

Lone Sloane Delirius - By Philippe Druillet First English Edition, Soft Cover, Published By Dragon's Dream 1973 Cover Boards Are Lightly Age-Browned & Have Minimal Rubbing To The Edges. Binding Is Tight & Strong. Pages Are Clean & Bright. Postage Within South Africa Will Be R30.00 Overseas Buyers Can Contact Us For A Postal Quote. ABE # 06008

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Hardback. English. Pasadena. 1933 1st ed. ISBN: 0. 206 pp with numerous bw illustrations, colour frontis and folding map at rear. In original binding, but some rodent (?) damage penetrating textblock some 5mm at the hinge on the front cover, top fore corner also slightly gnawed; eps slightly damaged, tapemarked and some scattered foxing in textblock - nowhere severe - otherwise a good working copy. The first edition of this monograph on the showy genus of these cactus-like plants from Africa Book No: 26647

Dragon's Dream/ Heavy Metal 1973 First English Edition (ISBN 2 205 00632 0) Printed in Holland by Chevalier-Rotterdam This is a tall book: 27cm L x 21cm W. The book is in excellent condition. Front cover laminated                                  Back cover laminated  Spine is still strong and intact. An idea of what the book is about. Shipping ex Oviston Venterstad, see shipping and payment tab. PAYMENT: Within 48 hours preferred, maximum 7 days. Combined purchases  from the same origin, will be sent as one parcel thus reducing shipping costs, please have a look  at my other listings for more bargains.  

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Mightier than the Sword opens with an IRA bomb exploding during the MV Buckingham's maiden voyage across the Atlantic - but how many passengers lose their lives? When Harry Clifton visits his publisher in New York, he learns that he has been elected as the new president of English PEN, and immediately launches a campaign for the release of a fellow author, Anatoly Babakov, who's imprisoned in Siberia. Babakov's crime? Writing a book called Uncle Joe, a devastating insight into what it was like to work for Stalin. So determined is Harry to see Babakov released and the book published, that he puts his own life in danger. His wife Emma, chairman of Barrington Shipping, is facing the repercussions of the IRA attack on the Buckingham. Some board members feel she should resign, and Lady Virginia Fenwick will stop at nothing to cause Emma's downfall. Sir Giles Barrington is now a minister of the Crown, and looks set for even higher office, until an official trip to Berlin does not end as a diplomatic success. Once again, Giles's political career is thrown off balance by none other than his old adversary, Major Alex Fisher, who once again stands against him at the election. But who wins this time? In London, Harry and Emma's son, Sebastian, is quickly making a name for himself at Farthing's Bank in London, and has proposed to the beautiful young American, Samantha. But the despicable Adrian Sloane, a man interested only in his own advancement and the ruin of Sebastian, will stop at nothing to remove his rival. Jeffrey Archer's compelling Clifton Chronicles continue in this, his most accomplished novel to date. With all the trademark twists and turns that have made him one of the world's most popular authors, the spellbinding story of the Clifton and the Barrington families continues. Format:Paperback

Mightier than the Sword opens with an IRA bomb exploding during the MV Buckingham's maiden voyage across the Atlantic — but how many passengers lose their lives? When Harry Clifton visits his publisher in New York, he learns that he has been elected as the new president of English PEN, and immediately launches a campaign for the release of a fellow author, Anatoly Babakov, who's imprisoned in Siberia. Babakov's crime? Writing a book called Uncle Joe, a devastating insight into what it was like to work for Stalin. So determined is Harry to see Babakov released and the book published, that he puts his own life in danger. His wife Emma, chairman of Barrington Shipping, is facing the repercussions of the IRA attack on the Buckingham. Some board members feel she should resign, and Lady Virginia Fenwick will stop at nothing to cause Emma's downfall. Sir Giles Barrington is now a minister of the Crown, and looks set for even higher office, until an official trip to Berlin does not end as a diplomatic success. Once again, Giles's political career is thrown off balance by none other than his old adversary, Major Alex Fisher, who once again stands against him at the election. But who wins this time? In London, Harry and Emma's son, Sebastian, is quickly making a name for himself at Farthing's Bank in London, and has proposed to the beautiful young American, Samantha. But the despicable Adrian Sloane, a man interested only in his own advancement and the ruin of Sebastian, will stop at nothing to remove his rival. Jeffrey Archer's compelling Clifton Chronicles continue in this, his most accomplished novel to date. With all the trademark twists and turns that have made him one of the world's most popular authors, the spellbinding story of the Clifton and the Barrington families continues. This product ships within 3-5 working days.