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Author: Chris West
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2013-10-22
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1250035503
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores the history of England through 36 of its fascinating, often beautiful, and sometimes eccentric postage stamps, emphasizing how stamps have always mirrored the events, attitudes, and styles of their time.
Author: Chris West
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2014-10-28
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 1250043697
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDISCOVER THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF AMERICA THROUGH ITS BEAUTIFUL AND DIVERSE POSTAGE STAMPS IN THIS EXUBERANT AND ALWAYS CHARMING HISTORY. In A History of America in Thirty-six Postage Stamps, Chris West explores America's own rich philatelic history. From George Washington's dour gaze to the charging buffalo of the western frontier and Lindbergh's soaring biplane, American stamps are a vivid window into our country's extraordinary and distinctive past. With the always accessible and spirited West as your guide, discover the remarkable breadth of America's short history through a fresh lens. On their own, stamps can be curiosities, even artistic marvels; in this book, stamps become a window into the larger sweep of history.
Author: Christopher West
Publisher:
Published: 1913-05-01
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780753153284
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis playful history uses 36 of our most expressive, quirky, beautiful and sometimes baffling stamps to tell us the story of Britain, through Dickens and the potato famine to Thatcher and the punk movement.
Author: Chris West
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2013-10-22
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 1250035538
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStamps tell a story-and Chris West's book is the unique, fascinating tale of Great Britain told through its stamps. Hailed by The Times of London as "a splendid reminder of the philatelic glories of the past," A History of Britain in 36 Postage Stamps tells the rich, layered, and breathtaking history of England through thirty-six of its fascinating, often beautiful, and sometimes eccentric postage stamps. West shows that stamps have always mirrored the events, attitudes, and styles of their time. Through them, one can glimpse the whole epic tale of an empire unfolding. From the famous Penny Black, printed soon after Queen Victoria's coronation, to the Victory! stamp of 1946, anticipating the struggle of postwar reconstruction-A History of Britain in 36 Postage Stamps is a hugely entertaining and idiosyncratic romp, told in Chris West's lively prose. On their own, stamps can be curiosities, even artistic marvels; in this book, stamps become a window into the larger sweep of history.
Author: Chris West
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2014-10-28
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 1250043689
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"From George Washington's dour gaze to the charging buffalo of the western frontier and Lindbergh's soaring biplane, American stamps are a vivid window into our country's extraordinary and distinctive past. With ... West as your guide, discover the remarkable breadth of America's short history through a fresh lens"--
Author: Stuart Laycock
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2017-11-24
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 0750986808
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPickup an old stamp album and flick through it. You'll find a host of exotic and unfamiliar names: Cyrenaica, Fernando Poo, Fiume, North Ingria, Obock, Stellaland, Tuva, – distant lands, vanished territories, lost countries. Do they still exist? If not, where were they? What happened to them? From My Old Stamp Album goes in search of the truth about these and many other amazing places. Stuart Laycock and Chris West unearth stories of many kinds. Some take you to long-disappeared empires; others throw light on the modern era's most pressing wars. You are invited to enjoy them all, in a collection of historical narratives as broad and enticing as that old stamp album that you've just discovered in the attic.
Author: Picador
Publisher: Picador
Published: 2014-09-22
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 1250070732
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPicador Presents the Fall's Best New Voices This fall, immerse yourself in these free, select excerpts from this spellbinding list of fiction and nonfiction titles, brought to you by Picador. Discover the books at the front lines of modern fiction and nonfiction by some of our country's finest authors, and be the first to unearth the next generation with our smart, imaginative debuts. In this sampler, enjoy excerpts from Edward St. Aubyn, Keith Donohue, Euny Hong, Richard House, Fred Venturini, and many more!
Author: T. Todd (Philatelist.)
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Published: 1949
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jac J. Wijman
Publisher:
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9789071622014
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Philip T. Sicker
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
Published: 2019-01-01
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 0823284972
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn indispensable resource for scholars and students of James Joyce, Joyce Studies Annual gathers essays by foremost scholars and emerging voices in the field.
