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Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2000
ISBN 10: 1901663302ISBN 13: 9781901663303
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Mechanical engineering -- the design and production of useful objects -- is wide-ranging and fascinating. The book tells the story of beer engines, cane crushing mills, clocks, textiles and mining equipment -- as well as the entrepreneurs and designers who could jump from one discipline to another and who brought Scotland to the very forefront in the 'art' of industrial science. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 1996
ISBN 10: 0948636831ISBN 13: 9780948636837
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 'An ideal book.' -- Evening Telegraph. Scots have lived and worked in every quarter of the world. Leaving Scotland tells their story, from the merchants, soldiers and adventurers of the early middle ages to the large-scale emigration of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2009
ISBN 10: 1905267266ISBN 13: 9781905267262
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. From her early life of luxury at the French court to her dramatic rule of her Scottish homeland; from a life of gaiety and popularity to years of banishment and execution - this book tells the story of Mary, Queen of Scots, one of Scotland's most famous historical figures. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2009
ISBN 10: 1905267282ISBN 13: 9781905267286
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This is a new edition of this best-selling "Scottie", recast and rewritten for readers of 10 upwards. The aims of the Jacobites and the background to the risings of Viscount Dundee (1689), the Earl of Mar (1715), and Charles Edward Stuart (1745) are explained, and this colourful but bloody period in Scotland's past brought vividly to life. The telling is illuminated by extracts from original documents, genealogical chart of the royal families of Scotland and England, and maps and battle plans. Illustrated in full colour with drawings, and with portraits, prints, and objects from National Museums Scotland and other national collections, this work includes an additional 8-page section in black and white that includes Jacobite songs and story-poems, a Jacobite quiz, and the original Rob Roy board game. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 1997
ISBN 10: 0948636920ISBN 13: 9780948636929
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The experience of medicine, from traditional remedies to the most sophisticated techniques. John Burnett's fascinating account looks at the growth of the medical professions, the work of ground-breaking Scottish doctors and the development of new approaches and equipment. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 1995
ISBN 10: 0948636688ISBN 13: 9780948636684
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 'A meaty little book.' -- Costume Society of Scotland. The story of textile production from earliest times, through handlooms and water-powered machines, to full-scale industrial production. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2004
ISBN 10: 190166385XISBN 13: 9781901663853
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The portrait of Reverend Robert Walker by Sir Henry Raeburn is world famous. On permanent show in the National Gallery of Scotland, the black-clad minister, skating enigmatically over Edinburgh's Duddingston Loch on a wintry afternoon, is a now familiar icon of Scottish culture. The painting gained new fame recently as an inspiration to the architect of the new Scottish Parliament building. Read about the Edinburgh Enlightenment times of artist and sitter and how the painting - virtually unknown until 1942 - has become so loved. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2007
ISBN 10: 1905267096ISBN 13: 9781905267095
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The origins of golf are a matter of mystery and controversy. Little, if any, evidence of the game in the form of golfing equipment or recognisable images survives from earlier than the mid 18th century. And so, for the 'Dark Ages' of golf - before the formalisation of the game with the establishment of the first Golfing Societies and Clubs - it is to written sources that we must turn for reliable information. This book takes a close look at the earliest records of the game in Scotland, from the 1457 Act of Parliament banning golf to the first printed book devoted entirely to the game - Thomas Mathison's poem The Goff, published in 1743. The original documents and books, many from the collections of the National Library of Scotland, are reproduced, while transcripts, commentary and interpretation of the sources illuminate not only the early days of golf, but also the society which gave rise to the world's most internationally popular game. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 1996
ISBN 10: 0114957606ISBN 13: 9780114957605
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Galloway, Fhiona (illustrator). This book introduces the flowers and trees that grow in Scotland. Find out, season by season, how to identify common Scottish plants, their habitats, uses, folklore and history. Find out about Scottish plant collectors -- intrepid explorers who had many exciting adventures plant hunting in the far-flung corners of the world. Many of the common plants growing in Scottish gardens today were introduced by them. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2001
ISBN 10: 0004700988ISBN 13: 9780004700984
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Over 150 B/w Photographs; 1 B/w Map (illustrator). Drawing on the collections of the National Museums of Scotland's Scottish Ethnological Archive, this book provides an insight into the work of farmers and fisher folk, the pastimes of children, transport and trade, craft-work and housework during the closing decades of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century. The realities of rural life are revealed in the faces, the clothes, the gestures, in the relationships with animals and in the objects of everyday life and work that the photographs reveal. This book was shortlisted for the 1993 Katharine Briggs Award. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2002
ISBN 10: 1901663779ISBN 13: 9781901663778
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Qianlong, the great 18th-century Emperor, ruled China for 60 years, during which time the country became the mot wealthy and populous nation in the world. An open-minded, truthful and hard working ruler, the Emperor was also a poet, painter and calligrapher, as well as an art collector and connoisseur. In conjunction with the first exhibition from the Palace Museum Beijing to the UK, this illustrated catalogue covers the Qianlong Emperor and depicts the many facets of his life. It also looks in detail at the art produced during his rule, both by himself and the artists he employed including court and genre portraits, prints, gold, silver and jade objects and textiles. This catalogue consists of five essays by the experts of the Palace Museum and introductory texts to 90 exhibits from its superb collections. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2002
ISBN 10: 0948636793ISBN 13: 9780948636790
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Drawing on the collections of the National Museums of Scotland's Scottish Ethnological Archive, this book provides an insight into the work of farmers and fisher folk, the pastimes of children, transport and trade, craft-work and housework during the closing decades of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century. The realities of rural life are revealed in the faces, the clothes, the gestures, in the relationships with animals and in the objects of everyday life and work that the photographs reveal. This book was shortlisted for the 1993 Katharine Briggs Award. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2013
ISBN 10: 1905267665ISBN 13: 9781905267668
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. When John Napier published his invention of logarithms in 1614 he was announcing one of the greatest advances in the history of mathematics, and log tables were used universally until the mid 1970s. With his Rabdologia, an ingenious calculating tool composed of numbered rods which came to be known as 'Napier's Bones', he enabled people in the marketplace to do multiplication sums without knowing any multiplication tables. Perhaps the most extraordinary thing about this most extrordinary man was that his great inventions were made without the stimulus of talking to other mathematicians in mainstream Europe. Working away in comparative isolation in a tower house in Scotland, Napier produced methods of calculation that literally changed lives all over the world. He is the father of the slide-rule and the grandfather of today's calculators. Despite his achievements, he remains curiously uncelebrated, and this absorbing story of his life aims to give John Napier his true status. This new edition has been redesigned in a new format and has a new cover. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2013
ISBN 10: 1905267436ISBN 13: 9781905267439
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Scots have explored planet Earth since at least the very beginning of the 17th century. Here are incredible stories of bravery, triumph and tragedy, and scientific discovery, often under near-impossible conditions. A unique index lists dates and places of birth of over 120 Scottish explorers, 41 of whom were scientists. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2007
ISBN 10: 1905267088ISBN 13: 9781905267088
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This is the remarkable story of Scotland's richest silver mine, near Alva, Clackmannanshire. Its discovery, coinciding with the 1715 Jacobite rebellion, led to an extraordinary sequence of events told here for the first time. It is a true story of fortunes made and lost, and the cast of characters include Jacobites and Hanoverians, lords and ladies, a disloyal servant, a loyal wife, and Sir Isaac Newton. This book has been thoroughly researched from primary sources and is written in a straightforward narrative style. It is a co-publication with 'Forth Naturalist' and 'Historian'. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2010
ISBN 10: 1905267452ISBN 13: 9781905267453
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Travelling showfolk have been entertaining Scots for centuries and a visit to 'the shows' was a highlight of the year until recent memory. The Codonas are one of the longest and most established show families, having arrived from the continent in the late eighteenth century. The book is based almost entirely on original research and draws on interviews with three generations to give a vivid and richly anecdotal account of this ever-changing world. Illustrations, mostly previously unpublished, enhance the text. The interviews have been kept intact as much as possible, to keep the flow of overlapping individual life stories but are organised chronologically from the 1890s, when it enters living memory, up to the present. The hundred years from 1790 are described in a lively introduction including many first-hand accounts and following the family fortunes in the United Kingdom, the United States where members reached the top of the circus profession and as far afield as Hawaii. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2003
ISBN 10: 1901663701ISBN 13: 9781901663709
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. When John Napier published his invention of logarithms in 1614 he was announcing one of the greatest advances in the history of mathematics, and log tables were used universally until the mid-1970s. With his Rabdologia, an ingenious calculating tool composed of numbered rods which came to be known as 'Napier's Bones', he enabled people in the marketplace to do multiplication sums without knowing any multiplication tables. Perhaps the most extraordinary thing about this most extraordinary man was that his great inventions were made without the stimulus of talking to other mathematicians in mainstream Europe. Working away in comparative isolation in a tower house in Scotland, Napier produced methods of calculations that literally changed lives all over the world. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2015
ISBN 10: 1905267924ISBN 13: 9781905267927
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This book tells the history of Scotland between 1249 and 1371 from the Golden Age of Alexander III to Robert II, the first Stewart king. This takes in the Scottish Wars of Independence: William Wallace and the Battle of Stirling Bridge; and Robert the Bruce and the decisive Battle of Bannockburn. Find out .* Who was the 'Maid of Norway' * How John Balliol got his nickname * What was the 'Ragman Roll' * What the name Wallace means * What is the Stone of Destiny. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd 2019-06-26, Edinburgh, 2019
ISBN 10: 1910682241ISBN 13: 9781910682241
Seller: Blackwell's, London, United Kingdom
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paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG.
Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2007
ISBN 10: 1905267061ISBN 13: 9781905267064
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Fonn's Duthchas "Land and Legacy" is a very special travelling exhibition for 2007 - The Year of Highland Culture. The full exhibition will start in Inverness in January and travel to Glasgow (April), Edinburgh (June) and Stornoway (September). A smaller version will then visit other venues in the Highlands and Islands. The book will have a catalogue of items from the exhibition and a narrative (in Gaelic and in English) by well-known writer and historian James Hunter. The topics covered include: land ownership issues; war; religion; clans and clearances; sport and leisure; Gaelic and the oral tradition; the landscape; the Highlands and Islands today, including current environmental issues, and recent population increases. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd 2011-12-16, Edinburgh, 2011
ISBN 10: 190526738XISBN 13: 9781905267385
Seller: Blackwell's, London, United Kingdom
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paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG.
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Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd 2018-09-27, Edinburgh, 2018
ISBN 10: 1910682039ISBN 13: 9781910682036
Seller: Blackwell's, London, United Kingdom
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paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG.
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Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2017
ISBN 10: 1910682071ISBN 13: 9781910682074
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The Tomb in question was built for a Chief of Police and his wife in the city of Thebes (modern Luxor) at the height of the ancient Egyptian empire. It was reused by numerous people over the next few hundred years before being sealed and lying undisturbed until it was excavated in 1857. Many of the objects found were among the first to be acquired by what is now called the National Museum of Scotland.This is the souvenir guide to the exhibition The Tomb: Ancient Egyptian Burial which was shown at the National Museum of Scotland in 2017. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2013
ISBN 10: 1905267797ISBN 13: 9781905267798
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Used for centuries as a decorative artefact, amber was also treasured for its perceived magical powers, crafted into charms and amulets to heal and ward off evils spirits. Amber also has the unique capacity to preserve fragile life that is millions of years old, opening a special window into the past. At the National Museum of Scotland 10 May-8 September highlights of its amber collection plus loans from the V&A will be brought together for the first time. With over a hundred illustrations, this book reveals the origins, properties and uses of amazing amber. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd, Edinburgh, 2005
ISBN 10: 1901663922ISBN 13: 9781901663921
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Queen Margaret died in 1093 and was canonised in 1250. Until a generation ago, every Scots child was taught a pallid and uncontentious version of her life, drawn from the hagiography written not long after her death. Even twentieth-century biographies have been uncritical and pious in tone. Eileen Dunlop has produced a book, which aims at a more balanced, psychologically probing account of a remarkable life. Every Scots child was taught a pallid and uncontentious version of Queen Margaret's life, drawn from the hagiography written not long after her death. Eileen Dunlop has produced a book for the general reader, which aims at a more balanced, psychologically probing account of a remarkable life. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2012
ISBN 10: 1905267649ISBN 13: 9781905267644
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. David Livingstone rose from being a factory boy to become an African explorer and a hero of the Victorian age. This volume of essays, rich in new scholarship, tie in with an exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland (beginning 23 November 2012) which commemorate the 200th anniversary of his birth. The exhibition has been produced in collaboration with authorities in Malawi - Livingstone was the first European to document Malawi in the mid 1800s and he continues to be remembered there - and with the David Livingstone Centre in his birthplace, Blantyre, in the west of Scotland, which holds a wide range of his personal belongings and travel aids. Together, the essays present a twenty-first-century view of David Livingstone - the man, the myth and the legacy. They engage not only with matters of history - his life and work as explorer, doctor and missionary - but also with the ways in which he has been memorialised, and his contemporary significance. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd, Edinburgh, 2010
ISBN 10: 1905267460ISBN 13: 9781905267460
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The humorous and intricately designed Lewis Chessmen were discovered in 1831, one of the most significant archaeological discoveries ever made in Scotland. To preserve the hoard as intactly as possible in a public collection, the majority of the pieces were acquired by the British Museum where they are on permanent display. National Museums Scotland holds 11 pieces, again on permanent display. An exhibition of 30 pieces will tour Scotland from May 2010 to June 2011. This is the book produced to accompany the exhibition; it also stands alone. It looks at the mystery and intrigue surrounding the chessmen and their discovery, and shows how the characters reflected society at the time they were made. The book looks at the humorous and intricately designed Lewis Chessmen and the mystry and intrigue surrounding them. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2019
ISBN 10: 1910682330ISBN 13: 9781910682333
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Between the 1930s and 1980s, folk singer Jock Duncan interviewed around 60 veterans of the First World War, mainly in his native North East of Scotland. He then spent many years transcribing his interviews in the rich variations of Scots in which they were spoken. The result, published here, is a unique and illuminating collection of first- hand witness testimony to the horror, and humour, of the Great War. Co-published with the European Ethnological Research Centre. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd 2017-05-11, Edinburgh, 2017
ISBN 10: 191068211XISBN 13: 9781910682111
Seller: Blackwell's, London, United Kingdom
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paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG.
Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 2001
ISBN 10: 1901663493ISBN 13: 9781901663495
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The first complete biography of explorer, writer and colonial eccentric, Reginald Johnston. An Edinburgh lad, Johnston entered the colonial service, first as a cadet in Hong Kong and then as a district officer in north-east China, a post which enabled him to travel extensively. He explored large areas of China, studied the language and culture and adopted Buddhism. In 1919 Johnston was appointed tutor and adviser to the last Emperor of China and as such was the only foreigner working in the Forbidden City, where centuries old customs prevailed and corruption was rife. Shiona Airlie has had unprecedented access to Johnston's unpublished letters and photographs to tell his unique and remarkable story. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.