James Dickins's Books

Secrets of an Art Dealer

By: James Henry Duveen

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This antiquarian book contains a fascinating account of the author's extensive experiences as an art dealer. Full of interesting anecdotes, humorous stories, and useful insights into the world of art dealing, this volume will be of considerable value to those with an interest in dealing art, and it would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. The chapters of this book include: The Duveen Brothers, Remarking a Reliquary for £30000, The Prince who Lost his Tapestries, The Tragedy of the Jabach Vases, The Fatal Plate of Bernard Palissy, The Titled Kleptomaniac, The Maddest Collector I Have Ever Known, The Blackmailing of an Expert, and more. Many antiquarian books such as this are increasingly hard-to-come-by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

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Read Books Ltd

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1446546950

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9781446546956

Martin Van Buren

America's First Politician

By: James M Bradley,Co-Editor of the Papers of Martin Van Buren James M Bradley

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Martin Van Buren

America's First Politician

By: James M Bradley,Co-Editor of the Papers of Martin Van Buren James M Bradley

A new biography of the 8th president of the United States, the first chief executive not born a British citizen and the first to use the party system to chart his way from tavern-keeper's son to the pinnacle of power. Martin Van Buren was one of the most remarkable politicians not only of his time but in American presidential history. The principal architect of the party system and one of the founders of the Democratic Party, he came to dominate New York-then the most influential state in the Union-and was instrumental in electing Andrew Jackson president. Van Buren's skills as a political strategist were unparalleled (he was known as the "Little Magician"), winning him a series of high-profile offices: US senator, New York's governor, US secretary of state, US vice president, and finally the White House. In his rise to power, Van Buren sought consensus and conciliation, bending to the wishes of slave interests and complicit in the dispossession of America's Indigenous population--two of the darkest chapters in American history. This new biography of Van Buren -- the first full-scale portrait in four decades -- charts his ascent from a tavern in the Hudson Valley to the presidency, concluding with his late-career involvement in an antislavery movement. Offering vivid profiles of the day's leading figures (Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, John Quincy Adams, DeWitt Clinton, James K. Polk), James Bradley's book depicts the struggle for power in the tumultuous decades leading up to the Civil War.

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649

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Oxford University Press

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0190920521

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9780190920524

Rowdy Boundaries

True Mississippi Tales from Natchez to Noxubee

By: James L. Robertson

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Rowdy Boundaries

True Mississippi Tales from Natchez to Noxubee

By: James L. Robertson

Dwelling along the Mississippi River, the Tennessee state line, the Tenn-Tom Waterway, and the Gulf of Mexico are a trove of characters with fascinating lives and histories. In Rowdy Boundaries: True Mississippi Tales from Natchez to Noxubee, author James L. Robertson weaves these stories to reveal a tapestry of Mississippi’s border counties and the towns and people that occupy them. From his unique vantage as a former Mississippi Supreme Court justice and seasoned lawyer, he documents the legal, geographical, and biographical tales revealed during his journeys along and within the state lines. The volume features the true stories of musicians, authors, portrait painters, and football players, as well as political activists, educators, politicians, and judges. Also featured are tributes to noteworthy newspaper editors and columnists for their many contributions over the years. Robertson covers pivotal moments in Mississippi history, including the Mississippi Married Women’s Property Act of 1839, the development of Chinese culture in the Mississippi Delta, and 1964 Freedom Summer. He does not shy away from the tragedies of the past, discussing lynchings and murders that still haunt the state today. From ghost towns in Jefferson County to the Slugburger Festival in Corinth, stopping en route for a mint julep in Columbus, Robertson puts a human face on Mississippi history and tells a good yarn along the way.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1496847113

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9781496847119

David Crockett

The Man and the Legend

By: James Atkins Shackford

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David Crockett

The Man and the Legend

By: James Atkins Shackford

Davy Crockett has been America's best-known folk hero for at least 160 years. This informed biography by James Atkins Shackford first appeared in 1956, at the height of the television-inspired Crockett craze. As Michael Lofaro notes in his introduction, "Shackford faced the monumental task of rescuing a nearly unknown David Crockett from the obscurity caused by the popularity of the earlier legendary Davys and deepened by Disney." He succeeded memorably, restoring David Crockett of Tennessee, a true pioneer and colorful figure even without romantic trappings.

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368

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803292309

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9780803292307

Correspondence of James K. Polk

By: James Knox Polk

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Correspondence of James K. Polk

By: James Knox Polk

Vol. 13 Michael David Cohen, editor ; Bradley J. Nichols, editorial assistant.

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Univ. of Tennessee Press

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0870499475

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9780870499470

The Necropolis of Cyrene

Two Hundred Years of Exploration

By: James Copland Thorn

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The Necropolis of Cyrene

Two Hundred Years of Exploration

By: James Copland Thorn

Acknowledgements, Copyright and The Archives; Preface: Introduction and Architectural Terms; CHAPTER I: PREVIOUS EXPLORATIONS; CHAPTER II: ROWES NECROPOLIS STUDIES: Tomb Studies: Northern; Eastern; Southern; CHAPTER III: ROWES NECROPOLIS EXCAVATION: Tomb Studies: Rock-cut Tombs N. 83 Area; Rock-cut Tombs N. 82 Area; Rock-cut Tombs N. 81 Area; CHAPTER IV: ROCKCUT TOMB MORPHOLOGY: Rock-cut Tombs; CHAPTER V: BUILT TOMB MORPHOLOGY: Rectangular Built Tombs; Square Built Tombs; Circular Built Tombs; Sarcophagi; Furnishings; CHAPTER VI: DISCUSSION: Cyrenaica and Marmarica; Eastern Greeks; Greek Islands; Mainland Greece; Western Greeks; Conclusion; CHAPTER VII: CATALOGUE OF BURIAL ACCOUTREMENTS: Architectural Elements; Burial Furniture; Burial Monuments; Burial Practice; List of Photographic Sources; Abbreviations; Bibliography; The Catalogue of Artifacts, with its Abbreviations and Bibliography, appears separately.

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838

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L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER

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8882653390

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9788882653392

Heroes, Rascals, and the Law

Constitutional Encounters in Mississippi History

By: James L. Robertson

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Heroes, Rascals, and the Law

Constitutional Encounters in Mississippi History

By: James L. Robertson

James L. Robertson focuses on folk encountering their constitutions and laws, in their courthouses and country stores, and in their daily lives, animating otherwise dry and inaccessible parchments. Robertson begins at statehood and continues through war and depression, well into the 1940s. He tells of slaves petitioning for freedom, populist sentiments fueling abnegation of the rule of law, the state’s many schemes for enticing Yankee capital to lift a people from poverty, and its sometimes tragic, always colorful romance with whiskey after the demise of national Prohibition. Each story is sprinkled with fascinating but heretofore unearthed facts and circumstances. Robertson delves into the prejudices and practices of the times, local landscapes, and daily life and its dependence on our social compact. He offers the unique perspective of a judge, lawyer, scholar, and history buff, each role having tempered the lessons of the others. He focuses on a people, enriching encounters most know little about. Tales of understanding and humanity covering 130 years of heroes, rascals, and ordinary folk—with a bundle of engaging surprises—leave the reader pretty sure there’s nothing quite like Mississippi history told by a sage observer.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1496819950

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9781496819956

Commentaries on American Law

Vol. 3

By: James Kent

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Commentaries on American Law

Vol. 3

By: James Kent

Reprint of the original, first published in 1840.

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638

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3368742043

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9783368742041

Assessing Grammar

By: James E. Purpura

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Assessing Grammar

By: James E. Purpura

Assessing Grammar provides essential reading for teachers who need to evaluate their students' grammar.

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Cambridge University Press

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052100344X

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9780521003445

Lincolnshire Folk Tales

By: Maureen James

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Lincolnshire Folk Tales

By: Maureen James

Lincolnshire, a county with many variations in the dialect, once nurtured many folk tales, and though these stories may no longer be told as often as they once were, they still resonate within the rural landscape. From the dark tales of the Black Dog that would cross the marshes at night, and the Lincolnshire Imp that haunted Lincoln Cathedral, to the humorous tales of the Lad that went to look for Fools and the Farmer and the Boggart, so many of these tales are rooted in the county and take us back to a time when the people would huddle around the fire in the mud and stud cottages to while away the long winter evenings. Such nights would also inspire the telling of tales of witches, fairies, ghosts, giants and dragons. These tales will be of interest to modern readers (and storytellers), both within Lincolnshire and elsewhere.

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The History Press

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0750951699

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9780750951692

A History of Japan

By: James Murdoch

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A History of Japan

By: James Murdoch

First published in 1903, this three volume set deals with the history of Japan from its origins to the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Drawing for the first time on Japanese, European and Latin sources, this classic text was the first comprehensive study of Japanese history in English, contributing to a new understanding of Japan by Westerners at the time. Available for the first time since the 1960s, this facsimile edition includes a biographical introduction of James Murdoch's life by D. C. S. Sissons. An important document in the history of Japanese studies, this book is an enduring work by an author who became Australia's first professor of Japanese.

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Routledge

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1317854276

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9781317854272

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Secrets of an Art Dealer

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Correspondence of James K. Polk

The Necropolis of Cyrene

The Necropolis of Cyrene

Heroes, Rascals, and the Law

Heroes, Rascals, and the Law

Commentaries on American Law

Commentaries on American Law

Assessing Grammar

Assessing Grammar

Lincolnshire Folk Tales

Lincolnshire Folk Tales

A History of Japan

A History of Japan

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