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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the text that can both be accessed online and used to create new print copies. This book and thousands of others can be found in the digital collections of the University of Michigan Library. The University Library also understands and values the utility of print, and makes reprints available through its Scholarly Publishing Office. ... Read more

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Volume: 1Publisher: New York : MacmillanPublication date: 1906Subjects: Leighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, Baron, 1830-1896Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ranulph Fiennes, Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, Patrick Baty, Alfred Gardyne de Chastelain, Godfrey Douglas Giles, Michael Maybrick, Henry James Johnson, Robert George Spencer Hudson, Oliver Shepard. Excerpt:Alfred George Gardyne de Chastelain Alfred George Gardyne de Chastelain , DSO , OBE (1906-1974) was a British businessman, soldier, and secret agent , noted for his actions during World War II . He was the father of Canadian General John de Chastelain . Early life and stay in Romania Born in London , England , in February 1906, of Anglo-Scots parents and of Huguenot background, he was educated at Dollar Academy in Scotland and the Battersea Polytechnic in London, from which he received a degree in Petroleum Engineering . On graduation, he moved to Romania and worked for Unirea (a British Petroleum branch) in Bucharest , rising to a managerial position towards the end of the 1930s. While in Bucharest, he married Marion Elizabeth Walsh , the daughter of Jack Walsh, an American accountant with Standard Oil of New Jersey in Romania. Wartime activities with the SOE On the outbreak of war with Nazi Germany , de Chastelain was commissioned into the Artists' Rifles and became a member of Special Operations Executive (SOE), with which organisation he conducted sabotage operations in the Balkans and served in the North African campaign . In late 1943, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel , he led a team of two other SOE members (Ivor Porter and Silviu Me ianu) by parachute into Romania (Operation Autonomous ), to test the possibility of the country's surrender to the Allies as the Axis was losing battles on the Eastern Front ( see Romania during World War II ). Captured by the Romanian Gendarmerie soon after their landing near Plosca , Teleorman County , he and his team were ... ... Read more

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This title has fewer than 24 printed text pages.

Mark Twain once famously said "there was but one solitary thing about the past worth remembering, and that was the fact that it is past and can't be restored."  Well, over recent years, The British Library, working with Microsoft has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collection of 19th century books.

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1906Original Publisher: G. AllenSubjects: Art, VictorianArt / GeneralArt / Collections, Catalogs, ExhibitionsArt / History / GeneralArt / EuropeanArt / Individual ArtistBiography ... Read more

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Volume: 2Publisher: London, AllenPublication date: 1906Subjects: Leighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, Baron, 1830-1896Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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An A-Z Bible dictionary of people, places, parts of the bible, and events. A very useful reference for self study, to help a young person study the Bible, and for Sunday school teachers. Terrific pen & ink illustrations throughout. ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: Longmans, Green ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Contains: "Notes on Drawings 11: Victorian Academics: Leighton, Poynter, and Waterhouse" by James Henry Rubin; "The Art of Painting No. 2 by Jim Dine" by Robert Lafond; "Acquisitions of The Art Museum 1974"; and "Notes on the Contributors." Illustrated with black and white photographs/reproductions. ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Painters; Artists, English; ... Read more