Books - "history"
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Orthodoxy in Late Imperial China
LACKS D/W, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 364pp, Near FINE (v sl bruising to extrems)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1990
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history imperial civilization civilisation congresses philosophy studies humanities class stratification
Chang Ping-Lin (1869-1936): A Political Radical and Cultural Conservative
Octavo, cream light covers, pink lettering to covers & spine, 217pp, VG (light soiling to frnt cover, light fading to spine, moderate creasing & folding to rear cover & pgs)
PUBLISHER: The Liberal Arts Press 1993
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history politics cultural conservative Chang Ping-lin
1952 Indianapolis Official 500 Mile Race Yearbook
Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, printed eps, 112pp, illus/photos, VG-/scruffy (heavy scuffing with loss to spine, moderate to heavy creasing & scuffing to edges, moderate foxing to covers & page edges, sm. annotations in ink to front cover & to pgs sporadically throughoutheavy rusting to staples)40
PUBLISHER: Floyd Clymer 1952
KEYWORDS: cars racing motorsport 1952 500 mile raceIndianapolis history yearbook automotive transport
The City in Late Imperial China
Octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xvii + 820pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light creasing to lower corners of pgs 515-538, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading & tanning to spine, light tanning to covers)
PUBLISHER: Rainbow-Bridge Book Co. 1977
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history social science sociology
Classicism, Politics, and Kinship: The Ch'ang-chou School of New Text Confucianism in Late Imperial China
Super octavo, grey cloth boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, xxxiii + 409pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked, prev. owner's sm name label to prelims, adhesive errata slip to full title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1990
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history classicism politics philosophy imperial confucianism confucius literature
Chinese Ceramics in Colonial Mexico
Lg quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 87pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to covers, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Los Angeles County Museum of Art 1997
KEYWORDS: antiques artefacts China Chinese ancient history antiquity shipwrecks archaeology archeology Mexico South America
Mirror to the Son of Heaven: Wei Cheng at the Court of T'ang T'ai-tsung
LACKS D/W, super octavo, orange cloth boards, black lettering to spine, xi + 259pp, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to board edges, boards sl warped, ex-libris plate to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1974
KEYWORDS: China Chinese ancient history T'ang dynasty politics antiquity
Civilising Subjects: Metropole and Colony in the English Imagination 1830-1867
Super octavo, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to spine, xviii + 556pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light cracking to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 2002
KEYWORDS: history Europe European English British empire colonising colonies colonisation
A World Connecting 1870-1945
Super octavo, grey heavy boards with black cloth spine, gilt lettering to spine, 1161pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to spine extrems, light soiling to page edges, gift inscription in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press & C. H. Beck Verlag 2012
KEYWORDS: essays collection prose literature global connection communication trade business social culture cultural history commerce travel exploration
Early Modern Japan
Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, xxix + 593pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1993
KEYWORDS: Japan Tokugawa early modern period history Japanese Asia politics economics
Workshop Receipts (Second Series)
Octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: E. & F. N. SPON 1883
KEYWORDS: workshop receipts series applied science reference mechanics mechanical history chemistry electrical electricity
Ornamentation of Books: The Artist's Problem
Octavo staplebound (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Underoak Press 1981
KEYWORDS: fine printing history print lecture william morris
F. G. Gibbs: His Influence on the Social History of Nelson, 1890-1950
Writing in front. Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Nelson Historical Society 1977
KEYWORDS: thesis f. g. gibbs social cultural history of nelson new zealand nz aotearoa frederick giles
Early Tide to Wakapuna: The District and its Pioneers
2008 reprint. Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Cadsonbury Publications 2008
KEYWORDS: wakapuna district nz new zealand aotearoa pioneer colonial history settler
A Bibliography of the Literature Relating to New Zealand
1973 reprint, limited edition. Imperial octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Jon Mackay / Governmental Printer 1973
KEYWORDS: t. m. hocken literary reference nz new zealand history bibliography
Realism and Social Vision in Coubert & Proudhhon
Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1980
KEYWORDS: gustave coubert art analysis theory social commentary vision history realism anarchist anarchy philosophy pierre-joseph proudhon
The Once and Future King: The Rise of Crown Government in America
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Encounter Books 2014
KEYWORDS: history of democracy america american american constitution monarchism politics political government one-man rule
The Green Flag Volume Three: Ourselves Alone
Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Penguin 1989
KEYWORDS: irish history volume three the green flag ireland
A Critical History of Modern Irish Drama 1891-1980
Imperial octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1988
KEYWORDS: irish drama history theatre playwrights ireland abbey theatre analysis critique critic yeats sunge beckett
Farthest West: Afoot and Afloat
Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Reed 1950
KEYWORDS: travel writings stories literature nz new zealand reed west coast otago lake manapouri supper cove dusky sound fiordland history