Books - "history"
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Politics and Sinology: The Case of Naito Konan (1866-1934)
LACKS FEP, super octavo, red cloth boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxiv + 420pp, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, spine sl cocked, light soiling to page edges, ffep missing, occasional light markings in pencil to margins) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges with some surface loss, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Council on East Asian Studies Harvard University 1984
KEYWORDS: politics sinology Chinese history Naito Konan
The Story of the China Inland Mission (Vol 1)
THIS VOLUME ONLY, EX-LIBRARY, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvii + 476pp, folding maps, VG- (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, spine cocked, moderate tanning to page edges, usual library markings, 4cm & 2cm losses to top edge of title page, light cracking to gutters, moderate closed tearing to 1x folding map, light chipping to some page edges)
PUBLISHER: Morgan & Scott 1894
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history religion missionaries British Christianity
English Gardens
Folio, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, illus prelims, lxiv + 375pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to board extrems, moderate staining to boards, spine cocked, light soiling & foxing to pages & edges, heavy cracking to some gutters, light folding to some page corners)
PUBLISHER: Country Life 1925
KEYWORDS: English gardens stately homes houses photos history country life nature landscaping landscapes gardening
The Diary of Beatrice Webb 1873-1943: Glitter Around and Darkness; All the Good Things in Life; The Power to Alter Things; The Wheel of Life (4 Vol Set)
4 VOLUME SET, super octavo, green and/or black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, illus/printed eps, xvi-xv + 376-519pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light creasing to spines, prev. owner's name in ink to eps of all vols, 2cm stain to pgs103-105 of vol 1, light foxing to page edges) in d/w & protective plastic covers, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spines)
PUBLISHER: Virago Press 1982-1985
KEYWORDS: diary journal Beatrice Webb autobiography memoir socialism socialists politics British history
19th Century Newspaper Engravings of Ceylon - Sri Lanka; Accompanied by Original Texts With Notes and Comments
Lg quarto, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, viii + 404pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & fading to spine extrems/edges, light soiling to top page edges, prev. ownership/library labels to front pastedown- no other library markings/labels present, light cracking to some gutters throughout, light soiling to some prelims) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading to spine, prev. ownership/library labels to rear- no other library markings present)
PUBLISHER: Serendib Publications 1998
KEYWORDS: Ceylon Sri Lanka newspapers media history 19th nineteenth century engravings art
75 Years of Memories: Women in the Royal New Zealand Navy
Super octavo, illus light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, 361pp, illus/photos, VG+ (ligth creasing & curling to spine & edges/corners)
PUBLISHER: The Royal New Zealand Naval Women's Association 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand navy women history military biographies rnznwa rnzn naval service
Vision and Painting: The Logic of the Gaze
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1985
KEYWORDS: art history criticism
Out There: Marginalization and Contemporary Cultures
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: New Museum of Contemporary Art/MIT Press 1995
KEYWORDS: arts art society history ethnic minorities 20th twentieth century culture cultures marginalised
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Harvill/HarperCollins 1997
KEYWORDS: native American history Indians AIM American Indian Movement politics indigenous population crime law legal criminal fbi
Early American Modernist Painting 1910-1935
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press 1994
KEYWORDS: early American US modernism art history painting early 20th twentieth century
The Encompassing City: Streetscapes in Early Modern Art and Culture
Super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press 2008
KEYWORDS: art history streetscapes scenery culture
Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 1993
KEYWORDS: art history Metropolitan Museum management business
Earthworks: Art and Landscape of the Sixties
Quarto 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2002
KEYWORDS: Art history America Earthworks perception nature culture exhibits
Modernism in Dispute
Quarto 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Yale University 1993
KEYWORDS: Art history culture modernity modernism postmodern class gender race
Mutiny and the Mainstream: Talk That Changed Art 1975 - 1990
Quarto 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Midmarch Arts 1992
KEYWORDS: Art history conversations dialogue discussion panels art talk events interviews, orthodox unorthodox
Women Artists and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement
Quarto 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Virago 1989
KEYWORDS: Art history women pre-raphaelite 19th C British female artists
British Romantic Painting
Quarto 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: University of Cambridge 1989
KEYWORDS: Art History British romantic painting Gainsborough Fuseli Bewick et al
Rival Empires of Trade in the Orient 1600 - 1800
Tidy ex library. This VOL ONLY. Super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: University of Minnesota 1976
KEYWORDS: history commerce trade European expansion Asia East India Co. merchants Pax Britannica
'The Colonist' Jubilee Souvenir 1857-1907: Presented to Subscribers, Nelson N.Z. 23rd Oct., 1907.
octavo light card wrappers (VG) in protective plastic sleeve ; 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: The Colonist 1907
KEYWORDS: new zealand history the colonist magazine
1854-56 Crimea: The War With Russia From Contemporary Photographs
Quarto 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Hayes Kennedy 1981
KEYWORDS: historic photographs crimea crimean war russia history military calvary