Books - "history"
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Republican Beijing: The City and Its Histories
Super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, xxiii + 380pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2003
KEYWORDS: China Chinese Beijing history republic
The Chinese Typewriter: A History
Super octavo, black heavy boards, red lettering to spine, xiv + 481pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: The MIT Press 2017
KEYWORDS: technology innovations China Chinese typewriters communication history
The Grand Scribe's Records: Volume I: The Basic Annals of Pre-Han China
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, xliv + 251pp + unpaginated maps to rear, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine)
PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: China Chinese ancient history antiquity pre-Han dynasty grand scribe's records series
The Grand Scribe's Records: Volume II: The Basic Annals of Han China
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, lxv + 341pp + unpaginated maps to rear, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl tanning to spine)
PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press 2002
KEYWORDS: China Chinese ancient history antiquity Han dynasty grand scribe's records series
The Grand Scribe's Records: Volume VII: The Memoirs of Pre-Han China
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, xxxii + 396pp + unpaginated maps to rear, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges & ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl tanning to spine)
PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: China Chinese ancient history antiquity pre-Han dynasty grand scribe's records series
Celsus de Medicina (3 Vol Set)
3 VOL SET, TEXT IN ENGLISH & LATIN, sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, publisher's gilt initials to front boards, mixed pagination, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate sticky adhesive residue to boards of vols 1 & 3, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional ink markings) in d/w, VG (in plastic covers- easily removed if desired, light tanning to spines, light soiling/staining to covers, light creasing to edges, sm closed tear to base of crease to front cover & flap of vol 3)
PUBLISHER: Loeb / William Heinemann / Harvard University Press 1960-61
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH Loeb classical library series literature medical medicine Celsus antiquity history historical
By Steppe, Desert and Ocean: The Birth of Eurasia
Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, ix + 530pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor wrinkling to pastedowns) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity Eurasia empires steppe corridor
A Savage History: Whaling in the Pacific and Southern Oceans
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, white letterng to spine, white whale tail illus to boards, illus eps & prelims, 310pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl tanning to spine)
PUBLISHER: Newsouth Publishing 2013
KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand Pacific Southern Ocean hunting whaling history whalers maritime nautical
The Horse the Wheel and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 553pp, illus, VG+ (minor warping to spine, sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to spine, light fading to spine, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2007
KEYWORDS: bronze age history Eurasia steppes horses equine riding riders horse anthropology linguistics language ox wagons
A Century in Asia: The History of the Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, red & black lettering to spine, 236pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & fading to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page)
PUBLISHER: Editions Didier Millet 2007
KEYWORDS: history anthropology EFEO Asia philology religions language
The Compensations of Plunder: How China Lost its Treasures
Super octavo, illus light card covers, beige lettering to spine, vii + 348pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor crack to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 2020
KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology artefacts China Chinese ancient history historical treasures lost art antiquity excavations
Explorers & Scientists in China's Borderlands 1880-1950
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, green & white lettering to spine, illus prelims, xii + 300pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: University of Washington Press 2011
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history exploration explorers scientists expeditions discovery American Europe
God's Playground: A History of Poland, Volume II: 1795 to the Present
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, xxiii + 591pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing/soiling & creasing to spine & covers, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor separation at gutter of title page)
PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 2005
KEYWORDS: Europe European history Poland politics political communities culture
Implicit Understandings: Observing, Reporting, and Reflecting on the Encounters Between Europeans and Other Peoples in the Early Modern Era
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white & orange lettering (faded) to spine, frontispiece, xv + 637pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light fading to spine, light chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: Europe European foreign relations history culture communication ethnicity ethnopsychology geography
Philosophy of Religion in Nineteenth-Century England and Beyond
Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 274pp, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan Press 2000
KEYWORDS: philosophy religion England English Christianity Anglican theology history
Ordering the World: Approaches to State and Society in Sung Dynasty China
Super octavo, purple cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 437pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning & fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1993
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history antiquity sung dynasty
Soul Catcher: Java's Fiery Prince Mangkunagara I 1726-95
Super octavo, illus light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, map to prelims, xix + 439pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light fading to spine, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: NUS Press 2018
KEYWORDS: Java history historical figures leaders Prince Mangkunagara i 1st first kings rulers Indonesia Surakarta biography
Early Ming Government: The Evolution of Dual Capitals
Super octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xi + 271pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sm adhesive name label to base of ffep)
PUBLISHER: East Asian Research Center 1976
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history early Ming dynasty dual capital system
Studies in Frontier History: Collected Papers 1928-1958
Tidy ex-library, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 565pp, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, minor tape staining to board edges & eps, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (in protective plastic cover, light creasing to edges, minor tape staining to flap edges, light fading to spine, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1962
KEYWORDS: collected papers Professor Owen Lattimore Asia Asian frontier social history
Chinese Thought, Society, and Science: The Intellectual and Social Background of Science and Technology in Pre-modern China
Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 441pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, minor tearing to base of pg 441) in d/w, VG (light fading & tanning to spine, light creasing & moderate closed tearing to edges, sl tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 1991
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history science philosophy technology
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