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$65.00
1y22c/34

Visible Cities: Canton, Nagasaki and Batavia and the Coming of the Americans


BLUSSE, LEONARD

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xi + 133pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2008

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history Guangzhou Jakarta Indonesia Japan cultures

$47.50
1y22c/35

What Remains: Coming to Terms With Civil War in 19th Century China


MEYER-FONG, TOBIE

Super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xiii + 316pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light chafing to boards, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history 19th nineteenth century civil war

$42.50
1y22c/36

The Tibetan History Reader


TUTTLE, GRAY (Ed) & SCHAEFFER, KURTIS R (Ed)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, coloured lettering to spine, xxiii + 720pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: Tibet Tibetan history civilisation civilization culture autonomous region

$87.50
1y22c/38

White Lotus Rebels and South China Pirates


WANG, WENSHANG

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, vii + 339pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2014

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history Qing empire dynasty imperial

$75.00
1y33c/1

The Dalai Lama and the Emperor of China: A Political History of the Tibetan Institution of Reincarnation


SCHWEIGER, PETER

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, red gilt lettering to spine, ix + 342pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor wrinkling to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 2014

KEYWORDS: China CHinese Tibet history spirituality politics political reincarnation

$40.00
1y33c/2

Tibet: A History


VAN SCHAIK, SAM

Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxiii + 324pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: Tibet Tibetan history buddhism China geopolitics

$42.50
1y33c/4

Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present


BECKWITH, CHRISTOPHER I

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps at eps, xxv + 472pp, VG+ (light to moderate bruising/warping to spine, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to spine & edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: Eurasia Asia silk road trade routes history historical

$47.50
1y33c/5

Between Heaven and Modernity: Reconstructing Suzhou 1895-1937


CARROLL, PETER J

Super octavo, cream heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xvi + 325pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history 19th 20th nineteenth twentieth century Suzhou Jiangsu Sheng economics economy

$60.00
1y33c/6

Upriver Journeys: Diaspora and Empire in Southern China 1570-1850


MILES, STEVEN B

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 332pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Asia Center 2017

KEYWORDS: southern China Chinese history diaspora river regions internal migration

$47.50
1y33c/7

Qing Governors and Their Provinces: The Evolution of Territorial Administration in China 1644-1796


GUY, R KENT

Super octavo, illus light card covers, beige lettering to spine, xii + 462pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: China Program / University of Washington Press 2013

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history teritory Qing dynasty governors provinces politics government

$47.50
1y33c/8

The Sulu Zone 1768-1898 (Second Edition)


WARREN, JAMES FRANCIS

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, frontispiece, xlvii + 390pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & cover edges, light fading to spine, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: NUS Press 2007

KEYWORDS: ethnic ethnicity slavery slave trade southeast Asia Philippines Sulu archipelago commerce history

$40.00
1y33c/9

The Small Voice of History: Collected Essays


GUHA, RANAJIT & CHATTERJEE, PARTHA (Ed & Intro)

Octavo, illus light card covers, white & beige lettering to spine, x + 666pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Permanent Black 2018

KEYWORDS: essays prose literature anthology history culture anthropology

$40.00
1y33c/10

Mapping Chinese Rangoon: Place and Nation Among the Sino-Burmese


ROBERTS, JATDE LIN

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, xvii + 200pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: University of Washington Press 2016

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history Rangoon Sino-Burmese culture heritage anthropology Burma nationalism ethnicity

$50.00
1y33c/11

Unsettling the Past: Unknown Aspects and Scholarly Assessments of D D Kosambi


KOSAMBI, MEERA (Ed)

Octavo, illus heavy boards, white & green lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus title page, xiii + 389pp, VG- (light to moderate bruising to spine, light chafing to boards, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, v heavy crack to gutters of prelim pages) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Permanent Black 2013

KEYWORDS: history D D Kosambi India Indian sanskrit literature writings

$100.00
1y33c/12

The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia (4 Vol Boxed Set)


TARLING, NICHOLAS (Ed)

4 VOL BOXED SET, octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spines, mixed pagination, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spines & cover edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffeps of first 3 books, sl soiling to ffep of vol 1 part 2) in VG presentation box

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1999

KEYWORDS: Southeast Asia ancient history antiquity economic social change anthropology religion commerce

$45.00
1y33c/13

Suzhou: Where the Goods of All the Provinces Converge


MARME, MICHAEL

Super octavo, white heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + (2) + 369pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, spine sl cocked, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Stanford University Pres 2005

KEYWORDS: China Chinese Suzhou Jiangsu Sheng economic conditions economy Ming dynasty history

$75.00
1y33c/16

The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius (3 Vol Set)


GELLIUS, AULUS & ROLFE, JOHN C (Trans)

3 VOL SET, TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH, sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spines, gilt publisher's motif to front boards, mixed pagination, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective covers- easily removed if desired, vol 2 price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & foxing to spines, light foxing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Loeb / William Heinemann / Harvard University Press 1960-61

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH Loeb classical library series literature ancient history Rome Roman antiquity Aulus Gellius

$22.50
xxsdb214897

Chanel: An Intimate Life


CHANEY, LISA

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Fig Tree / Penguin 2011

KEYWORDS: fashion icons designers houses design biography biographies memoir Gabrielle Coco Chanel history

$20.00
xxsdb214898

Conquerors of Time: Exploration and Invention in the Age of Daring


FISHLOCK, TREVOR

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: John Murray 2004

KEYWORDS: adventure exploration history inventions heroism

$22.50
xxsdb214900

Tacitus: Dialogus ; Agricola ; Germania


TACITUS & PETERSON, Sir WILLIAM (Trans)

LACKS D/W, TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH, sm 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: Loeb / William Heinemann / Harvard University Press 1958

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH Loeb classical library series classic literature histories history Tacitus

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