JI, XIAO-BIN

Super octavo, green heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xi + 253pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems & board edges, prev. bookseller's label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 7cm closed tear to base of front cover, light fading to spine, prev. seller's price label to rear)

PUBLISHER: The Chinese University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: China Chinese politics northern Song dynasty Sima Guang biography history ancient

SILVERMAN, KAJA et. al.

This vol. only. 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: Brown University 1989

KEYWORDS: male subjectivity feminism gender studies politics culture race white skins brown masks the of suffering christopher newfield paul smith action movie hysteria george cunningham called into existence desire marjorie garber spare parts surgery

UGWU, CATHERINE

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: Bay Press 1995

KEYWORDS: black performance race racism politics political cultural media studies performing arts bell hooks

JAMES, LAWRENCE

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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2013

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill politics history biography memoir

ELTON, G. R.

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: Cambridge University Press 1960

KEYWORDS: British history politics government Henry viii eighth tudor

DE HEER, PH.

Super octavo, brown light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, x + 226pp, VG+ (light creasing & chafing to spine & covers, light staining to page edges, prev. owner's sm name label to ffep)

PUBLISHER: E. J. Brill Leiden 1986

KEYWORDS: China Chinese emperors history politics imperial 15th fifteenth century Chu Ch'i-yu

LEE, JER-SHIARN

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

JANSEN, MARIUS B. (Ed)

THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 828pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1989

KEYWORDS: Japan history 19th nineteenth century politics economic development relations social intellectual change

ELMAN, BENJAMIN A.

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

WECHSLER, HOWARD J.

Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 313pp, VG+ (light chipping & staining to spine extrems, light scuffing to board edges, prev. owner's sm name label to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers, light fading to top cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1985

KEYWORDS: China Chinese T'ang dynasty history ancient 7th seventh century ad rituals politics trade

WECHSLER, HOWARD J.

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

TOTMAN, CONRAD

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

BUCKEY, F. H.

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

PERRY, ELIZABETH J.

LACKS D/W, super octavo, grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv+ 392pp, VG+ (prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light folding/creasing to top page corners to rear)

PUBLISHER: University California Press 2012

KEYWORDS: Mao China Chinese history politics military revolution

ELMAN, BENJAMIN A.

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xlii + 847pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 1cm closed tear to base of spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2000

KEYWORDS: late imperial China Chinese history social politics culture

CHURCHILL, RANDOLPH S.

Octavo, blue & cream cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, deckled page edges, frontispieces, vol 1- xxxviii + 629pp, vol 2- xxxiv + 763pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some light closed tearing, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin 1966-67

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Winston Churchill British politics history

KEYS, DONALD & COUSINS, NORMAN (Intro)

Octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 117pp, VG+ (light foxing to page edges, prev. ownership stamp in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG-/scruffy (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss, 3cm loss to top of front flap, moderate chafing with light surface loss)

PUBLISHER: The Branden Press 1982

KEYWORDS: philosophy politics Donald Keys planetary existence

FAKHRI, AL & WHITTING, C. E. J. (Trans)

LACKS D/W, super octavo, grey cloth boards, blue lettering to spine, vii + 326pp, VG (moderate foxing to board edges, light fading to spine, light discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's label & ink lettering to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Luzac & Company 1947

KEYWORDS: religion spirituality politics philosophy Al Fakhri

DU CROS, ROSEMARY

Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 105pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Frederick Muller Ltd 1983

KEYWORDS: military history aviation war pilots Rosemary du Cros autobiography memoir women Air Transport Auxiliary raf air force British ww2 world war two 2 second 2nd politics

LATUKEFU, SIONE

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: Australian National University Press 1980

KEYWORDS: Tonga religion politics history Methodists Pacific Islands 19th nineteenth century