COWAN, W. J.

Lg quarto, illus glossy card covers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xii + 256pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising/creasing to edges/extrems, 1cm scuff to lower spine edge, light chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Molyneux Press 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rail Otago Roxburgh transport history trains

BROWN, JEREMY

Super octavo, illus light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, xxvi + 266pp, VG+ (light curling/creasing to spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2021

KEYWORDS: China Chinese massacre Tiananmen Square protests violence oppression modern history authoritarian policy Beijing

BROWN, JEREMY & JOHNSON, MATTHEW D. (Eds)

Super octavo, red buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, vi + 468pp, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chippping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history Mao Maoism politics socialism socialist culture social aspects discontent communism customs

BANG, PETER FIBIGER & BAYLY, C. A. (Eds)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xiii + 294pp, VG+ (light scuffing to edges, light creasing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2011

KEYWORDS: sociology anthropology pre-colonial history empires

YAN, SHEN

Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, v + 363pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: China Intercontinental Press 2009

KEYWORDS: China Chinese education teaching Chuan Zheng school history

HAROOTUNIAN, H. D.

LACKS D/W, super octavo, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xii + 494pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to edges & extrems, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1988

KEYWORDS: Tokugawa nativism Japan Japanese history kokugaku ideology philosophy 18th eighteenth century

LIU-HUNG, HUANG & CHU, DJANG (Trans & Ed)

Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 656pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & staining to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: University of Arizona Press 1984

KEYWORDS: China Chinese magistrate Huang Liu-hung 17th seventeenth century history Ch'ing period politics control

COHEN, PAUL A.

Super octavo, illus light cardcovers, black & white lettering to spine, xii + 226pp, Near FINE (sl curling to covers)

PUBLISHER: RoutledgeCurzon 2003

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history culture historiography nationalism religion

ELMAN, BENJAMIN A.

Super octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxv + 368pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's sm name label to ffep, sl cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with some sl loss, moderate fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University Press 1984

KEYWORDS: philosophy philology Chinese China late imperial history lower Yangtze region

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

HON, TZE-KI

LACKS D/W, super octavo, pink heavy boards, black lettering to spine & boards, 135pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked, light chafing to boards, ffep completely missing)

PUBLISHER: Brill/Leiden 2013

KEYWORDS: China Chinese revolution restoration history philosophy Guocui xuebao

HAROOTUNIAN, HARRY

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxii + 440pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping ot edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2000

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese history Asian studies culture philosophy

GEDDIE, JOHN; WALL, ARTHUR (illus.)

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: Chambers [n. d.]

KEYWORDS: edinburgh scotland guide to travel history

CUNNINGHAM, Maj. Gen. (Fore)

Imperial octavo stapled light card covers (VG-/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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Army Board 1945

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Pacific Fiji New Hebrides Second Expeditionary Force exploration

LAMBERT, MAX & HARLTEY, JIM

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); 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: A. H. & A. W. Reed

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime disaster Wahine nautical Cook Strait history

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

STEWART, EILEEN

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: Eileen Stewart 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Nelson Motueka plaques history historical

McLEOD, JANET & LOCKERBIE, LESLIE J. (Notes, App. & Illus)

2 VOLUME SET, 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: A. H. & A. W. Reed N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori Pakeha culture plays collection schools education stage drama scripts history

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

IBEKWE, PATRICK

Imperial octavo softcover (VG) ffep missing; 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 Internationalist Publications Ltd 1998

KEYWORDS: Africa literature humour wit wisdom proverbs sayings Caribbean history