Books - "history"
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Merchants of War and Peace: British Knowledge of China in the Making of the Opium War
Super octavo, illus heavy boards, black & red lettering to spine, ix + 230pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light staining to page edges, ffep completely missing)
PUBLISHER: Hong Kong University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: China Chinese Asia opium trade war business history
Writing Women in Late Imperial China
Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, xiii + 544pp, illus, VG+ (light fading & creasing to spine)
PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: womens's studies literature literary criticism history imperial China Chinese gender
An Early Victorian Album: The Hill/Adamson Collection
Imperial octavo, red heavy boards with black spine, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained pink, illus eps, frontispiece, 350pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & chafing to extrems, light tanning to page edges, sl foxing to pages, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG- (price clippped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling & discolouration to covers, some minor closed tearing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1974
KEYWORDS: history Victorian portraits photography culture Scotland
Basel in the Age of Burckhardt: A Study in Unseasonable Ideas
Super octavo, white heavy boards, purple lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 608pp, illus/photos, VG+ (moderate deformity/mishapening to spine) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 2000
KEYWORDS: Basel 19th nineteenth century history Switzerland Europe philosophy culture
The Eagle Aloft: Two Centuries of the Balloon in America
Imperial octavo, cream & blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus title page, 770pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling to spine & covers, 3cm closed tear to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Smithsonian Institution Press 1983
KEYWORDS: US America aviation flying hot air ballooning balloons hobbies history
A Cultural History of Civil Examinations in Late Imperial China
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
Winston S. Churchill: Youth/Young Statesman: 1874-1914 (2 Vol Set)
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
The Story of Art
FIFTH EDITION, super octavo, cream cloth boards, green lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, vi + 462pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing with sl discolouration to edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate water staining to spine)
PUBLISHER: The Phaidon Press 1953
KEYWORDS: art history Phaidon Gombrich heritage exposition explanations
Famous Scottish Houses: The Lowlands
Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & scottish emblem to spine & front board, top page edges stained blue, frontispiece, viii + 205pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, light foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & heavy chipping to edges with some closed tearing to spine, moderate tanning to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: A. & C. Black 1928
KEYWORDS: history genealogy Scotland Scottish houses lowlands
Letters From London at Coronation Time June-August 1953
Sm octavo, blue heavy cloth boards, blue lettering to title plate to front board, 80pp, Near FINE in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine)
PUBLISHER: Nag's Head Press 1987
KEYWORDS: Helen Bateman letters correspondence London Britain British culture history coronation royal family travel
The Lord's Taverners Fifty Greatest: The Fifty Greatest Post-War Cricketers From Around the World
Large 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: Heinemann-Quixote 1984
KEYWORDS: cricketers cricket sports sporting games history post-war lords lord's taverners post war greatest fifty
Music in the 20th Century: From Debussy through Stravinsky
Jacket v. scruffy but present. 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Dent 1966
KEYWORDS: music history 20th century debussy stravinsky jazz composers
The Great Human Diasporas: The History of Diversity and Evolution
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Helix Books 1995
KEYWORDS: biology anthropology evolution diasporas migration history of diversity and evolution humans humanity
The Polynesians: Prehistory of an Island People
Ex-library. 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1978
KEYWORDS: anthropolgy polynesia polynesians history the pacific culture
Music in Transition: A Study of Tonal Expansion and Atonality 1900-1920
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Dent 1979
KEYWORDS: tonal tonality expanison atonality music history modern
The New Oxford History of Music: The Modern Age 1890-1960 (Vol. X)
This vol. only. Imperial octavo (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: Oxford 1975
KEYWORDS: oxford history of music the modern age nationalism impressionism atonality serialism neo-classicism musique concrete
All American Music: Composition in the Late Twentieth Century
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: Kahn & Averill 1985
KEYWORDS: american music composition late twentieth century history milton babbitt laurie anderson talking heads stephen sondheim
Islam: The Religion and the People
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: Wharton School Publishing 2009
KEYWORDS: islam religion history religious studies cultural culture middle eastern
Meet You at the Church Steps: A Social History of a Nelson Landmark
Signed, inscribed and dated. Oblong 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: Karen Stade 2013
KEYWORDS: nelson new zealand nz aotearoa history church steps cathedral cawthron
The Postmodern Scene: Excremental Culture and Hyper-Aesthetics
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: St Martins Press 1986
KEYWORDS: postmodern postmodernism aesthetics hyper hyper-aesthetics excremental culture cultural studies art history media