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From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present


BARZUN, JACQUES

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: HarperCollins 2000

KEYWORDS: western culture history

$15.00
xxe3ae172513

Late-Medieval England 1377-1485


GUTH, DELLOYD J (Compiled by)

Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, 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: Cambridge University Press 1976

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues late medieval England English history

$25.00
xxe3ae172514

Trade, Government and Economy in Pre-Industrial England


FISHER, F J (Presented to) & COLEMAN, D C (Ed) & JOHN, A H (Ed)

Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, 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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1976

KEYWORDS: literature history essays prose collection trade government industrialisation pre-industry England English economics foreign trade

$17.50
xxe3ae172517

Lisbon: War in the Shadows of the City of Light, 1939-1945


LOCHERY, NEILL

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: Public Affairs 2011

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Lisbon cities Portugal

$15.00
xxe3ae172523

Siam Mapped: A History of the Geo-Body of a Nation


WINICHAKUL, THONGCHAI

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: University of Hawai'i Press 1997

KEYWORDS: Thailand history historical geography geopolitics

$30.00
xxe3af172541

Fowl Play: A History of the Chicken from Dinosaur to Dinner Plate


COULTHARD, SALLY

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: Head of Zeus 2022

KEYWORDS: fowl chickens animals history culture

$20.00
xxe3af172542

Singapore and the Singaporeans Since 1819


TARLING, NICHOLAS (Compiled & Intro)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: University of Auckland Centre for Asian Studies 1992

KEYWORDS: Singapore history Asian studies Asia culture customs

$15.00
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Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956


APPLEBAUM, ANNE

LACKS D/W, super 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: Doubleday 2012

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian soviet union history communism eastern Europe politics government

$75.00
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The Complete Pink Floyd


POVEY, GLENN

Quarto, illus heavy boards, white & pink lettering to spine, 447pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine/extrems, light chafing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Carlton Books 2016

KEYWORDS: rock music musicians bands Pink Floyd biographies history reference

$65.00
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The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization (4 Vol Set)


KURIAN, GEORGE THOMAS (Ed)

4 VOL SET, super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spines, 2733pp total, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Wliey-Blackwell 2012

KEYWORDS: Christianity encyclopedias encyclopaedias history religion religious reference

$50.00
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The Index of Inro Artists


WRANGHAM, E A & EARLE, JOE (Ed)

Quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, red textured eps, 368pp, illus, Near FINE (sm ex-libris label to front pasedown), in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Harehope Publications 1995

KEYWORDS: art artists Japan Japanese medicine cases inro history index

$75.00
1i46a/23

The Floating World


MICHENER, JAMES A

Super octavo, black buckram boards with patterned cream front board edges, gilt & white lettering to spine, white Japanese building illus to front board, illus title page, xii + 403pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & discolouration to board edges/extrems, moderate foxing to front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges with some moderate to heavy soiling also, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps with various ex-libris labels to front eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, moderate to heavy tanning, light foxing, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1954

KEYWORDS: Japanese art paintings history criticism James A Michener colour color prints

$120.00
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Netsukes


BROCKHOUS, ALBERT & WATTY, M F (Trans) & STILLMAN, E G (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, FIRST BOOK IN ENGLISH ON NETSUKES, super octavo, mustard yellow buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvii + 175pp, illus, VG- (light to moderate scuffing to spine & extrems, light discolouration to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, light cracking to gutters, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, plate vii detached, sm ex-libris label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1924

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese art history appreciation criticism netsukes first editions

$65.00
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They Came to Japan: An Anthology of European Reports on Japan, 1543-1640


COOPER, MICHAEL (Ed)

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xviii + 439pp, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, light soiling to page edges, sm ex-libris label to verso of half title page) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges- some minor loss, moderate tanning & staining)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1965

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese history anthology Europe European perspective culture anthropology

$80.00
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Chinese Porcelain ; Fifth Edition (2 Vol Set)


GULLAND, W G & LARKIN, T J (Notes)

2 VOL SET, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & chinese characters/lettering to front boards, 506pp total, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (heavy chafing/surface loss to spines & boards, moderate fading to spines, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm ex-libris plates to front pastedowns of each vol, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to central gutter of vol 1, v heavy cracking to gutters of vol 2- sections of page block loosened from spine)

PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall 1928-29

KEYWORDS: history historical artefacts Chinese porcelain antiques mythology

$60.00
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The Southern Barbarians: The First Europeans in Japan


COOPER, MICHAEL et al

Quarto, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, 216pp, illus, VG+ (light discolouration/fading to board edges, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sm ex-libris label to verso of half title page) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling/tanning)

PUBLISHER: Kodansha International 1971

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese history Europeans travel exploration culture

$80.00
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Wairarapa Buildings: Two Centuries of New Zealand Architecture


KERNOHAN, DAVID & FERINGA, LYNDA (Photo) & NIKOLAISON, PETER (Photo)

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, 272pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl curling to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sm patch of label residue to rear cover, light staining to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Wairarapa Archive 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history buildings architecture historical Wairarapa signed David Kernohan

$40.00
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17th Century Japan: A Time of Mystery and Isolation - 120 Paintings by Yusetsu Kaiho


KAIHO, YUSETSU & UMEDA, YUKIO (Ed) & HAYASHI, YOSHIKAZU (Writer)

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, gilt & black lettering to spine, 134pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to spine, in removable plastic cover, sl soiling & foxing to page edges, sm ex-libris label to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Kyowa Kikaku 1992

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese art history criticism appreciation interpretation Yuetsu Kaiho 17th seventeenth century

$25.00
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Kawai: For Such a Time as This


SOUTAR, MONTY

FIRST SOFTCOVER EDITION, super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 373pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Bateman Books 2022

KEYWORDS: modern first editions New Zealand history historical fiction novels pre-colonial Monty Soutar Maori

$40.00
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You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros Story


SCHICKEL, RICHARD & PERRY, GEORGE & EASTWOOD, CLINT (Fore)

Heavy- extra shipping req'd, lg quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 479pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, gift inscription in ink to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light wrinkling & chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to front)

PUBLISHER: Running Press 2008

KEYWORDS: movies history studios Warner Bros film Hollywood

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