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$60.00
1s11a/12

Japan's Occupation of Java in the Second World War: A Transnational History


MARK, ETHAN

Super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xii + 386pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light staining to top page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, pgs 127/128 & 295/296 detached but present & still tidy)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Academic 2018

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Japan Japanese occupation Java Asia

$45.00
1s11a/14

Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India


MUKUL, AKSHAYA

Octavo, yellow heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 540pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning/discolouration to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2015

KEYWORDS: Gita Press history print Hindu hinduism India Indian press

$60.00
1t14a/1

Bringing the World Home: Appropriating the West in Late Qing and Early Republican China


HUTERS, THEODORE

Super octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 370pp, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate crack to gutter of pgs 278/279) in d/w, VG+ (sl curling to edges, 2cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover, sl chafing, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 2005

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history late Qing dynasty early republic western culture

$47.50
1t14a/2

These Bones Shall Rise Again: Selected Writings on Early China


KEIGHTLEY, DAVID N & ROSEMONT Jr, HENRY (Ed & Intro)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xviii + 340pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: SUNY / State University of New York Press 2014

KEYWORDS: early China Chinese history antiquity literature writings literature Asia Asian studies

$47.50
1t14a/3

Southeast Asia and the Middle East: Islam, Movement and the Longue Duree


TAGLIACOZZO, ERIC (Ed)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white & blue lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 392pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover corners, sm label to rear cover, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: southeast Asia Middle east history Islam religion

$40.00
1t14a/4

Imperial Creatures: Humans and Other Animals in Colonial Singapore 1819-1942


BARNARD, TIMOTHY P

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, xi + 264pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: NUS Press / National University of Singapore 2019

KEYWORDS: colonialism colonial Singapore history animals human ecology

$40.00
1t14a/5

Material Culture in Europe and China, 1400-1800: The Risk of Consumerism


ADSHEAD, S A M

LACKS D/W, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 279pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1997

KEYWORDS: history Europe China Chinese economics consumerism consumption

$60.00
1t14a/8

Changing Gods in Medieval China 1127-1276


HANSEN, VALERIE

Super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 256pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl tanning to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1989

KEYWORDS: ancient history China Chinese antiquity religion religious medieval Sung dynasty cults

$50.00
1t14a/11

Contemplating the Ancients: Aesthetic and Social Issues in Early Chinese Portraiture


SPIRO, AUDREY

Super octavo, red heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xv + 259pp, illus, VG+ (boards sl warped, preface detached but present & still tidy) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1990

KEYWORDS: China Chinese ancient history antiquity Sui dynasty art arts portraits

$40.00
1t14a/12

Oceans of Consolation: Personal Accounts of Irish Migration to Australia


FITZPATRICK, DAVID

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xiv + 649pp, illus, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to central gutter, multiple pages detached but present & still tidy)

PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: immigration migration Irish Ireland Australia history

$50.00
1t14a/13

Unearthing the Nation: Modern Geology and Nationalism in Republican China


SHEN, GRACE YEN

Super octavo, maroon heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 309pp, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine/rear cover fold)

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 2014

KEYWORDS: China modern history Chinese geology geologists science nationalism

$90.00
1t14a/14

Pastimes: From Art and Antiquarianism to Modern Chinese Historiography


BROWN, SHANA J

Super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 219pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 2011

KEYWORDS: history recording China Chinese historiography art collecting dealers

$40.00
1t14a/15

Sanctioned Violence in Early China


LEWIS, MARK EDWARD

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, viii + 374pp, VG+ (light creasing & fading to spine, light chafing & creasing to covers/edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: State University of New York Press 1990

KEYWORDS: early China Chinese history antiquity violence warfare conflict blood covenants

$45.00
1t14a/17

Taming Babel: Language in the Making of Malaysia


LEOW, RACHEL

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xx + 261pp, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges/corners, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2018

KEYWORDS: Malaysia Malaysian history languages government politics postcolonial Asia British empire

$45.00
1t18c/4

Learning to Emulate the Wise: The Genesis of Chinese Philosophy as an Academic Discipline in Twentieth-Century China


MAKEHAM, JOHN (Ed)

Super octavo, grey heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xv + 398pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Chinese University Press 2012

KEYWORDS: modern history China Chinese philosophy academia academic

$50.00
1t18c/6

The Crafting of the 10,000 Things: Knowledge and Technology in Seventeenth-Century China


SCHAFER, DAGMAR

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, vii + 344pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light staining to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, 1cm chip to top edge of front cover, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 2011

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history 17th seventeenth century technology science philosophy

$48.50
1t18c/8

The Graves of Tarim: Genealogy and Mobility Across the Indian Ocean


HO, ENGSENG

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, xxvi + 379pp, illus, VG+ (minor creasing to spine, light creasing/curling to cover corners, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2006

KEYWORDS: history emigration immigration Tarim Hadramawt Yemen anthropology

$120.00
1t18c/9

The Nan-chao Kingdom and T'ang China's Southwestern Frontier


BACKUS, CHARLES

LACKS D/W, super octavo, green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xii + 224pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history T'ang tang dynasty

$45.00
1t18c/10

Sociology and Anthropology in Twentieth-Century China: Between Universalism and Indigenism


DIRLIK, ARIF (Ed) & LI, GUANNAN (Ed) & YEN, HSIAO-PEI (Ed)

Super octavo, grey heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xi + 371pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light tanning & creasing to spine, sl creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Chinese University Press 2012

KEYWORDS: sociology anthropology China Chinese modern history 20th twentieth century

$90.00
1t18c/11

Senses of the City: Perceptions of Hangzhou and Southern Song China, 1127-1279


LAM, JOSEPH S C (Ed) & LIN, SHUEN-FU (Ed) & DE PEE, CHRISTIAN (Ed) & POWERS, MARTIN (Ed)

Super octavo, red heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xxv + 352pp, VG+ (light bruising/rubbing to extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Chinese University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: essays literature ancient China Chinese history antiquity song dynasty southern Hangzhou

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