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$95.00
1y22c/10

The Grand Scribe's Records: Volume I: The Basic Annals of Pre-Han China


CH'IEN, SSU-MA & NIENHAUSER Jr, WILLIAM H (Ed) & CHENG, TSAI-FA et al (Trans)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, xliv + 251pp + unpaginated maps to rear, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: China Chinese ancient history antiquity pre-Han dynasty grand scribe's records series

$95.00
1y22c/11

The Grand Scribe's Records: Volume II: The Basic Annals of Han China


CH'IEN, SSU-MA & NIENHAUSER Jr, WILLIAM (Ed) & CAO, WEIGUO et al (Trans)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, lxv + 341pp + unpaginated maps to rear, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press 2002

KEYWORDS: China Chinese ancient history antiquity Han dynasty grand scribe's records series

$95.00
1y22c/12

The Grand Scribe's Records: Volume VII: The Memoirs of Pre-Han China


CH'IEN, SSU-MA & NIENHAUSER Jr, WILLIAM (Ed) & CHENG, TSAI-FA et al (Trans)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, xxxii + 396pp + unpaginated maps to rear, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges & ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: China Chinese ancient history antiquity pre-Han dynasty grand scribe's records series

$52.50
1y22c/14

By Steppe, Desert and Ocean: The Birth of Eurasia


CUNLIFFE, BARRY

Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, ix + 530pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor wrinkling to pastedowns) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity Eurasia empires steppe corridor

$40.00
1y22c/15

A Savage History: Whaling in the Pacific and Southern Oceans


NEWTON, JOHN

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, white letterng to spine, white whale tail illus to boards, illus eps & prelims, 310pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: Newsouth Publishing 2013

KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand Pacific Southern Ocean hunting whaling history whalers maritime nautical

$40.00
1y22c/18

A Century in Asia: The History of the Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient


CLEMENTIN-OJHA, CATHERINE & MANGUIN, PIERRE-YVES

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, red & black lettering to spine, 236pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & fading to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Editions Didier Millet 2007

KEYWORDS: history anthropology EFEO Asia philology religions language

$47.50
1y22c/20

The Compensations of Plunder: How China Lost its Treasures


JACOBS, JUSTIN M

Super octavo, illus light card covers, beige lettering to spine, vii + 348pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor crack to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 2020

KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology artefacts China Chinese ancient history historical treasures lost art antiquity excavations

$47.50
1y22c/21

Explorers & Scientists in China's Borderlands 1880-1950


GLOVER, DENISE M (Ed) & HARRELL, STEVAN (Ed) & McKHANN, CHARLES F (Ed) & SWAIN, MARGARET B (Ed)

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, green & white lettering to spine, illus prelims, xii + 300pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: University of Washington Press 2011

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history exploration explorers scientists expeditions discovery American Europe

$40.00
1y22c/22

God's Playground: A History of Poland, Volume II: 1795 to the Present


DAVIES, NORMAN

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, xxiii + 591pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing/soiling & creasing to spine & covers, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor separation at gutter of title page)

PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: Europe European history Poland politics political communities culture

$45.00
1y22c/23

Implicit Understandings: Observing, Reporting, and Reflecting on the Encounters Between Europeans and Other Peoples in the Early Modern Era


SCHWARTZ, STUART B (Ed)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white & orange lettering (faded) to spine, frontispiece, xv + 637pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light fading to spine, light chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: Europe European foreign relations history culture communication ethnicity ethnopsychology geography

$50.00
1y22c/24

Philosophy of Religion in Nineteenth-Century England and Beyond


ADSHEAD, S A M

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 274pp, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan Press 2000

KEYWORDS: philosophy religion England English Christianity Anglican theology history

$60.00
1y22c/28

Ordering the World: Approaches to State and Society in Sung Dynasty China


HYMES, ROBERT P (Ed) & SCHIROKAUER, CONRAD (Ed)

Super octavo, purple cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 437pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning & fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1993

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history antiquity sung dynasty

$60.00
1y22c/29

Soul Catcher: Java's Fiery Prince Mangkunagara I 1726-95


RICKLEFS, M C

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, map to prelims, xix + 439pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light fading to spine, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: NUS Press 2018

KEYWORDS: Java history historical figures leaders Prince Mangkunagara i 1st first kings rulers Indonesia Surakarta biography

$50.00
1y22c/31

Early Ming Government: The Evolution of Dual Capitals


FARMER, EDWARD L

Super octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xi + 271pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sm adhesive name label to base of ffep)

PUBLISHER: East Asian Research Center 1976

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history early Ming dynasty dual capital system

$40.00
1y22c/32

Studies in Frontier History: Collected Papers 1928-1958


LATTIMORE, OWEN

Tidy ex-library, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 565pp, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, minor tape staining to board edges & eps, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (in protective plastic cover, light creasing to edges, minor tape staining to flap edges, light fading to spine, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1962

KEYWORDS: collected papers Professor Owen Lattimore Asia Asian frontier social history

$60.00
1y22c/33

Chinese Thought, Society, and Science: The Intellectual and Social Background of Science and Technology in Pre-modern China


BODDE, DERK

Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 441pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, minor tearing to base of pg 441) in d/w, VG (light fading & tanning to spine, light creasing & moderate closed tearing to edges, sl tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 1991

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history science philosophy technology

$65.00
1y22c/34

Visible Cities: Canton, Nagasaki and Batavia and the Coming of the Americans


BLUSSE, LEONARD

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xi + 133pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2008

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history Guangzhou Jakarta Indonesia Japan cultures

$47.50
1y22c/35

What Remains: Coming to Terms With Civil War in 19th Century China


MEYER-FONG, TOBIE

Super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xiii + 316pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light chafing to boards, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history 19th nineteenth century civil war

$42.50
1y22c/36

The Tibetan History Reader


TUTTLE, GRAY (Ed) & SCHAEFFER, KURTIS R (Ed)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, coloured lettering to spine, xxiii + 720pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: Tibet Tibetan history civilisation civilization culture autonomous region

$87.50
1y22c/38

White Lotus Rebels and South China Pirates


WANG, WENSHANG

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, vii + 339pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2014

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history Qing empire dynasty imperial

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