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$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

$70.00
1t18c/12

Ideographia: The Chinese Cipher in Early Modern Europe


PORTER, DAVID

Super octavo, dark green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 296pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 2001

KEYWORDS: Chinese influence Europe China European history

$70.00
1t18c/13

The Writing of Official History Under the T'ang


TWITCHETT, DENIS

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 290pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1992

KEYWORDS: history historiography China ancient Chinese T'ang tang dysnasty records

$50.00
1t18c/15

State Versus Gentry in Late Ming Dynasty China, 1572-1644


MILLER, HARRY

Octavo, illus heavy boards, grey & blue lettering to spine, xiv + 220pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges, light chafing to boards, ffep missing)

PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2009

KEYWORDS: ancient China Chinese history antiquity late Ming dynasty elite gentry imperialism

$40.00
1t18c/16

Waiting for the Dawn: A Plan for the Prince: Huang Tsung-hsi's Ming-i-tai-fang lu


DE BARY, Wm THEODORE

Super octavo, blue light card covers, blue & cream lettering to spine, xiv + 340pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light soiling to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1993

KEYWORDS: China Chinese government politics political Huang Tsung-hsi history

$80.00
1t18c/17

Saluting the Yellow Emperor: A Case of Swedish Sinography


JOHANSSON, PERRY

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, viii + 243pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, light chafing to rear board, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Koninklijke Brill NV 2012

KEYWORDS: Sweden sinography history historiography China Chinese archeology archaeology excavations

$50.00
1t18c/19

The Letter to Ren An & Sima Qian's Legacy


DURRANT, STEPHEN & LI, WAI-YEE & NYLAN, MICHAEL & VAN ESS, HANS

Super octavo, beige heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, xi + 178pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: University of Washington Press 2015

KEYWORDS: China Chinese literature historical history

$50.00
1t18c/20

The Monkey and the Inkpot: Natural History and its Transformations in Early Modern China


NAPPI, CARLA

Super octavo, dark green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + (4) + 234pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to rear board, prev owner's name in ink to ffep, minor underlining in ink)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: natural history China Chinese naturalists scholars

$47.50
1t18c/21

A Ming Society: T'ai-ho County, Kiangsi, Fourteenth to Seventeenth Centuries


DARDESS, JOHN W

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to blue buckram spine, ix + 316pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1996

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history ming dynasty Kiangsi province

$40.00
1t18c/22

A Cultural History of Classical Chinese Gardens


WANG, YI & RIOUX, YU LUO (Trans)

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, (11) + 151pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: SCPG Publishing 2015

KEYWORDS: China culture Chinese gardens history design landscaping

$45.00
1t18c/24

Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume III: A Century of Advance: Book Three: Southeast Asia


LACH, DONALD F & VAN KLEY, EDWIN J

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt rule & illus to front board, illus eps, liii + pgs1111-1561, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1993

KEYWORDS: Asia history exploration culture influence Europe European southeast

$45.00
1t21a/1

Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume III: A Century of Advance: Book Four: East Asia


LACH, DONALD F & VAN KLEY, EDWIN J

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt rule & illus to front board, illus eps, cxii + pgs1563-2077, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1993

KEYWORDS: Asia history exploration culture influence Europe European east

$100.00
1t21a/3

The Cambridge History of China, Volume 3: Sui and T'ang China, 589-906, Part 1


TWITCHETT, DENIS (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, super octavo, beige buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xx + 850pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1979

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history sui t'ang tang dynasty

$47.50
1t21a/5

The Southern Ming 1644-1662


STRUVE, LYNN A

Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 297pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, light soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's sm name label to ffep) in d/w, VG (heavy creasing & chipping to top spine extrem, minor creasing to cover edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1984

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history southern Ming dynasty 17th seventeenth century

$40.00
1t21a/6

Two Men and Music: Nationalism in the Making of an Indian Classical Tradition


BAKHLE, JANAKI

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xvi + 338pp, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges, light cracking to gutter of title page, prev. owner's name in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: music culture history India Indian

$40.00
1t21a/7

Between Colonialism and Diaspora: Sikh Cultural Formations in an Imperial World


BALLANTYNE, TONY

Octavo, illus heavy boards, red & blue lettering to spine, xvii + 229pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems/edges, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Permanent Black 2007

KEYWORDS: India Indian history colonialism diaspora Sikh sikhism

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