Books - "history"
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The Cambridge History of China, Volume 7: The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Part I
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, beige buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix + (7) + 976pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to spine & extrems, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's sm name label to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1988
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history Ming dynasty
The Life and Thought of Chang Hsueh-ch'eng (1738-1801)
Octavo, beige buckram boards, black lettering to spine, ix + (5) + 336pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light soiling, lightly price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 1966
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history 18th eighteenth century Chang Hsueh-ch'eng
Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road
Super octavo, illus light card covers, grey lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 340pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: University of Pennsylvania Press 2010
KEYWORDS: silk road trade routes Asia Asian history religion religious buddhist buddhism Islam
Embassy to Tamerlane 1403-1406
Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, l + 363pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Hardinge Simpole Ltd 2009
KEYWORDS: Timur Tamerlane history early 15th fifteenth century politics Asia
India, China and the World: A Connected History
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, blue lettering to spine, xviii + 541pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & tanning to spine, sm chip to top of spine, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Rowman & Littlefield 2017
KEYWORDS: history India China Indian Chinese foreign relations geopolitics
Barbarism and Religion (2 Vol Boxed Set)
2 VOL SET IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, black heavy borads, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, vol 1- xv + 339pp, vol 2- xiv + 422pp, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink to ffeps of both vols) in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges) in VG+ slipcase
PUBLISHER: Cambridge Universty Press 1999
KEYWORDS: Edward Gibbon civil government history historical barbarism religion historiography Rome roman empire Great Britain
The Economic History of China: From Anitquity to the Nineteenth Century
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, blue lettering to spine, xiv + 461pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine, sl chafing & curling to covers, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to title page)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge Univesity Press 2016
KEYWORDS: China Chinese ancient history antiquity economics politics trade commerce
China Among Equals: The Middle Kingdom and its Neighbours, 10th - 14th Centuries
Super octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 419pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed of desired, light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1983
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history foreign relations
The Cambridge History of China, Volume 8: The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Part 2
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxi + (7) + 1203pp, VG+ (light tanning & soiling to page edges, minor loss to top edges of index pages) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1998
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history Ming dynasty
Muslim Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Empire
Super octavo, green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xi + 490pp, VG+ (spine sl warped/bruised, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: India Indian history Muslim islam islamic countries
China as a Sea Power 1127-1368
Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, xx + 378pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: NUS Press / Hong Kong University Press 2020
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history navy naval maritime expansion southern song yuan dynasties periods
Speaking to History: The Story of King Goujian in Twentieth Century China
Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + 354pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2009
KEYWORDS: China Chinese kings rulers ancient history King Goujian
Tang China in Multi-Polar Asia: A History of Diplomacy and War
Super octavo, beige heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xiv + 462pp, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 2013
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history Tang T'ang dynasty foreign relations
Suspended Music: Chime-Bells in the Culture of Bronze Age China
LACKS D/W, imperial octavo, purple cloth boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, xxvi + 481pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light fading & chafing to spine & boards, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1993
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history music chimes chime bells bronze age antiquity
The Museum on the Roof of the World: Art, Politics, and the Representation of Tibet
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, xi + 314pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & fading to spine, light chafing & curling to covers, sl soiling to page edges, sl cracking to front gutter, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 2014
KEYWORDS: Tibet Tibetan history museums art appreciation tantric buddhist buddhism
The Seen and Unseen Worlds in Java, 1726-1749: History, Literature and Islam in the Court of Pakubuwana II
Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxiv + 391pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to spine extrems, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to spine & covers)
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin / University of Hawaii Press 1998
KEYWORDS: Java history 18th eighteenth century literature art culture southeast asia
Hammer and Anvil: Nomad Rulers at the Forge of the Modern World
Super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, purple & black lettering to spine, xxiii + 334pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Rowman & Littlefield 2019
KEYWORDS: Mongols Eurasia history medieval
The World of a Tiny Insect: A Memoir of the Taiping Rebellion and its Aftermath
Octavo, illus light card covers, yellow & red lettering to spine, viii + 200pp, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to covers, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: University of Washington Press 2014
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history Taiping rebellion rebellions uprisings 19th nineteenth century
Sudden Appearances: The Mongol Turn in Commerce, Belief and Art
Super octavo, illus heavy boards, black & white lettering to spine, xi + 287pp, illus, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising & wrinkling to spine, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 2019
KEYWORDS: Asia asian art history Eurasia Mongol Mongols
Western Queers in China: Flight to the Land of Oz
Super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, beige lettering to spine, x + 199pp, illus, VG+ (sl foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Rowman & Littlefield 2012
KEYWORDS: gay men homosexuality lgbtq history emigration immigration China Chinese immigrants migrants