O'MALLEY, VINCENT

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, 280pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, minor dark stain to base of page block)

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand colonial history colonialism Maori crown land

McCARTHY, CONAL

SIGNED, super octavo, illus light card covers, grey lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + (6) + 243pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & peeling to spine & cover edges, light fading to spine, sl soiling to page edges, ghost lettering from author's signature on title page)

PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2007

KEYWORDS: signed Conal McCarthy New Zealand history Maori colonialism culture cultural artefacts displays exhibitions

HARTOG, FRANCOIS & LLOYD, JANET (Trans)

Super octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, xxv + 386pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1988

KEYWORDS: classical classic literature historians history antiquity Herodotus historiography criticism literary

LEONHARDT, JURGEN & KRONENBERG, KENNETH (Trans)

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to black buckram spine, xiii + 332pp, illus, light bruising to spine, sl soiling & creasing to page edges, prev owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, minor patch of peeling to top edge of rear cover, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: languages Latin history linguistics colloquial philology literature vulgar teaching

ZHITIAN, LUO & HARRIS, LANE J (Trans) & CHUN, MEI (Trans)

Super octavo, patterned heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xxxviii + 451pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, prev owner's name in ink to ffep, light cracking to gutter of pgs 32/33)

PUBLISHER: Koninklijke Brill 2015

KEYWORDS: China modern history early 20th twentieth century learning education Brill's humanities in China library series academic academia

ZHAOGUANG, GE & HILL, MICHAEL GIBBS (Trans)

Super octavo, navy blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xv + 201pp, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2018

KEYWORDS: China Chinese culture heritage history ethnicity territory foreign relations

HUI, WANG & HILL, MICHAEL GIBBS (Trans)

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 179pp, VG+ (light bruising to board edges & extrems, light soiling to front board, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2014

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history governance politics political empire

DONG, MADELEINE YUE & BENDER, THOMAS (Fore)

Super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, xxiii + 380pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2003

KEYWORDS: China Chinese Beijing history republic

MULLANEY, THOMAS S

Super octavo, black heavy boards, red lettering to spine, xiv + 481pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: The MIT Press 2017

KEYWORDS: technology innovations China Chinese typewriters communication history

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

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

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

CELSUS & SPENCER, W G (Trans)

3 VOL SET, TEXT IN ENGLISH & LATIN, sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, publisher's gilt initials to front boards, mixed pagination, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate sticky adhesive residue to boards of vols 1 & 3, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional ink markings) in d/w, VG (in plastic covers- easily removed if desired, light tanning to spines, light soiling/staining to covers, light creasing to edges, sm closed tear to base of crease to front cover & flap of vol 3)

PUBLISHER: Loeb / William Heinemann / Harvard University Press 1960-61

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH Loeb classical library series literature medical medicine Celsus antiquity history historical

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

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

ANTHONY, DAVID W

Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 553pp, illus, VG+ (minor warping to spine, sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to spine, light fading to spine, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: bronze age history Eurasia steppes horses equine riding riders horse anthropology linguistics language ox wagons

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

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

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

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