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$19.50
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The Art of Japanese Ceramics


MIKAMI, TSUGIO; HERRING, ANN (transl.)

Ex-library. Super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Weatherhill/Heibonsha 1972

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese art arts craft history ceramic ceramics

$35.00
xxflg225648

Jazz Modernism: from Ellington and Armstrong to Matisse and Joyce


APPEL, ALFRED Jr.

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 2002

KEYWORDS: jazz music history criticism literature 20th century art modernism

$16.50
xxflg225650

Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River


ALBINIA, ALICE

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: John Murray 2008

KEYWORDS: Alice Albinia Tibet Indus River history

$17.50
xxflg225652

Cham Sculpture and Indian Mythology


DUOC, HUYNH THI

Super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Danang Publishing House 2009

KEYWORDS: sculpture art history India Indian ancient mythology legend legends

$15.00
xxflg225653

The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently ... and Why


NISBETT, RICHARD E

Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Nicholas Brealey Publishing 2009

KEYWORDS: Richard E Nisbett social history Asia Westerners sociology

$17.50
xxflg225656

Fruitful Sites: Garden Culture in Ming Dynasty China


CLUNAS, CRAIG

Super octavo softcover (VG-), highlighting throughout; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Duke University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: China Chinese culture history garden gardens

$16.50
xxa3aa225672

Wilderness of Mirrors


MARTIN, DAVID C

Super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Lyons Press 2003

KEYWORDS: David C Martin history espionage crime CIA spies

$18.50
xxa3ac225677

A Short History of Byzantium


NORWICH, JOHN JULIUS

Super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Penguin 1998

KEYWORDS: John Julius Norwich Byzantium ancient history Eastern Roman Empire Rome christianity

$15.00
xxa3ac225678

How the World Made the West


QUINN, JOSEPHINE

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2025

KEYWORDS: Josephine Quinn history Western civilisation civilization ancient modern

$15.00
xxa3af225697

Kingd and Queens of England


PALMER, ALAN

Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Octopus 1976

KEYWORDS: Alan Palmer England Great Britain British kings queens royalty royal family history politics political

$30.00
xxa3af225699

Japan: A Modern History


MCCLAIN, JAMES L

Super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton & Company 2002

KEYWORDS: James L McClain Japan Japanese modern social history

$18.50
xxa3af225700

The Great Fire of London


MILNE, GUSTAV

Super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Historical Publications 1986

KEYWORDS: 17th seventeenth century English British history England London great fire

$22.50
xxa3af225701

Medieval Popular Religion, 1000-1500


SHINNERS, JOHN (ed.)

Super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Broadview Press 1999

KEYWORDS: Europe medieval mediaeval middle ages religion religious Church social history

$60.00
3L5/15

Cosmography: A Posthumous Scenario for the Future of Humanity


FULLER, R BUCKMINSTER

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, maroon card boards, black cl spine lettered in gilt; x + 277pp, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards, light bruising to board & spine edges & extrems; moderate soiling & light foxing to pg edges); in d/w, VG (some fading, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, some water damage at lower back, light tanning).

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1992

KEYWORDS: R Buckminster Fuller predictions science future first edition nonscientific politics history philosophy

$40.00
3L5/18

Mozart in Person: His Character and Health


DAVIES, PETER J; SADIE, STANLEY (forew.)

Super octavo, red buckram boards, black label to front board letter in gilt, black label to spine lettered in silver gilt, frontis., illus.; xxviii + 272; VG (some scuffing, soiling and bruising to board edges & extrems; moderate foxing to pg edges & light foxing to eps & prelims, bookplate to ffep).

PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press 1989

KEYWORDS: Moazrt life lives biography music classical history

$75.00
3L5/28

What Has Athens to Do with Jerusalem?


PELIKAN, JAROSLAW

Super octavo, red cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; xvi + 139 pp.; VG+ (some soiling to boards, light bruising to board edges & extrems); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & rubbing, some bruising to edges with come creasing).

PUBLISHER: The University of Michagan Press 1997

KEYWORDS: ancient history philosophy Jewish theology Plato bible biblical clascial studies

$100.00
3L5/31

A Passport to China: Being the Tale of Her Long and Friendly Sojourning amongst a Strangely Interesting People


Octavo, blue buckram boards, front board & spine lettered in blue; frontis., plates; VG (sl rubbing to baords, light bruising and scuffing to board edges & extrems; light to moderate soilding & foxing to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to eps; black pen marking to fep); lacking d/w.

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1935

KEYWORDS: 19th century social history China Chinese English British international relations

$100.00
3L5/35

The Story of Whangarei Heads


VALLANCE, W R

Oblong super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, patterned eps, [10] + 51pp, illus/photos, VG (minor rubbing & surface loss to spine, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate water staining to top of gutters throughout, moderate cracking to gutters at prelims & sporadically throughout, minor soiling throughout, binding a little shaky)

PUBLISHER: Whangarei Heads Centennial Committee N/D (c.1956)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Whangarei Heads

$40.00
3L5/41

The Rani of Jhansi: A Study in Female Heroism in India


LEBRA-CHAPMAN, JOYCE

Ex-library, octavo, grey heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + [4] + 199pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings/labels, minor tape residue to board edges, light tanning to page edges, minor water staining to head of rear pastedown) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, usual library labels, moderate chafing- mostly to cover)

PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 1986

KEYWORDS: feminism India Indian social history heroism

$40.00
3L4/3

Masonry and its Symbols: In the Light of Thinking and Destiny


PERCIVAL, HAROLD WALDWIN

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & border to front board, top page edges stained blue- faded, xx + [4] + 71pp, VG (minor bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, medium sized patch of adhesive staining to ffep, prev. ownership ink stamps/markings to ffep also, light foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, moderate cracking to rear gutter with heavy creasing & scuffing to pg71) in d/w, VG (minor fading to spine & covers, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss)

PUBLISHER: The World Publishing Company 1952

KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry secret societies masonic symbols masonry masons history

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