Books - "history"
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The Art of Japanese Ceramics
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
Jazz Modernism: from Ellington and Armstrong to Matisse and Joyce
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
Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River
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
Cham Sculpture and Indian Mythology
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
The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently ... and Why
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
Fruitful Sites: Garden Culture in Ming Dynasty China
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
Wilderness of Mirrors
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
A Short History of Byzantium
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
How the World Made the West
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
Kingd and Queens of England
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
Japan: A Modern History
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
The Great Fire of London
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
Medieval Popular Religion, 1000-1500
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
Cosmography: A Posthumous Scenario for the Future of Humanity
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
Mozart in Person: His Character and Health
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
What Has Athens to Do with Jerusalem?
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
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
The Story of Whangarei Heads
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
The Rani of Jhansi: A Study in Female Heroism in India
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
Masonry and its Symbols: In the Light of Thinking and Destiny
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