Books - "history"
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War in the Air: Aerial Wonders of Our Time: A Pictured Story of Flying, Past, Present and Future
Quarto, silver gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering & grey aeroplane illus to front board, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 804pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, minor surface loss to spine, minor rubbing/chafing & surface loss to boards, light tanning & moderate soiling to page edges, bookbinder's sm label to front pastedown, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- rear board shaky, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: The Amalgamated Press N/D
KEYWORDS: aviation history military aircraft aeroplanes flight
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1896 (Thirty-Thrid Edition)
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, ads to front & rear, lxxvi + 418pp, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing to spine & board extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps- minor foxing also, moderate cracking to gutters- some prelims & terminal pages partially detached but still present, minor tanning & foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1896
KEYWORDS: first editions sport history cricket cricketers' almanacks past years Wisden
Saint Augustine: City of God: Part I - The Refutation ; Part II - The Cities (2 Vol Boxed Set)
2 VOL SET, IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering and black lettering to gilt backdrop to spines, ornate gilt & coloured portrait of St Augustine to front boards, frontispieces, illus, Near FINE, in VG+ illus slipcase (minor bruising & chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2012
KEYWORDS: folio society history historical literature Saint St Augustine theology religion classical studies
Memoirs of General William T Sherman, by Himself (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, FACSIMILE REPRINT OF 1875 EDITION, super octavo, blue faux leather heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, blind stamp US flag illus to front boards, aeg, marbled eps, vol 1- unpaginated prelims + 405pp, vol 2- unpaginated prelims + 409pp, Near FINE (very sl soiling to boards)
PUBLISHER: The Archive Society 1997 (Facsimile reprint of 1875 edition)
KEYWORDS: US American history autobiography memoir General William T Sherman
The Great Enterprise: The Manchu Reconstruction of Imperial Order in Seventeenth-Century China (2 Vol Boxed Set)
2 VOL SET, IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spines, vol 1- xiv + pgs1-680, vol 2- vii + pgs681-1337, VG+ (sl warping & chafing to spines, sl bruising to board corners, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's sm labels to base of ffeps) in illus VG- slipcase, moderate cracking to head & base of spine area, moderate chafing & soiling, moderate fading to edges, moderate scuffing to extrems))
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1985
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history 17th seventeenth century manchu reconstruciton imperial order
Tarikh-i-Akbari
OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, decorated title page, xvii + 315pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name [Brian Moloughney] in ink to ffep, sl staining to contents pages) in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading to spine, minor creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing, sm adhesive labels to rear)
PUBLISHER: Pramod Kapoor / Pragati Publications 1993
KEYWORDS: history Emperor Akbar India 16th sixteenth century
Air Marshal Sir Robert Clark-Hall: Autobiographical and Biographical Reminiscences
SIGNED, octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, red & blue lettering to spine, xii + 172pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & wrapper edges, sl chafing to wrappers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Raven Press (Printer) 1995
KEYWORDS: signed Air Marshal Sir Robert Clark-Hall military history autobiography biography memoir RFC Royal Flying Corps aviation
History and Beyond: Interpreting Early India ; Time as a Metaphor of History ; Cultural Transaction and Early India ; From Lineage to State
Octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 189pp, VG (light creasing & fading to spine, sl creasing to wrapper edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear, sl chafing & soiling to wrappers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2004
KEYWORDS: India history Indian Asia
In the Footsteps of Du Fu
Octavo, illus heavy boards, white & gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 191pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising/creasing to spine, sl chafing & soiling to boards, pgs13-20 partailly detached but present)
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 2023
KEYWORDS: literature literary biography memoir Du Fu poetry poets China Chinese history historical
The New Cambridge History of India I.5 The Mughal Empire
OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, yellow & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 320pp, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & wrappers, sl chafing to wrappers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2010
KEYWORDS: India history Mughal empire
A History of Modern Tibet: 1913-1959 (4 Vol Set)
4 VOL SET, OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, super octavo, illus light card wrappers [vol 3 with french flaps, vol 4 has green heavy boards- is NOT a softcover], white lettering to spine, mixed pagination, VG+ (minor creasing to spines, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) d/w of vol 4, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1991-2019
KEYWORDS: Asia Asian history Tibet 20th twentieth century anthropology
A History of the Vietnamese
Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card wrappers, white & coloured lettering to spine, xv + 696pp, illus/maps- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light creasing to spine & wrappers/edges, light chafing to wrappers, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2014
KEYWORDS: Asia Asian history Vietnam Vietnamese
The Politics of Historical Production in Late Qing and Republican China
Super octavo, red heavy boards, black & white lettering to spine, xv + 322pp, VG+ (minor bruising to spine/extrems, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Koninklijke Brill 2007
KEYWORDS: Asia Asian history China Chinese historiography politics late qing republic
Literary Cultures in History: Reconstructions from South Asia
OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, super octavo, patterned orange heavy boards, white & orange lettering to spine, xxix + [6] + 1066pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name [Brian Mologhney] in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2003
KEYWORDS: literature literary cultures history South Asia Asian politics Pali Indic India
The May Fourth Movement: Intellectual Revolution in Modern China
Super octavo, black light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, xv + 486pp, VG+ (light chafing & curling to wrappers, light tanning & soiling to rear, light soiling to page edges, sl cracking to front gutter- ffep potentially missing)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press N/D (modern copy)
KEYWORDS: China Chinese Asia Asian modern history may 4th fourth movement
Imperial Japan at its Zenith: The Wartime Celebration of the Empire's 2,600th Anniversary
LACKS FFEP, super octavo, cream heavy boards, red lettering to spine, blind stamp pattern to front board, xv + 236pp, illus/photos, VG+ (ffep missing, sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 2010
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese history empire imperial
Vaka Moana: Voyages of the Ancestors: The Discovery and Settlement of the Pacific
Lg quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 360pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to board edges/extrems, sl soiling to page edges, eps & prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2006
KEYWORDS: Pacific history exploration discoveries voyages maritime nautical migration anthropology
Chinese History: A New Manual
OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, quarto, burgundy light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xxiii + 1126pp, VG+ (light curling to wrapper edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to wrappers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name [Brian Moloughney] in ink to ffep/half & full title pages)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Asia Center 2013
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history culture anthropology
China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia
OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, super octavo, beige cloth boards, red lettering to spine, blind stamp dragon illus to front board, xx + 725pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name [Brian Moloughney] in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (minor creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Belknap Press / Harvard University Press 2005
KEYWORDS: China ancient Chinese history Eurasia Mongol Qing dynasty
Destiny: The Life of Prince Diponegoro of Yogyakarta, 1785-1855
OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, super octavo, illus glossy boards, deep green lettering to spine, xlix + 381pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising/rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name [Brian Moloughney] in ink to ffep, minor coffee staining to pgs xlii-xlv)
PUBLISHER: Peter Lang AG, International Academic Publishers 2014
KEYWORDS: Indonesia history Prince Diponegoro Yogyakarta biography geopolitics