Books - "history"
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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
Shifting Stories: History, Gossip, and Lore in Narratives from Tang Dynasty China
OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 311pp, Near FINE (prev. owner's name [Brian Moloughney] in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, minor vertical creasing to front flap, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Asia Center 2014
KEYWORDS: China ancient Chinese history Tang dynasty anthropology criticism
In the Wake of the Mongols: The Making of a New Social Order in North China, 1200-1600
OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, super octavo, black heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, xix + [3] + 336pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. owner's name [Brian Moloughney] in ink to ffep, sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Asia Center 2018
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history Mongols
Chinese Society in the Age of Confucius (1000-250 BC): The Archaeological Evidence
OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, super octavo, black illus light card wrappers, yellow lettering to spine, xxiii + 555pp, illus, VG+ (minor fading & creasing to spine, sl rubbing/curling to wrapper edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl creasing to inside front cover, prev. owner's name [Brian Moloughney] in ink to half title page)
PUBLISHER: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA 2006
KEYWORDS: China ancient Chinese history antiquity Confucius Zhou dynasty
The Orange Trees of Marrakesh: Ibn Khaldun and the Science of Man
OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, octavo, green heavy boards, red gilt lettering to cream buckram spine, frontispiece, xv + 383pp, VG+ (spine cocked, prev. owner's name [Brian Moloughney] in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing/rubbing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: history Ibn Khaldun historians historiography methodology Muslim
A History of Kawhia & Its District
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 289pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to wrappers, light fading to spine & wrappers)
PUBLISHER: Kawhia Museum 2004
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Kawhia early settlers pioneers
The Wisconsin Logging Book 1839-1939
Quarto, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 304pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate fading to spine & board edges, light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm adhesive label to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals, signature in ink [author's] to full title page)
PUBLISHER: Rosholt House 1980
KEYWORDS: forestry logging book Wisconsin history
Herodotus: The Histories
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red heavy boards, white lettering to black spine, xxxix + 834pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading to board & spine edges/extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & chipping/peeling to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Viking / Penguin 2014
KEYWORDS: first editions classic literature antiquity Herodotus history histories
The Broadwood Story 1888-1980
SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card wrappers, frontispiece, 116pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing, soiling & foxing to wrappers, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & inside wrappers, prev. owners' details in ink to full title page)
PUBLISHER: The News Limited N/D (c.1980)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed history Eric Carman
Sources of Japanese Tradition, Volume One: From Earliest Times to 1600 (Second Edition)
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, red & white lettering to spine, xxvi + 524pp, VG (moderate bruising & fading to spine, light curling to wrappers, prev. bookseller's label to rear, light soiling to page edges, minor cracking to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 2001
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanes tradition culture history Asia Asian
Tauranga Fire Brigade: A Century of Service to Tauranga 1882-1982
Octavo, illus light card stapled wrappers, printed inside wrappers, 48pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light tanning/soiling & chafing to wrappers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Tauranga Fire Brigade 1982
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Tauranga Fire Brigade history emergency services centennial centenary
The Cambridge History of Japan (6 Vol Set)
6 VOL SET, OWNERSHIP OF ROY STARRS, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering with black backdrop to spines, mixed pagination, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's ink stamp [Roy Starrs] to ffep of vol 2) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading to spines [except vol 4])
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1996-99
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese history Asia Asian studies
Swords and Hilt Weapons
Oblong quarto, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 239pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor discolouration to boards, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl cracking at front & rear gutters) in d/w, VG (minor creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to front, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1989
KEYWORDS: weapons weaponry swords hilt history historical daggers knives
Comrades Brave: A History of the Hauraki Regiment
Quarto, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, red lettering to spine, 216pp, illus/photos, VG (minor water damage to head of wrappers & page block- minor wrinkling & staining, light chafing & soiling to wrappers, light tanning to page edges, sl cracking to front gutter, presentation plate tipped in to half title page)
PUBLISHER: Cosmos Publications 1998
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa NZ military history Hauraki regiment