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1w44a/10

My Mission to Russia and Other Diplomatic Memories


BUCHANAN, Sir GEORGE

2 VOL SET, EX-LIBRARY, FRONTIS TO VOL 1 LOOSE, super octavo, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- xvi + 253pp, vol 2- viii + 280pp + folding map to rear, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to spines & board extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, usual library markings/stamps, light to moderate foxing & tanning to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout with some pgs loose but attached, frontis to vol 1 completely loose)

PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company 1923

KEYWORDS: Sir George Buchanan Russia autobiography memoir politics

$16.50
xxrel171838

Puritanism and Liberty : Being the Army Debates (1647-9) from the Clarke Manuscripts


WOODHOUSE, A. S. P. (ed & intro) & LINDSAY, A. D. (foreword)

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: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1951

KEYWORDS: putney whitehall debates politics religion puritanism liberty

$35.00
xxsta171884

The Tour - Photographs


MCCREDIE, ATHOL

Centre pages loose, Oblong imperial octavo, softcover (VG, inscription in ink to title page); 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: Thames Publications 1981

KEYWORDS: history springbok tour 1981 politics aotearoa nz new zealand

$40.00
1w47a/34

Photography in Franco's Spain


MONDEJAR, PUBLIO LOPEZ

OCCASIONAL LIGHT ADHESION DAMAGE, square quarto, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 260pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing & adhesion to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light discolouration to top front edge, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Konemann 1999

KEYWORDS: photography photos Spain General Francisco Franco dictators politics social conditions photographic biographies history

$40.00
2i32a/19

Richard Seddon: King of God's Own: The Life and Times of New Zealand's Longest-Serving Prime Minister


BROOKING, TOM

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, cream lettering to spine, printed eps, frontispiece, 584pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history biography Richard Seddon prime ministers politics memoir

$10.00
xxstc171987

The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism, Capitalism, Sovietism and Facism


SHAW, BERNARD

Paperback (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Pelican / Penguin Books 1971

KEYWORDS: socialism capitalism sovietism communism facism politics political theory gender feminism

$25.00
xxstc171991

Liberal Democracy and Peace in South Africa


DU TOIT, PIERRE & HENNIE KOTZE

Lacks front page. Octavo hardcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2011

KEYWORDS: liberal democracy peace south africa african politics political liberalization democratization society

$95.00
2i37a/46

New Zealand Prepares For War: Defence Policy 1919-39


McINTYRE, W. DAVID

Octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 287pp, illus/photos, VG (v sl wear to boards, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light scuffing to covers, moderate sunning to spine, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: University of Canterbury Press 1988

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military politics war defence policy history early 20th twentieth century government

$50.00
2i37b/4

Vertical Margins: Mountaineering and the Landscapes of Neoimperialism


ELLIS, REUBEN

Octavo, illus glossy card covers, blue lettering to spine, viii + 231pp, VG+ (light chafing to covers, light soiling & tanning/foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Wisconsin Press 2001

KEYWORDS: history cultural studies mountaineering exploration imperialism politics literature

$20.00
xxste172091

The Tentacles of Progress: Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism, 1850 - 1940


HEADRICK, DANIEL R.

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: Oxford University Press 1988

KEYWORDS: imperialism colonialism great british technology industry history colonial politics

$28.50
xxste172092

The Idea of the Muslim World: A Global Intellectual History


Aydin, Cemil

Lacks front page. 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: Harvard University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: islam muslim world globalisation history politics anthropology religion modernity

$40.00
2i41a/10

Global Indigenous Media: Cultures, Poetics and Politics


WILSON, PAMELA & STEWART, MICHELLE (Eds)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine, frontispiece, ix + 362pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to covers & edges, sl fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Duke University Press 2008

KEYWORDS: global media studies indigenous anthropology illustrated cultures politics

$50.00
2i41a/38

Maoism at the Grassroots: Everyday Life in China's Era of High Socialism


BROWN, JEREMY & JOHNSON, MATTHEW D. (Eds)

Super octavo, red buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, vi + 468pp, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chippping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history Mao Maoism politics socialism socialist culture social aspects discontent communism customs

$60.00
2i41a/56

Politics and Conservatism in Northern Song China: The Career and Thought of Sima Guang (A.D. 1019-1086)


JI, XIAO-BIN

Super octavo, green heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xi + 253pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems & board edges, prev. bookseller's label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 7cm closed tear to base of front cover, light fading to spine, prev. seller's price label to rear)

PUBLISHER: The Chinese University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: China Chinese politics northern Song dynasty Sima Guang biography history ancient

$15.00
xxste172111

Differences - A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies: Male Subjectivity (Vol. 1)


SILVERMAN, KAJA et. al.

This vol. only. 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Brown University 1989

KEYWORDS: male subjectivity feminism gender studies politics culture race white skins brown masks the of suffering christopher newfield paul smith action movie hysteria george cunningham called into existence desire marjorie garber spare parts surgery

$30.00
xxste172140

Churchill and Empire


JAMES, LAWRENCE

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2013

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill politics history biography memoir

$16.50
xxstf172178

The Tudor Revolution in Government: Administrative Changes in the Reign of Henry VIII


ELTON, G. R.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1960

KEYWORDS: British history politics government Henry viii eighth tudor

$45.00
2i42a/7

The Care-Taker Emperor: Aspects of the Imperial Institution in Fifteenth-Century China as Reflected in the Political History of the Reign of Chu Ch'i-yu


DE HEER, PH.

Super octavo, brown light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, x + 226pp, VG+ (light creasing & chafing to spine & covers, light staining to page edges, prev. owner's sm name label to ffep)

PUBLISHER: E. J. Brill Leiden 1986

KEYWORDS: China Chinese emperors history politics imperial 15th fifteenth century Chu Ch'i-yu

$40.00
2i42a/11

Chang Ping-Lin (1869-1936): A Political Radical and Cultural Conservative


LEE, JER-SHIARN

Octavo, cream light covers, pink lettering to covers & spine, 217pp, VG (light soiling to frnt cover, light fading to spine, moderate creasing & folding to rear cover & pgs)

PUBLISHER: The Liberal Arts Press 1993

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history politics cultural conservative Chang Ping-lin

$60.00
2i42a/25

Classicism, Politics, and Kinship: The Ch'ang-chou School of New Text Confucianism in Late Imperial China


ELMAN, BENJAMIN A.

Super octavo, grey cloth boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, xxxiii + 409pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked, prev. owner's sm name label to prelims, adhesive errata slip to full title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1990

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history classicism politics philosophy imperial confucianism confucius literature

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