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

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

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

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

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

LIU-HUNG, HUANG & CHU, DJANG (Trans & Ed)

Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 656pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & staining to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: University of Arizona Press 1984

KEYWORDS: China Chinese magistrate Huang Liu-hung 17th seventeenth century history Ch'ing period politics control

McDERMOTT, JOSEPH P. (Ed)

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 446pp, Near FINE (spine sl cocked) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1999

KEYWORDS: China Chinese ancient history essays collection prose literature politics anthropology religion rituals

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WECHSLER, HOWARD J.

Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 313pp, VG+ (light chipping & staining to spine extrems, light scuffing to board edges, prev. owner's sm name label to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers, light fading to top cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1985

KEYWORDS: China Chinese T'ang dynasty history ancient 7th seventh century ad rituals politics trade

WECHSLER, HOWARD J.

LACKS D/W, super octavo, orange cloth boards, black lettering to spine, xi + 259pp, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to board edges, boards sl warped, ex-libris plate to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1974

KEYWORDS: China Chinese ancient history T'ang dynasty politics antiquity

TOTMAN, CONRAD

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, xxix + 593pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1993

KEYWORDS: Japan Tokugawa early modern period history Japanese Asia politics economics

BUCKEY, F. H.

Imperial 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: Encounter Books 2014

KEYWORDS: history of democracy america american american constitution monarchism politics political government one-man rule

PERRY, ELIZABETH J.

LACKS D/W, super octavo, grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv+ 392pp, VG+ (prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light folding/creasing to top page corners to rear)

PUBLISHER: University California Press 2012

KEYWORDS: Mao China Chinese history politics military revolution

ELMAN, BENJAMIN A.

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xlii + 847pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 1cm closed tear to base of spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2000

KEYWORDS: late imperial China Chinese history social politics culture