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

HANNE, MICHAEL

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: Berghahn Books 1994

KEYWORDS: literary criticism literature politics philosophy psychology fiction sociology

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

DUUS, PETER (Ed)

LACKS D/W, THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 866pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, adhesive residue to rear board, light soiling to page edges, boards sl shaky)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1991

KEYWORDS: Japan history 20th twentieth century politics economic development relations social intellectual change

JANSEN, MARIUS B. (Ed)

THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 828pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1989

KEYWORDS: Japan history 19th nineteenth century politics economic development relations social intellectual change

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

LANDSBERGER, STEFAN

Lg quarto, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 216pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & curling to covers & edges, light creasing & fading to spine, light soiling to page edges, moderate cracking to gutter of pgs 64-65)

PUBLISHER: The Pepin Press 1998

KEYWORDS: China Chinese propaganda art posters politics economics control media

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

CHURCHILL, RANDOLPH S.

Octavo, blue & cream cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, deckled page edges, frontispieces, vol 1- xxxviii + 629pp, vol 2- xxxiv + 763pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some light closed tearing, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin 1966-67

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Winston Churchill British politics history

KEYS, DONALD & COUSINS, NORMAN (Intro)

Octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 117pp, VG+ (light foxing to page edges, prev. ownership stamp in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG-/scruffy (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss, 3cm loss to top of front flap, moderate chafing with light surface loss)

PUBLISHER: The Branden Press 1982

KEYWORDS: philosophy politics Donald Keys planetary existence

FAKHRI, AL & WHITTING, C. E. J. (Trans)

LACKS D/W, super octavo, grey cloth boards, blue lettering to spine, vii + 326pp, VG (moderate foxing to board edges, light fading to spine, light discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's label & ink lettering to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Luzac & Company 1947

KEYWORDS: religion spirituality politics philosophy Al Fakhri

DU CROS, ROSEMARY

Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 105pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Frederick Muller Ltd 1983

KEYWORDS: military history aviation war pilots Rosemary du Cros autobiography memoir women Air Transport Auxiliary raf air force British ww2 world war two 2 second 2nd politics

LATUKEFU, SIONE

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: Australian National University Press 1980

KEYWORDS: Tonga religion politics history Methodists Pacific Islands 19th nineteenth century