Stellenbosch: Place of Gables, Oaks & Wine
Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 1992. 1st. Hardcover. Quarto; 129 pages. Handsome production. More
World History
Things Chinese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with China
London; Hong Kong: Sampson Low, Marston and Company; Kelly & Walsh, Ld. 1892. First Edition. Octavo; (iii), 419, xiii pp. Index. A Very Good copy in brown cloth lettered in gold; errata slip tipped in at rear. Ball was considered the most capable and knowledgeable European speaker of Cantonese of..... More
Things Chinese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with China
Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh, Ld. 1903. Fourth Edition Revised and Enlarged. Octavo; (xii), 816pp. Index. Photograph (2 1/2" x 4") of Chinese outdoor merchants tipped to loose sheet of paper, laid in. A Very Good copy in yellow cloth with hanging lantern illustration to front board, which is lettered..... More
Things Chinese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with China
London; Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1893. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged. Octavo; (iv), 4, 497, xiv pp. Index. A Very Good to Near Fine copy in black cloth lettered in gold; 'Kelly and Walsh Booksellers & Stationers' sticker to front pastedown. Ball was considered the most capable and..... More
Democracy and Dictatorship: Their Psychology and Patters of Life
New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1956. Sixth Edition. Paperback. 8vo. 275pp. Index. Color printed wraps in very good condition (light soiling; minor wear to extremities). All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request. More
The Life and Letters of the Rev. Richard Harris Barham, Author of The Ingoldsby Legends
London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1880. Original cloth. A new edition. 8vo. viii, 421pp. Black & white frontispiece illustrative portrait of Richard Harris Barham. Red cloth covered boards; blind stamped border illustrations; gilt titles to the spine. Previous owner's bookplate; bookseller sticker; minor shelf wear at top and bottom of..... More
Nature As Local Heritage in Africa
England: Edinburgh University Press, 2009. 1st. Paperback. 8vo. 150 pp. Bibliography. Ilustrations. Fine condition. More
Florence in Transition: Studies in the Rise of Territorial State (Volume Two)
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1968. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 275pp. Bibliography; Index. Fine in near-fine dust jacket (minor wear to extremities; price-clipped). All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request. More
Russia's Protectorates in Central Asia: Bukhara and Khiva, 1865-1924
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1968. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 416pp, [2]pp. Black & white illustrations; 3 maps. Green cloth covered boards; original illustrated dust jacket. Book in near fine condition in very good dustjacket (wear, short closed tears & chipping to extremities; light soiling & rubbing to..... More
Papua New Guinea: Inventory of Natural Resourses, Population Distribution and Land Use Handbook
Australia: CSIRO, 1986. 1st. Paperback. 4to. 149pp. Bibliography. Photo illustrations. Diagrams. Maps. Near fine (minor wear to extremities). More
Modern Italian Social Theory
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1987. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 215pp. Bibliography; Index. Fine in near fine dust jacket (slight sunning to edges). "... provides a clear and systematic introduction to the development of social and political theory in modern Italy." - dustjacket flap. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images..... More
Nation-Building: Studies of Our Changing Social Order
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1964. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo. xii, 314pp. Index. Turquoise cloth in illustrated dustjacket. Book is fine in very good plus dustjacket (price-clipped; minor wear to extremities; faint blue line across upper and lower edges of dustjacket). A comparative study of nation-building around the world with..... More
Tropical Retreats: The Poetics of Place
Singapore: Page One Publishing, 1996. 1st. Hardcover. Square 4to. 216pp. Bibliography. Beautiful color photo-reproductions. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. This lavishly photographed book is a sequel to the highly successful 'Tropical Architecture and Interiors' (1994). Showcases exclusive enclaves and private retreats in Tropical Asia inspired by a reverence for..... More
Kiss the Kids For Dad. Don't Forget to Write. The Wartime Letters of George Timmins, 1916-18
Canada: UBC Press, 2009. 1st. Paperback. 8vo. 208pp. Bibliography; Index. Illustrations. Color printed wraps. Ex libris, else a fine copy. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request. More
John F. Kennedy und der Kalte Krieg
Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh, 1997. 1st. Hard Cover. Octavo; 302 pages. Biermann's dissertation. Laid in is a full-page typed letter signed by the author to Professor Gordon Craig requesting that Dr. Craig review the work. More
The Cotswolds; A Cultural History
New York: Oxford University Press, USA, 2009. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; xxvi, 244 pages. More
The Founding of the T'ang Dynasty: The Fall of Sui and Rise of T'ang: A Preliminary Survey
Baltimore: Waverly Press, 1941. First Edition. 8vo. xiv, 183, [1] pp. 3 folding maps at rear. Bibliography; Index. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Fine condition. American Council of Learned Societies, Studies in Chinese & Related Civilizations, Number 4. "In this study the primary effort has been directed towards determing the..... More
The Political Economy of Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka
Abingdon, Oxon & New York: Routledge, 2015. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; xiv, 226pp. First Edition, Library markings, but unused and otherwise a Fine copy. Economic Liberalization, Mobilizational Resources, and Ethnic Collective Action (Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series 78). More
Recent Events and Present Policies in China
Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & William Heinemann, 1912. Early reprint. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. 481, [1] pp. Black & white photographic plates; 2 fold-out maps (1 in color). Blue cloth with black & gilt lettering and red Chinese lettering & chop mark to spine & front board. From the..... More
Pedro Paez's History of Ethiopia 1622 (2 Volumes)
London: Hakluyt Society, 2011. 1st. Hardcover. Quartos; xxiii, 501 pages; ix, 429 pages. Library markings but new and unread. Heavy volumes - no overseas shipping. Hakluyt Society Series III Volumes 23 & 24. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number..... More
Auspici D'Impero
Milano: Alpes Casa Editrice, 1925. Softcover. Octavo, 187 pages. More
The Shadow of Polybius: Intertextuality as a Research Tool in Greek Historiography (Studia Hellenistica 42)
Leuven: Peeters, 2005. 1st. Paperback. Large octavo; xiv, 345pp. Index. Fine copy, unread. Proceedings of the International Colloquium, Leuven, 21-22 September 2001. For students of ancient Greek historiography the «Histories» of Polybius, devoted to the important theme of Rome's rise to world power in the second century B.C., are a...... More
Historical Documents and Reflections on the Government of Holland (3 volumes)
London: Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, and Jones, 1820. 1st. Hardcover. 3 volumes bound in one. 8vo. 378; 455; 420pp. Three-quarter black pebbled leather over marbled boards; 5 raised bands and gilt stamping & lettering to spine. Minor wear to extremities else a near fine copy of this scarce history. Louis..... More
The New China. A Traveller's Impressions
London, Leipsic: T. Fisher Unwin, 1912. 1st. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. 282 + [4] pp publisher's advertisements. Index. 48 photographic plates. Translated from the Dutch By C. Thieme. Blue cloth with gilt lettering; elaborate gilt design of foo dog perched on a platform; TEG. From the library of Payson J. Treat..... More
Qajar Iran, 1800-1925: Political, Social and Cultural Change 1800-1925
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1983. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo; xxv, 414pp. A Fine copy in blue cloth with green and gold spine titling in Near Fine dust jacket. 'Offers 21 new studies of Iran under the Qajar dynasty, an era when the country was poised between the medieval and..... More