Search Results

0n Chinese and World History. First Edition in dustjacket

By: FEHL, Noah Edward (ed.) BUTTERFIELD, Herbert HSU, Cho Yun MCNEILL, William H.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1971, : 1971

Seller ID: 58775

FEHL, Noah Edward, (ed.), Sir Herbert BUTTERFIELD, Cho Yun HSU and William H. MCNEILL. 0n Chinese and World History. Edited with Introduction and Three Essays by Noah Edward Fehl. Hong Kong : The Chinese University of Hong Kong, (January) 1971. Pp (8),[ix]-xiv,[1]-124. Illustrated with 3 small b&w author photos in the text. 8vo [180 x 260 mm], blue cloth, gilt lettering to front board & spine. Sir Herbert Butterfield (b. October 7, 1900 Oxenhope, Yorkshire – d. July 20, 1979, Sawston, Cambridgeshire) was Regius Professor of History and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. ...
View More...

17 Doors to Prince Edward Island and a Window on Cathay. First Edition

By: MacINTYRE, Wendell

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Friends of St. Andrew's Press, 1983,

Seller ID: 101281

MacINTYRE, Wendell. 17 Doors to Prince Edward Island, and a Window on Cathay. Charlottetown, P.E.I.: "Published under the aegis of the Friends of St. Andrew's Press", Fall 1994. Printed by Kwik-Kopy Printing. First Printing. Pp (14),v-x,1-122,(2), including a photo-section in the early pages. 8vo, cream cardcovers, lettered in red to front and spine. A collection of piecesby MacIntyre, many of which had appeared as magazine articles. "Whither Go es Prince Edward Island?"; "Seaman's Beverages Limited: 1939-1994"; "Banking Comes to Prince Edward Island"; "An E...
View More...

A Little Memoir : Nita Frances Bompas, 1884-1969. Written shortly before her Death. Third Edition

By: BOMPAS, Nita Frances

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Little Daisy Press, Tancook Island, NS, 1995, : 1995

Seller ID: 61735

BOMPAS, Nita Frances. A Little Memoir : Nita Frances Bompas, 1884-1969. Written shortly before her Death. (Tancook Island, Nova Scotia) : The Little Daisy Press, 1995. Third Edition. "Printed on Tancook Island". Pp. (2),3-27,(1) with 1 b&w photo in the text. 8vo (138 x 216 mm), stapled off-white card covers, with black lettering to front cover. Nita Frances Bompas, née Goode (b. 1884, Port Pirie, South Australia - d. August 25, 1969, Hampshire, England). A short memoir of the Australian author's travels, including seeing merchant ships in harbours throughout the world from Canada, Engl...
View More...

A-tae.

By: GREEY, Edward.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Mossant, Vallon & Co., 1925,

Seller ID: 95216

GREEY, Edward. A-tae. N.pl.: Issued by Mossant, Vallon & Co., n.d. [ca 1920s?]. Pp (36). 8vo, white embossed stitched card covers, red lettering to front cover. A Chinese love story by Edward Greey, a gift book by Mossant, Vallon & Co. Spine and margins browned, edges nicked, else very good. 20.00
View More...

Acadians in Exile in England 1756-1763. An article in the The Dalhousie Review, Vol. 36, No. 4, Winter 1957

By: VINTER, Dorothy Dalhousie Review 36:4 BECK, J. Murray DWORKIN, Martin S.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Review Publishing Company Limited, Halifax , 1957,

Seller ID: 84321

VINTER, Dorothy. "The Acadians in Exile in England 1756-1763." An article in the The Dalhousie Review, Vol. 36, No. 4, Winter 1957, pp 344-353. Halifax : The Review Publishing Company Limited , 1957. Pp (4),[323]-444. 8vo, yellow card covers. Also : Sir Robert Holland's “Suez and the U.N.O.”; Jack Wilcox's “Planned Spontaneity: The Grey Flannel Election”; M.W. Burke-Gaffney's “An Astronomer Looks at Florence”; J. Murray Beck's “The Nomination of Candidates in Nova Scotia”; A.J.W. Myers's “Flowers in Shakespeare”; C. Friedlander's “Early Notes on Acadian Geology”; N.L. Burnette's “Flight fr...
View More...

Across the Gobi Desert. 2nd issue

By: HEDIN, Sven CANT, H.J., trans.

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Routledge, 1931,

Seller ID: 30416

HEDIN, Sven. Across the Gobi Desert. With 114 Illustrations and Three Maps.(Translated from the German by A.J. Cant). L.: George Routledge, n.d. [193 1] Second Issue (undated). Pp 402 + 67 plates & 2 fldg maps. Also map in text. 8vo, brown cloth. Small stain to top of spine, name to title page and penned note to one page, else vg-fine. 300.00
View More...

Across the Roof of the World. 1st UK no dj

By: SKREDE, Wilfred MICHAEL, M.A., trans.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Staples Press, London, 1954,

Seller ID: 38002

SKREDE, Wilfred. Across the Roof of the World. Translated from the Norwegian by M.A. Michael. L.: Staples Press, (1954). First Edition. Pp 255. Ilustrated. Map. 8vo, green cloth. Vg. 30.00
View More...

Across Widest America : Newfoundland to Alaska. With the Impressions of TwoYears' Sojourn on the Bering Coast. US ed. inscribed

By: DEVINE, E.J.

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Benziger Brothers, New York, Cincinnati / Chicago, 1906,

Seller ID: 5904

DEVINE, E.J., s.j. Across Widest America : Newfoundland to Alaska. With theImpressions of Two Years' Sojourn on the Bering Coast. Profusely Illustrat ed. New York, Cincinnati / Chicago : Benziger Brothers, (August) 1906. First U.S. Edition. Pp (12), [1]-307, (1), portrait frontispiece + 24 p. of illustrations + folding map. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering and totem pole design to fr.board. O'Dea 1316a note, Watters p.958, Rhodenizer p.80, Tourville, Alaska: A Bibliography 1283. Chapter I. Newfoundland - Orders for Alaska - The Journey Begins. Newfoundland on pp.[1]-8. Spring 1902. "Two...
View More...

Image for Adam and Cain : Symposium of Old Bible History, Sumerian Empire, Importance of Blood of Race, Juggling Juggernaut of the Leaders of the Jews, the Gothic Civilization of Adam and the Ten Commandments of His Church. Second Printing in dustjacket

Adam and Cain : Symposium of Old Bible History, Sumerian Empire, Importance of Blood of Race, Juggling Juggernaut of the Leaders of the Jews, the Gothic Civilization of Adam and the Ten Commandments of His Church. Second Printing in dustjacket

By: MURRAY, William. H.

Price: $120.00

Publisher: Meador Press / The Author : 1952

Seller ID: 116466

MURRAY, Wm. H. Adam and Cain : Symposium of Old Bible History, Sumerian Empire, Importance of Blood of Race, Juggling Juggernaut of the Leaders of the Jews, the Gothic Civilization of Adam and the Ten Commandments of His Church. Tishomingo, Oklahoma : Hon Wm. H. Murray / Boston : Meador Press, 1952. Second Printing. Pp. (6),7-638,(3), with frontispiece + 54 b&w photos and illustrations in the text. 8vo (145 x 210 mm), red cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine. The jacket adds sub-title : "Adam and Cain : Adam Known as Thor, Zor, or Zeus in Greek Mythology, Taming and Civiliz...
View More...

Adam Smith in Beijing : Lineages of the Twenty-First Century. First Printing in dustjacket

By: ARRIGHI, Giovanni

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Verso, London / New York, 2007, ISBN:9781844671045

Seller ID: 106459

ARRIGHI, Giovanni. Adam Smith in Beijing : Lineages of the Twenty-First Century. London / New York : Verso, (2007). First Printing. Pp (10),[xi]-xiii,(1),[1]-418. Index. 8vo, tan paper covered boards, red lettering to spine. "In the late eighteenth century, the political economist Adam Smith predicted an eventual equalization of power between the conquering West and the conquered non-West. In this magisterial new work, Giovanni Arrighi shows how China’s extraordinary rise invites us to read The Wealth of Nations in a radically different way than is usually done. He examines how the recent ...
View More...

Adam von Trott zu Solz : Eine Lebensbeschreibung. First Edition

By: VON TROTT ZU SOLZ, Clarita

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Edition Hentrich, Berlin, 1994, ISBN:9783894681173

Seller ID: 116199

VON TROTT ZU SOLZ, Clarita. Adam von Trott zu Solz : Eine Lebensbeschreibung. [Berlin] : Edition Hentrich, (1994). First Edition. Pp (7),8-238,(2). Illustrated with some b&w photos in the text. 8vo [158 x 242 mm], photo-illustrated green card covers, lettered in black & white. Friedrich Adam von Trott zu Solz (b. August 9, 1909 in Potsdam - d. August 26, 1944, Berlin-Plötzensee). A study written by his wife Clarita von Trott zu Solz, née Tiefenbacher (b. September 19, 1917, Hamburg - d. March 28, 2013, Berlin). Contents : Einleitung - Adam von Trott zu Solz. Vorwort. I. Kindheit ...
View More...

Admiral Sims and the Modern American Navy. First Edition

By: MORISON, Elting E. SIMS, William Sowden, Admiral)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1942, : 1942

Seller ID: 77563

MORISON, Elting E. Admiral Sims and the Modern American Navy. With illustrations. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1942. First American Printing. "The Riverside Press". Pp [i]-xiv,(2),[1]-547,(1), + 24 pages of b&w plates. Illustrated. 8vo (156 x 234 mm), blue cloth with darker blue lettering to front & spine. Admiral William Sowden Sims (b. October 15, 1858, Port Hope, Ontario – d. September 28, 1936, Boston) Elting Elmore Morison (b. December 14, 1909, Milwaukee, Wisconsin – d. April 20, 1995, Peterborough, New Hampshire) Preface, written in Peterborough, New Hampshire. . Part One ...
View More...

After Imperialism : The Search for a New Order in the Far East 1921-1931.First Edition in dustjacket

By: IRIYE, Akira

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1965,

Seller ID: 40612

IRIYE, Akira. After Imperialism : The Search for a New Order in the Far East 1921-1931. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1965. First Edition. Pp. (6),[vii]-viii,(2),[1]-375,(7). Map of Manchuria in the text. 8vo, dark blue-green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. No. 22 in the Harvard East Asian Series. A study of Far Eastern international relations from the time of the Washington Conference in 1921 to the Manchurian Crisis in 1931. "This is the first extensive and systematic study of Far Eastern international relations from the time of the Washington Conference (1921-1922) to the...
View More...

After Imperialism : The Search for a New Order in the Far East 1921-1931.First Edition in dustjacket

By: IRIYE, Akira Harvard East Asian Series 22

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1965, : 1965

Seller ID: 58667

IRIYE, Akira. After Imperialism : The Search for a New Order in the Far East 1921-1931. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1965. First Edition. Pp. (6),[vii]-viii,(2),[1]-375,(7). 8vo, dark blue-green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. No. 22 in the Harvard East Asian Series. A study of Far Eastern international relations from the time of the Washington Conference in 1921 to the Manchurian Crisis in 1931. "This is the first extensive and systematic study of Far Eastern international relations from the time of the Washington Conference (1921-1922) to the Manchurian Crisis (1931). ...
View More...

Aging and the Aged in the Third World : Part I and Part II

By: SOKOLOVSKY, Jay (ed.). GLASCOCK, Anthony P. SANKAR, Andrea

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Dept. of Anthropology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA , 1982,

Seller ID: 78782

SOKOLOVSKY, Jay (ed.). Aging and the Aged in the Third World : Part I. Studies in Third World Societies, Publication Number Twenty-Two. Williamsburg, VA : Dept. of Anthropology, College of William and Mary, (December 1982). Pp i-iv,1-174,(2). 8vo, tan card covers. Contents : Jay Sokolovsky - "Introduction, Perspectives On Aging In The Third World"; Marea Teski - "What Can the Industrial World Teach The Third World About Aging?"; Anthony P. Glascock - "Decrepitude And Death-Hastening: The Nature Of Old Age In Third WorldSocieties"; Robert J. Maxwell, Philip Silverman, an...
View More...

Agreements of the People's Republic of China, 1949-1967 : A Calendar. FirstEdition in dustjacket

By: JOHNSTON, Douglas M., and Hungdah CHIU Harvard Studies in East Asian Law 3 CHIU, Hungdah

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968,

Seller ID: 113812

JOHNSTON, Douglas M., and Hungdah CHIU. Agreements of the People's Republicof China, 1949-1967 : A Calendar. Harvard Studies in East Asian Law 3. Cam bridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 1968. First Edition. Pp (6),v-xvii,(3),1-286,(4). Index. 8vo, grey cloth, silver lettering to spine."The People's Republic of China has so far entered into treaty relations, in one form or another, with no fewer than seventy-one countries. This valuable book presents a chronological listing of all reported agreements concluded by the People's Republic in its first eighteen years of existence, ...
View More...

All-Story Love. Vol. 100, No. 1, March, 1944

By: LITTELL, Jane (ed.)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Popular Publcations, Inc. , Toronto / Montreal, 1944,

Seller ID: 104936

LITTELL, Jane (ed.). All-Story Love. Vol. 100, No. 1, March, 1944. Toronto / Montreal : Popular Publcations, Inc., 1944. Pp (1),2-80. Double Column. Large 8vo, colour illustrated wrappers, lettered in red. Contents : Understudy Sweetheart : How could Donna win Alan's love, when she was the image of a girl who once had jilted him? (cover story by Helen Compton); Mysterious Lady : There was a strange mystery surrounding the once wealthy Hampton family. Would Nora let it stand between her and the man she loved? (by Fan Nichols); Love Takes a Holiday : Jungle voodoo and a beautiful native girl thr...
View More...

America Through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat

By: TINGFANG, Wu

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Ch'eng-wen Publishing Company, Taipei, 1968,

Seller ID: 110528

TINGFANG, Wu. America Through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat. With illustrations from sketches by the author and from photographs. Taipei : Ch'eng-wen Publishing Company, 1968. Pp (4),v-x,(6),1-267,(15), frontispiece + 5 plates. 8vo, maroon cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Contents : 1. The Importance of Names. 2. American Prosperity. 3. American Government. 4. America and China. 5. American Education. 6. Amertpam Business Methods. 7. American Freedom and Equality. 8. American Manners. 9. American Women. 10. American Costumes. 11. American versus Chinese Civilization. 12. American versu...
View More...

America's Naval Challenge. signed, no dj.

By: MOORE, Frederick

Price: $110.00

Publisher: Macmillan, 1929,

Seller ID: 33127

MOORE, Frederick. America's Naval Challenge. NY: Macmillan, 1929. Pp 166. 8vo, green cloth. Myron Smith, American Naval Bibliography V:2590. Moore, a correspondent for the New York Times in Paris, Peking, and Tokyo, here cautions his countrymen against a too ready embrace of "navalism". He rightly stresses the danger of post-Great War arms races, but his analysis of the strategic situation leads to some unlikely (in retrospect) conclusions: that the greatest likelihood of U.S. naval conflict was with the Royal Navy; andthat war with Japan was a remote possibility unless America provoke...
View More...

American Neptune : A Quarterly Journal of Maritime History and Arts, Volume57, No. 3, Summer 1997

By: American Neptune GALLAGHER, Mary A. Y. JOHNSON, Robert Erwin LIAPUNOVA, Roza G.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Peabody Museum of Salem and Essex Institute, Salem, MA , 1997,

Seller ID: 95743

(American Neptune). The American Neptune : A Quarterly Journal of Maritime History and Arts, Volume 57, No. 3, Summer 1997. Salem, MA : Peabody Essex Museum, 1997. Pp (3),200-292. Illustrated. Map. Double Column. 4to, illustrated blue card covers. Contents : Charting a New Course for the China Trade: The Late Eighteenth Century American Model (by Mary A. Y. Gallagher, pp 201-218); Aleut Baidarkas (by Roza G. Liapunova. Translated by Jerry Shelest, pp 219-228); “A Sad Tale That Must Be Told”: Madeleine Curtis Mixter's Account of the Loss of the Ville du Havre (by Oliver Wolcott, Jr., pp 229-236...
View More...

$0.00 (0 Items)

Search Results