London. The Illustrated London News. November 13, 1886. Four engravings on a single newspaper leaf (pp. 535-536), one half page, unrelated text on the verso, marginal browning, in very good condition. Fine wood engravings by the artist William Simpson (1823-1899), famous for his work as an official war artist. The..... More

United Kingdom. HarperCollins Publishers. 1991. First Edition. Maps, colour and black and white photographic plates, 391pp, notes, glossary, dustjacket back cover slightly scratched, remainder mark lower edge, otherwise a very good copy. The book is designed to be of interest to the general reader, and to help gain insights into..... More

Monash. Australian-Indonesian Association. 1976. ii + 50pp, neat name front free endpaper, wrappers. 27.5 x 21.5cm. Very good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 29609. More

St Lucia. University of Queensland Press. 1981. Endpaper maps and one in-text map, viii + 331pp, bibliography, index, dustjacket slightly bumped at base of spine, a very good copy. In 'Policy-Making in a New State' ten active participants in the transition in Papua New Guinea describe and interpret the problems..... More

London. I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd., 2018. Maps, colour illustrations, 352pp, hardback, dustjacket. "For more than a hundred years, Central Asia was the heartland of the mightiest military power on the planet. But after the fragmentation of the all-conquering Mongol polity, the region began a steep decline which rendered this former..... More

The Hague. Martinus Nijhoff. 1975. First Edition. Two volumes. Volume I. Black and white line illustrations, vii + 319pp, bibliography, indices, a slight bruise to the rear lower edge. Volume II. viii + 131pp, notes, bibliography, appendices. A very good paperback set. 24.5x19.5cm The text of the medieval Muslim-Malay romance..... More

London. Zed Books. 2016. 190pp, index, very good paperback copy. Forty years after his death, Mao remains a totemic, if divisive, figure in contemporary China. Though he retains an immense symbolic importance within China's national mythology, the rise of a capitalist economy has seen the ruling class become increasingly ambivalent..... More

Cambridge, Massachusetts. Cambridge University Press. 2006. Reprint. Maps, tables, xvi + 283pp, index, bibliography, appendix, a very good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166339. More

New York. Random House. 1992. First Edition. Endpaper and in text maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xiv + 366pp, notes, index, dustjacket spine trifle sunned, edges lightly foxed, a very good hardback copy. A courageous leader who became the first American mandarin, Frederick Townsend Ward won crucial victories for..... More

Melbourne. Pasa Press. 1992. 246pp, index, even browning, worn paperback copy. A sound reading copy. Collection of stories which illustrating the less than attractive side of expat life. When referring to this item please quote stockid 176988. More

[Nanjing]. 汽车三十二团政治处.[Qi che san shi er tuan zheng zhi chu]. March 1953. Two 1950s Chinese personal file cards of two Chinese PLA officers, original black and white ID photos in military uniforms laid down upper right corner with official seal on the photo, the card has been neatly handwritten in..... More

合肥.[Hefei]. 1960. Dossier, handwritten in ink, dated between March and December 1960, compiled about 鄭國福 [Zheng Guofu] who was a park ranger at 合肥市北市人民公社永青分社 [Yongqing Branch of People's Commune of Beishi District, Heifei]. It includes Zheng Guofu's CV, autobiography, investigation and review of Zheng's political and personal background, witness reports..... More

Sydney. ABC Books. 2005. First Edition. Maps, colour and black and white photographic plates, viii + 307pp, endnotes, glossary, upper edge trifle browned, a very good paperback copy. "Some months after the death of his beloved wife and film-making partner, Robin Anderson, Bob Connolly read her diaries from the year..... More