Salt and Civilization.
Christchurch. Canterbury University Press. 1992. xii + 417pp, notes, bibliography, index, dustjacket, half title page browned, a very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166463. More
Asia - General
Imagined Communities. Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism.
London. Verso Books. 1991. Revised Edition. xv + 224pp, bibliography, index, minor extremities wear, a good very paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 179116. More
Imagined Communities. Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism.
London. Verso. 1991. Revised Edition. xv + 224pp, bibliography, index, spine faded, corners worn, from the library of Professor Anthony Reid, a good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 179188. More
Pirates in the Age of Sail.
New York. Norton & Company, Inc., 2007. Map, black and white illustrations, vii + 201pp, bibliographical essay, index, inscription upper pastedown, small stain upper cover, very good paperback copy. "Pirates in the Age of Sail takes a global perspective to explore the world of pirates between the early sixteenth and..... More
Maximizing Australia's Asia Knowledge. Repositioning and Renewal of a National Asset.
Australia. Asian Studies Association of Australia. 2002. Endpaper maps, maps, black and white illustrations, xxii + 71pp, abbreviations and glossary, appendices, bibliography, index, covers with some shelf wear, good paperback copy. 26 x 21cm. Review commissioned by the Council of the Asian Studies Association of Australia, Inc. (ASAA) at its..... More
Australia's Maritime Bridge into Asia.
Sydney. Allen & Unwin. 1995. Maps, xxiii + 247pp, index, notes, dustjacket. A collection of essays on the strategic and maritime security setting, some Australian maritime capabilities of relevance to Asia, and the commercial, defence industrial, marine science, and naval 'bridges' into Asia for Australia. When referring to this item..... More
Forgotten Armies. The Fall of British Asia, 1941-1945.
Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press. 2006. First Paperback Edition. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xxxiii + 555pp, notes, bibliography, index, spine a touch lightened, a very good paperback copy. In the early stages of the Second World War, the vast crescent of British-ruled territories stretching from India to Singapore..... More
A World Bibliography of Oriental Bibliographies.
New Jersey. Rowman & Littlefield International. 1975. Revised and reprinted. 564pp, trifle rubbed, gilt lettering along the spine, good hardback copy. Pagination follows the information, which is arranged in double columns for works cited and triple columns for the index at the rear. 27.5 x 18.5cm. This volume includes an..... More
Asia. Cultural Politics in the Global Age.
St. Leonards. Allen & Unwin. 2001. Black and white illustrations, 225pp, bibliography, glossary, index. A very good paperback copy. "Understanding contemporary Asian societies and cultures is not merely a matter of knowing when to bow and how low. 'Asia' looks beyond the cliches and stereotypes to explore the cultural dynamics..... More
Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture.
New York. Columbia University Press. 2000. Map, xvi + 751pp, appendices, index, dustjacket, fore edge a little marked, dustjacket a touch shelf worn, otherwise a very good hardback copy. A set of more than 30 chronologies for all the countries of Asia from the Paleolithic era through 1998. Entries are..... More
Encyclopedia of Historians & Historical Writing. 2 volumes.
London. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. 1999. Volume I: xlix + 742pp. Volume II: xxxii + 743-1562pp, indices, notes, spine trifle creased. Both: Corners little bumped, minor wear spine of volume II but still very good hardback copies. 28.5 x 22.2cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 178629... More
River Journeys.
London. B.B.C., 1984. Maps, colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 208pp, index, dustjacket little shelf worn, otherwise a very good hardback copy. Journeys on six rivers - the Congo, Sepik, Mekong, Sao Francisco, Murray and the Nile. When referring to this item please quote stockid 179828. More
Asia Magazine. April 1971 - August 1971.
Hong Kong. Asia Magazines. 1971. Hardbound volume, with issues from 4 April 1971 - 29 August 1971. Colour and black and white photographic illustrations, some marking to covers, endpapers patchily browned, edges little browned, 18 July issue damaged with loss to one leaf, a few closed tears, generally good. In..... More
The White Australia Question. Its Relation to a White Australia and the Development of our Tropical Territory.
Melbourne. E. W. Cole Book Arcade. 1903. Fourth Edition. Numerous black & white photographic reproductions and illustrations. Red cloth covered boards, the front cover, printed, black ink: 'The White Australia Question / By E. W. Cole / Contents: / 1. - A White Australia Impossible. / 2. - The Cause..... More
The Colombo Plan for Co-operative Economic Development in South and South-East Asia. Ninth Annual Report of the Consultative Committee.
Tokyo. Government of Japan. 1960. ix + 235pp, numerous black and white tables and graphs, neat signature front free endpaper, wrappers patchily faded, crease to lower corner lower wrapper, some marks to edges, tail of spine damaged. When referring to this item please quote stockid 77481. More
The Vision of Asia. An Interpretation of Chinese Art and Culture.
London. John Murray. 1939. Reprint. Colour frontispiece, xvi + 306pp, index, initial and final leaves and edges foxed, covers fairly shelf worn and faded, a sound secondhand hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 179629. More
The Palaeolithic Settlement of Asia.
New York. Cambridge University. 2009. Black and white maps, black and white illustrated figures, xxiii + 548pp, index, bibliography, appendices, very good paperback copy with prior owner's marking on title page. 15 x 23cm. "This book provides the first analysis and synthesis of the evidence of the earliest inhabitants of..... More
Asia Magazine. September 1971 - December 1971.
Hong Kong. Asia Magazines. 1971. Hardbound volume, with issues from 5 September 1971 - 26 December 1971. Colour and black and white photographic illustrations, some marking to covers, endpapers patchily browned, edges little browned, occasional scribbling in pen, generally good otherwise. In English. Weekly magazine distributed with Sunday newspaper. Current..... More
The Changing Map of Asia. A Political Geography.
London. Methuen. 1966. 4th Edition, Revised. In text and folding maps, xviii + 436pp, index, dustjacket worn and spine sunned, foxed and browned edges and endpapers, a sound secondhand copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 178173. More
East-West Passage. The Travel of Ideas, Arts and Inventions between Asia and the Western World.
London. Cassell. 1971. Map, black and white plates, xvi + 248pp, index, bibliography, dustjacket worn with small closed tears, edges foxed, contents sound and clean, a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 178172. More
Women in Asia. Tradition, Modernity and Globalisation.
St. Leonards. Allen & Unwin. 2000. 327pp, index, paperback. "Women in Asia: Tradition, Modernity and Globalisation surveys the transformation in the status of women since 1970 in a diverse range of nations: Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, India, Taiwan, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan and Burma. Within these 13..... More
Papers on Far Eastern History. Issue no.18 (September 1978).
Canberra. Department of Far Eastern History, Australian National University. September 1978. Issue no.18 of the excellent scholarly journal Papers on Far Eastern History, published semi-annually by the Department of Far Eastern History, Australian National University in September 1978. Maps, 245 pp, typescript in original wrappers. Spines a little faded, but..... More
Papers on Far Eastern History. Issue no.28 (September 1983).
Canberra. Department of Far Eastern History, Australian National University. September 1983. Issue no.28 of the excellent scholarly journal Papers on Far Eastern History, published semi-annually by the Department of Far Eastern History, Australian National University in September 1983. Map, 152 pp, typescript in original wrappers. Spines a little faded, but..... More
Papers on Far Eastern History. Issue no.30 (September 1984).
Canberra. Department of Far Eastern History, Australian National University. September 1984. Issue no.30 of the excellent scholarly journal Papers on Far Eastern History, published semi-annually by the Department of Far Eastern History, Australian National University in September 1984. Map, 199 pp, glossary, typescript in original wrappers. Spines a little faded..... More
Capital, Saving and Credit in Peasant Societies. Studies from Asia, Oceania, the Caribbean and Middle America.
Chicago. Aldine Publishing Company. 1969. Second Impression. Map, 399pp, bibliography, index, prior owner's signature front free endpaper, dustjacket worn, good hardback copy. Fifteen essays on the formation and management of capital base on studies from Asia, Oceania, the Caribbean and Middle America. Contributions include: Personal Capital Formation among the Tolai..... More