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
Australia and Asia. Economic Essays.
Canberra. Australian National University Press. 1972. 157pp, index, prior owner's embossed stamp title page, covers little worn, spine a little faded, a good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 179717. 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
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 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
Asia: Journal of the American Asiatic Association Vol XIVIII January to December 1918. Nos. 1 - 7, 9-12, Lacks the August issue.
New York. Asia Publishing Co., 1918. Numerous maps and colour and black and white illustrations throughout all issues. Bound together in blue cloth covered boards, Andover Newton Theological Library 1931 library label pasted down on the upper paste down. Lacks the original wrappers and the August issue, but extremely clean..... More
The Interpretation of Cultures.
New York. Basic Books. 1990. ix + 470pp, notes, index, edges and margins browned, covers little marked, from the library of Professor Anthony Reid, a good paperback copy. "In The Interpretation of Cultures, the most original anthropologist of his generation moved far beyond the traditional confines of his discipline to..... More
The Origins of Australian Diplomatic Intelligence in Asia 1933 - 1941.
Canberra. Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. Australian National University. 1992. Maps, black and white line illustrations, 103pp, a very good paperback copy. "This monograph challenges the traditional view that during the 1930s Australia secure in its 'protection' within the British Empire, refused to establish diplomatic contacts in Asia and implicitly..... More
Lands of the Sun: Impressions of a Visit to Tropical Lands.
Chicago. A. C. McClurg & Co., 1925. First Edition. Black and white photographic portrait frontispiece and photographic plates by the author's husband, 268pp, very good copy in original yellow cloth covered boards, small bump to the lower edge of the front board, endpapers age toned and a little offsetting from..... More
Untying the Knot. On Riddles and Other Enigmatic Modes.
New York. Oxford University Press. 1996. x + 329pp, indices, prior owner's inscription half title page, covers trifle shelf worn, a very good paperback copy. 18 previously unpublished essays on the riddle, a genre of discourse found in virtually every human culture. When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More
Asian Cultural Traditions.
Illinois. Waveland Press. 1999. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, x + 416pp, bibliography, index, lower half of fore-edge marked, covers trifle shelf worn, otherwise a good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 179320. More