Search Results: history-asia from Adelaide Booksellers

London: The Radcliffe Press. 2001. Octavo Size [approx 14x22cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ spine a little sunned & now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. B/w maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 386 pages. A remarkable and perilous journey into "terra incognita". The author entered the Shan State of Burma through a border area of China closed to foreigners, crossed the Kachin Hills and left Burma via an area of India closed to foreigners. He was detained by communist rebels, handed over to Kachin rebels and arrested by the Indian Army. . Reprint. Hardback.

London: Bloomsbury Publishing. 2019. Very Good condition. Illustrated with colour plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 522 pages. . Reprint. Trade Paperback.

Broadway, NSW: Wild Peony Pty Ltd. 1996. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Black & white illustrations. Some neat ink references to rear free endpaper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 390 pages. Mark Elvin is the Professor Emeritus of Chinese History at Australian National University, This collection of essays also includes one on his theory ' the high-level equilibrium trap' which explains why an industrial revolution happened in Europe but not in China. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin. 2001. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 225 pages. . 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company. 1973. Very Good condition. Minor crease to lower front edge. Black & white maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 338 pages. The Asians their heritage and their destiny. . 4th Edition. Trade Paperback.

Carlisle Barracks, PA: United States Army War College Press. 2014. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 532 pages. . 1st Edition (Presumed). Softcover.

London: Heinemann Educational. 1977. .Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Gift inscription to preliminary pages. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 104 pages. Both a geographic and economic examination of Bangladesh from 1947. . Reprint. Hardback.

London: Sinclair-Stevenson. 1997. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 370 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

New York: Simon and Schuster. 1998. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 404 pages.. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Sydney: UNSW Press. 2022. Very Good condition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 342 pages. "One of the most important books on China written since Xi Jinping assumed power" [John Lee, University of Sydney] . 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2005. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. B/w maps. Illustrated with colour plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 362 pages. The author tells the story of British children born under the Indian Raj. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Amber Books. 2019. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near fine condition in pictorial laminated boards in a very good dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 224 pages. From the cruel King Zhou of the Second Millenium BCE to the suspression of the Uighur minority. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Andre Deutsch. 1973. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Black & white photographs. 143 pages. Photographs by Marc Riboud and Endpaper Map by Samuel H. Bryant. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Duncan Baird Publications. 2000. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in a purpose-made plastic sleeve. A very nice copy. Illustrated with colour photographs and drawings. 256 pages. China's history, society and beliefs from prehistory to the end of imperial power in 1912. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Toronto: Collins. 1980. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ spine is very slightly sunned & now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 463 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Barrie & Jenkins. 1975. Octavo Size. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Pages lightly tanned. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 446 pages. A thought provoking study of Clive's career and achievements. Includes a number of Appendices, a chronological table of Clive's life, Glossary, Select Bibliography, and Index. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1974. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. One black & white map. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xii, 334 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Amsterdam: Time-Life Books. 1992. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with colour photographs, drawings and maps and black & white drawings. Includes Gazetteer and Index. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 237 pages. . Reprint. Hardback.

New York: Simon & Schuster. 1994. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 336 pages. The story of Thai national Sirin Pathanothai, the only foreigner to be raised by Zhou Enlai and the reclusive founders of Communist China, cast into the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution, she survived to tell the story of both worlds, and of the next generation of Chinese leaders. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Macmillan. 1998. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 340 pages. The last British Governor of Hong Kong on power, freedom and the future . Reprint. Hardback.