London: Penguin Books, 2011. First Penguin Books Edition. First Printing. Paperback. A World on Fire tells, with extraordinary sweep, one of the least known great stories of British and American history. As America descended into Civil War, British loyalties were torn between support for the North, which was against..... More
Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. The Association for Asian Studies Monograph No. 42. Frank Reynolds, Anthony Wu, Ronald Inden, Editors. More
New York: Pantheon Books Inc., 1994. First Edition (stated). Hardcover. Signed by author on pre-title page. Red Azalea reviewed in The New York Times by Judith Shapiro (Fe. 27, 1994): EVEN in today's comparatively freewheeling China of discos and dating, Anchee Min's steamy memoir of two love affairs --..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986. First Paperback Edition, Second Printing. Softcover. More
London: Verso, 2016. First Printing. Paperback. Part of the Radical Thinker series One of America’s most historic political trials is undoubtedly that of Angela Davis. Opening with a letter from James Baldwin to Davis, and including contributions from numerous radicals such as Black Panthers George Jackson, Huey P. Newton..... More
New Jersey: Prentice-Hall Inc, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Presented in an informal, narrative style, this text looks at science, from the ancient world, to medieval science, the scientific revolution, through to 20th century physics. This edition offers more coverage of 20th century history, wars, and technology; more on..... More
New York: Random House, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Some of the material in this books first appeared in different form in "Gideon's Trumpet" also by Anthony Lewis. More
New York: Dell Publishing, 1971. Fifth Dell Printing. Paperback. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First Edition. Third Printing. Hardcover. More
London: Viking, 1998. First Edition. Fifteenth Printing. Hardcover. Signed by author. More
Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995. First American Edition. Softcover. From the book: 'Paris was fond of stormy weather and emerging toads; the thirst for knowledge was supreme, and the first to read and reread the news were the first to render it with criticism. Authors and readers, great..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1999. Claudia Meiville (tr). Second Printing. Softcover. In the spring of 1750 a two-day series of riots erupted in Paris when the populace discovered that police were sweeping children off the streets in an overzealous attempt to control vagrancy. Arlette Farge and Jacques Revel use..... More
Richmond: Curzon Press, 1995. First Edition. Paperback. Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Monograph Series, No. 69. This is the first full-length presentation of Japan's pre-industrial fishing culture and a careful application of anthropological method to historical research. Shows that Tokugawa Japan's fishing villages were critical to Japan's economic development, being..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1973. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. 12 essays from various contributors on the history and influence of the T'ang dynasty, 618-906. Contributors include Elling O. Eide, Hans H. Frankel, David Lattimore, David McMullen, Ikeda On, Charles A. Peterson, Wang Gungwu, Howard J. Wechsler, and Stanley Weinstein..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. Reprint. Paperback. The story of the British acquisition of Hong Kong is intricately related to that of the Portuguese enclave of Macao. The British acquired Hong Kong in 1841, following 200 years of European endeavours to induce China to engage in foreign trade. As a...... More
Toronto: Bantam Books, 1985. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. More
Horndean, Hampshire: Milestone Publications, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. More
Beijing: Beijing Review Press, 1988. First Edition. Paperback. More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2006. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Historians of science and Sinologists have long needed a unified narrative to describe the Chinese development of modern science, medicine, and technology since 1600. They welcomed the appearance in 2005 of Benjamin Elman’s masterwork, On Their Own Terms. Now Elman..... More
New York: Pocket Books, Inc, 1940. First Pocket Book Edition. Paperback. More
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Collection of essays. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Gun Larson (jacket design). First Edition (stated), Second Printing. Hardcover. From Kirkus (7 Sept 1990): A collection of 12 essays on ""the background, origins, character, and legacy"" of the American Revolution, filled with the grace and insight that has made Bailyn (Adams University..... More
New York: Vintage Books, 1992. Reprint. Paperback. More
London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1985. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Handwritten dedication/inscription by author. The Telegraph's obituary of the author (Aug. 10, 2004): Bernard Levin, who died on Saturday aged 75, was one of the best newspaper columnists of his age, latterly celebrated chiefly for the column he wrote in..... More
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