Illustrated Dictionary of Bible Manners and Customs
New York: Philosophical Library, Inc, 1967. J. de Vries. First Edition. Hardcover. More
Anthrolopology
The Historical Demography of Pre-modern Japan
Tokyo, Japan: University of Tokyo Press, 2001. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Rare. Historical demography is the study of patterns and changes in a society's population before the collection of data through modern censuses. For Japan, data on family size and structure, fertility and infant mortality, marriage patterns, urban and rural..... More
The Historical Demography of Pre-modern Japan
Tokyo, Japan: University of Tokyo Press, 2001. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Rare. With promotional band on dust jacket. Historical demography is the study of patterns and changes in a society's population before the collection of data through modern censuses. For Japan, data on family size and structure, fertility and infant..... More
Protestants: The Radicals Who Made the Modern World
London: William Collins, 2017. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Five hundred years ago a stubborn German monk challenged the Pope with a radical vision of what Christianity could be. The revolution he set in motion toppled governments, upended social norms and transformed millions of people’s understanding of their relationship..... More
Five Hundred Years of Italians in Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Societa Dante Alighieri di Hong Kong, 2013. Margot Errante (photographs). First Edition (presumed), First Printing. Hardcover. Italians were actively involved in the European presence on the China coast in the earliest days of the sixteenth century, almost five hundred years ago. Throughout the intervening five centuries, Italians have..... More
Mammals and their Extinct Relatives: A Guide to the Lila Acheson Wallace Wing
New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1994. Softcover. This guide provides information about each of the 230 specimens on display in the halls of the Lila Acheson Wallace wing at the American Museum of Natural History. More
The Korean Mind: Understanding Contemporary Korean Culture
Tokyo, Japan: Tuttle Publishing, 2012. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Koreans have a unique character and personality that sets them apart from all other Asians. And although Korean attitudes and behavior may be influenced by the modern world, the Korean mindset is still very much shaped by ancient culture and traditions..... More
The Songlines
London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Long ago, the creators wandered Australia and sang the landscape into being, naming every rock, tree, and watering hole in the great desert. Those songs were passed down to the Aboriginals, and for centuries they have served not only as a shared..... More
The Nayars Today
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1976. First Edition. Trade Paperback. The Nayars of Kerala, south-west India, unusually trace descent through the female line and, in the past, had a marriage system in which women were allowed several husbands simultaneously. This system has brought the Nayars continuing fame in anthropological circles..... More
Mediaeval Feudalism
Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1971. Fourteenth Printing. Paperback. Carl Stephenson (1886–1954) at the time of his death was regarded as one of America's foremost medieval scholars. He was a student of Charles Gross and Charles Homer Haskins at Harvard University (graduated 1914), later studied with Henri Pirenne at..... More
Maya: The Riddle and Rediscovery of a Lost Civilization
New York: The Viking Press, 1985. Third Revised Edition. Hardcover. This edition is published in conjunction with the exhibition Maya: Treasures of an Ancient Civilization organized by the Albuquerque Museum. More
Christianity and Classical Culture: A Study of Thought and Action from Augustus to Augustine
London: Oxford University Press, 1974. Emil Antonucci (cover design). Reprint. Trade Paperback. A Galaxy Book. No. GB 7 About the author Charles Norris Cochrane (August 21, 1889 – November 23, 1945) was a Canadian historian and philosopher who taught at the University of Toronto. He is known for..... More
Durable Inequality
Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Trade Paperback. Charles Tilly, in this eloquent manifesto, presents a powerful new approach to the study of persistent social inequality. How, he asks, do long-lasting, systematic inequalities in life chances arise, and how do they come to distinguish members..... More
Archaeology in China: Volume Two Shang China
Cambridge, UK: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd, 1960. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. More
Manchu Archival Materials
Taipei, Taiwan: Linking Publishing, Co., 1988. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Collection of essays by Professor Ch'en Chieh-hsien of National Taiwan University concerning the study of Ch'ing archival material. More
Sinophiles and Sinophobes: Western Views of China
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Rare. This book brings together ninety extracts of Western non-fiction about China, many of which have been out of print for centuries. Authors include Marco Polo, Adam Smith, Somerset Maugham, Pearl Buck, and Sheryl WuDunn. Topics covered include female infanticide, secular..... More
Just Hierarchy: Why Social Hierarchies Matter in China and the Rest of the World
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2020. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. All complex and large-scale societies are organized along certain hierarchies, but the concept of hierarchy has become almost taboo in the modern world. Just Hierarchy contends that this stigma is a mistake. In fact, as Daniel Bell and..... More
Chinese Family Law and Social Change in Historical and Comparative Perspective
Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 1978. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Rare. Contents include standards and rules for marriage during Han times; divorce under traditional Chinese law; family property in traditional China; results of field investigation on ancestral sacrifice in Manchuria; partition of family property in villages in southern Taiwan..... More
Archaeology in China: Volume Three Chou China
Cambridge, UK: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd, 1963. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. More
Return to Laughter
New York: Anchor Books Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1964. Paperback. More
Foxfire 2: Ghost Stores, Spring Wild Plant Foods, Spinning and Weaving, Midwifing, Burial Customs, Corn Shuckin's, Wagon Making
New York: Anchor Books, 1972. Chin-Yee Lai (cover design). Reprint. Softcover. First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia’s philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers. Whether you wanted to hunt game, bake the old-fashioned way, or learn the art of..... More
Foxfire 3: Animal Care, Banjos and Dulimers, Hide Tanning, Summer and Fall Wild Plant Foods, Butter Churns, Ginseng
New York: Anchor Books, 1972. Chin-Yee Lai (cover design). Reprint. Softcover. First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia’s philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers. Whether you wanted to hunt game, bake the old-fashioned way, or learn the art of..... More
The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining (Book 1)
New York: Anchor Books, 1972. Chin-Yee Lai (cover design). Reprint. Softcover. First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia’s philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers. Whether you wanted to hunt game, bake the old-fashioned way, or learn the art of..... More
Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error
New York: Vintage Books, 1979. Paperback. French historians, drawing on their subject’s traditional close links with geography, got increasingly interested in the middle years ofMontaillou the twentieth century in how historical events related to their physical context. One of the leading exponents of this approach was Fernand Braudel, who produced..... More
Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Engelbert Kaempfer's History of Japan was a best-seller from the moment it was published in London in 1727. Born in Westphalia in 1651, Kaempfer travelled throughout the Near and Far East before settling in Japan as physician to the trading..... More
