History, Culture from Lawrence Jones

London: HarperPress, 2006. HEAVY. xxviii, 1617pp, index, bibliography, notes. Black cloth in jacket. Minor wear to jacket, prev owner name etc on title page, brief notes on rearfree endpaper. An integrated history of the culture produced and consumed by Europeans since 1800 and follows its transformation from an elite activity to mass market-from lending libraries to the internet, from the… Read more about this item

Washington D.C.: University Publications of America, 1979. 2 volumes. xxvii, 360; xxvii, pp361-697; index, appendices, tables. Light spotting to cloth, occasional light foxing. Originally published in 1904. All aspects of Japan in the Meiji period.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. 8vo.

Wien: Otto Lorenz, 1938. 265pp, bw & col ills. Yellow cloth, no jacket. Clippings taped in at front, some minor discolouration to cloth and fading to spine, place/year written on half-title,4-line note in Hungarian on title page. Text in German/auf Deutsch.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Brisbane: The Department of Education,Queensland, 1975. 211pp, illustrated throughout in b/w, chronology, map, index, pictorial end-papers. Or boards in jacket. Prev owner name on half-title page, very light edge wear to jacket.The story of Queensland schools from the first European settlement to the 1970s.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Nedlands, WA: University of Western Australia, 1988. xvi, 464pp, few bw ills, maps, endpaper maps, glossaries. Or red glossy boards titled in gold. As new. Includes sections on Chinese, Japanese, Afghan and Indian, Filipino and Malay immigrants to colonial Western Australia as well as South Sea Islanders and West Indians.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/None, as Issued.. 8vo.

Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1977. xvii, 817pp, index, tables, bw ills. Or green cloth in jacket. Several tears and a couple of chips to jacket, prev owner stamp inside front cover. The second of two volumes dealing with Australia's economy during WWII taking the story to the end of the war.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Brisbane: The Department of Education,Queensland, 1975. 211pp, illustrated throughout in b/w, chronology, map, index, pictorial end-papers. Or boards in jacket. Ex-school library with usual stamps etc. Tears to jacket, front flap creased, tape stains to flaps and endpapers.The story of Queensland schools from the first European settlement to the 1970s.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to. Ex-Library.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1972. 3 volumes (complete). 884pp (total) + prelims/bibliographies. Black cloth in jackets. Ex-library with usual stamps etc (inc withdrawn stamps). Slight fading to spines, light foxing. A nice set. Vol 1: Early Times to te Late Seventeenth Century; Vol 2:Peter the great to Nicholas I; Vol 3 Alexander II to the february Revolution.Include selections representing… Read more about this item

St Paul: Motorbooks, 2007. 128pp, index, bibliography, num col ills. Or pictorial card with integral flaps. Near new. Collection of photographs created over 4 Sundays in 1970 which subverts today's prevalent recollections of Kenneth "Von Dutch' Howard, the father of modern pinstriping and guiding light in the creation of hot rod culture. A must have for any kustom-culture afficianado.. First… Read more about this item

Mauritius: Editions De L'Ocean Indien., 1993. ix, 122pp, index, bw ills, maps. Pictorial card. Some silverfish thinning and small hole to title page but otherwise excellent. This revised edition includes new facts and figures on politics and economy covering the period 1984-1987. Also includes a new chapter on Chinese immigration. The book highlights the three kay factors in shaping modern… Read more about this item

London: Allen Lane, 2013. xvii, 506pp, index, further reading, notes, col ills, maps, col endpaper maps. Gray cloth in jacket. Slight bubbling of cloth to front board, otherwise excellent. A history of the Kremlin overmany centuries. From its deepest basements to the red star on the Saviour Tower, the Kremlin preserves traces of all its roles from sacred Orthodox religious… Read more about this item

Canberra: Australian National University, 1968. xxi, 403pp + maps + genealogical tables; index, notes, endpaper maps. Orange cloth in jacket. Fading to spine otherwise excellent. An English language edition of Les Etats hindouises d'Indochine et d'Indonesie.. First Australian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Small 4to.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004. xxxii, 828pp, index, bw ills. Large paperback. Near new. Loosely inserted news clipping.. Inscribed by Author. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Petheo, Bela.. 8vo.

London: Ward, Lock & Bowden Ltd., 1895. viii, 512pp, index, num bw ills. Or pictorial blue cloth decorated and titled in gilt. Bumped at top front and bottom rear corners, prelims toned. Covers most of the important early reformers of the Christian religion including Wycliff, Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, et al, as well as the main Protestant churches including Church… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. xii, 243pp, index, further reading, chronology, bw & col ills. Or boards in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket. The author argues that between 1400-1600 Europe defined itself by trading and competting with its Islamic, African and Asian neighbours. The book tells the story of this intense exchange of ideas, objects and skills and shows… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1943. x, 439pp, index, chronology, mapsbw ills. Rebound in black cloth with emblem from original cloth laid on to front, no jacket. A history of the Netherlands east Indies, now Indonesia.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1927. 242pp, appendix, graphs. Or brown cloth in jacket. Jacket with several white spots to front, page edges foxed, minor offset toning to endpapers, bookseller label on front pastedown. Awarded the Harbison-Higinbotham Scholarship for 1927. The first edition is scarce and rarely seen with its dust-jacket. A breezy record of the coming to Australia of… Read more about this item

New York: The Vendome Press, 1991. HEAVY. 240pp, index, bibliography, num bw photographs. Or black cloth in jacket. Red title on spine faded, minor foxing to page edges. Photographs giving a complete portrait of Berlin during the Weimar Republic, between the end of the Empire and birth of the Third Reich along with an evocative text and detailed captions.. First… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. x, 330 pages, b/w photos, notes, index. Cloth-backed papered boards in dust-jacket. Near new. From the blurb, the author 'examines the impact of the Second World War on soldiers and civilians. He describes the psychological and emotional atmosphere of the war and analyzes the wishful thinking and the euphemisms peopled needed to deal with… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Thames & Hudson / the Conversation, 2020. xii, 212pp. Paperback. Near new. Fifty essays from leading thinkers and contributors to The Conversation examine what will be one of the most significant and punishing years of the 21st century- pandemic, political upheaval, international human rights movement, global recession and localised emergencies.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo.