Empire On The Seven Seas: The British Empire, 1784-1939.
New York: Scribner, 1940. xi + 391pp., 8vo, cloth; spine lightly faded. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1940). A very good copy. More
COLONIALISM
The Last Colonies
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Maps. 8vo, yellow boards. (Cambridge): Cambridge University Press, (1998). Fine Survey of British, French, and other colonies around the world. More
Voices and Echoes; Tales from Colonial Women.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. London: Quartet Books, (1983). vg. More
The War of the Running Dogs: The Malayan Emergency 1948-1960
New York: Weybright and Talley, 1972. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 284 pages, 8vo, teal cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Weybright and Talley, (1972). First American Edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
St. Eustache Une Des Isles D'Antilles
Optic View. Etching with original hand coloring. Page measures 14 1/4" x 20". A stand off takes place on February 3, 1781 when fifteen large British ships and numerous other smaller ships carrying soldiers and supplies filled the harbor at St. Eustache prepared to invade and take control from the Dutch. George Brydges Rodney the British commander of the fleet had over 1,000 cannons compared to the 12 held by Dutch Governor De Graaff. Ultimately, De Graaff surrendered the island... More
Dark Safari: The Life Behind the Legend of Henry Morton Stanley
New York: Knopf, 1990. 401 pages. Large 8vo, burgundy cloth backed tan boards, dust wrapper. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Europe And America; The Western World in Modern Times
New York: Harcourt, 1961. Illustrated in black and white. 761 pages. 8vo, tan cloth, dust wrapper (wrapper worn and toned). New York: Harcourt, (1961). A very good(+) copy in a good dust wrapper. More
Africa Performed by the Sr. Danville Under the Patronage of the Duke of Orleans
Wall map. Engraving with original outline color. Linen backed. Image measures 38.5 x 37.5 inches. This beautiful large scale map of Africa is from Malachy Postlethwayt's The Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce and represents the glory days of British colonialism and seamanship. Comments are in a conversational format throughout the map. For example, a comment near Ascension Island in the Atlantic says that it was a place English mariners left their letters in corked bottles. Edition is undetermined; there... More
A New and Accurate Map of the Empire of Japan
Map. Engraving. Image measures 14 x 17". This map of the Empire of Japan owes its detail to the writings of Jesuit missionaries and Portuguese and Dutch explorers. The interior of the archipelago is described in great detail, with the names of cities, towns, rivers, and lakes dispersed among pictorial mountains. Furthermore, the map contains ample information about many the smaller islands of the archipelago, which are often accompanied by explanatory notes about discovery and colonialism. Some significant features of... More
Barbarians and Mandarins: Thirteen Centuries of Western Travelers in China
New York: Weatherhill, 1970. Illustrated in black and white. 443 pages, large 8vo, ocher cloth with pictorial gilt stamping and brown and gold spine label, dust wrapper. New York: John Weatherhill, 1970. First edition. Price-clipped. Near fine. More
A New Map of Asia Exhibiting Its Political Divisions drawn from the latest Authorities
London: G. & J. Cary, 1846. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 19.75" x 24.75". This stunning 1846 map of Asia by Cary depicts the continent by vividly color coding its various regions and territories. Centered on the Chinese Empire, Cary's map extends from the Mediterranean Sea to Papua or New Guinea. Identifies the Great Wall of China as well as the Grand Canal. The disputed waters between Korea and Japan are here named in favor of Japan... More
South Africa's Transkei: The Politics of Domestic Colonialism.
Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1967. 2 black & white maps. 200pp. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. (torn near top edge). Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1967. Small ownership signature on endpaper of former American ambassador to Zambia, otherwise a near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Northwestern University, African Studies, Number Nineteen. More
Captives
New York: Pantheon, 2002. Sparsely illustrated in black & white. 438pp. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. New York: Pantheon Books, (2002). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. The story of Britain's pursuit of empire and how its soldiers and civilians were held captive by the dream of global supremacy, 1600-1850. More
The Great Indian Mutiny: A Dramatic Account of the Sepoy Rebellion
New York: Dutton, 1964. Illustrated in black and white. 383 pages (some light foxing to edges), 8vo, black cloth, dust wrapper (price clipped and some chipping and wear). New York: Dutton, (1964). A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
The Great Mutiny: A Dramatic Account of the Sepoy Rebellion.
New York: Dutton, 1964. Illus. 384pp. 8vo, d.w.; wear to d.w. edges. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1964. More
Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Illustrated in black and white. 368 pages, 8vo, green cloth, dust wrapper (light edgewear to wrapper). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Indian Renaissance: British Romantic Art and the Prospect of India
Hants: Ashgate, 2005. With 180 b/w illustrations and 60 in color. 336 pages. Square 4to, green boards, d.w. (Hants: Ashgate Publishing, 2005). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Scarce. More
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[Southeast Asia]; Rare 1725 Map of East Indies and South East Asia
Paris: Réne Augustin Constantin De Renneville, 1725. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 12" x 16.5". This rare and wonderful map of Southeast Asia and the East Indies dates to 1725. Issued by Réne Augustin Constantin De Renneville, the map extends from Pegu in modern day Myanmar (Burma) to New Guinnea and Timor and includes Java, Malay, Sumatra, Borneo, Indonesia, Philippines, and the Moluccas. Incredibly detailed with rhumb lines and beautifully rendered forest and mountains, the map notes numerous important cities... More
A Lion in the Sun: A Background Book on the Rise and Fall of the British Empire.
New York: Parent's Magazine, 1973. 280pp., short 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper rubbed, lightly soiled. New York: Parent's Magazine Press, (1973). A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More
British Land Policy at the Cape, 1795-1844: A Study of Administrative Procedures in the Empire.
Durham: Duke University, 1968. 226pp. 8vo, d.w. Durham: Duke University Press, 1968. vg. More
The United Nations and Decolonization: The Role of Afro-Asia
The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1971. 8vo, red library cloth, ex-lib, cloth lightly soiled. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1971. More
From Empire to Nation: The Rise to Self-Assertion of Asian and African Peoples
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1960. x + 466pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; minor chipping to edge of dust wrapper. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1960. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Men in the Tropics: A Colonial Anthology.
London: 1949. Illus. 380pp. 8vo, cloth. London, 1949. More
Below the Peacock Fan: First Ladies of the Raj
Canada: Viking, 1987. Illustrated with black and white photos. 337 pages, 8vo, green and white cloth, dust wrapper. Canada: Viking, (1987). A very good(+) copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Sepoy and the Cossack
New York: World Publishing Company, 1971. Illustrated in black and white. 274 pages, 8vo, red cloth, blue dust wrapper (some overall wear to wrapper). New York: World Publishing, (1971). A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. "The absorbing story of the clashing ambitions of two imperial powers - Russia and Great Britain - for the crowning imperial jewel, India, in the nineteenth century" More