xxi, 302p. Dark Blue Boards. Internally fine copy. Front board is bent down the middle, causing bowing . This is a quite serviceable copy. n this book, Julia Ching offers a survey of over 4,000 years of Chinese civilization through an examination of the relationship between kingship and mysticism. She investigates the sage-king myth and ideal, arguing that institutions of kingship were bound up with cultivation of trance states and communication with spirits. Over time, the sage-king myth became a model for the actual ruler. As a paradigm, it was also appropriated by private individuals who st... View More...
256p. A very good copy, with moderate bumps to the lower forecorners of the covers, in a very good d.j. which has a near one-inch tear at the top of the front panel. This copy is signed by the author and inscribed by Eugene Pogatch who newly translated some of Albrecht Haushofer poems which are in this book. Laid-in the book is a photocopy of a letter from Lord Bullock to Dr. Pugatch. The inscription reads: "For John Waters / "Good Friend" / with warmest regards / Eugene Pugatch / Summer, 1993." View More...
967pgs. Blue and Beige covers. Black and white photographs. light mottling on the endpapers, foreedge, otherwise as new. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear, otherwise fine. This is Volume four of the eight volume set, his recovery from the fall at Gallipoli, defeating the Germans in World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution, a treaty with Ireland, and the consolidation of the Jewish National home in Palestine. View More...
967pgs. Blue and Beige covers. Black and white photographs. Light scuffing to top edge of textblock. Clipped jacket has a few large chips and creasing along the extremities, and light scuffing throughout. Front hinge is loose but remains intact. Book has a slight lean to it. Pages are clean and unmarked. This is Volume Four of the eight volume set, his recovery from the fall at Gallipoli, defeating the Germans in World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution, a treaty with Ireland, and the consolidation of the Jewish National home in Palestine. View More...
