| James Hurley, Books | |||||||
 |
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|||||||
| This selection contains 6 title(s) on 1 page. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 6 |
| ABBOTT, JACOB Genghis Khan: Mongol Chieftain New York and Akron, D.M. Mac Lellan Book Company. n.d. 303pp, frontis illustration. 12mo/18cm. Decorative cloth, light soil and rubbing, joints tender with some splits, library stamp/bookplate of August W. Burgracher, otherwise internally clean, tight and very good. Jacob Abbott (1803-1879) was a prolific author of great men biographies and other popular works. The Library of Congress lists nearly three hundred title. Schwarz, Bibliotheca Mongolica No 1339 does not give this work high marks. USD 11.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 | £UK 6.75 | JP¥ 971] Book number: 002428 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| FOX, RALPH Genghis Khan. New York, Harcourt Brace and Company. 1936. First American Edition. xiii, 1 L, 285pp, frontis and 7 b/w illustrations, 2 maps (1 folding), bibliography, index. 8vo/21.5cm. Heavy brown buckram gilt, light soil and wear, ex-library marks, folding map has split on one fold, otherwise clean, tight and very good. Includes an introduction to the Mongols and their world. Mostly about Genghis Khan's campaigns in China and Central Asia based mainly on Berezin's Russian tranlation of Rashid-ud-Din and Palladius' Russian translation of The Secret History of the Mongols. Ralph Winston Fox (1900-1937) was a British writer-biographer and translator with more than twenty titles listed in the Library of Congress catalogue. Schwarz. Bibliotheca Mongolica, Part I, 1346. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 | £UK 11 | JP¥ 1589] Book number: 002606 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| LAMB, HAROLD Tamerlane The Earth Shaker Garden City, Garden City Publishing Co.. (1928). Reprint of the McBride edition. 340pp, pictorial end-papers, frontis portrait, bibliography, index. 8vo/21.5cm. Black cloth, light rubbing at extremities, minor ex-lib marks, front matter slightly foxed, otherwise internally fine. Slightly enhanced biography of the Mongol conqueror, Timur, aka Tamerlane, Timour, Timurlane, etc. corrupted forms of the English 'Timur the Lame' (c1336-1405), a descendant of Genghis Khan who conquered Turkestan, Persia, penetrated Russia, invaded India and was about to invade China when he died. Harold Lamb (1892-1962) was a popularizer of historical figures, particularly Asian. USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 | £UK 8.5 | JP¥ 1236] Book number: 002620 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| LISTER, R. P. Genghis Khan New York, Dorset Press. 1969. 4th Printing. xx, 232pp, Introduction, Notes, Chronological Table, Genealogical Tables, Bibliography, Index. 8vo/21.5cm. Hardcover, gilt lettering, shelf wear only, in dj. NF/VG+. A retelling in understandable language of the recently discovered Secret History of the Mongols, written in 1240 A.D. only thirteen years after Genghis Khan's death. It concentrates mainly on his early years. A good read. Bibliotheca Mongolica I, 1367. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 003472 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| ROSSABI, MORRIS Khubilai Khan: His Life and Times Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press. 1988. First Edition. xvii, 322pp, frontis portrait, 14 figures, 3 maps, Note on Transliteration, Glossary of Chinese Characters, Bibliography of Works in Western Languages, Bibliography of Works in Oriental Languages, Index. 8vo/23.5cm. Red cloth gilt in protected dj. NF/NF. Kublai Khan (1215-1294) Emperor of China and Khan of Khans of the Mongol domains was one of the more fascinating characters of Asian history. At the time of writing, Morris Rossabi was Director of the School of Chinese Studies at the China Institute in New York as well as Visiting Professor at Columbia University and Queens College. USD 19.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.75 | £UK 11.5 | JP¥ 1677] Book number: 002964 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| SPULER, BERTOLD The Muslim World: A Historical Survey. Part II The Mongol Period Leiden, E.J. Brill. 1960. Translated from the German by F.R.C. Bagley. First Edition. [vii], 125pp, folding colored map (with 3 inset maps), 3 tables, bibliography, 3 indices. Tall 8vo/24.5cm. Green cloth gilt, light wear and soil, occasional light pencil underlining, otherwise internally fine. Chapter headings include: Ilkhans in Persia, Mongols in Central Asia, The Golden Horde, The Bahri and Burji Mamluks in Egypt, India from Timur to Babar, Qara Qoyunlu and Aq Qoyunlu, Muslims in East Europe, Russian Rule on the Volga, The Crimea. A clear and concise account of the rise of Islam and its rapid expansion throughout the Near and Middle East and into the Far East.. (Ghani p 349). Bertold Spuler (1911- ) of Hamburg University, was a leading authority on the Mongols and Central Asia. USD 32.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.5 | £UK 19.25 | JP¥ 2824] Book number: 002427 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. |
| James Hurley, Books Search Page | ANTIQBOOK's database |
© Antiqbook and James Hurley, Books 2005