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| CAPON, EDMUND; MACQUITTY, WILLIAM Princes of Jade London, Sphere Books Ltd. 1973. (ISBN: 0351154973) Soft Cover . Sphere Books Ltd, 1973. ISBN: 0351154973. Large illustrated card cover. Very good condition; minor edgewear. In this fascination book, Edward Capon uses the lives of the Jade Princes, discovered during the excavation of the Man Ch'eng tombs in 1968, to provide an amazing account of China in the age of the first of the great ruling dynasties. He examines wars and politics that gave birth to the Han state, the triumph of Conficianism, the ritual magnificence of the Han Court, the rhythms of the countryside, the tramp of armies from the Great Wall of China in the north to the Gulf of Tonkin fifteen hundred miles to the south, and the flowering of the arts. He traces also how the Confucian beliefs adopted by the Han Dynasty became part of the culture and still remain essential to an understanding of modern Chinese society. Contents: Prince of Han; China before the Han Dynasty; Mind over Matter: from Confucius to Lao Tzu; The Han Dynasty; The Court of the Son of Heaven; Everyday Life in Han China; Han Imperialism: China and the West; Art and Culture: the Age of Realism; and The Legacy of Han. Also included Chronological Lists, Select Bibliography and Index. Photographs throughout. 24.5 x 18 cm. 192 pp. Librarius is a small UK based business and we pride ourselves on our customer service. Orders will be securely wrapped and usually dispatched same or next day. Full refunds will be given if you are unhappy with your purchase and return it within 10 days. Photographs of all of our books are available on request; please feel free to email with any enquiries. Very Good. GBP 4.30 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 US$ 7.11 | JP¥ 612] Book number: 002099 Click here to order or inquire at Librarius. | ||
| SABLOFF, JEREMY A. The Cities of Ancient Mexico: Reconstructing a Lost World Thames and Hudson. 1992. (ISBN: 0500275882) Soft Cover . Thames and Hudson, 1992. ISBN: 0500275882. Soft cover. Glossy pictorial covers. Very good condition. Contains a rather intriguing previous owner dedication to title page, but is otherwise unmarked. In this book, the author takes an original approach to ancient Mexico with the emphasis, not on the separate histories of the cultures - Olmec, Zapotec, Maya, Toltec and Aztec - but on their unity within Mexican civilization. In a series of vignettes, the author describes what it would have been like to have lived during the heyday of Mexico's greatest cities. Through the eyes of astronomers and ballplayers, merchants and priests, we see the temples, palaces and tombs of a civilization obsessed with ritual and death. Chapters: Chronological Chart; Introduction; Part I: What Were The Cities Like? 1. Hunters, Villagers and City-Dwellers; 2. San Lorenzo and the Olmecs: Laying the Foundations for Mexican Civilization; 3. Monte Alban: Sacred City of the Zapotees; 4. Teotihuacan: Metropolis in the Valley of Mexico; 5. The Southern Maya Cities of Cerros and Palenque; 6. Uxmal and the Northern Maya Lowlands; 7. Tula: Capital of Toltec Mexico; and 8. The Aztecs and Tenochtitlan; Part II: What Were Their Origins?: 9. The Roots of Mexican Civilization; and Part III: How Do We Know?: 10. Reconstructing the Past; 11. Reconstructing Ancient Mexico; and 12. Reconstructing Life in the Cities. Also contains Gazeteer, Map of Mesoamerica, Further Reading and Notes to the Text. 23 x 15.5 cm. 224 pp. Librarius is a small UK based business and we pride ourselves on our customer service. Orders will be securely wrapped and usually dispatched same or next day. Full refunds will be given if you are unhappy with your purchase and return it within 10 days. Photographs of all of our books are available on request; please feel free to email with any enquiries. Very Good. GBP 7.90 [Appr.: EURO 8.75 US$ 13.07 | JP¥ 1124] Book number: 002120 Click here to order or inquire at Librarius. | ||
| WILLIAM WATSON A Exhibition of Archeological Finds of the People's Republic of China Held at the Royal Academy, London By Permission of the President and Council from 29 September 1973 to 23 January 1974 Times Newspapers Ltd. 1973, First Edition. Soft Cover . Times Newspapers Ltd. 1973. Oversize card cover. First edition. Very good condition. Maps of China to inside front and back covers. Calligraphy by Kuo Mo-jo, Vice President of the National Assembly and President of the Academy of Sciences of China. Full colour and b/w photoplates throughout. The exhibits are divided as follows: The Palaeolithic and Neolithic Periods; The Shang Dynasty; The Western Chou Dynasty and the Period of the Spring and Autumn Annals; The Period of the Warring States; The Ch'in and Western Han Dynasties; The Kingdom of Tien; The Eastern Han Dynasty; The Period of the Six Dynasties; Textiles of the Han Period to T'ang Period and Manuscripts and Food from the T'ang Period; The Sui and T'ang Dynasties; The Period of the Five Dynasties and the Sung Dynasty; and The Liao and Yuan Dynasties. Includes the following additional sections: Introduction; Early Archaeology in China; Chronology; Historical Summary; China in the Asian Context; and Bibliography. 24 x 21 cm. 160 pp. Librarius is a small UK based business and we pride ourselves on our customer service. Orders will be securely wrapped and usually dispatched same or next day. Full refunds will be given if you are unhappy with your purchase and return it within 10 days. Photographs of all of our books are available on request; please feel free to email with any enquiries. Very Good. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 | JP¥ 1423] Book number: 002096 Click here to order or inquire at Librarius. |
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