J Milner Eds (17 results)

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Book contains pen & pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9780415132770.…

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9780415132770.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 260 pages, portrait frontispiece, a very good hardback in a very good dust-jacket, has the corner snipped off free end-paper.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 1st edition. Good paperback. Ex public library copy. 5905.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 8vo, 111 pages, inked name., wrappers.

No binding. Condition: Very Good. Number Of Pages: 384 Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Release Date: 31-03-1990 EAN: 9780304318827 Item Condition: UsedVeryGood ISBN-13: 9780304318827 ISBN-10: 0304318825.

Soft Cover. Condition: New. First Edition. While humour and laughter are universal human characteristics, tastes and attitudes toward, and social conventions governing the use and expression of humour can vary widely among different cultures. There has in past been a lack of Western language material exploring and explaining humour in Chinese life. The present volume, examining the history, nature and evolution of Chinese humour from ancient times to the early 20th century, provides a highly readable study that admirably addresses this void. Ten internationally acclaimed scholars provide contributions including the exploration of humour and its relationship with healing and traditional Chinese medicine, Confucianism and concepts of 'proper' humour, Daoist humour, humour among members of historical elites, a translation and discussion of Lin Yutang's renowned essay 'On Humour', discovering humour in modern China and more. xviii, 291 pp., 13 b&w figs., notes, bibliography, index. Size: 23 x 15 cm.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Included. The New Middle Ages. viii, 241 pp. Hardcover with DJ. Unread, as new. New list price: $79.95.

Softcover. Condition: Good. No markings, annotations, or inscriptions. (Slightest impression of a previously pencilled price to ffep.) Light tanning to the page block, top edge dust-spotted. Clean and tight over, now age-toned with some local shelf-markings, but showing no tears or conspicuous damage. Translated with and Introduction and Notes by Robin Milner-Gulland and Peter Levi, S.J. (1971 reprint). 92pp.…

Hard cover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Jacket is shelf worn, especially along edges. Back jacket is stained, but readability is not affected. Spine is cocked. Spine edges are bumped. Cover edges are shelf worn. Upper cover corners are bumped. Inside is clean and unmarked.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:9780199569007. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Very Good Minus. First Edition. Essays (by various contributors) on relevant topics to mark the retirement of R.L. Graeme Ritchie (1880-1954) from the Chair of French Language and Literature at the University of Birmingham. Topics covered include: Proust and Hardy/'A Semantic Group in Alpine Romance'/'A Bibliography of Eighteenth-Century Translations of Voltaire'/Rene Bruyez/'An Anglo-French Collection of Books in the Royal Malta Library'/Theophile Gautier/Pontigny/'Two French Attempts to Invade England during the Hundred Years' War'/'Ernest Renan and Alfred Loisy'/Taine and the Goncourt Brothers, etc. First Edn., 1949; full green cloth; titling/plain rules blocked in gilt (bright) to spine; xvi+259+[1]pp.; illus. bw. portrait frontispiece. Spine very lightly crushed at tail, but clean/bright/robust; boards clean/robust/quite crisp/very bright; top/fore edges lightly foxed, but pages very clean/crisp/bright; dj. very lightly foxed on front and lightly rubbed at top/bottom edges, with very small nicks to top of lightly scuffed/lightly sunned spine, but clean/complete. No inscriptions. VG in VG- unclipped dj. PRICE INCLUDES UK POSTAGE & PACKING. Illus. by MARGERY B. ALEXANDER (Frontispiece) (illustrator). Hardback.…

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. 3rd Edition. Hardcover (no jacket) in acceptable condition. Third edition. The edgeworn boards are mottled and lightly marked. The edges and leading corners are worn and frayed. The spine has been reinforced with clear tape, due to a partial split on the front hinge. Bookplate and penned handwriting on the front pastedown. The rear pastedown is a little marked. The pages are foxed throughout and uneven on the edges. The closing pages are bumped and nicked on the lower corner. Small amounts of pen marginalia on a few pages. The binding remains intact. Good condition inside for its age. CM. Used.…

Softbound. Condition: Good. First Edition. Two volume record of papers presented at the Conference on Linguistic Problems of the Indo-Pacific Area, London, 5-8 January, 1965. Spines faded; some papers have underlining, marginalia and occasional commentary by former owner, a well-known scholar of Southeast Asian languages and linguistics. Vol. I: xv, 514 pp., index of languages; Vol. II: viii, 571 pp., index of languages. (Heavy and oversize set - orders outside of Canada may require additional postage.) Size: 24 x 17 cm.…

1st edition orig. cloth As New octavo xvi + 242pp., bibliog., index, inc. papers on US military history; Naval history; Intelligence, a British perspective; military in the FDR.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2 volume set. Faded spines, else Fine. xv, 514 & viii, 571 pages : 25 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. xvi, 242p.