Paul Wheatley (229 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardcover. Octavo; G/Fair; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, blue with black print on tan banner; DJ has edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, vendor label on front, overall spotting/soiling; Boards in gold cloth, light wear to spine caps and corners, else clean and strong; Text block has spotting to edges, else clean and tight; xix, 602 pages, illustrated (b&w). 1361716. FP New Rockville Stock.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine, apparently unread copy in jacket with a small closed tear and minor wear to extremities. Large, overweight volume may require extra postage.

Paperback. Condition: Used; Very Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine. Damaged cover. The cover of is slightly damaged for instance a torn or bent corner. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages.

Paperback. Condition: Used; Very Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine. Inscription on the first page, typically just a name but may include a dedication or a brief personal message.

Condition: Very Good. 2007th Edition. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Gold hardback silk cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition with lightly rubbed dust jacket. 260mm x 180mm (10" x 7"). 602pp. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas.

Black and white line illustrations, xix + 221pp, nptes and bibliography, glossary with script, index, paperback. This is the first of two volumes that elucidate the manner in which there emerged, on the North China plain, hierarchically structured, functionally specialized social institutions organized on a political and territorial basis during the second millennium BC. They describe the way in which, during subsequent centuries, these institutes were diffused through much of the rest of North and Central China. Author Paul Wheatley equates the emergence of the ceremonial center, as evidenced in Shang China, with a functional and developmental stage in urban genesis, and substantiates his argument with comparative evidence from Nuclear America, Mesopotamia, Egypt, South-East Asia, the Mediterranean, and the Yoruba territories."The Origins and Character of the Ancient Chinese City" seeks in small measure to help redress the current imbalance between our knowledge of the contemporary, Western-style city on the one hand, and of the urbanism characteristic of the traditional world on the other. Those aspects of urban theory which have been derived predominantly from the investigation of Western urbanism, are tested against, rather than applied to ancient China." The Origins and Character of the Ancient Chinese City" examines the cosmological symbolism of the Chinese city, constructed as a world unto itself. It suggests, with a wealth of argument and evidence, that this cosmo-magical role underpinned the functional unity of the city everywhere, until new bases for urban life began to develop in the Hellenistic world. Whereas the majority of previous investigations into the nature of the Chinese city have been undertaken from the standpoint of elites, "The Origins and Character of the Ancient Chinese City" has adopted a point of view closer to that of the social scientist than the geographer.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01.

Glossy Card. Condition: Near Fine (NEAR NEW). No Jacket. Paul Derrick (illustrator). This book is part of a large purchase from a Public Sector Library and except where mentioned are for the most part LIKE NEW! MOSTLY the ONLY flaws are the blacked out (they insisted) Library stamps which show many of them to be UNUSED! FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. FROM A DEALER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE! Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". EX PUBLIC SECTOR LIBRARY BLACK.

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. vii, 231p., office 21 in red ink on the half-title and red ink numbers near the price on inner flap, otherwise a very good first edition stated hardcover bound in blue cloth boards and lightly-worn, unclipped dust jacket. Harcourt review slip laid-in.

Condition: New.

Fabric & Board. Condition: Fair, Good. No Jacket. Geoffrey Squire (illustrator). Reprint. Undated. Blue embossed fabric on board covers with gilt titles to spine, well worn, splits to spine. 188 numbered pages, front blank end paper torn out, sporadic foxing throughout, colour frontispiece only. Binding loose with split to front cover rest holding on with nothing detached. Size 12.5 x 19 cm.

Condition: Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Reprint. Red cloth covers with gilded spine titles & a black & gold cover title design. Taiwanese reprint of University Press original. A Near Fine copy. Book has shelfwear & toning to pages. Interior is tight, clean, & unmarked. 8vo. - over 7¾' - 9¾'.

Condition: Fine (see description). 8vo size, 432pp, colour printed card covers, lots of useful maps and attractive line drawings throughout, contents very clean, binding very firm, no reading crease on spine, very slight shelf wear but overall fine (nearly as new).

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. Ex-Lib. stamp. dw. 29cm. xviii,572pp.

Ex-library. Super 8vo, pp. xx + 602; gold heavy card boards, black label to spine lettered in gilt; illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; tape to boards; adhesive residue to eps from tape; library markings to eps & spine; moderate cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sloppy); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; library markings to plastic wrapper covering).

Soft Cover. Condition: New. Reprint. Reprint of a seminal work on the history, geography and early civilisations of the Malay peninsula first published in 1961, originals of which are now difficult to obtain. A skilled historian and linguist, Wheatley draws on a wide variety of primary sources, including Western classical writers, the records of early Chinese explorers and pilgrims, Indian and Arab traders and later, Javanese and indigenous Malay records, to devise an authoritative account of the development of civilisation on the Malay peninsula, from prehistoric through medieval times. An impressive, coherent and useful reference work. xxxiii, 388 pp., 52 b&w figures, mostly historical maps (4 of which are fold-out), extensive bibliograpy, index. Size: 22 x 14 cm.

Hardcover. Limited Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good slipcase. Spotting on front/rear boards. Top text block edge gilded.

Frontespizio: Saggi sull'ordinamento e la percezione dello spazio urbano nel mondo tradizionale. Presentazione di Giacomo Corna Pellegrini. In 8° (cm 22,2 x 14,8), pp. 196. Bross. tit. nero al dorso bianco. Lievi segni di consunzione ai margini e alle cuffie. Timbro all'occhietto, al frontespizio e alla prima pagina. Lievi tracce di polvere. Condizioni molto buone.

Maps and plans, starts at 225pp - 482pp, notes and bibliography, glossary, index. A very good paperback copy. "'The Origins and Character of the Ancient Chinese City' seeks in small measure to help redress the current imbalance between our knowledge of the contemporary, Western-style city on the one hand, and of the urbanism characteristic of the traditional world on the other. Those aspects of urban theory which have been derived predominantly from the investigation of Western urbanism, are tested against, rather than applied to ancient China. 'The Origins and Character of the Ancient Chinese City' examines the cosmological symbolism of the Chinese city, constructed as a world unto itself. It suggests, with a wealth of argument and evidence, that this cosmo-magical role underpinned the functional unity of the city everywhere, until new bases for urban life began to develop in the Hellenistic world. Whereas the majority of previous investigations into the nature of the Chinese city have been undertaken from the standpoint of elites, 'The Origins and Character of the Ancient Chinese City' has adopted a point of view closer to that of the social scientist than the geographer." (Publisher's description).