Berkeley. University of California Press. 1966. xi + 194pp, notes, bibliography, spine sunned, back cover lifting slightly, still a good hardback copy. This book is based on the Tagore Lectures for the academic year 1962-1963 at the University of California in Berkeley which the author was invited to give. Chapters..... More
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1999. xviii + 300pp, notes, bibliography, index. A good paperback copy. "The greatest economic challenge facing China in the post-Deng era is the reform of unprofitable, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) which threaten to drag down the rest of the economy. Despite an array of well-intentioned, market-oriented reform..... More
London. Barker. 1958. Front endpaper map, 211pp, cellotape stain copyright leaf and contents page, otherwise a very good copy indeed in dustjacket. John Stericker's "pre-war assignment to China on the management of large British-owned cigarette factories forms the basis of this book. He looks back with nostalgia on the China..... More
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東京. [Tokyo]. 株式会社三越. [Kabushiki Kaisha Mitsukoshi]. Showa 11 [ 1936]. Brochure, 20 x 22 cm, colour photographic stiff card covers, 18pp, numerous black and white photographic illustrations, two leaves loosely inserted, in very good condition. 1936 catalogue for the Japan's oldest department store, Mitsukoshi, showcasing exclusive giftware for Christmas, New..... More
Singapore: NUS Press, 2016. 213pp, paperback. "From its creation in 1949 until the 1960s, the Central Bank of the Philippines dominated industrial policy by means of exchange controls, becoming a symbol of nationalism for a newly independent state. The pre-war Philippine National Bank was closely linked to the colonial administration..... More
Singapore. Flame of the Forest. 2002. Profusely illustrated with colour and black and white photographs taken by S.C. Shekar, 210pp, endpapers and verso dustjacket little foxed, otherwise a good hardback copy, quarto. Profiles of women leaders in Southeast Asia and recipes from each country represented. This book was a project..... More
Lanham. Rowman & Littlefield. 2017. [Reprint]. Foreword by John W. Dower. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xxxii + 313pp, notes, index. 23 x 15.4cm. Paperback. "This landmark book documents little-known wartime Japanese atrocities during World War II. Yuki Tanaka's case studies, still remarkably original and significant, include cannibalism; the..... More
Rutland. Tuttle. 2022. Profuse colour illustrations, 64pp, index. Hardback in dustjacket. "Children will get an inside look at Vietnam's vibrant culture, while learning through fun, hands-on games, songs, and activities! This multicultural children's book is perfect for story time at home or in a classroom, and is one children will..... More
Hanoi. Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1978. Black and white photographic illustrations, 102pp, pen markings and received stamp front cover, a sound secondhand copy. 19 x 17.1cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 177071. More
Surrey. Curzon Press. 1999. Reprint. Maps, black and white photographic plates, xviii + 232pp, bibliography, index, a very good paperback copy. "The Legend of the Golden Boat provides a new approach to the study of Southeast Asia's northern borderlands. Based on extensive travel in the upper Mekong hinterland, it is..... More
United States. University of Wisconsin Press. 2012. First Edition. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xiii + 276pp, notes, bibliography, index, a very good paperback copy. "When a populist movement elected Thaksin Shinawatra as prime minister of Thailand in 2001, many of the country's urban elite dismissed the outcome as..... More
Macmillan and Co. Limited. 1908. Blue cloth covered boards, stamped in blind and lettered in gilt. Spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Cloth on the upper corner faintly discoloured, small puncture mark on the spine, endpapers browned but an attractive copy. Eight short stories set mostly in Asia. 20 x...... More
William Heinemann Ltd., 1934. First Edition. Blue cloth covered boards stamped in blind with the head of a Buddha, and lettered in silver on the spine. 363pp +10 pages of publisher's adverts. Cloth faded and upper covr a little marked, internally clean and tight. 19 x 13cm. Putnam Weale was..... More
London. W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 252pp + 6 pages of publisher's advertisments at rear. Blue cloth covered boards titled in blind on the upper board and lettered in gilt on the spine, cloth slightly creased, corners and edges bumped and grazed, small split to the head of spine..... More
Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 2006. Maps, xvii + 392pp, appendix, bibliography, glossary and index, very good in dustjacket. This study explores the life and work of Ruan Yuan (Juan Yuan 1764-1849), a scholar-official in 19th century China prior to the Opium War, before traditional institutions and values became..... More
Seattle. University of Washington Press. 1999. Map, colour and black and white photographic illustrations throughout, xvi + 136pp, index, spine trifle sunned, upper edge lightly foxed, a very good paperback copy. 23 x 20.5cm. "More than ten thousand public artworks have been created in the People's Republic of China since..... More
New York. The New York Press. 1995. First Edition. x + 210pp, dustjacket, a very good secondhand hardback copy. "From her constant contact with a dynamic group of young novelists, filmmakers, and artists in China, Zha is able to describe a wide range of developments largely unknown to Western readers..... More
