Sydney. N.S.W. Bookstall Co., (Circa 1942). 61pp, stiffened wrappers, lightly soiled and with some insect damage to lower edge, some foxing and browning, otherwise good. 18 x 12.5cm. The supposed text of the Tanaka Memorial, a purported secret paper drafted by the Cabinet of Tanaka Giichi in 1927, outlining long-term..... More
Vienna. (Circa 1810). Incomplete volume in Old German with 11 pages of handcoloured drawings by the author showing the costumes and housing of different countries across the world, ii - xiv + 268pp. Lacks the title page and some of the plates and a few pages of text. Disbound but..... More
Sydney. Pacific Publications. 1968. Tenth Edition. 6 black & white folding maps and numerous maps throughout the text, xcvi + 767pp, index. Cloth-covered boards lettered in black, cloth slightly discoloured and sunned on the spine, ex-library markings, endpapers discoloured, but the text is clean and firmly bound. The true Pacific..... More
Edinburgh. William Blackwood and Sons Limited. 1934. 267pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, lettered in gilt on the spine, prize label on the front fixed endpaper. A clean and firm copy. 18 x 12cm. An anthology of short stories, titled: 'Ode to One of the Old Indian Troopships'; 'The Green Curve'; 'Patrick..... More
Rangoon. Superintendent, Government Printing & Stationary. 1953. Fifth Edition. ii + 156pp. Ownership details on browned front free endpaper, some light soiling but a sound and clean copy. "Instead of embodying the following orders in Volume I of the Manual it has been thought best to reproduce them as Appendices"..... More
London. Peter Davies. 1943. Reprint. 394pp. Red cloth-covered boards lettered in gilt on the spine which is faintly sunned. With a prefatory poem by John Masefield, dated 15th October 1942. When referring to this item please quote stockid 168804. More
New York. Institute of Pacific Relations. 1940. xiv + 250pp. Red cloth-covered boards, endpapers and text block edges age-toned, an ex-library copy with withdrawn stamp and usual markings, a good firm copy. An inquiry organised by the Institute of Pacific Relations into the problems arising from the conflict in the..... More
New York. The John Day Company. 1949. Map, xi + 363pp, index. Original cloth-covered boards, sunned on the spine, part of the dustjacket has been laid down on the front and rear free endpapers, a prior owner's name penned front pastedown, otherwsie a very good firm copy. 21 x 14cm..... More
Tokyo. The Japan-Netherlands Institute. 1992. Maps, colour folding illustrations and black and white illustrations, xxiv + 595pp, indicies, lists, glossary. Spine & slipcase bruised, blue cloth has some puncture marks on the edge of the spine, the slipcase has also been damaged in the same spot and has been strengthened..... More
Oxford. Oxford University Press. 1942. Map, 32pp, card wrappers slightly soiled, one page with notes and marginalia, still a good firm copy. 18.5x 12cm. Oxford Pamphlets on World Affairs, No. 54: "Traces the course of Japanese foreign policy and in particular Japanese relations with Great Britain, from the making of..... More
Rutland. Charles E. Tuttle. 1953. Reprint. Revised and Enlarged Edition. 31pp, soft orange wrappers, small closed tear neatly repaired on the top edge, a nice copy. 18 x 13cm. A facsimile of the 1879 edition. Twenty Second Thousandth. When referring to this item please quote stockid 214521. More
[Rangoon]. Ministry of Union Culture, Government of the Union of Burma. (Circa 1955). Black and white photographic illustrations, folding colour map in rear pocket, 158pp, small octavo, pictorial wrappers, lovely bright and clean copy. Fascinating snapshot of life in Rangoon during the fifties, with lists of foreign missions, hotels, bookshops..... More
Tokyo. Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways. 1937. Folding colour map in pocket at rear, black and white illustrations, colour frontispiece illustration, 134pp. Soft card wrappers slightly age toned, minor wear extremities, a good firm copy. 22 x 15cm. Describes Japanese culture, beliefs, leisure, work etc. When referring to..... More
Deventer. N. Kluwer. 1951. Decorated card covers 12pp, booklet with folding diagrams and 'errata in diagrams' loosely inserted. Also an empty wrapper titled 'The Book of Battles'24 x 15cm The charts and diagrams are in fine condition. Diagrams are: 1. The Fundamental Symbolism of Traditional Psychology; 1a. Genesis, the Path..... More
Chicago. University of Chicago Press. 1938. Second Impression. Revised Edition by J.G. McIlroy. viii + 144pp, index. Library markings, a good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 214484. More
London. Jonathan Cape. 1928. [Reprint]. 254pp, blue cloth, pictorial spine gilt, endpapers browned, prior owner's ex-libris label and dedication on the front paste-down, dust wrapper head & tail of spine chipped, still a very good copy. Traveller's Library edition. 17.5 x 11.5cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More
Sydney. A.H. Pettifer, Government Printer. [ 1900]. Second Australian Edition. 91pp. Green cloth covered boards lettered in white, edges and corners rubbed, a prior owner's name on the front free endpaper, still a good firm copy. 23 x 15cm. The Motu Tribe live along the coast from Manumanu, in the..... More
London. His Majesty's Stationery Office. January, 1936. Charts and tables, xl + 248pp, mylar front cover and card rear cover, prior owner chop on title page. A good copy. 24 x 13.5cm. The term 'Excluded Areas' and 'Partially Excluded Areas' originated in the Government of India Act 1935. These were..... More
London. Hodder & Stoughton. [ 1924]. First Edition. 8 attractive tipped-in coloured illustrations by Leo Bates, 243pp. Red cloth binding, stamped on spine and upper board with swastika device, small mark on rear board, spine slightly sunned, endpapers browned but a very good firm copy. 20 x 13.5cm. A collection..... More
New York. Appleton-Century. 1944. 297pp, library stamps on the endpapers. Orange cloth covered boards, sunned on the spine, text block clean and tight. 20 x 13cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 168836. More
Boston. The Christopher Publishing House. 1937. First Edition. 90pp. Red cloth covered boards in near fine dustwrapper, very faintly sunned at the spine, text block edges and endpapers age-toned but a firm and clean presentation copy from the author with his handwritten signature and Chinese characters on the front free..... More
Chicago. Missionary Campaign Library. 1902. Black and white frontispiece and illustrations from photographs, 248pp. Green decorated cloth-covered boards, endpapers browned with a prior owner's dedication on the front free endpaper, spine slightly darkened, else a lovely clean copy. Mission Campaign Library No. 2 When referring to this item please quote..... More
National Geographic Society. 1923. Black and white folding photographic panorama 18 x 111.7 cm, 24.2 x 115.8cm (sheet), light wear along one fold and small marginal fold split, in very good condition. A fine view of a section of the Great Wall of China "this Long Rampart the most stupendous..... More
[Bandoeng]. 治第四六二六部隊. [Osamu Dai 4626 Butai]. Showa 17 [ 1942]. Twenty nine full page black and white line illustrations, list of contents and some text in Japanese on last plate but otherwise entirely illustrations by Samizu Kōhei, 31pp, 23 x 31.5cm. Complete, although plate six is not included, the work..... More
Australia. National Gallery of Australia. 2014. Map, profusely illustrated with black & white and sepia photographic illustrations, 176pp, bibliography, index. A very good copy. "Garden of the East opens the door to a time of change in Indonesia in the century before independence from Dutch colonial interests. It takes the..... More