United Kingdom. Bamboo Publishing. 1990. Map, colour and black and white photographic illustrations, notes, index, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. 26.5 x 26.5cm. Encompasses pieces made during the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, a period of some nine hundred years between about 1000 and 1900 AD. When referring..... More
Vietnam: Vietnamese Women's Museum. n.d. Colour illustrations, 155pp, slight bookmark indent half-title, light rubbing on extremities, good paperback copy with French flaps. 29.5 x 22.5cm. Sections include: Women in Family; Women in History; Women's Fashion. Includes much information about the part Vietnamese women played in the war against the Americans..... More
Peking. Foreign Languages Press. 1968. 101pp, 18.3 x 13cm. Bright orange wrappers little worn with spine slightly sunned, head of spine lightly bumped, otherwise a very good copy. A booklet issued at the height of the Cultural Revolution recounting Lei Feng's life, and extolling his virtues as a model citizen..... More
Wien. Gunter Olzog Verlag Munchen. 1982. Black and white photographic plates, xii + 332pp, list of abbreviations, notes, bibliography, index. Paperback covers patchily faded, otherwise a very good copy. East-West Synthesis, Volume 1. "The many-sided processes of revolutionary reconstruction and modernization in 20th century China originated to a large degree..... More
New York. Frederick A. Stokes. 1932. 315pp, index, 21 x 15cm. Boards worn and somewhat soiled, otherwise a good copy. A collection of essays originally published in "a Far Eastern journal". Topics discussed include customs, traditions, language, history, masculinity, foreign relations and foreign influences. When referring to this item please..... More
Harmondsworth. Pelican. 1942. 128pp, bibliography, 18 x 11.3cm. Pages evenly browned throughout, endpapers separated from staple binding, original wrappers browned and worn, tail of spine chipped with little loss, overall a fair copy. "China's four years' resistance to aggression has surprised friends and enemies alike, and Japan's alliance with the..... More
London. Victor Gollancz. 1946. Left Book Club edition. xlii + 290pp, 18.7 x 13cm. Leaves evenly browned throughout, cloth-covered boards somewhat worn, with spine faded, otherwise a good copy. A collection of articles by Chinese Communist figures, as well as foreign observers regarding the Communist side of the Chinese Civil..... More
Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1919. vii + 380pp, appendices, index, 19.7 x 13.6cm. Some pages little soiled and browned, dustjacket worn with head of spine chipped with little loss, protected by a previous owner, otherwise a good copy. Histories of the Nations series. "This book is an attempt to deal with..... More
Beijing. Foreign Languages Press. 2003. Reprint. Endpaper maps, black and white photographic plates, xix + 276pp, 23.5 x 15.5cm. Preliminary pages and edges little foxed, ribbon bookmark frayed, otherwise a very good hardback copy. China Society for People's Friendship Studies Light on China series. "A behind-the-scenes story of China's valiant..... More
New York. Simon & Schuster. 2009. Hardcover Edition. Black and white photographic plates, xxv + 306pp, 24 x 16.5cm. Edges little marked and worn, with upper edge little foxed, dustjacket protected by a previous owner, otherwise a very good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166503... More
Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press. 1972. Black and white photographic illustrations, 327pp, notes, bibliography, glossary, index, 24 x 16.5cm. Edges little marked, dustjacket protected by a previous owner, a very good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166338. More
New York. Carroll & Graf. 2004. Map, black and white photographic plates, xxix + 562pp, notes, bibliography, index, 24.3 x 16.5cm. Dustjacket protected by a prior owner, a very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 165995. More
Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1972. 2nd Edition. Map, 258pp, appendix, bibliography, index, 22.2 x 14.5cm. Boards little bumped along lower edge, dustjacket somewhat worn and soiled, now protected, otherwise a very good copy. First published in 1961, this edition is revised to include updated research by Western and Chinese scholars..... More
London. Carlton. September1999. Colour photographic illustrations, 128pp, glossa2y, index, slight rubbing along extremities, otherwise very good hardback copy. 29 x 23.5cm. This book "describes every aspect of the often harsh lives of geisha: their elaborate dresss, hair and make-up; the ceremonies and rituals in which they are involved; their accomplishment..... More
London. Peter Owen. 1974. Translated from Bengali by Aurobindo Bose. Foreword by Hermann Hesse. 142pp, sources, glossary, index, 22.3 x 14.2cm. Dustjacket price clipped and a little worn, otherwise a very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 172994. More
Oxford. University Press. 1976. Folding map of Hyderabad in rear, black and white photographic plates, x + 141pp, bibliography, 22.1 x 14cm. Inscription and signature of the author on front free endaper. Boards little worn, otherwise a very good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 172993... More
Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1968. Map, black and white photographic illustrations, 35 colour plates tipped in, xv + 142pp, prior owner's signature front free endpaper, closed tears on worn dustjacket, good hardback copy. 31 x 22.5cm. "John Kenneth Galbraith once said that he accepted the post of Ambassador to India..... More
United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis Ltd, 1996. First Paperback Edition. 249pp, notes, bibliography, index, spine a touch creased, good paperback copy. Emperor Hirohito reigned for more than 60 years, yet we know little about him or the part he really played in the turbulent history of Showa Japan. This text..... More
Endpaper maps, maps, colour and black and white illustrations, 392pp, leaf carelessly cut with some creasing, endpapers a little browned, hardback covers a touch worn, good copy. Contents include: Arid Afghanistan; The Republic of India; Pakistan; Kashmir in the Himalayas; Through Three Forbidden Lands; Burma on the Bay of Bengal;..... More
Jakarta. Aliansi Jurnalis Independen. 1994. iii + 125pp, paperback, extremities a little rubbed, good condition. 17 x 11cm. Text in Bahasa. When referring to this item please quote stockid 172988. More
Black and white illustrations, 64pp, rubbing along extremities, good paperback copy in stapled wrappers. Text in Bahasa. When referring to this item please quote stockid 172987. More
Indonesia. Pustaka Jaya. 1977. Reprint. 147pp, prior owner's sticker half-title, edges a touch foxed, cover extremities rubbed, good paperback copy. Text in Bahasa. When referring to this item please quote stockid 172986. More
New Delhi: 1991. Reprint. viii + 378pp, slightly worn hardback covers, 16.5 x 10cm. William Jones, Charles Wilkins, H.T. Colebrooke, H.H. Willson, George Turnour, James Rajendralal Mitra, Kasinath Trimbak Telang Fergusson, Bhaudaji and Indraji, Buhler, Monier Williams, Max Muller, J.F. Fleet, Edwin Arnold, Ralph T. Griffith, Sister Nivedita, W. Whoteney..... More
No place of publication. No details of publisher. August1967. 12pp, closed tears spine and cover neatly mended with archival tape, evenly browned throughout, lower wrapper a little marked, good in original wrappers. Text in Chinese. 26 x 18.6cm. This volume is divided into 11 sections detailing Tao's crimes. Tao Zhu..... More
Peking. Foreign Languages Press. 1976. 2nd Edition. 29pp, notes, light rubbing on covers, good in wrappers. Text translated from Chinese into English. 20.8 x 13cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 172580. More
