New Arrivals
Empireland. How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain.
London. Penguin. 2022. xii + 339pp, bibliography, notes, index. Paperback. New. "In Britain, imperialism is everywhere - though we often choose not to see it. From the way we travel and the foundation of the NHS to the nature of our racism and wealth, it is central to the way..... More
We Need To Talk About Xi. What We Need to Know About the World's Most Powerful Leader.
London. Ebury Press. 2024. xi + 193pp. Paperback. New. "A short, urgent book that sorts the fact from the fiction about Xi Jinping - one of the world's most powerful political leaders - to truly understand how he came to power, his hold on China and why we should care..... More
Home in the World. A Memoir.
London. Penguin. 2022. xv + 461pp, notes, index. Paperback. New. "The extraordinary early life in India and England of one of the world's leading public intellectuals. Where is 'home'? For Amartya Sen, home has been many places - Dhaka in modern Bangladesh, the little university town of Santiniketan, where he..... More
Autumn Light. Japan's Season of Fire and Farewells.
London. Bloomsbury. 2020. 235pp. Paperback. New. "Returning to his home in Japan after his father-in-law's sudden death, Pico Iyer soon picks up the steadying patterns of his everyday rites: going to the post office in the day and engaging in spirited games of ping-pong in the evenings. But in a...... More
Picturesque Ceylon.
Kandy. (Circa 1950). Black and white map, black and white photographic plates, 81pp. A prior owner's signature neatly penned half title, original pictorial wrappers trifle shelf worn, overall a very good copy. 20 x 15cm. Features a short descriptive text about the newly self-governing Dominion of Ceylon, alongside many black..... More
The Art of East Asia.
Cologne. Konemann. 1999. First English Language Edition. Two volumes, 406 + 407pp, hardback. Beautiful two-volume set in dustjackets and presented in an attractive pictorial slipcase. Profusely illustrated with colour photographic illustrations throughout and maps. Excellent set. 32 x 27.5cm. Chapters on the art of China, Indonesia, Korea, the Champa Kingdoms..... More
Archives of China's Imperial Maritime Customs. Confidential Correspondence Between Robert Hart and James Duncan Campbell 1874 - 1907.
Beijing. Foreign Languages Press. 1990- 1993. Compiled by Second Historical Archives of China, Institute of Modern History, CASS. 4 volumes. Black and white plates in all volumes. Volume I: xviii + 942pp. Volume II: iii + 1158. Volume III: ii + 1576pp. Volume III: iii + 675pp. Volume IV: ii..... More
China.
New York. Holt. (circa 1943). Photographs arranged and edited by Fritz Henle. Comprising mainly full page black and white photographic illustrations showing many aspects of life in China. 191pp. Dustjacket faded and torn with loss, half title and title page very lightly browned, spine a little discoloured, few small marks..... More
Package Design in Japan
Taschen. First Edition. Numerous full-page coloured photographic illustrations, 239pp, profiles of each artist. 30 x 24cm. Stiffened illustrated card wrappers. A fine copy. 'To the Japanese any physical object is more than a simple matter as it contains the presence of some being.' This for the Japanese packaging is not..... More
The Independence of East Timor. Multi-Dimensional Perspectives - Occupation, Resistance, and International Political Activism.
Brighton. Sussex Academic Press. 2011. xi + 261pp, notes, index. A very good paperback copy. "This book is a history of the struggle for independence after East Timor was invaded by Indonesia in 1975. The occupation, which lasted 24 years, was immediately resisted through guerrilla warfare and clandestine resistance. A...... More
Kashmir in Arms. The Hour of Reckoning.
[Rawalpindi]. Department of Films and Publications, Government of Pakistan. September, 1965. 12pp. Margins and upper cover neatly annotated in black pen, otherwise a very good copy. 18 x 12.5cm. Transcript of a radio broadcast by the then-Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, regarding the ongoing Indo-Pakistani War over Kashmir..... More
Chinese Classical Furniture.
New York. Oxford University Press. 1995. Reprint. Endpaper maps, colour and black and white illustrations, vi + 74pp, index, selected bibliography, glossary. A prior owner's signature neatly pencilled half title, a very good hardback copy. Images of Asia series. When referring to this item please quote stockid 215922... More
Letters to T.E. Lawrence.
Jonathan Cape. 1962. First Edition. 216pp, index, dustjacket, dustjacket marked and chipped at the corners, tan cloth covered boards lettered in gilt, endpapers a little foxed but the text block is clean, one leaf creased but a very good copy of the first edition. 23 x 15cm. Contains letters written..... More
The Epic of Mount Everest.
London. Edward Arnold & Co., 1926. 2 maps, 16 black and white photographic illustrations, including frontispiece, tan cloth covered boards lettered in brown, 319pp, index, 16 pages of publisher's advertisments dated Autumn 1926. Some late 20th century Himalayan related news clippings loosely inserted. Inscriptions on front free endpaper, faint scattered..... More
Java. Facts and Fancies.
The Hague. W.P Van Stockum and Son. 1912. [Reprint]. 160 black and white photographic illustrations throughout, 321pp, original blue cloth covered boards, pictorial covers stamped in black and in gilt on the spine and upper cover now a little dull but still very legible. Contents are very clean and sound..... More
Travelers' Map of Japan, Chosen (Korea), Taiwan (Formosa), with Brief Descriptions of the Principal Tourist Points in Japan.
[Tokyo]. Japanese Government Railways. 1925. Large folding colour map, 78.5 x 80 cm, of Japan and Korea, Six inset maps one of which shows Taiwan; tipped into the original green cloth covered case with green ties, the cloth a little faded, decorative title-page and text in 30 panels on the..... More
An Appeal from Members of the Indian Parliament to Save the Life of Mujibur Rahman.
Canberra. Information Service of India, High Commission of India. 1971. Double-sided sheet, neatly folded into thirds. A very good copy of this scarce publication. 30 x 21.5cm. A sympathetic appeal from members of the Indian Parliament to UN Secretary-General U Thant, outlining their concerns regarding the ongoing Bangladesh Liberation War..... More
Warlike Snips and Snaps: Letters written by Babu Piche Lal, B.A. from Mesopotamia.
Bombay. The Times Press, 1918. First Edition. Map, black and white sketches throughout, (v) + 151pp, coloured illustrated boards by H. Taylor. One leaf carelessly opened with damage at margin, occasional spotting, Indian railway bookstall stamp one blank, boards a little worn and marked, cloth spine worn but firm. Some..... More
From Pole to Pole. A Book for Young People.
London. Macmillan & Co., Limited. 1912. Maps, black & white portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 407pp + 2 adverts, blue pebbled cloth covered boards lettered and stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, front endpaper some marks, new free endpaper, slight wear to spine edges but generally a very..... More
Through Central Asia: Diplomacy and Delimitation of the Russo-Afghan Frontier
London. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. 1887. Fold-out coloured map facing the title page, 74 black & white engraved illustrations, xx+ 668pp original blue cloth covered boards blocked in black & gilt. Slight age toning to the edges, corners bumped, spine a little darkened, but a very good firm..... More
Pax Britannica. Complete in 3 Volumes.
London. Faber & Faber. 1973- 1968 & 1978. First editions. 3 volumes complete. Volume I: Heaven's Command. An Imperial Progress., 554pp. Volume II: Pax Britannica. The Climax of an Empire., 544pp. Volume III: Farewell the Trumpets. An Imperial Retreat. 576pp. Colour pictorial endpapers, black and white illustrations, indices, dustjackets. Prior..... More
Taohuawu Woodblock New Year Prints, Suzhou.
Nanjing. Jiangsu Ancient Book Publishing House. 1991. Tipped in colour frontispiece, illustrated throughout in colour, 167pp, text in Chinese and English. Very good copy in plastic printed dustjacket. 28.8 x 21.5cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 215934. More
Punjab District Gazetteers. Montgomery District, Part A.
Lahore. Government Printing. 1935. Revised Edition. Four folding colour maps, xi + 311 pages 26.5 x 18 cms; original papered boards (spotted and a trifle scuffed), linen backstrip with paper title label (worn); foredges and endpapers spotted, a few leaves toned, but on the whole in very good condition, the..... More
台灣省地圖. [Taiwansheng ditu]. [Map of Taiwan Province].
地圖出版社. 1954. Reprint. Colour folding map of Taiwan showing all major cities, towns and villages, railways, highways, roads, rivers and sea routes. Topographical inset map at lower left, Taiwan Straits with mainland coast inset map at top left. Each map has its own scale. Text in traditional Chinese characters. Washi..... More