Kathmandu. Ratna Pustak Bhandar. 1975. 1234pp, cloth rubbed along joints in particular, dustjacket cellotape damaged in places, good copy. Bibliotheca Himalayica. This dictionary surpasses existing dictionaries in both scope and comprehensiveness. Containing over 80,000 lexical items used in political, social, economic, literary, and scientific discourse, this invaluable sourcebook includes the... More
Manila. National Arts Council. 1994. Revised & enlarged edition. 353pp, paperback. Spine trifle marked, otherwise very good. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 162231). More
United Kingdom. Granta Books. 2010. Map, black and white photographic illustrations, 265 pages, paperback. On May 2, 2008, an enormous tropical cyclone made landfall in Burma. The cyclone wreaked untold havoc, but the regime, in an unfathomable decision of near-genocidal proportions, blocked international aid from entering the country, and provided... More
Delhi. Star Publications. 2001. Combined edition. 1460pp, very good hardback in dustjacket. Ownership stamp of a prior owner front paste down. Combined dictionary which includes oer 70,000 words with meanings from English to Urdu and Urdu to English. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 162226). More
Delhi. Sant Singh & Sons. No date. Reprint. 1513pp + 13 page appendix. A prior owner's details front free endpaper, hardback, fragmented dustjacket. A good copy in black cloth with white lettering on spine and upper cover. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 162225). More
![熊野太地浦捕鯨史. [Kumano Taijiura hogeishi]. [Whaling history at Kumano Taijiura]. THE COMMITTEE FOR COMPILATION OF A. HISTORY OF WHALING AT TAIJIURA.](/pictures/thumb/162126.jpg?v=1546655448)
平凡社, Showa 44 [1969]. Limited edition of 1000 copies. A complete set of seven volumes with booklet in English and Japanese. Six concertina style volumes (translated as "scrolls") illustrated in colour throughout with reproductions of old illustrations relating to various aspects of whaling. Each volume in Japanese paper covered boards... More
The Hague. Mouton. 1973. 156pp, bibliography, index, front-free endpapers little browned, paperback covers worn extremities with some foxing lower cover, two small closed tears covers, still a good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 162217). More
Singapore. NUS Press, 2018. vi + 249pp, index, paperback. The countries that make up Southeast Asia are seeing an incredible resurgence in their economic power. Over the past fifty years, their combined wealth has reached the same level as the United Kingdom and, taken together, they are on track to... More
China. Tuttle Publishing. c.2013. [Reprint]. Illustrations, hardback. "My First Book of Chinese Words" introduces Chinese language to preschool children in a gentle, playful way. The ABC structure provides a familiar framework that encourages fun and easy learning. The everyday words presented in this book include many that have special significance... More
Victoria. Otherland. 1996,1997, 1999. Three volumes. 1996, no. 2; 1997, no. 3; 1999, no. 5. Some soiling and wear to wrappers, overall good. In Chinese, with table of contents in English and Chinese for numbers 2 & 3 (only Chinese for number 5). Literary journal, which includes novellas, short stories... More
Melbourne. Robertson & Mullens. 1943. 69pp, original wrappers, spine chipped with loss, upper wrapper somewhat acidic and torn along upper hinge, name and stamp of a prior owner front free endpaper. Aid for learning Japanese written by well known Australian journalist Peter Russo. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 99831). More
London. Hakluyt Society. 1983. Black and white illustrations, maps, xxiv + 580pp, index, dustjacket slightly worn at edges, otherwise very good. Second series no. 161. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 64491). More
Van Dorp & Co., n.d. vi + 324pp, endpapers very lightly foxed and soiled, binding little worn, gilt lettering spine, upper cover lifting slightly, a good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 62621). More
London. Hakluyt Society. 1996. xi + 336pp, indices, neat name front free endpaper, very good in dustjacket. Second series No. 183. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 50843). More
London. Hakluyt Society. 1983. Black and white illustrations, maps, xxiv + 580pp, index, very good in protected dustjacket. Second series no. 161. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 50837). More
Canton. S. Wells Williams. 1849. Octavo, contemporary wrappers pasted over the original printed wrappers, spine with early manuscript title ‘Manchu Language’, sewn as issued, the Sir Thomas Phillipps copy inscribed "MHC" and with shelf-mark in ink on inside of upper cover, 1 leaf with the title in Manchu and Chinese... More
Australasian Medical Publishing. Sydney. 1942. All Japanese text (except from title page and intro). 175pp, index, attractive book plate tipped in front free endpaper, covers little marked, otherwise sound copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 162212). More
Trustees of the British Museum. Reprint. 1967. 50 plates, ex library with neat cancelled stamps endpapers, tall quarto, very good and clean. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 162210). More
Trustees of the British Museum. Reprint. 1966. 50 plates, ex library with neat cancelled stamps endpapers, tall quarto, very good and clean. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 162208). More
Trustees of the British Museum. Reprint. 1967. 50 plates, ex library with neat cancelled stamps endpapers, tall quarto, very good and clean. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 162207). More
Trustees of the British Museum. Reprint. 1967. 50 plates, ex library with neat cancelled stamps endpapers, tall quarto, very good and clean. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 162206). More
Trustees of the British Museum. Reprint. 1965. 50 plates, ex library with neat cancelled stamps endpapers, tall quarto, very good and clean. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 162205). More
Trustees of the British Museum. Reprint. 1964. 50 plates, ex library with neat cancelled stamps endpapers, tall quarto, very good and clean. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 162204). More
Trustees of the British Museum. Reprint. 1962. 50 plates, ex library with neat cancelled stamps endpapers, tall quarto, very good and clean. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 162203). More
Trustees of the British Museum. Reprint. 1968. 50 plates, ex library with neat cancelled stamps endpapers, tall quarto, very good and clean. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 162202). More
