Peking. Foreign Languages Press. 1977. Colour illustration throughout, unpaginated, light foxing lower cover with loss upper right corner. Text translated from Chinese into English.18.2 x 16.2cm. Two revolutionary stories titled "A 'Coconut' Mine" and "Child Sentries" included in this volume. When referring to this item please quote stockid 172578... More
Peking. Foreign Languages Press. 1966. 12 + [1]pp, good in wrappers. Text translated from Chinese into English. 20.3 x 13.9cm. Includes 16 decisions regarding the Cultural Revolution adopted on August 8, 1966. When referring to this item please quote stockid 172577. More
Peking. Foreign Language Press. 1966. 2nd enlarged edition. 16 + [1]pp, light foxing upper cover, otherwise very good in wrappers. Text translated from Chinese into English. 18.4 x 13cm. "This booklet was first published in 1964 under the title Statements by Mao Tse-tung Calling on the People of the World..... More
Peking. Foreign Language Press. 1968. 48pp, notes, very good in wrappers. Text translated from Chinese into English. 18.4 x 12.9cm. Includes a letter from Lin Biao addressed to members of the Standing Committed of the Military Commission of the Party Central Committee, and editorials from Hongqi, People's Daily and Liberation..... More
Peking. Foreign Languages Press. 1974. Black and white plates, 136pp, notes, very good in paperback. Text translated from Chinese into English.19.4 x 12cm. "This is a collection of six reportage articles which have appeared in Chinese newspapers and magazines over the past few years. One tells about an unusual trip..... More
Seattle. The Mountaineers. 1976. Reprint. Maps, black and white illustrations, index, bibliography, notes, little browning edges, good copy in slightly worn covers. "In the late 1800s, when women were bound by cumbersome clothing and strict Victorian scruples, a small band of astonishing women explorers burst forth to claim the adventurous..... More
Canberra. Australian Government Publishing Service. 1972. Map, fold-out map, map inserted in lower pastedown pocket, black and white illustrations, references, appendix, good hardback copy in a touch worn dustjacket. 25 x 17.5cm. Contents include: Summary; Physiography; Triassic; Jurassic; Cretaceous-Eocene; Tertiary; Intrusive Rocks; Economic Geology. When referring to this item please..... More
Melbourne. F. W. Cheshire. 1972. Reprint. Endpaper maps, one black and white photographic illustration, 225pp, index, prior owner's name half title, small closed tear half title, good paperback copy in worn covers. The author examines the changes which have occurred in the lives of the villagers since their first contacts..... More
Osaka. National Museum of Ethnology. 1998. Maps, black and white figures, fold-out figure, ii + 185pp, references, prior owner's signature title-page, paperback cover spine slightly sunned and rubbed along extremities, sticker remnants and prior owner's signature upper cover, good paperback copy. 25.5 x 18.5cm. Senri Ethnological Studies No. 47. When..... More
Berkeley. University of California Press. 2000. Maps, black and white illustrations, xxii + 424pp, index, references, notes, dustjacket spine a little sunned and bumped, otherwise very good hardback copy. 26 x 21cm. "The Pacific Ocean covers one-third of the earth's surface and encompasses many thousands of islands, the home to..... More
Papua New Guinea. Department of Labour, Commerce and Industry. 1977. Reprint. 79pp + appendices + bibliography, upper leaves creased, prior owner's signature front free endpaper, penning upper cover, covers worn with some tearing along spine, stapled wrappers, internally sound and clean. 29 x 21cm. The report was prepared for the..... More
Papua New Guinea. University of Papua New Guinea Press. 1974. Map, black and white illustrations, 33pp, bibliography, ex-library, signature upper cover, secured along spine with disintegrating duct-tape, internally sound and clean. 25 x 20.5cm. In this report the relationship between the Koiari people living in the vicinity of Sirinumu Dam..... More
Canada. Crabtree Publishing Company. 2012. Children's reference book, paperback. This important book shows how trade and commerce spread with the conquests made by the early Islamic empires. Key topics explored include: transportion by caravans, ships, and boats; monetary systems; famous explorers and traders; interactions with the East and West; economical..... More
United Kingdom. Frances Lincoln Children's Books. 2011. Children's picture book, paperback. Ramadan, the month of fasting, Doesn't begin all at once. It begins with a whisper And a prayer And a wish. Muslims all over the world celebrate Ramadan and the joyful days of Eid-ul-Fitr at the end of the..... More
Crows Nest. Allen & Unwin. 2002. Maps, 199pp, glossary, paperback. Sequel to Parvana. Sometimes shocking and sad, always compelling, this novel takes an honest, compassionate look at the situation in Afghanistan, and the courage and resilience that can keep children afloat even in the most terrible circumstances. Suitable for senior..... More
New York. Pinnacle Books, 1981. Black and white photographic illustrations, 264pp, index, paperback creased on spine. Israeli journalist's account of the events leading to the assassination of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat. When referring to this item please quote stockid 5269. More
Waigani. Office of Environment and Conservation, Central Government Offices. 1978. Maps, black and white illustrations, fold-out chart, 59pp, references, appendix, ex-library copy, good paperback copy with lightly worn covers. 29.5 x 21cm. "A brief archaeological survey of the Wabo dam site and the projected impoundment area on the upper Purari..... More
Scolar. 1977. 57 striking colour plates reproduced from the illuminated manuscript Supplement Turc 190 held in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. 158pp, short bibliography, notes, very good hardback copy in matching slipcase. Slipcase extremities a touch shelf-worn. 29.5 x 21cm. A beautiful book reproducing the manuscript calligraphed by Malik Bakhshi..... More
London. Journal of the Bharat Sevashram Sangha, London branch. 1965. 32pp, good copy in stapled wrappers with slightly rubbed extremities. 21.5 x 14cm. Contents include: An approach to truth (Lord Dowding); The Bhagavad Gita and the West (D. Thomson); Wrong approach to spirituality (William Stewart); Hatha Yoga (John Last). When..... More
Japan. Radio Japan. 1963. Map, black and white illustrations, 13pp, good paperback copy in stapled wrappers with slightly rubbed extremities. 21 x1 15cm. From a 15 minute radio program titled "Let's Speak Japanese" broadcasted to North and Latin America, Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand in the 60s. When referring to..... More
London. Oxford University Press. 1968. Second Edition. Foreword by George Cunningham. ix + 341pp, appendices, select bibliography, index, 22.3 x 14.5cm. Upper edge little foxed, boards slightly worn along lower edge, dustjacket worn with foxing on reverse, now protected, overall a good copy. "This book is not a mere historical..... More
Berkeley. University of California Press. 1984. xiv + 320pp, bibliography, index, very good hardback copy in lightly worn and faded dustjacket. This book is a product of the authors anthropological fieldwork carried out among Tamil-speaking villagers in a Hindu village in Southern India. In it he provides ethnographic detail with..... More
Oxford. Oxford University Press. 1989. Abridged Edition. Maps, 503pp, appendix, bibliographical notes, glossary, index, 22.5 x 15cm. Edges little browned, boards slightly bumped and worn with markings, dustjacket worn with laminate beginning to peel along extremities, now protected, otherwise a good copy. "Sarvepalli Gopal's three-volume biography of Jawaharlal Nehru is..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2009. Black and white photographic illustrations, xiv + 275pp, glossary, bibliography, index, paperback. ASAA Southeast Asia Publications Series. The nature of community in urban Java changed dramatically during the economic and political transition that followed the fall of the Soeharto regime in Indonesia, although the community continues..... More
Madras. Macmillan India. 1976. Black and white photographic plates, 499pp, notes, bibliography, index, 22.2 x 14.6cm. Inscription inked on front free endpaper, dustjacket worn, patchily faded and price clipped, repaired on reverse, now protected, otherwise a very good copy. "This is the first scholarly full-length biography of Nehru in one..... More
