日本オリンピック後援会. [Nihon Orinpikku Koenkai]. 昭和31[1956]. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, viii + 160pp, charts, hardback, dustjacket, 30.4 x 21.5cm, cardboard sleeve box and edges worn, very good copy. This book was published on June 1956 in Japan to mark the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia which were to..... More
Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. 2013. xiv + 208pp, index, bibliography, notes. very good copy in dustjacket. "For more than four centuries, Macau was the centre of Portuguese trade and culture on the South China Coast. Until the founding of Hong Kong and the opening of other ports in..... More
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香港.[Hong Kong]. 滙通書店.[Hui tong shu dian]. 1966. Four Chinese classic texts bound into one, 21 +43 +184 +351pp, notes, paper on backstrip a little torn and now neatly repaired, minor wear paperback covers, edges a trifle foxed, contents clean and sound. Original Chinese text accompanied by English translation. Good copy..... More
香港.[Hong Kong]. 文言書局.[Wen yan shu ju]. No date circa 1970s. 2 volumes set, 483pp, neat dates upper pastedown showing a prior owner's study sessions in University of Sydney in late 60s and early 70s, some signs of light wear with occasional foxing and spot soiling, overall good in paperback. Text..... More
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北京. [Beijing]. 中華書局.[Zhonghua shu ju]. 1965. 1st Edition, 6th Printing. 324pp, dictionary of Confucian Analects included, very light browning lower cover with some penciling, minor closed tears, generally very good in paperback. Text in Chinese. 20.1 x 13.9cm. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 169259). More
Boston. Houghton Mifflin. 1982. Profusely illustrated, 280pp, notes, hardback in shelf-worn dustjacket, good copy. 33 x 25cm. "Islam - the world of Allah - today confronts the West and Japan as one of history's great geographical and ethnic paradoxes. Its oil dominates our industry. its people are to us, for..... More
Bombay. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. 1995. Profuse black and white and coloured illustrations, Gandhi on Buddha (unpaginated) + 330pp, bibliography, notes, errata inserted into contents, inscription on half title page, some occasional browning, good hardback copy in protected dustjacket. 30 x 25cm. " This album represents..... More
No place of publication. Books on Demand. 2004. Facsimile. 248pp, plain cloth boards. Authorized facsimile printed on acid-free paper. Very good copy. "Western Pioneers, first published in 1949, was never widely available. Nevertheless it was a significant piece of scholarship and an important contribution to the discussion of early European..... More
London. Rider. 2004. Black and white illustrations, xvi + 303pp, spine a trifle creased, a good paperback copy. "When a 14-year-old refugee crossed the Himalayas and arrived in India, China lost its best hope of one day controlling the Tibetan people. It was 5 January 2000 and the boy was..... More
New York. Harper & Row. 1973. First edition. xxx + 183pp, some mild shelf wear, a good paperback copy. ""Below the surface of the psyche, the worship of nature is still alive," says Raymond Van Over. In this unique anthology of Chinese mystical writings we are given a valuable introduction..... More
London. Allen & Unwin. 1964. Fifth Impression. 268pp, index, notes, appendices, good hardback copy in little worn price clipped dustjacket, dustjacket spine a little discoloured and mended on the reverse with tape. "The existing translations of the Analects of Confucius are based upon a medical interpretation which reflects the philosophy..... More
London. Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., 2008. Black and white map, x + 355pp, very good hardback copy. "Myth, travelogue and holy writ, the Ramayana - the Journey of Rama - is India's best-loved book, an inspiration to schoolchildren, monks and movie-makers. It's one of the world's great epic tales, yet..... More
Bombay. Marg Publications. Colour and black and white images, 83pp, notes, paperback in good condition with a little wear lower cover. 32 x 24cm. The Asian art collections of Nasli M. Heeramaneck, Edwin Binney (3rd), and Norton Simon which concentrated on Indian and Luristani items with a few others such..... More
London. George Allen & Unwin. 1956. Fourth impression. 268pp, index, notes, appendices, two small marks on spine, 166very good hardback copy, small stamp lower corner front endpaper. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 169014). More
Taiwan. 1978. [Reprint]. x + 390pp, index, notes, good hardback copy in dustjacket, dustjacket and endpapers a little browned, bookseller's label lower endpaper. Taiwanese reprint. "This extensive survey maintains a balanced perspective in tis diagnosis of the degree of Confucian inspiration or influence in social, cultural, and political attitudes and..... More
Wheaton, Illinois. Tyndale House. 1972. Black and white photographic illustrations, 201pp, spine trifle faded, covers worn at edges, good copy. 17.5 x 11cm. Written by Mary Wang, the Director of the Chinese Overseas Christian mission in 1972. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 168355). More
Jefferson. McFarland & Company. 2005. Black and white photographic illustrations, xv + 208pp, index, bibliographic essay, appendix, very good hardback copy. 26 x 18cm. "This work explores the political logic of old China's archaic civilization, where court protocol was the essence of a liturgical government whose philosophical basis rested on..... More
Albany. State Univ NY Press. 1994. Black and white line illustrations, xvi + 335pp, index, bibliography, good hardback copy with some wear on extremities. "It provides a thorough history of the cult of Wenchang, the patron saint of scholars, one of the deities worshipped by the Chinese in their temples..... More
Washington D.C. Brookings Institution. 2004. vii + 200pp, index, hardback in very good condition. 23.5 x 15.5cm. Religion's dramatic revival in post-Mao China has generated tensions between the ruling communist party-state and China's increasingly diverse population of religious adherents. Such tensions are rooted in centuries-old governing practices and reflect the..... More
New York. Scribners. 1973. Map, 240pp, index, notes, upper endpapers a little marked, dustjacket torn with a little loss, repaired on reverse, still a good copy. Discusses China in the sixth century BC, the man and his disciples, his teachings, and Confucianism from the Han Dynasty to date. (When referring..... More
Colombo. Lake House. 1986. Colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 300pp, index, pictorial endpapers, extremities and dustjacket a little worn with neat tape repairs on reverse, otherwise good hardback copy. 30 x 22.5cm. "Sri Lanka has a long history of rock and wall painting from at least the last..... More
British Museum Press. 1994. Second impression. Maps, colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 240pp, index, bibliography, glossary, little extremities wear, very light creasing lower cover, good paperback copy. 24.5 x 19cm. Chapters cover: historical and religious background; architecture, decoration and use of Hindu temples; examination of the art of..... More
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[Beijing]. Various publishers. 1989. A collection of 10 newspapers which offers some interesting examples of news coverage immediately prior to and after China's Tiananmen Square Incident, various sizes and publishers, between 20 May and 30 May 1989, and 13 June and 14 June 1989. Titles include 北京日报 "Beijing Daily", 北京晚报..... More
London. Seeley, Jackson & Haliday, 1857. Black and White lithographs throughout. Bound copies of the Gleaner from January 1857 to December 1857. Blue blind stamped cloth covered boards lettered in gilt and spine lettered in gilt., edges rubbed, cloth a little worn at the spine, corners bumped. 21.5 x 13.5cm..... More
Shanghai. Browhite Arts. 1930. 1st Edition. The title says 32 black and white studies but in fact there are 42 photographic plates including the frontispiece, accompanied with historical and descriptive text. Textured maroon cloth covered boards, with the title and author stamped in blind and with an ornate gilt dragon..... More
