Australia. Hachette Australia. 1987. Black and white line illustrations, 230pp, glossary, reverse of dustjacket and upper fore-edge foxed, good hardback copy. A chronicle of old Japan in keeping with The Plum Rain Scroll. When referring to this item please quote stockid 173971. More
United States. University of California Press. 2009. Maps, xv + 405pp, index, bibliography, notes, glossary, abbreviations, lower cover corner extremity a touch bumped, otherwise hardback copy as new in dustjacket. "An unprecedented passion for saving lives swept through late Ming society, giving rise to charitable institutions that transcended family, class..... More
Honolulu. University of Hawaii Press. 2005. xii + 377pp, index, selected bibliography, sticker remnant with some title loss lower tail of cover, otherwise very good hardback copy. "Few ideas in Chinese discourse are as ubiquitous as ming, variously understood as "command," "allotted lifespan," "fate," or "life." In the earliest days..... More
United Kingdom. Simon & Schuster Ltd., 1995. Maps, black and white illustrations, 252pp, index, notes, dustjacket corner a touch creased, very good hardback copy. "A hundred years before Columbus and his fellow Europeans began making their way to the New World, fleets of giant Chinese junks commanded by the eunuch..... More
Michigan. Michigan State University. 1975. Maps, 251pp, index, bibliography, appendix, glossary, bibliographical essay, blue cloth covered boards, gilt spine, name front endpaper, dustjacket extremities and fore-edge browning to edges, a good and clean hardback copy. "Dr So argues that the commonly held view that Japan was responsible for all the..... More
Hong Kong. Hong Kong University. 2003. Reprinted with corrections. Translated by Gregory James and David Morgan. Black and white and colour images, liv + 366pp, selective index, indexed references, appendices, very good paperback copy. This book comprises reports of the attempt by a party of Franciscans from Manila to establish..... More
Berkeley. University of California. 1980. Map, viii + 210pp, appendices, glossary-index, paperback, spine a touch sunned, extremities slightly rubbed, a good copy. China Research Monograph 17 IEAS. When referring to this item please quote stockid 168178. More
New York. Bloomsbury Press. 2013. Maps, black and white and colour illustrations, xxiv + 211pp, index, appendices, very good hardback copy in a dustjacket. "In 1659, a vast and unusual map of China arrived in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. It was bequeathed by John Selden, a London business lawyer, political..... More
London. John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1868. 2 Edward Weller folding maps, 36 engravings from photographs & drawings, 555pp, index and appendices + 5 pages of publisher's adverts. Original wine cloth covered boards, with some marks and discolouration to the lower front board, gilt decoration stamped on the front board and..... More
London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. 1855. Two volumes: xii + 451pp; vii + 423pp and 24 pp (publisher's advertisements); embossed green cloth boards, 25 x 13cm, rebacked, new endpapers, hinges strengthened, labels of Mudie's, the 19th Century circulating library to the front boards, and presentation paper labels of the..... More
Cleveland, Ohio. The Arthur Westbrook Company. 1912. Illustrated soft covered wrapper, chipped on the spine, front wrapper loose and lacking the rear wrapper. 174pp and 18 pages of publisher advertisements. Paper is age toned, still a firm copy, scarce. 18 x 12.5cm Adventure Series No. 132. Hume was born in..... More
Seattle. University of Washington Press. 2001. Maps, black and white photographic plates, xv + 270pp, reverse of dustjacket small closed tear mended by prior owner, light foxing upper fore-edge, good hardback copy with light wear on extremities. "The reign of Emperor Yongle, or "Perpetual Happiness" - which began with a...... More
Thornton Butterworth, Ltd., 1924. 4 maps within the text, black & white frontispiece and 22 photographic illustrations throughout. 352pp with index. An ex-library copy, the original blue cloth covered boards have been rebacked with a black leather spine and the inner hinges have been re-enforced, the Belfast Library label pasted..... More
London. Thorsons. 1997. Maps, black and white photographic plates, xii + 324pp, index, bibliography, glossary, indention with closed tear upper cover lower extremity, remainder mark, good in paperback. "...This book offers both visionary and historical perspectives on [Tibet], and includes a gazetteer describing the highlights of a tour of [the..... More
United States. Columbia University Press. 2012. Black and white photographic illustrations, xxii + 494pp, index, bibliography, notes, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. "In 1937, Theos Casimir Bernard (1908-1947), the self-proclaimed White Lama, became the third American in history to reach Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet. During his stay..... More
United Kingdom. Profile Books Ltd., 1999. Map, black and white photographic illustrations, xi + 241pp, notes, index, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. 'The author chronicles Tibet's history and society from the 7th Century origins of the Tibetan state through Mongol and Manchu rule in China and the advent of..... More
New York. The Lyons Press. 2000. Second edition. Maps, black and white sketches and photographic illustrations, vii + 267pp, paperback. covers a little marked and rubbed along extremities, remainder mark, good paperback copy. True story of espionage and survival in the Himalayas and imprisonment by China's Red Army. When referring..... More
United States. OR Books. 2017. 290pp, extremities a little rubbed, otherwise very good hardback copy. "The first English-language anthology of contemporary Tibetan fiction available in the West, Old Demons, New Deities brings together the best Tibetan writers from both Tibet and the diaspora, who write in Tibetan, English and Chinese..... More
United States. Penguin Putnam Inc., 2001. xxii + 184pp, extremities a little rubbed, good paperback copy. "Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? How do we get there? Many have asked these questions, and many have attempted to answer them. But there is another question..... More
London. Harrison and Sons. [circa 1881]. Lithographed map printed in colour, 18.6 x 11.7cm, slight toning to the paper and the bottom edge trimmed, but in good condition. Map showing the provinces established following the formation of the North Borneo Provisional Association Ltd in 1881 by Sir Alfred Dent. The..... More
Dharamsala. Library of Tibetan Works and Archives. 1981. Reprint of the 1st edition. xvi + 194pp, index, notes, a little light pencilling on a couple pages, spine a little lightened and extremities rubbed, good paperback copy. "The explanation of how to practice this Mahamudra of the undeclined lineage of the..... More
United States. Little, Brown & Company. 2006. Black and white illustrations, x + 403pp, index, sources, notes, dustjacket spine a touch lightened, very good hardback copy. "The modern-day creation of a distinctly Western Buddhism is arguably the most significant spiritual development of our time. Few realize, however, that the complicated..... More
United States. Penguin Putnam Inc., 2011. xii + 402pp, index, sources and bibliography, notes, remainder mark, covers a little worn and rubbed, good paperback copy. "Rollicking and well-researched...A story of scandal, financial shenanigans, bodily discipline, oversize egos and bizarre love triangles." -Wall Street Journal "More than fifteen million Americans currently..... More
Milano. Asiatica Association. 2015. Map, black & white illustrations, lxxvi + 254pp, notes, good paperback copy. "One could hardly imagine a richer and more exciting life than that of Giuseppe Tucci (1894--1984), a scholar who may rightly be considered one of the fathers of modern Oriental Studies and the central..... More
Atglen. Schiffer Publishing Co., 1997. Black and white illustrations, 175pp, index, selected bibliography, appendices, inscription reverse of marbled front free endpaper, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. "Here's the story of how a handful of young Americans, fighting with improvised equipment, commanded the air against superior enemy forces and won!..... More
