West Medford. The Central Committee on the United Study of Foreign Missions. (Circa 1924). Many black & white photographic illustrations, 223pp, index. Decorated cloth covered boards, endpapers browned, prior owner's blind stamped details on the foot of the title page, else a very good clean and firm copy. 18.5 x...... More
London. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. (Circa 1891). 256pp and publisher's 8 page list of printed publications. Original tan coloured cloth stamped and lettered in gilt, lightly sunned on the spine, two library stamps on the preliminaries. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166294. More
Rutland. Tuttle. 2019. 192pp. Hardback in dustjacket. "Bushido: The Samurai Code of Japan is one of the most influential books ever written on "the way of the warrior." A classic study of Japanese culture, the book outlines the moral code of the Samurai way of living and the virtues every..... More
Rutland. Tuttle. 2020. Black & white photographic illustrations, 192pp. Hardback in dustjacket. "In Let the Samurai Be Your Guide, life coach and motivational speaker Lori Tsugawa Whaley traces the far-reaching legacy of the Samurai and their meaning in the modern world. The Bushido - the traditional code of the Samurai..... More
London. Phaidon. 2023. Colour photographic illustrations, 256pp. Hardback. "Award-winning author Petty Pandean-Elliott tells the story of her Indonesian heritage through 150 much-loved and delicious recipes perfect for home cooks everywhere. Comprising more than 17,000 islands, Indonesia is renowned as The Spice Islands, home of aromatics such as nutmeg, mace, and..... More
Rutland. Tuttle. 2020. Maps, colour photographic illustrations, 512pp. Paperback. "In A History of Modern Japan, cultural historian Christopher Harding delves into the untold stories of Japan's recent history - from a pop star's nuclear power protest song in 2011, to Japanese feminists who fought for an equal political voice in..... More
Rutland. Tuttle. 2023. 992pp. Paperback. "Dream of the Red Chamber is renowned for its epic scope, rich psychological characterizations and telling observations on family life and the role of women in Chinese society. It is widely regarded as the greatest Chinese classical novel and one of the greatest works of..... More
Australia: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1997. Maps, 213 colour illustrations, 259pp, bibliography, credits, index, a very good paperback copy with French flaps. 30 x 24cm. This, was the first exhibition on the theme of Orientalism to be held in Australia and New Zealand. It looks at colours, shadows..... More
Jakarta. Yayasan Harapan Kita. 1980. Colour illustrations, pictorial endpapers, 147pp, one preliminary leaf scratched, dustjacket worn and a little chipped, hardback, otherwise good copy. 20.5 x 24.2cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 214010. More
New York. Army Information Branch. 1945. Volume IV, No. 10 B. Folding colour map 79.4 x 116 cms; 88.2 x 119 cms (sheet); scattered foxing, upper fold split with small loss in blank area, otherwise in bright, very good condition. A full sheet colour map of Europe, Africa, Asia and..... More
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Canada. RCA Victor. circa 1939. Pictorial colour map of Europe, 48 x 62 cms, 58.5 x 73.3 cms (sheet including tables), inset map of Finland and Scandinavia, original folds, small marginal edge tears, in very good, bright condition. Uncommon World War II map of Europe, including parts of Africa, Libya..... More
New York. E. P. Dutton & Company. 1927. ix + 361pp. Blue quarter linen spine, orange boards with blue title label pasted down, edges worn, but a clean and sturdy copy. Travels in Peking and along the Yangtse. Includes chapters on Shanghai, Macao and Hong Kong including reflections on the..... More
Chicago. University of Chicago Press. 1935. Black and white illustrations, vii + 71pp, Chinese characters, notes, index, browning throughout, tears on dustjacket wrapped in removeable plastic covering, browning throughout, still a good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 180600. More
Singapore. Malaya Publishing House, Limited. 1949. Stiffened wrappers, tied with narrow cord, a signed presentation copy from the author. Unpaginated with deckle edges, upper cover has a water stain, otherwise a very good copy. Poetry in English and signed by the author. When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2017. 206pp, notes, bibliography, index. Paperback. "Japan's invasion of Burma in 1942 set off the longest retreat in British military history. Along with the fall of Singapore, it marked the beginning of the end of British rule, not only in Burma but also in south and south-east..... More
Penang. Institut Masyarakat. 1989. Second edition. Black and white photographic illustrations, 259pp, bibliography, appendices. A prior owner's signature front free endpaper, pages 1 - 90 lightly creased, spine somewhat sunned, a good paperback copy. This book details swidden agriculture as practised by the natives of Sarawak and how their forest..... More
Bloomington. Indiana University Press. 2008. Map, 169pp, notes, bibliography, index. Spine trifle sunned, a very good paperback copy. "The family was at the center of intense debates about identity, community, and nation in colonial Tamil Nadu, India. Emerging ideas about love, marriage, and desire were linked to caste politics, the..... More
New York. Kodansha. 2022. 159pp. Hardback in dustjacket. "A beautiful, full-color dive into the history and future of Studio Ghibli, Japan's preeminent animation house. In-depth looks at every one of their 26 feature films - including the latest, Earwig and the Witch - means there's something for everyone, while exclusive..... More
Singapore. Penguin. 2023. Black & white photographic illustrations, xv + 222pp, notes. Paperback. "In 1981, a new company, Hasta Mitra, founded by three men just released from over a decade in prison, published a novel written in a prison camp by Pramoedya Ananta Toer. The novel was This Earth of..... More
Singapore. Penguin. 2021. xxii + 193pp. Paperback. "In the following recollections, divided into several chapters, Azly Rahman presents a mixed-genre memoir-snippets of growing up in a world rooted in the pastoralness and ruralness of things. The world of his kampong or the Malay village. These are stories of separation -..... More
Singapore. Penguin. 2021. vii + 284pp. Paperback. "A coming of age epic, set during the decade Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigated the world as seen through the eyes of his indentured Malay slave. Who was the man they called Enrique the Black? Taken from his family, and forced into slavery during the..... More
circa 1960. Printed pictorial map 44.8 x 58 cms, 46.7 x 60.3 cms (sheet), original folds (a little wear), but in very good condition. Attractive 1960s tourist map of Baguio city when it was the "Summer Capital" of the Philippines. Tourist attractions are shown pictorially in red, blue triangles denote..... More
Colombo. H & C Press, No date. [ 1934]. Colour pictorial map on an advertising flyer, 12.8 x 8.2 cms; 13.8 x 9 cms (sheet), advertising text for Ceylon tea on the verso, inked stamp of the Tea Commissioner at the foot, central fold, very good condition. Charming advertising ephemera..... More
Peking. Things Chinese. circa 1930. Single fold pamphlet on tangerine card, 18.5 x 11.3 cms, opening to a pictorial map 16 x 20.2 cms, small hole to the foot of the central fold, but in remarkably good condition. 1930s brochure for European "commission buyers" J.R. & C.F. Janish, proprietors of..... More
no date. (circa 1921). Black and white photographic plates, 318pp, coloured pictorial upper cover, some light occasional spotting first and last leaves, some insect damage to front free endpaper and extremities of preliminary leaves, cloth marked and worn with a little loss in places but generally a good hardback copy..... More