New York. Oxford University Press. 1998. Maps, colour and black and white illustrations, xiv + 295pp, notes, bibliography, photographic credits, index, very good copy in dustjacket, now protected. Quarto. "In this groundbreaking publication, Barbara Rossi, who has travelled and researched extensively in India, presents 101 works of extraordinary beauty representing... More
London. Theosophical Publishing House. 1917. 168pp, clothbound with some wear on edges. Minor marking on cover with remaints of ink letters on the back cover. Good condition. 11 x 17.5 cm "Containing the Mystuc Ritual from the "Story of the Year,: and the Teaching concerning the Resurrection from "Green Leaves"... More
Surrey. Allen & Unwin.. 1976. Fifth Impression. 213pp, notes, indices, paperback with evenly browned spine. Small mark on edge and front cover, otherwise good copy. A reprint of Arthur Waley's selection of 28 poems. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 163261). More
Kuala Lumpur. The Government Press. 1954. xiii + 76pp, appendices, paperbound, contained mark on front cover and loose leaf endpaper, otherwise very good condition. Chapter headings are; The Future of Natural Rubber, The Malayan Industry, Costs of Estate Rubber, The Case for Replanting, Replanting by Estates, Replanting on Small Holdings... More
Singapore. University Education Press. 1963. First edition. Black and white maps, black and white photographic plates, iii + v +ix + 173. index, bibliography, appendices, hardback in dustjacket with plastic covering. Spine and free endpapers lightly browned. Overall good copy. The History of the Raffles Institution, from 1823 to 1963... More
London. Hakluyt Society. 1971. Trans & edited by J.S. Cummins. 2 folding maps, black and white illustrations, xi + 347pp, bibliography, index, glossary, ex-library hardback copy with faded spine, good condition. "A first-hand account of the early Spanish colonial venture into Asia". Second series. No. 140. (When referring to this... More
London. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1957. [Reprint]. Black and white maps, black and white photographic plates, 253pp, index, hardback in dustjacket. Price cut on front flap. Edges, endpapers and initial pages lightly foxed. Good condition. "Robert Ford used to be described by the newspapers as the loneliest Briton... More
Canberra. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs, 1983. Black and white map, 30pp, notes on pronunciation. Paperback with small watermark from cover to 11pp. Small bump lower right corner, otherwise good condition. 15 x 21 cm A Guide to Peking published jointly by Australia- China Business Co-operation Committee and the... More
Clayton. Monash Asia Institute. 1999. Reprint. v + vi + xi + xiii + 503pp, bibliography, notes, paperback in very good condition. Papers in this volume are: From Conference to a Book - Arief Budiman; The Political Economy of the New Order State - Pierre James; Rent Capitalism, State, and... More
Sri Lanka. Tisara Prakasakayo. 1974. [Reprint]. xiii + 195pp, appendix, paperback with dustjacket. Edges slightly bumped, small tear base of dustjacket spine, title page foxed, good condition. Initially published 1891, Fifty Years in Ceylon is an autobiography by Major Thomas Skinner. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 163252). More
Helinski. Museovirasto. 1987. Profusely colour illustrated throughout, 224pp, bibliography, notes on illustrations, paperback in good condition. Slightly bumped and spine creased. 28 x 21cm A collection of 63 Sino-Mongolian thangkas from the Wutai Shan workshops, a panoramic map of the Wukai Mountains and objects of diverse origin from the National... More
Singapore. Thames & Hudson. 1993. Black and white maps, black and white and coloured photographic illustrations, 214pp, index, bibliography, glossary, back of cover lightly yellowed otherwise paperback in very good condition. "Buddhism is the single common thread uniting the Asian world, from India to South-East Asia and through Central Asia... More
Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company. 1996. Black and white map, black and white photographic illustrations, 213pp, bibliography, notes. Paperback, evenly yellowed cover otherwise good copy. 228 x 152mm. In the late nineteenth century hundreds of Christian missionaries were despatched to Japan to convert the "heathen", a task that many felt... More
Boston. McGraw-Hill. 1998. xix + 473pp, glossaries, very good paperback copy with slightest bumps two corners. "Fieser's and Powers' work represents the state of the art. The quality of its translations, the breadth of its scope and the usefulness of its introductory sections make it virtually unique among anthologies of... More
New York. Routledge, 1995. Several black and white photographic illustrations, x + 310 pp, notes, bibliography, and index, pencilling title page, a very good paperback copy. "Jayawardena re-evaluates the work of American and European women who were associated with South Asia during the period of British rule, and who spoke... More
New York. Columbia University Press. 1994. Map, black and white photographic illustrations, 342pp, index, bibliography, glossary, notes, paperback corners bumped and lower edge marked, otherwise good copy. "This sensitive study breaks new ground in the emerging field of cultural psychology by skilfully examining the intimate relationship between moral consciousness, culture... More
Singapore. ISEAS. 2010. Maps, figures, vii + ix + xi + xiii + xv + 349 pages, index, glossary, paperback, light browning upper edge, otherwise a very good copy. "Alternatively lauded as a democratic success story and decried as a flawed democracy, Indonesia deserves serious consideration by anyone concerned with... More
United Kingdom: Princeton University Press. 2005. [Reprint]. Black and white maps, black and white illustrations, ix + xi + xv + 267pp., index, bibliography, notes, very good paperback copy. "The Gay Archipelago is the first book-length exploration of the lives of gay men in Indonesia. The world's fourth most populous... More
United Kingdom: Shearsman Books, 2016. 124pp., notes, very good paperback copy. Pen on title page, possibly author's signature. "In the ancient tradition of poet-as-traveler-and-seer, Barry Hill's Grass Hut Work is, like Basho's Narrow Road to the Interior, both a travelogue of Japan and a journey inward, into what we'll call... More
Singapore. Gunung Agung. 1980. Second edition revised. Black and white photographic illustrations, vii + viii + 315pp, paperback, spine faded and lightly creased, corners slightly rubbed otherwise good copy.. The story of American author Cindy Adams who worked with President Sukarno on his autobiography. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 163210). More
New Delhi. Penguin Books, 2014. Two volume edition. 2 volumes. Part 1: xv + 501pp. Part 2: vi + 461pp. Indices, bibliographies, notes, paperbacks in very good condition. Part One (Statecraft and Society) of a brilliant study of ancient Indian civilization. Part two (religion and culture). "For about a thousand... More
New Delhi. Rupa & Co., 2002. Reprint of the 1st edition. 218pp., index, paperback in very good condition. "Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (1809-1831), one of the pioneers among the makers of modern Bengal, was born to a Portuguese man and his Indian wife in Calcutta on 18 April 1809. He... More
New Delhi. Foundation Books. 1996. Reprint. Black and white illustrations, xiv + xvi + xix + xxiii + 399pp., index, bibliography, notes, appendices, paperback in good condition. "Many misconceptions circulate in the West about Tantric religion; whether Buddhist or Hindu, mainly because scholars have relied exclusively on textual sources. Here... More
Melbourne. National Gallery of Australia. 2001. Profuse coloured illustrations, vi + vii + viii +215pp., paperback in very good condition with French flaps. 29 x 24 cm. loosely inserted fliers of the NGA exhibition and an exclusive member viewing invitation card. Monet's extraordinary fascination with Japanese art continued throughout his... More
London. The Bodley Head. 1984. Reprint of second edition. Black and white illustrations, viii + 309pp., index, notes, paperback with a little light browning, spine faded including title. In good condition. "This collection of Indian folk tales was made by an Englishwoman who went to India with her husband in... More
