Paris. L'Harmattan. No date. (circa1999). 382pp, some pencilling first leaves, some highlighter in index. Paperback. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 171104). More

St Lucia. University of Queensland Press. 1983. Map, black and white illustrations, xiii + 382pp, index, a prior owner's name front free endpaper, a very good hardback copy in trifle worn dustjacket. The 15 papers in this volume examine slavery and help to give a clearer picture of South east..... More

Singapore. Oxford University Press. 1991. Second impression. Endpaper maps, colour and black and white photographic images, 86pp, very good copy in hardback. 20 x 14cm. Oxford in Asia Series. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 171106). More

Oxford. Berg. 2000. x + 274pp, bibliography, index, paperback, neat name prior owner half title. Good copy. This book explores the construction of gender in Thailand and in particular the role Bangkok plays in establishing gender relations for the whole of the country. It examines the historical and cultural processes..... More

Bangkok. The Siam Society. 1991. Foreword by H.R.H. Princess Galyani Vadhana. Colour and black and white illustrations, xxv + 565pp, notes, paperback, front endpapers a little browned, neat annotation half title, covers a little worn but still sound and clean. The history of Thailand relies principally on evidence from Sukhothai..... More

Bangkok. National Identity Board. 1984. Map, black and white illustrations, 61pp, paperback. Spine faded. Good copy. This work was Sunthorn Phu's first Nirat or travel poem. Written in 1807, when the poet was only 21, it was based on a trip he actually made to Muang Klaeng. (When referring to..... More

Washington D.C. Kenny & Higgins Asian Art. 1983. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographic plates, xiii + 48pp, 22.2 x 15.3 cm. Minor bumping to upper corner of spine, otherwise in excellent condition. Accompaniment for private art exhibition and sale held in Washington in 1983. (When referring to this..... More

London. Hart Davis. 1953. Reprint. Translated. Introduction by Peter Fleming. Map, colour frontispiece, black and white photographic plates, xiii + 288pp, edges and price clipped dustjacket foxed, name of a prior owner partially erased front free endpaper, a good copy. The author was tutor and confidant of the young Dalai..... More

New York. Palgrave Macmillan. 2004. Black and white photographic illustrations, index, bilbiography, notes, xiii + 334pp, very good hardback copy in dustjacket, 240 x 159mm. Dr. Albert Shelton was a medical missionary who spent nearly twenty years in the Tibetan borderlands at the start of the last century. Raising his..... More

Various publishers. (circa1925). A small archive of 30 catalogues, newsletters and other early 20th century trade ephemera reflecting the water pumps and motors that were available in Japan in the first quarter of the 20th century. Original wrappers, some are folded, occasional creasing at margins and minor soiling or browning..... More

Science Press np 1977, 1977. Double page sketch map showing the deserts in China, black and white and colour photographic illustrations, approximately 80pp (unpaginated), paperback, foxing on endpapers but generally very good. 25 x 22.3cm. "China Tames Her Deserts" is a brief true record of the efforts by the people..... More

[石家庄?]. [Shijiazhuang?]. No details of publisher. (circa1950). Chinese colour woodblock nianhua featuring a public struggle session. The target of the crowd's ire is a rich farmer or landlord being accused of having previously exploited the peasants. Ledgers or accounting records are piled at the feet of the accused, no doubt..... More

[石家庄?]. [Shijiazhuang?]. No details of publisher. [1950]. Chinese colour woodblock nianhua depicts a room full of people at a local election. Some cast votes into a green vase at the left, while others appear to be holding a heated discussion about the candidates and the election. A man at the..... More