San Francisco. Nippon Yusen Kaisha, 1927. 1st Edition. Filled with countless black & white photographic images and striking cover art as well as numerous advertisements for hotels and passenger ships together with fashions of the era. In depth articles and commentary, and a focus on trans-pacific personalites. Each issue has..... More
Brighton. Royal Pavilion, Museums and Art Gallery. No date. (circa1976). Full page colour illustrations, unpaginated, slight wear on covers, good paperback copy. 29 x 21cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 172051. More
Durham. Duke University Press, 2009. Map, family tree, xii + 201pp, notes, bibliography, index. Very good paperback copy. The majority of the nearly 28,000 undergraduates at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - including a large population of Korean American students - come from nearby metropolitan Chicago. Among the campus'..... More
Cambridge. Harvard U.P., 1997. Reprint. 273pp, references, index, paperback. Blue Dreams shows how Korean Americans, variously depicted as immigrant seekers after the American dream or as racist merchants exploiting African Americans, emerged at the crossroads of conflicting social reflections in the aftermath of the 1992 riots. (When referring to this..... More
Seoul. Seoul International Publishing House. 1980. Reprint. Map, plans, profuse colour plates, 167pp, comparative chart of chronological events, pictorial endpapers, index, spine a little sunned and corners rubbed, otherwise a good hardback copy. Quarto. Includes pictorial reflection on Seoul, history of the capital and arts of Seoul. (When referring to..... More
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1999. Tables and figures, xxviii + 417pp, index, dustjacket. "Presents the first theoretical analysis of the Asian Financial Crisis and draws out the general lessons of an event whose potential long term effects have been likened to those of the Crash of 1929. Part I presents..... More
Bangkok. IUCN. 1993. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xv + 176 pages, index, references, paperback, a good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 141506). More
United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. 196pp, appendixes, notes, references, index, very good hardback. This book explores how democratization has changed the material and political fortunes of workers in the new democracies of Europe, Latin America, and East Asia. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 139723). More
Bombay. Bombay Natural History Society. [Reprint]. Fold-out map, colour and black and white illustrations, xxxix + 395pp, lower hinge split, inscription front free endpaper, edges a little foxed, gilt pictorial covers a little worn at extremities. A good copy. "The Book of Indian Birds by Salim Ali is a landmark..... More
Folkestone. Global Oriental. 2007. vii + 240pp, bibliography, index, dustjacket. Described as an epiphany for the Asian and African countries craving post-war independence from foreign domination, the Bandung (Indonesia) conference created a sense of critical mass between the states that became known as the Third World and the West in..... More
Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 1991. Tables, xvi + 323pp, appendices, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. Collection of essays including: Economic Stability and growth in the Pacific: an overview - Ross Garnaut; The Japanese Economy and Pacific Development; Macroeconomic management in the ASEAN countries - Mari Pangestu; Exchange rate regimes and practices..... More
Seoul. Artsonje Center. 1988. Colour photographic plates, 48pp, oblong octavo, a good copy in paperback. Catalogue of an exhibition that introduces the work of young Korean artists to Australia as a reciprocal exchange exhibition to "Unhomely" which introduced young Australian artists to Korea. When referring to this item please quote..... More
Hong Kong. Volume 4, Number 5. September/October,1994. Colour and black and white photographic illustrations throughout, 106pp +31pp supplement, quarto, wrappers. Articles include: Censorship Silences Japanese Artists; other articles relating to Vietnam, Macau, China, Hong Kong and Nepal. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 68493). More
Hong Kong. Volume 4, Number 4. July/August,1994. Colour and black and white photographic illustrations throughout, 96pp +28pp supplement, quarto, wrappers. Includes articles relating to Vietnam, Taiwan, India, Chinese women artists in Hong Kong. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 68494). More
Canberra. Australian International Development Assistance Bureau. 1994. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xvi + 104pp, bibliography, appendices, very good in little worn paperback. When referring to this item please quote stockid 149925. More
Honolulu. Bishop Museum Press. 1963. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, bibliography, 136pp, good copy in paperback, quarto. Papers from a Symposium held at the Tenth Pacific Science Congress of the Pacific Science Association, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 21 Sugust to 6 September 1961. Papers include: Movement of..... More
London. John Van Voorst. 1837. Illustrated with nearly 200 black and white woodcuts, xviii + , index, 526pp, spine little faded and worn, a good hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 154217). More
London. John Gifford Limited, 1938. 1st edition. Folding map, black and white photographic illustrations, 232pp, endpapers marked and a bookseller 's stamp on the lower front free endpaper, some wear to extremities, head and tail of spine a little faded. Faint foxing, a very small ink stamp 'Colonial Edition' means..... More
Chicago. Bonus Books. 1992. Map, black and white illustrations, 186pp, appendices, index, very good in dustjacket. "The content of this book is based on the input of many interviews and discussions with historians, economists, political figures, governmental scholars, experts on Korean society, academicians in other disciplines, and - most importantly..... More
New York. Dover Publications. 1959. Third edition. Black and white illustrations, xx + 297pp, notes, index, very good in paperback. A study of over 1500 years of Oriental art, giving accounts of more than 250 painters. When referring to this item please quote stockid 134441. More
Tokyo. Miraisha. 1970. Black and white photographic plates + 674pp, chronology, notes, ribbon bookmark, portrait blind stamp upper cover, water stain first few leaves and edges, pen marks front endpapers, damp damage to spine of dustjacket and binding, pen mark upper cover dustjacket, internal leaves sound and clean, still a...... More
Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press. 1971. Maps, black and white illustrations, 252pp, dustjacket. The author lived in a fishing and farming village just south of the 37th parallel for a year studying the way the village community worked. He examined why people cooperated frequently, assisted each other extensively and settled..... More
St. Lucia. University of Queensland Press. 2003. Black and white cartoons, xviii + 234pp, notes, index, paperback, very good condition. "Brennan argues that the Australian government's response (to the Tampa incident) is a massive overreaction, possible only because Australia is a remote country with few asylum seekers and no land..... More
The Asia Society. 1980. 12 full page colour plates, many black and white illustrations, 174pp, elegant bookplate tipped in front free endpaper, trifle worn dustjacket, torn with loss upper cover dustjacket, now protected, small quarto, good copy. Treasures from the Rietberg Museum is the catalogue of an exhibition shown in..... More
[Canberra]. Self published. (c.2017). Colour illustrations, 162pp, paperback. Across the gloomy, empty dining room of the old Hotel Panorama, Kathmandu, an elderly woman sits, alone. Her toast and marmalade might have been a clue as to her nationality, but, convinced she͛s German, the callow Australian sitting two tables away greets..... More
