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NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Good with no dust jacket. 1947. First Edition. Cloth. The author's memoir of her youth in India during the early 20th century. Wonderful line illustrations by her brother. Green cloth binding. Spine sunned, boards rounded and worn, else a clean, tight copy. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 176 pages . ... more information

Offered by Old Saratoga Books (New York, United States) +/-

[Amanohashidate, Japan], n.d. :. Approx. 6x9.5". [16] pp. color and b/w photographs printed on glossy card stock, captioned in Japanese and English, with several blank pages for notes. One of Japan's Three Famous Views. Covers lightly handled, slight curve to one corner, previous owner note in ink on one rear blank.. Comb-bound in Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). Oblong 8vo. ... more information

Offered by Crane's Bill Books (New Mexico, United States) +/-

Doubleday. Hardcover. 0385474172 First Edition Hardcover 1995, Illustrated Octavo in dust jacket VG+/VG+ . Fine. ... more information

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New York: Carrick & Evans., 1939 The faith and endurance which allowed some Armenians survive the Turkish massacres movingly described in a novel. Red Cloth no dj. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. ... more information

Offered by KALAMOS BOOKS (Ontario, Canada) +/-

London: Thames & Hudson, 1957. 262 pages, includes index, notes on the photographs, essay, four colour plates, 283 black-and-white photographs, colour illustrated dust wrapper. Previous owner's name and address on front-end page, previous bookseller's sticker on front paste down: the price clipped dust wrapper has been badly torn along the top section of the front panel and is chipped and rubbed, the bottom edge of the boards has received a hard knock with most of the damage appearing on the fr... more information

Offered by Syber's Books (Australia) +/-

Australia: Oxford University Press. 1998. Reprint. S Soft Cover. Very Good ++. 248pp. Figure and number written on corner of title page, some underlinings and highlighting throughout. Laminating lifting a little at corners. ... more information

Offered by Isabella Booksellers (New South Wales, Australia) +/-

London: Bantam, 2004. A Fine copy with a Fine complete dustjacket. The author travels from London to Baghdad to emulate Agatha Christie's 1928 journey, which is one that is harder today than in her time, as the countries that are crossed on the journey have been deeply troubled in recent years. Christie's journey changed her life and led her to spend thirty seasons on archaeological digs in the deserts of Syria and Iraq. The author arrives in Baghdad at the same time as UN weapons inspectors. A book that co... more information

Offered by Goldring Books (United Kingdom) +/-

New York NY: Devin-Adair Co, 1969. Butler, Grant C. Bali to Bahrein, New York: The Devin-Adair Co. 1969. Hard Cover. G+/G+ in Mylar. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

Offered by Glaeve Art & Books (Wisconsin, United States) +/-

New York: Duell, Sloane and Pearce, 1941 pp112, map endpapers, numerous full-page black and white photographs. Chapters on Music, Dance Drama, Art and Architecture. Previous owner's inscription on flyleaf. A beautiful and evocative work on Bali - clean, tight copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. ... more information

Offered by Sad Paradise Books (Victoria, Australia) +/-

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1969 pp155, folding map, colour photographic plates, index. Edges of pages starting to brown, a small closed tear to front panel of dustjacket. McKie's text and Beryl Bernay's photographs convey in richly sensuous detail the fascinations of this land of rice terraces and walled villages, bringing to life its religious ceremonies, cockfights, dances, and peasant arts and skills. A tight, bright copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ... more information

Offered by Sad Paradise Books (Victoria, Australia) +/-

London: Rupert Hart Davis, 1953. Fine green cloth. Previous owner name and bookplate. Very good green pictorial DJ. Slight wear, one closed tear. 1953, 8vo, 251pp.. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Henry C. Pitz . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

Offered by BOOX.ca (British Columbia, Canada) +/-

Melbourne: Hampden Hall, 1970. 440 g.; X, 158 pages, list of illustrations, foreword by author, bibliography and index. At the rear of the book is a three page foldout colour map of the island of Bali. The text is illustrated with 52 colour photographs throughout the text and seven text figures in black and white. Green coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. A previous owner has placed the dustwrapper within library plastic and then attached the library plastic with tape to the endpapers and... more information

Offered by Syber's Books (Australia) +/-

1959 tight hardcover, no dustjacket. Tight spine. Plain blue boards intact with some scuffing, some edge wear, not overly major cover wear but can easily see wear here. Tight spine. Previous owner's name blacked out top of front endpaper, small book store sticker inside back cover at bottom. Pages intact, crisp and clean. Good for solid reading copy.... more information

Offered by Wind Chime Books (North Carolina, United States) +/-

Silkworm Books, 2000 bumped edge. Paperback. Very Good. ... more information

Offered by Murphy-Brookfield Books (Iowa, United States) +/-

Christian Herald Books. Hardcover. 0915684179 First Edition Hardcover 1977 Octavo in dust jacket With B&W Photographic Plates Wear to dj; VG+/VG . Very Good. ... more information

Offered by Agora Bookstore (Washington, United States) +/-

Christian Herald Books. Hardcover. 0915684179 First Edition Hardcover 1977 Octavo in dust jacket With B&W Photographic Plates Wear to dj; VG+/VG . Very Good. ... more information

Offered by Agora Bookstore (Washington, United States) +/-

(Scarborough, Ontario: Scarboro Foreign Mission Soceity, 1982).. Octavo, softcover, pictorial card covers. [8], 228 pp + appendices. ISBN 0969117302. Book a bit leaned; rippling from damp to bottom of first three leaves; ink names on title page; VG clean and unworn copy otherwise. Canadian missionary activity in China. Numerous photos.. ... more information

Offered by Steven Temple Books (ABAC / ILAB) (Ontario, Canada) +/-

(Taipei: Southern Materials Center, Inc., no date).. Blue textured boards, gilt lettered. (xx), 535 pp, illustrations (200+) and numerous tables in text, yellow endpapers. Former owner's ink inscription on front free endpaper, small sticker remnant on rear endpaper, a couple of bubbles on rear board (manufacturing flaw), else fine. Taiwan piracy, made from plates of the Yale University Press third edition revised and enlarged of 1977.. Hardcover.. Octavo.. ... more information

Offered by Steven Temple Books (ABAC / ILAB) (Ontario, Canada) +/-

London ; New York: Kegan Paul ; Abingdon, UK : Distributed in the UK by Marston Book Services ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Columbia University Press, 2006 vii, 137 p., [17] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Series: The Kegan Paul China library. . Hard Cover. Like New. ... more information

Offered by A Scholar's Tale Booksellers (Indiana, United States) +/-