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Tokyo: Shimbi Shoin. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1910. Unknown. SC. This is a Wonderful Collection of 45 (Forty-Five) Coloured Wood Block postcards published by Shimbi Shoin in Tokyo. NO date (that i can read! ) but likely dated 1900-1920 (?). Most have carte postale/union postale universelle backs. They are all postally unused, with a few light smudges or tiny marks on an occasional card, but all in at least VG to FINE condition, and Most are Fine. The cards are mounted with stamp hinges on a black card background and inside plastic sleeves 2 or 3 per sleeve. All the sleeves are inside a large fold-out, hard cover 'japanese style' case with 'toggle' closures. On the front of the case is a copy of an old booksellers label stating = 'A Large Selection of Best Japanese Postcards and Prints Printed from Wood Blocks In Stock - Probsthain & Co... Great Russell Street, London'. I assume this is where the cards were bought from originally decades back, as the late…
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45 Shimbi Shoin Published Coloured Japanese Woodblock Postcards Housed In A Special 'Japanese Style' Case-book
by Shimbi Shoin
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The Adventures of a Manchurian The Story of Lobsang Thondup
by Mangeot Sylain
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LONDON: COLLINS. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 0002160021 . Hard Cover. Very Good Blue boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. Very Good minus dustjacket (just slightly edge chipped). Dustjacket is Not price-clipped. First Edition. 8vo. 281 pp. Illustrated throughout in b/w. The story of a Manchurian who assumed a Tibetan name, joined the Japanese air force, was an officer on both sides during the Chinese revolution, then made the hazardous journey to Tibet, opened a mechanical workshop in Lhasa. He was imprisioned by the Chinese and later escaped.....and much more. No Inscriptions or Marks. Overall an Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; 60003; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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The Agricultural Zoology of the Malay Archipelago . The Animals Injurious and Beneficial to Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry in the Malay Peninsula, the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines
by Dammerman, K. W.
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Amsterdam: J. H. de Bussy Ltd. Good with no dust jacket. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. This copy has been Rebound with a Red cloth spine, and red paper covered boards with the original cover pasted to front cover, which is grubby/stained. Names/prices written on the half title. There are also some very occasional ink notes/underlining - but only on a very few pages. Many attractive Colour plates and lots of black/white illustrations. The plate on p 388 has edge repairs with tape. OVERALL Internally VERY clean, tight and bright. (xi) + 473pp. Contents cover: - Animal Pests. Soil Fauna; Termites and Ants. Internal Plant Parasites. - Borers. External Plant Parasites - Biting Animals. External Plant Parasites - Sucking Animals. Stored Product Pests. Mammals and Birds. Beneficial Animals. The Control of Pests. Bibliography. Plant-Host Index. Systematic Index. Alphabetical Index. Due to the Rebinding, etc, Sold as a Reading /Working copy only, but it is much better than that. . This book is in…
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The American Diplomatic Tradition . New Appreciations in History 29.
by Smith Joseph (edited by Malcolm Crook)
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London: The Historical Association. As New with no dust jacket. 1993. Reprint. Paperback. 0852783396 . In the original publisher's pictorial card covers. Number Twenty Nine in the 'New Appreciations in History' Series. 28 pp. Illustrated in black and white. Notes; Further Reading. Looks Unread/untouched. Other titles in similar condition in this series available - please enquire if interested. ; New Appreciations in History; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Archaeology and History: Early Settlements in the Andaman Islands.
by Cooper Zarine
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New Delhi: Oxford University Press.. As New in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 0195657926 . An As NEW hardback book, entirely unmarked and unworn, could pass for new. Pictorial paper-covered boards in an identical design dustjacket. The dustjacket has just the tiniest touch of wrinkling to the top rear edge but is now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks FINE. (xv) + (1) + 207 pp. 7 chapters, 2 appendices, bibliography, index, numerous b/w line drawings, figures, charts, etc, with full page colour photo-illustrations, etc. "This pioneering multidisciplinary study is the result of extensive surveys on early human settlemants in the Amndaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal. It deals with a wide range of subjects, including the origins of the Andaman Islanders, the history of early contact, the processes of site formation, and the dimensions of time and space defining human adaptation in this archipelago." . GIFT Quality. See…
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Art of War, The
by Sun Zi
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London: Oxford University Press Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1977. Reprint. Paperback. 0195014766 . Translated with an introduction by Samuel B Griffith with a foreword by B H Liddell Hart. Spine faded, ink spot to corner of front cover, edges a little rubbed, Name/writing on half title. 197pp, internally CLEAN BRIGHT AND TIGHT. "...this classic is widely seen as a necessity on the bookshelf of military leaders and boardroom executives alike"; 107045; 8vo .
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An Artist's Letters from Japan. (Artists Abroad Series)
by La FARGE. John
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London: Waterstone & Co. ,. As New with no dust jacket. 1986. 1st Thus (English paperback). Paperback. 0947752323 . AS NEW, UNREAD. 206pp. NO MARKS OR INSCRIPTIONS. CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT. A new Reprint of the original work published in 1897. La Farge was an important American artist who was stimulated by his travels in Japan in 1886 where he travelled to various cities meeting people and recording events in Japanese Society. A Fascinating and humourous look at the mysteries of Japanese Art and Life. A cheap copy of the expensive original, now in paperback. ( A few copies available - just ask) No Inscriptions. As New - Unread. ; Artists Abroad; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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BENARES and its GHATS
by Agarwala K. N. Executive Engineer. (The Kashi Tirth Sudhar Trust)
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Benares: The Kashi Tirth Sudhar Trust. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1931. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A very good hardback book, green cloth with a black printed paper label to the spine and black printed with decoration to the front cover. Roughly 6.5" high by 10" wide (landscape style) . Some very light shelfwear to the corners and head/tail of the spine, but no damage. Very good, generally clean, sound covers. A gentle 'wave' to the whole book but which is hardly noticable. Internally, a former owner's details to the top front corner of the front free endpaper been partially cut off, but a name and "Benares 15 July '45" is still present in ink, otherwise unmarked throughout. (xxx) + (1) + 154 pages + (1 blank). A fascinating work, comprising geological surveys, a historical overview, and a detailed survey of the ghats with printed sepia photographs on every other page, line drawings. Diagrams, Map of Benares, etc,. The Appendices…
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Back to Mandalay
by Thomas, Lowell
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New York: The Greystone Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1951. First US Edition. Hardcover. This is the true FIRST EDITION which precedes the UK First Edition of 1952. In the original Green boards with gilt titling to the spine and gilt publishers logo to the front cover. The covers have a couple of VERY Small marks, old thin broken lines of sellotape glue only, (these may be able to be removed? ). A slight central crease line to the spine but not too noticable. The head/tail of the spine is 'bumped', and there is a little light fading to the very edge of the book, but all of this is negligible. In the original publishers' pictorial dustjacket. The dustjacket has a few closed tears all of which are now neatly repaired to the reverse of the d/j with sellotape/old masking tape. The d/j also has some edgewear, but is now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks Near VG. The page fore-edges are uniformly tanned, and the blank third page has a…
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Becoming Japanese. The World of the Pre School Child
by Hendry, Joy
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Manchester: Manchester University Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1986. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. No Date (1986 ? ). Illustrated card covers, very faint indentations, o/w VG+. NO INSCRIPTIONS. 194 pp, index. Illustrated in black and white. Hinges sound. CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT. "Joy Hendry looks at customs and traditions, at rewards and punishments, and at the day to day life of children at home, at school and in the wider world." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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The Bluebird Series of Letters for Children . True Christian (Moral) Tales of India; Scouting and the First World War, Etc.
by Sorabji R. J.
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Allahabad: ? Privately Published By the Author ? (R. Liddell, Printer). Very Good- with no dust jacket. (1919). First Edition. Hardcover. Quarter bound with a plain burgundy cloth spine and decorated/titled paper covered boards, plain on the rear cover. No dustjacket, probably as issued. The edges of the boards are rubbed/scuffed with some paper loss/nibbles. Spine just a little rubbed and bumped at the edges but spine and covers generally clean & tight. Internally the book is clean, tight and bright and is VG - HOWEVER oddly there is NO Title page present - as a 'privately printed' book it may be 'as issued' without one, the printer using the cover as a 'title', but I can't be sure as I am unable to find a trace of another copy at this time. Plain endpapers. The front free endpaper has an old faded presentation note to the former owners dated 1919, Poona, India. A printed 'Dedication' page "to my little friends in India and England whose…
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The Bunburys. Rajbun's Story - SIGNED COPY (By David Gower? )
by English David
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London: Collins. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. In the original publisher's glossy pictorial laminated boards. No dustjacket - presume as issued. VERY slight 'bumping' from shelfwear to the head/tail of the spine and the corners - but generally negligible. SIGNED in bold blue marker pen on the front free endpaper "To Amelia All my love David x " - The author is 'David' English BUT I'm fairly sure that this signature is from DAVID GOWER the England Cricketer, whose endorsement of the book and facsimile signature is on the rear board. The 'David' who has signed this book has a stroke/dot above the last 'D' just like David Gower's signature. ? . Otherwise the book is unmarked with NO Inscriptions or Marks. Unpaginated, and illustrated throughout in colour with delightful illustrations by Jan Brychta, of the 'tests', trials and tribulations of the Cricketing Bunburys. An Excellent Very Clean, Tight…
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Cambodia Silenced. the Press under Six Regimes
by Mehita, Harish C.
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Bangkok & Cheney: White Lotus Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1997. First Edition (?). Paperback. 9748434095 . The author covers the history of the press and its supressions, use as propaganda, etc, etc, in Cambodia, from the French colonial period (1940s) through to 1996. In the original publisher's glossy 'fold over' pictorial card covers. A crease line runs through the spine (from the book having been used) but o/w a very good copy. (xviii) + 323pp + 3pp (advert leaves). One 'Asian' stamp on the top right corner of the half title, and some pencil underlining/sidelining here and there in the book, o/w No other Inscriptions or Marks. A Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 324 pages .
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Cannibal Isles: Time Travelling in the Andaman Isles
by Tomory David.
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London: Nthposition.. As New with no dust jacket. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. 095462680X . Aa NEW. A large format paperback book, entirely unmarked and unworn, possibly unread, could pass for new. NO Inscriptions or Marks. (4) + 179 pp. 14 chapters in 3 parts, epilogue, index, references. Only illustration other than the front cover is a b/w map of the Andaman Islands. "For many people, the Andaman Islands exist mostly in the imagination. For David Tomory, the fascination began with a childhood reading of "The Sign of Four." He set out to explore the real and imagined islands. Within living memory it had been a place of horror, Kalapani, the Black Water from which prisoners could not escape. The Cellular Jail was still there, slowly being reclaimed by the jungle, but the Adamanese tribes - the inspiration for Conan Doyle's story - have been 'protected' to the point of extinction". "...An exemplary historical travelogue, witty, earthy…
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by Allan, Sarah; Barnett, Cherry
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Herndon, Virginia, U.S.A.: Cassell & Company, Limited. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 0304304581 . Schweppes Leisure Library.NOT PRICE CLIPPED, lib label to spine, lib stamp to front flap, dustwrap has been strengthened with brown paper to reverse, in protective plastic cover, dark brown boards with bright gilt titling to spine, old tape marks to edges of boards which have been coloured with black pen, stains to endpapers, map on endpapers, 186pp, illustrated in colour and black/white, stamp stain to front endpaper, hinges sound, OVERALL CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT.; 107239; Exlib Usual Stamps and Marks; 8vo (large) .
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China Chic. East Meets West
by Steele, Valerie & John S. Major
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New Haven & London: Yale University Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0300079303 . FINE Burgundy boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's FINE pictorial dust-jacket. Unused, unread copy. (12) + 197 pp. Illustrated throughout in full colour and b/w. Immaculate copy with NO Inscriptions or Marks. "... (This) is the first book to explore the evolution of Chinese Dress from the dragon robes and lotus shoes of the Imperial Era to the creation of new fashions like the cheongsam and the "Mao suit" that symbolised modern Chinese identity..." . The book was published to coincide with the exhibition China Chic, at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology, organized by Valerie Steele. An Unread, As NEW copy in an As New dust- jacket. This book is overweight at 1.400 Kg and will require extra postage for International buyers only, depending on your location. GIFT QUALITY. See Images. ;…
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China Through Western Eyes. The Nineteenth Century.
by Roberts, J.A.G.
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Stroud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom: Sutton Publishing Ltd. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Paperback. 086299828X . A Reader in History. Black/yellow/white card covers, slight creasing. Ex lib label/remains of label/lib stamp to half title, small label and stamp to rear endpaper, stamp to last page. Hinges sound. Internally excellent, main body of book clean bright and tight. "a wide selection of extracts from the rich treasury of European and American views on China, views which have long been inaccessible,together these views form a valuble source for the reader with an interest in 19th century China." 167pp, contents include; government and law; religion and science; social life; women and children; economy; military; culture etc etc; 107471; Ex Reference Library; 8vo .
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China Today
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London: Collins. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 000100140X . Colour illustrated laminated covers, slightly dusty, spine a little sunned. Brightly illustrated endpapers. NO INSCRIPTIONS. Hinges sound. 128pp. Profusley illustrated in colour and black/white. Excellent copy, CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT. "Nigel Cameron provides a sympathetic and authoritative account of a life style completely unlike our own; an account which gives a contemporary panoramic view of the land and peoples of China today"; 107481; 4to .
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China Volume 1 a Fresh Perspective
by Politics, Institute Of World Economy & ; Chinese Academy Of Social Sciences
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Singapore: Eastern Universities Press. As New with no dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Paperback. 9812102760 . Laminated decorated card covers with card cover flaps. No dustjacket, as issued. There are No Inscriptions or Marks. (vii) + 126 pp. Illustrated with b/w graphs and charts. Index. Overall, this is an Excellent, Clean, Tight and Bright , 'As New' copy. "This volume examines foreign direct investment (FDI) in China, establishing a Free Trade Area (FTA) between China, South Korea and Japan, China's macro-institutional policies. The reform of Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOE) , regional disparities, and online securities trading in China. "; An Economics Research Study Studies; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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China in the Nineties: Crisis Management and Beyond
by Goodman, David; Segal, Gerald
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Oxford: Clarendon Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 0198273622 . NOT PRICE CLIPPED, clean black boards with bright gilt titling to spine, lib label and stamp to front/rear endpapers, stamp to last page,226pp, ""Identifies the challenges now facing the country and presents a fresh and wide-ranging assessment of the prospects for China, and for socialism at large, through the 90s.""; 107186; Ex Ref Lib; 8vo (large) .
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