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Malaysia: Hikayat Press, 1998. 199pp. "Three commentators serve up the latest smorgasboard of ideas and opinions on Nineties Malysia. ...A must-read for observers of contemporary Malaysia." White sticker inconspicuously covers ink inscription to half-title. Excellent condition internally, wraps with some light general wear.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Sydney: Current Book Distributors Pty. Ltd., 1966. 231 pp. DW (now protected) is worn on covers and edges and torn along the top edge. Book has foxing on edges and discoloured top edge. Bright and tightly bound inside. History of Vietnam from antiquity (300 BC) to the mid-1960s. Map, index.. First Thus. Cloth. Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New South Wales: Reed Australia, 1995. 256 pp. Creasing to front and rear covers. Edgewear to wraps. Spine uncreased. Gatefold flaps. Internally unmarked and tightly bound. Illustrated with colour maps and photos. The World Heritage Sites of Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia.. First. Paperback. Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London, United Kingdom: Martin Secker & Warburg, Limited, 1990. 510pp. "A literary and spiritual ramble through the former Arab lands of the Ottoman Empire." Excellent internally, only very light edgewear to boards. Dustjacket is not worn or torn, but unfortunately the laminate which covers is has begun to warp on the front cover, creating ridges.. First. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Crows Nest NSW: Allen & Unwin, 2002. xvi, 375 pp. Light scuffing to lower edge of text block. Internally as new.. First. Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo. more information

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Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 1982. 92 pp. Light general and edgewear to illustrated wraps. Some chipping and a chipped crease to lower back corner. Sticker ghost to back cover. Very faint yellowing to page edges. Last 20 pages a little damaged for about 1cm at lower end of fore-edge. Exhibition catalog.. First. Paperback. Good. Large Octavo. more information

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Japan: The Hokuseido Press. 88pp. No date, c1970s-1980s. White wraps with purple border design to front cover, in light yellow thin paper dustjacket with brown border design. Book is in excellent condition, dustjacket is lightly worn with some faded stains, and a small (5mm sq.) missing portion near the spine.. First Thus?. Paperback. Near Fine/Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London: Penguin, 1992. 315 pp. Very light edgewear. Yellowing to edges of text block. Sticker damage to back cover near barcode. Spine uncreased. Internally unmarked and solidly bound. Includes b/w map and chronology of Pakistan.. Reprint. Paperback. Good. Duodecimo. more information

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Barcelona: Sirocco, 1997. viii, 220 pp. Light general and edgewear to laminated boards. Internally as new.. Inscribed by Author. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo. more information

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London: Heinemann, 1947. 217 pp. Dustwrapper, now protected in clear removable sleeve, is price clipped and has considerable wear including foxing, chips and wrinkles. Foxing to edges of text block, offsetting to decorated eps (map of itinerary - Turkey to India- to front eps, map of Afghanistan to rear eps). Bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Internally unwrinkled, unmarked, solidly bound. Illustrated with b/w plates.. First. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1975. xx, 518 pp. Dust jacket, now protected in removable clear plastic sleeve, is not clipped but has edgewear including wrinkling, chips and a closed tear at upper edge of backstrip panel.. Production error has caused the four Preface and Contents pages to be laid in with truncated margins. Published in association with the Australian Institute of International Affairs. Illustrated with 32 b/w maps.. First. Hard Cover. Good +/Good. Octavo. more information

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Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1975. xx, 518 pp. Dust jacket, now protected in removable clear plastic sleeve, is not clipped but has edgewear including wrinkling, chips and a closed tear at upper edge of backstrip panel.. Production error has caused the four Preface and Contents pages to be laid in with truncated margins. Published in association with the Australian Institute of International Affairs. Illustrated with 32 b/w maps.. First. Hard Cover. Good +/Good. Octavo. more information

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Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 1992. 531pp. Some b&w illustrations and b&w plates section. "For generations the Chinese regarded themselves as the flowers of the Flowery Land while those across the wide sea were the barbarians." Only flaw internally is a small sticker mark on the ffep. Some light foxing to top page edge. Light shelfwear to bottom edge. Dustjacket with only very minor edgewear.. First. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Singapore: Times Books International, 1994. 87 pp. Light edgewear and a few creases to illustrated wraps. Spine uncreased. Upper and fore-edges of text block very slightly yellowed. Inscribed by author to half-title page. Internally as new. "A humorous account of a singular woman's childhood angst and yearnings in a man's world.". Inscribed by Author. First. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo. more information

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USA: Faber and Faber, 1998. 226 pp. Yellowing to page edges and margins. Boards and dustjacket both with very light edgewear. Dustjacket, now protected in archival mylar, is not clipped.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Hammersmith, London: Harper Collins, 1997. 652 pp. Light edgewear to illustrated wraps; crease to upper front cover. Spine uncreased and square. Remainder mark to lower edge of text block. Internally as new. Illustrated with b/w plates.. Revised. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo. more information

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New Delhi: Roli Books, 2004. 440 pp. Very light edgewear to illustrated unclipped dustwrapper. Book is as new. Maps, diagrams, colour photos throughout. Weighs over 2 kg. Postage AU$9.50 within Australia. History of climate change, "with special reference to the monsoon during the Pleistocene and Holocene and human responses. ...[T]opics covered include methods of analysing data for reconstructing past climatic sequences [and] the monsoon's effect on religious, social and economic history.". First. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good +. Quarto. more information

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Japan: Mazda Motor Corporation, 1983. 118pp. Numerous colour illustrations and photos. Presentation slip included. "This book illustrates how the Japanese have adapted their patterns of behaviour, their toold for living, and their art to blend with their environment." Light general and edgewear to wraps.. First. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Japan: Mazda Motor Corporation, 1985. 134pp. Numerous colour photos and illustrations. Presentation slip included. "In many areas of Japanese life, the ceremonies and rituals created out of the belief in anima continue to exist today. Indeed, how the Japanese people have been able to find harmony in this dichotomy is one of the most fascinating, and least told, stories of modern Japan." Light edgewear to wraps.. First. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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