Search Results: Titles starting with C from Asia Bookroom

Beijing: China Daily.. 1991.. Full page black and white illustrations, unpaginated, endpapers a touch foxed, paperback covers with French flaps a little worn along extremities, good copy. 26 x 23cm. Text in English and Chinese. .

Jakarta.: CP Foundation.. 2003.. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white, 315pp, covers shelf worn, paperback in very good condition with French flaps. 28 x 21.5cm. This catalogue offers comprehensive coverage of contemporary Indonesian art forms. .

Singapore.: East Asian Institute.. 2022.. viii + 194pp, notes, references. Paperback. "In this volume, the East Asian Institute in Singapore brings together an exceptional team of world-leading China experts from Asia, the United States, Europe and Australia to set out the future implications of trends in CPC politics and governance in CPC General Party Secretary Xi Jinping’s “New Era.” The essays collected in this volume bring together cutting-edge research and insights into China’s economy, society, politics, military and international relations targeted at a professional audience in government, business, the media, NGOs and universities. With contributions from: Jude Blanchette, Vincent Brussee, Tai Ming Cheung, Diana Fu, Lance Gore, Paul Haenle, Bert Hofman, Heike Holbig, Rui Hou, John Lee, Jonghyuk Lee, Wendy Leutert, Li Nan, Richard McGregor, Barry Naughton, Frank N. Pieke, Xiaoyu Pu, Nathaniel Sher, Victor Shih, Sarah Y. Tong, Zhongyuan Wang, Christine Wong, and Yao… Read More

Itchome, Aioicho, Yokohama.. (circa1890).. Cabinet card, silver albumen photograph, 14 x 9.5 cm backed onto card and an elaborate olive toned pebbled thick card mount 18.1 x 11.5 cm, blind stamped, the signature of the studio in gilt, upper and lower edge with scalloped edges, pencilled note in rather amateur characters on reverse, some silver mirroring, but in very good condition. Fine portrait of an unknown officer, from a famed studio but, remarkably, about whom little is known (see: Terry Bennet, "Japanese Photography in Japan 1850 - 1912"). From the estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. .

London.: Fairfield Community Arts Network.. 1994.. Black and white photographic illustrations, illustrated wrappers. 40pp a very good copy. 25 x 21cm Designed to help increase understanding of the people of Indo-China who have settled in Australia, through photography and stoies. English, Khmer, Lao, Chinese and Vietnamese commentary. .

Ann Arbor.: The University of Michigan Press.. Reprint.. 2009.. Black and white illustrations, xiii + 342pp, bibliography, index, notes, inscription on title page from the author, very good paperback copy. "Based on nearly three years of ethnographic fieldwork in the little-studied Malaysian Tamil community, this book captures the challenged and dilemmas facing an ethnic and religious minority in the context of state-driven ethnic and religious nationalism". Publisher's description. .

Paris.: Les Indes Savantes.. 2001.. Vol 15, 2001. 168pp, paperback. Articles in French and Vietnamese of Vietnamese interest, including "Regard comparatif sur les deux ecritures vietnamiennes" - Nguyen Phu Phong, "Xuan Dieu ou le frisson nouveau de la nouvelle poésie" - Pha M Dan Binh, and "La transition entrepreneuriale dans la triple transition demographique, socio-economique et urbaine au Vietnam (1975-1995)" - Nguyen Duc Nhuan. .

Palo Alto.: Pacific Books.. 1945.. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xvi + 245pp, signature prior owners front free endpaper, book review taped onto front endpapers with now browned sellotape, covers little worn and browned at spine, still a good sound copy inside. A personal account of the history and culture of Hawaii, written with understanding and knowledge based on twenty years of observation of local life. .

Stanford.: Stanford University Press.. 1996.. Map, figures, xvii + 351pp, notes, appendix, bibliography, index, very good hardback copy. .

Calcutta.: Oxford. 1990.. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, 276pp, notes, index, paperback, 27.5 x 21.5cm, very good copy. This first volume (of 2) includes 35 articles and some shorter pieces on Calcutta. The chapters include Printing and the Spirit of Calcutta - Nikhil Sarkar; The Jews of Calcutta - Chitra Deb; Music in Old Calcutta - Rajyeshwar Mitra; Wealth and Work in Calcutta 1860-1921 - Amiya Kumar Bagchi; The Railway Comes to Calcutta - Sukanta Chaudhuri. .

London.: The Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society.. 1910.. Fold-out and in text maps, black and white photographic plates, xix + 316pp, appendices, bibliography, index, lettering on spine illegible due to wear but otherwise a very good copy in original cloth. .

Reprint.. 2020.. xvi + 558pp. Black and white maps, illustrations. Paperback covers little shelf worn, a very good copy. "Former RAF pilot embarks on flight to Bhutan to escape Japanese assassins. It is the eve of World War 2 and Falstaff Wild, the incorrigible scoundrel, embarks on affair with wayward princess to escape war torn China." (Publisher's description). .

Delhi.: Pravana Books.. Reprint.. 2009.. 2 volumes. Volume one, viii + 1-172pp. Volume two, 173-342pp, index. Black and white photographic illustrations, 21.1 x 13.6cm. In very good condition. Biography of Calvin Wilson Mateer, an American Presbyterian missionary in Shandong, active from 1864 until his death in 1908. .

Phnom Penh.: Cambodge d'Aujourd'hui.. January1963- April 1964.. Broken run of 8 issues, numbering: 52-53 (January - February 1963, 40pp); 54-55 (March - April 1963, 40pp); 56-57 (May - June 1963, 40pp); 58-59 (July - August 1963, 40pp); 60-62 (September - November 1963, 44pp); 63 (January 1964, 24pp); 64 (February 1964, 24pp); and 66 (April 1964, 24pp). Profuse black and white photographic illustrations. Some light damp damage causing some undulation of leaves in one issue with loss to lower wrapper, little insect damage to few issues, few closed tears and edges little chipped with no loss to text. All issues measure 35 x 25cm. Text wholly in French. A collection of issues of 'Cambodge d'Aujourd'hui' dating from Sangkum-period Cambodia. Within, the full force of Norodom Sihanouk's personality is made apparent, dominating all aspects of social, cultural, political, and economic life. The development of Cambodia under the one-party leadership of Sangkum is highlighted alongside illustrative plans,… Read More

Paris.: Les Indes Savantes.. 2009.. Black and white illustrations, 203pp, bibliography, appendix, a good paperback copy. Text in French. .

Paris.: Société d'Éditions Géographiques Maritimes et Coloniales.. 1925.. Map, 46 black and white photographic illustrations, xiv + 312pp. Endpapers a little grubby and light foxing to the title page but a good copy in modern dark green buckram with red leather title label on the spine lettered in gilt. Text in French. 26 x 19cm. Examines origins, past splendours, literature, astronomical science, Buddhism, monks, religious life, gentleness and generosity of the Cambodian, social state, political situation of the kingdom in recent centuries, psychology of the Cambodian, indigenous justice, some traits of the Cambodian soul, music and more. .

Paris.: Les Indes savantes. IRASEC.. 2008.. Some black and white tables, bibliography, index, 525pp. Text in French. A very good paperback copy, 24 x 15.9cm. Essays by various authors. .

Singapore.: Carnegie Endownment for International Peace.. 1994.. Map, viii + 106pp, sources, minor extremities wear, inserts with annotations in Barry Wain's hand, a very good copy. Contemporary Issue Paper #1. .

Paris.: Union de Transports Aériens (UTA).. [Circa1980].. Single sheet printed in colour on both sides, small map, 8 panels; sheet size 23 x 42cm folds down to 10.5 x 23cm. A travel brochure for Cambodia produced by now defunct French airline Union de Transports Aériens (UTA) during the years they were active (1963-1992). .

London.: Visiting Arts.. 2001.. 182pp, index, prior owner's embossed stamp title page, covers trifle worn, a good paperback copy. 29.6 x 16.5cm. Index in English and Khmer. .