Search Results: Titles starting with W from Asia Bookroom

Washington, D.C.: Christian University Press.. 1978.. viii + 303pp, initial and final leaves and edges slightly foxed, covers little worn, a good paperback copy. .

London.: Moon, F.G.. 1846.. Hand-coloured lithograph, 25 x 35 cm, 42.6 x 60.3 cm (sheet), margins with slight foxing and toning, in good condition. Handsome imge from David Robert's great two volume work, "Egypt and Nubia". .

東京. [Tokyo].: 大日本回教協會. [Dainihon Kaikyō Kyōkai].. Showa14 [1939].. 22 x 15.2cm, 57pp, original wrappers and first and last leaves foxed with some staining from rusted staples, otherwise clean. Good copy. Scarce. This fascinating 1939 publication from the Greater Japan Islamic Association (大日本回教協会) outlines trade relations between Japan and Islamic regions in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, Malaya, Java, and the Moros of the Philippines. It argues that understanding the Muslims in Southeast Asia is crucial for developing and expanding trade relations with Japan. The emphasis of the pamphlet is strongly pragmatic. Its authors point out that much of Japan's trade in Southeast Asia to date has been with members of the Chinese minority in the region, but since the outbreak of full-scale war with China, Japanese businesses have faced boycotts from some Chinese traders, and it is… Read More

上海.[Shanghai].: 商務印書館 Shang wu ying shu guan. 1st Edition.. 民国22 [1933].. Volume 1 only of 2, maps, black and white illustrations, 140pp, geography textbook for high school students. Original wrappers marked and worn with minor loss in places including along spine, occasional ink marking and pencilling, sound copy. Text in traditional Chinese. 18.7 x 12.8cm. This geography text was written under the curriculum guidance of the Education Department in 1933. The Volume One includes geography and climate information on Asia and Europe. .

[Peking].: 外交部. [Wai jiao bu].. December,1923.. Volume One only of three. 4 + 108 leaves, four-hole stab binding in red paper covers. Original red wrappers a little faded in places and chipped and torn with some loss. Title pages, some occasional foxing but generally very clean, small numeric stamp upper wrapper, barely visible light damp stain outer edge last leaves, 4 x 3cm loss to paper on title page not affecting the text, very clean and sound internally. Text in traditional Chinese. 32.6 x 19.2cm. Scarce. This conference also known as The Washington Naval Conference; The Washington Arms Conference or the Washington Disarmament Conference was a meeting of delegates from nine nations - the USA, Japan, China, France, Britain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Portugal. This group, which very deliberately excluded Russia, met in this interesting post WWI world to discuss and negotiate their interests in the Pacific and the East Asian region. Three major treaties were some of… Read More

London.: Hamish Hamilton.. 1991.. 315pp, notes, index, some foxing first and last pages and edges, sound hardback in dustjacket. Christina Lamb spent a year reporting on the political turmoil in Pakistan in 1989 for "The Financial Times". This book analyzes her experiences in what she sees as the tragedy of Pakistan - a woeful catalogue of vested interests, corruption, overpowering military and enfeebled new democracy. .

London.: Heinemann.. First Edition.. 2000. 308pp, dustjacket, edges trifle browned, prior owner's chop title-page, a very good hardback copy. .

Jakarta.: Lontar.. 1990.. xvi + 259pp, sources, spine sunned, a good to very good paperback copy. .

Hamden.: Shoe String Press.. 1980.. Black and white photographic and line illustrations, 96pp, author signature title page, some largely light damp staining upper cover and first leaves, a sound secondhand paperback copy. 26.3 x 21.6cm. .

Jakarta.: Lontar.. 1990.. xvi + 259pp, sources, spine little faded, a very good copy. .

Singapore.: Earl Lu Gallery.. 2000.. Colour photographic illustrations, 32pp, good paperback copy, Contemporary Singaporean art. .

London.: Reprint Society.. Revised edition.. 1963.. 432pp, appendices, bibliography, index, endpapers little damp stained, worn dustjacket, signature of a prior owner front free endpaper. Felix Greene, cousin of the author Graham Greene, travelled in China in 1957 and again in 1960. In this book he gives an account of China as he saw it. .

New Delhi.: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India.. 1976.. Full page colour plates, black and white illustrations,130pp + index, little browning endpapers, very good in dustjacket and original clear plastic cover. 32 x 24cm. .

London.: Jonathan Cape.. Reprint.. 1971.. xi + 299pp, front free endpaper signed by previous owner, dustjacket rubbed and foxed on reverse, now protected, overall a good copy. Novel set in China. .

Peking.: Foreign Language Press.. 1977.. Large format of Lianhuanhua including 112 black and white illustrations with caption lower edge, light foxing and wears on covers, spine tail little split mended with archival tape, overall good in paperback. Text translated from Chinese into English. 25 x 17.1cm. Walo is a village located in the remote Liangshan Moutains of China in Sichuan Province and is home of Yi people. .

London.: George Routledge & Sons.. First English Edition.. 1940.. 10 maps, 1 folding, illustrations, x + 291pp, index, light discolouration to spine, text and plates are very clean and bright, a good copy of the first English edition. 22.4 x 14cm. First published in Swedish in 1937. "This book forms the third volume of the trilogy in which Hedin has given popular accounts of his journeys in Central Asia. It deals with the history of the drainage system in the region of Lop-Nor, the Wandering Lake, in the Tarim basin. He explored that lake in 1905 and in 1934, and the main part of this volume gives an account of his 1934 journey." (Yakushi - Catalogue of the Himalayan Literature. H120). .

London.: T. Fisher Unwin.. 1st English edition.. 1924.. Folding colour map of the author's route, black & white photographic frontispiece and 170 'unusual photographs by the author', xx + 502pp, endpapers browned, red cloth covered boards lettered in gilt, spine slightly discoloured, tail rubbed with 5mm loss. internally clean and bright and a good firm tight copy. Includes chapters on Korea, Manchuria and Mongolia. .

Malaysia: Ridge Books. 2019. Black and whitel illustrations, 316pp, bibliography, notes, index, paperback. Wanderlust is the true story of Ida Pfeiffer (1797-1858), one of the most remarkable female travellers who ever lived - a housewife who decided to follow her dreams despite the strong disapproval of society. At a time when it was considered utterly impossible, Pfeiffer set off alone to travel the world. Along the way, she survived storms at sea, parched deserts, plague, malaria, drowning, earthquakes, robbers, murderers, head hunters and cannibals. She became the first woman to circle the globe alone - and then the first to do so twice. As a result of her incredible exploits and her best-selling travel books, Pfeiffer became one of the most famous women in the world in the nineteenth century. Hers is a tale that culminates in spies, intrigue, a botched revolution and a remarkable career cut tragically short by one voyage too many. Ida Pfeiffer's travels took her to China, Southeast Asia… Read More

Bangkok.: ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย.. 1992.. Profuse colour photographic plates, 199pp, large quarto, dustjacket minor wear with a little water damage, a good hardback copy. Text in Thai, with captions and some prose in English. .

Dritte wohlfeile Ausgabe. 3rd inexpensive edition.. Lithographed frontispiece, 111pp. Quarter leather binding with marbled paper covered boards, raised bands, spine gilt. Beautiful endpapers featuring a raised floral pattern. Corners of first and last leaves lightly stained. Binding rubbed at extremities with a little minor loss to leather and marbled paper, paper covered boards a little faded but nonetheless the binding is still very sound and attractive. Cordier 1768 Lust 1095. This German translation of Robert Thoms's Wang Keaou Lwan Pih Neen Chang Han, or the lasting resentment of Miss Keaou Lwan Wang proved to be very popular. It is a story from the Ming anthology Chin-ku ch'i-kuan or which contained 40 stories and was published during the Ming Dynasty sometime between 1633 and 1644 and compiled by Pao-weng lao-jen (Old Man Hugging a Jar) is not identified. The story published here in German was translated from the Chinese by Robert Thom and "according to the writer, re-written and bowdlerized".… Read More