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Parkersburg, Iowa: Mid-Prairie Books, 2000. Second printing. Paperback. Very Good +. Glossy stiff paper wraps are clean but show some rubbing and a few fine scratches in glaze. Reader's crease along front gutter. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and unmarked. Page 93/94 has a shadow-like bleed through of the printing on the other sides on the lower right quadrant of the pages only. There are eight pages of photos between pages 104 and 105. 212 pages including 8 pages of footnotes.
Diary from Burma
by Phyu, Khin Sabi (Mrs. Jasmine White)

Diary from Burma
by Phyu, Khin Sabi (Mrs. Jasmine White)
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Yangoon: Maung Maung Lay, 1997. First edition. Paperback. Very Good +. 112 pp. Text is in English. Minimal edgewear; otherwise excellent condition. Extremely scarce. [B7]
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Silence Broken: Korean Comfort Women
by Kim-Gibson, Dai Sil
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The Todas.
by Rivers, W. H. R.
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Macmillan and Co. London. 1906. First edition. Royal 8vo. xviii, 737pp. Folding map frontis., 20 folding genealogical tables, numerous photo illus. Original green cloth, gilt. Slightly faded, spotted, bumped and rubbed. Foxing to endpapers, pages untrimmed. Small Parker & Son Booksellers plate to fep.William Halse Rivers Rivers (1864-1922) FRCP, FRS. Anthropologist, ethnologist, neurologist, psychologist. A detailed study of the people "of the Nilgiri Hills in Southern India". His innovative methodology in this work was later adopted as standard anthropological practice.
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The English in China: Being an Account of the Intercourse and Relations Between England and China from the Year 1600 to the Year 1843 and a Summary of Later Developments
by Eames, James Bromley
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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New York: Barnes & Noble, 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Cloth in DJ; 622pp; DJ clean, intact & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, Near Fine/VG condition. History of relations between England and China from 1600 to 1843 with a summary of later developments. First published in 1909. Includes illustrations and foldout maps.
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Tibet: The Roof of the World Between Past and Present
by Maria Antonia
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Granville, New York, United States
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Vercelli, Italy: White Star, 2002. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Vercelli, Italy: White Star, 2002, first printing. Folio, 10 1/4" x 14 1/4", 224pp., illustrated with vibrant color photographs of everyday life. Fine in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Near Fine. Folio.
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A Conquest of Tibet
by Hedin, Sven
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NY: National Travel Club, 1934. First edition. Precedes the trade edition issued by Doubleday. Translated from the Swedish by Julius Lincoln. Published NY: National Travel Club, 1934, first printing. 8vo., 400pp., illustrated with 250 pen and ink sketches by the author, photo endpapers, top edge tinted red. Author's adventues in The Forbidden Land. Black cloth with gilt titles and cover emblem. Mild rub to the spine titles, previous owner inscription on half title. 2 page National Travel Club promo sheet and single page letter to members laid in. Very good plus. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo.
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Manchuria; Its People, Resources and Recent History (Publisher series: Oriental Series Ambassadors' Edition.)
by Hosie, Alexander (Edited with annotation by Charles Welsh.)
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London: L. Beling Tetens [1910], a numbered copy from a limited edition of 750. (Limp leather) Very good. 320pp. Black pebble-grained leather with gilt emblem on the spine. Top edge gilt, decorated endpapers, decorated title page, color frontispiece, photographs, notes, index. The spine is very lightly worn at the top and bottom, the corners are slightly turned in. L. Beling Tetens is also cited as the publisher on the title page. Edited with annotation by Charles Welsh. Publisher series: Oriental Series Ambassadors' Edition. Locale: Manchuria. (History, Description and Travel, Economic Conditions, History, Trade).
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East Wind West Wind
by Pearl S. Buck
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Winfield, Illinois, United States
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Brown hardcover, no dj. Foredge looks like it was nawed on by a mouse, almost half way up. Spine is bent. Near Fine inside except pages are discolored from the acid in the paper. Main portion of Cover is VG. Wear along front edge of spine at bottom. Title Page shows the publisher as The Reader's League of America New York City, New York. Copyright Page states 1930 Pearl S. Buck. (No other publisher listed). The author thanks Asia Magazine for allowing her to reprint some previous material.
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Frivolous Peeps at India
by Kelly, Ethel
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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Melbourne, Australia: George Robertson and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edges rubbed, gift inscription dated "India . Xmas 1912" on front free endpaper, some light foxing.. 1911. First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth. Black and white frontispiece photo portrait of the author in a very large hat. Many other black and white photographs. The Australian actress, author, and magazine editor's memoir of her early 1900s trip through India which endeavored to see new things and old places, to record familiar aspects of each town, and give a truthful photograph of social India as seen. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 232 pages .
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Edgar Snow's China: A personal Account of the Chinese Revolution Compiled from the Writings of Edgar Snow
by Snow, Lois Wheeler
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This Book is a compilation of selected writings of Edgar Snow, assembled by his wife and the Author of this Book, Lois Wheeler Snow. These writings and added photographs pertain to the Chinese Revolution in the 20th Century. Book has 284 pages and more than 450 photographs from 20th Century China. This Book is a signed First Edition by the Author at a Book promotion in Kansas City.
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Tai-Pan: a novel of hong kong
by james clavell
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signed by first ownerTai-Pan is a 1966 novel written by James Clavell about European and American traders who move into Hong Kong in 1842 following the end of the First Opium .It is the early 19th century, when European traders and adventurers first began to penetrate the forbidding Chinese mainland. And it is in this exciting time and exotic place that a giant of an Englishman, Dirk Straun, sets out to turn the desolate island of Hong Kong into an impregnable fortress of British power, and to make himself supreme ruler…Tai-Pan!
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The Elephant's Child
by Kipling, Rudyard
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Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2
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Descent of Man. an Atlantic Monthly Press Book
by Boyle, T. C
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Stories. : Little Brown & Co, 1979. . First American paperback edition. . Paperback.. Near Fine. . One or two tiny dots to front, otherwise immaculate copy of first printing of paperback of author's scarce first book. Extremely rare, issued at the same time as the unobtainable hardcover first.
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Wounds of Hong Kong 港傷 - Portraits of the Hong Kong Protesters and Their Stories
by Choi Wai Man, Ko Chung Ming
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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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Hong Kong: Brownie Publishing, 2020. 1st edition. Paperback. like new/no dj as issued. Hong Kong, 2020, in Englishand Chinese. 7.5 - 6 inches, 140 pages. Like new condition. Ships from Hawaii. ==. "The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting."Scars and bruises may fade, but we must remember what caused them. The purpose of《Wounds of Hong Kong》is to record police brutality. All 24 interviewees have sacrificed in their own ways during the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement. Among the thousands wounded, they are only a few. I would like to sincerely thank them for sharing their experience, insights, and feelings to me. I remember at the beginning of the resistance outbreak in June of 2019. As a photographer/journalist, I felt unsure. Protesters all covered their faces with masks, so how could I tell their stories? How can I search their ethos beneath the masks? However, my worry was quickly swept away as I realized that they weren't the only ones…
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A HISTORY OF THE CHINESE SECRET SERVICE
by Deacon, Richard
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- ISBN 13
- 9780584101140
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Buffalo, Wyoming, United States
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London: Frederick Muller LTD, 1974. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is in NF condition with penicl marking to inner board, trace edge wear noted, light bumping to spine ends else a bright and solid copy. Dust jacket is in NF condition with owner's pasted stamp to front cover, trace edge wear noted else bright, intact and whole. JEX 1/21
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Foundations and Limits of State Power in China
by Schram, Stuart R. (ed)
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- 9780728601390
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- 0728601397
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School of Oriental & African Studies, Univ of London, 1987 First Printing in dust jacket as new, no text markings, NOT ex-lib, slight quiet soil to unlaminated jacket, neat gift inscription to endpaper, else Fine (dj in mylar protector); 8vo; xxx + 367pp indexed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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The Bengali Intellectual Tradition: From Rammohun Ray to Dhirendranath Sen
by Mukhopadhyay, Amal Kumar (editor)
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Calcutta, K.P. Bagchi & Company, 1979, hardcover, viii-289 pp, First edition, Good in Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, name to front endpaper, spine-end and corner bumps, spine faded. Dustjacket, edge chips, rubs, a few spots to spine, in new Brodart sleeve. The result of a collective study by the Council for Political Studies, Calcutta, includes 12 essays on the great Bengali intellectuals of the past 150 years, by the author and others. Each essay concludes with notes and references. Index appended.
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In a Mule Litter to the Tomb of Confucius
by Alex Armstrong
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Attractive Nouveau Prize PLATE 1906 on first end paper. V Good copy. 147pp plus ads, 240 grms, 19 x 13 cms.
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Perilous Journeys of Hercule Poirot
by Christie, Agatha
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Perilous Journeys of Hercule Poirot Copyright 1937 by Agatha Christie Mallowan. 1937 DODD, MEAD BOOK CLUB EDITION. 630 pages. HERCULE POIROT OMNIBUS. USED. GOOD/GOOD CONDITION ORIGINAL BRIGHT RED AND YELLOW DUST JACKET. RARE . Stories are: The Mystery of the Blue Train, Death on the Nile, and Murder in Mesopotamia.
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Frivolous Peeps at India
by Kelly, Ethel
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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Melbourne, Australia: George Robertson and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edges rubbed, gift inscription dated "India . Xmas 1912" on front free endpaper, some light foxing.. 1911. First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth. Black and white frontispiece photo portrait of the author in a very large hat. Many other black and white photographs. The Australian actress, author, and magazine editor's memoir of her early 1900s trip through India which endeavored to see new things and old places, to record familiar aspects of each town, and give a truthful photograph of social India as seen. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 232 pages .
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The Feast of Kingship : Accession Ceremonies in Ancient Japan
by Robert S. Ellwood
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Tokyo, Japan: Sophia University, 1973. Previous owners impressed stamp to top of front free endpaper. 175 pages. The Senso Daijo-sai, the Japanese imperial accession ceremony. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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