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THE DURBAR by MENPES D - 1903

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THE DURBAR by MENPES D - 1903

THE DURBAR

by MENPES D

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UK: A & C Black, 1903. Hard Back. FAIR TO GOOD/No D/W. MORTIMER MENPES. 1903. HARDBACK. FAIR TO GOOD COPY. 100 COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS. PICTORIAL DECORATIVE COVER.THE FRONT BOARD HAS GILT PEACOCKS UNDER A TREE WITH GILT TITLES ABOVE,SMALL ROUND MARK NEXT TO TITLES, SMALL MARK ON ONE OF THE PEACOCKS, THE TOP OUTER EDGE OF THE PAGE BLOCK HAS BEEN FINISHED WITH GILT. OUTER SIDE EDGE LIGHTLY DUST MARKED. PREVIOUS OWNERS NAME ON BLANK FRONT END PAPER. . SOME OF THE TEXT PAGES ARE LIGHTLY FOXED ON THE EDGE AND MARGINS. THE TEXT IS GENERALLY VERY GOOD FOR AGE, THE COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS ARE ARE VERY GOOD WITH NICE CLEAN PAGES WITH TISSUE GUARDS, A GOOD COPY FOR ITS AGE. POSTED FROM THE UK IN 1-2 WORKING DAYS, IN A PROTECTIVE CARD WRAP. HEAVY. PLEASE CHECK FOR POSTAGE ABROAD.

  • Bookseller Independent bookstores GB (GB)
  • Illustrator MORTIMER MENPES
  • Format/Binding Hard Back
  • Book Condition Used - FAIR TO GOOD
  • Jacket Condition No D/W
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  • Publisher A & C Black
  • Place of Publication UK
  • Date Published 1903
  • Pages 210
  • Keywords NOISBN, INDIA, CEYLON, ASIA, TRAVEL, 19THC ENTURY, ANCIENT TO 19TH CENTURY, GENERAL NON FICTION , DURBAR ,.
The Successors of Genghis Khan

The Successors of Genghis Khan

by Al-Din, Rashid

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ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780231033510 / 0231033516
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New York: Columbia University Press [0-231-03351-6] 1971, 2nd printing. (Hardcover) 372pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Blue cloth with silver lettering. Map endpapers, notes, bibliography, glossary, tables, index. Translated by John Andrew Boyle. (History--Asia, History--Asia, Khan Dynasty, Mongol Empire).
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A Fence Away From Freedom: Japanese Americans and World War II
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A Fence Away From Freedom: Japanese Americans and World War II

by Levine, Ellen

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First Edition, First Printing by numberline
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Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780399226380 / 0399226389
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New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1995, hardcover, x-260 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine end bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light scratches, in new Brodart sleeve. The award-winning author of Freedom's Children helps recount the stories of a number of young Japanese Americans whose lives and families were changed forever when the attack on Pearl Harbor prompted FDR to sign an executive order forcing their evacuation and imprisonment. Illustrated throughout with black-&-white photographs. Appended: Glossary, Chronology, Acronyms, Camp Sites, Who's Who, Bibliography, Index. ISBN 9780399226380
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A Conquest of Tibet
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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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Letters Received By The East India Company

Letters Received By The East India Company

by Various

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Amsterdam: N. Israel, 1968. Facsimile of 1896 edition. Hardcover. Very Good/no dj as issued. Hardcover without dust jackets as issued Six volumes bound in three volumes in original maroon cloth with gilt lettered gray spine label and folding map No notes, no markings, no ex-library "Letters Received by the East India Company from its Servants in the East" Transcribed from the 'original Coorespondence' Series of the India Office Records by Charles Danvers. Ships from Hawaii. Hardcover Very Good "Letters Received by the East India Company from its Servants in the East" Transcribed from the 'original Correspondence' Series of the India Office Records by Charles Danvers Facsimile reprint of the 1896 London edition by publisher Nico Israel, Amsterdam, 1968.
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A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush

A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush: A Preposterous Adventure

by Newby, Eric

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This book relates the tale of a classic adventure in the wilds of Afghanistan. There is a former owner's name inside the cover.
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THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO

THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO

by WAUGH, Teresa

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Fine
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First American Edition
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Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780871968906 / 0871968908
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NY: Facts on File, 1984. NEAR FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. NY. Facts On File. HARDCOVER. 1984. FIRST American Edition. AS NEW, bound in Gobi-desert-brown boards in shades of gray pictorial dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. Small push to points, else FINE. A modern translation from the Italian by Maria Bellonci. Magnificent color photographs throughout by Sergio Strizzi from the film Marco Polo directed by Giuliano Montaldo.. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine.
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The Bengali Intellectual Tradition: From Rammohun Ray to Dhirendranath Sen

The Bengali Intellectual Tradition: From Rammohun Ray to Dhirendranath Sen

by Mukhopadhyay, Amal Kumar (editor)

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First Edition
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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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Chinese Repository

Chinese Repository

by none stated

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N/A
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Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9781402156380 / 1402156383
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The entire series is of 20 volumes. I offer volumes 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 16 at 17.00 each. Or the lot for $100.00 plus the actual cost of shipping. This is the ELIBRON reprint as described by Amazon. The series was originally published in Canton, starting 1832, in English, for the information of missionaries and others about China, its history, its diaspora, and all things Chinese. Typical page count is 500-600 per volume. Different iSBNs for each volume. The depth of coverage is amazing. Vol 6, (sorry, sold) for example covers period may 1837 to April 1838. Its chapters include Prospects of China+(then 300 mio people) Coast of China, Embassis to China Central Asia (Uzbek Turkestan etc) Ophthalmic hospital at Canton,, Opium trade, Canton C of Commerce, Christian missions, Topography of Bankok, Historical account of China CAmerican consular est in east asia, Central Asia Bokhara and kokan, , Education, , Mission to Dayaks. Penang. Singapore schools. Orphan Asylum. HMS (HBMS) Raleig… Read More
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Edgar Snow's China
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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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Dust Jacket is in Very Good condition with a minor crease at the top of the front cover and a crease and tear on the flap of the
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9780394509549 / 0394509544
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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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The Tower of Five Glories. A Study of The Min Chia of Ta Li, Yunnan [China}
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The Tower of Five Glories. A Study of The Min Chia of Ta Li, Yunnan [China}

by Fitzgerald, C. P. (1902-1992)

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London: The Cresset Press, 1941. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good in a Good Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good. Tan buckram with red spin title; The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. 8vo; 8.5 inches tall; 280 pages with an index and appendixes of Min Chia Grammar and vocabulary; Illustrated with b/w photographs. The dust jacket has age toned with older clear tape repairs along the spine with loss at the spine tips and upper rear corner. Printed at the Shenval Press. First Edition, First Printing.. An outstanding primary source on this ethnic minority of Y nnan, China. The author lived among them during 1937-8 in Yunnan's Dali. His research was on the Min Chia or Bai minority culture. His particular focus was on religion and covers ancestor worship, gods, magic and myths, family, home, foreign contacts & change. - The Min Chia are a non-Chinese tribe of Yunnan, here described by Fitzgerald that their acceptance of Chinese culture, in… Read More
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World Pictures

by Menpes, M . and Menpes, D

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A & C. Black Ltd., 1911. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Frontispiece loose. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1450grams, ISBN:
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Vietnam
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Vietnam: A History

by Stanley Karnow

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9780670746040 / 0670746045
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This book is in good condition. There is a lot of wear on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover boards. There is also a substantial amount of staining on the cover boards. The pages are yellowed and tanned. There are also markings throughout the book. "The roots of this book reach back to the early 1950s in Paris, where I began my professional career as a journalist. France, supported by the United States, was then fighting to retain its hold in Indochina against the Vietminh, the Communist-led nationalist movement there. As I reported on the French end of the war, I soon became acquainted with the names and places in Vietnam from a distance, But I scarcely imagined that they were to be part of my own experience. Then, in 1959, I was assigned to cover eastern Asia; the region that included Vietnam became my beat for more than two decades. I visited Vietnam most recently in 1981 for seven weeks, the longest permitted an American correspondent since the Communists gained control of the entire… Read More
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series

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

Descent of Man. an Atlantic Monthly Press Book

by Boyle, T. C

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First American paperback edition.
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Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780316104692 / 0316104698
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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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Samurai and Silk A Japanese and American Heritage
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Samurai and Silk A Japanese and American Heritage

by Haru Matsukata Reischauer

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Uncorrected page proof ARC
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9780674788015 / 067478801X
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Samurai and Silk: A Japanese and American Heritage by Haru M. Reischauer -9780674788015 Samurai and Silk - penetrating insight into the Japanese character and the forging of modern Japan from the feudal Tokugawa shoguns to present day economic titans. Only Haru Reischauer could have written this extraordinary family account, beginning with her two illustrious grandfathers: one, a provincial samurai who became a founding father of the Meiji government; the other, a scion of a wealthy enterprising peasant family who almost single-handedly developed the silk trade with America. Remarkable stories, those of their notable descendants, demonstrate the unbounded vision - determination that explain so much about Japan's legendary success.... history Japan bibliography Samurai and Silk: A Japanese and American Heritage by Haru M. Reischauer 9780674788015 Uncorrected page proof ARC Harvard University press - March 1986 357 pages, with many black and white family photographs in rear.. light blue paper covers not… Read More
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A HISTORY OF THE CHINESE SECRET SERVICE

A HISTORY OF THE CHINESE SECRET SERVICE

by Deacon, Richard

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9780584101140 / 0584101147
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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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Wounds of Hong Kong 港傷 - Portraits of the Hong Kong Protesters and Their Stories
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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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9789887797173 / 9887797170
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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… Read More
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Foundations and Limits of State Power in China
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Foundations and Limits of State Power in China

by Schram, Stuart R. (ed)

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ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780728601390 / 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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Seven Pillars Of Wisdom, A Triumph

Seven Pillars Of Wisdom, A Triumph

by Lawrence, T.E

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T.E. Lawrence. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM, A TRIUMPH. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Privately Printed, 1926. First Published for general circulation 1935. First American Edition. States MCMXXXVI on the title page. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. Garden City, NY. GOOD CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET IS INCLUDED. 672 pages, indexed. Beige buckram boards. Spine has darkened a bit. 6 7/8 X 9 ½.
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Indians in Guyana: A Concise History from Their Arrival to the Present

Indians in Guyana: A Concise History from Their Arrival to the Present

by Basdeo Mangru

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Chicago: Adams Press, 1999. Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Slight corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 108 pages.
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Stalking the Elephant Kings: In Search of Laos

Stalking the Elephant Kings: In Search of Laos

by Christopher Kremmer

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Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997. Trade Paperback. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. x + 213 pages.
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