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Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon, Vol. III by Parker, H. ( Collected and Translated by ) - 1914
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Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon, Vol. III
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London: Luzac & Co., 1914. SCARCE in 1914 First Edition. In original red cloth, top edge gilt, Very Good, 1 1/2" tear to cloth top edge at spine, cloth rubbed at tips, stamp and blindstamp of the highly-regarded Folklore Institute, Indiana University front end pages. Stories of cultivating caste, lower castes, Western Provinces & Southern India, & Sinhalese texts. With index, 479 pp. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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L'Océanie nouvelle : les Chinois et les Européens, Migration des peuples, Contact des races, Caractères nouveaux, De la colonisation au XIXe Siècle
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K'ang Yu-Wei; A Biography and a Symposium (Publisher series: Association for Asian Studies Monographs and Papers.)
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Tucson: University of Arizona Press 1967. (Hardcover) 541pp. Very good plus, no dust jacket. Mottled grey cloth. Map endpapers, abbreviations, bibliographies, glossary, table of transliteration, index. The spine is lightly faded. Book about K'ang Yu-Wei. Publisher series: Association for Asian Studies Monographs and Papers 23 . Translated and edited by Jung-Pang Lo. (Ideas, Authors--China).
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[CHINESE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE] Çin Kurtulus Savasi. Translated in Turkish by Ahmet Angin.
by MAO TSE-TUNG [sic. MAO ZEDONG], (1893-1976).
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Istanbul: Habora Kitabevi Yayinlari / Basaran Matbaasi, 1967. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 185, [4] p. First Turkish edition of the "Chinese War of Independence" written by Mao Zedong in 1936 during the war with the Kuomintang and Japan. It was translated by Ahmet Angin (1919-1977) from the French text. This translation was published by Bülent Habora (1940-2014) (the owner of Habora Publishing House). Habora left his studies at Ankara University, Faculty of Law and worked as a journalist and publisher. He managed Habora Publishing House, which he founded (1966-95). OCLC 62124547.
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[COVER ART / MAO'S DEATH] 7 Gün: Haftalik siyasi haber ve aktüalite dergisi. 14 Eylül 1976, Sayi: 210.
by MAO TSETUNG [sic. MAO ZEDONG], (1893-1976).
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Istanbul: 7 Gün Ofset Tesisleri, 1976. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original wrappers. 4to. (28 x 21 cm). In Turkish. 31 p. 210th issue of Turkish weekly news magazine with its cover art of Mao's portrait, published five days after Mao's death.
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Dated Buddha Images of Northern Siam: With fifty-seven plates and twelve figures in the text
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Ascona, Switzerland: Artibus Asiae Publishers, 1959. Second Printing. VG in G DJ. Interior is tight, bright, and clean with no ownership marks. Binding shows all four corners bumped, all edges rubbed, and damage to lower spine. Unclipped DJ is intact but heavily challenged with heavy tearing, creasing, chipping, and rubbing. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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K'ang Yu-Wei; A Biography and a Symposium (Publisher series: Association for Asian Studies Monographs and Papers.)
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Tucson: University of Arizona Press 1967. (Hardcover) 541pp. Very good plus, no dust jacket. Mottled grey cloth. Map endpapers, abbreviations, bibliographies, glossary, table of transliteration, index. The spine is lightly faded. Book about K'ang Yu-Wei. Publisher series: Association for Asian Studies Monographs and Papers 23 . Translated and edited by Jung-Pang Lo. (Ideas, Authors--China).
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[CHINESE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE] Çin Kurtulus Savasi. Translated in Turkish by Ahmet Angin.
by MAO TSE-TUNG [sic. MAO ZEDONG], (1893-1976).
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Istanbul: Habora Kitabevi Yayinlari / Basaran Matbaasi, 1967. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 185, [4] p. First Turkish edition of the "Chinese War of Independence" written by Mao Zedong in 1936 during the war with the Kuomintang and Japan. It was translated by Ahmet Angin (1919-1977) from the French text. This translation was published by Bülent Habora (1940-2014) (the owner of Habora Publishing House). Habora left his studies at Ankara University, Faculty of Law and worked as a journalist and publisher. He managed Habora Publishing House, which he founded (1966-95). OCLC 62124547.
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[COVER ART / MAO'S DEATH] 7 Gün: Haftalik siyasi haber ve aktüalite dergisi. 14 Eylül 1976, Sayi: 210.
by MAO TSETUNG [sic. MAO ZEDONG], (1893-1976).
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Istanbul: 7 Gün Ofset Tesisleri, 1976. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original wrappers. 4to. (28 x 21 cm). In Turkish. 31 p. 210th issue of Turkish weekly news magazine with its cover art of Mao's portrait, published five days after Mao's death.
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Dated Buddha Images of Northern Siam: With fifty-seven plates and twelve figures in the text
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Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon. Vol. III [Only]
by Parker, H. (collected and translated by)
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New York: Arno Press, 1977. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Arno Press, New York, 1977. Reprint Edition. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Academic Original green cloth binding (hardbound), clean and tight througout. -- Overall near fine condition. (obg). Stories of Cultivating Caste. Stories of Lower Castes. Stories of the Tom Tom Beaters. Stories of the Western Province and Southern India. Sinhalese Texts of Stories. Appendix (Additional Notes and Corrections). First Published in London in 1914. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 479 pages. One volume of the 3-volume set. Item Type: Academic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Myths, Legends & Folklore; India ; ISBN: 0405101139. ISBN/EAN: 9780405101137. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8414. . 9780405101137.
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The Polynesian Triangle
by Berry, Erick & Best, Herbert
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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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Mansions of the Sun : The Indian Desert Thaar
by Anand, Uma
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Al-falak Scorpion, 1982. Book. Illus. by Vivek Anand. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Illustrated with colour & b/w photos. The book has a previous owner's private bookplate on the endpaper but is otherwise both book & jacket are in excellet condition. Firmly bound and carefully read..
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THE MILITARY COLLAPSE OF CHINA'S MING DYNASTY, 1618-44
by Swope, Kenneth M
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New York: Routledge, 2014. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 291pp, numerous b/w illustrations. A very nice copy..
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Korea Through Her Arts
by Kim Ki-Mun
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Yesul Chunchu Sa, Seoul, Korea, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Very interesting book which includes lots of illustration, many of which are tipped-in (color and b/w). There are also 6 records with representative Korean music. Size: 4mo - over 9 3/4" - 12" tall. 445 pp. Text is in Korean. Pages are yellowed, but are tight and clean. Spine working loose but still intact. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3-5 pounds. Category: Art & Design; Non-English Language::Korean; Korea; Korean Language; Sociology & Culture. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001394. . Additional shipping charges may apply.
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The Bengali Intellectual Tradition: From Rammohun Ray to Dhirendranath Sen
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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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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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Formless in Form: Kenko, 'Tsurezuregusa,' and the Rhetoric of Japanese Fragmentary Prose
by Chance, Linda H
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Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1997. Study of this medieval Japanese classic of brief 'essays' on various subjects; the author argues that Kenko's text is not an early example of 'zuihitsu' or informal essay, but rather "a deliberate, controlled effort by Kenko to force the reader to confront the impermanent and contingent nature of existence through experiencing the text." Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; first edition (first printing). Light wear to book; hint of fading to jacket spine; near fine, unmarked. Text clean; xxii, [2], 343 pages + 'colophon'; index, character list, lengthy bibliography, notes. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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MAOIST INSURGENCY SINCE VIETNAM
by Marks, Thomas A
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Great Britain: Frank Cass & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0714646067 . Book is Very Good + (plus). Clean and unmarked text. Tight and sturdy binding. Very light bump back cover corners. Rear cover surface faint 1/4 inch surface only stain. Single very faint and small page end -ends only - smudges front and bottom page ends. DJ is very good. Very light bumping to DJ cover corners and edges. 1/8 inch closed tear DJ top spine end corner. Sticker on rear DJ cover. 1/8 inch mark on DJ spine. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 303 pages .
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North from Malaya: Adventure on Five Fronts
by Douglas, William O
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Garden City: Doubleday, 1953. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Garden City: Doubleday, 1953, first printing. 8vo. 352pp., illustrated with b/w plates, map endpapers. Pale blue cloth with blue and white titles. Offset toning to two pages from laid in book reviews, minor dust foxing on top edge, else fine in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.
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Traditional Japanese Furniture: A Definitive Guide
by Kazuko Koizumi
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Kodansha International, 1986. First Edition. Fine in Near Fine DJ. Minor shelf and handling wear to DJ. Else Fine. Photo is of the copy at Barbed Wire Books.
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