Lahore: the city within by Quraeshi, Samina - 1988

New Delhi, Lancer Publishers, 1992, hardcover, 345 pp, edition unknown as copyright page has been neatly removed, Signed, inscribed to the previous owner, and dated by the Author on the front endpaper, Very Good in Very Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, corner bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light edge nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. A sweeping novel of historical fiction set in Central Asia and Northern India in the period 1814-1872. ISBN 9788172120047

Tucson AZ, Westernlore Press, 1991, hardcover, xv-170 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Presentation copy--Signed and inscribed by the author to The Honorable George Miller, Mayor of the City of Tucson, Arizona, and gilt-stamped on the front board as such, Very Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end and corner touches. Dustjacket, edge nicks, rubs, small wrinkles, in new Brodart sleeve. A personal account of the author's service in Company D, 10th Engineer Battalion (Combat), 3rd Infantry Division, at the Chosin Reservoir Battle during the Korean conflict. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of black-&-white photographs. Forewords by Frank Kerr, Rick Seward, Gordon Green, and Philip A. Kulbes. Appended; Epilogue, Apology, Acknowledgements, Unit Citations.

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 .

UKRAINIA Tolstoi, Count Lyof N.: The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in the Year 1852. First English Edition, 1888 Walter Scott, 24 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row, London. Translated from the Russian by Nathan Haskell Dole. Summary: A novel of the Caucasian War 1817-1864. Used. Good- Condition/ No DJ. Blue Boards gold titling and ornamentation. Imperial Russian crest stamped in gilt at center front. A solid copy. Light foxing to endpapers. Toning. Fabric at top of spine missing. RARE/SCARCE.

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!

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.

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

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.

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.

1970 Guardian first American editions. Credited to author Baik Bong, the books are thought to be collectively written by the Chinese and North Korean governments.
First published in the Korean language in 1968 and 1969. The English language translations were first published in 1969 and 1970, in Japan, under the Miraisha imprint.
The three books offered in this listing are first American editions, with US copyrights and Library of Congress catalog numbers. Kim's three volume biography was published and distributed worldwide under various imprints and languages, including French, Italian, Spanish, and Serbian. Presumably, this worldwide distribution was undertaken in support of "exporting revolution", a priority of the Chinese government in the 1960's and 1970's.
Condition of the three books and dust jackets is Very Good Plus. The books have sound bindings, complete and unmarked inside pages. The dust jackets show only light shelf wear, are not price clipped, and are protected in new mylar covers.
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