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London: T Becket , 1774 A fair copy of the 3rd edition of this scarce work, in contemporary binding with folding frontispiece. Holwell (1711-1798) was an employee of the East India Company and a surgeon. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767 and was temporary Governor of Bengal. He survived the incident known as the 'Black Hole of Calcutta' and this work contains an account of his experiences together with other works. With folding frontispiece 'representing the Monument erected at Calcutta, in Memory of Sufferers in the Black-Hole Prison'; title page; dedication pp i-vii; half title and text 432pp. The full leather binding is complete but the front board is detached and the title label to the spine is damaged. There is some edge wear and scuffing but the binding could be easily repaired. The stitching is sound. The frontispiece is complete - with a small repaired tear where it is attached to the book. The text is complete and in good condition. There is general light brown…
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Manners and Customs of the Japanse in the Nineteenth Century from the Accounts of Recent Dutch Residents in Japan and from the German Work of Dr. Ph. Fr. Von Siebold
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India Tracts
by John Zephaniah Holwell, Esq. and Friends
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A history of Persia.
by Sykes, Brigadier-General Sir Percy
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Second edition. Macmillan. London. 1921. 2 volumes. Crown 8vo. xxvii, 563pp. Frontis., 87 further plates, of which 3 are colour, 3 folding maps in text, a further large folding map in rear pocket; xix, (1), 594pp + adverts, frontis., 97 further plates, one of which is coloured folding, folding map in text, two further folding maps in rear pocket. Original publisher's decorative cloth, gilt, rubbed and worn to extremities. Toning to eps. Teg. Heffer & Sons booksellers plates to fep of each volume. Brigadier-General Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE, CB, CMG, RGS Patron's Gold Medal (1867-1945) soldier, diplomat, explorer, eminent orientalist and author.
"It describes in considerable detail the geography, legends and history of Persia from the earliest times of Elam and Babylon. A Persian bibliophile has described it as "probably the best history of the country we have today in any language other than Persian" (Ghani, p. 363)." Encyclopaedia Iranica.
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Le Temple D'Angkor Vat (Memoires Archeologiques / Publies Par L'Ecole Francaise D'Ex)
by Louis Finot
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Bangkok: SDI Publications, 1995. 3 Vols. Beautifully published reprint edition limited to 999 copies. Originally published: Paris : Les Éditions G. Van Oest, 1929-1932. Folio. in slipcase. French text. prof. illus. vol. 1. L'architecture du monument / introduction de Louis Finot; vol. 2: La sculpture ornementale du temple / introduction de Victor Goloubew; vol. 3: La galerie des bas-reliefs / introduction de G. Coedès. Notes. cloth, d.j. lightly rubbed, slipcase, otherwise As New. Rare.This set is heavy and requires additional freight charge as well as insurance.
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Notes from a Frontier
by Ainscough, Thomas M.
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Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, Ltd., 1915. RARE.Worldcat shows only The British Library with a holding. In original printed beige paper wrappers, illustrated with 10 black and white photographs. Good, spine and rear wrapper missing, last signature loose from binding, front wrapper with edge wear, all contents present, interior clean and unmarked, most pages uncut. iv, 90 pp. Britain and Tibet 1765-1947, 3223. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Nagasaki nenreki ryōmenkan - 長崎年暦両面觀 - History of Nagasaki to 1828
by Uchihashi, Chikuun
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Nagasaki, 1828. folded sheet printed on both sides. 32 x 91 cm (12½ x 35¾"). very good. One folded sheet printed on both sides. 32 x 91 cm (12½ x 35¾"). OCLC World/Cat cites only one copy, held at Indiana University. A chronological table of events in Nagasaki from 1570 to the year of publication. Light wear with minor creasing, small pinhole at lower left corner; near fine. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade wordwide.
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India Tracts
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London: T Becket , 1774 A fair copy of the 3rd edition of this scarce work, in contemporary binding with folding frontispiece. Holwell (1711-1798) was an employee of the East India Company and a surgeon. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767 and was temporary Governor of Bengal. He survived the incident known as the 'Black Hole of Calcutta' and this work contains an account of his experiences together with other works. With folding frontispiece 'representing the Monument erected at Calcutta, in Memory of Sufferers in the Black-Hole Prison'; title page; dedication pp i-vii; half title and text 432pp. The full leather binding is complete but the front board is detached and the title label to the spine is damaged. There is some edge wear and scuffing but the binding could be easily repaired. The stitching is sound. The frontispiece is complete - with a small repaired tear where it is attached to the book. The text is complete and in good condition. There is general light brown…
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A history of Persia.
by Sykes, Brigadier-General Sir Percy
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Second edition. Macmillan. London. 1921. 2 volumes. Crown 8vo. xxvii, 563pp. Frontis., 87 further plates, of which 3 are colour, 3 folding maps in text, a further large folding map in rear pocket; xix, (1), 594pp + adverts, frontis., 97 further plates, one of which is coloured folding, folding map in text, two further folding maps in rear pocket. Original publisher's decorative cloth, gilt, rubbed and worn to extremities. Toning to eps. Teg. Heffer & Sons booksellers plates to fep of each volume. Brigadier-General Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE, CB, CMG, RGS Patron's Gold Medal (1867-1945) soldier, diplomat, explorer, eminent orientalist and author.
"It describes in considerable detail the geography, legends and history of Persia from the earliest times of Elam and Babylon. A Persian bibliophile has described it as "probably the best history of the country we have today in any language other than Persian" (Ghani, p. 363)." Encyclopaedia Iranica.
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Uranographie Chinoise ou Preuves Directes que L'Astronomie Primitive est Originaire de la Chine, et Qu'elle a Ete Empruntee par les Anciens Peuples Occidentaux a la Sphere Chinoise; Ouvrage Accompagne d'un Atlas Celeste Chinois et Grec (Two Volumes)
by Schlegel, Gustave
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Taipei, Taiwan: Ch'eng-wen Publishing Company, 1967. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 927pp; Two Volumes: brown cloth boards with tan spines, titling to spines, boards protected by clear plastic sleeves, endpapers slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. NOTE: THIS EDITION DOES NOT INCLUDE STAR MAPS. Two volumes. Reprint of original 1875 edition. Scarce work showing evidence that primitive astronomy originated in China and then borrowed by ancient westerners. Illustrated with diagrams and one foldout chart. TEXT IN FRENCH.
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Sketches of Nanking, China with large map 1933
by after Louis Gaillard
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Nanking: Nanking Women's Club, 1933. 2nd, revised edition. wrappers. [6], 62 pp. With 10 illustrations from photographs on 6 plates; 3 maps, one folding at rear plus large folding laid in loose. 22.8x15.5 cm (9x6"), stapled red wrappers printed in black. The large folding map measures 34x46.5 cm (13½x18¼"), has a key on the verso to 82 locations; it was supposed to be in a separate folder, but is here laid in loose. Sticker on front cover, with chipping and wear to wrappers, rear wrapper and map detached; very good. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade. Scarce little description of Nanking, with much of the information taken from Père Gaillard's "Nankin d'alors et d'aujourd'hui", revised and enlarged under the auspices of the Literary Section of the Nanking Woman's Club.
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Nagasaki nenreki ryōmenkan - 長崎年暦両面觀 - History of Nagasaki to 1828
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Nagasaki, 1828. folded sheet printed on both sides. 32 x 91 cm (12½ x 35¾"). very good. One folded sheet printed on both sides. 32 x 91 cm (12½ x 35¾"). OCLC World/Cat cites only one copy, held at Indiana University. A chronological table of events in Nagasaki from 1570 to the year of publication. Light wear with minor creasing, small pinhole at lower left corner; near fine. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade wordwide.
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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
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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Samurai and Silk A Japanese and American Heritage
by Haru Matsukata Reischauer
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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…
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A HISTORY OF THE CHINESE SECRET SERVICE
by Deacon, Richard
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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
by Choi Wai Man, Ko Chung Ming
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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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Vietnam: A History
by Stanley Karnow
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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…
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Foundations and Limits of State Power in China
by Schram, Stuart R. (ed)
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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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Blood Brothers .The Criminal Underworld of Asia
by Lintner, B
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New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. First edition thus. Hardcover. As New/as new. Lifts the lid on organised crime in Asia. Scarce. 470pp. Fine in fine d/w. Stated First Edition in this edition - March 2003. Size 16.5 x 24cms. Please note: Due to International mail delivery problems, we currently ship items only to Australian addresses.
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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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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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