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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
by Omar Khayyam; Omar Khayyám; Edward FitzGerald (trans)
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket condition
- Fair
- Published
- 1938
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- Hardcover
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$79.95
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New York: Illustrated Editions, [c. 1938]. Hardcover in illustrated slipcase. Black textured leather over boards with red, green and gilt title and illustrations to front and spine. Very thick paper. Nine magnificent mounted color lithographs. Top edge died deep red. Deckled fore-edge. Near Fine book in a Fair slipcase. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Title and illustrations to cover… Read more Item Price
$79.95

Dr. Tom Dooley's Great Books: Dr. Tom Dooley, My Story (abridgement of Deliver Us From Evil, The Edge of Tomorrow and The Night They Burned The Mountain) and Before I Sleep...: The Last Days of Tom Dooley
by Tom Dooley; Thomas A. Dooley; James Monahan
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- Used - Fine
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- Book Club Edition
- Published
- 1962
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- Hardcover
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$19.95
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New York: Catholic Digest Book Club, 1962. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards with silver lettering to spine. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Corners and spines ends lightly bumped. No jacket. Not from a library. 160 + 275 pages, 16 pages of plates ; 22 cm.
Dr. Tom Dooley's Great Books:
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Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II
by Vicki Constantine Croke
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- Used - Very Good+
- Published
- April 2015
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- Trade Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0812981650
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$10.45
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New York: Random House, April 2015. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light reading wear to covers. Not from a library. No remainder marks. xx + 343 pages.
The remarkable story of Billy Williams, whose uncanny rapport with the world's largest land animals transformed him from a carefree young man into the charismatic war… Read more Item Price
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Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan (Macmillan Wars of the U nited States)
by Ronald H. Spector
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- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- November 1984
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0029303605
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$25.95
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New York: Macmillan / Free Press, November 1984. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Gift inscription signed by author to title page. Very Good+ book in a Very Good+ jacket. Unmarked other than inscription. Spine straight and tight. Light rubbing and edgewear to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xvi + 589 pages.
The best… Read more Item Price
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The Trekker's Guide to the Himalaya and Karakoram
by Hugh Swift
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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- June 1982
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- Trade Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0871562952
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$19.95
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San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, June 1982. Trade Paperback. First Edition / full number line. Near Fine. Unmarked. Interior slightly tanned. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 342 pages. B&W photos and maps.
The Himalaya - since the days of the Silk Route caravans, a land that has… Read more Item Price
$19.95

Let's Cook Asian
by
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket condition
- Fine
- Published
- 2001
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1903817102
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$11.45
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London: Starfire, 2001. Hardcover. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 512 pages. Profusely illustrated with four step-by-step color photos per recipe. Also includes food facts and helpful hints. Item Price
$11.45

A History of East Asia : From the Origins of Civilization to the Twenty-First Century
by Charles Holcombe
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- Used - Good+
- Published
- 2011
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- Trade Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 052173164X
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New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Trade Paperback. Good+. A few notes, occasional underlining and light reading wear to first fifty pages, remainder of book seems unread. Not from a library. xxiv + 430 pages.
In the modern age, many of the features that made East Asia distinct have been submerged by the effects of revolution, politics, or globalization.… Read more Item Price
$19.95

Birds Without Wings
by Louis de Bernières; Louis de Bernieres
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
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- August 2004
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1400043417
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$11.65
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, August 2004. Hardcover. First American Edition (stated). Blue linen over boards with gilt titles to spine. Gorgeous map endpapers. Laid-in book review from Washington Post Book World. Very Good book in a Very Good jacket. Small stain to first page, otherwise interior unmarked. Spine straight and tight, tail slightly bumped. Jacket has light soiling to… Read more Item Price
$11.65

The Ruling Caste: Imperial Lives in the Victorian Raj
by David Gilmour
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Published
- February 2006
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374283540
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$27.00
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, February 2006. Hardcover. First American Edition (stated) / full number line. Laid-in review from Washington Post Book World. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Spine tail slightly bumped, otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxx + 381 pages. A provocative history of the English in South Asia during… Read more Item Price
$27.00

Traveler's Companion Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
by Derek Maitland; Jill Gocher
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- Used - Near Fine
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- February 1999
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- Trade Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0762703652
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$15.95
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Old Saybrook, Connecticut: Globe Pequot, February 1999. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Almost imperceptible crease to bottom two inches of spine, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 292 pages.
Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia are some of Asia's most intriguing destinations. Right across the cultural spectrum, Indochina offers a rich historical past and amazing… Read more Item Price
$15.95

Tragic Mountains: The Hmong, the Americans, and the Secret Wars for Laos, 1942-1992
by Jane Hamilton-Merritt
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, later printing
- Published
- 1993
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0253327318
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$36.95
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Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993. Hardcover. First Edition, 4th printing. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Light dust stains to top edges. Slight rubbing to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxviii + 580 pages. Maps, charts and B&W photos throughout.
The staunchest of allies, the… Read more Item Price
$36.95

The Wandering Falcon
by Jamil Ahmad
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- New
- Jacket condition
- New
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Published
- October 2011
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1594488274
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$28.95
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New York: Riverhead Books / Penguin, October 2011. Hardcover. First American Edition (stated) / full number line. New. Pristine inside and out. Not a remainder. Not damaged. 243 pages.
Traditions that have lasted for centuries, both brutal and beautiful, create a rigid structure for life in the wild, astonishing place where Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan meet-the Federally Administered Tribal… Read more Item Price
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This Earth of Mankind (Buru Quartet, 1)
by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
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- Used - Very Good
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- May 1996
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- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140256350
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$9.95
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New York: Penguin, May 1996. Paperback. Very Good. Gift inscription on first page and light corner wear, otherwise Fine. Text unmarked. Spine square, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 368 pages.
Minke is a young Javanese student of great intelligence and ambition. Living equally among the colonists and colonized of 19th-century… Read more Item Price
$9.95

The Special Prisoner
by Jim Lehrer
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Paperback
- Published
- May 2001
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- Trade Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1586480421
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$7.95
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New York: PublicAffairs, May 2001. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition / full number line. Very Good. Unmarked. Interior pristine. Spine tight, but creased and cocked. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 217 pages.
John Quincy Watson was a young bomber pilot flying the new B-29 Superfortress in a mission over Japan when… Read more Item Price
$7.95

The Mulberry Empire, or, The Two Virtuous Journeys of the Amir Dost Mohammed Khan
by Philip Hensher
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Published
- 2003
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- Trade Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0007112270
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$12.95
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London: HarperCollins / Flamingo. Trade Paperbac. 2003. First Paperbac. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. First paperback printing / full number line. Near Fine. In terior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased; head bumped. Light co rner wear. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 535 pages. A novel based on the British… Read more Item Price
$12.95

My Life as an Explorer: The Great Adventurers Classic Memoir
by Sven Anders Hedin
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- New
- Published
- 1996
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- Trade Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1568361424
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$29.95
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New York: Kodansha International, 1996. Trade Paperback. New. Not a remainder. Not damaged. xviii + 546 pages. Over the course of three decades, Sven Hedin traveled the ancient Silk Road, discovered long-lost cities, mapped previously uncharted rivers, and saw more of "the roof of the world" than any European before him. This epic memoir captures the splendor of now-vanished… Read more Item Price
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Laos. Foreign Relations of the United States (four volumes about Laos: 1955-1957, Volume XXI; 1958-1960, Volume XVI; 1961-1963, Volume XXIV; 1964-1968, Volume XXVIII)
by Office of the Historian. United States Department of State
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1990-1998
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0160233933
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$295.00
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Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, November 1990, June 1993, August 1994, May 1998. Hardcover. Department of State Publications 9760, 9960, 10122, 10523. First Editions. Burgundy cloth over boards with gilt lettering and decoration to spine and Department of State seal blind-stamped to front board. Near Fine / No jackets as published. Light dust stains to edges of Vol XXI.… Read more Item Price
$295.00

Disco For The Departed (Dr. Siri Paiboun Mystery, 3)
by Colin Cotterill
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- Used - Near Fine
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- August 2007
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- Trade Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1569474648
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$13.95
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New York: Soho, August 2007. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Text unmarked. Spine straight and tight with slight crease to lower half. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. Very light reading wear to edges and corners. 248 pages.
Dr Siri Paiboun, reluctant national coroner of the People's Democratic Republic of Laos, is summoned to a remote location in… Read more Item Price
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The Hmong: A Guide to Traditional Lifestyles (Vanishing Cultures of the World)
by Robert George Cooper
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- Used - Near Fine
- Published
- 1998
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- Trade Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 9812048030
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$35.95
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Singapore: Times Editions, 1998. Oversized Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, very tight and uncreased. Light dust stains to edges. Light wear to top corner. Very light rubbing to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 168 pages. Item Price
$35.95

Confucius Lives Next Door: What Living in the East Teaches Us About Living in the West
by T. R. Reid
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing
- Published
- 1999
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0679456244
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$15.95
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New York: Random House, 1999. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Light rubbing to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 276 pages.
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$15.95