Asia from Books of the World

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

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: 1) Dr. Tom Dooley, My Story, New and Revised Edition… Read more

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.