Thailand from Books of the World

New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1927. Hardcover. First Edition. Black cloth over boards with silver titles to spine and front board and an embossed garuda to front board. Sewn binding. Green illustrated endpapers. No jacket. Good. Spine cracked at rear hinge. Prior owner's name "John P. Hazen Perry" and "Christmas 1927" penciled to FFEP. Text block unmarked. Spine and corners… Read more

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. Hardcover.First Edition (stated). Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Light edgewear to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 332 pages. The chronicle of a remarkable three thousand mile journey down the Mekong River as it runs through China, Tibet, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia,… Read more

New York: Time Incorporated / Stonehenge, 1962. Hardcover. First Edition, unknown printing. Very Good+. No jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends bumped. Light shelfwear to covers. 160 pages. Map endpapers. Dozens of color and B&W photos. 29 cm. In text and pictures this book describes the nations of 1960s Southeast Asia. It covers their history, politics, people,… Read more

New York: Vintage, 1994. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Printing. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Very light reading crease to front cover near front hinge. 306 pages. Beautifully observed portraits of five repressed lands: Singapore, Laos, Cambodia, Burma, Borneo. Originally printed in the New Yorker.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, January 2008. Hardcover. First American Edition (stated) / full number line. January 2008. Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Spine tail bumped. Light scratches to jacket front panel. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 321 pages. A disbarred lawyer making a precarious living as… Read more

New York: Grove Press, October 2009. Hardcover. First American Edition (stated) / full number line. Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight; ends lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright. Eighth-inch tears to jacket at spine head and lower rear corner. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 239 pages. Disbarred American lawyer… Read more

New York: Columbia University Press. Trade Paperback. First paperback printing / full number line. Very Good+. Gift inscription. Text unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Cover clean and bright. Light foxing to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xviii + 242 pages.

Singapore: Periplus, April 2000. Folding map with card covers. 4 maps on 1 sheet. Printed on both sides. Color. 37.5 x 20 inches (95 x 51 cm) sheet, folded in 4.25 x 10.25 (11 x x 26 cm) cover. As New map in a Fine cover. Not from a library. Unmarked. No tears. Relief shown by gradient tints, shading,… Read more

London & New York: Routledge. Trade Paperback. 1997. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. Light rubbing to cover. Foxing to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xvi + 301 pages.

Vientiane, Lao PDR: Michael A. Schultze. Trade Paperback. 2000. As New. Unused. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Not a bookjacker. 176 pages. 25 cm. This book has 140 pages of figurative drawings of Lao architectural designs with a 35 page introduction in Lao and English. There are 56 lessons on the designs and on how… Read more

Singapore: Periplus. Map, folding. New & Updated. August 1999. Folding map with card covers. Printed on both sides. Color. 89 x 48 cm., on sheet 52 x 97 cm., folded in cover 27 x 11 cm. Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Depths shown by gradient tints. Near Fine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Unmarked. No tears.… Read more

Melbourne: Lonely Planet. Paperback. September 2002. First Edition. Near Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight and very tight. Light wear to cover. 128 pages.

Singapore: Periplus. Map, folding. 1st Edition. August 1999. Folding map with card covers. 6 maps on 1 sheet : both sides, color; 50 x 38 cm. or smaller, sheet 51 x 86 cm., folded in cover 26 x 11 cm. Near Fine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Unmarked. No tears. Relief shown by gradient tints, shading, and spot… Read more

2002/2003. Revised Edition. Folding map with card covers. 2 maps on 1 sheet, printed on both sides, color; 49 x 72 cm and 67 x 50 cm, sheet 50 x 91 cm, folded in cover 26 x 12 cm. Fine condition. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Unmarked. No tears. Contents: Bangkok city centre 1:15000; Greater Bangkok 1:75000.… Read more

New York: Grove Press, September 2008. Trade Paperback. First printing of the first American edition of the first Vincent Calvino crime novel. September 2008. First American Edition / full number line. Good+. Interior unmarked. Tanning inside covers. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. Covers clean and bright; three-inch dog-ear crease to rear cover. Light water damage to rear pages. Not from… Read more

London: Atlantic Books, 2010. Paperback. First printing of the first UK edition of the second Vincent Calvino crime novel. Full number line. Winner of the 2011 Shamus award. New. Undamaged. No remainder mark. 266 pages. In the second novel in the Vincent Calvino series, Bangkok is celebrating Chinese New Year when Calvino's revels are cut short. The body of… Read more

Washington, DC: New Academia Publishing/Vellum. Hardcover. 2009. Very Good book in a Very Good jacket. Prior owner's name and address on FFEP. Text pristine. Spine ends and top corners bumped. Light edgewear to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xviii + 220 pages. The autobiography of John Gunther Dean, a leading American diplomat of the… Read more

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Hardcover. April 2008. First North American Edition (stated). As New book in a Fine jacket. Quarter-inch tear to rear cover, otherwise As New. Not from a library. Not remainder mark. Not clipped. Suitable for gifting. 333 pages. Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award (2008), The Story Prize Nominee (2008), Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best… Read more

New York: William Morrow. Hardcover. Set of the first four Poke Rafferty Bangkok Thriller books: #1: A Nail Through the Heart. 9780061255809, June 26, 2007; #2: The Fourth Watcher, 9780061257254, June 24, 2008; #3: Breathing Water, 9780061672231, August 18, 2009; #4: The Queen of Patpong, 9780061672262, August 17, 2010. All volumes are stated First Editions. #1-3… Read more

New York: Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi. 2007. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). As New. Not clipped. No remainder mark. The third book in the Sonchai Jitpleecheep series.