Search Results: Asia / Southeast and Pacific from DogStar Books

New York: Frederick A. Praeger. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1959. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 158 pages; 1959 Frederick A. Praeger. HC/DJ. 1st edition. Tightly bound and exceptionally neat copy in crisp edged and uniformly bright wraparound pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $8.50 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Feels and appears generally unread. Just trace shelf rubbing to jacket edges no marks of any kind. 158 pages of text followed by 112 sepia toned b&w photos of Angkor temples, most in full page rendering. Handsome and very well preserved copy. F/NF .

Boulder: Westview Press. Very Good. 1995. Paperback. 0813324548 . Studies In The Ethnographic Imagination; B&W Photographs & Maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 196 pages; 1995 Westview Press. Trade size paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Snugly bound and clean; no marks. Light sunning at spine. VG .

Dordrecht: Foris. Very Good. 1985. Paperback. 9067650668 . Biblioteca Indonesica; Map; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 325 pages; 1985 Foris. Larger format trade paperback in glossy color pictorial covers. Snugly bound and generally neat with light shelf evidence to cover externals. Primary text in Malay with facing page English trnaslation. VG or better .

Cambridge University Press. Near Fine. 1996. Paperback. 0521556732 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 295 pages; 1996 Cambridge University Press. Trade size paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Bright, tight and fresh; feels and appears unread and about as new. NF .

Saigon: Claude & Co. Good. 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 3 volumes. A married set, with Vols 2 & 3 in matched bindings of half leather and marbled paper boards; Vol I is bound in a full chromed leather binding. Vol I is bound with the text ending at page 288, thus missing the final 72 pages of the text. 288 (of 340) ; 324; 322, xlvii pp. Vols II & III complete. All volumes attractively bound. Vols II & III have period ink stamps of Saigon based institutions to front matter and one or two pages mid book: "Cochinchine ** Francaise ** [illegible] des Officiers" ; "Reunion des Officiers de Cochinchine." Scattered mild margin empasis marks and occasional mild underlining in latter 2 volumes. Titles brightly in gilt to spines of all 3, tooled to leather of II & III and on a faux morocco label of the 1st volume. Vols II & III trimmed for binding and nearly an inch shorter than the first Volume. Flawed example of… Read More

Saigon: Editions Nguyen-Van-Cua. Good+. 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 105 pages; [SIGNED] Saigon, Editions Nguyen-Van-Cua; 1927. Bound in a mid 20th century thin leather over boards with original title lettered cover wraps bound in. Titles stamped in gilt to spine but the boards are well rubbed over the spine with the thin red leather flaking away. Inscribed by the author along the top edge of the original front cover. Expected uniform toning to contents but altogether a clean and well preserved example. Boards rubbed; hinges weak with partial splits along the spine edges. G to G+; Signed by Author .

Kandy, Sri Lanka: John Clifford Holt. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 2008. Hardcover. 9555106703 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 200 pages; HC in glossy pictorial title lettered boards. 1st ed. Soundly bound and clean. Issued w/out dst wrapper. Just trace shelf evidence to covers at edges. VG+ .

San Francisco: Chronicle Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 081180240X . Color Photographs; Square 4to 9" - 11" tall; 132 pages; 1992 Chronicle Books. Oversize square format HC/DJ. 1st edition, 1st printing. Tightly bound and fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $29.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Feels and appears unread. Handsomely illustrated with color photographs of examples. F/NF .

Philadelphia: Augustus Mitchell. Very Good-. 1848. Map. Hand colored map; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 1 pages; Circa 1848, copyrighted 1839. Augustus Mitchell. Single 4to leaf map 10.50 H x 8 W Inches. Hand colored. With inset of Palestine. In full color by country or region. Explanation of symbols included. Russian Empire; Chinese Empire; Thibet; India comrising all og SE Asia. Light toning and soiling to edges of margins. Bright generally neat example. VG- .

Philadelphia: Augustus Mitchell. Very Good-. 1839. Map. Hand colored map; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 1 pages; Circa 1848, copyrighted 1839. Augustus Mitchell. Single 4to leaf map 10.50 H x 8 W Inches. Hand colored. Shows Texas borders extending to Santa Fe in "stovepipe" configuration but not as a Republic. Cities accompanied by population estmates. Alaska shown as "Russian America" and Canada as "British America" and "New Britain." Explanation of symbols included. Light toning and soiling to edges of margins. Bright generally neat example. VG- .

Philadelphia: Augustus Mitchell. Very Good. 1849. Map. Hand colored map; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 1 pages; 1849. Augustus Mitchell. Double leaf folio sized map 10.50 H x 16.30 W Inches. Hand colored. Engraved by W. Williams. Scarce example unique to the 1849 published Mitchell's School Atlas. Inset map of the area west of San Francisco in "Upper California" extending just past the Sierra Nevada Mountains and delineating the many small rivers that were the focus of the 49er Gold Rush. Larger map includes frontier borders as they were in 1849 with Oregon Territory, the very large Missouri Territory, Indian Territory as well as a thin long oval with seaparate shading labeled as New Mexico, prior to the establishment of the New Mexico territory. Mild toning and soiling to borders; superficial handling / reader wear. Bright clean example of a scarce 49er map of the US. VG- to VG .

Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Near Fine. 1994. Paperback. 0889202222 . B&W Maps and Figures; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 164 pages; 1994 Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Trade size paperback in glossy illustrated covers. Lovely copy; tight, bright and fresh. Feels and appears unread and about as new. NF .

Cambridge University Press. Near Fine. 1999. Paperback. 0521646227 . B&W Photographs & Figures; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 344 pages; 1999 Cambridge University Press. Trade size paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Bright, tight and fresh; feels and appears unread. Some b&w illustrations and photos. Trace shelf evidence to cover edges but generally about as new. NF .

Madsion WI: University of Wisconsin Press. Near Fine. 1987. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. 0299110540 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 251 pages; 1987 University of Wisconsin Press. Trade size paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Bright, tight and fresh; feels and appears unread and about as new. NF .

Bali, Indonesia: Saritaksu Design Communication. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 9799508509 . Color Photgraphs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 154 pages; 1996 Saritaksu Design Communication. Oversized HC/DJ. 1st edition. Tightly bound and fresh in glossy pictorial dust jacket. Superficial shelf rubbing to jacket extremities and board surfaces. Contents clean, bright, and unmarked. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. VG++/VG+ ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .

Amsterdam: Antropologisch-Sociologisch Centrum, Universiteit Van Amsterdam. Good. 1982. Facsimile reprinting. Hardcover. 9070313103 . Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall; 187 pages; [SIGNED] 1982 Antropologisch-Sociologisch Centrum, Universiteit Van Amsterdam. This appears to be a photo duplicate reprinted copy for or by the author. Inscribed and signed by her top front corner of the flyleaf and dated 1992. High quality photo reproductions of an octavo edition with both pages reproduced side by side and printed single side (recto only. Illustrations and maps well reproduced. Bound in pebbled black paper covered boards with titles struck in gilt to cover. Boards splaying at front edge. Contents clean. Clearly not a trade edition but one authorized by the author. G++ thus ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. ; Signed by Author .