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Japan: Foreign Affairs Association of Japan. Very Good+. 1933. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Original clean red cloth with gilt lettering. Text tight, clean & intact. (xviii) ,1383pp, (xix-li) . Fascinating pre-WW II content includes the Imperial Court, geography, history, government, politics, national defence, banking & money market, trade & commerce, education, religion, industry, social problems, sports, the arts & illustrated advertisements/tables. Asia, Japan; Tables; Thick 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 1383 pages .
Indonesia di Bawah Orde Baru; Pembangunan dan Kesejahteraan Sosial by Hüsken, Frans; Rutten, Mario; Dirkse, Jan-Paul (eds.) - 1997
by Hüsken, Frans; Rutten, Mario; Dirkse, Jan-Paul (eds.)
Indonesia di Bawah Orde Baru; Pembangunan dan Kesejahteraan Sosial
by Hüsken, Frans; Rutten, Mario; Dirkse, Jan-Paul (eds.)
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Jakarta: Penerbit PT Gramedia. Good with no dust jacket. 1997. Soft Cover. Book is in the Indonesian language. Tight binding, clean and bright pages. Wraps have general handling wear with curling at corners and light creasing.; Scholarly essays on development and social welfare under the new order in Indonesia. Contents: Husken, Rueen, Dirkse, "Kemiskinan di Indonesia: Kebijakan dan Penelitian"; Russell J. Cheetham, R. Kyle Peters Jr., "Pengurangan Kemiskinan Selama Pemerintahan Orde Baru"; Sjahrir, "'Business as Usual" yang Menantang"; Sajogyo, "Pertanian dan Industrialisasi dama Pembangunan Rural"; Erik Thorbecke, "Menganalisis Kemiskinan Rural"; Budhy Tjahjati S. Soegijoko, "Pertumbuhan Urban, Pembangunan Perindustrian, dan Migrasi"; Chris Manning, "Persoalan-Persoalan Rural dan Peluang-Peluang Urban"; Soetjipto Wirosardjono, "Penduduk dan Kesejahteraan Sosial"; Benjamin White, "Persoalan dan Kebijakan Kependudukan di Indonesia: Sebuah Sudut Pandang Non-Malthusian"; Ines Smyth, "Pandangan Kritis tentang Kebijakan-Kebijakan Pemerintah Indonesia bagi Perempuan"; Els Poster Coster, "Instrumentalitas Kebijakan yang Mengarah pada Perempuan di Indonesia"; Diane L. Wolf, "Perempuan dan Industrialisasi di Indonesia"; Sediono M. P. Tjondronegoro, "Persoalan-Persoalan Institusional dan Administratif"; Leontine E. Visser, "Mensiasati Kemiskinan"; Peter van Tuijl, Ben Witjes, "Partisipasi Rakyat dalam Proses Pembangunan di Indonesia"; Wardah Hafidz, "Kemiskinan-Kemiskinan di Luar Ekonomi"; Robert Cribb, "Kebijakan Pembangunan pada Awal Abad ke-20"; Peter Boomgaard, "Peningtakan yang Sia-Sia? Dampak Langkah-Langkah Kesejahteraan pada Masa Kolonial Lanjut di Indonesia"; Jan Pronk, "Melihat ke Belakang, Melihat ke Depan." Bibliography, biographical notes on authors.; 8.5" (21.5 cm) tall; 349 pages .
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- Keywords INDONESIAN, LANGUAGE, INDONESIA, ASIA, HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC, ECONOMY, SOCIAL
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THE JAPAN YEAR BOOK 1933
by Inahara, Katsuji (Ed. )
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Mansions of the Sun : The Indian Desert Thaar
by Anand, Uma
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Al-falak Scorpion, 1982. Book. Illus. by Vivek Anand. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Illustrated with colour & b/w photos. The book has a previous owner's private bookplate on the endpaper but is otherwise both book & jacket are in excellet condition. Firmly bound and carefully read..
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抗美援朝時事學習地圖. [Kang Mei yuan Chao shi shi xue xi di tu]. [Current Affairs Study Map - Resisting US Aggression and Aiding Korea].
by [YA XIN CARTOGRAPHIC STUDY SOCIETY].[亞新地學社].
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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武昌.[Wuchang].: 亞新地學社.[Ya xin di xue she].. 1st Edition.. August1951.. Large detailed colour Chinese map of Korean War, folded, scale 1:15,000,000, three inset maps on corners, illustrated legend showing agricultural and mining resources lower margin, in original envelope. Some light wear along edges, small holes and wear at folds mended with archival tape, envelope torn with loss mended with archival tape. Inset map 兩個陣營力量對比 "Strength Comparison Between The Two Camps" upper left corner, scale 1: 170,000,000. The Peaceful Camp in red covering the majority of Asia and Europe, a list of 6 countries (Germany, Czech, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania) are numbered and are also part of the Peaceful Camp. The Invader Camp in grey covering North America and small parts of Europe, a list of 3 nations (Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg) are numbered and are also part of the Invader Camp. Block of text in…
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Picturesque China.: Architecture and Landscape. A Journey through twelve provinces.
by BOERSCHMANN, Ernst
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Richelieu, France
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London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1925. Scarce in original dust jacket. First UK edition. In hardback red cloth boards with gilt title. The front of the dust jacket has some marks, small tears / nicks to edges, a small surface loss, and a stain. Cloth boards are faded to the bottom and the boards are slightly warped. Neat bookseller label to the front of the dust jacket from La Librairie Francaise Peking - Tientsin. The bookshop was in the lobby of the Grand Hotel de Pekin and had a branch in Tientsin. Text and sepia reproductions of photographs taken by Ernst Boerschmann, documenting his journey in the 12 provinces: Zhili, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Szechuan, Hupei, Hunan, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang. Boerschmann was the first Westerner to systematically document Chinese religious architecture. Captions in English, German, French and Italian. xxvi, 288 pp. 315 x 245 mm (12½ x 9¾ inches).
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COMMERCE JAPAN
by Japan Foreign Trade Federation
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Tokyo: Japan Foreign Trade Federation, 1938. First edition. Original and only issue of the journal. Published Tokyo: Japan Foreign Trade Federation, 1938. Text chiefly in English, with many articles in French or Spanish or both, full page ads in English. Folio, 10 1/2" x 13 3/4", 94pp., plus 4pp. printed covers, illustrated throughout with b/w photos and full color reproductions, 31" x 13 3/4" color fold-out, die cut page, 2 printed clear mylar overlays, exquisite full color front cover. Articles include: American-Japanese Trade; (Upcoming) New York World's Fair and Golden Gate International Exposition; Affairs in East Asia Moving from Military Campaign to Reconstruction; Nagoya; Locomotives and Rolling Stock; Japanese Toys; Menthol; Tea; Hats; Working Girls; Stone Lanterns; Aviation in Japan; Japan's Merchant Marine; The Oil and Fat Industry in Japan; Silk Carpets and Tapestries; Japanese Timepieces of Old; Japanese Fauna; Japanese Water Pets; Natural Camphor; Brushes. Top…
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Dragon Tales = [jian tan wei ji] [The Silkworm; The Jazz Lady; The Philosopher; On Liping Road; Grief of Ah Nam; Pak-Ling; Dorothea; The Native Born; Peking Amber Beads; The Night of the Moonquake; Autumn Fan; If I Were King; Sonia's Hands]
by Bromfield, Helen Ward.
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Stockbridge, Georgia, United States
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Shanghai : Commercial Press, Ltd., 1923., 1923. Fair. 239 pp. ; faded purple cloth with stamped decorative gold image of a dragon ; pages foxed ; probable water stain at edge of text block and back cover ; SIGNED presentation copy by Helen Ward Bromfield made in Sausalito, 21 July 1957 (!) ; Contents: The Silkworm; The Jazz Lady; The Philosopher; On Liping Road; Grief of Ah Nam; Pak-Ling; Dorothea; The Native Born; Peking Amber Beads; The Night of the Moonquake; Autumn Fan; If I Were King; Sonia's Hands ; these short stories are very thinly disguised biographical vignettes of Bromfield's friends and acquaintances done up in the style of Chinese fairy tales, showing a rarely seen emotional side of pre-war expats and the Chinese who interacted with them ; very clever ; rare ; FAIR
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Mansions of the Sun : The Indian Desert Thaar
by Anand, Uma
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Al-falak Scorpion, 1982. Book. Illus. by Vivek Anand. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Illustrated with colour & b/w photos. The book has a previous owner's private bookplate on the endpaper but is otherwise both book & jacket are in excellet condition. Firmly bound and carefully read..
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China in Sign and Symbol. With Decorations by Kent Crane. First edition in Jacket, chemise and slipcase
by Louise Crane & Kent Crane
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
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A beautiful copy preserved in the more desirable art deco jacket. Housed in custom chemise and green quarter morocco slipcase. Photographs of Peking storefronts by J.D. Zumbrun; color lithographs of shop signs by Kent Crane. Deckled edges.; 4to; xx, 227 pages .
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Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on the Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton..
by Barrow, John
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London: T.Cadell and W. Davies, 1804. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto. pp. ix, [3], 632, with 8 plates (including frontispiece), five of which are hand-colored. Recent full calf with new endpapers, original red spine label preserved, three armorial ink stamps on the top edge of the text block. Tissue repair to first page of table of contents, ocasional foxing and minor soiling in the margins; overall quite clean and sound. "Barrow accompanied Lord Macartney's mission to the court of China in 1792 as his private secretary, and the present account...is one of the best illustrated English travels on China. The eight plates are from drawings by William Alexander, who also accompanied the embassy and later published his own work. The strict exclusion of Europeans by the Chinese emperors had left China very much terra incognita to the western world well into the nineteenth century. Barrow was an excellent observer, and the text contains a number of descriptions and illustrations of Chinese…
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Western Origin of the Early Chinese Civilisation from 2,300 B.C. to 200 A.D. or, chapters on the elements derived from the old civilisations of west Asia in the formation of the ancient Chinese culture.
by Terrien de Lacouperie
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Moisture marks to front cover. Particulars in gilt to spine, which is severely lacking the fabric. Bookplate removed from front pastedown. Odd pagination with corrections in pen to pages 161-163. Text block separated at page 258/259. ; xiii, 418 pages.
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The Polynesian Triangle
by Berry, Erick & Best, Herbert
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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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Mansions of the Sun : The Indian Desert Thaar
by Anand, Uma
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- 9780905906294 / 0905906292
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Dorking, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Al-falak Scorpion, 1982. Book. Illus. by Vivek Anand. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Illustrated with colour & b/w photos. The book has a previous owner's private bookplate on the endpaper but is otherwise both book & jacket are in excellet condition. Firmly bound and carefully read..
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THE MILITARY COLLAPSE OF CHINA'S MING DYNASTY, 1618-44
by Swope, Kenneth M
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- 9781138652330 / 1138652334
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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New York: Routledge, 2014. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 291pp, numerous b/w illustrations. A very nice copy..
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Korea Through Her Arts
by Kim Ki-Mun
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Oak Point, Texas, United States
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Yesul Chunchu Sa, Seoul, Korea, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Very interesting book which includes lots of illustration, many of which are tipped-in (color and b/w). There are also 6 records with representative Korean music. Size: 4mo - over 9 3/4" - 12" tall. 445 pp. Text is in Korean. Pages are yellowed, but are tight and clean. Spine working loose but still intact. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3-5 pounds. Category: Art & Design; Non-English Language::Korean; Korea; Korean Language; Sociology & Culture. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001394. . Additional shipping charges may apply.
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The Bengali Intellectual Tradition: From Rammohun Ray to Dhirendranath Sen
by Mukhopadhyay, Amal Kumar (editor)
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Calcutta, K.P. Bagchi & Company, 1979, hardcover, viii-289 pp, First edition, Good in Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, name to front endpaper, spine-end and corner bumps, spine faded. Dustjacket, edge chips, rubs, a few spots to spine, in new Brodart sleeve. The result of a collective study by the Council for Political Studies, Calcutta, includes 12 essays on the great Bengali intellectuals of the past 150 years, by the author and others. Each essay concludes with notes and references. Index appended.
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Seven Pillars Of Wisdom, A Triumph
by Lawrence, T.E
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T.E. Lawrence. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM, A TRIUMPH. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Privately Printed, 1926. First Published for general circulation 1935. First American Edition. States MCMXXXVI on the title page. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. Garden City, NY. GOOD CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET IS INCLUDED. 672 pages, indexed. Beige buckram boards. Spine has darkened a bit. 6 7/8 X 9 ½.
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Formless in Form: Kenko, 'Tsurezuregusa,' and the Rhetoric of Japanese Fragmentary Prose
by Chance, Linda H
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1997. Study of this medieval Japanese classic of brief 'essays' on various subjects; the author argues that Kenko's text is not an early example of 'zuihitsu' or informal essay, but rather "a deliberate, controlled effort by Kenko to force the reader to confront the impermanent and contingent nature of existence through experiencing the text." Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; first edition (first printing). Light wear to book; hint of fading to jacket spine; near fine, unmarked. Text clean; xxii, [2], 343 pages + 'colophon'; index, character list, lengthy bibliography, notes. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon, Vol. III
by Parker, H. ( Collected and Translated by )
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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London: Luzac & Co., 1914. SCARCE in 1914 First Edition. In original red cloth, top edge gilt, Very Good, 1 1/2" tear to cloth top edge at spine, cloth rubbed at tips, stamp and blindstamp of the highly-regarded Folklore Institute, Indiana University front end pages. Stories of cultivating caste, lower castes, Western Provinces & Southern India, & Sinhalese texts. With index, 479 pp. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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MAOIST INSURGENCY SINCE VIETNAM
by Marks, Thomas A
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Las Vegas , Nevada, United States
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Great Britain: Frank Cass & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0714646067 . Book is Very Good + (plus). Clean and unmarked text. Tight and sturdy binding. Very light bump back cover corners. Rear cover surface faint 1/4 inch surface only stain. Single very faint and small page end -ends only - smudges front and bottom page ends. DJ is very good. Very light bumping to DJ cover corners and edges. 1/8 inch closed tear DJ top spine end corner. Sticker on rear DJ cover. 1/8 inch mark on DJ spine. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 303 pages .
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North from Malaya: Adventure on Five Fronts
by Douglas, William O
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Granville, New York, United States
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Garden City: Doubleday, 1953. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Garden City: Doubleday, 1953, first printing. 8vo. 352pp., illustrated with b/w plates, map endpapers. Pale blue cloth with blue and white titles. Offset toning to two pages from laid in book reviews, minor dust foxing on top edge, else fine in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.
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