Search Results: Asian History from Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB

Shanghai, China: The Weekly Review of the Far East, 1921. Softcover. VG- (Ex-art library, with i.d. stamp and some small writing on front cover; otherwise clean and only lightly aged overall.). Tan stapled paper wraps, 12 pp. Text is in English. A piece of foreign relations history. "The purpose of this discussion of the Twenty-One Demands by Japan upon China in 1915 is to visualize to the Americans the exact meaning of this curious phase of Oriental diplomacy in its relationship to the traditional American policy of the Open Door of Equal Opportunity in the Far East." (intro).

Irwindale, California: 1st Global Graphics, 2004. Hardcover. VG/VG. Maroon boards with gilt lettering; color illustrated dj with white lettering; unpaginated with approx. 120 pp., profusely illustrated in color. Signed by the author; an inspiring photographic journey through Afghanistan, mainly through the eyes of its people; with text material and a chronology of the country's history. A must for anyone interested in the human side of the current conflict in Afghanistan.

Wassenar, The Netherlands: Servire, 1976. Hardcover. VG/G Dustjacket with some tearing. Former owners bookplate on ffep. Pages otherwise clean and white. Green cloth board with gilt lettering. Dustjacket with photograph, 288 pages : illustrations. "Of all non-European monuments of religious art, only a few equal the fame of Buddhism's greatest creation: Borobudur, on the island of Java. Borobudur is the culminating point of Indonisia's artistic and philosophical genius, with its significant inspiration from the traditions of India"-Cover.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977. Hardcover. VG+ ex-libris sticker to cover fly-leaf. light scratches to back cover; light edgewear. dustjacket has light scratches & scuffs to its gloss; light wear & creasing to some edges; toning to flaps.. light, brown cloth boards w/ gilt printing. glossy brown, illustrated dustjacket. 265 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. A very sharp, bright & clean copy of this tremendous edition on the art and customs of Bali.

New York: Abrams, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cream colored boards. Illustrated dj. 633 pages : illustrations. Includes bibliographical references (pages 613-620) and index.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: East Asian Research Center / Harvard University Press, 1971. Softcover. VG+. ligth edge-wear to covers. previous owners name to inside cover.. navy wraps w/ yellow printing. 157 pgs w/ 4 bw plates. A clean and tight copy.

New York: Monthly Review Press, 1969. Hardcover. VG- clean and tight but with light general age wear and a few cracks to edges of dj.. Butterscotch linen with black spine lettering over boards. Photographic dj with black lettering on white spine. Mylar cover. 192 pp. with 32 centerfold pp. bw photographs. A surgeon's life in China, "fascinating not only as a medical record but [also] for the picture it offers of Chinese life during the bulk of the revolutionary period.

New Delhi, India: Vikas Publishing House PVT LTD, 1974. Hardcover. Good+/G+. scuffs, shelf & edge-wear to covers; wear to spine ends. ex-libiris plate to opening pg. interior clean. dustjacket has scuffs & edge-wear; 2inch tear to back cover spine edge.. black cloth boards w/ gilt spine printing. illustrated pastedowns & flyleafs. 151 pgs w/ color & bw illustrations. black, illustrated dustjacket. Nice color photography of the Bhutan landscape and it's people.

Boston/London: Shambala Publications, 1995. Hardcover. VG/VG minor wear on dustjacket. Pages claer and white. Previous owners bookplate on ffep. Black cloth boards with glit lettering on front and spine. Black illustrated dustjacket.155 pages: color and black/white illustrations. "The Bon religion claims to be the original and authentic religion of the Tibetan people, and to have been firmly established in the Land of Snows long before Buddhism was introduced in the seventh century AD. Although its adherents were gradually reduced to a minority, Bon has nevertheless continued to flourish in many areas up to the present day in Tibet, especially in the eastern and north-eastern regions where a reconstruction and renaissance is taking place, as well as within the Bon community in exile in India"-Dustjacket.

Philadelphia: Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1978. Softcover. VG. edge-wear to covers & spine edges. interior cover has previous owners name; title pg has red dot. interior clean. tight binding.. illustrated & blue wrappers w/ blue&white printing. book xxxvi, 300 pgs. content as follows: Preface to the expanded edition -- Introduction. The study of supernaturalism -- The types of supernaturalism. Witches ; Ghosts and demons ; Nats ; Supernaturalism: some explanations -- The thirty-seven nats. The thirty-seven nats: a typology ; The thirty-seven nats: the public cultus ; The thirty-seven nats: some explanations -- Illness and supernaturalism. Supernaturally caused illness and its treatment ; Possession ; The exorcistic seance -- Supernatural practitioners. The shaman ; The exorcist -- Conclusion. Supernaturalism and buddhism.

Rangoon, Burma: Sarpay Beikman / Ministry Of Information, 1981. Softcover. Good+. front cover has heavy speckled foxing; back cover foxed, tanned & spots of soiling. edge-wear to covers. foxing to spine; spine ends chipped. cover endpaper foxed; previous owners name. interior clean. yellow & blue illustrated wrappers. 155 pgs of text. A cultural history of Burma from chapters that detail Burmese puppeteering, film, music, clasical music and more. Of 5000 copies.

New York: Privately Published, 1934. second printing. Softbound. NF. Yellow library buckram. 47 [1] pp. A very well-organised publication, and most useful to the student of Chinese history or Art.

New York: Privately Published, 1934. second printing. Softbound. NF interior but with museum ex-lib. marks on covers, colored tape on spine and a bit of chipping and soiling to covers.. Yellow wraps with black lettering. 47 [1] pp. A very well-organised publication, and most useful to the student of Chinese history or Art.

[Beijing, China]: National Library of China Press, 2004. Softcover. VG (Slight color change at outer spine; otherwise Like New.). Green & illus. wraps, 100 pp., color illus. Text is in English and Chinese. Originally written as a master's thesis by American military man Samuel Victor Constant (1894-1989), who was stationed in China. First published in the 1930s, and then in a limited edition hardback with woodcuts in 1993. This paperback copy uses "the original pictures and relevant materials and then repainted in line drawing," according to the editor's note. Nice, and perhaps difficult to find.

Shanghai: The Commercial Press, Ltd, 1941. Paperback. Good (age tanned, small tears to wraps, red marking on front cover). Tan wraps with brown lettering, xi, 122 pp.

Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good. ex-lib copy. Associated library markings and stickers on book. Tan cloth boards. xxvii, 421 pages. Added t.p.: Liu bu cheng yu zhu jie./ Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-381).

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1944. Softbound. Interior VG; front cover held on by tape from library sticker. Grey wraps with navy lettering and insignia; 85 pp.; with 5 fold-out maps and numerous bw photographs. Text in English.

London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1857. As-Is. Decent condition for age. Text is readable, unobscured by staining or other marks. Vol. I, Scrapes and wear to boards. Tightly bound with contents displaying even tanning without foxing. Vol. II, Staining to boards and wear to leather. Covers and spine detached from each other and text block, but present. Binding cracked at p. 214. Otherwise clean and tight, with tanning, as in Vol. I.. 3/4 brown leather, marbled boards, gilt spine lettering in brown and red title boxes. Marbled endpapers and text block. [50] bw illus. Volume I: xx, 480 pp. Volume II: vii, 427 pp. Two volumes. (Laid-in news articles from 1940, re: Siamese cats).

Shanghai: The China Journal Publishing Company Limited, 1940. Paperback. G front cover detached completely, along with all pages up to table of contents, some wear and chipping to edges and spine, moderate tanning, previous owner's name on front cover in ink.. Color-illustrated wraps with black lettering. pp. 179-228. BW illustrations. Contents: Events and Comments, Ching Teh Chen, Porcelain City of Kings, Son of the Great Sage, The Library, Thailand, the Fairyland, Travel and Exploration Notes, Shanghai Vegetables, Scientific Notes and Reviews, Fishing Notes, The Extent of China's Medicine Consumption, Industrial, Commerical and Financial Notes, Personalities in the News, Societies and Institutions, Publications Received.

Shanghai: North-China Daily News and Herald, Ltd, 1928. Paperback. G. Light soiling/markings on covers. Spine shows darkening, chipping, loss, tape remnants. Contents are aged with some foxing spots, but are overall clean though the title page has some pink highlighting.. Browna and color-illustrated wraps. xlii; [6] + pages numbered 221-286 + 19 leaves of BW plates. Published May 1928. An interesting journal discussing silk, including history of silk in china, a study of cocoons, wild silk in Manchuria, life and diseases of the silkworm, among other topics.