Search Results: Asia from Lawrence Jones

Kalimpong, India.: Primulaceae Books, 1997. 132pp, index, bibliography, 100 col & 4 bw ills, 21 line drawings. Or cloth in jacket. Lean to spine, minor foxing to endpapers. From the collection of Australian native orchid expert PS Lavarack with his bookplate at front. The temperate forests and humid tropical valleys in the Himalaya provide numerous microclimates that support over 600 species of orchids. 100 of the most exquisite are illustrated here in colour and described, providing details on their cultivation.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

United Kingdom: The Regimental Trust Princess Marys Own Gurkha Rifles, 1990. 209pp, num bw ills, maps, pictorial endpapers. Or green cloth in jacket. Moderate edge wear to jacket. One hundred years of a regiment that has won an outstanding reputation as a fighting Regiment.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Oblong Folio.

New York: Harper Perennial, 2006. 650pp, index, notes, appendices, col plates, line drawings,maps. Or card covers. Front cover creased with slight edge wear, light toning to page edges. Evidence that the Chinese voyaged to America in 1421seventy years before Columbus, and also that they circumnavigated the world acentury before Magellan. Originally presented in a series by PBS.. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1967. 2 volume set. xxiii, 268viii, 326pp; index/glossary, bibliography, endnotes, appendices, bw ills. Purple cloth in jackets. Volume I faded on spine with approx 4cm lacking at top of jacket spine, Volume II with tear at bottom of jacket spine and small chip at top, tear/chip at top rear corner. Both volumes with ownership stamp inside front cover (mostly under flap). The Pillow Book is one of the great works of Japanese literature occupying in the field of non-fiction the preeminent place held by its contemporary Tales of the Genji in the novel. The author was a court lady born at the height of the Heian culture.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo.

Washington D.C.: University Publications of America, 1979. 2 volumes. xxvii, 488; iii, 339pp; index/glossary, appendices. Blue cloth, no jackets as issued. A few very light marks to cloth, very light foxing to page edges. Facsimile of the 1931 edition published in Kobe by JL Thompson & Co.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. 8vo.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1970. 2 volumes. xxiv, 535, xvi, 384pp; indexes, map. Or pinkish card. Vol I has light edge wear. Vol II is ex-library with usual stamps etc (inc cancelled stamp) and is in thick card covers. Only date is 1958 but c1970 with ISBN.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo.

Washington D.C.: University Publications of America, 1979. 2 volumes. xxvii, 360; xxvii, pp361-697; index, appendices, tables. Light spotting to cloth, occasional light foxing. Originally published in 1904. All aspects of Japan in the Meiji period.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. 8vo.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1970. 2 volumes. xxiii, 578, xii, 322pp; indexes, map. Or gray card. Vol I had light stain to top edge and light edge wear and bookshop stamp on half-title; Vol II has a stain at bottom corner extending to page margins and prev owner name on half-title. Only date is 1960 but c1970 with ISBN.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo.

London: Richard Bentley, 1834. 2 volumes-complete. xv, 440; vii, 428pp, engraved frontis to each volume, errata slip. Contemporary half red morocco on marbled boards, marbled endpaper and edges. Ex Queensland Geological Survey library with their bookplate over an earlier personal bookplate both partially covered by card pocket, minimal handwritten cataloguing information inside, and paper label to spine of each volume. Heavy toning to frontispieces and margins of many pages. A very attractive set.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo.

Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1980. 3 VOLUME SET COMPLETE. ix, 559; v, pp561-1133; iv, pp1135-1605; black on cream illustrations, place marker ribbon in each volume. Orange cloth in jackets. Ex-university department with small stamps on front and rear endpapers of each volume, some fading to spine and edges, light/minor edge/folds wear to jackets. One of the best known and best loved ancient Chinese novels set mainly in the final years of Hui Zong, a Song Dynasty emperor who reigned from 1101-1125.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Indonesia: State Secretariat, Republic of Indonesia , 1975. VERY HEAVY. 3 volumes. 1031pp, hundreds bw ills, endpaper maps. Or card covers in slipcase. All three volumes are in excellent condition and appear unread. The laminate on the slipcase is lifting/peeling and there is some wear to the slipcase edges. Extensive coverage of the first thirty years following Indonesia's Independence.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Slipcase. 4to.

Perth: The Editor., 2001. HEAVY. 206pp, appendix, col ills, map, pictorial endpapers. Or boards in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket, name and stamp of JP next to stamp of 4RAR (Commando) Museum Foundation stamp on title page. 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment in Operation TANAGER, fourth rotation, April to October 2001 with 4RAR Battalion Group Nominal Roll as the appendix.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Broadbeach Waters: Pacific Books, 1990. 4 VOLUME SET-COMPLETE. 317pp, folding map; 247pp, folding map; ; 256pp, folding map; ; ix, 230256pp, folding maps. Light blue still card with black cloth spine. Light foxing to boards-appear unread; 3 digit number stamped to bottom of first 3 volumes. Originally published 1944/45 by the Allied Geographical Section Southwest Pacific Area. Volume 1:The Netherlands and British East Indies and the Philippine Islands. Volume 2: The Mandated Territory of New Guinea, Papua, the British Solomon Islands, the New Hebrides and Micronesia. Volume 3: Malaya, Thailand, Indo China, the China Coast and the Japanese Empire. Volume 4: Supplement to volumes 1,2 and 3. Part I The Netherlands and british East Indies and the Philippine Islands; Part II The Mandated Territory of New Guinea, Papua, the British Solomon Islands, the New Hebrides and Micronesia. Part III: Malaya, Thailand, Indo China, the China Coast and the Japanese Empire. An excellent reference and scarce as complete… Read More

Werrington County, NSW: 7th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment Association, 2004. HEAVY. xii, 366pp, nominal roll, Roll of Honour, num bw & col ills. Pictorial glossy boards in jacket. Jacket damp stained on lower rear-otherwise minor edge wear to jacket, lower part of many pages damp rippled but not stained, some foxing to endpapers. Presentation inscription to Brigadier RS Flint AM signed by Greyinitials not clear) (sometime Sunray C/S 9 7RAR). An extensive annotated photographic record of the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment's two tours in Vietnam.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Good Plus. 4to.

Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1905. xxvi, 569pp + 32pp catalogue at rear, index. Or red cloth. Cloth faded and edge and spine, cloth splitting at spine, minor dark stain on front board, small bookseller stamp on front free endpaper, prev owner name on first page of text, occasional pencil notation.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus. 8vo.

USA: John Culler & Sons, 1994. xvi, 437pp, index, folding map, bw ills, page marker ribbon. Or full red leather, all edges gilt. Limited edition of 500 copies of which this #331. Near new. Includes hunting of wapiti, ibex, roe-deer and more. Originally published in 1911, this edition part of the Asian Series.. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1981. 225pp, index, references, bw ills. Or black cloth in jacket. Light even toning to page edges. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: HarperCollins, 2014. HEAVY. 254pp, Honour Roll, col photographs. Or cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket. SIGNED and inscribed (to Paul) by both the author and the photographer. Visial account of Australia's longest combat deployment documenting the contributions by Australian troops both in conflict and in reconstruction against an insurgent enemy.. Signed by Author & Photographer.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Oblong Folio.

New York: Da Capo Press, 2002. vii, 351pp, index, bibliography, glossary, bw ills, maps. Or boards in jacket. Short tear to jacket at head of spien with associated minor crease, otherwise excellent. A 2500 year military history of Afghanistan encompassing Alexander the Great, Babur's Moghuls, Genghis Khan, the Soviet Union and the Taliban and much more.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1939. 319pp, index, appendix. Or buff cloth in jacket. Page edges toned, sporadic foxing (heavy in places), bookstore label on front pastedown. Jacket price clipped, rubbed at folds. Autobiography of Howard Somervell- climber, doctor, music lover and missionary.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo.