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New York: Printed by T. and J. Swords, for Rogers and Berry, 1795. First American Edition.
Seller ID: 9038gcs
Duodecimo, original full sheep (leather, hardcover), xxiv, [1] - 328 pp. Description of 18th Century China. An account of the voyage of the well-traveled George Macartney, first envoy of Britain to China, and his retinue, told in the form of a descriptive journal by Macartney's highly articulate valet. Near-Fine. View More...
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1935. Second Printing.
Seller ID: 9042gcs
Inscribed, ÒTo Ea[---] N. Perkins / with the regards of / Roy Chapman Andrews.Ó Octavo, bound in 3/4 brown levant & green linen, gilt decorated spine, top edge gilt, xix, 288 pp. Photos., map. One of the more well-known members of the Explorers Club recounts his Central Asian expeditions into Mongolia and the Gobi. Near-Fine; a few light speckles near fore-edge of front cover. View More...
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Tokyo: Japan Travel Bureau, (1955). First Edition.
Seller ID: els2856
Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, plates, 218 pp. Fine, in a Good, mylar protected dust jacket with edgewear that includes chipping. View More...
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Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1965. First Edition, Review Copy.
Seller ID: 335555qms
Octavo, green cloth (hardcover), xiv, 262 pp. Very Good, with former-owner bookplate, in a Good, mylar protected dust jacket with light rumpling and edgewear. From dust jacket: In the transition from a nationalist movement to a political party the Indian National Congress, unlike many dominant parties of newly-independent nations, has chosen to compete with opposition parties for popular support, to manage rather than suppress internal conflict. An important consequence of this decision has been the development of a political situation in which factions and coalitions of factions have beco... View More...
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Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1959. First Edition. A publication of of the American Ethnological Society.
Seller ID: 17680scs
Octavo, boards (cream spine, green letters & covers), hardcover, vii, 307, [iii] pp. Very Good, with edgewear. Illustrated with maps. Contents: Introduction: The Basic Economy of Tibet; Political Units; Historical Review; The Peasantry: Western Tibet: Spiti, Ladak, and Lahul; Central Tibet; Sikkim; Bhutan; Eastern Tibet: Khams; Property Relations among Herders: The Nomads of A-mdo; The Realm of the Dalai Lama: Political Organization; The Land System [Appendix I. Estates of the Noble Families of Lhasa; Appendix II. Holdings of Some Relgious Entities; Appendix III. Treasury Estates ... View More...
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Shanghai: The China Publishing Company, 1937. First Edition.
Seller ID: 165fdi
Octavo, string bound silk wrapped boards (hardcover), x + 119 pp. Good+, with wear to spine and sunning to edges, slight foxing (age darkened spotting). From Foreword: For the sheer thrill of danger, romance, calm courage and dramatic climax, these two documents have all the fascinating interest of a historical novel. But this is immensely intensified when it is realized that they are the authoritative records of actual happenings only a few months ago while the fate of a great nation was literally trembling in the balance and the whole world was awaiting the outcome with puzzled bewilderm... View More...
Octavo, gold cloth (hardcover), 172 pp. From Foreword: Lines drawn from Yea Keang to the Yu Men and from Draus to Sining-Fu, have for years marked the North and South boundaries of my adopted country into which, in every way, I have penetrated deeper than any other white. In this land of mystery or, for the moment, occultism, and beyond; I have tried to alleviate the distress brought to huge members of my sex by a fearful disease. That the lamas of the districts on and off the routes about my places are rich, is proof of the widely known efficacy of treatments which are unfortunately limit... View More...
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New York: Holiday House, 2001. First Edition.
Seller ID: vas5354
Octavo, black cloth & red boards (hardcover), viii, 212 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: When Lu Chi Fa's parents died in 1944, he was only three years old. The timing of the tragedy could not have been worse. In China it was a time of political turmoil and severe hardship. Few people willingly took in orphans, and Chi Fa's extended family was no exception. Young Chi Fa was shuffled from one house to another as his relatives, one by one, turned him away. Even his loving sister was forbidden by her husband to take him under her roof. Chi Fa was always hungry, often col... View More...
Folio, white cloth (hardcover), red chinese characters, 217 pp. Fold-out chart, enclosed Foreword. Near-Fine, with light foxing (age darkened spotting), in a Fine dust jacket, in slipcase. With full-color plates of artifacts unearthed dating from the Palaeolithic Age (around 500,00-10,000 years ago) through the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644AD). View More...
Octavo, professionally rebound in mauve cloth with original upper cover preserved, xi + 223 pp. Near-Fine, with original (preserved) upper cover showing heavy signs of wear. Contents: From the White-Walled City; Twilight Hours on the Siberian Railway; A Drive in a Troika; From the World Apart; The Seat of the Hutuktu; Crossing the Gobi Desert; The Spiritual and Religious Side of the Mongols; Old Friends with New Faces; The Inward Life; Springtime in the Land of China; A Rising Metropolis in the East; In the Heart of China; The Wutaishan; Sketches by the Way; Thoughts by the Wayside; The Old... View More...
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New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. 1935. First Edition.
Seller ID: 51196bd
Octavo, purple buckram (hardcover), gilt letters and decoration to upper cover, uncut, xvi + 358 pp. Very Good+, with former-owner bookplate and light foxing to edges and endpapers; in a Very Good, mylar protected dust jacket with light edgewear. From dust jacket: Here are further adventures in Mongolia even more exciting than those made famous in the author's ÒTents in MongoliaÓ -- (one of the best-reviewed books of last year, a National Best-Seller and considered by the book-trade to be one of the most beautiful travel books of all time. Haslund hears of a mysterious Mongolian tribe, the... View More...
Publisher:
Tokyo: Kenkyusha, (1955). First Edition.
Seller ID: 2418qls
Octavo, brown boards (hardcover), gilt letters, xii + 246 pp. Near-Fine, with former-owner inscription; in a Very Good dust jacket with light edgewear. From Preface: The current year being the 100th anniversary of the demise of Sontoku Ninomiya, in order to honour his memory various functions have been held or are going to be held in Japan. Moreover, among many foreigners visiting this country in recent years there are not a few persons who are interested in the study of the development of our villages and agricultural industry. It is in consideration of these facts that it was arranged t... View More...
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Tokyo, Japan: The Tokyo News Service, Ltd., 1951-1955. All first editions.
Seller ID: 2417qls
Set of four volumes. Octavo, boards, vi + 260 pp; ix + 223 pp; viii + 231 pp; x + 232 pp. Very Good, with lightly rubbed edges, former-owner signature; all but Volume I (which lacks a dust jacket) are in Very Good dust jackets with edgewear. ...A collection of articles on the various aspects of Japanese life today, which naturally has its roots deep in the past extending over centuries. The classification of these articles is arbitrary, made primarily for the sake of the reader's convenience. View More...
Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, plates, 137 pp. Fine, in a Very Good+, mylar protected dust jacket with lightly rubbed edges. View More...
Publisher:
New Delhi: Manjusri Publishing House, [1969].
Seller ID: 4560s
No. 179 of a Limited Edition of 1000. Quarto, blue cloth, gilt letters, 386 pp. Near-Fine, with very slight edgewear. List of Plates (including fold-out map): The Sceptre of India, Vignette in the Title Page; The Map; the Dhoka and Hammock; Natives of Nepaul; Implements of Husbandry; The Khookeri and Khoraaa; Head of the Kustoora or Musk Deer; The Khalidge; View of Sumbhoo-nath; Panoramic View of the Valley of Nepaul; View of Khatmanndu; Nepal House; A Male of Nepaul; A Female of ditto; Nepaul Bow, Arrow, and Quiver; Purbutti, and Other Alphabets. Large Print. View More...
