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The Quality of Mercy. Cambodia, Holocaust and Modern Conscience

By: SHAWCROSS, William

Price: $11.50

Publisher: Simon and Schuster, New York, 1984:

Seller ID: 3999

1st printing, 8vo, 464pp, endpaper maps. Hardcover in black 1/4 cloth and paper boards with unclipped dustjacket. Good copy. Book is clean, tight and bright. DJ has very minor edge wear and one closed 1" tear on back. VG+/G+
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Essays on Ethnoarchaeology

By: SHENG, Wang Ning

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Beijing, Cultural Relics Publishing House: 1989

Seller ID: 037378

ISBN: 7501002363

Binding: Printed Wrappers

Condition: Good VG

Collection of 25 articles concerning ethnoarchaeology in China. Text in Chinese. English title page at front. English language abstract, pp413-424. 424pp, b&w illustrations in text, 16 photographic plates at back. Bright, clean, unmarked interior, except for a name stamp to the bottom edge and to the top margin of the front wrapper. Tight, square binding. Wrappers are clean but with 4 small lost chips to fore-edge of wrappers. Weight, 602g.
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Chinese Art in the Royal Ontario Museum

By: SHI, Hsio-Yen

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Canada, Royal Ontario Museum: 1972

Seller ID: 2239

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Catalogue of an Exhibition of Chinese Art in the Royal Ontario Museum. 242pp, profusely illustrated with b&w photographs and one colour plate. 150 artifacts in the catalogue. A very bright, clean copy. A previous owner's tiny rubber stamp to the tp, otherwise unmarked. Cloth is flawless. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, without overcharging. This item weighs 992g unpacked. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the U...
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Sun Tzu's Art of War: The Modern Chinese Interpretation

By: SHIBING, Yuan - Translator

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Pittstown, New Jersey, U.S.A., Main Street Press: 2004

Seller ID: 042757

ISBN: 140271291X

Binding: Laminated Boards

Condition: As New

The Chinese classic on military strategy by Sun Tzu, c400 BCE. Modern interpretation by General Tao Hanzhang ; translated by Yuan Shibing. 176 p. ; 18 cm. Bright, fresh, unmarked copy - absolutely 'as new'. Weight, 293g.
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Lion in the Sky; the Story of Seletar and the Royal Air Force in Singapore

By: SHORRICK, N.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Singapore, Federal Publications SDN: 1968

Seller ID: 1548

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

The story of Seletar Air Base and the Royal Air Force in Singapore. 171, xiii pages illustrations, maps, portraits; 23 cm. OCLC Number:5989380. Book is bright and clean. There is a name/date in ink to the ffep otherwise the book is unmarked. Binding is tight and squarem hinges sound. The bright, white cloth with gilt ttles and RAF emblem, is very clean and without wear. The unclipped dustjacket shows some sun-fadeing to the spine and moderate edge wear including one chip to the top edge, front of 3cm by 1cm, and a couple of tiny chips. Weight, 494g.
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Beginning Jiu Jitsu: Ryoi Shinto Style

By: SHORTT, James G; HASHIMOTO, Katsuharu

Price: $30.00

Publisher: London, United Kingdom, Paul H Crompton Ltd: 1979

Seller ID: 046597

ISBN: 0901764426

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: Good VG

Instruction in Ryoi-Shinto style Jiu-Jitsu. vi, 133 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Interior is bright and clean. Very small ink inscription to the top margin of the front endpapers and to the title page. Otherwise, unmarked. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. Slight age discoloration to the wrapper. Solid, sound copy. Weight, 240g. Lettermail.
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The Long March: The True History of Communist China's Founding Myth

By: SHUYUN, Sun

Price: $12.00

Publisher: U.S.A., Doubleday: 2007

Seller ID: 32419

ISBN: 0385520247

Binding: Cloth

Condition: About 'As New'

The Long March: A True History of Communist China's Founding Myth by Sun Shuyun is an incredibly impressive work of revisionist reporting, which calls into question nearly every aspect of the Chinese Communist Party's "official" account of what really occurred during this epic, horrific journey. 270 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. An 'about as new' copy - bright, clean, unmarked and still fresh. Not a remainder. Weight, 508g.
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The Art and Architecture of China

By: SICKMAN, Laurence & SOPER, Alexander

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Harmondsworth, Penguin: 1960

Seller ID: 16153

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: Near Fine

A volume in the Pelican History of Art edited by Nikolaus Pevsner. The evolution of painting, sculpture and architecture in China from the Shang Dynasty to the end of the Ch'ing Dynasty. 336pp, profusely illustrated. Bright, clean copy with a sound binding. Dustjacket is bright and clean with minor edge wear. Heavy book weighing 1.7kg
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Elementary Text Book Adapted from the 'Thousand Character Lessons'

By: SIMON, W. - Editor

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Percy Lund, Humphries: 1957

Seller ID: 046029

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Title also in Chinese. with a foreword by Eang Yun-Wu. xvi, 333 p. ; 19 cm. iInterior is bright, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and square and there is no wear to the attractive red cloth. The dustjacket is unclipped and shows minor edge wear and minor age-soiliong. Weight, 300g.
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Cannibal Quest

By: SINCLAIR, Gordon

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Toronto, Doubleday, Doran & Gundy: 1933

Seller ID: 34557

Binding: Cloth

Condition: About Fine

Memoirs of travel to India and Asia by Canadian author, Gordon Sinclair. 300pp, frontis photo portrait, photo illustrated, drawings, endpaper maps. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding, no wear to red cloth. Attractive copy. Scan available. Weight, 512g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images always available. Shipped well packed. [Maximum postage to anywhere within Canada is now approx US$15.00- up to 5kg total weight, boxed, insured, trackable and faster th...
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More Yarns on India

By: SINGHA, Shoran S.; SHEPHERD, Arthur P.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, Society for the Propagation of the Gospel: 1926

Seller ID: 043308

Binding: Printed Wrappers

Condition: VG

Collection of Indian 'Tales' with Christian messages. 80pp. Clean interior, unmarked. Sound, square binding. Tiny signature to the top margin of the front wrapper. See scan. Weight, 95g.
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European settlements in the Far East; China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands, India, Borneo, the Philippines, etc. ...

By: SMITH, D. Warres

Price: $200.00

Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co.: 1900

Seller ID: 046626

Binding: Half-Leather, Gilt

Condition: Very Near Fine

An account of European Settlement in East Asis circa 1900. OCLC Number: 110223. xii, 331 p. front., plates, fold. map. 19 cm. Internally bright and unmarked. Prize Bookplate of the University Military School in Victoria, B. C. Bound in half leather. balance in dark blue cloth. Military Schhol crest, gilt and embossed to the front board. Gilt decoration to the spine with four raised bands. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Very handsome copy, very nearly Fine. Scan available. Weight, 600g.
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Ukiyoe: Images of Unknown Japan

By: SMITH, Lawrence

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, Trustees of the British Museum: 1989

Seller ID: 1989

ISBN: 0714114383

Binding: Card Wrappers

Condition: As New

Over 250 works are illustrated from the Ukiyoe period in Japanese Art, 1600-1868. 184 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 25 cm. Almost 'as new' - bright, fresh and unmarked. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. Weight, 770g.
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Japanese Culture: Its Development and Characteristics

By: SMITH, Robert J. and BEARDSLEY, Richard K. - Editors

Price: $22.00

Publisher: London, Methuen & Company: 1963

Seller ID: 15187

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: VG+

Comprising papers presented to the Tenth Pacific Science Congress held in Honolulu in 1961. 193pp. Bright, clean copy, unmarked, with a sound binding. No wear to purple cloth boards. Dustjacket is bright and clean but has a small piece missing at head of spine [1" by 2"]. Weight, 660g.
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Pa-kua : Chinese boxing for fitness and Self-Defense

By: SMITH, Robert W.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Tokyo, Kodansha Internatioal: 1981

Seller ID: 046603

ISBN: 087011462X

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: VG+

Chinese boxing for fitness and self-defense. 160 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Interior is overall bright and clean. Previous owner's details to the front and rear endpapers, otherwise the book is unmarked. Tight, square binding. Clean wrappers. Weight, 292g.
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People on Our Side

By: SNOW, Edgar

Price: $13.50

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1944

Seller ID: 18428

Binding: Cloth

Condition: About Fine

An account of Russia, China and India - their political outlook, their fight against a common enemy and their social and economic conditions. Not a Book Club Edition. 324pp, photo illustrated, maps, endpaper maps. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a sound binding. Dustjacket is nearly similar with only minor edge wear. Weight, 510g.
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War and Peace in Vietnam

By: SNOW, Edgar

Price: $8.00

Publisher: New York, Marzani & Marzani: 1963

Seller ID: 32783

Binding: Stapled Wrappers

Condition: VG+

Pamphlet on the conflict in Viet Nam. Reprinted from the author's book 'The Other Side of the River', with a new Introduction. 2pp, pp680-707, 1pp notes. Clean, unmarked copy with a sound binding. Clean yellow wrappers, also unmarked. Weight, 60g.
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Russian and Japanese Peace Ambassadors in General Conference at Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 14, 1905

By: SOMERS, W. W. - Photographer

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Portsmouth, NH, Canney's Music Store: 1905

Seller ID: 051842

Condition: Very Good

Printed postcard showing the meeting between the Russian and the Japanese Ambassadors searching for a peaceful end to the Russo-Japanese War. Five ambassadors from each country are shown, and all are named. Unused, undivided back reverse. One corner shows a very, very faint crease from where it was mounted in an album. Inexpesive Lettermail postal rates apply.
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Over the Mountains Are Mountains: Korean Peasant Households and Their Adaptations to Rapid Industrialization

By: SORENSEN, Clark W.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., Univ of Washington Press: 1988

Seller ID: 28226

ISBN: 029596507X

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

'Description of the economic and ecological organization of rural Korean domestic groups and an analysis of their adaptation to the changes brought about by rapid industrialization'. 308pp, photo illustrated, figures. Bright, fresh, unmarked copy. Tight, square binding, no wear to cloth. Nearly similar, unclipped dustjacket with slight wear to bottom edge. Weight, 660g.
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Catalogue of Oriental Ceramics

By: SOTHEBY'S

Price: $8.95

Publisher: London, Sotheby's: 1980

Seller ID: 31406

Binding: Printed Wraps

Condition: Fine

Catalog, with 'Estimated Prices', and 'Prices Realised' sheets, laid-in. Catalogue No. 8511. Tuesday 29th April, 1980. 26pp, 250 lots, illustrated with 5pp of b&w photographs. Bright, clean copy with a sound binding and unmarked. Tight, square binding. Weight, 85g. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. From $3.00 to $6.50 depending on exact weight and location. Image available. Enquire for rates to Worldwide destinations.
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Category: Asia