Category: Asia

Views in India : chiefly among the Himalaya Mountains

By: WHITE, Lieut. George Francis [31st Regt.]

Price: $395.00

Publisher: London and Paris, Fisher, Son & Co.

Seller ID: 055996

Binding: Leather Spine and Corners, Aeg

Condition: Very Good

Edited by Emma Roberts.Printed Title Page shows no date. Engraved Title Page, preceeding, is dated 1838. x, 11-94pp. Engraved Frontis and Title Page, plus 35 Engraved Plates without tissue guards [original]. Marbled endpapers. Internal pages are bright white and unmarked. Engraved plates show foxing, mostly, but not all, not affecting the images. Frontis a little heavier affected with foxing, moreso the title page. Some pages show light water stain to the edges - mostly the engraved plates. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, no cracking. Leather spine and corners show wear to edge...
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An Introduction to Oriental Mythology

By: WHITTAKER, Clio - Editor

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Markham, ON, Fairmount Books : 1997

Seller ID: 33038

ISBN-13: 9780921372615

Binding: Laminated Pictorial Boards

Condition: Fine

'An exciting and informative guide to the myths and legends of the East'. 127pp, profusely illustrated in color. Bright, fresh, unmarked copy, about 'as new'. Weight, 730g.
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Map of Asia [Including Australia]; 1796

By: WILKES, John; NEELE, Samuel

Price: $29.95

Publisher: London, John Wilkes : 1796

Seller ID: 053689

Condition: Very Good

Antique Copper Engraved Map of Asia dated 1796. Includes Australia then known as New Holland, and the entire Indian Ocean. Black and white, as published, no colour. At foot of map is stated - 'London Pubd. as the Act directs August 13, 1796 by J. Wilk[e]s'. Size of map within heavy black borders is 18.3 cm by 23 cm. Clean white, thick paper, a very little, light foxing along some edges - none on map. Adequate margins for matting. We ship worldwide by mail at cost.
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Emerging Japan

By: WILLIAMS, Barry

Price: $9.00

Publisher: New York, McGraw Hill : 1969

Seller ID: 31336

ISBN-13: 9780070705425

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

A study of the political, social, and economic impact of Japan's leap into the industrial age. 143pp, illustrated, maps. Bright, clean interior. Tight, square binding, no wear to cloth.Price-clipped dustjacket is clean but with some edge wear. Weight, 400g.
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Emerging Japan

By: WILLIAMS, Barry

Price: $12.50

Publisher: New York, McGraw-Hill : 1969

Seller ID: 036211

ISBN-13: 9780070705425

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Study of the political, social and economic impact of Japan's leap into the industrial age. 8vo, 143pp, photo illustrated, maps. Hardcover in black cloth with price clipped dustjacket. Book is bright, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and square, no wear to cloth. Dustjacket is also bright and clean and showing virtually no wear. Weight, 424g.
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One Chinese Moon

By: WILSON, J. Tuzo

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Toronto, Longmans Green : 1959

Seller ID: 14113

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

An account of travel across China in the late 1950's when access was severly limited for Western observers. 274pp, photo illustrated. Bright interior, unmarked, with a sound binding. Minor wear to cloth at bottom edge. Dustjacket has a little edge wear. Weight, 530g.
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded

By: WINCHESTER, Simon

Price: $9.50

Publisher: U.S.A., HarperCollins : 2003

Seller ID: 051412

ISBN-13: 9780066212852

Binding: Pictorial Boards

Condition: Fine

The book Ccnsiders the global impact of the 1883 eruption of the Krakatoa volcano, documenting its cause of an immense tsunami that killed 40,000 people, its impact on the weather for several years, and its role in anti-Western Islamic fundamentalism. xvi, 416 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Book is bright, clean and unmarked, very nearly 'as new'. The pictorial hardcover does not have a standard, full-size dustjacket but rather one two-thirds the regularr size, like a 'band/wrapper'. This copy is Fine and unclipped. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are frequently incorrect and are vague es...
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Behind Mud Walls 1930-1960

By: WISER, William and Charlotte

Price: $11.50

Publisher: Berkeley, University of California Press : 1967

Seller ID: 14512

Binding: Cloth

Condition: About Fine

A classic account of a village in Indian, with an extended postscript written a generation later. 249pp. Bright, clean copy with a sound binding. Unmarked. Dustjacket is similar but with two small tape repairs to top, front edge. Weight, 460g.
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China und seine Kche : Eine photographische Reise

By: WOLF, Reinhart; TIGER, Lionel

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Munich, Heyne Verlagsauslieferung : 1986

Seller ID: 22058

ISBN-13: 9783453360129

Binding: Cloth Boards, Gilt Titles

Condition: Fine

Originally published in the United States under the title, 'China's Food'.Spectacular photogaphy of the Food of China with explanatory text, recipes etc. 231pp, profusely color photo illustrated. Book is bright and clean, virtually 'as new'. No wear to cloth. Dustjacket is similar with one .5" tear at bottom corner of back panel. Heavy book weighing 1.6kg. We ship Worldwide, at cost, using both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges, at cost, without overcharging. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated...
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Beijing confidential : a tale of comrades lost and Found

By: WONG, Jan

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Canada, Doubleday Canada : 2007

Seller ID: 29647

ISBN-13: 9780616445716

Binding: Cloth

Condition: About 'As New'

In the early 70s, Canadian Jan Wong was studying at Beijing University when a young stranger, Yin Luoyi, asked for help in getting to the United States. Wong, then a starry-eyed Maoist, immediately reported Yin to the authorities. Thirty-three years on, Wong revisits the Chinese capital to begin her search for the person who has haunted her conscience; to apologize, to somehow make amends, and at the very least, to discover whether Yin survived. 320pp, maps. Signed by the author on the title page. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Tight, square binding, no wear to the red cloth. Unclipped dustj...
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Revenue Surcharges : L.Y. Woo Collection

By: WOO, L. Y.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Taipei, Publisher not Identified : 1983

Seller ID: 14255

Binding: Red Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: Fine

English and Chinese characters. Many numbered pages blank on one side. 156 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked copy still quite fresh. Top quality color and printing. Tight binding, no wear to the cloth. Unpacked weight, 925g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Canadian GST included. Images always available.
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Image for Strange Battlegound; The Operations in Korea and Their Effects on the Defence Policy of Canada . The Official History of the Canadian Army in Korea

Strange Battlegound; The Operations in Korea and Their Effects on the Defence Policy of Canada . The Official History of the Canadian Army in Korea

By: WOOD, Lt. Col. Herbert Fairlie

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Ottawa, Minister of National Defence : 1966

Seller ID: 044147

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: About Fine

Official History of the Canadian Armed Forces in the Korean War. 317pp, photo illustrated, folding maps, endpaper maps. Hardcover in red cloth with gilt spine and gilt device on front cover. No dustjacket. Tight, clean copy of a scarce book. Unmarked. Boards are bright, as is interior. Appears almost 'as new'. Weight, 750g.
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Letters from the Khyber Pass and Other Travel Writings

By: WOODCOCK, George

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Douglas & McIntyre Ltd/Art Gallery of Ontario : 1993

Seller ID: 23426

ISBN-13: 9781550540833

Binding: Printed Wraps

Condition: Good VG, or Better

Travel writing from Canada's George Woodcock spanning 40 years and covering much of the globe. 213pp. Bright, clean copy. Tight square binding with a lightly creased spine. Weight, 320g. 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 than regular parcels. Less will be charged if rates indicate].
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Education in Japan: A Reprint of the Papers Submitted by the Japanese Preparatory Committees to the Seventh Biennial Conference of the World Federation of Education Associations, Volume II

By: WORLD FEDERATION OF EDUCATION

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Tokyo, World Conference Committee of the Japanese Education Assoc. : 1938

Seller ID: 21119

Binding: Cloth Boards, Gilt Titles

Condition: Good VG

Volume 2 only of the proceedings of the 7th Biennial Conference of the W. F. E. A. This volume contains all of the papers prepared by the Japanese Preparatory Committee for the Conference in Tokyo in August of 1937. They deal with all aspects of education in Japan in the immediate pre-WWII period. English language text. 580pp, illustrated. Three ink signatures to ffep. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Sound hinges. Sound binding in dark green cloth with impressed designs and gilt titles to spine. Weight, 860g.
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The New Look in China's Rural Areas

By: XIANCHU, Peng et al

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Beijing, China Reconstructs : 1983

Seller ID: 29549

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: Vg+

An account of changes in China's rural areas circa the early 1980s. English language publication. 110pp, photo illustrated. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding. Minor rubbing to wrappers otherwise almost 'as new'. Weight, 120g.
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Houses of Asia / Casas Asiaticas / Case Asiatiche

By: YABUKA, Nerelle

Price: $8.95

Publisher: Germany, Feierabend Verlag : 2003

Seller ID: 18695

ISBN-13: 9783936761283

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: About Fine

High quality color photographs of the interiors and exteriors of houses in Asia. Text in English, Spanish and Italian. 400 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm. A very bright, fresh copy. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. Only small defect - a light, top corner crease to the front wrapper. Otherwise 'as new'. Weight, 690g.
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Goethe in China (1899-1999): [Gede Zai Zhongguo]

By: YANG, Wuneng

Price: $29.95

Publisher: Frankfurt, Peter Lang : 2000

Seller ID: 24353

ISBN-13: 9783631357149

Binding: Printed Wrappers

Condition: Fine

German language text. 185pp, illustrated. Mint copy, 'as new'. Weight, 290g. 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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The Courtesan's Jewel Box: Chinese Stories of the Xth -XVII Centuries

By: YANG, Xianyi and Gladys Yang - Translators

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Beijing, Foreign Languages Press : 1981

Seller ID: 21961

Binding: Cloth Boards, Gilt Titles

Condition: Fine

Selection of popular Chinese stories from the 10th to 17th centuries. 520pp, illustrated, fixed silk page marker, slipcase. Book and dustjacket are 'as new', as is slipcase. Fine copy. Weight, 810g. We ship Worldwide, at cost, using both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges, at cost, without overcharging. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS. World rates based on specific destination and weight. Online estimates by the Listing Site may not be correct and either addit...
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Saltwater City: An Illustrated History of the Chinese in Vancouver

By: YEE, Paul

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Vancouver, Douglas & McIntyre : 1988

Seller ID: 14087

ISBN-13: 9780888946164

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: Fine

History of Chinese people in Vancouver, British Columbia. 174pp, profusely photo illustrated. Bright, clean copy with a sound binding - about 'as new'. Weight, 960g. 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. USA postage usually $6.50 or less. Canadian postage varies considerably depending on weight and destination. Maximum postage to anywhere within Canada, can now be approx US$15.00- up to 5kg total weight, boxed, insured, trackable and fa...
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Chinese folk art in American collections, early 15th through early 20th Centuries

By: YOUHE ZENG; CHINA HOUSE GALLERY

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, China Institute in America : 1976

Seller ID: 044618

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: VG

Chinese folk art in American collections, early 15th through early 20th centuries. Catalog of the exhibition held Oct. 27-Jan. 30, 1977 at the China House Gallery, New York. 99 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Author - Tseng Yu-ho Ecke. Interior is very bright, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and square. Wear to head os spine - bumped? Wrappers show surface rubbing. Weight, 300g.
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Category: Asia