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By: BEILENSON, Edna
Price: $6.50
Publisher: Mount Vernon, NY, Peter Pauper Press: 1960
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 10733
Condition: About Fine
Basic recipes for Chinese food. peter Pauper Press edition with bright and colorful illustrations. 60pp, color illustrated. Book is bright and fresh with a sound binding. Unmarked. Dustjacket has tape repairs to inside; externally appears bright and clean. View more info
By: BELLA; SIVANANDA-VALENTINA
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Light of Sivananda-Valentina: 1977
Edition: First [presumed]
Seller ID: 045527
Condition: VG
Sivananda-Valentina was born and raised in China, of Russian emigres. In childhood, She easily mastered Chinese and many other languages. In later years, she became a master of many arts including music, dance, acting and poetry. She was also very beautiful and had a loving and charming personality. But, above all, was her intense aspiration to realize the Divine. She brought her spiritual aspirations into everything she did and Her outwardly glamorous activities became Her spiritual offerings to God. Eventually, however, She withdrew from the outer glamour to dedicate her life to spiritual pr... View more info
Price: $12.00
Publisher: New York, Knopf: 2007
Edition: First Edition, Second Printing
Seller ID: 14991
ISBN: 140004345X
Condition: As New
A portrait of the thirteenth-century explorer, adventurer, and global traveler follows Marco Polo from his youth in Venice to his journey to Asia and role in the court of Kublai Khan, to his return to Europe, and discusses his influence on the history of his era. 415 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm. An 'as new' copy - bright, fresh and unmarked in a similar, unclipped dustjacket. Unpacked weight, 777g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcha... View more info
Price: $13.50
Publisher: London, George Allen and Unwin: 1970
Edition: First British Edition
Seller ID: 13506
ISBN: 0-04951018
Condition: VG+
A profile of Nepal. 186pp, photo illustrated by Claude Jaccoux, book catalog at back.Bright copy with a sound binding. Dustjacket has some edge wear and curls a little at top edge. View more info
By: BHARUCHA, Rustom
Price: $8.50
Publisher: New Delhi, Penguin Global: 2007
Edition: Later Paperback Printing of 2003
Seller ID: 15299
ISBN: 0143029592
Condition: As New
For over five decades, Komal Kathari has journeyed through Rajasthan exploring its rich cultural and musical traditions. In this book, Rustom Bharucha attempts to map his vast experience of the desert, drawing on extended and freewheeling conversations with Kothari. VIII, [2], 358pp. An 'as new' copy - bright, clean and unmarked. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. Unpacked weight, 307g. 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 ... View more info
By: BIANCO, Lucien
Price: $7.95
Publisher: U.S.A., Stanford University Press: 1989
Edition: Later Printing of 1971 Edition
Seller ID: 11699
ISBN: 0804708274
Condition: VG+
"An outstanding study of the pre-Communist period by an eminent French scholar who brings a refreshingly different perspective to the problems of the origin of the Chinese Revolution." "Lucien Bianco's study is the best single analysis that we have in such brief compass...'. Translated from the French - 'Les origines de la re´volution chinoise, 1915-1949', revised by the author. xiii, 223 pages : maps ; 23 cm. Internally bright, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and square showing no spine creases. Light wear to the card wrappers. Weight, 297g. Lettermail may apply. View more info
By: BISHOP, Mark
Price: $9.95
Publisher: Rutland, VT, Tuttle Publishing: 1999
Edition: Second Edition, First Printing
Seller ID: 2154
ISBN: 0804832056
Condition: As New
History of Okinawan Karate -teachers, styles and secret techniques...Told in an engaging style. Second Edition, revised and expanded. 176pp, fully illustrated. Bright, clean, unmarked interior, still fresh. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. Appears 'as new'. Unpacked weight, 415g. We ship Worldwide, at cost, using both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges 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 an... View more info
By: BIX, Herbert P.
Price: $9.95
Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Perennial: 2001
Edition: First Paperback Printing
Seller ID: 043200
ISBN: 0060931302
Condition: VG+
In this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P. Bix offers the first complete, unvarnished look at the enigmatic leader whose sixty-three-year reign ushered Japan into the modern world. 814 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 21 cm. A bright, clean, unmarked copy with a tight, square binding, no spine creasing. Very slight wear to some edges - almost 'as new'. Weight, 676g. View more info
By: BLOODWORTH, Ching Ping & Dennis
Price: $9.00
Publisher: London, Secker & Warburg: 1973
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 15645
ISBN: 436-05203-2
Condition: Near Fine
History of Mao Tsetung and of Commusnist China posing the question - ' what happens when Mao dies?'. 236pp, 3 maps. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Only defect is a small corner clip to ffep. Dustjacket is bright and clean with a small, 1" closed tear to back panel. Weight, 490g. View more info
By: BLYTH, Sally and WOTHERSPOON, Ian
Price: $18.50
Publisher: Hong Kong, Oxford University Press: 1996
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Seller ID: 07500
ISBN: 0-19-587768-3
Condition: As New
Account of Hong Kong in the post World War II years until just before re-patriation to China. 285pp, illustrated, endpaper maps.Mint copy, as new. View more info
By: BONOSKY, Phillip
Price: $13.50
Publisher: New York, Marzani & Munsell: 1960
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 041242
Condition: Near Fine
The author explores Chinese color symbolism and its differences with the West. OCLC Number: 2350574. 224 p. illus. 22 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, squaree binding, no wear to the bright, white cloth. The unclipped dustjacket shows some edge wear and tiny chip but is generally clean and unmarked. Sun-fading to the spine. Weight, 501g. View more info
By: BONTEKOE, Eillem Ysbrantsz
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Amsterdam, Van Kampen & Zoon: 1971
Edition: Facsimile Reprint
Seller ID: 16966
Condition: About Fine
Dutch language. An account of a voyage to the East Indies , 1618-1625. Facsimile reprint of the original edition of 1648. 80pp, illustrated. Bright, clean copy with a sound binding. No wear to boards. Bookplate and gift inscription to ffep. Dustjacket has only very minor wear to top edge. Weight, 320g. View more info
By: BOTTOMLEY, I. and HOPSON, A. P.
Price: $85.00
Publisher: London, Bison Books Ltd.: 1988
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 21616
ISBN: 086124415X
Condition: Fine
Book illustrates the 700-year history of the development of the arms and armour of the Samurai. 192pp, photo illustrated in color and in b&w. Spectacular photographs! A very bright, clean copy. Totally unmarked. Sound binding. No wear to boards. Nearly similar, unclipped dustjacket. Weight, 1.14kg 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 spec... View more info
By: BOWIE, Henry P.
Price: $7.95
Publisher: Mineola, New York, U.S.A., Dover Pubns: 1952
Edition: Later Reprint
Seller ID: 047878
ISBN: 0486200302
Condition: Fine
'Dover books on art, aesthetics, art history, art collections'. " ... unabridged republication of the work originally published by P. Elder and Company, San Francisco, in 1911." By Henry P. Bowie ; with prefatory remarks by Iwaya Sazanami and Hirai Kinza. Includes index. xv, 117 p., [74] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Very bright and clean copy. Unmarked. Possibly the front free endpaper has been 'invisibly' removed. Stiff card wrappers are bright and glossy. Spine shows no creasing but is a little sun-faded. Weight, 485g. View more info
By: BRASS, Paul R.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 1990
Edition: First Trade Paperback Ed.
Seller ID: 28446
ISBN: 0521396514
Condition: VG+
Volume IV:1 in the New Cambridge History of India. 357pp, maps. Bright, clean, unmarked interior pages slightly browned. Tight, square binding, uncreased. Near new copy. Weight, 540g. View more info
By: BRAUND, H. E. W.
Price: $18.00
Publisher: Oxford, UK, Pergamon Press: 1975
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 33554
ISBN: 0080174159
Condition: Fine
History of a British commercial enterprise, headquartered in London but operating in Burma. 151pp, photo illustrated. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Old bookplate to fpde. Clean cloth boards showing no wear. Dustjacket is nearly similar with one tiny 1/2" tear to head of spine, nealy invisibly closed. Weight, 620g. View more info
By: BRESLER, Fenton
Price: $9.50
Publisher: New York, Stein and Day: 1981
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 12963
ISBN: 0-8128-2752-X
Condition: About Fine
Book uncovers the Chinese Triads, a form of Mafia, and their connection with international crime, in particular the narctics trade. 227pp, photo illustrated. Bright clean, unmarked copy with a sound binding. Dustjacket is similar but has a small, closed edge tear at top of front cover [3/4"]. View more info
By: BRESLER, Fenton
Price: $11.00
Publisher: London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson: 1980
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 1619
ISBN: 0297777718
Condition: Fiine
An investigation by a British barrister into the Chinese Triads , or secret societies, deeply involved in the International Drug Trade. U.S. ed. published as: The Chinese Mafia. xiii, 226 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked copy in a similar, unclipped dustjacket. About 'as new'. Weight, 442g. View more info
By: BRITISH INFORMATION SERVICES
Price: $12.00
Publisher: London, Information Services of the United Kingdom: 1944
Edition: Canadian Edition
Seller ID: 036286
Condition: Good VG
British Government's position on the War with Japan, circa 1944. 31pp, photo illustrated. Bright and clean with a sound, stapled binding.Tiny nick at centre of spine and tiny cut at foot of spine. Nice copy! Weight, 46g. View more info
By: BRONSTEIN, Leo
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Freeport, Brandeis University/Bond Wheelwright: 1969
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Seller ID: 039095
ISBN: 870271059
Condition: Near Fine
The author attempts to lead the reader to a better understanding of Japanese painting. 373pp, illustrated in b&w and in color. Illustration on paper pasted to front board. Original transparent, plastic dustjacket is present, missing small pieces at edges. Also, laid-in, is a printed sheet review/summary of the book. Heavy, book weighing 1.45kg. View more info
