Category: Asia

Time: The Weekly Newsmagazine, August 13, 1965

Price: $7.95

Publisher: New York, Time Inc. : 1965

Seller ID: 038649

Condition: VG+

Issue of Time with portrait of India's Prime Minister Shastri on the front cover, artwork by Robert Vickrey. Feature on 'India Without Nehru'. This is the Canadian Edition. Same editorial content as U. S. edition with added Canadian news. 68p. Clean bright wraps, sound stapled binding. Good solid copy with address label to front, lower left corner. Weight, 130g.
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Time: The Weekly Newsmagazine, July 31, 1964

By: DONOVAN, Hedley - Editor

Price: $7.95

Publisher: New York, Time Inc. : 1964

Seller ID: 038651

Binding: Printed Wraps

Condition: VG+

Issue of Time with artist's impression of Harlem, New York, by artist Russell Hoban on the front cover. This is the Canadian Edition. Same editorial content as U. S. edition with added Canadian news. 64p. Clean bright wraps, sound stapled binding. Good solid copy with address label to front, lower left corner. Weight, 126g.
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Time: The Weekly Newsmagazine, June 19, 1964

By: DONOVAN, Hedley - Editor

Price: $7.95

Publisher: New York, Time Inc. : 1964

Seller ID: 038652

Binding: Printed Wraps

Condition: VG+

Issue of Time with artist's impression of Senator Everett Dirksen, by artist Robert Vickfey on the front cover. This is the Canadian Edition. Same editorial content as U. S. edition with added Canadian news. 80p. Clean bright wraps, sound stapled binding. Good solid copy with address label to front, lower left corner. Weight, 160g.
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Time: The Weekly Newsmagazine, June 26, 1964

By: DONOVAN, Hedley - Editor

Price: $7.95

Publisher: New York, Time Inc. : 1964

Seller ID: 038650

Binding: Printed Wraps

Condition: VG+

Issue of Time with portrait of Laotian General Kong Le on the front cover, artwork by Artzbasheff. This is the Canadian Edition. Same editorial content as U. S. edition with added Canadian news. 72p. Clean bright wraps, sound stapled binding. Good solid copy with address label to front, lower left corner. Weight, 138g.
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Fortune: November, 1966

By: DONOVAN, Hedley - Editor-in-Chief

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Time Inc. : 1965

Seller ID: 049968

Binding: Printed Wrappers

Condition: Very Good

Single Issue of Fortune magazine for November, 1966. Cover art by Wango Weng of Chinese characters on a bright red background. Features on Red China's Sinking Revoplution, Xerox, The Bronfmans, Labor's Rebellious Rank and File, Stock Market, Nonprofits, Buisiness Aristocrats, Negro Middle Class, Hollywood and TV, etc. 284pp, illustrated, advertising. Clean, unmarked copy with a 'punchy' front cover - unmarked shopwing some minor wear. Tight binding, sound spine. Heavy magazine weighing 840g. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are often incorrect and are vague estimates NOT guaranteed rates. We ...
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Our Cup of Tea

By: DOUGLAS, F. Mildred

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Montreal, Author Published : 1971

Seller ID: 039650

Binding: Cloth

Condition: As New

A Canadian woman travels to India and Ceylon etc by Sea. 1st, 8vo, 264pp, illustrated endpapers. Hardcover in blue cloth with transparent plastic DJ, as issued. As new copy, Fine/Fine. Weight, 446g.
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Last tiger out; the true story of Dan Maukar, ace pilot in the Indonesian Air Force

By: DOWARD, Jan S.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Mountain View, CA, Pacific Press Pub. Association : 1973

Seller ID: 041494

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good VG

True story of Dan Maukar, ace pilot in the Indonesian Air Force. OCLC Number: 661716. 127 p. illus. 23 cm. Interior is bright and clean. Ink signature to the front endpaper, otherwise the book is unmarked. Tight, square binding with only very slight wear to the patterened boards. The Dustjacket is not attractive but is complete - with tape repairs, some rippling, chips etc. Weight, 460g.
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Amritsar, the Massacre That Ended the Raj

By: DRAPER, Alfred

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Don Mills, ON, General Pub Co : 1981

Seller ID: 30550

ISBN-13: 9780773600959

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG Plus

An account of the 1919 massacre at Amritsar, India, that was the beginning of the end for the British Raj. 301pp, photo illustrated. Bright, clean interiuor. Book store stamp and old price to ffep, felt pen mark to top edge, otherwise unmarked. Tight, square binding, no wear to cloth. Unclipped dustjacket show some edge wear and tiny edge tears, but is otherwise bright and clean. Weight, 530g.
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Shibata Zeshin: Masterpieces of Japanese Lacquer from the Khalili Collection (Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art)

By: EARLE, Joe

Price: $275.00

Publisher: London, UK, Khalili Collections; National Museums of Scotland : 1997

Seller ID: 057723

ISBN-13: 9781874780090

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Catalogue in association with the exhibition at the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK (Apr - Oct 1997). Foreword - Nasser D. Khalili. Shibata Zeshin - Joe Earle. Shibata Zeshin (1807-91) was one of the finest exponents of lacquerware in the history of Japanese art. His supreme artistry and technical innovations are celebrated in this catalogue which accompanies the exhibition of some 70 works from the Khalili Collection. 80 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm. Book is almost Fine the only 'defect' being an individual's signature to the top margin of the ffep. Otherwise the book is v...
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Seeds of Destruction: Nationalist China in War and Revolution, 1937-1949

By: EASTMAN, Lloyd E.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., Stanford Univ Press : 1984

Seller ID: 32348

ISBN-13: 9780804711913

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

The author illuminates the inner workings of the Nationalist Chinese regime from 1937-1949 and gives reasons for their failures. 311pp. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Tight, square binding, no wear to cloth. Slight edge wear to an otherwise clean and glossy, unclipped dustjacket. Weight, 530g. Reduced 20%.
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Economic Trends in Communist China

By: ECKSTEIN, Alexander with GALENSON, Walter and LIU, Ta-Chung - Editors

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Chicago, Aldine Publishing Company : 1968

Seller ID: 14486

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: Good VG

A Monograph of the Committee on the Economy of China of the Social Science Research Council. 757pp. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a sound binding. Dustjacket is clean and bright with a little edge wear and wear at tips. Heavy book weighing 1.27kg.
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The Jewel in the Lotus: A Historical Survey of the Sexual Culture of the East

By: EDWARDES, Allen

Price: $7.75

Publisher: New York, Julian Press : 1960

Seller ID: 12001

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: Very Good

Eastern sexual culture. Intro by Dr. Albert Ellis. 293pp, not illustrated. Internally bright with a sound binding. Unmarked. Boards clean and without wear. Spine faded a little.
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Banzai, You Bastards

By: EDWARDS, Jack; with WALTER, Jimmy

Price: $24.00

Publisher: London, Souvenir Press Ltd : 1991

Seller ID: 057338

ISBN-13: 9780285630277

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

The story of the hell-mine of Kinkaseki ranks with the Bridge over the River Kwai as one of the most appalling episodes of the war in the Far East. Yet until now it has been known only to a few. xxii, 270, 96 unnumbered pages, 46 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm. An 'about as new' copy - bright, fresh and unmarked in a si9milar, unclipped dustjacket. First published in Hong Kong in 1990. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are often incorrect and are vague estimates NOT guaranteed rates. We use Canada Post, the United States Postal Service and Asendia and try t...
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World War II and the Destinies of Asian and African Peoples

By: EFIMOV, Dmitri

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Moscow, Novosti Press : 1980

Seller ID: 047313

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: Near Fine

Book describes the origins and the course of the Second World War, and the effect it had on the peoples of Asia and Africa. Interesting Soviet perspective. 129pp, illustrated. Bright, clean and unmarked, inside and outside, probably never read. Weight, 96g.
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Newsweek; July 31, 1967

By: ELLIOTT, Osborn - Editor

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Dayton, OH, Newsweek Inc : 1969

Seller ID: 056854

Binding: Magazine

Condition: VG+

Cover feature, with inside article - 'Hong Kong Under the Gun'. Plus the usual range of International and Local News features. Attractive copy - Bright, Clean, Unmarked, No labels. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, or via the USPS, in card sleeve. From $4.00 to $6.90 depending on exact weight and location. Image available. Postage, at cost, determined by final weight and destination.
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Encounter with Asia

By: EMERY, Edith

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Ward Lock Limited : 1969

Seller ID: 15162

ISBN: 7063-1049-7

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: VG+

Travel through the breadth of Asia by a perceptive reporter. 223pp, photo illustrated, endpaper maps. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a sound binding. Dustjacket, in brodart, is similar. Weight, 790g.
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Caracteres Chinois: Du Dessin a L'edee, 214 Cles Pour Comprendre La Chine

By: FAZZIOLI, Edoardo

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Paris, Flammarion : 1987

Seller ID: 22696

ISBN-13: 9782081120044

Binding: Laminated Pictorial Boards

Condition: About Fine

Chinese characters explained and instruction given in how they are drawn [calligraphy]. French language edition, translated from the Italian original. 252pp, illustrated. Bright, fresh interior with a sound binding - almost 'as new'. Weight, 800g. 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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Demystifying Tibet: Unlocking the Secrets of the Land of the Snows

By: FEIGON, Lee

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Chicago, Ivan R. Dee : 1996

Seller ID: 22378

ISBN-13: 9781566630894

Binding: Cloth

Condition: As New

This authoritative view of the history and culture of Tibet comes at a time when this ancient land is in danger of losing its identity under Chinese rule. In a compact narrative account, Lee Feigon examines the country behind the myths to locate the origins of modern Tibet and to sort out its controversial relationship with China. xi, 242 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. An 'as new' copy - bright, fresh, unmarked - in a similar, unclipped dustjacket. Unpacked weight, 527g.
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Beyond the Chindwin : being an account of the adventures of number five column of the Wingate expedition into Burma,1943

By: FERGUSSON, Bernard

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Collins : 1951

Seller ID: 056745

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good Very Good

This is an account of No. 5 Column of the Wingate Expedition into Burma, in 1943, written by its commander. It was written only a year after the end of the story it tells and the immediacy of the narrative adds to the excitement. Foreword by Field-Marshal Earl Wavel. Originally published 1945. 'St. James's Library. no. 11'. 256 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. Clean, unmarked interior, white pages. Tight binding, sound hinges. Blue cloth shows no wear except for some minor aging to the cloth. Enquire for accurate postage, at cost, to your location.
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University of Pennsylvania, The Museum Journal, September 1925

By: FERNALD, Helen E. - et al

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, University of Pennsylvania Museum : 1925

Seller ID: 037168

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: Near Fine

Scholarly quarterly. Feature article is - 'Mortuary Figures of the T'ang Dynasty'. Plus - ' A Souvenir of the Great Explorers', 'The Expedition to Palestine', 'The Joint Expedition to Ur'. pp153-208, photo illustrated, one color plate. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding. No external wear. Weight, 218g.
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Category: Asia