The Unification Policy of South and North Korea
Seoul: Seoul National University Press, 1977. pp 341, or. cl. bds., bumped, o/w v.g in price-clipped, sl. creased d.j.
Seoul: Seoul National University Press, 1977. pp 341, or. cl. bds., bumped, o/w v.g in price-clipped, sl. creased d.j.
Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1978. 1st US ed., pp xxxv 237 incl. index, biblio., b/w plates & text ills., prev. owner's inscr., light foxing to top edge, or. cl. bds., v.g in like d.j.
Vienna: Phaidon, 1929. [Bertolt Brecht]. 8vo, original black cloth boards with gilt decoration, colour plates, Orietal style folded and sewn accordion binding. Plate to fep with gift inscription, o/w v.g. A play in 5 acts, translated from the Chinese. (German language). The play, by Li Xingdao, is a Yuan dynasty.....
np: Phaidon, nd c( 1958). 8vo., pp. 131 incl. Index, col plates, uncut, black cl wraps, gilt dec, spine tied w decorative twine, nr fine Collection of Chinese poetry. Text in German. Beautifully illustrated with colour plates.
Sydney: The London Missionary Society, 1946. 8vo, pp. 63, b/w ills., award plate to front pastedown, orig bds., slightly rubbed rear, faint pencil mark front.
Peking: Henri Vetch, 1937. Original cloth boards, b&w frontis, b&w plates, pp xxx, 443. Book worn and shaken, tape marks endpapers, pencilled annotations rear free endpaper, pages tanned. Presentation inscription to Lily Kavanagh (1897-1988), drama teacher in Perth (WA), from Gladys Shem. Gladys was the daughter of Harold Shem, a......
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1905. Two volumes, large octavo, original half leather boards with blue cloth, title stamped in gilt to spine. Presumed first edition. Maps (including one large colour folding map), portrait frontis plates with facsimile signatures, coloured plates, b&w plates, pp xx, 414; xi, 426. Corners bumped, some.....
London: Heinemann, May 1899. Octavo, original pictorial cloth boards, large colour folding map, b&w fronts. port, many b&w text illus, pp xxvii, 501. Corners bumped, light mark on cloth, previous owner's bookplate (D'Arcy Ryan), gift inscription (dated 1899), good condn. Complete in this single volume edition published May 1899...
Melbourne: S. John Bacon. Original pictorial wraps with flaps, pp 149. N.d. (1944). Some light wear to wraps. Very good condition. Discussion of Japan and the war, from a religious perspective.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1974. 8vo, paperback, pp x, 259. Some rubbing to wraps, clean, good condn.
Durham: The Pentland Press, 1997. 8vo, pp. xiv, 354, b/w frontis map, b/w photos, original cloth bds., nr fine, in very good d.j., small crease head spine. First hand account of the fall of the British Raj. Noble served in the administration of the North West Frontier Province from 1941-1947.....
London: Travel Book Club, 1963. 2nd ed., 8vo, viii, pp. 183, maps, fine throughout, d.j with some insect damage and sunning Account of the expedition in 1960 of six men under the command of the author who set out to climb an unknown peak in the Karakoram Himalaya...
Bombay: The Times Press, 1928. Royal 8vo, pp. vi, 104, col and b/w plates, prev owner's inscr., some light yellowing of pages, occasional foxing scattered throughout, stitching weak, shaken, orig cl bds., fished and some stains, edges worn Hindu sects discussed, including mythology, symbolism, and rituals.
London: The Bodley Head, 1960. 8vo, pp. (vi) 277, orig cl bds., cnrs slightly bent, in d.j slightly fade spine Diary kept by an American journalist during her travels through India.
London: Allen Lane, 2005. 1st ed., p. xi, 324, index, b/w plates, one page with highlighting, signed by author, boards with some marks, no d.j. Christ Patten was the last Governor of Hong Kong and has become a significant commentator on world affairs. This book documents his insights about world.....
Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Vietnam Courier, 1990. Duodecimo, wraps, colour portrait plate, pp 80. Errata slip loosely insered. Wraps worn. Good condition.
Folio Society, 2014. Preface Yiyin Li; illus. Victo Ngai. Black cloth boards decorated in red and gilt. colour plates by Victo Ngai, pp xxv, 256. Includes a note on translation and transcription, a list of sources, and an index of tales. Fine condition in gold coloured slipcase. Beautifully illustrated collection.....
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1967. 3rd print., 8vo., pp xvi 204, b/w maps, uncut edges, bookplate, or. cl. bds., bumped in sl. frayed d.j. Stories of Vietnamese people including a Buddhist, Viet Cong, prisoner and an orphan.
Hong Kong: Tai Dao Publishing Ltd, 1984. 1st ed., Roy. 8vo., text in English and Chinese, pp.v, 462, (xiv, col. Adverts), original red gilt dec. cloth bds, spine bumped otherwise near fine condition. Information on customs, port control, import and export, immigration, emigration, public security, punishment and laws relating to.....
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1988. Octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w frontis, pp xiii, 300. Ex-library with minimal markings. Good condition.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1956. 8vo, pp. 319, b/w map, small tape marks endpapers, ink note bottom cnr pp. 119, original cloth boards, head and tail spine sunned, in d.j. tail spine lost and head chipped, cnrs frayed. Novel of Malaya.
London: Jonathon Cape, 1968. 1st ed., 8vo., pp 347, b/w map, or. cl. bds., bumped cnrs, good in price-clipped v.g. d.j.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. Reprint, 8vo, pp. 287, b/w frontis map, minor foxing edges, orig cl bds., v.g., in d.j. edges worn and creased, few tears and chips, few marks rear. Autobiographical account of the author as a young girl in 1930s China.
Australia: Australia East Timor Association, 1991. Pictorial wraps, b&w illus, map, pp ii, 50. Sticker rear wrap. Near-fine condition. Published by supporters of East Timor independence.
Hanoi: Youth Publishing House, 2003. 1st ed., quarto, cloth boards, dustjacket, colour illus, b&w illus, maps, dec endpapers, pp 140. One of 2000 copies. Presentation copy, signed and dated by C. David Thomas. Near-fine condition in like d.j. Copiously ilustrated biography of Ho Chi Minh, including examples of his writing.....