The People's Republic of China. Perspectives II
Beijing: Arthur Anderson & Co, 1986. Repr., pp (xii) 233, fold. b/w map, prev. owner's inscr., or. Stiff wraps curled, v.g.
Asia
Bubbles of the Foam. Translated from the Original Manuscript.
London: Methuen & Co., 1912. Royal 8vo, pp. xx, 124, (ii adverts), b/w frontis, edges uncut, foxing eps and prelims., light foxing throughout, edges foxed, orig bds., spine yellowed, edges worn. According to the author, Francis William Bain, the story was translated from an original manuscript in Sanskrit. Story based.....
The Time Bomb : A veteran journalist assesses today's China from the inside
Newton Abbot: Readers Union, 1972. Repr., 8vo., pp ix 214 incl. index, b/w photos., sm. writing on f.f.e.p., or. cl. bds., bumped, v.g in torn, sl. frayed d.j.
The Wonder That Was India, A Survey of the Culture of the Indian Sub-Continent before the coming of the Muslims
New York: Grove Press, 1959. Reprint, 8vo, pp. xxiv, 568, Index, b/w frontis, b/w plates and ills., maps, prev owner's inscr inked out, wraps, minor edge wear, good condition.
Rambles in Java and the Straits in 1852
Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1989. Wraps, colour plates, map, pp 139. Near-fine condn. Travel: first published 1853.
Beautiful Bali
Melbourne: Hampden Hall, 1970. 1st ed., 8vo., pp x 158 incl. index, col. Plates, col. Fold maps, or. Dec. cl. Bfs., v.g in chipped price-clipped d.j.
The people of Japan
London: Robert Hale, 1966. Stuart Fox (photographer). 1st ed., 8vo, 191 p., index, b/w photos, yellowing, light foxing to fronts and edges, fine copy in like d.j. From her deep love of the Japanese character the author recreates Japanese modern life for a Western audience.
Bombay in the Days of Queen Anne, Being An Account of the Settlement, To which is added Burnell's Narrative of his Adventures in Bengal
London: The Hakluyt Society, 1933. Introduction by Samuel T. Sheppard and Sir William Foster. 8vo, pp. xxx, 192, Index, two-tone frontis, maps one folded, edges uncut, mior foxing rear endpapers, original gilt decorated cloth boards, edges and spine lightly sunned, few small marks spine, good. The Hakluyt Society, Second Series.....
Bali. The Patchwork Paradise. (Signed)
Jakarta: Gunung Agung, 1979. illus. Atjin Tisna. 1st ed., octavo, pictorial boards, b&w illus, map, pp 133. Presentation copy, signed by the author. Boards quite heavily rubbd to the edges, otherwise in very good condition. Uncommon. Stories of visits to Bali in the 1970s, describing Balinese culture.
Indian Mosaic (Advance Proof Copy)
London: George G. Harrap & Co, 1936. 8vo, pp. 282, bottom cnrs prelims creased, paper wraps, front edges waterstained, cnrs chipped with some loss, spine chipped at joints, rear yellowed, rear wrap partially detached, title in felt pen to spine. Advance Proof. Memoirs of a British officer in India...
The Inside Story of Communist China (Ta Ta, Tan Tan)
London: Allen & Unwin, 1964. 1st ed., 8vo., pp viii 320 incl. index, maps to e.ps., or. cl. bds., rubbed edges, v.g in sl. frayed & worn d.j.
Bali Behind the Mask
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. foreword by R. Buckminster Fuller. Square Royal 8vo, pp. xxii, 168, col frontis., col plates, col and b/w photos, prev owner's inscr., wraps, light wear front cnrs, otherwise very good The cultural, social and political history of the island.
Letters from a Chinese Official Being an Eastern View of Western Civilization
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co, 1903. 12mo, original paper-covered boards, pp 75. Lettering on spine rubbed, o/w very good condn. (Copyright states September 1903, title page states 1904.).
Japan's Global Reach, The Influences, Strategies and Weaknesses of Japan's Multinational Companies
London: Century, 1991. 8vo, pp. xii, 244, Index, original boards, nr fine, in very good d.j.
Guide to Peking and its Environs Near and Far (second edition 1924, with the large colour folding map, 'Plan of Peking Inside its Walls')
Peking: Tientsin Press, 1924. Revised ed., octavo, pp.(xiv), 237, (ii), (xii, adverts), ex-lib stamp to recto of t.p., owner's stamp to dedication page and book-plate to front paste-down, profusely illustrated with b&w plates, several addendum slips tipped-in, 5 folding maps with a large folding and hand-coloured map, "Plan of Peking.....
The heart of Nepal
London: Travel Book Club, 1962. 1st ed., 8vo, pp. 192, index, maps, fine throughout with like d.j.
The French in Indo China. With a Narrative of Garnier's Explorations in Cochin--China, Annam and Tonquin
1884. 1st ed., octavo, pp.(viii), (9)-263, b&w fronts., 32 b&w illustrations and map, award presenation inscription to front paste-down with bookseller's ticket, light foxing mainly to prelims, small mark to fore edge, patterned eps, original red gilt decorated boards. Very good condition Rare. An account of the author's travels to.....
The East and the West, A Study of their Psychic and Cultural Characteristics
Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle, 1964. 8vo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w frontis, pp 425. Dustjacket worn, o/w very good condn.
Inside Asia
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1939. 8vo, original cloth boards, folding map, pp 659. Previous owner's signature ffep, occasional foxing, good condn.
Eastern Visas
London: Collins, 1941. 3rd impression, pp. 392, b/w plates, bottom edge untrimmed, original cloth boards, spotted, marked, spine sunned and marked, no d.j. An English lady's travels across Siberia, through China, Afghanistan, Nepal, etc.
Through Asia. With nearly 300 Illustrations from Sketches & Photographs by the Author
New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1899. 1st US ed., Royal octavo, 2 Vols., pp. xviii, 649; xii, [651]-1255, incl Index, b&w frontis. portraits, folding col. maps to end of each vol, b&w and col. plates, text illus., uncut, top edge gilt, orig pict. bds., spines bumped, small mark.....
Toward Peaceful Unification
Seoul: Kwangamyong Publishing Company, 1978. 2nd ed., 8vo., pp xiii 230 incl. index, col. fronts. portrait of President Park Chung Hee, v.g in d.j with tears to top of spine.
A Chinaman's Opinion of us and of his Own Country
London: Chatto & Windus, 1927. 1st ed., octavo, pp.x, 296, incl Glossary, ex-lib with usual markings, bookplate of WA Parliament, bookseller's ticket (Book Lover's Library, Perth WA), worn & rubbed cloth backed marbled bds., good condn. "Letters written by Hwuy-Ung, one of the class of literati and a social reformer.....
Interpretations
New York: Appleton & Co, 1928. pp (vi) 224, b/w fronts. port, uncut foxed edges, or. cl. bds., rubbed, good.
Chungking Diary
Bombay: Thacker & Co., 1943. Foreword by Edgar Snow. 3rd impr., octavo, pp.viii, 223, previous owner's book-plate to worn front paste-down, library stamp to copyright page, orig red cloth backed paper bds., cnrs heavily worn, remains of label sticker to lower spine, contents generally clean, good condn. First published in.....