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.
Beijing: Arthur Anderson & Co, 1986. Repr., pp (xii) 233, fold. b/w map, prev. owner's inscr., or. Stiff wraps curled, v.g.
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.....
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.
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.
Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1989. Wraps, colour plates, map, pp 139. Near-fine condn. Travel: first published 1853.
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.
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.
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.....
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.).
London: Century, 1991. 8vo, pp. xii, 244, Index, original boards, nr fine, in very good d.j.
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.....
London: Travel Book Club, 1962. 1st ed., 8vo, pp. 192, index, maps, fine throughout with like d.j.
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.....
Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle, 1964. 8vo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w frontis, pp 425. Dustjacket worn, o/w very good condn.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1939. 8vo, original cloth boards, folding map, pp 659. Previous owner's signature ffep, occasional foxing, good condn.
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.
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.....
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.
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.....
New York: Appleton & Co, 1928. pp (vi) 224, b/w fronts. port, uncut foxed edges, or. cl. bds., rubbed, good.
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.....