Category: Asia

Directory of Selected Scientific Institutions in Mainland China

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Stanford, CA, Hoover Institution Press for the Nationa Science Foundation : 1970

Seller ID: 6105

ISBN-13: 9780817924614

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Light wear to cover and jacket edges. Text clean, tight, and appears unread. ; 469 pages
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The Water-Buffalo and the Tiger: Folk Tales from China (Second Series)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Beijing, Foreign Language Press : 1980

Seller ID: 6912

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Very slight crease to entive volume, and very small crease at corners. Tight binding. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 115 pages
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India: Beloved of Heaven

By: Badley, Brenton Thoburn (In Collaboration with Oscar MacMillan Buck & James Jay Kingham; with An Introduction by Bishop W. F. Oldham)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, The Abingdon Press : 1918

Seller ID: 6936

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Cloth covers remains clean and gilt stamped lettering and decoration remain bright; Rubbing on edges, with very light wear at spine ends; Slight spine lean; Front hinge (internal) is a little loosened, though with no cracks/breaks; Text block remains tight and volume is clean. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 217 pages
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Diversions of a Diplomat in Ceylon

By: Crowe, Philip K (with A Foreword by Viscount Soulbury)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, MacMillan & Co LTD : 1957

Seller ID: 6918

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Cloth covers are lightly rubbing; End leaves are a little darkened, and there is a non-author inscription on the blank front free end page; Volume remains tight and is otherwise clean and intact; DJ with scattered light edge wear, remains clean; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 318 pages
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Folk Tales of India

By: Gangulee, N.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Bombay, Hind Kitabs LTD : 1953

Seller ID: 6910

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Covers show scattered light scuffing and wear; Lettering and images on covers remain intact; Volume is tight, and contents are clean and intact. ; Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 71 pages
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James Gilmour of Mongolia: His Diaries, Letters, and Reports

By: Gilmour, James (edited and Arranged by Richard Lovett)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company : N.D.

Seller ID: 6104

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Cloth covers show rubbing a bump along the top edge of the front cover and a couple of worn spots; Inked name on blank front end page; General light wear, though overall a tight and clean copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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The Japanese House...its Interior and Exterior

By: Ishimoto, Kiyoko & Tatsuo

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Bonanza Books : 1963

Seller ID: 3698

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Cover has light edge wear and slight scuffing. Dust jacket shows edge & corner rubs, bumps, creases & a few small closed tears. Previous owner name and date "1973" ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 128 pages
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The Art of India / Stone Sculpture

By: Lippe, Aschwin

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Tokyo, The Asia Society Inc. : 1962

Seller ID: 6554

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Covers show light rubbing and light smudges. Tight and otherwise clean copy. ; 64 pages
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I'M Vulnerable

By: Murfi, Lidie

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Nem Publishing : 1998

Seller ID: 6949

ISBN-13: 9780963448637

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket

Author's inscription on blank front free end page reads in full: " ___ _____ / The person hasn't Lived / who got so Busy he couldn't / go to his own funeral-- / So enjoy your days / while you can-- / Lidie Murfi / 7-11-2002." Corners are lightly bumped. Moisture stain on fore edge, not affecting face of any leaves. Volume is otherwise tight and clean. Dust jacket shows a couple very small chips over foot of spine, and slight wrinkles over spine ends and corners. Jacket is otherwise bright and clean, ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 340 pages; Signed by Author
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I'M Vulnerable

By: Murfi, Lidie

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Nem Publishing : 1998

Seller ID: 6950

ISBN-13: 9780963448637

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Author's inscription on blank front free end page reads in full: " ___ _____ / Never Miss an opportunity to make / others happy--- even if you have to leave / town to do it! / Thanks for the radio interview-- Let's / do it again! / Love / Lidie Murfi / 7 /8 / 2002"; Light rubbing on bottom edges of cover; Volume is otherwise tight, bright, and clean; DJ shows a couple of very small tears over foot of spine; DJ is otherwise bright and clean, ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 340 pages; Signed by Author
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Folk Tales of Japan

By: Newman, Shirlee P. (Adapted by)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc. : 1963

Seller ID: 6931

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Light general wear to volume. Very light underlining, in pencil, found on about 5 pages of the text. Dust jacket shows a few light scuffs, and there iare a couple of very small closed tears from top edge over front cover. Top corner of inside flap is clipped. There is a small spot of residue on the rear inside flap were a label was removed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 111 pages
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Image for The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World; or the History, Geography, and Antiquities of Chaldaea, Assyria, Bablon, Media, and Persia... (Volume 1 ONLY of 3 Volumes)

The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World; or the History, Geography, and Antiquities of Chaldaea, Assyria, Bablon, Media, and Persia... (Volume 1 ONLY of 3 Volumes)

By: Rawlinson, George

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead & Company : N.D.

Seller ID: 7274

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Volume 1 ONLY of three volumes; Early reprint copy with no date, though circa 1900; Small sticker near foot of spine with private library number; Green cloth shows light rubbing and a few slight scuffs, though remains clean and with bright gilt stamped lettering on spine; Small inked number at top of front paste down, as well as small inked stamped name near center of same page; Volume remains tight and is otherwise very clean and intact. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 590 pages
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Image for The Seventh Great Oriental Monarchy or the Geography, History, and Antiquities of the Sassanian or New Persian Empire, Collected and Illustrated from Ancient and Modern Sources. in Two Volumes [Volume 1 ONLY]

The Seventh Great Oriental Monarchy or the Geography, History, and Antiquities of the Sassanian or New Persian Empire, Collected and Illustrated from Ancient and Modern Sources. in Two Volumes [Volume 1 ONLY]

By: Rawlinson, George

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead & Company : N.D.

Seller ID: 7278

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

VOLUME ONE ONLY. Early reprint copy with no date, though circa 1900; Small sticker near foot of spine with private library number; Green cloth shows light rubbing and a few slight scuffs, though remains clean and with bright gilt stamped lettering on spine; Small inked number at top of front paste down, as well as small inked stamped name near center of same page; Volume remains tight and is otherwise very clean and intact. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 351 pages
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Image for The Sixth Great Oriental Monarchy or the Geography, History, and Antiquities of Parthia, Collected and Illustrated from Ancient and Modern Sources

The Sixth Great Oriental Monarchy or the Geography, History, and Antiquities of Parthia, Collected and Illustrated from Ancient and Modern Sources

By: Rawlinson, George

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead & Company : N.D.

Seller ID: 7277

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

Early reprint copy with no date, though circa 1900; Small sticker near foot of spine with private library number; Green cloth shows light rubbing and a few slight scuffs, though remains clean and with bright gilt stamped lettering on spine; Small inked number at top of front paste down, as well as small inked stamped name near center of same page; Frontis piece shows a one inch closed tear from lower edge (left edge when viewing frontispiece) ; Volume remains tight and is otherwise very clean and intact. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 458 pages
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Spy Stories from Asia

By: Singer, Kurt

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Wilfred Funk, Inc. : 1955

Seller ID: 6942

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Cloth covers show light rubbing on bottom edges; DJ shows scattered light edge wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 336 pages
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Japan Today: a Pictorial Guide

By: Taki, Dr. Shodo, M. A. , Ph. D.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Society for Japanese Cultural Information : 1950

Seller ID: 8061

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

Japanese style binding with exposed strings. Some soiling to the front cover paper label. Light wear at corners and spine ends. Scattered light wear throughout the text. Former owner's name on front end page. Last page and rear cover have light dampstaining. Mostly B&W photography with little text. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 370 pages
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Japanese Objets D'Art (A Breviary of the Arts of Japan)

By: Turk, Frank A.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Arco Publications : 1962

Seller ID: 6917

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket

A little rubbing along edges of covers, mostly on bottom edge; DJ shows a little rubbing on edges and over joints; Volume remains tight and very clean, with no markings, book plates, etc. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 176 pages
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Fountain of the Elephants

By: Young, Desmond

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers : 1959

Seller ID: 6516

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket

Early reprint. Heavy rubbing (through cloth) to top and bottom edges of the cover, otherwise only light wear. Former owner's signature on title page and on a page near the center of the text, otherwise unmarked in a tight binding. Jacket rubbed at edges with some creasing and a few small chips. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 319 pages
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Scrolls from Ancient China

By: Yu, Sung & Ronald Dickson

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Taipei, Tiawan, Renaissance Publications Co. : 1973

Seller ID: 6940

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Corners are a little curled, and there are a few creases on covers, with small piece missing at lower top corner. Light general rubbing and very light general wear. Tight and internally very clean. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 94 pages
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