Asia & Far East

Bonnard, Abel. In China. Translated from 'En Chine' by Veronica Lucas. New York: Dutton, 1927. 1st U.S. edition. vii, 361 pages. Published in French as En Chine. Very good hardcover in poor dust jacket. #10375. $10
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Boulger, Demetrius Charles de Kavanagh. The History of China. Volume II. Freeport, New York: Books for Libraries Press, 1972. Facsimile reprint of New and Revised Edition, with Portraits and Maps. Volume 2 of 2. 627 pages. Index. Portraits. Frontispiece portrait. (No maps found in this volume). First published in 1898. Exlibrary. Spine label removed; stamps on top and bottom edges, front flyleaf, Contents page, and inside rear cover; barcode label and pocket on rear free endpaper. Good hardcover. #23655. $20
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Carruthers, Douglas (Alexander Douglas Mitchell). Beyond the Caspian: A Naturalist in Central Asia. Foreword by David A. Bannerman. Edinburgh, London: Oliver and Boyd, 1949. 1st printing. xx, 290 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations. Folding map. Exlibrary. Spine label partially removed, bookplate inside front cover partially removed, stamp on verso of title page, stamp on all edges. Very good hardcover. #22838. $82.50
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Ebtehaj, G. H. A Guide to Iran. Tehran: G. H. Ebtehaj, 1956. 4th edition. 16mo (small book). xv, 318 pages. Maps. Folding maps. Includes a Persian vocabulary. Good leatherette hardcover. Former owner's name on blank front flyleaf. #24820. $35
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Glick, Carl, and Hong Sheng-Hwa. Swords of Silence: Chinese Secret Societies--Past and Present. New York: Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill, 1947. 1st printing. xi, 292 pages. Index. Bibliography. Frontispiece. Good hardcover with slightly worn covers. Gift stamp inside front cover. #21725. $25
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Kaieda, S. Japanese History. Folklore and Stories of Imagination. Kanda, Tokyo: Nan-Un-Do, 1951. 12mo (small book). 56 pages. Notes. Illustrations. 'The book is a selection from a collection of stories and essays on history, folklore and geography which I have written in recent years. The reason why I wrote these fictions and essays in English is quite simple. I am a teacher of English at a Japanese college.' - Foreword. Very good wrappers (soft cover). #23323. $15
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Kol, H. H. van. Drie Maal Dwars door Sumatra en Zwerftochten door Bali. Rotterdam: W. L. & J. Brusse's Uitgeversmaatschappij, 1914. xiv, 436 pages. 2 folding maps. 78 Photographs. Frontispiece portrait. Publisher's catalog, March 1914 bound in rear. Translation of title: Three times across Sumatra and wanderings through Bali. Text in Dutch. Very good hardcover. Gilt front cover title and pictorial device and spine title; covers and spine slightly discolored, some foxing. Former owner's signature and bookplate on half-title page. #26044. $260
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Manrique, Sebastiao, d. 1669. Travels of Fray Sebastien Manrique, 1629-1643. Volume I: Arakan [i.e., Burma]. Volume II: China, India, Etc. Translation, Introduction and Notes by C. (Charles) Eckford Luard, assisted by H. (Henri) Hosten. Oxford: Printed for Hakluyt Society, 1927. 2 volumes (lxvi, [ii], 450; xi, [i], 481). Frontispiece portrait. Index. Bibliography. Plates. Maps. Plans. Volume 1 has 3 black-and-white plates, including the frontispiece, plus 6 maps and plans. Volume 2 has 3 black-and-white plates, including the frontispiece, plus 13 maps and plans. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, LIX and LXI. Translation of Itinerario de las Missiones Orientales. Voyages and travels and missions in East Asia, including Arakan, a state of Burma. Very good hardcover books. Uniformly bound in the original blue cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Light wear to the corners. Light wear to the spine ends, along with a small (1/4 inch) tear to the head of the spine on volume 1. Joints lightly rubbed. #28342. $225
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Narayan, Shriman. India and Nepal: An Exercise in Open Diplomacy. Bombay: Popular Prakashan, 1970. 1st printing. xii, 172 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. The author was India's ambassador to Nepal, 1964-1967. Very good hardcover in frayed, chipped and slightly torn dust jacket. #22203. $30
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Payne, Robert. Journey to Red China. London: Heinemann, 1947. Small 8vo (regular size). 198 pages. Endpaper maps. Good hardcover. #16312. $10
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Rana, Daman Shumsher Jang Bahdur. (Listed on front cover as Daman Shamsherjang Bahadur Rana). Nepal: Rule and Misrule. New Delhi & Allahabad: Rajesh Publications, 1978. 1st printing. vii, 240 pages. Index. Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. #22204. $65
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Richardson, A. P. (Alphyon Perry), 1875-1949. Windows of Asia. Photographs by the author. Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press, 1928. Small 8vo. iv, 206 pages. Photographs. Very good hardcover in slightly frayed, worn and sunned dust jacket. #27343. $15
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Rundall, Thomas, editor and notes. Memorials of the Empire of Japon: In the XVI and XVII Centuries. London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1850. 1st edition. 8, xxxviii, 186, [1] pages, pages of plates. Folding map. A presentation copy inscribed by the author to his son, who drew the map, but unsigned. Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society, 8. Includes several full-page facsimile documents, including one large folding facsimile. A replacement folding map bound in facing the title page, 'A Chart of the Empire of Japon Constructed (From Kampfer, Krausenstern etc.) by J. Wharton Rundall, 1850. Includes 'Report for 1849'. Contents: A description of the empire of the 16th century. From Harleian mss. 6249. Letters of William Adams, 1611 to 1617. Notes. Summary of a narrative by His Excellency Don Rodrigo de Vivero y Velasco, Governor General of the Philippine Islands, of his residence in the empire: A.D. 1608-1610. Very good hardcover. Original gilt ruled brown calf leather, spine with five raised bands decorated in gilt & gilt stamped morocco label. Marbled endpapers, all edges sprinkled red. Boards edge worn, rubbed & bumped. Bookplate on front paste down. Folding map is a modern replacement. #28236. $450
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Spencer, Robert Steward. Typhoon Days in Japan. New York: Friendship Press, 1934. 12mo (small book). 182 pages. Frontispiece double-page map. The author was a Methodist missionary in Japan. Very good stiff wrappers (soft cover); fold in rear cover. #25589. $35
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Sridhar, S. N., and Nirmal K. Mattoo, editors. Ananya: A Portrait of India. Ridgewood, New York: Association of Indians in America, 1997. 1st printing. 910, [18] pages. Index. Bibliographical references. Color and black-and-white photographs. Illustrations. Frontispiece. Rear endpaper map. Dated, inscribed and signed by Mr. Sridhar, the editor. Epilogue by V. S. Arnachalam, 'This Time, A Tryst with Technology?' Contributors include S. R. Rao, Lallanji Gopal, Irfan Habib, Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, and many others. Fine hardcover in Fine dust jacket. ISBN 0965977110. #22138. $125
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Surgeon. A Voyage to Ceylon, with Notices of the Wesleyan Mission on that Island. By a Surgeon. Revised by the Editors. New York: Published by G. Lane & P. P. Sandford, for the Sunday School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the Conference Office, 200 Mulberry-street. J. Collord, Printer., 1841. 24mo (very small book). 106 pages. Gift inscription on blank front flyleaf, 'Presented by the Sabbath School of the M. E. Church to William R. Hubbs, Smithtown Branch [New York], Dec 1, 1852'. Original marbled paper over board with quarter-leather spine with gilt title and the number 246. Good hardcover with rubbed edges; dampstain throughout. #29000. $400
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Williams, L. F. Rushbrook, editor. A Handbook for Travellers in India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon. London: John Murray, 1968. 21st edition. cii, 630 pages. Index. Folding maps. 2 maps in rear pocket. Cover title: Murray's Handbook India, Pakistan, Burma & Ceylon. Very good hardcover; some pencil marginalia; former owner's name inside front cover. ISBN 0719506050. #27109. $30
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Wilson, R. A. M. (Robert Angus Munro). A Cargo of Spice, Or Exploring Borneo. Foreword by A. H. M. Kirk-Greene. London / New York: Radcliffe Press, 1994. 1st printing. xiii, 278 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Maps. Endpaper maps. Review slip laid in. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 1850437939. #29115. $37.50
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Zuoxuan, Xie, Pan Junxian, Zhang Wenyong, and Zhou Zende, editors. The Vicissitude of Shanghai Folk Style and Features, 1840s-1990s. Shanghai: Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 1998. 1st printing. 4to (large book). 207 pages. Color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations. A series of essays and images on Residents, Costume, Eating, Housing, Going (i.e., Transportation), Marriage and Funeral, Entertainment, and Yearly Folk Festivals. Text in Chinese and English. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 7532220818. #26054. $50
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