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New York: Leypoldt and Holt, 1868. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 2nd Edition. 8 Vo. This is volume one of a projected two volumes, complete in itself, and subtitled, "The Ethnical Frontier of Lower Bengal with the Ancient Principalities of Beerbhoom and Bishenpore. Pages xvi, 475 with appendices. Original brick red cloth, neatly rebacked with the old spine cloth laid on top. Worn at the corners, but protected in a clear, mylar dustjacket. Ex-library, with library perforations on title page but no other indications. Inside, clean and tight with no foxing and new endpapers. William Wilson Hunter (1840-1900) wrote a good deal about India where he lived most of his adult life..
With the Russians in Mongolia by Perry-Ayscough, H.G.C. And Capt. R.B. Otter-Barry - 1914
by Perry-Ayscough, H.G.C. And Capt. R.B. Otter-Barry
With the Russians in Mongolia
by Perry-Ayscough, H.G.C. And Capt. R.B. Otter-Barry
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London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1914. Book. Illus. by 50 Photos and a Map. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original brown cloth with very slight wear at the corners, bright gilt Chinese design on the front and bright gilt title on the spine. Preface by Sir Claude MacDonald, a long time diplomat (1896 to 1912 in China and Tokyo (as Ambassador). Mild foxing on a few pages, and some age toning to the paper. Top edge gilt. Most 1914 copies are marked first editions, but I have seen one 1913 copy. It is not so designated, but this may be a second printing, but it is scarce and uncommon in either case. The authors are greatly concerned that Russian influence in Mongolia with harm British Empire interests in China and Tibet. Recommended for its insights into Russian- Chinese - British rivalries at the end of the 19th Century, as well as the travel descriptions..
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- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1914
- Keywords Mongolia, Russia, Travel
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Annals of Rural Bengal
by Hunter, W. W. (of the Bengal Civil Service)
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Mr. Gladstone's washi : a survey of Reports on the manufacture of paper in Japan, "The Parkes report of 1871
by Hans. Schmoller
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Boonsboro, Maryland, United States
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Bird & Bull Press, 1/1/1984. Hardcover. Like New. x, 43, 24 pages, [3] folded leaves of plates, [50] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. Bird & Bull Press, 1984. 4to. Fine. 2 volumes, in slip cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Fine binding and cover. Hardcover, softcover and slip case. 1/2 leather by Gary Parrot. One of 500, limited edition. Includes reproductions of selected pages of Jihe Kunisaki's Kamisuki chohoki (Osaka, 1798), being those pages with illustrations. Includes text of the Parkes reports, issued as no. C-400 in the series of British Parliamentary command papers, together with color reproductions of the 19 watercolors forming inclosure no. 3 of the reports.
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The Twenty Cases of Filial Piety
by In Cantonese unable to read
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Winfield, Illinois, United States
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An accordian style book with wood covers. Front side appears to have some water damage. Twenty cases each has a hand colored illustration, two per page. Appears to be water color and colored pencil on silk with a silk background.Outside dimensions 8 1/4" X 6. Upon opening there is a tear at the top and a knotch size hole at the inseam. The previous owner told me it is in Cantonese and it is also in English. It looks like the author's name is along the inside of the board but I can't read Cantonese. Ships with delivery confirmation where available.
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Yijhen: Taiwanese Folk Art Performance Postage Stamps Pictorial
by Hsu, Samuel J.S.
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Longmont, Colorado, United States
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Chunghwa Post, 2004. Hardcover. Used- Fine condition. Book is clean and tight. Book shows very light shelf wear. All stamps and postcards are included in the book. The plastic holders for the postcards on pg. 17-23 are coming slightly unglued. No markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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Batavia
by Schley, Jakob. van/ Bellin, Jacques Nicolas
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Copperplate engraving. A very good and crisp impression. A detailed plan of Batavia, (Jakarta), Indonesia. The lettered and numbered legend indicates the principal buildings including churches, market area, warehouses, castle as well as waterways. The Dutch emblematic lion with sword and shield lower right. Batavia was built by the Dutch in 1619 to establish their colonial power as the Dutch East India Company (VOC).
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Annals of Rural Bengal
by Hunter, W. W. (of the Bengal Civil Service)
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Craftsbury Common, Vermont, United States
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New York: Leypoldt and Holt, 1868. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 2nd Edition. 8 Vo. This is volume one of a projected two volumes, complete in itself, and subtitled, "The Ethnical Frontier of Lower Bengal with the Ancient Principalities of Beerbhoom and Bishenpore. Pages xvi, 475 with appendices. Original brick red cloth, neatly rebacked with the old spine cloth laid on top. Worn at the corners, but protected in a clear, mylar dustjacket. Ex-library, with library perforations on title page but no other indications. Inside, clean and tight with no foxing and new endpapers. William Wilson Hunter (1840-1900) wrote a good deal about India where he lived most of his adult life..
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Ennin's Travels in T'ang China
by Reischauer, Edwin O.
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Granville, New York, United States
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NYH: The Ronald Press Co., 1955. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: The Ronald Press Co., 1955, first printing. 8vo., xii+341pp. Brown cloth with white titles and designs, map endpapers. From the preface: "Ennin, a Japanese Buddhist monk, crossed the sea to China in the year 838 and during the next nine and a half years kept a detailed diary of his travels through the vast T'ang Empire until he finally returned to Japan in 847
It is the first account of life in China by any foreign visitor." Slight rub to publisher's name on spine, else near fine, bright, crisp. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.
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Chinese Customs
by Parker, E. H.
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, Limited, 1899. RARE in the 1899 First Edition. Very Good, sticker abrasion bottom front and rear wrappers, rubbing and a few small stains to wrappers. From the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library, Folklore Institute, Indiana University, its bookplate namestamp half-title page and blindstamp title page and a few interior pages with blindstamp as well. 48 pp. A Lecture delivered at the request of the Senate of University College, Liverpool. Edward Harper Parker ( 1849-1926 ) was a barrister and noted China scholar, and although not a trained linguist, his greatest contribution historically may well be his unusual outlook on colloquial Chinese language. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Momotaro (Little Peachling)
by Anonymous
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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Kobunsha, 1885. Paperback. Fair. Fair. 1885 Kobunsha, "2 Minami Sayegicho, Tokio" (Tokyo, Japan). Date is in Japanese system, Meiji 18 = 1885. Japanese Fairy Tale Series number 1. Title "Momotaro" in transliterated Japanese on front cover. Silk string-bound plain paper book, approximately 4.75 x 7.2 inches. Binding along left edge consists of two sets of four holes stabbed through the paper, with white silk threads forming an X on the back and two knots on the front. Spine is not covered. Color woodblock illustrations on covers and many pages. Front cover has illustration of a Samurai and animals in Samurai costumes at a gated entrance. Covers wrinkled and soiled, with a one-inch tear at the top of the front cover that goes through the title, and a spot of white paint in sky. String binding intact. Corners worn. Back cover is soiled and illustrated pattern barely visible. Pages have some mild staining overall, but one pair of facing pages has suffered from moisture damage that has resulted in about…
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Our Oriental Heritage: The Story f Civilization 1
by Will Durant
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Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
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Simon and Schuster, NY, 1954. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+ pages clean and Unmarked.twenty sixth printing
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The Polynesian Triangle
by Berry, Erick & Best, Herbert
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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Mansions of the Sun : The Indian Desert Thaar
by Anand, Uma
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- First Edition
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- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780905906294 / 0905906292
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Dorking, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Al-falak Scorpion, 1982. Book. Illus. by Vivek Anand. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Illustrated with colour & b/w photos. The book has a previous owner's private bookplate on the endpaper but is otherwise both book & jacket are in excellet condition. Firmly bound and carefully read..
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THE MILITARY COLLAPSE OF CHINA'S MING DYNASTY, 1618-44
by Swope, Kenneth M
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- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781138652330 / 1138652334
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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New York: Routledge, 2014. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 291pp, numerous b/w illustrations. A very nice copy..
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Korea Through Her Arts
by Kim Ki-Mun
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Oak Point, Texas, United States
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Yesul Chunchu Sa, Seoul, Korea, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Very interesting book which includes lots of illustration, many of which are tipped-in (color and b/w). There are also 6 records with representative Korean music. Size: 4mo - over 9 3/4" - 12" tall. 445 pp. Text is in Korean. Pages are yellowed, but are tight and clean. Spine working loose but still intact. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3-5 pounds. Category: Art & Design; Non-English Language::Korean; Korea; Korean Language; Sociology & Culture. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001394. . Additional shipping charges may apply.
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The Bengali Intellectual Tradition: From Rammohun Ray to Dhirendranath Sen
by Mukhopadhyay, Amal Kumar (editor)
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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Calcutta, K.P. Bagchi & Company, 1979, hardcover, viii-289 pp, First edition, Good in Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, name to front endpaper, spine-end and corner bumps, spine faded. Dustjacket, edge chips, rubs, a few spots to spine, in new Brodart sleeve. The result of a collective study by the Council for Political Studies, Calcutta, includes 12 essays on the great Bengali intellectuals of the past 150 years, by the author and others. Each essay concludes with notes and references. Index appended.
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Seven Pillars Of Wisdom, A Triumph
by Lawrence, T.E
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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T.E. Lawrence. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM, A TRIUMPH. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Privately Printed, 1926. First Published for general circulation 1935. First American Edition. States MCMXXXVI on the title page. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. Garden City, NY. GOOD CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET IS INCLUDED. 672 pages, indexed. Beige buckram boards. Spine has darkened a bit. 6 7/8 X 9 ½.
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Formless in Form: Kenko, 'Tsurezuregusa,' and the Rhetoric of Japanese Fragmentary Prose
by Chance, Linda H
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- first
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780804730013 / 0804730016
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1997. Study of this medieval Japanese classic of brief 'essays' on various subjects; the author argues that Kenko's text is not an early example of 'zuihitsu' or informal essay, but rather "a deliberate, controlled effort by Kenko to force the reader to confront the impermanent and contingent nature of existence through experiencing the text." Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; first edition (first printing). Light wear to book; hint of fading to jacket spine; near fine, unmarked. Text clean; xxii, [2], 343 pages + 'colophon'; index, character list, lengthy bibliography, notes. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon, Vol. III
by Parker, H. ( Collected and Translated by )
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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London: Luzac & Co., 1914. SCARCE in 1914 First Edition. In original red cloth, top edge gilt, Very Good, 1 1/2" tear to cloth top edge at spine, cloth rubbed at tips, stamp and blindstamp of the highly-regarded Folklore Institute, Indiana University front end pages. Stories of cultivating caste, lower castes, Western Provinces & Southern India, & Sinhalese texts. With index, 479 pp. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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MAOIST INSURGENCY SINCE VIETNAM
by Marks, Thomas A
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- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
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- 9780714646060 / 0714646067
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Las Vegas , Nevada, United States
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Great Britain: Frank Cass & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0714646067 . Book is Very Good + (plus). Clean and unmarked text. Tight and sturdy binding. Very light bump back cover corners. Rear cover surface faint 1/4 inch surface only stain. Single very faint and small page end -ends only - smudges front and bottom page ends. DJ is very good. Very light bumping to DJ cover corners and edges. 1/8 inch closed tear DJ top spine end corner. Sticker on rear DJ cover. 1/8 inch mark on DJ spine. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 303 pages .
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North from Malaya: Adventure on Five Fronts
by Douglas, William O
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- first
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- 1st
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Granville, New York, United States
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Garden City: Doubleday, 1953. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Garden City: Doubleday, 1953, first printing. 8vo. 352pp., illustrated with b/w plates, map endpapers. Pale blue cloth with blue and white titles. Offset toning to two pages from laid in book reviews, minor dust foxing on top edge, else fine in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.
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