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New Delhi.: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India.. 1975.. 16pp. Original stapled wrappers little worn and marked, otherwise a very good copy. 21 x 14cm. A publication of the Government of India, issued at the start of the Emergency, denouncing the Naxalite movement as a violent, extremist group, and little more than a puppet of Beijing. .

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USSR and India.

by KAPUR, HARISH.

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(Circa1968).

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Hyderabad.: Institute of Asian Studies.. (Circa1968).. 30pp. Corners little bumped, spine neatly penned with author's name and title, little chipped at tail, original stapled wrappers little browned, overall a good copy. 24.5 x 16.5cm. An overview of the evolving relationship between the Soviet Union and India, examining the CPSU's ideological pivot from Europe towards the developing world, India's soured relationship… Read more about this item

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Centenary Celebrations of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah.

by [CENTENNIAL OF MUHAMMAD ALI JINNAH'S BIRTH].

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1976.

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Canberra.: Embassy of Pakistan.. 1976.. 12pp. Accompanying letter from A.G. Shahbaz, the embassy's press attache, loosely inserted. "Jinnah" neatly penned on spine, original stapled wrappers little shelf worn, overall a good copy. 25 x 17.5cm. A short biography of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, together with a selection of quotes from and about him, as well as a chronology of his activities.… Read more about this item

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Welfare of the Uzbek People.

by [UZBEK SSR OVERVIEW].

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1977.

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Tashkent.: Uzbek Society for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries.. 1977.. Black and white photographic illustrations, 22pp. Head of spine little bumped, overall a very good copy in original stapled wrappers. 14 x 10.5cm. A short booklet issued to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution, outlining the overall socio-economic state of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic -… Read more about this item

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Cultural News from India.

by [ARTS OF INDIA].

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1968- 1982.

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(New Delhi).: Indian Council for Cultural Relations.. 1968- 1982.. A broken run of 59 issues. All in lightly worn original wrappers, many have the volume and issue number handwritten on the spines. Vol 9, Nos 3, 5 & 6, 1968; Vol 10, Nos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6, 1969; Vol 11, Nos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5… Read more about this item

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The China Journal. September Number. Vol. XXIX No. 3.

by KROKER, BRUNO. (EDITED BY).

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1938.

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Shanghai.: The China Journal.. 1938.. Black and white photographic illustrations, include two photo essays: Flood Refugees of Honan Province by K.J. Eskelund; The Siao Pi-se of Shanghai by Rewi Alley. 117 - 166pp, 34 pages of interesting advertisements first and last leaves including a striking full page advertisement for aluminium printed on a shiny silver paper. Some light browning, original… Read more about this item

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木曽街道六十九次. [Kiso Kaido rokujukyu-tsugi]. [69 Stations of the Kiso Route].

by [[KEISAI], EISEN AND [UTAGAWA] HIROSHIGE]. [渓斎]英泉.[歌川]広重.

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Taisho 10 [1921].

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東京. [Tokyo].: 信英堂. [Shineido].. Taisho 10 [1921].. 70 delightful colour woodblock prints (complete) measuring 14 x 21cm attractively presented in original paulownia box with title label which measures approximately 23 x 15.7 x 3.7cm. Crack in lid of discoloured box. The prints are all in very good condition. A lovely set. This boxed set of woodblock prints features the 70… Read more about this item

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The Great Wall of China.

by GEIL, WILLIAM EDGAR.

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1st Edition.

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1909.

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New York.: Sturgis & Walton Company.. 1st Edition.. 1909.. Black and white photographic frontispiece and 98 plates including one full page map and a plan, plus 1 plate in colour. xvi +393pp. Original red cloth binding sunned and discoloured on the spine, interior clean throughout, an good copy. 22.5 x 15cm. .

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The Divine Life. Monthly Journal of the Divine Life Society.

by (HINDU JOURNAL - DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY).

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1965- 1978.

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Sivanandanagar.: Divine Life Society.. 1965- 1978.. A broken run of 103 issues (1 in duplicate, 102 different issues) of The Divine Life. All but one in original pictorial wrappers. A little light browning, wrappers generally in good condition with some small chips and creases. 23 x 18.4cm. The issues included in this collection are: Vol. XXVII: 1965.… Read more about this item

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Through Jade Gate & Central Asia. An Account of Journeys in Kansu, Turkestan and the Gobi Desert.

by CABLE, MILDRED & FRANCESCA FRENCH.

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New Popular Edition.

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1932.

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London.: Hodder & Stoughton.. New Popular Edition.. 1932.. Folding map, 304pp, glossary, new foreword written for this edition. Edges and first and last leaves browned, handwritten dedication pasted down on front free endpaper, two newspaper clippings taped on preliminary leaves, spine considerably darkened but title etc still clear. Text block clean, a firm copy. 18 x 12cm. .

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China in a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture and Social Habits, of that Ancient Empire.

by ALLOM, THOMAS (ILLUSTRATOR) AND WRIGHT, THE REV. G.N.

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(1843).

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London and Paris.: Fisher, Son & Co.. (1843).. Four volumes 28.3 x 22 cms, 4 engraved vignette title-pages and 124 black and white engravings after drawings by Thomas Allom, 72 + 96 pages; 72 pages; 68 pages; 56 pages; contemporary half morocco over pebbled cloth boards, spines gilt lettered with raised bands and decorated in compartments, all edges gilt, morocco… Read more about this item

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Stanford's Map of the Empires of China and Japan with the Adjacent Parts of the Russian Empire, India, Burma &c.

by [1904 MAP OF EAST ASIA HIGHLIGHTING RUSSIAN EXPANSION].

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9th Jan.1904.

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London.: Edward Stanford.. 9th Jan.1904.. Large folding colour map of East and Southeast Asia, centred on China, highlighting the encroaching imperial spheres of Britain, France, America, Russia, Japan, and Germany to a lesser extent. Scale of 1:6,969,900 (110 miles to 1 inch). Dissected into 36 linen backed panels, measuring 68.5 x 102.5cm, folds into cloth-covered case, measuring 17.5 x 12.5cm.… Read more about this item

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"These from the Land of Sinim". Essays on the Chinese Question.

by HART, SIR ROBERT.

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First Edition.

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1901.

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London.: Chapman and Hall.. First Edition.. 1901.. 254pp, endpapers and edges browned, occasional light foxing, yellow cloth covered boards lettered in black, cloth considerably browned particularly on spine, head of spine cloth has closed tear, still a sound copy. 21 x 13.5cm "The five papers which make up this volume deal tentatively and progressively with a leading question of the… Read more about this item

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Imprint.

by BOYCE, TERRY, HELENE LI, TONY FRAZER. (EDITED BY).

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1980.

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Hong Kong.: Imprint.. 1980.. 4 issues all published, original card covers, a little damp staining upper margins first 9 leaves of volume 4, otherwise all in very good condition. Each issue includes the bookmark for that issue. Magazine of mainly European literary interest from Hong Kong - issue 4 contains some Chinese poetry in translation. .

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[Chinese Primary School Language Textbooks].

by [1920S CHINESETEXTBOOKS].

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Reprint.

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(Circa1926).

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Shanghai.: Various Publishers.. Reprint.. (Circa1926).. Five reading texts suitable for lower and upper primary students published 1924 - 1930. 20 - 40pp with some appealing line drawings. Pencil annotations in text in places and ink annotations on two covers. Minor tears covers and leaves neatly repaired with washi, evenly browned, corners creased, paper spine a little chipped. 18.9 x… Read more about this item

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家庭教育雙六. [Katei kyōiku sugoroku]. [Sugoroku Game on Rearing a Model Female].

by [BECOMING THE PERFECT FEMALE].

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Taisho 4 [1915].

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東京. [Tokyo].: 實業之日本社. [Jitsugyō no Nihonsha].. Taisho 4 [1915].. Colour folding sugoroku game sheet illustrated by 川端龍子画 [Kawabata, Ryūshi]. 54.5 x 78.5cm. In particularly good bright condition. This sugoroku game was the 1915 New Year supplement for Fujin Sekai (Women's World), a magazine for home makers. The game follows a upper middle class girl from her birth to her… Read more about this item

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人質變換自在教育法圖解. [Jinshitsu henkan jizai kyōikuhō zukai]. The Teaching by Pictures the Way of Impraving Freely am Easely the Natural Constitution of Man. [sic]

by [MIHARA MUNEAKI]. 三原宗晃.

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Meiji 22 [1889].

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[Japan].: 立磨晃子. [Tachima Akiko].. Meiji 22 [1889].. Large folding black and white woodblock printed illustration, 69 x 53cm, title in Japanese and English. Some soiling and browning, particularly at folds. A few small holes some with paper repairs. In this fascinating illustration of a human brain, the author claims that different areas of the brain control different human functions and… Read more about this item

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Annie Besant as an Indian Educator.

by KUMAR, YUDHISTERA

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No date. (circa1949).

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Gwalior. India: Swarup Publications. No date. (circa1949).. 121pp, bibliography and 2 page corrigenda. Endpapers little browned, paper covered boards, linen spine. Boards little marked, worn and toned at the edges but still sound and quite attractive. 18 x 15cm. Annie Besant was an Irish political activist, free-thinker and Fabian socialist. After embracing Theosophy under the tutelage of Helena Petrovna… Read more about this item

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最新上海地圖. [Saishin Shanhai chizu]. [Latest Map of Shanghai].

富士登山案内圖. [Fuji tozan annaizu]. [Guide Map for Climbing Mt Fuji].

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(circa

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