Search Results: Asia Pacific from Sad Paradise Books

Ewing: Princeton Univ Press, 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. xii + 472pp, tables, maps, bibliography, index. Farming, economics and politics in pre-war Japan. A tight, clean copy.

Chichester: Antony Bird Publications, 1982. First printing. Book. Fine/fine. A very neat, bright copy. Octavo in original red boards with gilt title to spine, xiv + 212 pages including bibliography, index, 5 maps, 8 pages of black & white photographic plates. Brings to life through eyewitness accounts pre-war life in Singapore, the martial fevour of Japanese success and the worst military disaster in British history. A very nice copy indeed.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1959. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. pp314, index, 51 photos; 4 plates in color. Previous owner's name on flyleaf, one inch chip from head of dustjacket spine (price-clipped). Travels and observations in Japan -Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara, Nikko and the Inland Sea. Discusses painting, applied arts, Sumo wrestling, dolls, etc. A clean, sound copy. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.

London: HarperCollins, 1993. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A neat, bright copy. First impression. Quarto in original red boards with gilt title and credits to spine, map endpapers. 352 pages including black & white line illustrations / decorations throughout by Olivia Fraser, glossary, select bibliography and index. Top edge a little dusty, previous owner's name on flyleaf and half-title pages, a small closed tear and *very slight* creasing to top edge of dustjacket. William Dalrymple is a talented researcher and a superb and important writer on India past and present. He spends much of his life in Delhi and this book is a loving portrait of a city. A nice copy.

London: Heinemann, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Original red boards, gilt title to spine, 310 pages. Appendix, bibliography, index, illustrated endpapers, black and white photographic plates, maps. Previous owner's stamp to flyleaf, very slight chipping, creasing to top edge of dustjacket. A short but comprehensive history of China, Japan and South-East Asia by the Professor of Far Eastern History at Australian National University. A tight, bright copy of a classic work on this subject.

London: John Murray, 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A neat, very sound copy. Wisdom of the East Series with a foreword by Arthur Waley. Publisher's original olive boards with claret lettering to spine and front panel, 89 pages including index. Light offsetting to endpapers, price-clipped dustjacket slightly soiled. A systematic explanation of the principal features of ideas associated with Confucius and his great interpreter Mencius. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Sydney: New South Wales University Press, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. pp205, numerous plates. Blue cloth binding with gold embossed lettering, place-marker, decorative endpapers, coloured paper stock, photographs. Stevenson's wife gives her account of their journey through the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Kirabati and the Marshall Islands. Superb production values. A bright, tight copy.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Co, 1992. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First printing. Original publisher's orange boards quarter bound in cream linen with brown title to spine, 276 pages including biographical note, important dates in the life of Stamford Raffles, map. A few very slight chips to dustjacket. Barley goes from Malacca to Java, Bali and Singapore seeking traces of him in overgrown forts, lost gardens, poignant cemetaries and dusty libraries. A clean, neat copy.

Tokyo: Kodansha International , 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Oblong 4to, not paginated. Slipcase, red Japanese rice endpapers. Introduction by Donald Keene, illustrations by Masakuzu Kuwata. The slipcase is faded, slightly chipped. The book and dustjacket have slight edge abrasions caused by the slipcover. This work combines traditional Oriental paper-cutting & woodcut-print techniques for Hearn's famous story. A sound copy.

Australia: Australian Government Publication Service, 1994. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Coloured illustrated stiff wrapper, 345 pages including appendices, black & white maps, plans and tables. Slight wear to cover. A collection of papers by Australian and Indonesian authors focusing on economic cooperation between the two countries into the future. Two-way trade and investment is analysed, and new sectors for further collaboration identified. A clean, tight, and very sound copy.

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah: Natural History Publications (Borneo), 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine - a very neat, bright copy. Octavo in illustrated boards, 170 pages including frontispiece map, numerous heritage photographic illustrations, list of sources and select bibliography. The author, Associate Professor at the Department of History, Arts and Social Science, University of Malaysia explores the foundation of earlier townships and the development communities that formed the nucleus of Sabah's multi-ethnic society.

London: Muller, 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Original orange cloth, gilt titles to spine. 523 pages, supplementary notes, bibliography, index, black & white photographic plates. Previous owner's name crossed out on flyleaf. Some light creasing to top edge of dustjacket. Deakin created a mini intelligence service of his own to pry into the operations of Chinese intelligence agencies - the exclusive nature of much of the information uncovered and indeed the intricacies of the Chinese mind make this a fascinating and unique read. A very sound, clean and tight copy.

London: Book Club Associates, 1983. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Original grey cloth, gilt title to spine. 288 pages, endpaper maps, chronology, sources, index, numerous black & white and colour photographs. Two corners lightly bumped, very slight creasing to dustjacket at head of spine. Moorhouse charts the course of British rule in India from the beginnings of the East India company down to 28th February 1948, when the last British soldiers left Indian soil. He then assesses the lasting effect each country has had on each other. Near fine - a bright, tight copy.

New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Soft Cover. Very Good. pp328, tables, figures, glossary, bibliography, index. Hill offers a balanced analysis, evaluation and explanation of Indonesia's economic performance from the mid-1960's. The book highlights not only Indonesia's successes, but also the significant challenges for the future. A clean, tight copy.

Croydon, Surrey: Judo Limited, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A neat, very sound copy of this scarce classic on Kendo. Octavo in original publisher's linen cloth with red title to spine and front panel. 140 pages including numerous black & white line drawings and photographs providing clear illustration of technical points discussed in the text, weapons and armour. Appendices; 1. Dai Nihon Teikoku Kata 2. Notes on the Japanese Sword 3. Notes on the Japanese Armour 4. Tamashigiri 5. Seppuku. Glossary. Small bookseller's sticker inside front flap of dustjacket which has light creasing, chips to edges. The scope of the book focuses on the concerns of the samurai; his sword, his armour, seppuku - which, except to an historian or collector, are virtually unknown outside Japan.

Boston: Tuttle Publishing, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Original red cloth, blue title to spine, first impression. 174 pages. Hayes explores the threats that Japan faces in the coming decades, particularly if the US downscales its military presence in the region, presents a blueprint for an appropriate strategy. A bright, tight copy.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1975. First edition. Paperback. Fine. A very tight bright copy of the first softcover edition. Octavo illustrated stiff card binding, 213 pages including tables, charts, appendixes, notes, index. The standard work on the subject; the first book-length examination of Balinese kinship in English and an important theoretical analysis of the central ethnographic concept of 'kinship system'. A lovely copy. .

London: The Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A neat, bright set. Octavo in original gilt decorated blue cloth, two volumes; combined xvii - 446 pages including plates, tables, foldout maps. Dustjackets a little soiled, tanned on spines. Kelly's translation of documents relating to Pedro Fernandez de Quiros' expedition to the 'Austral Lands' 1605. Volumes 126 and 127 in the Hakluyt Society Second Series.

London: Arthur Barker, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 318 pages, black and white plates. Introduction by Paul Kramer. Translated by Kuo Ying Paul Tsai. Library of Congress number 67-10588. Some very slight creasing to price-clipped dustjacket. An autobiography by Henry Pu Yi, the last Emperor of China, later a Soviet and political prisoner for fourteen years, and then a Member of China's National People's Congress. Near fine - a bright, tight copy.

Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A very neat, bright copy. Octavo in original tan cloth with gilt lettering to spine. 379 pages including notes, glossary, index, black and white photographs. In 1928 Mead announced in 'Coming of Age in Samoa' her stunning discovery of a culture in which the storm and stress of adolescence does not exist. Freeman presents startling, but wholly convincing evidence that Mead's proof is false. On the basis of years of patient fieldwork and historical research, Freeman refutes Mead's characterisation of Samoan society and adolescence point for point.