Asia from Turtleman Used Books

No dust jacket. Black front cover has a couple of white spots in the lower right quadrant. Gilt print on the spine. Impact mark on the upper right corner (see photo #2). One owner's name on the ffep, other's bookplate on the front pastedown. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked, lightly age toned. Set during the Chinese Civil… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. Reddish-brown fabric covered boards show light wear, with gilt print on the front and spine. Spine is a little faded and has a drop of paint. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Owner's bookplate inside the front cover. A split after the front endpaper shows the binding fabric (see photo #4.) A scarce book.

First edition. No dust jacket. A romance of ancient India, mystical and magical. Illustrated, some in color. The exterior shows some mild wear. The interior is clean, tight and unmarked, with the owner's bookplate sticker inside the front cover.

First edition. Very little wear to the book or dust jacket. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Illustrated with a sectionof photographs near the center.

First edition, signed by the author on the half-title page. The book and the dust jacket show no significant wear, like new. Looks as if it has never been read. Signature is on a card that was then glued to the page. Seems to be a very rare item. Comes with a letter of authenticity.

Threaded binding with silk covers. The thread on the third volume is loose, possibly broken, (see photo #9) but the pages are still held in place. The front cover of first volume shows a water stain along the right side but does not show on the pages beneath. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked throughout. An exhaustive presentation of aspects… Read more about this item

Nice, thick blue fabric covered boards with silver print on the spine. Very little wear. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Dust jacket with mild edge wear and one small crimp. Really in good condition for a 45-year-old book. Discusses the history of Bedouin jewelry and offers many color photographs of examples of said jewelry.… Read more about this item

Chips along the edges and at the corners. A small tear (

A bit of wear, primarily at the corners. Creases at the corners, resulting in loss of a small piece at the lower right of the front cover and a much smaller piece at the same corner on the rear. The spine is square and creaseless, but its color has faded from the original lavendar. Some glue residue… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. Red fabric covered boards, faded over the spine. Black and gilt print on the spine. Minor wear. Owner's name inside the front cover. Deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Contains eight black and white photographs. This is the biography of three sisters who occupied important places in Chinese history,… Read more about this item

This book shows very little wear. Pages are tight, bright and unmarked; the spine is square and uncreased. The book consists of 25 essays by a variety of authors, including the editors. Japan in the Heisei Era is a valuable resource for anyone interested in understanding Japan during this period of significant change. The book offers… Read more about this item

When this was written, it would have been current events, but after over 60 years, it's now quite historical. The book shows little wear at the edges. The pages are clean, tight and only slightly yellowed. Many photographs are included. The dust jacket shows some edge-wear and has one tear just over 1 cm at the… Read more about this item

First edition. Very little wear to the book, one small blemish on the rear of the dust jacket (see the small white spot on the right-hand side in photo #2?). This is not a part of the Leaphorn and Chee series. Set at the end of the Vietnam conflict.

A few minor chips and bumps to the corners and edges, and a large spine crease. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. One tear at the top of the spine and the front cover, shown in photo #3. A collection of over 125 short essays on China, both historical and "current events". (Since the book is… Read more about this item

Very little wear. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Spine is uncreased. The story of a western journalist embedded with the Chinese Revolutionary Army in 1936. You won't find a better copy at a better price than this.

Little wear to the book or dust jacket. The jacket does have a very sharp crease running down the center of the spine, as if the jacket was removed from the book, folded and stored under some other books. The novel is the story of two women who survive through the 30 years of war in Afghanistan, from… Read more about this item

Trade paperback. Pencil marks on front and back covers and on page ends. Lower corners show some wear. Pages are generally clean and tight, with a few scattered underlinings and margin notes. No spine creases. A true tale of life in a Mumbai slum.

No dust jacket. Water stain seen on the front cover does not reach the pages. 293 deckle-edged pages are in very good condition. Owner's name is inside the front cover, and I have found one margin note. Dirt and wear around the edges.

No noticeable wear, looks like new. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Set in Hong Kong of the 1940s and 1950s.

Trade paperback, 401 pages. Very little wear. The pages are clean, tight and intact, and the spine has no creases. A collection of works from the renowned Indian writer R. K. Narayan. The book begins with an autobiography, followed by sections titled Novel, Short Stories, Essays, Travel, Legends and Myths, and The Writer as Citizen. … Read more about this item