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by Gordon, Katherine, Phdsigned first editionFirst edition. Hard cover. Sono NIS Press (2006) 373 p. Contains: Illustrations.Brand New Book in Brand new dust jacket. Top Gift Quality and SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Contains: Illustrations. Printed on hi-quality coated paper. Starts at the beginning of land survey in BC and is replete with early photos

Full title: Upper Nankin Street Singapore A Sociological Study of Chinese Households Living in a Densely Poplated AreaOn free end page is the small lettering of a former owner at U of Singapore: I show the scan. In all other respects this is like new. xvi plus 439 pages.Author Barrington Kays First ed

The normal publication was in cloth, but this is one of the PRESENTATION EDITIONS IN LUXURIOUS BLACK LEATHER WITH GILT PATTERNING TO FRONT AND A RIBBED AND PATTERNED SPINE. FIRST EDITION, OF COURSE AND GIFT-SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
END PAGES MARBLED WITH WITH GILT-DECORATE LEATHER BORDERS. ALL PAGE EDGES IN GILT AND ROSE-RED CROSS-HATCHING. SEE EXAMPLE ON SCANS. ALL MAPS/ILLUSTRATIONS FINE AND THE ENTIRE INSIDE LOOKING AND FEELING BRAND NEW. Look carefully at scan of front and decide whether there is a rub at top left. A DELIGHT AND MAGNIFICENT GIFT.
FINE BINDING. Please examine carefull in case there are rubs I have missed
I show it as a first edition because it is the first modern edition but is a facsimile reproduction of the diary of the Governor-in-Chief of Hudson's Bay. It has ben edited with a Historical ntroduction and Notes by James F. Kenney, M.A., Ph.D., F.R. Hist,. S., Director of Histrical research and Publicity in the Public Archives of Canada. James Kenney. At the time of his premature… Read More

by Keppel, Frederick P.first editionFirst edition. first edition first printing. Hard cover. Columbia University, New York (1926) Very good. A Never-Read book untrimmed page edges 94 p The scarce first edition in near-fine condition

Kingsley, Charles Limits of Exact Science Cambridge and London: MacMillan 1860. First edition. 72pp plus 24pp ads. No dust jacket. In excellent solid condition with some spine and edge staining. Original beige boards. First edition First print. Kingsley gave this inaugural lecture on the occasion of being made Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, The publisher's list at rear of 24 ads is all there and is dated 23.11.60. Note that not all editions contain that list. Price was two shillings in 1860). To my mind, given that book almost 150 years old, it should be graded "Fine for Age. " But I am not qualified in grading Good in modern terms. In excellent solid condition with some spine and edge staining . Shadow on scan is from scanner

Another book that fully meets the criterion for RARE. None offered on the Net in the last ten years. Worldcat shows ony three lbraries in the world holding a copy: UK. USA (Colorado) and Australia. None on Canad and none in Indian libraries although I do not know how thorough Worlfcad is in searching libraries in India. 103 pages Lots of photographs. The book is about the mission to the ladies on India, and in particulare the medical work done by the mission. Nice old photos 19th century India and interesting look at the plight of the poorer class in India.

Twelve Months in Klondike London: W. Heinemann 1899. Red Boards are dull with black lettering and gilt lettering on spine. End pages toned. Binding sound and the whole near fine for its age. Tissue in fine condition still protects frontis. Clearly a first edition first printing although nothing is stated. "With 100 illustrations (of which about 24 are full plates and the rest text illustrations) and a mapshowinf routes from the sea, Lynn Canal, across the Chilkoot and White Pass Trails to the Lakes, whence there is a continuous waterway to Dawson.
Klondike Gold Rush 1897, with description of the White and Chilkott Pass Trails, of Dawson, the gold fields..." Wickersham 4343. Tourville 2472. From The start of the rush, the goldfields, the passes (hunting and fishing, Indian, means of travel, Dawson.) Note dullness of scan yet this is probably the best copy on offer anywhere. Highly collectible 273pp 24 full-page plates and 76 sketches. Tissue-protected frontis. Map. Gold rush, Very good.… Read More

Comparative Chronology of Protestantism in Asia
first edition New in new dust jacket. 207 p. xii + 189 pp Comparative chronology of Protestantism in Asia 1792-1945. GIFT QUALITY. Includes east asia and south asia Impact of Christianity on Asian nations, especially in relation to Japan and China. Starts with establishment of the BMS by William carey in1792. 1796 Glasfow M.S. Tamil translations of the bible. 1796 LMS in Tahiti. 1797 DMS (Rotterdam) and carries on looking at denominations active in Asia.
First edition. First. Hard cover. Institute of Asian Cultural Studies, Tokyo (1984)