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Item #206099 The Legacy Of Sun Yatsen: A History Of The Chinese Revolution. Gustav AMANN
AMANN, Gustav

The Legacy Of Sun Yatsen: A History Of The Chinese Revolution

New York: Louis Carrier & Co., 1929. Hardcover. First edition. Preface by Karl Haushofer and Engelbert Krebs. Translated from the German by Frederick Philip Grove. xii, 302pp. Yellow cloth. Gutter starting before half-title, title on spine and front board a bit worn, edges rubbed, else very good lacking the scarce..... More

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Item #611138 [Film Poster]: Gandhi. Richard ATTENGBOROUGH, Edward Fox, Candice Bergen, Ben...
(ATTENGBOROUGH, Richard, Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, and John Gielgud)

[Film Poster]: Gandhi

[No place]: Columbia Pictures, 1982. Unbound. Original 1982 film poster. Measuring approximately 27" x 40". Folded (presumably as issued), wear along the creases, a few small holes, bumping to the corners, and theater stamps on the unprinted verso, still very good. The stamps read, "Mohawk Theatre, North Adams, Mass." Original..... More

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Item #604679 [The Meiji Era and the Imperial Navy]. Ayao Yagi
, [Ayao Yagi]

[The Meiji Era and the Imperial Navy]

Tokyo: Kure Shipyard, 1957. Softcover. Presumed first edition. 121pp. with a fold-out map. Text in Japanese. Cloth over thin boards stamped in gilt. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Dampstaining to the boards only lightly affecting the interior, and bumping to the corners, a good only copy. Please forgive our..... More

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Item #627106 Cathay: A Journey in Search of Old China. Fergus M. BORDEWICH
BORDEWICH, Fergus M.

Cathay: A Journey in Search of Old China

New York: Prentice Hall Press, (1991). Hardcover. First edition. Introduction by Jan Morris. Tall octavo. 304pp. A trifle bumped at the corners and spine ends else fine in lightly edgeworn, very good or better dust jacket with the spine title and upper joint sunned. Nicely Inscribed by Bordewich to two..... More

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ISBN: 0132021366

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Item #623444 China's Feet Unbound. Wilfred G. BURCHETT
BURCHETT, Wilfred G.

China's Feet Unbound

London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1952. Softcover. First UK edition. Small octavo. Blue paper wrappers in a pictorial dust jacket. Wraps sunned, a few creases and small bumps, pages toned, very good in a good only dust jacket, lacking the front flap, soiled and with several chips along the edges and..... More

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Item #217903 20th Century China. O. Edmund CLUBB
CLUBB, O. Edmund

20th Century China

New York / London: Columbia University Press, 1964. Hardcover. Later printing. 470pp. Pen underlining, pages and board edges lightly dampstained, thus a good only copy in a good only dampstained dust jacket with short tears on edges. More

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Item #616675 Demographic Survery of Six Rural Communities. Kumudini DANDEKAR
DANDEKAR, Kumudini

Demographic Survery of Six Rural Communities

Poona / Bombay: Gokhale Institute of Politics & Economics / Asia Publishing House, (1959). Hardcover. First edition. Foreword by D. R. Gadgil. Tall octavo. xiv, 142pp. Green cloth with cover titled in maroon. New Delhi bookstore or distributor stamp on title page and price in Rupees inked on front fly..... More

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Item #608942 [Sheet music]: The Ledo Road. Smith DAWLESS, words by, music by John Klein
DAWLESS, Smith, words by, and John Klein, music by

[Sheet music]: The Ledo Road

New York: Leeds Music Corporation, 1949. Softcover. First edition. Quarto. Four nested bifolia making 16 pages. Edgewear to the outer bifolium particularly along the fold and soiling to the exterior, still a complete and very good copy. For voice (baritone) and piano. Plate imprint, "L. 674-11." Smith Dawless was an..... More

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Item #613035 Southeast Asia. E. H G. DOBBY
DOBBY, E.H.G.

Southeast Asia

London: University of London, (1953). Hardcover. Third printing. 415pp. Black and white illustrations. Slightly cocked spine and worn edges thus very good. More

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Item #622301 Lights and Shadows of Asiatic History. Samuel G. GOODRICH
[GOODRICH, Samuel G.]

Lights and Shadows of Asiatic History

Boston: G.C. Rand, Cornhill, Wm. J. Reynolds and Company, 1855. Hardcover. Later printing. 16mo. Red clothboards stamped in blind with gilt along the spine. Illustrated from engravings. Boards and spine worn, scattered foxing throughout, very good. The title page credits the author as "The author of Peter Parley's Tales." More

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Item #285149 Japanese Costume (Field Museum of Natural History: Leaflet Number 12). Helen C....
GUNSAULUS, Helen C.

Japanese Costume (Field Museum of Natural History: Leaflet Number 12)

Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1923. Softcover. First edition. 28pp. Stapled wrappers. Faint water wrinkle on bottom edge of pages, light dampstain on bottom edges and corners on wrappers, short tears on yapped edges, a good only copy. More

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Item #155614 Case History of Japan. Francis J. HORNER
HORNER, Francis J.

Case History of Japan

New York: Sheed & Ward, (1948). Hardcover. First edition. 260pp. Endpapers with light offsetting, page edges slightly foxed, very good in a slightly edgeworn about very good dust jacket with tanning and light staining on the spine, some foxing and modest soil. More

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Item #625047 A History of the Arab Peoples. Albert HOURANI
HOURANI, Albert

A History of the Arab Peoples

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, (1991). Hardcover. Later printing. Small quarto. 551pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs, maps. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Detailed view of twelve centuries of Arab history and culture. More

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ISBN: 0674395654

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Item #627761 Edge of Empire: Lives, Culture, and Conquest in the East, 1750-1850. Maya JASANOFF
JASANOFF, Maya

Edge of Empire: Lives, Culture, and Conquest in the East, 1750-1850

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. Hardcover. First edition. 404pp. Black and white illustrations. Some fading on the board edges else about fine in a near fine dust jacket with fading on the front panel and spine. Inscribed by the author to noted scholar of African-American history Graham Hodges. More

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ISBN: 1400041678

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Item #621550 Russia: A Chronicle of Three Journeys in the Aftermath of the Revolution. Nikos...
KAZANTZAKIS, Nikos

Russia: A Chronicle of Three Journeys in the Aftermath of the Revolution

Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 1989. Hardcover. First American edition. Translated by Michael Antonakes and Thanasis Maskaleris. 271pp. Faint foxing on the page edge else near fine in a very good spine faded dust jacket. More

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ISBN: 0887390722

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Item #621669 Aireview's The Fifty Years of Japanese Aviation, 1910-1960... [Volumes One and...
KOHRI, Katsu, Ikuo Komori, and Ichiro Naito, compiled by

Aireview's The Fifty Years of Japanese Aviation, 1910-1960... [Volumes One and Two of Three]

Tokyo: Kantosha Co., Ltd., 1961. Hardcover. First English-language edition (published in Japanese in 1960). Volumes One and Two ("A Picture History" and "A Historical Summary") only, lacking the third, larger volume of illustrations. The volumes present here are *NOT* illustrated. Translated by Kazuo Ohyauchi. Octavos. v, 169; 165pp. Boards a...... More

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Item #623686 The Middle East In Transition: Studies in Contemporary History. Walter Z. LAQUEUR
LAQUEUR, Walter Z., edited by

The Middle East In Transition: Studies in Contemporary History

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, (1958). Hardcover. First American edition. xix, 513pp. Owner name penned on front fly, faint dampstain on bottom edge, else a very good copy in a good only edgeworn dust jacket with large chips on bottom edges. More

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Item #624136 A Picture History of Russia. John Stuart MARTIN
MARTIN, John Stuart

A Picture History of Russia

New York: Crown Publishers, 1956. Hardcover. Revised and augmented edition. Quarto. 407 pp. Illustrated with numerous printed photographs, prints and maps. Dust soiled and musty, spine slightly cocked, about very good in a very good rubbed dust jacket with short nicks and tears along the extremities. More

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Item #192834 The Russian Revolution. Alan MOOREHEAD
MOOREHEAD, Alan

The Russian Revolution

New York: Harper & Brothers, (1958). Hardcover. Book club edition. 301pp. Foxing on pages, small stains on boards, about very good lacking the dust jacket. More

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Item #618891 Pacific Destiny: An Informal History of the U.S. in the Far East 1776-1968. Richard...
O'CONNOR, Richard

Pacific Destiny: An Informal History of the U.S. in the Far East 1776-1968

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1969). Hardcover. First edition. 505pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Ink marks on the front free endpaper and some foxing on the top page edge else about near fine in a very good dust jacket with shallow chips, tears, and rubbing. More

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Item #610077 The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas. Lynn PAN
PAN, Lynn

The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas

(Singapore): Archipelago Press / Landmark Books, (1998). Hardcover. First edition. Quarto. 399pp. Illustrated. Neat gift inscription on the front fly. Corners and spine ends bumped, a touch of rubbing and spotting on the page edges, near fine in a very good dust jacket with a sunned spine, several bumps along..... More

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Item #614187 Giving Up the Gun: Japan's Reversion to the Sword, 1543-1879. Noel PERRIN
PERRIN, Noel

Giving Up the Gun: Japan's Reversion to the Sword, 1543-1879

Boston: David R. Godine, (1988). Softcover. First paperback edition. 122pp. Pictorial wrappers. Tiny tear on front cover, near fine. More

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ISBN: 0879237732

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Item #628405 Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting: Afro-Asian Connections And The Myth Of Cultural...
PRASHAD, Vijay

Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting: Afro-Asian Connections And The Myth Of Cultural Purity

Boston: Beacon Press, (2001). Softcover. First edition. Trade paperback. 216pp. Faint foxing on a couple page edges towards the rear, corners starting to curl, a near fine copy. Inscribed by the author to Graham [Hodges]. Recipient Graham Hodges is the prolific and important author or editor of many important books..... More

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ISBN: 0807050113

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Item #621547 Peter, The Revolutionary Tsar. Peter Brock PUTNAM
PUTNAM, Peter Brock

Peter, The Revolutionary Tsar

New York: Harper & Row, (1973). Hardcover. First edition. 269pp. Black and white illustrations. Slightly cocked spine, gift inscription on the front free endpaper, and foxing on the page edges thus very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with fading on the spine and edgewear. More

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Item #118272 The Cultural Revolution in China. Joan ROBINSON
ROBINSON, Joan

The Cultural Revolution in China

(Middlesex, England): Penguin Books, (1972). Softcover. Reprint. Mass market paperback. 154pp. Illustrated with plates. Brief notes in marker inside covers, pages age-toned, covers slightly tanned and worn with corners creased, about very good. A Pelican Original. More

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