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	ALEXANDER, DR. MITHRAPURAM K Madame Gandhi: A Political Biography [Signed] North Quincy, Mass, Christopher Publishing House, 1969. Hard Cover. SIGNED and inscribed by author to "Governor Elect Mario E. Aguilero". Book clean and square. Jacket intact but heavily chipped and damp-stained. Presentable in a new Brodart protector. Very Good/Fair. USD 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 6.5 \| £UK 5.75 \| JP¥ 838] Book number: 011782 Click here to order or inquire at Hang Fire Books.
	BALLOU, MATURIN M. Pearl of India, the [Signed] Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1894. Hard Cover. SIGNED by author. "compliments of" card inserted in notches cut in flyleaf. Green pictorial boards. Light bumping and age-wear. hinges cracked but still holding. Pages lightly age-tanned but clean and supple. Good . USD 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.75 \| £UK 51.25 \| JP¥ 7502] Book number: 003530 Click here to order or inquire at Hang Fire Books.
	FRANZIUS, ENNO History of the Order of Assassins [Signed] New York, NY, Funk & Wagnalls, 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover. SIGNED and inscribed by author. Presentation copy to Dorothy Brown of the Metropolitan Club. Good in a good jacket some sunning to edges and the jacket shows some light edge-wear (small nicks/chips). Binding slightly cocked (less than 10 degrees) but solid. The book was not only signed and inscribed by Franzius, but 7 greeting cards were laid-in (mostly medieval art subjects) all signed by Franzius, and a letter invitng members of the Metropolitan Club to a 1967 lecture by the author. Jacket in new Brodart protector. Good/Good. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 001498 Click here to order or inquire at Hang Fire Books.
	HART, ALBERT BUSHNELL Obvious Orient, the New York, NY, Appleton, 1911. Soft Cover. Light green boards showing light soling and age-wear and light bumping to spine ends. Interior hinges repaired using archival materials. Pages white and supple with occasional uncut leaves. Ink-stamp to fly-leaf. Fly and half-tittle splitting but present. No Jacket. Chapters on the American west coast, Japan, China, Philippines, Ceylon, and Egypt. Stamp on front paste-down endpaper. Good . USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 011182 Click here to order or inquire at Hang Fire Books.
	HOBBS, CECIL [COMPILER] Southeast Asia: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Reference Sources in Western Languages (Revised and Enlarged) Washington, DC, Library of Congress, 1964. Soft Cover. Ex-Museum Library. Very light penciled catalog numbers etc. Very light age-wear. Sections on: Burma; Thailand; Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam; Malaysia; Indonedia; Phillippines. Red/tan spine. Very Good . USD 23.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 \| £UK 14 \| JP¥ 2030] Book number: 003725 Click here to order or inquire at Hang Fire Books.
	LEUNG, MIN REN Talking Jars: An Exhibition of Oriental Ceramic Folkwares Found in South East Asia Vancouver Society for Asian Art, 1976. Paperback. 74-page saddle stitched exhibition catalog. B+W repros throughout. Light age and reading-wear. Good . USD 9.25 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 \| £UK 5.75 \| JP¥ 816] Book number: 012285 Click here to order or inquire at Hang Fire Books.
	FUNDACIO JOAN MIRO Xina (China): Art de Viure, Art de Sobreviure Barcelona, Fundacio Joan Miro, 1995. Soft Cover. Attractive, oblong, 200-page paperback on historical Chinese design and craftsmenship: tools, medicine bottle, cricket cages, Mao-era posters, etc. Essays in Spanish and English. Very Good condition. Very light shelf-wear. Very Good . USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 005788 Click here to order or inquire at Hang Fire Books.
	JAPAN EXTERNAL TRADE RECOVERY ORGANIZATION Glimpses of Japan Tokyo, Japan, Japan External Trade Recovery Organization, 1958. Pamphlet. 86-page square-bound pamphlet with B+W photos throughout. Light age-wear. Very Good . USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 002736 Click here to order or inquire at Hang Fire Books.
	REISCHAUER, EDWIN O.; JOHN HERSEY Beyond Vietnam: The United States and Asia [Signed] New York, NY, Borzoi, 1967. Hard Cover. Association copy. Signed on FEP by author John Hersey from his personal library. Book Clean, square and unmarked. Jacket lightly scuffed and age-worn. Fine/Very Good. USD 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75 \| £UK 17 \| JP¥ 2471] Book number: 006939 Click here to order or inquire at Hang Fire Books.
	RICHIE, DONALD; HEARN, LAFCADIO Lafcadio Hearn's Japan: An Anthology of His Writings on the Country and Its People Tuttle Pub, 1997. Paperback. 280 pp. Very Good condition. Light reading-wear. Clean, square and unmarked. Very Good . USD 8.95 [Appr.: EURO 6 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 790] Book number: 014272 Click here to order or inquire at Hang Fire Books.
	PRINCE CHULA OF THAILAND; SULTANAH OF JOHOR First-Class Ticket: The Travels of a Prince [Signed] London, Alvin Redman, 1958. Hard Cover. SIGNED and inscribed by author. Heavily personalized Association copy. Signed "To S. R. Smit [Sicco R. Smit] with many thanks for your always ready help and in souvenir of happy trips. --Chula of Thailand, March 28th 1958" with an additional hand-written letter tipped onto the FEP from Chula's wife "Elizabeth Chakrabongse" (maiden name Elizabeth Hunter] inviting the purser (presumabely Mr. Smit] to dinner with herself and her husband. Also tipped-in is a menu with the cover title "Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd" dated January 21st, 1961 signed by the Prince, his wife and numerous dinner guests, some of which are: Liz Bushton; Peter Montgomery; Sultanah of Johor --Malaysian Royalty (the rest I can't make out]. Also layed-in is a 1964 obit of prince Chula from the daily telegraph and a bookplate from Mr. Smit with an oceanic / sunrise theme. The prince was cousin and manager to Bira Chakrabongse race car driver and "one of the leading exponents of this voiturette class of international racing". Book is square and solid. Light blue boards with gilt lettering and some sunning to spine. A few small scuffs/stains to back cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. USD 350.00 [Appr.: EURO 233.5 \| £UK 210.5 \| JP¥ 30890] Book number: 011298 Click here to order or inquire at Hang Fire Books.

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	ALEXANDER, DR. MITHRAPURAM K Madame Gandhi: A Political Biography [Signed] North Quincy, Mass, Christopher Publishing House, 1969. Hard Cover. SIGNED and inscribed by author to "Governor Elect Mario E. Aguilero". Book clean and square. Jacket intact but heavily chipped and damp-stained. Presentable in a new Brodart protector. Very Good/Fair. USD 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 6.5 \| £UK 5.75 \| JP¥ 838] Book number: 011782 Click here to order or inquire at Hang Fire Books.
	BALLOU, MATURIN M. Pearl of India, the [Signed] Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1894. Hard Cover. SIGNED by author. "compliments of" card inserted in notches cut in flyleaf. Green pictorial boards. Light bumping and age-wear. hinges cracked but still holding. Pages lightly age-tanned but clean and supple. Good . USD 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.75 \| £UK 51.25 \| JP¥ 7502] Book number: 003530 Click here to order or inquire at Hang Fire Books.
	FRANZIUS, ENNO History of the Order of Assassins [Signed] New York, NY, Funk & Wagnalls, 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover. SIGNED and inscribed by author. Presentation copy to Dorothy Brown of the Metropolitan Club. Good in a good jacket some sunning to edges and the jacket shows some light edge-wear (small nicks/chips). Binding slightly cocked (less than 10 degrees) but solid. The book was not only signed and inscribed by Franzius, but 7 greeting cards were laid-in (mostly medieval art subjects) all signed by Franzius, and a letter invitng members of the Metropolitan Club to a 1967 lecture by the author. Jacket in new Brodart protector. Good/Good. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 001498 Click here to order or inquire at Hang Fire Books.
	HART, ALBERT BUSHNELL Obvious Orient, the New York, NY, Appleton, 1911. Soft Cover. Light green boards showing light soling and age-wear and light bumping to spine ends. Interior hinges repaired using archival materials. Pages white and supple with occasional uncut leaves. Ink-stamp to fly-leaf. Fly and half-tittle splitting but present. No Jacket. Chapters on the American west coast, Japan, China, Philippines, Ceylon, and Egypt. Stamp on front paste-down endpaper. Good . USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 011182 Click here to order or inquire at Hang Fire Books.
	HOBBS, CECIL [COMPILER] Southeast Asia: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Reference Sources in Western Languages (Revised and Enlarged) Washington, DC, Library of Congress, 1964. Soft Cover. Ex-Museum Library. Very light penciled catalog numbers etc. Very light age-wear. Sections on: Burma; Thailand; Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam; Malaysia; Indonedia; Phillippines. Red/tan spine. Very Good . USD 23.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 \| £UK 14 \| JP¥ 2030] Book number: 003725 Click here to order or inquire at Hang Fire Books.
	LEUNG, MIN REN Talking Jars: An Exhibition of Oriental Ceramic Folkwares Found in South East Asia Vancouver Society for Asian Art, 1976. Paperback. 74-page saddle stitched exhibition catalog. B+W repros throughout. Light age and reading-wear. Good . USD 9.25 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 \| £UK 5.75 \| JP¥ 816] Book number: 012285 Click here to order or inquire at Hang Fire Books.
	FUNDACIO JOAN MIRO Xina (China): Art de Viure, Art de Sobreviure Barcelona, Fundacio Joan Miro, 1995. Soft Cover. Attractive, oblong, 200-page paperback on historical Chinese design and craftsmenship: tools, medicine bottle, cricket cages, Mao-era posters, etc. Essays in Spanish and English. Very Good condition. Very light shelf-wear. Very Good . USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 005788 Click here to order or inquire at Hang Fire Books.
	JAPAN EXTERNAL TRADE RECOVERY ORGANIZATION Glimpses of Japan Tokyo, Japan, Japan External Trade Recovery Organization, 1958. Pamphlet. 86-page square-bound pamphlet with B+W photos throughout. Light age-wear. Very Good . USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 002736 Click here to order or inquire at Hang Fire Books.
	REISCHAUER, EDWIN O.; JOHN HERSEY Beyond Vietnam: The United States and Asia [Signed] New York, NY, Borzoi, 1967. Hard Cover. Association copy. Signed on FEP by author John Hersey from his personal library. Book Clean, square and unmarked. Jacket lightly scuffed and age-worn. Fine/Very Good. USD 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75 \| £UK 17 \| JP¥ 2471] Book number: 006939 Click here to order or inquire at Hang Fire Books.
	RICHIE, DONALD; HEARN, LAFCADIO Lafcadio Hearn's Japan: An Anthology of His Writings on the Country and Its People Tuttle Pub, 1997. Paperback. 280 pp. Very Good condition. Light reading-wear. Clean, square and unmarked. Very Good . USD 8.95 [Appr.: EURO 6 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 790] Book number: 014272 Click here to order or inquire at Hang Fire Books.
	PRINCE CHULA OF THAILAND; SULTANAH OF JOHOR First-Class Ticket: The Travels of a Prince [Signed] London, Alvin Redman, 1958. Hard Cover. SIGNED and inscribed by author. Heavily personalized Association copy. Signed "To S. R. Smit [Sicco R. Smit] with many thanks for your always ready help and in souvenir of happy trips. --Chula of Thailand, March 28th 1958" with an additional hand-written letter tipped onto the FEP from Chula's wife "Elizabeth Chakrabongse" (maiden name Elizabeth Hunter] inviting the purser (presumabely Mr. Smit] to dinner with herself and her husband. Also tipped-in is a menu with the cover title "Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd" dated January 21st, 1961 signed by the Prince, his wife and numerous dinner guests, some of which are: Liz Bushton; Peter Montgomery; Sultanah of Johor --Malaysian Royalty (the rest I can't make out]. Also layed-in is a 1964 obit of prince Chula from the daily telegraph and a bookplate from Mr. Smit with an oceanic / sunrise theme. The prince was cousin and manager to Bira Chakrabongse race car driver and "one of the leading exponents of this voiturette class of international racing". Book is square and solid. Light blue boards with gilt lettering and some sunning to spine. A few small scuffs/stains to back cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. USD 350.00 [Appr.: EURO 233.5 \| £UK 210.5 \| JP¥ 30890] Book number: 011298 Click here to order or inquire at Hang Fire Books.