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  The Koka Shastra and other medieval Indian writings on love
London, Tandem. 1966. Paperback. Small 8vo, wrappers. Pp 176, translated and with an introduction by Alex Comfort.
USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1032] Book number: 9646
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  President Kim Il Sung moves Asia and the world
Pyongyang, Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1976, First Thus. Hard Cover. 8vo, dark red cloth with gilt lettering. Pp 115, with frontispiece portrait of Kim Il Sung. "Prominent foreign public figures and literary activists, feeling admiration for the respected and beloved leader President Kim Il Sung, are writing much about his fine personality and lofty virtues, the greatness of his ideas and the wiseness of his leadership. This book contains some of their writings published in the past few years.".
USD 32.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.25 | £UK 19.5 | JP¥ 2752] Book number: 9639
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WU CH'ENG-EN  Monkey
London, Unwin Paperbacks. 1979. (ISBN: 0048231738) Paperback, 11x18 cm. 8vo, wrappers. Pp 336. Translated by Arthur Waley. A classic sixteenth-century Chinese novel of a monk's journey to the West (India) accompanied by the Monkey King, combining folk lore, allegory, religion, history, anti-bureaucratic satire and pure poetry. Good.
USD 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 4 | £UK 3.75 | JP¥ 516] Book number: 12514
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CHANG, JUNG  The Tao of love and sex: the ancient Chinese way to ecstasy
London, Panther. 1979. (ISBN: 0586045783) Paperback. Small 8vo, wrappers. Pp 192. The first attempt by a scholar to piece together the fragments of ancient Chinese sexology banned by the invading Mongols in the thirteenth century.
USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1032] Book number: 9654
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HAMILTON, A. W.  Malay proverbs (Bidal Melayu)
Sydney, Australasian Publishing Co. 1947, Third Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo, decorated boards, spine repaired. Pp 107, with frontispiece portrait of a Malay man. Two hundred Malay proverbs, given in Malay, with an English translation, then a concise equivalent expression in English. For example: Seperti katak di-bawah tempurong, To sit like a frog 'neath a coconut shell.- The smug stay-at-homes who in ignorance dwell. The book includes a glossary containing all the Malay words used in the proverbs together with their meanings as exemplified in the setting in which they are used.
USD 48.00 [Appr.: EURO 32 | £UK 29 | JP¥ 4128] Book number: 10550
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MAXWELL-LEFROY, C.  The land and people of Burma
London, Adam & Charles Black. 1963, First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo, orange cloth, dust wrapper. Pp 95, with twenty-four photographs and a map.
USD 48.00 [Appr.: EURO 32 | £UK 29 | JP¥ 4128] Book number: 10465
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KIM IL SUNG  Kim Il Sung: New year address
Pyongyang, Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1976, First Thus. Paperback. Small 8vo, blue wrappers. Pp 9, with frontispiece portrait of Kim Il Sung.
USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1032] Book number: 11097
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KIM IL SUNG  On the work of the Women's Union
Pyongyang, Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1971, First Thus. Hard Cover. 8vo, dark red cloth with gilt lettering. Pp 67, with frontispiece portrait of Kim Il Sung.
USD 32.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.25 | £UK 19.5 | JP¥ 2752] Book number: 9641
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KIM IL SUNG  On creating revolutionary literature and art
Pyongyang, Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1972. Paperback. 8vo, wrappers. Pp 22, with frontispiece portrait of Kim Il Sung. A speech by Kim Il Sung to workers in the field of literature and art, November 7, 1964.
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1720] Book number: 10064
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WALEY, ARTHUR  More translations from the Chinese
London, George Allen & Unwin. 1937, Third Impression. Hard Cover. 8vo, blue cloth. Pp 107. Chinese poetry and stories from the fourth century BC to the eleventh century AD.
USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 | £UK 8.5 | JP¥ 1204] Book number: 9462
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YUTANG, LIN  My country and my people
London, William Heinemann. 1938. Hard Cover. 8vo, blue cloth with black spine. Pp XVIII, 363. Printed for Readers' Union members, with an introduction by Pearl S. Buck. A book about traditional China.
USD 42.00 [Appr.: EURO 28 | £UK 25.5 | JP¥ 3612] Book number: 10691
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