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  Buddhas of Burma
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Shambhala Pubns. 2002. (ISBN: 1590300025). Hard Cover/No Jacket, 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. A photographic journey through Budda Burma. clean tight copy. Fine.
CAD 10.95 [Appr.: EURO 7 US$ 10.33 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 917] Book number: 007801
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  China:7000 Years of Discovery
Toronto: Ontario Science Centre, 1982. Pictorial Cover. As New. First Edition. Private Press. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. pp.64 many color pictures illustrating China's culture in magnetism and exploration, gunpowder, papermaking, printing, creativity, astronomy, mechanics, bronze casting, medicine and health, ceramics, silk weaving, silk embroidery, architecture, traditional handicrafts. Many prominent writers and institutions have added to this book. A great resource on China.
CAD 15.95 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 US$ 15.04 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1336] Book number: 000022
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  Indian Embroidery
London:England: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1951. Soft Cover. Fair/Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 28 b&w illustrations on embroidered clothes, wall hangings. front cover top right hand corner price sticker removed with some of the book cover color too.
CAD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.5 US$ 9.43 | £UK 5.75 | JP¥ 838] Book number: 000139
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  Japanese Crafts
Tokyo:Japan: The Japan Times, 1972. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 112 pages with 16 full color photo pages, 72 b/w, 24 pgs. of English text. showing Japanese dolls, Kimono, Bamboo works, Japanese swords, lacquer wares, Japanese pottery.
CAD 30.95 [Appr.: EURO 19.75 US$ 29.19 | £UK 17.5 | JP¥ 2592] Book number: 000010
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AKIZUKI, RISU  Survival in the Office : The Evolution of Japanese Working Women (Vol. 2)
Tokyo, Japan: Kodansha International, 1999. Soft Cover. As New/As New. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. pp.137. Vol. 2. In Japanese and English cartoons depicting the Evolution of Japanese Working Women.
CAD 14.99 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 14.14 | £UK 8.5 | JP¥ 1256] Book number: 000072
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ASUKA HISTORICAL MUSEUM  Guide to the Asuka Historical Museum
Nara National Cultural Properties Res. Inst. Japan: Kansai Press Lim, 1978. Soft Cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Translated by : William R. Carter. pp.107. Asuka, some 1300 and more years ago, was home to Japan's ruling dynasty and for more than a century was the capital of the country. It was here tht Buddhism was introduced and Buddhist art saw it's first flower. spine of book creased with use, other wise fair/fine condition. Lots of b/w pictures/maps/some color pictures/poems. A wonderful introduction to the culture of Asuka.
CAD 35.95 [Appr.: EURO 23 US$ 33.9 | £UK 20.5 | JP¥ 3011] Book number: 000007
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BRIAN HARRISON  South-east Asia - a Short History
Macmillian of Canada. 1968, Third Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. pp.278 Written for the general reader and student. clean tight copy d/j price clipped with slight edgewear and rubbing to edges 1" tear top front. Fine/Very Good.
CAD 25.95 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.47 | £UK 14.75 | JP¥ 2174] Book number: 008677
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CHUI, CAROLE; ROEBUCK, DEREK  Hong Kong Contracts
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong University Press. 1991, Second Edition. (ISBN: 9622092896). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp.191 with index and table of cases. The purpose of this book is to introduce contract law in Hong Kong to non lawyers which is subtly and dangerously different from English law. clean tight copy, minuscule edgewear. Fine.
CAD 35.95 [Appr.: EURO 23 US$ 33.9 | £UK 20.5 | JP¥ 3011] Book number: 003665
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CROLL, ELISABETH  Wise Daughters from Foreign Lands: European Women Writers in China
United Kingdom, Pandora Pr. 1989. (ISBN: 004440414X). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp.265 with bibliography. The stories of six vibrant and bold women writers who lived in early China experiencing footbinding, Empress Dowager, the first women to go into business, and many more stories about the China that these remarkable women observed during the late 19thc. clean tight copy with slight bumping to edges. Fine/Fine.
CAD 25.95 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.47 | £UK 14.75 | JP¥ 2174] Book number: 001402
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DE SILVA, K. M.  Sri Lanka : A Survey
London; England, C. Hurst & Co.. 1977. (ISBN: 0903983451). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp.496 with index clean tight copy slight edge and corner wear with rubbing down front spine hinge. Near Fine.
CAD 125.95 [Appr.: EURO 79.75 US$ 118.77 | £UK 71.25 | JP¥ 10549] Book number: 011004
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E.T. C. WERNER  Myths and Legends of China
London:England: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1924. Cloth. Fair/Fair. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp.454. signed on inside frontpiece. front cover spine weak. 32 illustrations in color by Chinese artists. Contents: The Sociology of the Chinese, On Chinese Mythology, Cosmogony, The Gods of China, Myths of the Stars, Myths of Thunder, Lightning, Wind and Rain, Myths of the Waters, Myths of Fire, Myths of Epidemics, Medicine, Exorcism, etc. The Goddess of Mercy, The Eight Immortals, The Guardian of the Gate of Heaven, A Battle of the Gods, How the Monkey became a God, Fox Legends, Miscellaneous Legends, Glossary and Index.
CAD 250.95 [Appr.: EURO 159 US$ 236.65 | £UK 141.75 | JP¥ 21019] Book number: 000051
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ECKERT, CARTER J.;LEE, KI-BAIK  Korea Old and New: A History
Cumbreland, Rhode Island, U.S.A. Harvard Univ Pr. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 0962771309). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp.454 with index - 8 maps. clean tight copy minuscule corner wear. Fine.
CAD 35.95 [Appr.: EURO 23 US$ 33.9 | £UK 20.5 | JP¥ 3011] Book number: 010970
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EDMOND TAYLOR  Richer by Asia
Time Life Books. 1964, Second Edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp. 446. with a new introduction by Robert Trumbull. clean tight copy former owner name written in red ink on back cover. Near Fine.
CAD 17.95 [Appr.: EURO 11.5 US$ 16.93 | £UK 10.25 | JP¥ 1503] Book number: 007280
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ETHEL DANIELS HUBBARD  Ann of Ava
N.Y. Missionary Education Movement of the United states and Canada. 1913, Twenty Seventh Thousand. Hard Cover/No Jacket, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ill.: Jessie Gillespie. pp.245 Life in Burma. gift inscription on frontpiece, spine broken at content page, foxing to text pages, slightly bumped corners and wear to edges. Good/Good.
CAD 6.95 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.55 | £UK 4 | JP¥ 582] Book number: 005461
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EVANS, KARIN  The Lost Daughters of China: Abandoned Girls, Their Journey to America, and the Search for a Missing Past
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. J P Tarcher/Putnam. 2000. (ISBN: 1585420263). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp. 270 with resources and bibliography. Orphanages, abandoned children, in China, Chinese-United States, Intercountry adoption, case studies. Fine/Fine.
CAD 17.95 [Appr.: EURO 11.5 US$ 16.93 | £UK 10.25 | JP¥ 1503] Book number: 002387
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FORAN, CHARLES  Sketches in Winter: A Beijing Postscript
New York, New York, U.S.A. Perennial Library. 1993, First Harper perennial Edition. (ISBN: 0006379214). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp.210 foreward by John Fraser. The author was teaching in Beijing in 1989, forced to leave because of Tiananment Square massacre. He returned 8 months later to see what happened. Captures the pain, the absurdity, the dignity and desperation of contemporary China. clean tight unread copy minuscule edgewear. Fine/Fine.
CAD 11.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 US$ 10.84 | £UK 6.5 | JP¥ 963] Book number: 002901
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FRANCES CARPENTER  Tales of a Korean Grandmother
Doubleday. 1947, First Edition. Hard Cover/No Jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library, pp.287. Illustrated with reproductions from old Korean Paintings. clean tight copy library markings include number lower spine, stamp inside front cover, flap from d/j pasted to frontpiece, stamp title and copyright page, stamp inside back cover minuscule bumping to corners top/bottom spine. Very Good.
CAD 9.95 [Appr.: EURO 6.5 US$ 9.38 | £UK 5.75 | JP¥ 833] Book number: 010055
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GINGLES, ERIK  Living North of Lucky
Lockeport, NS, Canada: Roseway Publishing Company, 1999. Soft Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp.208. edge wear to the book. bottom front right corner small stain. old price on top right corner frontpiece. p.59&60 of book page has not been cut in size to other pages so hands out and has crease on page. A very interesting book about the author's experience in Japan, living near the Alps as he thinks about life and its funny little ironies.
CAD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.6 | £UK 4 | JP¥ 586] Book number: 000639
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GODSHALK, C. S.  Kalimantaan
New York, New York, U.S.A. Henry Holt & Co/Marion Wood. 1998, First Edition Stated. (ISBN: 0805055339). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp.472 clean tight copy slightly bumped corners and edges. Fine/Fine.
CAD 18.95 [Appr.: EURO 12 US$ 17.87 | £UK 10.75 | JP¥ 1587] Book number: 010582
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GRIFFITHS, MICHAEL; FANKHAUSER, FRITZ  Changing Asia
Herts:England, Lion Publishing. 1977, First Edition. (ISBN: 0856480649). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp.120 What are the factors making man change in Asia today? A graphic documentary of life in East Asia today. clean tight copy bumping to corners, slight edgwear of creases. Very Good ++/Very Good ++.
CAD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.79 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1047] Book number: 003466
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HAN SUYIN  The Mountain is Young
N.Y. G P Putnam's Sons. 1958, Second Impression. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp.511 In 1956 the author was invited to attend the coronation of the King of Nepal and out of this rich experience she has written this novel. Dr. Elizabeth Comber written in pencil under Han Suyin on title page, former owner name on frontpiece clean tight copy d/j shows slight edgewear with small tears to top/bottom spine and corners. Very Good +++++/Very Good +++++.
CAD 25.95 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.47 | £UK 14.75 | JP¥ 2174] Book number: 005248
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HAROLD S. WILLIAMS  Tales of The Foreign Settlements in Japan
Tokyo:Japan: Charles E Tuttle Company, 1958. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 351pp. Here are twenty-five tales about the Foreign Settlements or Concessions in Japan following the opening of the country to foreign trade in 1859 and an additional ten strange stories that revolve around this time. The tales are historically accurate, sociologically significant and most important of all, eminently readable by a man who resided there for thirty-five years.
CAD 75.95 [Appr.: EURO 48.25 US$ 71.62 | £UK 43 | JP¥ 6361] Book number: 000012
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IAN BURUMA  God's Dust - A Modern Asian Journey
N.Y. Noonday. 1990. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp.267 clean tight copy minuscule corner wear. Near Fine.
CAD 9.95 [Appr.: EURO 6.5 US$ 9.38 | £UK 5.75 | JP¥ 833] Book number: 007812
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JAMES, SIBYL  In China With Harpo and Karl
Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A. Calyx Books. 1991. (ISBN: 0934971153). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp.182. A quirky, tender travel diary. Going to China, sponsored by the Chinese government these pages are stories and meditations of a resident foreigner, not a tourist, and all the sickness and cures, the struggle to trust that such a status confers. clean tighr unread copy. Fine.
CAD 12.95 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 US$ 12.21 | £UK 7.5 | JP¥ 1085] Book number: 002386
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JUDY BONAVIA  The Yangzi River
London:England: Collins, 1989. Mass Market Paperback. As New/As New. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp. 192. many maps and b/w and color photos. Traces the course of China's mightiest rivers, which divides the country into north and south, both geographically and culturally. Nearly 4,000 miles long, the Yangzi, before the dam.
CAD 30.95 [Appr.: EURO 19.75 US$ 29.19 | £UK 17.5 | JP¥ 2592] Book number: 000023
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