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	ADAM, EVELYN Behind the Screens: an English Woman's Impressions of Japan New York, G.P.Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press. 1910, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. First Edition, black boards, decorated in red & white, depiction of Japanese lady, gilt lettering, bright on upper board, decoration faded at spine, xiii + 277pages [4 ads]. Japanese stamp on endpaper, previous owner's inscription in ink (T.Takomura?) at head of Chapter One and in Japanese at bottom of page 277. Original glossy sepia photograph of a group of English & Japanese ladies has been inserted. Inside hinge cracked, rubbing to boards. A fascinating record of the author's observations of six years in Japan at the beginning of the twentieth century. Good. GBP 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 19.75 US$ 29.16 \| JP¥ 2593] Book number: 2421 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	ALLEN, G.C. Appointment in Japan: Memories of Sixty Years London, London; The Athlone Press, 1983. 1983. (ISBN: 048511237X) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. No previous owner marks, ix & 196 pages, 5 b/w plates, glossary, index. G.C.Allen's first job took him to Japan in 1922 and he continued to visit the country until his death in 1982. This fascinating memoir is both a historical record of Japan in the 1920s and a study of the changes which took place during the following sixty years. Fine/Fine. GBP 7.75 [Appr.: EURO 8.75 US$ 12.91 \| JP¥ 1149] Book number: 3481 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	BARBER, NOEL The Flight of the Dalai Lama London, Hodder & Stoughton. 1960, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Blue cloth, 160 pages, 2 maps, 26 b/w photo illustrations, chronology of events from 1949 to 1959; unclipped dustjacket with minor wear; neat previous owner name on endpaper, no foxing. Noel Barber went to Tezpur to welcome the Dalai Lama after his escape, and travelled to the high passes of Tibet to talk with the leaders of the Tibetan guerillas. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 US$ 15.83 \| JP¥ 1408] Book number: 6670 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	COUGHLIN, CON. A Golden Basin Full of Scorpions: The Quest for Modern Jerusalem. London, Little, Brown. 1997, First Edition. (ISBN: 0316914428) Hard Cover. Hardback, black cloth, blue title lettering, 336 pages, chronology, maps, bibliography, index. Near fine condition, no previous owner marks, in very good unclipped dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 5.65 [Appr.: EURO 6.5 US$ 9.41 \| JP¥ 837] Book number: 4808 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	CURZON, GEORGE NATHANIEL; KING, PETER (ED). Curzon's Persia London, Sidgwick & Jackson. 1986. (ISBN: 0283997427) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Bright covers, no previous owner marks, 192 pages; this selection of chapters from the book originally published in 1982 concentrates on the travel rather than the politics and is illustrated with the pictures Curzon himself obtained with his precious Kodak. Very Good. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 6309 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	EL-FARR, MUHAMMAD Years of No Decision London, KPI. 1987. (ISBN: 0710302150) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. xi + 222 pages, 16 b/w photographs, index. Account by former Jordanian Ambassador to the United Nations of the Palestine conflict from its beginning during the time of the Mandate; a narrative of the events which followed Partition in 1947; the Six Day War; accounts of intricate diplomacy at the United Nations and globally. The book offers the reader, whether general or specialized, an intriguing glimpse down the corridors of international decision making. Fine/Fine. GBP 4.95 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.25 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: 2997 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	AL-FARSY, FOUAD Modernity and Tradition: the Saudi Equation London, Kegan Paul International. 1990. (ISBN: 0710303955) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Blue cloth, xxiii + 337 pages, numerous tables & charts, 4 maps, 9 b/w illustrations, select bibliography index. No previous owner marks. Detailed study of all major aspects of development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The author gives a succinct account of the historical development of the Kingdom and analyses the judicial and political systems, the petroleum industry, the economy, planning, industry, agriculture, population, manpower resources, infrastructure, social development, education, health, foreign policy and aid to the developing world. Fine/Fine. GBP 4.50 [Appr.: EURO 5.25 US$ 7.5 \| JP¥ 667] Book number: 3000 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	KATAYAMA, OSAMU.: Japanese Business into the 21st Century: Strategies for Success. London, Athlone Press. 1996. (ISBN: 0485114623) Hard Cover. 8vo, viii & 260 pages, notes, bibliography, index. ranslated by Richard Walker. Based on interviews with a number of leading industrialists, the book analyses the strategies they have employed to sustain their success through a period of economic difficulty and onwards into the 21st century. The companies include the East Japan Railway, Toyota, Yaohan International Holdings, Seven-Eleven and Nintendo. Fine/Fine. GBP 14.95 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.91 \| JP¥ 2216] Book number: 3480 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	KIDMAN, BRENDA Once Upon a Far Hillside: the Life and Times of an Indian Village London, Century Publishing. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 0712607072) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. burgundy cloth, 215 pages, b/w photographs; no previous owner marks.The Indian village of Borli Panchatan lies on a tree-clad hillside overlooking the Arabian sea; the people who live there are a mixture of Hindu and Muslim. It is a community balanced on the edge of cultural extinction. Fine/Fine. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 2660 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	MANN, JACKIE & SUNNIE; STIMSON, TESS.: Yours Till the End. London; William Heinemann, 1992.. VG/VG. First edition. Hardback, blue cloth, 256 pages, index, b/w photo illustrations. Very good condition, slight page edge browning, in dustjacket, not price clipped, minimal edge wear. Two survivors of the Beirut hostage crisis: Jackie Mann was taken hostage in Beirut in May 1989 and released in September 1991. GBP 2.50 [Appr.: EURO 3 US$ 4.17 \| JP¥ 370] Book number: 4396 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	OE, KENZABURO Fire from the Ashes: Short Stories About Hiroshima and Nagasaki London, Readers International. 1985. (ISBN: 0930523091) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 204 pages, bright unclipped pictorial dustjacket, page edges browning. Translated from the Japanese. In compiling this anthology, the editor realised that the short stories are not merely literary expressions, composed by looking back at the past, of what happened at Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the summer of 1945; they are also significant vehicles for thinking about the contemporary world over which hangs the threat of vastly expanded nuclear arsenals. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.66 \| JP¥ 593] Book number: 5669 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	ORGILL, ANDREW.: The 1990-91 Gulf War: Crisis, Conflict, Aftermath: An Annotated Bibliography. London, Mansell. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0720121744) Hard Cover. 8vo, tan cloth as issued, xvi & 224 pages, index to journal and serial titles, author/subject index. This bibliography of Gulf War literature contains details of books, document collections and journal articles published up to the end of Sept 1993. The 1,423 entries are divided into five broad subject areas: reference sources, general studies, the crisis, the war, and the aftermath. Each section is further divided into particular topics. Fine/No Jacket. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 US$ 24.99 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 3498 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	SASSON, JEAN Mayada: Daughter of Iraq London, Doubleday / Transworld Publishers. 2003. (ISBN: 0385607261) Paperback, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 304 pages, b/w photo illustrations, family tree, maps, appendices, glossary, index. No previous owner marks. Mayada Al-Askari was born into a powerful Iraqi family. One grandfather fought alongside Lawrence of Arabia, the other is acclaimed as the first Arab nationalist. When Saddam Hussein seized power, Mayada little imagined the devastation that it would wreak upon her life. Fine. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 4842 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.

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	ADAM, EVELYN Behind the Screens: an English Woman's Impressions of Japan New York, G.P.Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press. 1910, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. First Edition, black boards, decorated in red & white, depiction of Japanese lady, gilt lettering, bright on upper board, decoration faded at spine, xiii + 277pages [4 ads]. Japanese stamp on endpaper, previous owner's inscription in ink (T.Takomura?) at head of Chapter One and in Japanese at bottom of page 277. Original glossy sepia photograph of a group of English & Japanese ladies has been inserted. Inside hinge cracked, rubbing to boards. A fascinating record of the author's observations of six years in Japan at the beginning of the twentieth century. Good. GBP 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 19.75 US$ 29.16 \| JP¥ 2593] Book number: 2421 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	ALLEN, G.C. Appointment in Japan: Memories of Sixty Years London, London; The Athlone Press, 1983. 1983. (ISBN: 048511237X) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. No previous owner marks, ix & 196 pages, 5 b/w plates, glossary, index. G.C.Allen's first job took him to Japan in 1922 and he continued to visit the country until his death in 1982. This fascinating memoir is both a historical record of Japan in the 1920s and a study of the changes which took place during the following sixty years. Fine/Fine. GBP 7.75 [Appr.: EURO 8.75 US$ 12.91 \| JP¥ 1149] Book number: 3481 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	BARBER, NOEL The Flight of the Dalai Lama London, Hodder & Stoughton. 1960, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Blue cloth, 160 pages, 2 maps, 26 b/w photo illustrations, chronology of events from 1949 to 1959; unclipped dustjacket with minor wear; neat previous owner name on endpaper, no foxing. Noel Barber went to Tezpur to welcome the Dalai Lama after his escape, and travelled to the high passes of Tibet to talk with the leaders of the Tibetan guerillas. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 US$ 15.83 \| JP¥ 1408] Book number: 6670 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	COUGHLIN, CON. A Golden Basin Full of Scorpions: The Quest for Modern Jerusalem. London, Little, Brown. 1997, First Edition. (ISBN: 0316914428) Hard Cover. Hardback, black cloth, blue title lettering, 336 pages, chronology, maps, bibliography, index. Near fine condition, no previous owner marks, in very good unclipped dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 5.65 [Appr.: EURO 6.5 US$ 9.41 \| JP¥ 837] Book number: 4808 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	CURZON, GEORGE NATHANIEL; KING, PETER (ED). Curzon's Persia London, Sidgwick & Jackson. 1986. (ISBN: 0283997427) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Bright covers, no previous owner marks, 192 pages; this selection of chapters from the book originally published in 1982 concentrates on the travel rather than the politics and is illustrated with the pictures Curzon himself obtained with his precious Kodak. Very Good. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 6309 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	EL-FARR, MUHAMMAD Years of No Decision London, KPI. 1987. (ISBN: 0710302150) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. xi + 222 pages, 16 b/w photographs, index. Account by former Jordanian Ambassador to the United Nations of the Palestine conflict from its beginning during the time of the Mandate; a narrative of the events which followed Partition in 1947; the Six Day War; accounts of intricate diplomacy at the United Nations and globally. The book offers the reader, whether general or specialized, an intriguing glimpse down the corridors of international decision making. Fine/Fine. GBP 4.95 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.25 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: 2997 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	AL-FARSY, FOUAD Modernity and Tradition: the Saudi Equation London, Kegan Paul International. 1990. (ISBN: 0710303955) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Blue cloth, xxiii + 337 pages, numerous tables & charts, 4 maps, 9 b/w illustrations, select bibliography index. No previous owner marks. Detailed study of all major aspects of development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The author gives a succinct account of the historical development of the Kingdom and analyses the judicial and political systems, the petroleum industry, the economy, planning, industry, agriculture, population, manpower resources, infrastructure, social development, education, health, foreign policy and aid to the developing world. Fine/Fine. GBP 4.50 [Appr.: EURO 5.25 US$ 7.5 \| JP¥ 667] Book number: 3000 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	KATAYAMA, OSAMU.: Japanese Business into the 21st Century: Strategies for Success. London, Athlone Press. 1996. (ISBN: 0485114623) Hard Cover. 8vo, viii & 260 pages, notes, bibliography, index. ranslated by Richard Walker. Based on interviews with a number of leading industrialists, the book analyses the strategies they have employed to sustain their success through a period of economic difficulty and onwards into the 21st century. The companies include the East Japan Railway, Toyota, Yaohan International Holdings, Seven-Eleven and Nintendo. Fine/Fine. GBP 14.95 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.91 \| JP¥ 2216] Book number: 3480 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	KIDMAN, BRENDA Once Upon a Far Hillside: the Life and Times of an Indian Village London, Century Publishing. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 0712607072) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. burgundy cloth, 215 pages, b/w photographs; no previous owner marks.The Indian village of Borli Panchatan lies on a tree-clad hillside overlooking the Arabian sea; the people who live there are a mixture of Hindu and Muslim. It is a community balanced on the edge of cultural extinction. Fine/Fine. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 2660 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	MANN, JACKIE & SUNNIE; STIMSON, TESS.: Yours Till the End. London; William Heinemann, 1992.. VG/VG. First edition. Hardback, blue cloth, 256 pages, index, b/w photo illustrations. Very good condition, slight page edge browning, in dustjacket, not price clipped, minimal edge wear. Two survivors of the Beirut hostage crisis: Jackie Mann was taken hostage in Beirut in May 1989 and released in September 1991. GBP 2.50 [Appr.: EURO 3 US$ 4.17 \| JP¥ 370] Book number: 4396 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	OE, KENZABURO Fire from the Ashes: Short Stories About Hiroshima and Nagasaki London, Readers International. 1985. (ISBN: 0930523091) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 204 pages, bright unclipped pictorial dustjacket, page edges browning. Translated from the Japanese. In compiling this anthology, the editor realised that the short stories are not merely literary expressions, composed by looking back at the past, of what happened at Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the summer of 1945; they are also significant vehicles for thinking about the contemporary world over which hangs the threat of vastly expanded nuclear arsenals. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.66 \| JP¥ 593] Book number: 5669 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	ORGILL, ANDREW.: The 1990-91 Gulf War: Crisis, Conflict, Aftermath: An Annotated Bibliography. London, Mansell. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0720121744) Hard Cover. 8vo, tan cloth as issued, xvi & 224 pages, index to journal and serial titles, author/subject index. This bibliography of Gulf War literature contains details of books, document collections and journal articles published up to the end of Sept 1993. The 1,423 entries are divided into five broad subject areas: reference sources, general studies, the crisis, the war, and the aftermath. Each section is further divided into particular topics. Fine/No Jacket. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 US$ 24.99 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 3498 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	SASSON, JEAN Mayada: Daughter of Iraq London, Doubleday / Transworld Publishers. 2003. (ISBN: 0385607261) Paperback, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 304 pages, b/w photo illustrations, family tree, maps, appendices, glossary, index. No previous owner marks. Mayada Al-Askari was born into a powerful Iraqi family. One grandfather fought alongside Lawrence of Arabia, the other is acclaimed as the first Arab nationalist. When Saddam Hussein seized power, Mayada little imagined the devastation that it would wreak upon her life. Fine. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 4842 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.