SALISBURY, HARRISON

Orbit of China

NY, Harper & Row. 1967, First Edition. Quarter Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: B & W Photographs. Hardcover, Light pencil marginal check marks, and a dozen pages of light red pencil underlining, else the textblock is clean and tight; Spine-sunned binding, lightly worn; Unclipped dust jacket, edge-worn and scuffed; 204p. including index. Very Good/Good+ (in mylar).

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Boeknummer: C068

Catalogus: Asian Studies

Trefwoorden: China, Travel, Russia, Siberia, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Secret Cities of China, Cambodia, India, Vietnam, Russia/Northern Asia China B & W Photographs

SASTRI, SURENDRANATH MAJUMDAR (EDITED WITH INTRO., NOTES, AND AN ADDITIONAL MAP BY)

Mccrindle's Ancient India As Described by Ptolemy

Calcutta, Chuckervertty, Chatterjee & Co. Ltd. 1927, Facsimile Reprint. Green Wraps, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: folded map. Paperback, Foxed cover loose at gutter. Ink writing on inner flap of front cover. Light age and sun spots, sunned edges throughout; The aged textblock is otherwise tight. Sunned spine and edges, creasing down the spine, creased corners. 431pp.; including notes, index, and general index. Good.

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Boeknummer: SJ7813

Catalogus: Asian Studies

Trefwoorden: Ancient Indian History, Indian History, History of Ancient India, Indian Subcontinent folded map

SEAGRAVE, STERLING

Dragon Lady: The Life and Legend of the Lost Empress of China

London, Macmillan. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 0333525566). Cloth, 8vo - Over 7 3/4" -9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover, Textblock very clean and tight; Black cloth binding lightly edge and corner rubbed; Price-clipped dust jacket is edge-scuffed and rubbed; 601p. including index. Very Good+/Very Good (in mylar).

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Boeknummer: EW5950

Catalogus: Asian Studies

Trefwoorden: China, Chinese History, Chinese Biography, Asian Studies China 0333525566

SINGH, KHUSHWANT

A History of the Sikhs: Volume 1: 1469-1839; Volume 2: 1839-1974 [Two-Volume Set]

Delhi, India, Oxford University Press. 1989, Eighth Impression. Wraps, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Plates/maps. Paperback, TWO VOLUME SET. Penciled marking to the upper corner of bfep on both volumes, previous owner's inked inscription on upper corner of ffep on Vol. I. Else textblocks are very clean and tight. Fain moisture soiling to top page edges of Vol. I. Reading and corner creases to the spine, usual wear to the edges, price label on back covers. Vol. I is 419p. (1989), including appendix, bibliography, and index. Vol. II is 411p (1989). including appendix, bibliography, and index. Very Good.

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Boeknummer: SB15767

Catalogus: Asian Studies

Trefwoorden: Sikh History, Punjab History, Sikh Social History, Sikh Political History, India History Plates/maps

SPENCER, CORNELIA

Made in India: The Story of India's People and of Their Gifts to the World

NY, Alfred A. Knopf. 1957, Second Edition/2nd Printing. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Allen Lewis. Hardcover, Textblock is very clean and tight. Faded red top edge; Illustrated cloth, minimally shelf worn; Price clipped and spine-sunned dust jacket with large chips along the top edge, smaller chips at the corners and spine. 203p. including notes. Index at end. Very Good/Fair (in mylar).

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Boeknummer: SB15689

Catalogus: Asian Studies

Trefwoorden: India Cultural history, India People, Indian People Allen Lewis

STOKES, MARK A.

China's Strategic Modernization: Implications for the United States

PA, Strategic Studies Institute. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 1584870044). Wraps, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback, Clean and sound with light edge-wear. 229 pp. including appendices. Very Good.

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Boeknummer: C189

Catalogus: Asian Studies

Trefwoorden: People's Liberation Army, PLA, Chinese History, Military Space, Directed Weapons, China 1584870044

STRATTON, CLARENCE

In Singapore: The Story of a Strange Search

Boston, Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard Co. 1932, Early Printing. Illust. Blue Cloth, 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Ill.: Harold Cue. Hardcover, Front free end paper excised, and the front and rear pastedowns are aged; About 20 pages are scuffed and creased lightly at the fore-edge, towards the center of the textblock, and a large portion of the same area is very faintly mosture stained but with no adverse affects or wrarping of the pages; Overall the textblock very clean, bright and tight. Covers lightly edge and corner worn and rubbed; The faded spine is nicely illustrated but the extremities are scuffed and frayed; The front Cover illustration is evocative of life on the harbor and rivers of Singapore; Lacking the original paper dust jacket, the binding nicely protected by clear, fitted, five-mil mylar. 304p. Very Good.

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Boeknummer: EW4626

Catalogus: Asian Studies

Trefwoorden: Adventure, Singapore, Fiction China Harold Cue

VILLIERS-STUART, COLONEL J. P.

Letters of a Once Punjab Frontier Force Officer to His Nephew: Giving His Ideas on Fighting on the North West Frontier and in Afghanistan

London, Sifton Praed & Co. Ltd. 1925, First Edition. Blue Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Folded Rear Pocket Plates/textual Plates/Diagrams. Hardcover, owner's ink signature, dated January 1926 on ffep, otherwise textblock is clean and tight; light to moderate edge wear to binding; front cover and spine titling partially rubbed off but still completely legible; hard to find title with two pristine folded plates in rear pocket; no dust wrapper; 86p. Very Good.

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Boeknummer: SB724

Catalogus: Asian Studies

Trefwoorden: Punjab Frontier Force Officer History, Punjab Frontier Force Operations, North West Frontier Province, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, The Punjab, Tracking Down Punjab Insurgents, Guerilla Warfare in the Punjab Folded Rear Pocket Plates/textual Plates/Diagr

SWISHER, EARL, DIRECTOR; EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: W. FARRELL DYDE, EUGENE H. WILSON, AND JAMES G. ALLEN

Pacific Islands: A Group of Papers on Post-War Problems of the Islands of the Pacific

Boulder, CO, Institute of Asiatic Affairs, University of Colorado. 1946. Stapled Blue Wraps, 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Paperback, Textblock very clean and tight; Covers lightly edge and corner worn; 50p. Covers topics such as: An Area of Cooperation, by Earl Swisher; Philippine Problems of Independence, by Claude Buss; Dutch Policy and Indonesian Nationalism, by Amry Vandenbosch; Australia's Interests in the Pacific, by Charles Buttrose; American Bases and American Policy - Pacific Ocean Area, by Charles C. Kirkpatrick. Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: EW6269

Catalogus: Asian Studies

Trefwoorden: Pacific Islands, WWII, Philippine Independence, Sutch Policy and Indonesia, Australia, American Military Bases in the Pacific Pacific Islands/Western Pacific

TALTY, STEPHAN

Escape from the Land of Snows: The Young Dalai Lama's Harrowing Flight to Freedom and the Marking of a Spiritual Hero

NY, Crown Publishers. 2010, Uncorrected Proof. (ISBN: 9780307460950). Wraps, 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Paperback, Textblock very clean and tight; Covers lightly edge and corner rubbed; 288p. Very Good+.

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Boeknummer: EW6231

Catalogus: Asian Studies

Trefwoorden: Spirituality, Theology, Philosophy, Tibet 9780307460950

THAKUR, UPENDRA; SIRCAR, D. C. (FOREWORD BY)

The Chowkhamba Sanskrit Studies Vol. LVIII: The Hunas in India

Varanasi, Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office. 1967, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, Lightly pencil marked throughout. Penciled notes on back end pages. Moderate and characteristic rippling of end pages and binding. Otherwise textblock and binding is clean and tight. Rubbed, unclipped dust jacket with chiped corners, chip at foot of spine, closed edge tears, pencil underlining. (xvi), 344p. including bibliography and index. Good/Fair to Good (in mylar).

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Boeknummer: SJ8772

Catalogus: Asian Studies

Trefwoorden: Indian history, Eurasia, Indian Subcontinent, Chowkhamba Sanskrit Studies

TIERNEY, JOHN (FOREWORDS BY ROBERT DOLE, JAKE GARN, BARRY GOLDWATER AND RICHARD STONE)

About Face : The China Decision and Its Consequences

New Rochelle, Arlington House. 1979. (ISBN: 0870004387). Cloth, 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hard Cover, Textblock very clean and tight; Binding lightly shelf worn; Dust jacket edge-scuffed and rubbed. 444p. Very Good/Good+ (in mylar).

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Boeknummer: 07594B

Catalogus: Asian Studies

Trefwoorden: CHINA FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES 1949 POLITICAL SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL China 0870004387

TINGFANG, WU

America Through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat

NY, Stokes. 1914, Third Printing. Red Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Sepia Images. Hardcover, Former owner's bookplate on fep; Clean textblock; sound binding. Spine slightly darkened; Gilt embossed, red cloth binding protected in clear, five-mil mylar; 267p. Very Good.

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Boeknummer: C192

Catalogus: Asian Studies

Trefwoorden: United States, American Customs, American Culture, American Education, American Manners, American Women, American Costumes, China Sepia Images

VLAHOS, OLIVIA

Far Eastern Beginnings

NY, The Viking Press. 1976, First Edition/1st Printing. (ISBN: 0670307394). Cloth Spine, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: George Ford. Hard Cover, Previous owner's inked name/date on ffep, otherwise textblock and binding is extremely clean and tight. Light wear to head and foot of spine on price-clipped dust jacket, mylar sleeved. 292pp. Near Fine/Very Good (in mylar).

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Boeknummer: SB7704

Catalogus: Asian Studies

Trefwoorden: Asia History, Asia History Juvenile Literature, Asia Social Life and Customs Juvenile Literature, Ethnology, Asia Ethnology Juvenile Literature, Asia history, Asia Social Life and Customs, Asia Ethnology 0670307394 George Ford

VAN WAGONER, ROBERT N.

The Role of Pakistan in the Security of Southeast Asia: 13th Air Force, Series No. 18

Philippines, University of The Philippines. 1955, First Edition. Burgundy Cloth, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ill.: Plates. Hard Cover, this is the author's Graduate School Thesis, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree; upper right corner of ffep clipped, else the mimeographed, typewritten textblock is clean and tight; binding frayed and worn at corners and spine extremities; 237p. including appendix. Very Good.

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Boeknummer: SJ9470

Catalogus: Asian Studies

Trefwoorden: Southeast Asia, Pakistan, Pakistani Politics and Political Influence, Southeast Asian Political Climate Plates