New York: Viking, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. A few pages dog-eared.
xxvii, 574 pp. "An oral history of the Vietnam war in both the United States and Vietnam features first-hand accounts of how the war was experienced by soldiers, policy makers, protesters, operatives, doctors, artists, and journalists;.....
Okinawa: Armed Forces Wives Clubs, 1977. Soft Cover.
Front wrapper stained, sticker on rear wrapper.
237 pp. CONTENTS: Pack-Up: A Survival Kit for Okiawan-Bound Okusan - Military Hotel Hopping - Touring the Orient; Discover: Okinawa As It Was (A Photo Essay) - The Odyssey from Legend to Elections - A......
London: The Folio Society, 2013. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Includes publisher's slipcase. A few very minor scuffs to slipcase.
lviii, 540 pp. Color reproductions of historical illustrations, several regional maps precede text. This book presents the Persian Baburnama, a key primary source and the earliest record of Babur's memoirs. The translation.....
New York: Ballantine Books, 1969. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Wrappers rubbed.
160 pp. "Colonel Barker's book on Pearl Harbor is a most illuminating account of the dramatic stroke which marked Japan's entry into the Second World War, and temporarily paralysed the American Fleet in the Pacific. It also.....
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987. Large Hardcover.
No jacket. Light stains on boards.
158 pp. Color photographs, two fold-out maps follow text. The vast Asian landmass, so often viewed as a monolith from outside, is, in fact, a complex region of cultural diversity and distinctive national traditions.....
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1982. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. One inch tear to jacket spine head, a few minor stains along jacket edges.
597 pp. "Daughter of English missionaries, Alice Greenwood is captured during a massacre of Christians and taken away to Hunan, where she becomes a......
Thailand: T.B.R.C. Co., Ltd., 2007. Large Softcover.
Cover edges lightly rubbed.
60 pp. Four page photo insert inside. This book gives a brief introduction to the tragic story of the Thai-Burma Railway. Using extensive quotes and original photographs of life and work on the line, it aims to capture the.....
Washington, D.C. Office of Air Force History, 1977. Large Hardcover.
No jacket. Ink stamp on rear paste-down endpaper.
xii, 381 pp. CONTENTS: Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Air Operations in South Vietnam, 1962-1964; The In-Country Air War, 1965-1972; The Air War Against North Vietnam; Interdiction in the Laotian Panhandle; Air Operations Over.....
New York: Wynwood Press, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges lightly bumped.
208 pp. "The Devil's Sea, also known as the Dragon's Triangle, the Formosa Triangle and the "Pacific Bermuda Triangle", is a region of the Pacific around Miyake Island, about 100 km south of Tokyo. The.....
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1967. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.
Book club edition. Jacket spine stained, jacket edges rubbed and creased. Boards lightly soiled.
xii, 432 pp. The author interweaves his personal experiences in China with a discussion of the history, culture, and present situation of the Chinese.....
Japan: Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways, 1936. Soft Cover.
Binding has been repaired. Light general wear to onion-skin wrapper.
84 pp. CONTENTS: Earliest Period of the Japanese Drama; Final Form of the Ancient Drama; Development of the Kabuki Drama; First Creative Period; Puppet Drama; Second Creative Period; Music.....
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Minor ink mark on rear jacket panel.
xii, 328 pp. The Sikh Wars; The Third China war, 1860; The Expedition to Abyssinia, 1867-8; The Ashanti Campaign, 1873-4; The South African War, 1880-1; The Egyptian Campaign, 1882; The Reconquest.....
New York: The Century Co., 1898. Hard Cover.
No jacket. Mull exposed at front hinge, top corner of front free endpaper chipped, ink name on second blank.
xiv, 247 pp. Gilt image of a lion on spine and front board. Historical account of Marco Polo, who traveled in the 13th.....
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co., Ltd., 1914. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Page ridges and front & end matter lightly foxed, spine faded, corners rubbed, light stain on corner of first several pages.
xvi, 222 pp. 1-page terminal publisher ad. A history of the presence of the.....
Bangkok: DMG Books, 2007. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printings. Volume One and Three: Bottom edge of front cover bumped. Volume Two: Front cover creased, covers lightly scratched.
Three volume set. 100; 171; 171 pp. His Majesty King Bhumibol has been King for more than sixty years now. All Thai.....
Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle, 1981. Reprint. Small Hard Cover.
Pages lightly toned.
41 pp. 5" x 4 3/4" fan shaped hardcover. Red background with yellow, green, white and gold stitching. "Noh Fans are an essential element element of Japanese theater and this collection of fans is a rare example of.....
Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1996. Ji, Ma. First Edition. Trade Paperback.
First edition. Spine lightly creased, wrappers lightly crinkled, a few pages dog-eared.
645 pp. Color frontispiece, drawings in text by Ma Ji. The present volume is a translation of the first Chinese edition of The Life of Confucius published.....
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Light general wear.
49 pp. Maroon cloth boards. Top edge gilt. The Ingersoll Lectures is a series of lectures presented annually at Harvard University on the subject of immortality. The Ingersoll Lectureship was established by a bequest by Caroline.....
Detroit, Mich. Bay View Reading Group, 1904. Fourth Edition. Hard Cover.
Fourth edition. No jacket, boards lightly rubbed with light stain to rear board, pencil marginalia throughout.
xiv, 403 pp. CONTENTS: Physiography; Industrial Japan; Travel, Transportation, Commerce; People, Houses, Food, Dress; Manners and Customs; Japanese Traits; History (Old Japan); History.....
New York: Collins, 1989. Large Hardcover.
Includes publisher's slipcase and jacket. An exceptional copy.
Ninety of the world's leading photojournalists fanned out across China on a single day to take photographs of the people and places of the varied country.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Bookplate on front paste-down endpaper.
xix, 427 pp. "Qigong, which literally means "working with the energy of life," is an integrated mind-body healing method that has been practiced with remarkable results in China for thousands of years. The Chinese.....
Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 1988. 4th Printing. Large Softcover.
Fourth printing. Wrapper edges slightly worn.
ix, 214 pp. "This book is about three types of airplanes, several individuals, and a new concept in overseas travel. The airplanes commonly called "Clippers," are the Sikor-sky S-42, the Martin M-130, and.....
New York: Herder Book Center, 1964. Full-Leather.
Ink gift note on front free endpaper.
Unpaginated. 5 x 3 5/8. Deluxe leather edition, all edges gilt. Includes belly band and box with clear acetate lid. Confucius; Fu-Kiang; Hakushu; Lao-Tse; Tseng-Kuang.
New York: Citadel Press, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket reverse lightly foxed, remainder mark on page base.
xv, [5], 538 pp. "In 1270 a scholarly Jewish merchant called Jacob d'Ancona set out on a voyage from Italy. A year later, he arrived in China at the coastal.....
US: Lonely Planet Publications, 2000. Trade Paperback.
Wrapper edges rubbed, minor highlighting.
394 pp. "In Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India itself, William Dalrymple searches for evidence of Kali Yug, the Hindu 'age of darkness.' Venturing to places rarely visited by foreigners, he travels deep into guerilla territory with the Tamil.....