London: Phoenix Press, 2000. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Spine creased.
xxi, 686 pp. Charting the whole Burma war, this book flows like a novel from the high command to the sharp end setting out a myriad of facts and considerations in a clear and coherent narrative. Ranging far.....
New York: Lipper / Penguin, 2004. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Minor edge wear.
xxix, 205 pp. With such bestsellers as A History of God and Islam, Karen Armstrong has consistently delivered "penetrating, readable, and prescient" (The New York Times) works that have lucidly engaged a wide range of.....
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, 1973. First Edition. Trade Paperback.
First edition. Minor general wear.
159 pp. Yamashita Tomoyuki, also called Yamashita Hōbun, byname Tiger Of Malaya, (born Nov. 8, 1885, Kōchi, Japan—died Feb. 23, 1946, Manila, Phil.), Japanese general known for his successful attacks on Malaya and Singapore during World.....
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.....
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: Routledge, 2020. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Signed by author on title page with inscription, "To David for the interesting conversation. 7 November 2019." Stain on page ridge.
xv, 154 pp. This book provides a critical introduction and translation of fifty Śāntiniketan (Abode of Peace) essays written.....
New Delhi: Manohar, 1977. Second Edition, Revised. Hard Cover.
Second edition, revised and enlarged. Jacket edges rubbed with some small chips and small tears, price sticker on front jacket flap. Ink name.
xv, 319 pp. This study correlates the cult of the Indian Mother Goddess with similar cults found in.....
New York: Grove Press, 2000. Trade Paperback.
Spine faintly creased.
xiv, 370 pp. The three-thousand-year-old epic Ramayana chronicles Lord Rama's physical voyage from one end of the Indian subcontinent to the other and his spiritual voyage from Man to God. In Arrow of the Blue-Skinned God, anthropologist and journalist Jonah.....
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.....
Austin, Texas: Easkin Press, 2000. First Edition. Trade Paperback.
First edition. Page ridges faintly foxed.
vii, 283 pp. Sixth Marine Reconnaissance Company. Rising Sun Sinking is the dramatic story about the fighting men of the Striking Sixth Marine Division Reconnaissance Company and their experiences during the invasion of Okinawa in.....
New York: Bonanza Books, 1964. Reprint. Large Hardcover.
Reprint. Jacket reverse and boards soiled, jacket edges bumped. Top page ridge foxed.
351 pp. Here for the first time is a book that compasses all the arts, crafts, and ceremonies of Japan, giving fundamental information and a clear,, descriptive picture of.....
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: Liveright, 2019. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. A fine copy.
l, 715 pp. In this epic biography of Edward Lansdale (1908– 1987), the man said to be the fictional model for Graham Greene’s The Quiet American, best-selling historian Max Boot demonstrates how Lansdale pioneered a “hearts and.....
New York: Grove Press, 2018. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. A fine copy.
619 pp. In the early hours of January 31, 1968, the North Vietnamese launched over one hundred attacks across South Vietnam in what would become known as the Tet Offensive. The lynchpin of Tet was the.....
New York: Back Bay Books, 2010. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Minor general wear.
387 pp. "In 1905 President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Howard Taft on the largest U.S. diplomatic mission in history to Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, China, and Korea. Roosevelt's glamorous twenty-one year old.....
Novato, California: Persidio, 1994. Abridged. Trade Paperback.
Abridged edition. Ink stamp on page base and on half-title page.
xviii, 613 pp. One of the most bitter and enduring conflicts in recent American history is the fight between the news media and the military over access to U.S. combat operations in.....
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.....
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New York: Penguin Books, 2013. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Remainder mark, top corner of rear cover and pages creased.
xix, 521 pp. “[A] mesmerizing and beautifully illustrated book.” —The Telegraph (London) "Maps are objects of endless fascination, and the urge to map is a basic human instinct. In.....
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co., Ltd., 1914. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Edges and endpapers foxed, light stain to top corner of first few pages.
xvi, 222 pp. 1-page terminal publisher ad. A history of the presence of the Dutch East Company in Southeast Asia, illustrated with.....
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1936. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket rubbed with some small chips. Ink name on front free endpaper.
302 pp. This is the biography of an American missionary in China. It is the life story of Pearl Buck's father. Only the names of the.....
New York: Arco Publishing Company, Inc., 1970. Ward, Richard. First Edition. Soft Cover.
First edition. A fine copy.
Unpaginated. The Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" is a long-range carrier-based fighter aircraft formerly manufactured by Mitsubishi Aircraft Company, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and was operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy from.....
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.....