Mission to Hanoi ... With prefaces by Tom Hayden and Staughton Lynd
New York: International Publishers, [1966]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 128; maps and illustrations in the text; very good in original pictorial wrappers. More
New York: International Publishers, [1966]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 128; maps and illustrations in the text; very good in original pictorial wrappers. More
Cosmopoli: for the Kama Shastra Society of London and Benares, and for private circulation only, 1885. Third reprint, 8vo, pp. xvi, 144; tables & charts, inner hinge weak, lightly toned at edges, extremities worn and soiled with spine ends chipped and spine parchment split along rear joint and badly peeling..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, [1989]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 220; 16 pages of Chinese facsimile; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Issued in the publisher's Princeton Library of Asian Translation series. More
[Saigon: Édition du Service cartographique des F.T.E.O., Avrile 1954.]. First edition, large square 4to, pp. [117]; photographic illustrations throughout; some wear, a few short splits in the wrapper extremities, else very good in original brown wrappers printed in black on the upper cover. At head of title: Forces terrestres du..... More
South Burlington: Bull Run of Vermont, 1997. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxii, 295, [1]; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. More
New York: American Book Exchange, 1880. 12mo, pp. 121; bookplate of Nellie B. Miller & bookseller's ticket on front paste-down, front free endpaper has small hole at lower corner of leaf, corners very lightly rubbed, else a very good copy in original green cloth with gilt-decorated upper cover. Nellie Burget..... More
San Francisco: Desiderata Press, [1999]. First edition, folio, pp. 239, [1]; illustrated throughout, much in color; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page and with a brief autograph note from Lauren Arnold to a professor anticipating her "talk in February." More
[London]: Andre Deutsch, a Bruyna Book, [1959]. Fi9rst edition, 12mo, pp. 64; frontispiece and 80 photographic plates on 96 pages; slight creasing of the spine else a near fine copy in original pictorial wrappers. More
Tokyo: Morikita Publishing Company, 1958. Eighth printing, 12mo, pp. 15, [1], 650, [1], 41, [4]; text in Japanese, limp navy cloth cover, light edge wear, text clean, very good. More
New York: Harper & Bros. 1865. 8vo, pp. [iii]-xvi, 533, 2 (ads); large folding map (with short, neat tape repair on verso), 20 full-page illustrations plus numerous wood-engraved illustrations in text; slight cracking at spine extremities, edges worn, remains of a small, 19th century shelf label at base of spine..... More
Munich: Klinkhardt und Biermann, 1986. 4to, pp. 216; 64 full color images of textiles, preceded by a comprehensive introduction; text in German and English; fine in a near fine dust jacket. More
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1985. 8vo, pp. xxxii, [2], 234; full blue cloth, silver title on spine; ownership stamp of Norman Jacobs on free endpaper, else fine in fine dustjacket. More
[Indianapolis and Menlo Park, California]: Hudson Institute and SRI International, 1989. 8vo, pp. xii, [2], 211, [5]; blue textured buckram lettered in silver; fine in near fine dust jacket with some sticker residue on spine. More
Princeton & Seattle: Princeton University Press / Seattle Art Museum, [2001]. First edition, folio, pp. 359, [1]; illustrated throughout, much in color; first several leavesw dog-eared, else a fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. This book "accompanies a major traveling exhibition of bronze, jade, and clay objects dating..... More
n.p. Meiji 10, [1877]. Color woodblock diptych of children playing at Tug o' War, notable for the inclusion of two western children, each part of the dyptich approximately 14½ x 9¾ inches (14½ x 19½ overall), printed in red, yellow, green, blue, gray and black, showing 5 figures on each..... More
London: Thomas Hatchard, 1852. First edition, slim 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 78; lithograph frontispiece, 3 lithograph plates (2 folding); original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine; the binding a bit spotted and worn, but in all a good, sound copy, or better. A reliable eye-witness account of the first three months of..... More
Calcutta: A. Mukherjee, [1934]. First edition, small 8vo, pp. [4], iv, [10], 413, v; 4 maps (3 folding); original cream boards, dust jacket; jacket with spine darkened, light chipping at edges; very good. A description of the policy pursued by the British Government towards Burma and Assam. More
[New Delhi]: Bhartiya Publishing House, 1973. 4to, pp. 73, [1]; 11 plates at the back (1 folding); tables in the text; original printed gray wrappers; near fine. First published in 1914. The Pala Empire, which initially started from (750-1161 CE) was a powerful empire during the postclassical period in the..... More
Bloomington: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, 2000. First edition, 4to, pp. [8], xxxvii, [1], 430 [i.e. 429], [1]; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. "The Buddhist pilgrim Xuanzang (Hsuan-tsang 600-664) ranks among the greatest Chinese travelers of all times. He left China for India in 629..... More
Hanoi-Haiphong: Imprimerie d'Extreme-Orient, 1929, 1942. 2 chunky 12mo volumes, both 6th editions, pp. viii, 856; vi, [2], 951; both with pages toned, the first in contemporary half black cloth over marbled boards, the second in original printed paper-covered boards backed in red cloth, printed paper label on spine. Not found..... More
Taipei: SMC Publishers, 1996. First edition, folio, pp. xxxii, 545, [1]; illustrated throughout; fine copy in the dust jacket. Errata slip tipped in at the back. This survey covers a group of 28 inscribed bronze ritualk vessels and bells. In English with some text and one article in Chinese. More
New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, [1970]. First edition, 8vo, 3 maps, fair dust-jacket with chips and tears, split at top and bottom of front hinge; overall, it's a good copy of a scholarly work. More
New York: Weatherhill, 1983. First edition, 4to, pp. x, 317, [1]; 3 paper samples tipped in, 167 illustrations, including 90 photographs. This copy with 21 extra paper samples bound in at the front (actually 3 samples but 7 examples of each), plus a specially tipped-in printed presentation leaf reading: "Christmas..... More
London: printed by A. Strahan for T.Cadell and W. Davis, 1804. First edition, 4to, pp. ix, [3], 632; 3 engraved plates (2 double-p.), 5 hand-colored aquatints after William Alexander, a little light foxing to text and plain plates, frontispiece slightly offset; recent quarter brown calf over marbled boards, gilt-paneled spine..... More
Paris: Plon-Nourrit, 1901. First edition, 12mo, pp. [4], 375; frontispiece portrait, 16 plates from photographs; the 5 folding maps called for on the title page are not present in this copy; contemporary black cloth lettered in gilt on spine; front hinge cracked, top of spine chipped; good. More