[Saigon]: Vien Quoc-Gia Thong-Kê, 1966. Small folio, pp. 222; map, tables, text from typescript; original blue printed wrappers (a bit soiled), edges and spine toned, general light shelf wear, spine starting to detach. At head of title: "Viet-Nam Cong Hòa. Phu Thu-Tu'ó'ng. Nha Tong Giám-Doc Ke-Hoach." 1965 census of Vietnam..... More
Cuttack: Pritned at the Orissa Mission Press, for the American and Foreign Bible Society, 1850. 8vo, pp. [230]; contemporary full gilt-tooled burgundy morocco, gilt spine in 6 compartments, a.e.g., marbled endpapers; edges and joints rubbed; Baptist Mission House Library bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary printed ownership label of Stubbins to..... More
Saigon: United States Mission in Vietnam, December, 1966. Small folio, pp. 30; text printed in typescript; original white wrappers (slightly dampstained) printed in green, ink signature on front wrapper, occasional marginalia in the text; a good copy. "Extracts from several hundred captured diaries were screened to produce this composite. Most..... More
Saigon: Published by the Review Horizons, 1956. Special edition, 8vo, pp. 16; photographic illustrations; original orange printed wrappers (a bit soiled), general shelf wear, small tear to front fore edge not affecting text, interior mostly fine. At head of title: "Mahayana or Big Vehicle of the Buddhist System" More
[Kuala Lumpur: Ministry of Rural Development, n.d. ca. 1963.]. Folio, pp. [74], including 12 leaves of tracing paper for maps and plans not yet drawn; tipped-in octavo color map of the Malay Peninsula (dated 1963); very good in original red wrappers printed in black. Workbook for canvassers working for the..... More
[Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Co., 1947.]. Edition limited to 2500 copies, small 4to, pp. [6], 50, [80]; The first section is a short introduction to Philippine bibliography and an argument for the Doctrina as the first book printed there. The second section is a facsimile of the copy in the..... More
Bangkok: September, 1972. 4to, pp. 96; original orange printed wrappers (soiled), general light shelf wear, interior fine. "Under the auspices of the Ministerial Conference for Economic Development of Southeast Asia" - front cover. More
Saigon: United States Agency for International Development, 1968. 4to, pp. 52; offered with "Education projects in the Republic of Vietnam", 1969, pp. 47; photographic illustrations, text in typescript; original pictorial wrappers (soiled), edges toned, corners a bit bumped from shelf wear; interior mostly fine. OCLC locates only 2 copies of..... More
[Tokyo]: Japan Times, [1904]. Large broadside, approx. 21" x 14"; text in 5 columns; printed without border; "(Japan Times, Sunday, May 29)" printed in red in small type at lower right corner. Thin paper uniformly browned and split in 2 up the central fold. Likely included as a premium in..... More
[Tokyo: Aoyama-do, 1872.]. First edition, slim 12mo (180 x 120 mm.), [34] pp. bound in the Oriental style; with 4 Roman alphabets (upper and lower case and 2 styles of script), and a vocabulary in English with Japanese equivalents and pronunciations, all designed for the elementary Japanese student of the..... More
Tokyo, Osaka, & Kyoto: Shisho-do, 1871. Small 8vo (approx. 7"x 5"), 16 leaves plus printed endpaper folded and sewn in the Japanese manner, xylographically printed throughout, orig. blue paper wrappers, printed paper label (chipped and with some loss) on cover; wrappers spotted, but generally good and sound throughout, with one..... More
Tokyo, Osaka, & Kyoto: Shisho-do, 1871. Small 8vo (approx. 7"x 5"), 16 leaves plus printed endpapers folded and sewn in the Japanese manner, xylographically printed throughout, orig. gray paper wrappers, printed paper label on cover; wrappers worn, but generally good and sound throughout, with one small illustration in the text..... More
Bandung, 's-Gravenhage: N.V. Penerbitan W. Van Hoeve, n.d., [ca. late 1950's]. 3 volumes, lg. 8vo, pp. 1446 (continuous pagination); illustrated throughout; text in double column; dust jackets on vols. 2 and 3; vol. 1 rubbed along lower edge; generally a very good, sound set. More
Tavoy: Karen Mission Press, n.d., [n.d. c. 1870]. 8vo, pp. 311, [1]; original blue paper wrappers, green cloth shelf-back; generally fine, bright and clean. English title in ink on half-title page; text otherwise in Karen throughout. More
[Tokyo]: Kokumin no tomo, 1896. 8vo, pp. [4], 38, [8]; 1 plate, gray printed paper wrappers; spine perished, light edgewear and toning, signature of M(?) Campbell Davidson on upper cover, good and sound. The first issue of a short lived periodical that appears not to have made it past the..... More
Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1845. Seventh edition limited to 3000 copies, 12mo, pp. 282; original grey cloth (some soiling), printed paper spine label; very good and sound. OCLC locates one copy in North America as of October, 2013, at Chicago. More
Calcutta: Printed at the Baptist Mission Press, for the Bible Translation Society and the American and Foreign Bible Society, 1847. 8vo, pp. 334; original plum cloth, printed paper spine label; spine quite toned, preliminaries foxed; Baptist Missionary Society Mission House Library bookplate to front pastedown; textblock fine. More
[probably printed on Saipan: dropped and/or distributed at Leyte Bay, Philippines, 1944.]. On October 20, 1944 the U.S. Sixth Army invaded Leyte and on October 23-26 the famous Battle of Leyte Gulf resulted in a decisive U. S. Navy victory. These leaflets were likely air-dropped and/or distributed to the resident..... More
Bombay: printed at The Times Press, 1913. Only edition, slim 4to, pp.[6], 73; large folding map with routes in color; 58 photographic illustrations in the text (several full-p.), and 1 plan; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover; front free flyleaf excised, covers a little bowed, else very..... More
[Welshpool, Wales: B.T. & L.A., ca. 1925]. 12mo, pp. 27, [1]; original pale green printed wrappers (soiling), contemporary pencil notes, some in red, to upper cover; interior fine. Epistles in the Chakma language, Roman letter. The Chakma, also known as the Daingnet people, is an ethnic group concentrated in the..... More
Hanoi: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1972. Slim 12mo, pp. 58, [6] leaves of photographic plates; original green and white printed wrappers, French flaps; general light shelf wear, else a fine copy. More
Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1851. 8vo, pp. 191; original brown cloth, printed paper spine label (partially perished); ex-Baptist Mission House Library with usual markings and bookplate to front pastedown; some minor foxing and occasional soil spots, else very good and sound. OCLC locates one copy in North America, at Chicago..... More
N.p. ca. 1950. Small 12mo, pp. 14; black and white photographic illustrations; original white wrappers (a bit soiled) printed in black and gilt, front fore-edge toned, else very good. A guide to the buildings of the Buddhist sect Hongan-ji. Not in OCLC. More
Washington: Chauncey H. Crosby, 1896. 16mo, pp. 75, [9] illustrated ads; color lithographic plate depicting the flags of the prominent steamship lines; fine in original pebble-grain maroon cloth stamped in black. 6 in OCLC. More
New Delhi: issued on behalf of the Tourist Department, Ministry of Transport and Communications, [1958]. First edition, 12mo, pp. 156; color frontispiece, numerous black & white illustrations throughout, a number fullpage.; notes of a tourist on flyleaf, else very good in original pictorial wrappers. More
