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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
Jedo [i.e. Tokyo]: Daigaku Nanko, 1870. First edition, large 8vo, approx. 11½" x 8½" (29 x 21.5 cm), pp. [4], 8, [2], 24; title page printed in blue, original drab wrppers, stab-bound; a very nice copy of the first textbook printed in German in Japan. Two other books in German... 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
[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
Tokyo: THe Japan Advertiser, 1928. First edition, folio, pp. xvi, 179, [1]; original mounted woodblock print by Hiroshi Yoshida, text illustrations throughout; original purple pictorial ribbon-bound cloth lettered in gilt, decorative endpapers; ex-Hill Library with usual markings, some shelf wear, interior about fine. More
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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
Ankara: Matbuat Umum Mudurlugu, n.d., [ca. 1930]. First edition, oblong folio, pp. [20], plus 154 photogravure plates after photographs by Othmar Pferschy; peg-bound; original orange cloth stamped in silver; very good. With sections on Ankara, Istanbul, towns and landscape, archaeology and art, economy and constructive work, and man and civilization... 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
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
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
Hong Kong: Happiness Publishing Company, 1965. Folio, pp. [2], 45, [3]; color and black and white photographs throught, one leaf folding; captions in Chinese and English; tan cloth; boards bowed and toned, owner's stamp on title page. More
Tokyo: Japan Travel Bureau, 1948. 12mo, pp. 24; map printed inside front wrapper, black and white photographic illustrations throughout; original color pictorial wrappers, light wear, very good. An attractive little guidebook printed in "occupied Japan," with special emphasis on angling and diving for pearls off the Bay of Ago. Not... More
Kyoto Orimono Co. Ltd. Woven textile illustration of two people navigating the Hozu Raipids, a popular destination near Kyoto, Japan. Approx 13.5" x 17"; grayscale, a novel piece of advertising for the Kyoto Orimono Co., a local textile company; fine. More
Washington, D.C. Liên Co Quan Ðac Nhiem Chu'o'ng Trình Ty Nan Ðông Du'o'ng = Interagency Task Force for Indochina Refugees, August, 1975. Oblong 8vo, pp. 27, 20; original blue and white printed wrappers, light shelf wear, else fine. Text in Vietnamese and English in separate columns. Additional title: "A Guide... More
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Saigon: National Tourist Office, [ca. early 1960s.]. Tall 8vo, pp. 14, [2]; folding map printed in color, illustrated throughout; staples rusting, else very good in original pictorial wrappers. More
Maulmain: American Baptist Mission Press, 1839. 12mo, [50] leaves; title page in English and Burmese, text otherwise in Burmese throughout; original cloth-backed stiff blue wrappers; some browning of the flyleaves and endpapers, otherwise pretty near fine throughout. With an inscription on the front free endpaper: "To the Rev. W. H.... More
Japan: illustrated and published by Izumo Jinshichi, Meiji 18, [i.e. 1885]. Woodblock broadside showing 13 different hairstyles made possible with hair tonic, each with descriptive text; approx. 20" x 14", originally folded and preserving the original printed fukuro; small chip from the upper left corner (not touching and letterpress or... More
![Immortals of Chinese mythology [cover title]](/pictures/thumb/50283_1.jpg?v=1511378643)
Bloomfield, NJ: Schering, [c. 1960s-70s]. 8 cardstock bifolia, 9" x 4"; with figures of each of the 8 Immortals crafted from cloth, paper and string mounted to the upper covers of each. One page of text provides a short biography of each character. The following two pages are advertisements for... More
[Fort Riley, KS ?]: The Battalion, [1967]. Oblong 4to, pp. [96]; illustrated throughout with color maps, portraits, illustrations from photographs; very good in original pictorial wrappers. More
