[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
[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
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Boston: D. S. King & Co., 1843. First edition, 8vo, pp. 36; 5 wood-engraved illustrations; upper wrapper soiled and slightly chipped; rear wrapper wanting; good and sound. LC, AAS and the BL only in OCLC. Includes "Letters from a Native of India," "The Religion of the Hindoos - What Is..... 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
Kyoto Orimono Co. Ltd., n.d., early 1900s. Woven textile illustration of two people navigating the Hozu Rapids, 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
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
US Army [probably printed on Saipan: dropped and/or distributed on the Philippines, 1945]. Broadsheet, 11.5" x 8.5", printed in blue and red with manuscript in Japanese on verso; folds in 8 parts, worn and soiled, with a three-square-inch loss to one corner, with loss of text. A surrender leaflet that..... 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
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
Kinkiang: [1890s]. Broadside form for the delivery of a telegraph, filled out in blue pencil, "Given in at Kinkiang the 20/10 189_ 10H 10M / Meyers ?? Schiang december fifteen physician no word joyce." Old folds, some staining, very good. More
[Saigon?]: CORDS, July, 1971. Fifth edition, small folio, 20 typescript leaves; pictorial self-wrapper; light wear from handling, else a fine copy. "CORDS MR 3" - bottom of front cover. Not in OCLC. More
[Burma]: The Ministry of Information, Government of the Union of Burma, 1952. 12mo, pp. 49; black and white photographic illustrations, extremities lightly soiled with small chips at spine where staples are present, otherwise very good in original pictorial wrappers. An interesting newly- liberated government explanation as to why the Communist..... More
London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1972. First edition, large 8vo, pp. 59, [56]; exhibition catalog illustrated with 49 full color plates; green cloth boards with gilt lettering in front and spine; some discoloration to edges of dust jacket, otherwise fine. More
[Saigon]: Giai Phong Publishing House, 1967. First edition, 12mo, pp. [3]-139; 7 drawings by Diep Minh Chau on plates; near fine in original decorative wrappers. A selection of short stories by various South Vietnamese authors. From the publisher's note: "Thousands of miles away from Viet Nam, who has never done..... More
New York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1904. First edition, folio, pp. [100]; illustrated throughout; original red cloth-backed brown paper-covered boards, pictorial pastedown on upper cover; front hinge cracked, some wear and soiling, otherwise very good. More
