Madras: printed for private circulation only, by Graves and Co., 1862. First edition, 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 163; a bit of occasional spotting, else very good in original green cloth, gilt-lettered spine. With the ownership signature on the front free endpaper of "Dr. Gairdner ... Edinburgh." From the Preface: The... More

Beijing: Surveying and Mapping Pub. House, 1994. Folio, pp. [8], 271, [5]; color maps, diagrams, and photographs on geography, history, culture, urban development, and so on; text in Chinese; maroon patterned cloth with gilt title on spine and cover, in pictorial paper dust jacket, both fine, in a slip case with a small dent. More

Madras: Christian Literature Society for India, 1929. 12mo, pp. 77, [1]; map frontispiece; text in Tamil; original green wrappers; front wrapper detached, but present; textblock clean and sound. 1 copy in OCLC as of 7/17, at Oxford. More

Kyoto: 1871. 12mo, pp. [6], 76; original cloth-backed pink wrappers, printed paper label on upper cover; some soiling else good or better. An English vocabulary of 1490 words. "Vol. I" is all that was published. Osaka Daigaiku Library, Selected Catalogue on Dutch and English Studies, C-22. More

[Calcutta: Printed at the Baptist Mission Press, for the Bible Translation Society, and the American and Foreign Bible Society, 1845]. First edition, 12mo, pp. 230; original brown cloth, printed paper spine label; ex-Baptist Missionary Society Mission House Library with early 20th-century markings and bookplate to front pastedown; small loss to... More

Saigon: An-Quán, 1968. 12mo, pp. 15; printed self-wrappers, fine. At head of title: "The Viet-Nam Council on Foreign Relations". Laid in brochure on the Council. Only copy in OCLC located in the Netherlands. More

Cleared at the Custom House, Calcutta, 4 March: 1858. Oblong 8vo, 35 leaves, each a printed, pro-forma bill-of-lading, each accomplished in ink and declaring various goods, the quantity thereof, the shipper, the destination, etc., most identified as the "captain’s copy" and all within a printed wrapper, titled as above. Many... More

[Gurgaon]: Vintage Books, 1989. Second edition, 8vo, pp. [12], 360; fine in original green cloth, very good dust wrapper. "Labour on the tea-estates was drawn not only from the nearby areas but from as far as Eastern, Southern, and Central India and it was absolutely necessary for the managers to... More

Taipei: Institute of Chinese Culture, 1960-1962. 10 volumes, large 8vo, each volume with fifty black and white plates, captions in Chinese and English on versos, covering different eras in Chinese history from prehistory to the Ching dynasty; multicolor pictorial paper-covered boards with maroon cloth spines, string-bound with orange ribbon. More

Mount Vernon: the Peter Pauper Press, [1954]. Second edition, thin 8vo, pp. 85, [5]; woodcut vignettes, about fine in original light blue and yellow decorated boards, publisher's slipcase with printed paper label. More

[n.p. (China)]: n.d. Accordion Chinese binding, 19.5 x 9 cm, 5 double page color images on cloth backed by thick card; red sheep covered boards slightly worn, paper title label on upper board. Boards lifting, some staining at edges of images caused by application of paint to edges. Very good... More

[n.p. (China)]: n.d. Accordion Chinese binding, 16.6 x 14.5cm., 12 color paintings on cloth backed by thick card; sheep covered boards, paper title label on upper board. Some staining at edges and gutter caused by application of paint to edges. Very good. This album of erotic images show lovers engaged... More

Hanoi: Éditions en langues étrangères, 1960. First edition in French, 16mo, pp. [3]-67; near fine in original decorative wrappers. Errata slip laid in. "Adoptée le 31 décembre 1959 à la 11e session de l'Assemblée nationale." More