Saigon: [1973]. Six leaves (2 months to a leaf) bound at the top with a metal clamp and hanger; 12½" x 6¼", each leaf with a colorful photographic portrait of a Vietnamese woman; fine. More
[Thailand: c. 1880s]. A collection of photographic prints, mostly 5 x 6.5", of scenes around Cambodia and Thailand. Subjects consist of street scenes, wats, river scenes, elephants, and French colonials. Each photograph has annotations penciled in on the verso, but without clear indication of the relation between the annotator and..... More
[Canton: c. mid 1800s]. Small album, 6½" x 4½" with 12 hand-painted illustrations on pith, affixed to paper, depicting dramatic figures such as scholars, bannermen, swordsmen, and dancers; red brocade over boards; boards loose, the pith brittle with splits on many leaves, a couple touching images, the images themselves bright..... More
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
Atami: Atami City Office, ca. 1946. Small 12mo, single sheet folded into 10-sided pamphlet; black and white illustrations, mostly photographic; a few stains, else very good. Travel brochure for "Japan's No. 1 Spa," printed in occupied Japan. 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..... 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
[Burma: early 20th century]. Accordion fold manuscript in Burmese on parabaik, approx. 7” x 15”; pp. [70]; wood covers ornately decorated and painted in red, gold and black, with elephants and abstract elements in relief. Dampstaining throughout, good and sound. More
[Burma (?): circa mid-late 19th century.]. Accordion fold book on parabaik paper, 8" x 17" x 4¼"; pp 162; text likely in Shan, mostly in black with some red details; front pastedown introduction in manuscript with elaborate border in red and black; decorated boards with relief design in red and..... More
Saigon: [Bo cai-cách dien-dia và phát-trien nông-ngu’-muc], [1963]. 4to, pp. [2], 55, [8]; 55, [1]; text in Vietnamese, with some English, numerous photographic illustrations, graphs & charts; pictorial wrappers, stapled. "Rural Improvement. A Magazine of Extension Information Department of Rural Affairs Republic of VietNam" (front cover). More
![Calcutta.] Copies of Bills of Lading of the ship "Belle of the Sea," Captain C. Lewis, from...](/pictures/thumb/43562_1.jpg?v=1604696284)
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
Boston: Clapp and Broaders, 1834. Square 16mo (approx. 5¼" x 4¾"), pp. vi, [1], 8-127, [1]; 15 full-page hand-colored engravings; original green cloth, printed paper label on upper cover; front hinge cracked, light foxing, short tear in fore-margin of the title page; a good copy. The title page is in..... More
n.p. n.d., [1938]. Staple bound pamphlet, 7.25 x 5.25 inches, pp. [6] 64; folding map in back; tan paper wrappers; light aging to paper, else fine. A pamphlet describing the extent of Japanese destruction of Chinese industry, and a proposal for recovery. 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, 18.9 x 12cm., featuring 5 double page colour images, cloth on thick card, green sheep covered boards slightly worn, paper title label on upper board. Light wear. Very good. No date. Erotic album depicting Japanese lovers. It appears likely that this album was made..... More
n.p. July, 1968. 12mo, pp. 51; printed from typescript; 6 tables and a map; very good in original printed wrappers. Later stamped in red: "Unclassified," and in black "Regarded Unclassified when separated from classified enclosure." Ink mark over "Unclassified." 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
[Saigon: Vinh-Bao, 1955]. 8vo, pp. 38; near fine in original printed wrappers. Agreements relating to the nationality (dual and otherwise) of those in Vietnam in the wake of France's withdrawal from the country following their defeat at Dien Bien Phu in May, 1954. Not in OCLC. More
[Saigon: Vinh-Bao, 1955]. 8vo, pp. 38; near fine in original printed wrappers. Agreements relating to the nationality of those in Vietnam in the wake of France's withdrawal from the country following their defeat at Dien Bien Phu in May, 1954. 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
