[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
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
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Yedo [i.e. Tokyo]: [1866]. Slim 12mo, pp. [4], 76; orig. blue cloth-backed drab wrappers, printed paper label on upper cover; spine worn and partially perished, some chipping to the cover label (minute loss to border), occasional spots and stains; good copy. Text consists entirely of an English-Japanese vocabulary divided into..... 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 for the Bible Translation Society, and the American Bible Union, by J. Thomas, 1856. 8vo, pp. 380; original plum cloth, printed paper spine label (quite browned); spine faded, minor edge wear; ex-Baptist Missionary Society Mission House Library with usual markings and bookplate to front pastedown; preliminaries foxed, textblock..... 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
[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
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
[The Hague]: International Court of Justice, 1962. 8vo, pp. 144, 144 (opposite pages numbered in duplicate); printed self-wrappers (soiled), shallow tears along edges not affecting text, edges a bit toned and foxed, interior mostly fine. Text in English and French. "Sale Number 260" - front wrapper verso. Transcript of the..... 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
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
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. (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, 18.9 x 12cm., 5 double page color images on cloth backed by thick card; tan sheep covered boards slightly worn, paper title label on upper board. Some staining at edges of images caused by application of paint to edges. Very good. This album of..... 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
