The Discovery of the East.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1972. Hardcover, 8vo, x+178pp, maps on end pages, maps including large fold-out, b/w plates, bibliography, index. Small bumps to corners, light shelfwear otherwise VG, no dustjacket. More
Asia (History and Politics)
A Pearl to India: The Life of Roberto de Nobili.
New York, NY: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 298 pp. Quarter white cloth with brown papered boards, black titling to spine and black illustration on front cover; b&w illustrations, glossary, index. The first missionary to establish Christianity in the interior of India. Spine browned; a...... More
The Popular Religion and Folklore of Northern India ( 2 Volumes ).
Delhi, India: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1968. Third Revised and enlarged. Hardcovers. large 8vo. Two volumes. 294 pp & 360 pp. Original blue cloth with gilt title, etc. to spines, b&w illustrations, index. Very light rubbing to lower edges and spine ends, paper lightly browned, otherwise Near Fine condition in Near fine..... More
I Speak for the Chinese.
New York: Harper, 1937. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 86pp. Black cloth. Bibliography. "A white-hot, first-hand picture of what is happening in the Far East - and why." Page-edges browned, gutter split (but holding) at title-page, else a solid, clean near-VG copy inm near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket rubbed..... More
I Speak for the Chinese.
New York: Harper, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. viii + 86pp. Black cloth with paper title-labels on spine & front board. Bibliography. "A white-hot, first-hand picture of what is happening in the Far East - and why." Spine ends rubbed, page-edges browned, spine label faded & rubbed, else a...... More
Strange Surprising Adventures of the Venerable Gooroo Simple and his Five Disciples, Noodle, Doodle, Wiseacre, Zany, and Foozle.
London: Trübner & Co., 1861. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 224 pp. + 4 pp. advertisements. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine and black rules and illustration to upper board; hand-colored frontis, b&w illustrations (drawn on wood), some uncut pages. A free English paraphrase of the story of Guru Paramartan, based..... More
Chinese Theater in the Days of Kublai Khan.
Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. x + 430pp. Blue cloth boards lettered in gilt on spine. B/w frontis. & illustrations. Glossary, notes, bibliography & index. A clean VG+ copy (no dust jacket). More
Chinese Theater in the Days of Kublai Khan.
Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1980. First Paperback edition. Softcover. 8vo. Trade paperback. ix + 429pp. b&w illustrations, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. Covers a little chafed, lightly faded at fore-edge, creasing to spine and corners, page edges lightly thumbed, otherwise VG. More
The Ancient Geography of India.
Varanasi, India: Bhartiya Publishing House, 1975. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 482pp. Black cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Index. B/w map frontis. Maps, including several fold-out. The usual cheap Indian production values. Cloth a bit rubbed, bumps to corners of boards, page-edges slightly discolored, pages a bit browned..... More
Bibliothèque Orientale ou Dictionnaire Universel (4 Volume Set); Contenant. Tout ce qui fait connoître les Peuples de l'Orient, Leurs histoires et traditions tant fabuleuses que véritables. Leurs religions et leurs sectes. Leurs gouvernemens, politique, loix, moeurs, coutumes, et les revolutions de leurs empires. Les arts et les sciences, La Théologie, Médecine, Mythologie, Magie, Physique, Morale, Mathematiques , Histoire Naturelle, Chronologie, Géographie, Observations Astronomiques, Grammaire et Réthorique. Les vies de leurs Saints, Philosophes, Docteurs, Poëtes, Historiens, Capitaines, & de tous ceux qui se sont rendus illustres par leur Vertu, leur Sçavoir ou leurs Actions. Des jugemens critiques et des extraits de leurs livres, Écrits en Arabe, Persan ou Turc fur toutes fortes de Matières & de Prosessions.
La Haye [The Hague / Den Haag]: J. Neaulme & N. van Daalen, 1777-1779. Hardcovers. 4 Vol. Set. Quarto. Four volumes: Vol. I, 1777, A-E 1-8 (prelims & Avertissement), i-xliv (Epitre, Preface, Eloge de M. D'Herbelot, list of 'Auteurs Orientaux et autres Ouvrages, citez....'), 1- 664pp. (text), Vol. II, 1777..... More
Aspects of Education in India and Abroad.
Bombay: Orient Longmans, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 220pp. Blue papered boards lettered in black on spine. Spine ends chafed, top-edge dusty, otherwise a clean VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket slightly discolored). More
Sukarno and the Struggle for Indonesian Independence.
Ithaca, NY, USA: Cornell University Press, 1969. Hardcover, 8vo, xvii, 374pp. Maps, bibliography, index. Original cloth boards lightly worn at head and tail of spine, bottom edges and corners of boards. Name on front free end paper. Lightly thumbed fore and top edges; all else VG. Dustjacket price-clipped; grazed, chipped..... More
The Vanishing Maharajas.
New Delhi, India: S. Chand & Co., ND. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 230pp. Blue cloth lettered in white on spine & front board, white design on front board. B/w frontis. Bumps at spine ends, a few marks to boards, top-edge browned, else a tight, clean near-VG copy in..... More
A Study of Orissan Folk-Lore; Visvabharati Studies 16.
Calcutta: Visvabharati, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo. viii + 184 pp. Brown binder's cloth with gilt titling to spine, bibliography. A study of the folk-lore and native religion of the east Indian state of Orissa. It is based largely on the folk songs and stories of the region, of..... More
Ladakh and Western Himalayan Politics: 1819-1848 - The Dogra Conquest of Ladakh, Baltistan and West Tibet and Reactions of Other Powers.
New Delhi, India: Munshiram Manoharlat Publishers, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xx + 240pp. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Fold-out map. Index & bibliography. Page-edges toned, touch of fading & rubbing at spine ends, otherwise a tight, clean VG copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket price-clipped, slightly..... More
Indian Art in Relation to Culture.
Calcutta: Narabharat Publishers, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 114pp. White cloth spine, white papered boards, lettered in black on spine & front board. Color frontis. B/w plates. Foxing to spine & endpapers, page-edges toned, otherwise a clean VG+copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket slightly rubbed & discolored..... More
The Legacy of China.
London: Oxford, 1964. Hardcover. Small 8vo xix+392pp, map, b/w plates, text ills, chronology, index. , VG in marked and rubbed G-VG price-clipped dustjacket. More
The Mughal Government A.D. 1556-1707.
New Delhi, India: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 250pp. Red cloth lettered in black on spine. Index & bibliography. Top-edge browned, small bumps to top-corners of boards, some fading to cloth, else a tight, clean VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket price-clipped). More
Sources of Chinese Tradition.
np. np. 1960. Second printing. Hardcover. Small octavo. xx + 870pp. Red cloth lettered in silver on spine. B/w map. Spine ends rubbed, page-edges lightly browned, endpapers slightly discolored, previous owner's blind-stamp on title-page, else a solid near-VG copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket slightly chipped & rubbed). More
The Sexual Life of Japan. Being an Exhaustive Study of the Nightless City. Or the History of the Yoshiwara Yukwaku.
New York: The Gargoyle Press, nd. 1902. Third Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xvi + 386pp. Original yellow cloth with black spine label and titling. Colored top edge, b&w plates, tables. Boards a bit chafed at corners & head and tail of spine, corners bumped. Spine lightly rubbed on title. Pages lightly..... More
Travels in Indo-China and the Chinese Empire; ( With a Notice of the Author by the Count de Carné ).
London: Chapman and Hall, 1872. First English language Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxii & 366 pp. Contemporary half leather with cloth boards, blind rules and gilt titling to spine, color cloth backed fold-out frontis map, b&w plates. The first English language edition of this account of the travels of Louis-Marie de..... More
The Spread of Printing, Eastern Hemisphere: Indonesia.
Amsterdam: Vangendt, 1969. Softcover 54pp. Large 8vo.. Biblio. Map. B/w plates. Historical survey of printing in Indonesia. In the 'Spread of Printing' series. Wrappers slightly rubbed & discoloured, else a solid, internally-clean near-VG copy. More
Kultuurpatronen (Patterns of Culture). Bulletin van het Delfts Etnografisch Museum (Bulletin Etnografisch Museum Delft).
Ethnographical Museum, 1959. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. 142 pp. Red covers with black titling to front; b&w illustrations, maps. Text in Dutch. "New Methods and views for the study of the functional meaning of wooden statues in the Indonesian-Melanesian culture region" by J. De Hoog; "Folk art in general and..... More
A Grammar of the Tibetan Language in English; Under the Patronage of the Government and the Auspices of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
New York NY: The Altai Press, Inc., ND (circa 1980s). Reprint. Hardcover. 4to. xii + 204pp + 40pp. Original silver decorated cloth with titling to spine and upper board. A modern reprint of Csoma de Koros' pioneering study of Tibetan grammar. Corners and spine ends a rubbed and lightly bumped..... More
The Empire of the Great Mogul.
New Delhi, India: Oriental Books Reprint Corporation, 1974. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 252pp. Blue cloth lettered in white on spine. Index. Bump to top of spine & bottom-corners of boards, top-edge foxed, otherwise a clean VG copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket price-clipped, 3" tear at top..... More