Search Results: Far East/Asia from First Landing Books & Art

Hong Kong: Oriental Publishers, 1952. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. By Author. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed copy. Cover embossed in red. 331pp including notes, calendars and bibliography. Illustrated with b/w vintage photographs and facsimile documents and alphabet..

Thousand Oaks, California, U.S.A.: Sage Pubns, 2004. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Began with the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland with that there were useful insights to be gained with regard ot the India-Pakistan conflict cover Kashmir & also study the Sri Lankan & Israeli-Palestinian conflicts. nice clean text, 314pp. w/index.

Hampstead, NY: International Dali Dreamstone Association, 2011. Book. Good. Hardcover. Inscribed and Signed By Author. 1st. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. the material in this book has been been laid out for your reading and viewing pleasure. While not presented in a typical chapter format, it is our fervent hope that you will enjoy the experience of reading the book as well as viewing the photographs, the Dreamstones with releated information, and their descriptions. We hope the that the selections of quotations and poems will please you and also round out of the experience. 265pp plus a page of citations. There are two spots of water damage to the gilt on the top and bottom edge. The pages that were stuck together at the gilt have been seperated with a minimum of damage. all the defect is on the page edge. There is also an inscription to the previous ownwe by author on half-title..

Connaught Place, New Delhi: Frontline Books, 2004. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 1st. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 96pp, of beautiful Color photographs and geographical descriptions on Delhi, Agra, and Jaipur. Architechural and agricultural information as well as all key visiting sites for tourist..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1997. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Outcome of the Asian Development Bank Conference on the Emerging Global Trading Environment & Developing Asia held in May 1995., nice clean text, charts/graphs, some very minor shelf wear to dj, 563pp. w/index.

Republic of Singapore: Singapore National Printers, 1974. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. additional authurs include S. Nair, and S. M. Razak.This book is a historical, procedural and organisational study of Singapore Customs. Other interesting topics in the book includes revenue collections, anti-smuggling operations, the war against drugs and the gold traffic. 170 pp including recommended reading, acknowledgements, and index..

Singapore, Hong Kong: Angsana Books, 2001. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. soft cover, very good condition, 174 pages, What happens when eleven expatriate writers get together? You get sex in Singapore, ghosts in Malaysia, office politics and an Irish family Christmas in England! That's what you'll find, among other delights, in this collection of stories by the Australia and New Zealand Association (ANZA) Writer's Group..

New York: Free Press, 1993. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Detailed account of the Japanese woman in & out of the home, their involvemet in their children's education, their role in the family & going into the workplace., nice clean text, couple sentences have been underlined in pencil, 304pp. w/index.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Identifies & provides a superb distillation of facts & insights about how the Japanese government manages public programs in what he calls "a remarkable achievement in public management"., nice clean text, charts, some shelf wear to dj, 165pp. w/index.

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1974. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 325 pages plus index. From a long and intimate association with Singapore, Alex Josey presents a portrait of Lee - the man who dragged, bullied and cajoled Singapore's multi-racial people from a position of subjection under British colonial power to their now prosperous independence..

USA: Harvard University Asia Center, 1996. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 2nd. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. very good soft cover 481pp including appendices, references and index. This second edition of Dru Gladney's critically acclaimed study of the Muslim population in China includes a new preface by the author, as well as a valuable addendum to the bibliography, already hailed as one of the most extensive listing of modern sources on the Sino-Muslims..

Singapore: Singapore University Press, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dust jacket sunned and in a protective mylar cover. 277 pages plus conclusion, appendix, bibliography, and index. this is a study of singapore's political history during the decade after the 2nd world war. it examines Singapore's struggle for self-rule within an independent united Malaya, the early political parties and thier participation in the electoral experiment introduced after the war, the acceptance of the China-born Chinese into the Singapore citizenry, the introduction of a policy of cultural pluralism, the rise of a communist-oriented student-labour movement in the island..

New York: Barnes & Noble Books,U.S., 1992. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. History of China, analysis of the strengths & weaknesses of the people, with an interweaving of cultural, political, & economic strands explaining the influences of these factors on the arts & crafts of the times., nice clean text, maps, very light minor foxing on top edge, minor wear to dj, previous owner's name plate on fep, 312pp. w/index.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 134pp including appendix. Exploration into Chinese science with compariosns to similar cultural developments in other nations. Contains plates/illustrations throughout. Pages tight with some underlining. Bright red softcover binding in very good condition. Previous owner's stamp on frontboard..

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina: Asia House Book. Illus. by Myat Min Khant. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. pictorial soft cover with a glued spine. A few of the pages have been pushed, but the book remains clean and bright without any marks or tears. 96pp of color photographs. It is a Land of Historical wealth with the Old Capitals of Bagan, Mandalay, annd Mrauk Oo testifying to the glory of the great kings of the past..