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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM (English & Persian)
by Omar Khayyam, Edward FitzGerald
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First, one-off, commissioned piece
- Published
- 2010
- Binding
- Perfect, in Leather
- ISBN
- 9789643360337
- Quantity Available
- 1
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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£116.04
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This is one of a limited-edition run of a commissioned book, of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the book of poetry attributed to the 'astronomer poet' of Persia, who died in 1131. It uses the translation of Edward FitzGerald (1809-1883).
The book may have been created c 2010. According to a statement in the book, it was created by Mohammadi Hosseinpour… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE JUNGLE BOOKS, VOL 2
by RUDYARD KIPLING
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 1948
- Binding
- Perfect, Mylar-wrapped
- Quantity Available
- 1
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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£17.41
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This is a pristine copy of The Jungle Books, Volume II, the classic stories of animals in India written in 1894 by Rudyard Kipling.
This is the 1948 edition published by Doubleday and illustrated by Aldren Watson. This is a beautiful copy.
It is 7 stories, plus poems, with 6 color illustrations and several black and white illustrations.
201 pages, all clean and… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE BOOK OF TEA
by OKAKURA KAKUZO
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First, Replica
- Published
- 1976
- Binding
- Perfect, in Slipcase
- ISBN
- 9780804800693
- Quantity Available
- 1
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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£14.50
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This is a near-perfect copy of The Book of Tea: A Japanese Harmony of Art, Culture and the Simple Life, written in 1906 by the Japanese scholar Okakura Kakuzo (1863-1913). It is the earliest English-language account of Zen Buddhism and its relation to the arts. Okakura's view was that "tea is more than an idealization of the form of drinking;… Read more about this item Item Price
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PEONY: A NOVEL OF CHINA (aka THE BONDMAID)
by PEARL S BUCK
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1948
- Binding
- Perfect
- Quantity Available
- 1
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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£14.50
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This is a first edition, first printing, of Peony, by the American writer Pearl S Buck (1892-1973) who, in 1938, became the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Upon its publishing, it was simply title 'Peony'. In later editions, it was released as Peony, a Novel of China and as The Bondmaid.
It was published in 1948… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE KOKA SHASTRA (Ratirahasya)
by Kokkoka, Alex Comfort
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First American
- Published
- 1964
- Binding
- Wrapped and unopened
- Quantity Available
- 1
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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£23.21
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This is an First American edition (1964) of The Koka Shastra, Being the Ratirahasya of Kokkoka, and Other Medieval Indian Writings on Love, translated and introduced by the British scientist Alexander Comfort, who is best known as the author of The Joy of Sex.
The Koka Shastra is another name for The Ratirahasya, a medieval sex manual written in the 11th… Read more about this item Item Price
£23.21
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THE TIBETANS
by ART PERRY
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1999
- Binding
- Perfect
- ISBN
- 9780670886456
- Quantity Available
- 1
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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£14.50
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This is a first edition of The Tibetans, by the Canadian photographer and academic Art Perry.
It is a moving collection of photographs of a culture under siege. More than 150 black and white photographs record every aspect of Tibetan life, from monks meditating surrounded by candles made of Yak wax to peasant people to landscapes.
Kirkus… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE ARABIAN NIGHTS: THEIR BEST-KNOWN TALES
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Published
- 1941
- Binding
- Perfect
- Quantity Available
- 1
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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£29.01
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This is a lovely copy of The Arabian Nights, Their Best-Known Tales. It is a collection of the famed Arabic folk tales edited by the American authors (and sisters) Nora Archibald Smith (1859-1934) and Kate Douglas Wiggin (1956-1923), author of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.
It is beautifully illustrated by the American artist Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966). Item Price
£29.01
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THE MOOR'S LAST SIGH
by SALMAN RUSHDIE
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1995
- Binding
- Perfect
- ISBN
- 9780394281223
- Quantity Available
- 1
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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£23.21
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The Moor's Last Sigh tells the family history of Moraes Zogoiby, known as 'the Moor'. He is the last survivor of a family descended from the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (ca. 1469-1524), who sailed to India in search of spice and whose offspring grew rich in shipping it to the West. It is set in the Indian cities of… Read more about this item Item Price
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TUTANKHAMEN, LIFE & DEATH OF A PHARAOH
by Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1963
- Binding
- Excellent
- Quantity Available
- 1
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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£11.60
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This is a first edition of Tutankhamen: Life and Death of a Pharaoh, a superb book written by the famed French archaeologist and Egyptologist Christiane Desroches Noblecourt (1913-2011), who is best known for this book, and for saving the Nubian Temples from being flooded out by the Aswam Dam construction.
It is of interest if you're into golf course history. It… Read more about this item Item Price
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KIM
by RUDYARD KIPLING
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Library Edition (not ex-Library)
- Published
- 1951
- Binding
- Perfect
- Quantity Available
- 1
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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£17.41
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This is a very nice copy of Kim, the classic tale by Rudyard Kipling, first published in 1901. It is set in the imperialistic world; a masculine world dominated by travel, trade and adventure, and strict divisions between white and non-white. It is about the relationship between Kim, a white man born in India, and an old ascetic priest, a… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE COLLECTED RUDYARD KIPLING, ILLUSTRATED
by RUDYARD KIPLING
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1982
- Binding
- Perfect
- ISBN
- 9780517347980
- Quantity Available
- 1
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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£14.50
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This is a first edition of The Collected Rudyard Kipling, Illustrated, published by Avenel in 1982.
It is 1000 pages, and includes his best-known works: Captains Courageous, Kim, The Jungle Books, Just So Stories for Little Children, Puck of Pook's Hill, Stalky & Co., and Plain Tales from the Hills. It then adds 11 short stories. See photo of that… Read more about this item Item Price
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ANCIENT CHINA
by Edward H Schafer
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1976
- Binding
- Perfect
- Quantity Available
- 1
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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£13.34
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This is an unread copy of Ancient China, part of the Great Ages of Man series which Time-Life Books began publishing in the 60s. This book was written in 1967 by the American academic Edward Schafer, Professor of Oriental Languages at Berkeley.
This is the first edition, sixth printing.
It's 8 3/4" x 10 3/4". 191 pages,… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE CAPTAIN WAS A DOCTOR
by Jonathan Reid
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2020
- Binding
- Perfect
- ISBN
- 9781459747210
- Quantity Available
- 1
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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£11.60
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This is the "unforgettable", "riveting" first-rate biography of Dr. John Reid, a Canadian doctor who was serving in Hong Kong in 1941. After the Japanese victory, he spent a year in a Hong Kong prison camp before being sent to Japan as a slave labourer. His efforts to save his men were heroic, but he would never be the same.… Read more about this item Item Price
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GOURMET MAGAZINE 1989: CINCO DE MAYO
by GOURMET MAGAZINE
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Published
- 1989
- Quantity Available
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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£11.60
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Gourmet
May 1989
See Table of Contents Scan for full editorial.
236 pages.
This magazine has not been read, but there is one dogeared recipe, at the back. Those marks on the cover are pieces of paper that got stuck to it. Minor wear to edges.
Otherwise perfect.
PLEASE NOTE: THE STATED EXPECTED SHIPPING DATE APPLIES ONLY WITHIN NORTH… Read more about this item Item Price
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NEW YORKER: COVER BROOKLYN or BUST by BRUCE McCALL
by NEW YORKER
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2019
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- Magazine
- Quantity Available
- 1
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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£11.60
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April 1, 2019.
94 Pages, no label or barcode
Cover: Brooklyn or Bust, by Bruce McCall
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Condition: Slight crease at stapled edge. Otherwise perfect. Item Price
£11.60
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THE CRIMEAN WAR
by Denis Judd
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Edition
- First Reprint
- Published
- 1975
- Binding
- Perfect
- ISBN
- 9780246108043
- Quantity Available
- 1
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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£11.60
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The Crimean War was a brutal conflict fought from October 1853 to February 1856 in which Russia lost to an alliance made up of the Ottoman Empire, the United Kingdom, Sardinia and France. The immediate cause of the war involved the rights of Christian minorities in the Holy Land, then a part of the Ottoman Empire. Drawing on eye witness… Read more about this item Item Price
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DICTIONARY OF ANTIQUES
by GEORGE SAVAGE
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Published
- 1978
- Binding
- Perfect
- ISBN
- 9780831700119
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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£13.34
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This is a perfect copy of the second printing of Dictionary of Antiques, by George Savage. It was first published in 1970.Its purpose is to help collectors, dealers, art historians and designers date pieces, note attributes and generally learn more about antiques.
Over 1500 entries, with nearly 700 illustrations, alphabetically arranged and carefully cross-referenced. Special terms, including widely used foreign… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE GOLDEN CASKET: CHINESE NOVELLAS OF TWO MILLENNIA
by Various
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1964
- Binding
- Perfect
- Quantity Available
- 1
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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£14.50
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This is a stated first edition (1964) of The Golden Casket, Chinese Novellas of Two Millennia.
It is 46 novellas, each with a little illustration.391 pages, including explanatory notes.
The stories were originally translated into German by the Austrian writers Herbert Franke and Wolfgang Bauer, then translated into English by the Canadian poet Christopher Levenson.
This was originally a library book, but the… Read more about this item Item Price
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NEW YORKER: DONALD TRUMP CHRISTMAS. COVER BY BARRY BLITT
by NEW YORKER
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- December
- Published
- 2017
- Binding
- Magazine
- Quantity Available
- 1
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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£14.50
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December 18 & 25, 2017.
112 Pages, no label or barcode
Cover: A Christmas Carol, Donald Trump, by Barry Blitt
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Condition: Slight creasing to the back cover only. Otherwise perfect. Item Price
£14.50
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GOURMET MAGAZINE 1974: CHINESE CUISINE
by GOURMET MAGAZINE
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- September
- Published
- 1974
- Binding
- Magazine
- Quantity Available
- 1
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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£11.60
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Gourmet September 1974
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108 pages.
This magazine has not been read, but there is a doodle on the cover.
PLEASE NOTE: THE STATED EXPECTED SHIPPING DATE APPLIES ONLY WITHIN NORTH AMERICA. THE SHIPPING CHARGE APPLIES TO NORTH AMERICAN BUYERS, OR TO INTERNATIONAL BUYERS WHO ACCEPT SURFACE MAIL (WITHOUT TRACKING). DUE TO PANDEMIC-RELATED SHIPPING… Read more about this item Item Price
£11.60