Recent Arrivals from Asia Bookroom

Canberra.: National Library of Australia.. Reprint.. 2014.. Maps, colour and black and white photographic illustrations, xxix + 256pp, bibliography, glossary, index, paperback. 27 x 30cm. The cover image, World Map by Fra Mauro c. 1450, is one of the most important and famous maps of all time. This monumental map of the world was created by the monk Fra Mauro… Read more about this item

London.: George Allen & Unwin Limited.. First Edition.. 1938.. cloth covered boards lettered in green on the upper board and the spine. 304pp, index, A clean and tight copy. A summary of the rise and growth of the All-India National Congress up until 1920. .

Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd.. Cheap Edition.. April1916.. 2 folding maps, 4 single page maps and photographic portrait frontispiece. Blue cloth covered boards, trifle flecked, discoloured and worn on the spine, some opening between gatherings and closed tear in small section of the cloth at joint on lower board but the binding is still sound, decorated endpapers browned and with… Read more about this item

Phnom Penh.: Le Sangkum.. 1968.. Profuse black and white photographic illustrations, 104pp. Original stapled wrappers patchily faded, overall a good copy. 28.5 x 21cm. Text in French. A special commemorative issue of Le Sangkum magazine for the fifteenth anniversary of Cambodia's declaration of independence from France in 1949. .

Shanghai.: 上海書局有限公司. [Shanghai Book Company Limited].. First Edition.. 1955.. 24pp booklet of charts showing printed traditional characters with hand-written style simplified characters. Paper wrappers lightly soiled, otherwise very good condition. Interestingly, the explanation of aims and methods for simplifying characters is written in traditional Chinese characters. 18.9 x 13cm. The simplification of Chinese characters was authorized in 1958;… Read more about this item

Shanghai.: 上海中華書局.. Reprint.. (Circa1900s?).. Volume II only. 30 folded leaves, four hole stab binding, original paper wrappers, 4 captioned line illustrations printed in red ink. Volume II contains chapters 4 - 15 of this tale from the Water Margin with commentary. Promotional information for 紅樓夢 Hong Lou Meng on verso of upper wrapper. Some minor repairs made to binding and… Read more about this item

Guangzhou.: 小説圖書點. [Fiction Bookshop].. Minguo 17 [1928].. 104pp of letters in classical Chinese style. Stamped "China" on lower cover. Text block evenly browned. 20.2 x 15cm. Good copy.Text in traditional Chinese characters. Romantic fiction. .

(Circa1993.. This non-chronological commemorative scrapbook documenting Mao's life includes colour and black and white photographs of Chairman Mao, line illustrations, pen and ink paintings and photographs of sculptures of Mao, all clipped from newspapers or magazines and carefully laid down into this sturdy accounts book. Images date from 1925 to 1976. One full pull-out page from a pictorial magazine is… Read more about this item

Shanghai.: 廣益書局. [Guangyi Book Company].. Reprint.. Minguo 14 [1925].. Two volumes complete. Black and white lithographic line illustrations including a number of American views. Volume I: 41 folded leaves. Volume II 35 folded leaves, 4 hole stab binding, colour pictorial upper covers, paper wrappers. "Made in China"… Read more about this item

Andhra Pradesh.: Organisation for the Protection of Democratic Rights.. 1978.. vi + 62pp. Original stapled wrappers little shelf worn and trifle chipped at extremities, upper corner little bumped, overall a good copy. 18 x 12.5cm. A sympathetic analysis of the 1967-70 Srikakulam peasant uprising, ultimately finding that despite the efforts of the Union Government, the underlying causes of the rebellion… Read more about this item

Shanghai.: 上海人民出版社.. (Circa1976).. 126 page collection of black and white cartoons relating to the Gang of Four and the Cultural Revolution. Some feature the offences of the whole gang, others relate to one or two of the individuals, usually Jiang Qing or Zhang Chunqiao. Pagination is irregular. Lower wrapper slightly browned, with some cracking on spine and a cellotape repair,… Read more about this item

香港佛經流通處. [Hong Kong Propagation of Buddhism Company].. Reprint.. 1968.. 57 folded leaves, preface followed by 53 black and white line drawings of Guanyin with accompanying quotations on facing pages. Beautiful images of the many-armed Guanyin on frontispiece. Chinese style four stab binding, paper wrappers, a previous owner's neat signature inside front cover. In excellent condition, 19.4 x 13.2cm. Text in… Read more about this item

Djakarta.: Jajasan "Pembaruan".. 1955.. Black and white photographic portrait of Aidit, 43pp. Large penned inscription on title page dated 1957, leaves evenly browned, staples little rusted, overall a good copy. 18 x 12.5cm. A transcript of D.N. Aidit's impassioned defence argument amidst his 1955 trial for allegedly defaming Mohammad Hatta - ultimately claiming to be the victim of a conspiracy… Read more about this item

Bandung.: Penerbit "Angkasa".. 1966.. 21pp. Leaves evenly browned, original stapled wrappers little shelf worn, overall a very good copy. Text in Indonesian. A transcript of an address given by Vice President Mohammad Hatta regarding the first revelation of the Qur'an to the Prophet Muhammad. .

京都. [Kyoto].: 中村浅吉. [Nakamura Asakichi].. Meiji19 [1886].. A delightfully presented set of a book in original patterned paper covered box complete with 6 accompanying small divining rods. Edited by 片岡賢三編輯 [Kataoka Kenzo]. The attractive volume is illustrated with12 delicate black and white double-page copperplate plates 120 + 5 double-folded leaves, 12.8 x 8.7cm, 6 wooden divining rods (complete, each… Read more about this item

Zhoukou.: Zhoukou District Export Company Revolutionary Committee.. 1969.. Two stapled printed copies, 23 pages in length, of a 1969 Revolutionary Committee report detailing the investigation of Hu Yanji during the Cultural Revolution presented in the Public Security Department of Zhoukou Special Administration Office of Henan Province annotation in ink translates as "Hu Yanji documents". One copy is underlined and… Read more about this item

New Delhi.: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India.. 1975.. 16pp. Original stapled wrappers little worn and marked, otherwise a very good copy. 21 x 14cm. A publication of the Government of India, issued at the start of the Emergency, denouncing the Naxalite movement as a violent, extremist group, and little more than a puppet of Beijing. .

Hyderabad.: Institute of Asian Studies.. (Circa1968).. 30pp. Corners little bumped, spine neatly penned with author's name and title, little chipped at tail, original stapled wrappers little browned, overall a good copy. 24.5 x 16.5cm. An overview of the evolving relationship between the Soviet Union and India, examining the CPSU's ideological pivot from Europe towards the developing world, India's soured relationship… Read more about this item

Canberra.: Embassy of Pakistan.. 1976.. 12pp. Accompanying letter from A.G. Shahbaz, the embassy's press attache, loosely inserted. "Jinnah" neatly penned on spine, original stapled wrappers little shelf worn, overall a good copy. 25 x 17.5cm. A short biography of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, together with a selection of quotes from and about him, as well as a chronology of his activities.… Read more about this item

Tashkent.: Uzbek Society for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries.. 1977.. Black and white photographic illustrations, 22pp. Head of spine little bumped, overall a very good copy in original stapled wrappers. 14 x 10.5cm. A short booklet issued to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution, outlining the overall socio-economic state of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic -… Read more about this item