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Over a Bamboo Fence; An American Looks at Japan.
by Brown, Margery Finn
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- 1954
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Rutland VT Tuttle, 1954, paperback. This mother of four daughters joined her husband in Tokyo then Kyoto, and got a job on a Japanese newspaper to meet Japanese people. -- Softcover. Good-only used condition (spine torn; corners bumped; owner name; otherwise, pages are clear and binding is tight).
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The Empire of the Steppes, A History of Central Asia.
by Grousset, Rene
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- 1970
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- 9780813513041
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£11.99
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New Brunswick NJ Rutgers University Press, 1970, paperback. Translated from French. Softcover, 687 pages. Condition: very good (spine creased). ISBN 0813513049
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Race and Slavery in the Middle East; An Historical Inquiry.
by Lewis, Bernard
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- Published
- 1992
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- 9780195053265
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New York Oxford University Press, 1992, paperback. Softcover. Condition: near fine. ISBN 0195053265
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Persian Miniature Painting, and Its Influence on the Art of Turkey and India; The British Library Collections.
by Titley, Norah M.
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- Published
- 1984
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- 9780292764842
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Austin University of Texas Press, 1984, hardcover. There are 47 color plates and 83 black-and-white illustrations. -- Hardcover, 272 pages, 9x11 inches. Condition: near fine (a few page corners folded) with near fine dust jacket. ISBN 0292764847
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Les Bas-fonds du Caire; Roman de Baibars, 3.
by Bohas, Georges
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- Published
- 1986
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- 9782727401339
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£14.39
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Paris Sindbad, 1986, paperback. This 13th century narrative is here translated into FRENCH from Arabic, by Georges Bohas and Jean-Patrick Guillaume. -- Softcover. Condition: very good (some irregular sunning to covers). ISBN 2727401337
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The Trumpet Shall Sound; A Study of 'Cargo' Cults in Micronesia.
by Worsley, Peter
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- 1957
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London Macgibbon & Kee, 1957, hardcover. Social anthropology in Melanesia, South Pacific islands, of groups that anticipate a "period of supernatural bliss." Includes photos, map on endsheet, bibliography and index. -- Hardcover. Condition: very good (spine lightly sunned; bookplate; no jacket).
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A Turkish Tapestry; The Shakirs of Istanbul.
by Devrim, Shirin
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- Published
- 1994
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- First Edition
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- 9780704370630
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£23.98
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London Quartet Books, 1994, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by author on blank page. -- Hardcover. Condition: near fine, with near fine dust jacket. ISBN 0704370638
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Ethnic Costume From Guizhou; Clothing designs and decorations from minority ethnic groups in southwest China.
by Shoubo Huang
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- Published
- 1987
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- 9780835117388
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£27.98
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Beijing Foreign Languages Press, 1987, paperback. 155 brilliant color illustrations. Distribution map. -- Prepared by the National Affairs Commission, Guizhou Province, the Folk Art Gallery and the Provincial Museum. -- Softcover, 102 pages, 9x10 inches. Condition: near fine. ISBN 0835117383
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The Pasha; How Mehemet Ali Defied the West 1839-1841.
by Letitia W. Ufford
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- 2007
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- 9780786428939
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Jefferson NC McFarland, 2007, paperback. Mehemet Ali Pasha was called the founder of modern Egypt. Illustrated. Includes extensive research footnotes, bibliography and index. -- Softcover, 261 pages. Condition: near fine. ISBN 9780786428939
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Island of Java.
by Stockdale, John Joseph
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- 1995
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- 9789625930794
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Singapore Periplus Editions, 1995, hardcover. Quality reprint of the 1811 original edition, written after the British capture of this unknown part of Indonesia, to "satisfy the curiosity of the British public." New introduction 1995 by John Bastin. -- Hardcover, 406 pages. Condition: near fine (owner name; tiny cover edge rub) with fine dust jacket. ISBN 9625930795
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Linguistics, Psychology, and the Chinese Language.
by Kao, Henry S. R.; Rumjahn Hoosain
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- 1986
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Hong Kong University of Hong Kong, 1986, paperback. Centre of Asian Studies Occasional Papers and Monographs, no. 67. -- Softcover, 333 pages. Condition: near fine. -- Chapters by various authors include topics: acquisition of concepts; Stroop phenomena in the Japanese langugage; the verb in children's stories; EEG and calligraphy; language functions and subcortical structures; psychophysiological aspects.
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Wasurerarenai Anohi; The Day Never to be Forgotten.
by Kanagawa Atomic Bomb Sufferers Association
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- 2005
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Yokohama City Japan Kanagawa Atomic Bomb Sufferers Association, 2005, paperback. A collection of testimonies and pictures by sufferers of the A- bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Color reproductions of the artwork. Text also in Japanese. -- Softcover, oversize oblong. Condition: near fine (owner name; cover corner crease).
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The Middle East; A Brief History of the Last 2,000 Years.
by Lewis, Bernard
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- Published
- 1995
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- First Edition
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- 9780684807126
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New York Scribner, 1995, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing in U.S. -- Hardcover. Condition: fine, with fine dust jacket. ISBN 0684807122
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The Life Of an Amorous Woman, and other writings.
by Ihara Saikaku; Ivan Morris
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- 1963
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Norfolk CT New Directions, 1963, hardcover. Second printing. Translated from the Japanese of this great Japanese fiction writer, lived 1642-1693, by Ivan Morris. UNESCO Collection of Representative Works. Illustrated. Includes extensive academic material by Morris: introduction, notes, bibliography, essays. Map on endsheets. -- Hardcover. Good-only used condition (rear-cover stained, otherwise a sound and… Read more
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Yamatopia, Ideal Japan. (four magazine issues, bound).
by Yamatopia; Tameo Kajiyama
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- 1952
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£107.92
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Tokyo Yamatopic Publications, 1952, hardcover. Cover title: Thoughts and Ideas of Tameo Kajiyama. -- Post World War II propaganda periodical "humbly trying to endear Japan to the world." -- First pages feature an ad for the "finest whiskey in Japan" and a message from General MacArthur about democracy in Japan. Other features: kabuki plays, with brief selections from James… Read more
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Inspirations: A Guide to Our Forty Favorite Pieces.
by National Museum Volunteers Bangkok
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- 2009
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Bangkok Thailand National Museum Volunteers, 2009, paperback. Later printing 2016. The pieces include prehistoric, Khmer, Lanna, Sukhothai, etc. -- Softcover, 8.4x11.4 inches. Condition: near fine.
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China's Minority Peoples.
by China, State Nationalities Affairs Commission
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- 1996
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Beijing China Pictorial Publishing House, 1996, hardcover. Second edition. The peoples are shown in color photos, each with very brief history and cultural note. -- Hardcover, 9x12 inches. Condition: very good (printer's binding is wavy) with very good dust jacket. ISBN 80024046O/J04709600
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Traditional China in Asian and World History.
by Tansen Sen; Victor H. Mair
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- 2012
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- 9780924304651
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Ann Arbor MI Association for Asian Studies, 2012, paperback. Illustrated with several maps, photos. -- Softcover. Condition: near fine. ISBN 9780924304651
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River Without Bridges; A Study of The Exodus of the 1967 Palestinian Arab Refugees.
by Dodd, Peter; Halim Barakat
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- 1968
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Beirut Institute for Palestinian Studies, 1968, paperback. Softcover. Condition: very good.
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Chinese Literature, 2.
by Chinese Literature
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- Published
- 1976
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Peking Foreign Languages Press, 1976, paperback. Stories, with illustrations, during the Cultural Revolution in China. -- Softcover. Condition: very good (label scar front-cover).
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