Search Results: ASIA from Windy Hill Books

Cleveland: World, (1964) 2nd Printing. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Illustrated with photographs. 96 pages, reinforced cloth. A firsthand view of the work of UNICEF in the various nations in Asia. VERY GOOD+ in darkened dustjacket..

NY: Macmillan, 1948 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. FIRST PRINTING. 166 pgs, boards. Story of the trip of 3 Chinese children from Shanghai to Kunming & their escape thru enemy lines during WWII. VERY GOOD in dustjacket chipped at spine tips..

NY: Viking, (1959) Book. Illus. by Kazue Mizumura. Very Good+. Hardcover. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Book Club Edition. 176 pgs, boards. Story of a Japanese family who fled Tokyo during the bombing who returned after the war to rebuild their home & their lives . Worn dustjacket..

NY: Harper & Row, 1977 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. First Edition. 217 pages, boards. A 12 year old girl who knows little of her Chinese heritage is sent to San Francisco's Chinatown to live with her grandmother. Jane Addams Peace Award & Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. Minor edge wear. Bookplate. VERY GOOD+ in a dust jacket worn at corners & chipped at spine tips..

NY: Macmillan, 1947 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Illustrated by author. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. NEAR FINE in darkened dustjacket. 48 pages, boards. Story of Little Mushroom & his weak little cricket that he teaches to wrestle. Book a bit musty..

MN: EMC Corporation, (1973) Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. 47 pages, reinforced pictorial cloth. Photographs and brief text introduce the historical sights of Peking and the daily work and recreation of the residents of China's cities. Cover shows light soil..

Chic: Follett, (1967) Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket. FIRST PRINTING. Illustrated by W.T. Mars, 48 pages, cloth. New haiku in the Japanese tradition with 17 syllables in 3 lines of 5, 7 & 5 syllables & unrhymed. Delicate watercolor illustrations suit the feeling of the poetry..

NY: Vanguard, 1944 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD+ in soiled & chipped dustjacket. 61 pgs, cloth. Account of Chinese-American relations from early times to the war years of the flying Tigers. 2-color vignette illus..

NY: Scribner's, (1955) Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Illustrated by by Tack Shigaki. FIRST EDITION. 180 pgs, cloth. Story of an American girl who travels with her family to live in Japan for two years & finds she lives with other Americans & is unable to speak to the Japanese in their own language. Ink name. VERY GOOD+ in rubbed dustjacket..

Boston: Little, Brown, 1967 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. 89 pgs, reinforced cloth. 5 Japanese fairy tales illus in blk/white, green & orange. Dj chipped & creased across vertically across front panel..

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1968 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 167 pgs, boards. Story of a Sultan's son's kidnapping in a sea village on the east coast of Malaya, Indonesia..

NY: Kane/Miller, (1986) Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Illustrated by author. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 32 pgs, boards. Mi-Chan, a young Japanese girl, enjoys the falling snow as it piles up in her village. FINE as issued w/o d-w..

Chicago: Rand McNally, 1964 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. First Edition. 64 pages, reinforced cloth. Near Fine in a Near Fine, clipped dustjacket. Story about Boys' Day in Japan & about Japanese family & community life. In publishers library binding, NOT a library discard..

Chicago: Rand McNally, 1964 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. First Edition. 64 pages, reinforced cloth. Story about Boys' Day in Japan & about Japanese family & community life. NEAR FINE in Very Good chipped & moderately worn dust jacket..

NY: Scribner's, 1969 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. First Edition. 112 pgs, cloth. Story of a young girl from Kyoto who travels to Tokyo on a trip of self-discovery. FINE in lightly soiled dustjacket..

Philadelphia: Winston, 1934 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Hard Cover. 266 pgs, gilt decorated cloth. Colored frontis & blk/white illus thru out. VERY GOOD in chipped/frayed dustjacket. Text block of book age darkened..

NY: Henry Holt, 1992 Book. Illus. by . Fine. Hardcover. First Edtion, First Printing. 79 pgs, boards. Japanese nature poems organized by season illustrated with lovely color painting..

NY: David McKay, 1955 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Illustrated by author. 32 pgs, decorative cloth. Strong simple black line drawings. Text hand lettered. Dj shelf rubbed..

SD: Harcourt, Brace, 1993 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine in a Fine Dust jacket. First Edition, first printing. 32 pages, boards. A young Vietnamese girl saves a lotus seed & carries it with her to remember her homeland which she has to flee. Illustrated in color..

London: Macmillan, 1928 Book. Illus. by W. Russell Flint. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. Pen & ink drawings by Charles E. Brock. (FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION) 96 pgs, gilt lettered cloth. 8 full pg color plates. 2 Act Play..