Search Results: Titles starting with A from Asia Bookroom

Hong Kong.: 香港三聯書店.. 2000.. Profuse black and white illustrations, 96pp, contents and illustrations in Chinese and English, upper edge foxed, wrapper spine sunned, a good copy. .

Bandung.: Galeri Decenta. First Edition.. 1985. Black and white and colour illustrations, 119pp, bibliography, bilingual Indonesian and English, covers slightly worn, good paperback copy. 21 x 22.7cm. .

Canberra.: Australian National University.. 2007.. Maps, xvii + 313pp, appendix, bibliography, 30 x 21.5cm. A very good hardback copy. A study on the conditions in Asia in regards to a potential spread of HIV/AIDS. Asia was at the time seen as the next major epicentre of the spread of the virus. PhD thesis submitted at the Australian National University. .

(London).: (The London Printing and Publishing Company).. (Circa1858).. Engraving 12.5 x 18.4 cm, margins a little toned, but in very good condition. Fine engraving prepared for R. Montgomery Martin's "Indian Empire". .

Hong Kong.: Hong Kong Tourist Association.. (Circa1975).. Colour maps, colour and black and white photographic plates, unpaginated. This short guide also includes many interesting adverts. Small tear head of spine, lettered in gilt upper cover and spine. 13 x 9cm. .

Hong Kong.: A-O-A Ltd.. June/July1977.. Coloured tourist maps of Hong Kong printed both sides on a sheet, folded. One general area map of Hong Kong and three detailed street maps featuring Kowloon Peninsula, Tsimshatsui and Central District. Generally in very good condition, text in traditional Chinese, English and Japanese. Sheet measures 58.2 x 43cm. The tourist maps include currency rate, tourist advice, advertisements for foreign and local brands and shops (e.g. A-O-A Gambling Handbook for Macau, Duty Free shopping centres, Chinese Arts & Crafts centres, acupuncture clinic, etc.) The maps of Central and TST have the names of many hotels, businesses, post offices etc marked on them. .

Hong Kong.: Walter K. Hoffman.. January/February1976.. Coloured tourist map brochure of maps of Hong Kong printed both sides (six maps in total), folded. Brochure also includes advertisements, currency rates. Minor tears along folds, otherwise in good condition. Text in traditional Chinese, English and Japanese. Sheet measures 58.2 x 43.4cm. Sheet includes 6 individual maps: Map of British Crown Colony of Hong Kong, Map of the Urban Area (with routes for public transportation), Map of Tsimshatsui (large scale street map), Map of Central District (large scale street map), Map of Wanchai (large scale street map), Map of Causeway Bay (large scale street map), Map of Portuguese Overseas Province of Macau. On the maps of Central and TST the names of many businesses, hotels, etc are marked. .

Jakarta.: Grafiti Pers.. 1984.. Black and white illustrations, 1170pp, inscription title page, a good hardback copy in dustjacket, card slipcase, text in Indonesian. .

Singapore.: NUS Press. [2016].. Colour image of ASEAN flag, 295pp, index, bibliography, paperback. New. Forty years after the Bangkok Declaration, which established the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a new document was drafted as a result of "bold and visionary recommendations" of an ASEAN Committee of Eminent Persons. The ASEAN Charter, which came into force in 2008, provides ASEAN’s legal status and institutional framework. In effect, it is a legally binding agreement among the 10 ASEAN Member States. And while the strength of ASEAN’s legal character has yet to be fully tested, the Charter is important as a statement of shared norms and aspirations. Written by one of the persons involved in the negotiations leading to the adoption of the Charter, this meticulously researched publication helps readers navigate the ambiguities of the Charter by detailing an insider’s background, provision by provision, of the debates that went into the making of the ASEAN Charter.… Read More

Singapore.: ISEAS.. 2010.. xviii + 166 pages, index, a very good hardback copy. With the completion of the ASEAN Charter, ASEAN needs to fully appreciate and work out the issues connected with its implementation. It is also important for ASEAN and its business sector to understand and implement the two newly completed key integration instruments (the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement and the ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement 2009) and the business enhancing initiatives envisaged under them. Both areas of work have taken on added urgency in view of ASEAN's goal of putting in place an ASEAN Economic Community by 2015. This is the first book which examines both the above issues, the problems related to them and possible solutions. .

Manila.: Bureau of Printing.. 1939.. 12pp, some wear to paper wrappers, ex-library, label to upper, library designations written on frontis and first leaf, stamps to last leaves and lower pastedown, little soiling, still sound. Describes the Abaca industry in the Philippines, including the grading, classification and baling; statistical data, growing requirements and cultivation. .

Kuala Lumpur.: Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka.. 1996.. ix + 148pp, bibliography, index, a good paperback copy. Text in Malay. "Munsyi Abdullah and the Malay community." .

Leipzig.: F. A. Brockhaus. Dritte Auflage (Third Edition). 1909.. Photographic frontispiece, folding map with outline colour, numerous monotone and black and white photographic plates & illustrations (a few in colour), x + 414 pages, 23 x15 cm, text in German; original pebbled cloth embossed in gilt and black, coloured illustration laid down on the upper board, spine a little sunned, edges a little bumped, front free endpaper abraded at the top edge presumably by the removal of a name, occasional very light foxing, a very good copy. German edition of Sven Hedin's "Adventures in Tibet". .

(Paris).: Service hydrographique et océanographique de la marine. 1883, but1894.. Engraved hydrographical chart on watermarked double sheet, 99 x 63 cm, soundings in metres, lighthouses picked out in yellow and red, inset map of the port and town of Tenedos, central fold, a few very slight edge tears (to the generous margins), light spotting and surface soiling, but in very good condition. Fine and impressive large naval chart of this strategically important strait, then still under the control of the Ottoman Empire. From a private collection; "Lord John Fitzroy, Royal Yacht Squadron" in manuscript on the verso. .

South Yarra.: Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Institute of Modern Art.. 1996.. Colour plates with black and white photographic illustrations, 48 pages, list of artists with selected bibliographies, a very good paperback copy. Accompanying piece from exhibitions held across Australia by Chinese and Australian contemporary artists. .

Edinburgh.: William Blackwood & Sons.. Second edition, enlarged with a map.. 1880.. Folding coloured map of India with reference to the divisions of the country. xxiv + 552pp with index, plus 16 page publisher's catalogue at the rear (uncut). Tan cloth covered boards ruled in black with decorative device on the upper board, spine lettered in gilt. Some tape residue on the free endpaper and light foxing generally limited to the preliminaries and finals. A very good copy. 20 x 12cm. .

United States: Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.. 1999.. Colour and black and white illustrations, vi + 128pp, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. .

No publication details.. n.d.. 10pp, photocopies in patchily browned wrappers bound with tape, author and title handwritten upper cover, from the library of Professor A.L. Basham. Offprint. .

北京. [Beijing].: Student Administration, Beijing Finance and Economics School. 北京財經學校教導處.. 1953- 1955. Six academic transcripts for Beijing Finance and Economic student 劉達民 [Liu Damin], majoring in statistics. Liu performed extremely well over his 3 years of study (2 semesters each year) scoring an average 5/5. Comments on the transcripts overall are very positive praising him for being proactive in study. One area reported for improvement was his communication skills. Text in traditional Chinese. Each transcript is printed on thin paper with grades and notes handwritten in ink. One transcript has a hole causing the loss of one character, a few are slightly chipped at the edges but overall the collection is in good condition. .

Berkeley.: University of California Press.. 1992.. Tables and figures, xiv + 247pp, appendix, glossary and biographical notes, bibliography, index, bookplate front free endpaper, very good in protected dustjacket. Dramatic study of the changing nature and limits of academic freedom in prewar Japan. .