Asian History

Tucson AZ, Westernlore Press, 1991, hardcover, xv-170 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Presentation copy--Signed and inscribed by the author to The Honorable George Miller, Mayor of the City of Tucson, Arizona, and gilt-stamped on the front board as such, Very Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end and corner touches. Dustjacket, edge nicks, rubs, small wrinkles, in new Brodart sleeve. A personal account of the author's service in Company D, 10th Engineer Battalion (Combat), 3rd Infantry Division, at the Chosin Reservoir Battle during the Korean conflict. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of black-&-white photographs. Forewords by Frank Kerr, Rick Seward, Gordon Green, and Philip A. Kulbes. Appended; Epilogue, Apology, Acknowledgements, Unit Citations.

Macmillan and Co. London. 1906. First edition. Royal 8vo. xviii, 737pp. Folding map frontis., 20 folding genealogical tables, numerous photo illus. Original green cloth, gilt. Slightly faded, spotted, bumped and rubbed. Foxing to endpapers, pages untrimmed. Small Parker & Son Booksellers plate to fep.

William Halse Rivers Rivers (1864-1922) FRCP, FRS. Anthropologist, ethnologist, neurologist, psychologist. A detailed study of the people "of the Nilgiri Hills in Southern India". His innovative methodology in this work was later adopted as standard anthropological practice.

This Book is a compilation of selected writings of Edgar Snow, assembled by his wife and the Author of this Book, Lois Wheeler Snow. These writings and added photographs pertain to the Chinese Revolution in the 20th Century. Book has 284 pages and more than 450 photographs from 20th Century China. This Book is a signed First Edition by the Author at a Book promotion in Kansas City.

1970 McGraw Hill first edition. Uncommon as a true first.The author was born in 1930, and tells the story of Japan in World War Two from a child's perspective. The book includes an account of the Hiroshima nuclear bomb, which injured the author, and killed her mother.Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The top edge of the text block shows some light soil.Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It is protected in a new mylar cover.Please message me with any questions

This book relates the tale of a classic adventure in the wilds of Afghanistan. There is a former owner's name inside the cover.

Ascona, Switzerland: Artibus Asiae Publishers, 1959. Second Printing. VG in G DJ. Interior is tight, bright, and clean with no ownership marks. Binding shows all four corners bumped, all edges rubbed, and damage to lower spine. Unclipped DJ is intact but heavily challenged with heavy tearing, creasing, chipping, and rubbing. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

UK: A & C Black, 1903. Hard Back. FAIR TO GOOD/No D/W. MORTIMER MENPES. 1903. HARDBACK. FAIR TO GOOD COPY. 100 COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS. PICTORIAL DECORATIVE COVER.THE FRONT BOARD HAS GILT PEACOCKS UNDER A TREE WITH GILT TITLES ABOVE,SMALL ROUND MARK NEXT TO TITLES, SMALL MARK ON ONE OF THE PEACOCKS, THE TOP OUTER EDGE OF THE PAGE BLOCK HAS BEEN FINISHED WITH GILT. OUTER SIDE EDGE LIGHTLY DUST MARKED. PREVIOUS OWNERS NAME ON BLANK FRONT END PAPER. . SOME OF THE TEXT PAGES ARE LIGHTLY FOXED ON THE EDGE AND MARGINS. THE TEXT IS GENERALLY VERY GOOD FOR AGE, THE COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS ARE ARE VERY GOOD WITH NICE CLEAN PAGES WITH TISSUE GUARDS, A GOOD COPY FOR ITS AGE. POSTED FROM THE UK IN 1-2 WORKING DAYS, IN A PROTECTIVE CARD WRAP. HEAVY. PLEASE CHECK FOR POSTAGE ABROAD.

Hong Kong: John and Veronica Stericker, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Published Hong Kong: Privately printed, John and Veronica Stericker, 1954. Folio, 9 1/8" x 12 1/8", 52pp., illustrated with b/w photos, map of the Hong Kong city district, 12 tipped in color plates plus 4 loose color prints in rear pocket, as published. All plates and prints are present. Cream leatherette with gilt titles and emblem. Text in English and Chinese. Minor edge fray to rear flyleaf. All very good plus, clean, bright. A very nice copy. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Folio.

Abdullah, Achmed. The Thief of Bagdad. Readers Library Publishing Co. Ltd., London Film Edition, 1924. USED. TONED. Good Condition/ Good- DJ. QUITE RARE IN THE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET Front dj panel states "Film Edition" Actor Douglas Fairbanks photo on back panel. DJ Spine is chipped. Now protected in a mylar wrap. Summary: The Thief of Bagdad is a 1924 American silent swashbuckler film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Douglas Fairbanks, and written by Achmed Abdullah and Lotta Woods. Freely adapted from "One Thousand and One Nights", it tells the story of a thief who falls in love with the daughter of the Caliph of Baghdad.

*SIGNED*; Dust jacket is missing; Front and back covers show minor wear with some discoloration on the front cover; Author's signature on title page; Front free endpaper has a previous owner's name in ink at the top center of page, otherwise pages are clean; Binding is tight.

Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, c. 1973. Hardcover. No DJ. Orange buckram over boards. Binding is tight; interior is clean and bright. Corners lightly rubbed; front lower corner bumped; edges show mild abrasion. Else Fine. Photo is of the copy here at Barbed Wire Books.

New York: Rockport Press. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover. Text is clean. Cover shows normal wear, lower corner of rear cover slightly bumped. Dust jacket shows wear with minor chipping to spine ends and corners. Toning to endpapers. Minor soiling to bottom text edge. NAP. ; 269 pages .

Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben, 1988. A few illustrations, octavo, pp xiv, 348, very clean internally, grey cloth in very good condition, an excellent copy in a dustwrapper with the slightest signs of wear. From the library of Dan E. Mayers, plantsman, chess-master, limerick-lover and eccentric, with bookplate showing his Arts & Crafts house "Lorien" in Wadhurst. RARE.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

SIGNED by poet Qiu Xiaolong on title page, no inscription.
Stated First Edition - first printing (number line contains "1").
Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
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This book is a photographic exploration of life in the old and rapidly disappearing quarters of Shanghai, with accompanying poems and essays by the author of fiction and poetry, Qiu Xiaolong.
The photographs, all taken in a documentary style over a period of five years, represent an intimate and invaluable visual natural history of a way of life in the workers quarters and other central districts of the city that held sway throughout the 20th century and into the early years of the 21st century, before yielding to the ambitious ongoing efforts at urban reconstruction.
Mr. Qiu, whose best-known books are largely set in this old city, where his… Read More

Book cover like new, one lightly bumped corner - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
No dust jacket issued with this book.
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Focusing on the 16th-century Chinese painter Qiu Ying, this book showcases the artist's influence and contributions to Ming dynasty painting.Celebrated for his masterful brushstrokes, depictions of nature, and use of translucent blue-green pigments, Qiu Ying is the least known of the four Ming Dynasty masters of the Wu School. This elegantly produced and groundbreaking monograph, the first Western-language publication devoted to the painter, draws on new scholarship to offer a deep and rich appreciation of Qiu Ying's achievements beyond the landscapes for which he is renowned. The book creates a new chronology for Qiu Ying's paintings and re-examines his relationship to the Wu School. Over eighty of the artist's paintings,… Read More