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THE SILK ROAD: ART AND HISTORY
Written by Jonathan Tucker.
Stock no. 1828666
Published by Philip Wilson Publishers.
1st
2003.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A celebration of the cultural heritage of the countries along the Silk Road, this book is a detailed, lavishly illustrated exploration of the ancient trade routes between Europe and Asia. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 391 pages including index. ISBN: 0856675466. Top & tail of spine shelf-worn. Corners of boards lightly rubbed. Neat name & date in ink to front endpaper. Otherwise, contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top & tail of spine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
- CHINA
- ART
MATILDA: HER LIFE AND LEGACY
Written by Joyce Stevens Smith; Joyce Savidge.
Stock no. 1828611
Published by Matilda And War Memorial Hospital.
1st
1988.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The story of Matilda L. Sharp and the hospital she founded in Hong Kong. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 166 pages. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to title page. Top edge of text block slightly dusty. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges, slightly faded to spine, stained to rear panel. There is a second dustwrapper beneath the outer which is clean.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
- HONG KONG
- BIOGRAPHY
WAR IN SHANGRI-LA: A MEMOIR OF CIVIL WAR IN LAOS
Written by Mervyn Brown.
Stock no. 1828448
Published by The Radcliffe Press.
1st
2001.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Mervyn Brown and his time as deputy to the British Ambassador in the 1960s. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 1860647359. Red dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and has slight surface paper loss at top of spine.
SANCTUARY: THE TEMPLES OF ANGKOR
Written by Steve McCurry; John Guy.
Stock no. 1828354
Published by Phaidon Press Limited.
1st
2002.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Steve McCurry has beautifully and evocatively photographed Temples of Angkor in Cambodia, among the world's most impressive monuments. A sublime portrait of the buildings, sculpture and people of Angkor. Introduction by John Guy. Oblong format. Black textured cloth boards, black title to spine, publisher to front. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 0714841757. Board edges lightly knocked else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded to spine (no title visible) and is slightly grubby.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
- CAMBODIA
- MONUMENTS
- PHOTOGRAPHY
SHADOWS IN THE DESERT: ANCIENT PERSIA AT WAR
Written by Kaveh Farrokh.
Stock no. 1828036
Published by Osprey Publishing.
1st
2007.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A comprehensive history of Persia's wars with East and West from the 6th century BC, and an insight into the exchange of ideas and culture that occurred during these clashes in military technology, the arts, medicine, religion and science. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 320 pages including index. ISBN: 9781846031083. A lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
- PERSIA
- MILITARY
THE PLANTS OF MOUNT KINABALU: 4. DICOTYLEDON FAMILIES ACANTHACEAE TO LYTHRACEAE
Written by John H. Beaman; Christiane Anderson; Reed S. Beaman.
Stock no. 1827825
Published by Natural History Publications (borneo); Royal Botanic Gardens.
1st
2001.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A project to provide inventory of all vascular plants in the flora of Mount Kinabulu - this is volume 4 only. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour photos. xiv and 570 pages including index plus publisher adverts to rear. ISBN: 9838120510. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- ASIA
- BORNEO
- FLORA
- PLANT HUNTING
CHINA AND GLOBAL NUCLEAR ORDER FROM ESTRANGEMENT TO ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT
Written by Nicola Horsburgh.
Stock no. 1327148
Published by Oxford University Press.
Circa
2015.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
An empirically rich study of Chinese nuclear weapons behaviour and the impact of this behaviour on global nuclear politics since 1949. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 234 pages. ISBN: 9780198706113. Third impression. Minimal bumping to spine and minimal rubbing/creasing to dustwrapper edges.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
- CHINA
- NUCLEAR
IN XANADU: A QUEST
Written by William Dalrymple.
Stock no. 1827517
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2015.
Slightly better than very good condition.
With a new introduction by the author. The author's quest across Asia to Coleridge's Xanadu. Pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuff marks (shelf wear).
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- TRAVEL
- ASIA
THE EFFECTS OF THE ATOMIC BOMBS AT HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI: REPORT OF THE BRITISH MISSION TO JAPAN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827253
Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office.
1st
1946.
Very good condition.
On August 6th, 1945, an American Super-Fortress flying at 30,000 feet dropped a single atomic bomb over the Japanese mercantile city of Hiroshima. Three days later, a second atomic bomb was dropped over the industrial city of Nagasaki. The British Mission which spent the month of November, 1945, in Hiroshima and Nagasaki gives this report which tells what as seen and what could be learnt three months after the bombing. Cream paperwraps with blue title to front. Staple binding. 21 pages plus b/w photos. Covers a little grubby, corners a little worn/creased. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
- JAPAN
- MILITARY
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
CHINA THE FACTS
Written by P.T. Etherton.
Stock no. 1326566
Published by Ernest Benn Limited.
1st
1927.
Very good condition.
Yellow cloth, black title to spine. 257 numbered pages. B/w photos, folding map at rear of book. Spine bumped. Endpapers browned. Foxing to contents else clean.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- CHINA
- ASIA
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
INDIRA GANDHI ON PEOPLES AND PROBLEMS
Written by Indira Gandhi.
Stock no. 1827105
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1983.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
This book contains more than two dozen of the Indian Prime Minister's most important speeches from the time she first became Prime Minister of India in January 1966. New Edition with additional material. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0340348976. Foxing to top edge of text block. Grey dustwrapper is a little grubby, lightly creased at edges and lightly scuffed.
THE CARTOGRAPHY OF THE EAST INDIAN ISLANDS: INSULAE INDIAE ORIENTALIS
Written by David E. Parry.
Stock no. 1826884
Published by Countrywide Editions Ltd.
1st
2005.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A guide to the cartographic history and maps of Insulae Indiae Orientalis or the East Indian Islands as the area came to be known for over three hundred years: the world's largest archipelao and the home of the fabled spice islands of the Moluccas. Large oblong format. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780955170119. Some foxing to text block else contents clean. Red pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
- INDONESIA
- CARTOGRAPHY
- MAPS