Category: Asia

Pancasila and the Search for Identity and Modernity in Indonesian Society: a Cultural and Ethical Analysis

By: Darmaputera, Eka

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Leiden, N.Y., Kobenhavn, E.J. Brill : 1988

Seller ID: 150123

ISBN-13: 9789004084223

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Book shows light shelf wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 254 pages, contents include: Three cultural layers: Indigenous, Indic, Islamic, Three religio-cultural types: Abangan, Santri, Priyayi, Three sources of values: Wayang mythologies, Slametan ritual, Ethic of unity, balance and harmony, Pancasila, historical development, In Indonesian society, etc.
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Costumes of the East

By: Fairservis, Walter A.

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Chatham Press, : 1971

Seller ID: 129861

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Ex-institutional library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Text/interior is clean and unmarked in any way. Text block and boards both have sharp corners, no edge or corner wear, binding is very tight. Dust jacket is worn with multiple small tears and chipping at edges, heavy scuffing, no large or open tears. 160 pages on heavy paper with color plates on glossy paper. Profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Contents include costume of Balkans, Caucasus, Ukraine, Near East, Iran, (Persia) Afghanistan, Central Asia, India and Pakistan, High Borderlands, Kashmir, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhut...
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Tibetan Manuscripts (Catalogue 25)

By: Fogg, Sam

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London, Sam Fogg Rare Books and Manuscripts : 2001

Seller ID: 142763

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fine

Staple-bound 24 page catalogue. 9 1/4"w x 11 3/4"h. Many color photos. Introductory essay by Also Mignucci.
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Forest Guardians, Forest Destroyers: The Politics of Environmental Knowledge in Northern Thailand

By: Forsyth, Tim; Walker, Andrew

Price: $27.50

Publisher: University of Washington : 2008

Seller ID: 131985

ISBN-13: 9780295988221

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fine

Brand new book with tight, square binding, text/interior free of marking of any kind. 302 pages, this is the real book, not a P.O.D.
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Nature in the Global South: Environmental Projects in South and Southeast Asia

By: Greenough, Paul; Tsing, Anna Lowenhaupt (Editors)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Durham, Duke University Press Books : 2003

Seller ID: 136697

ISBN-13: 9780822331506

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 428 pages. Full green cloth boards.
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International & Regional Security Implications of the Sri Lankan Tamil Insurgency

By: Gunaratna, Rohan

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Alumni Assoc of the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies & International Foundation of Sri Lankans U.K. : 2001

Seller ID: 087405

ISBN: 9559506005

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

132 pages, many photos in b&w and color, including the severed head of Dhanu, suicide bomber and killer of Rajiv Ghandi. Shows suicide body suit of the LTTE, severed head of Kulaweerasingham Werakumar , alias Miresh , alias Babu, suiside bomber of Pres Ranasinghe Premadasa. Charts, maps, logos, lots of copies of internal LTTE documents.
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Tseng Kuo-fan and the Taiping Rebellion: With a Short Sketch of His Later Career

By: Hail, William James

Price: $33.50

Publisher: Paragon Book Reprint Corporation : 1964

Seller ID: 127887

ISBN-13: 9780903001014

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 422 pages, book shows very little wear of any kind.
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Indonesia Reader, the: History, Culture, Politics

By: Hellwig, Tineke; Eric Tagliacozzo, (eds.)

Price: $19.50

Publisher: Duke Univ Pr : 2009

Seller ID: 150116

ISBN-13: 9780822344247

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fine

Book is in excellent condition, as new in every respect. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind.
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Asiatic Art in the Seattle Art Museum: A Selection and Catalogue

By: Henry, William Jay Rathbun and Catherine A. Kaputa Trubner

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Seattle, Seattle Art Museum : 1973

Seller ID: 128330

Binding: Oversize Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 300 pages. 8 3/4"w x 10 1/2"h.
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The Evolution of Javanese Gamelan: Book 1: Music of the Roaring Sea

By: Hood, Mantle

Price: $17.50

Publisher: C F Peters Corp : 1980

Seller ID: 151293

ISBN-13: 9783795902803

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 229 pages with short b&w photo page at back. Sections on Bronze drums, tuning of , in sets, musical patterns, style, Gamelan Munggang and early descendants, development and degeneration, paired tuning, etc.
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Traditional Thai Art in Contemporary Perspective

By: Howard, Michael C.

Price: $37.95

Publisher: Bangkok, White Lotus : 1998

Seller ID: 102866

ISBN-13: 9789748434285

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

A clean, unmarked copy.
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Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China

By: Hung, Wu; Phillips, Christopher

Price: $39.50

Publisher: Smart Museum Of Art, The University Of C : 2004

Seller ID: 150708

ISBN-13: 9780935573398

Binding: Oversize Hardback

Condition: Near Fine

Book is in excellent condition with lightly bumped corners only. Black cloth binding is otherwise as new. Binding is solid and square, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 224 pages packed with large color photos.
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Pacification: The American Struggle For Vietnam's Hearts And Minds

By: Hunt, Richard A

Price: $89.50

Publisher: U.S.A., Westview Press : 1995

Seller ID: 133526

ISBN-13: 9780813311821

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

1/4 cloth in black with orange/pink paper covered boards, several dark scuff marks to front and back covers, minor edge wear top and bottom spine, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind, page block is tight, straight and square, binding is solid. Inscribed opposite title page to Dave Kobin (?) -- it is not clear -- re his "help & inspiration when we were at Penn together... "Pacification" of course was the American invaders plan to hurd the population under the auspices of our stooge government into little prison camps they would then be required to...
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Learning Chinese Canada

By: Initiative for Student Teaching and Research in Chinese Canadian Studies, UBC

Price: $34.95

Publisher: University of British Columbia : 2009

Seller ID: 119215

ISBN-13: 9780978342043

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

As-new copy in excellent condition in every respect. 200 pages with perfectly clean text. Covers are unblemished with straight spine, undamaged edges, sharp corners. Very slight scuffing/shelfwear to gloss of covers. Text is in English & Chinese
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Learning Chinese Canada

By: Initiative for Student Teaching and Research in Chinese Canadian Studies, UBC

Price: $34.95

Publisher: University of British Columbia : 2009

Seller ID: 123078

ISBN-13: 9780978342043

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

As-new copy in excellent condition in every respect. 200 pages with perfectly clean text. Covers are unblemished with straight spine, undamaged edges, sharp corners. Text is in English & Chinese
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Space in Japanese Architecture

By: Inoue, Mitsuo

Price: $69.95

Publisher: U.S.A., Weatherhill : 1985

Seller ID: 136481

ISBN-13: 9780834801936

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Covers are slightly scuffed, otherwise as new with sharp corners, creaseless covers and spine, text/interior is spotless and complete, 211 pages.
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Jikji, Light from the East

By: Jekyu, Chung, Cheongju Early Printing Museum, et al

Price: $97.98

Publisher: Cheongju Early Printing Museum : 2017

Seller ID: 142251

ISBN-13: 9788967710989

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. Brown paper over boards with silver and black lettering. 166 pages. Jikji is the world's oldest metal-printed material available today, developed in a small temple named Heungdeoksa Temple 80 years earlier than the printing of the 42-line Gutenberg Bible. This book includes the book Jikji, seeeking truth from the pioneer of Buddhism
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Ukiyo-E Prints and Paintings: The Primitive Period, 1680 - 1745

By: Jenkins, Donald; Staff; Cunningham, Charles, C.

Price: $65.95

Publisher: Art Institute of Chicago : 1971

Seller ID: 144809

Binding: Oversize Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Exhibition catalog in excellent condition for the show of the title's name Nov. 6 -- Dec. 26th 1971. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners with just a little shelf wear, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 6 color plates, 184 b/w illustrations. 131 pp. glossary, bibliography, map of Northwest Edo. appendix on pigments. Contents include: Hishikawa Moronubu, Sugimura Jihei, Torii School, Kaigetsudo School, Okumura School, Nishikawa Sukenobu.
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The Art of Setting Stones: And Other Writings from the Japanese Garden

By: Keane, Marc Peter

Price: $14.50

Publisher: Stone Bridge Press : 2002

Seller ID: 149248

ISBN-13: 9781880656709

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior exhibits two instances of highlighting. 154 pages, occasional drawings, with chapters on Boundaries, Cosing the circle, Trees, Layers, Balance, Art of setting stones, Wintergreen.
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Confucianism and Korean Thoughts

By: Keum, Jang-tae

Price: $38.95

Publisher: Seoul, Korea, Jimoondang Publishing Company : 2000

Seller ID: 115160

ISBN-13: 9788988095102

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 248 pages. Previous owner's name inside. Full blue cloth boards; ribbon bookmark. Wear to dust jacket edges. Korean Studies Series No. 10.
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