Category: Asia

Yo no Bi: The beauty of Japanese folk Art

By: Rathbun, William Jay; Michael Knight

Price: $22.50

Publisher: University of Washington Press : 1983

Seller ID: 150491

ISBN-13: 9780932216120

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Book shows light wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 133 pages provide an overview to the subject with a map, chronology and sections on sculpture and woodworking, funriture, metalwork, lacquer, bamboo, basketry, textiles, Painting, shop signs, ceramics with large b&w photos throughout.
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An Architectural Journey in Japan

By: Richards, J.M.

Price: $42.50

Publisher: London, Architectural Press : 1963

Seller ID: 153651

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Book is in excellent condition with lightly bumped corners, very light edge wear to dark red cloth covers with gilt print at spine. Binding is solid and square, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows extensive edge wear, small tears at hinge, top spine, scuffing, small stain. Contents include: Organization of the profession, The Japanese hotel, Transport and tourism, Town planning in evolution, Architectural education The architects, etc. Featured buildings or sights include Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel, Diet Lib...
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Nepal: Profile of a Himalayan Kingdom

By: Rose, Leo E.;Scholz, John T.

Price: $47.95

Publisher: Westview Press : 1980

Seller ID: 111682

ISBN-13: 9780891586517

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Ex-library copy with usual stamps, stickers, etc. Text/interior is clean of marking or any kind. 144 pages, slight waving of top of page ends.
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Calligraphy of Ho See-fai

By: See-fai, Ho

Price: $185.00

Publisher: Canada, W&Y Cultural Products : 1996

Seller ID: 100053

Binding: Oversize Hardback

Condition: Fine

129 pages on photo quality paper, contents include Preface:"Writing about my oracle-bone script" Calligraphy with sections on: Oracle-bone Script; Bonze Inscription; Big Seal Script; Drum-stone Inscription; Lady's Calligraphy; Small Seal Script; Clerical Script; Standard Script; Running Script; Running-cursive Script; Cursive Script; Wild Cursive Script; Various Scripts. Selection of Seals (in red ink) pages 119 - 126 with Biography and Editoral Notes to end. Book is laid out with full-page examples or work on left page with descriptions on right in dual language: Chinese & English. Signed ...
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Buglers on the Home Front: The Wartime Practice of the Qiyue School

By: Shu, Yunzhong

Price: $24.95

Publisher: Herndon, Virginia, U.S.A., State Univ of New York Pr : 2000

Seller ID: 123786

ISBN-13: 9780791444375

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Brand new book in excellent condition in every respect. 207 pages.
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Buglers on the Home Front: The Wartime Practice of the Qiyue School

By: Shu, Yunzhong

Price: $24.90

Publisher: Herndon, Virginia, U.S.A., State Univ of New York Pr : 2000

Seller ID: 123787

ISBN-13: 9780791444375

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Brand new book in excellent condition in every respect. 207 pages.
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The Broken Triangle: Peking, Djakarta, and the PKI

By: Simon, Sheldon W.

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A., Johns Hopkins : 1969

Seller ID: 139309

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding.
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Passage to Vietnam : Seven Days Through the Eyes of Seventy Photographers

By: Smolan, Rick; Erwitt, Jennifer

Price: $135.95

Publisher: Sausalito, CA, U.S.A., Against All Odds Productions : 1994

Seller ID: 087081

ISBN-13: 9781885559005

Binding: Oversize Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

Signed by author on front endpaper "With best wishes from the author Rich Smolan." Only flaws are very small piece out of lover front corner of dust jacket and impact through jacket to spine about 1' from top; otherwise as new. Warpped in protective mylar jacket.
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Linguistic Expeditions

By: Sohn, Ho-Min

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Seoul, Korea, Hanshin Publishing Company : 1986

Seller ID: 131958

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 550 pages. Inscribed by author.
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Sarawak Style

By: Tettoni, Luca Invernizzi; Edric Ong

Price: $45.95

Publisher: Times Editions : 2001

Seller ID: 142600

ISBN-13: 9789812047373

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Book is in excellent condition with very light wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. Oblong format with orange cloth covers, white titles. 224 pages, heavily illustrated with 350 photos investigating a myriad collection of aspects of Sarawak style. Sections include Peolple, heritage and culture, The art of Sarawak, The architectural dimension : traditions, foreign influences and modern contemporary style, Sarawak portraits in bleack and white, Architectu...
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Folk Crafts in Thailand: A Collection and Study of Wickerwork in Central Provinces

By: Thailand; Manot Kongkanan

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Bangkok, National Committee on Culture : 1996

Seller ID: 106637

Binding: Oversize Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. 159 pages, many b&w photo, illustrations,
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Coloured Illustrations of Sea Shore Animals of Japan

By: Utinomi, Huzio

Price: $69.95

Publisher: Japan, Koikusha : 1956

Seller ID: 099973

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Ex-library book with usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean. Well-cared for, with mylar over dust jacket, spotless text, no tears to dust jacket. Photographs of sea shore life: many crabs, plants, squid, octopi, lobster, shrimp, sea-urchins, coral, etc., usually 8-10 to a page on white background. Text is Japanese, but titles are in english & Japanese with the same in the index. Vivid photos on glossy paper.
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Wild Flowers of South China and Hong Kong Around the Year Part Two

By: Walden, B.M. And Hu, S.Y.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Hong Kong, All Noble Company Ltd. : 1987

Seller ID: 078265

ISBN-13: 9789627286028

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Paintings of 300 flowering plants from living specimens by Beryl M. Walden. Identifications, names, ecological notes, descriptions and economic uses prepared by Shiu Ying Hu. 102 pages. Index.
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Naked Tree, the

By: Wan-so Pak ; Young-nan Yu (trans.)

Price: $78.95

Publisher: Cornell University : 1995

Seller ID: 117173

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

1st Edition, 188 pages with light blue cloth boards and black lettering to covers and spine. Book is in excellent condition in every respect with no marking of any kind. Appears new.
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Hot Countries

By: Waugh, Alec

Price: $13.26

Publisher: N Y, Literary Guild : 1930

Seller ID: 132008

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 304 pages. Edge wear to cover and small tears at top of spine. Printed on heavy cream-colored paper. Woodcuts by artist Lynd Ward (known for his wordless novels, the precursor to graphic novels). Contents: At Sea; Tahiti; La Martinique; Gone Native; Siam; Ceylon; The Englishman in the Tropics; The New Hebrides; The Black Republic; Homewards; London; Author's Note; Index. Pasted down illustrations on front and back covers.
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Kundalini, Evolution and Enlightenment (Omega Book)

By: White, John (ed.)

Price: $12.95

Publisher: Paragon House : 1998

Seller ID: 146476

ISBN-13: 9781557783035

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Book is in excellent condition with minor shelf wear only. Table of contents has a few check marks in pencil. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is iotherwise clean and free of marking of any kind.
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