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Through Gates of Seoul . Trials and Tales of Yi Dynasty. Volume I

By: Adams, Edward B.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Seoul, Korea, Taewon Publishing Company: 1974

Seller ID: 112440

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Green cloth bound boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and bright gilt Korean titling to the front cover. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket, which is not price-clipped. The dustjacket is near complete but is rubbed and worn all over; along with edge-wear, chipping and tears which are neatly repaired to the inside with clear archive tape. There is fading to the base colour of the dustjacket spine although the lettering is still bright and clear. There is also rubbing to the corners of the cloth board's along with light foxing (brown) spots to the page fore-edges. There ar...
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BENARES and its GHATS

By: Agarwala K. N. Executive Engineer. (The Kashi Tirth Sudhar Trust)

Price: £95.00

Publisher: Benares, The Kashi Tirth Sudhar Trust: 1931

Seller ID: M007012

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

A very good hardback book, green cloth with a black printed paper label to the spine and black printed with decoration to the front cover. Roughly 6.5" high by 10" wide (landscape style) . Some very light shelfwear to the corners and head/tail of the spine, but no damage. Very good, generally clean, sound covers. A gentle 'wave' to the whole book but which is hardly noticable. Internally, a former owner's details to the top front corner of the front free endpaper been partially cut off, but a name and "Benares 15 July '45" is still present in ink, otherwise unmarked throughout....
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China

By: Allan, Sarah; Barnett, Cherry

Price: £7.00

Publisher: Herndon, Virginia, U.S.A., Cassell & Company, Limited: 1980

Seller ID: 107239

ISBN: 0304304581

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket

Schweppes Leisure Library.NOT PRICE CLIPPED, lib label to spine, lib stamp to front flap, dustwrap has been strengthened with brown paper to reverse, in protective plastic cover, dark brown boards with bright gilt titling to spine, old tape marks to edges of boards which have been coloured with black pen, stains to endpapers, map on endpapers, 186pp, illustrated in colour and black/white, stamp stain to front endpaper, hinges sound, OVERALL CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT.; 107239; Exlib Usual Stamps and Marks; 8vo (large)
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The World and Its Peoples - 2 Volumes - JAPAN (Volume 1); JAPAN 2 + KOREA (Volume 2)

By: Anon

Price: £15.00

Publisher: New York, Greystone Press: 1964

Seller ID: 106904

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

The East Asian volumes of this world series. Japan 1; Japan 2; Korea. Covers dusty, slight scraping to edge of covers, bright gilt decs/titling to front covers and spine, scrape to head of spine of the 'Japan 1' Volume. Corners lightly bumped, illustrated endpapers, NO INSCRIPTIONS. Heavy - will probably require extra postage. Profusely illustrated throughout in colour and black/white. Inner hinges splitting. All about "The land, people, history, fine arts, literature, theatre, music and film."; 106904; 4to
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Old Japanese Postcard - Hozu River, Arashiyama, Kyoto

By: Anon

Price: £10.00

Publisher: JAPAN,

Seller ID: 107829

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

No date, circa 1900/1920. Colour illustrated postcard with English/Japanese printed titling. NO INSCRIPTIONS. Slight stain to rear of postcard but overall clean and bright. No tears or chips.; 107829; 15 x 9 Cm
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Old Japanese Postcard - the Department of Communications, Tokyo

By: Anon

Price: £10.00

Seller ID: 107830

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Red/black/white illustrated postcard of The Department of Communications in Tokyo. Slight wear to edges, small foxing spots. Very faint crease to edge of card, and two tiny scrapes where stamp would be stuck. Rear of postcard NOT INSCRIBED but a little grubby. English and Japanese printed titling/text.; 107830; 15 x 9 Cm
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Old Japanese Postcard - Whole View of Yenoshima

By: Anon

Price: £10.00

Publisher: JAPAN,

Seller ID: 107831

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

No date, circa 1900/20? Colour illus of Yenoshima, clean and bright. No inscriptions. Printed text in English and in Japanese. Excellent example, CLEAN AND BRIGHT.; 107831; 15 x 9 Cm
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Old Japanese Postcard - View of Nara Park

By: Anon

Price: £10.00

Seller ID: 107832

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

No date, circa 1900/20? Colour illus of Nara Park. NO INSCRIPTIONS, no marks. Excellent, CLEAN AND BRIGHT. Text in English and Japanese.; 107832; 15 x 9 Cm
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Old Japanese Postcard - View of Mt Fuji Japan

By: Anon

Price: £10.00

Publisher: JAPAN,

Seller ID: 107833

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

No date, circa 1900/20? Colour illus of Mount Fuji in Japan. Slight wear/bumps to edges. NO INSCRIPTIONS or marks, rear of postcard a little yellowed with age. Text in English and Japanese. Overall EXCELLENT, Nice CLEAN postcard.; 107833; 15 x 9 Cm
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Old Japanese Postcard - Sakurada Gate at Tokyo

By: Anon

Price: £10.00

Publisher: JAPAN,

Seller ID: 107834

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

No date, circa 1900/20? Colour illus of Sakurada Gate at Tokyo, clean, no marks. NO INSCRIPTIONS. Text printed in English and in Japanese. EXCELLENT, CLEAN AND BRIGHT.; 107834; 15 x 9 Cm
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Facts About Korea

By: Anon

Price: £7.50

Publisher: Seoul, Korea, Korean Overseas Information Service: 1993

Seller ID: 110053

ISBN: 0930878841

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Card covers, laminated. Ex library - Minimal marks. Label to spine, corner creased. 160pp. Illustrated in colour. Contents include: - Music for the National Anthem, Tourism, Education, Women, Culture, Arts, The Media, Social Welfare, etc, etc. Overall a Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; Ex-Library; 8vo
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The Story of the Willow Pattern Plate

By: Anon

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, Alexander Moring Limited ( At the De La More Press ): (1922)

Seller ID: 111293

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

No Date, but Copac (National, Academic, and Specialist Library Catalogue) gives the date as 1922. Light brown paper covered boards with a pictorial paper label/onlay on the front cover with titling and a picture of the Willow Pattern Plate - all in blue/white - as is the Plate of course - and a circular onlay illustration of the plate on the rear cover. No dustjacket. The boards show slight signs of wear (a little tiny chipping to the head of the spine and a bump/indent to the top edge) but overall the boards are clean, unmarked and are VG. The paper label has a little light foxing. Plain Endp...
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Vietnam Poems

By: Balaban, John

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Oxford, Carcanet Press: 1970

Seller ID: 112260

ISBN: 0902145177

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

Limited Edition of 600 Copies. Blue wrap card covers with black titling and decoration to the front cover. There are NO inscriptions or marks. 16 pp. Overall, this is a Clean, Tight and Secure, 'Fine' copy. "John Balaban is an American Poet and Authority on Vietnamese Literature." ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall
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Rural Poverty and Unemployment

By: Behari, Bepin

Price: £18.00

Publisher: India, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd: 1990

Seller ID: 7541

ISBN: 0706949544

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Black boards with dulled silver-gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's lettered dustjacket. Ex Reference library usual MINIMAL stamps, marks, etc, protected in the usual clear plastic library jacket. (xi) + 387 pp. Tables, diagrams etc. Overall despite its status as an Ex-Lib copy a Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn (vol 2 only)

By: Bisland, Elizabeth

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London/Boston/New York, Constable/Houghton Mifflin Co: 1911

Seller ID: 106412

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Tissue guarded frontis. NO INSCRIPTIONS, endpapers browning, 560pp, black/white illustrations. Blue boards, clean, with bright gilt titling/decs to front cover and to spine. Corners and head/tail of spine slightly bumped, top edges of pages gilt. Overall CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT.; 106412; 8vo (large)
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Image for The Imperial Atlas of Modern Geography. An Extensive Series of Maps, Embracing the Most Recent Discoveries and the Latest Political Divisions of Territory in all Parts of the World. Compiled and Engraved from the Most Authentic Sources.

The Imperial Atlas of Modern Geography. An Extensive Series of Maps, Embracing the Most Recent Discoveries and the Latest Political Divisions of Territory in all Parts of the World. Compiled and Engraved from the Most Authentic Sources.

By: Blackie W. G.

Price: £1,050.00

Publisher: London, Blackie & Son.: 1860

Seller ID: 113798

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Modern? (ish) half leather, bound with a heavy plain black unlettered leather spine, with 4 raised bands, and corners over burgundy cloth boards. Reinforced inner hinge in blue 'cloth' with marbled paper endpapers stuck down to white card, and similar to the rear endpapers - which in this case should be 'endcards'. These 'endcards' have the half title and the last page stuck down to these white card endpapers. Possibly an Amateur binder? . Large Folio/Small Elephant Folio. Approx 38 cm x 31 cm (15" x 12.5"). (xi) + [i] + 100 maps plus Index 117 pp. These 100 numbered maps are hand-colo...
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Spotlight on the Rise of Modern China

By: Blackwood, Alan

Price: £7.50

Publisher: London, United Kingdom, Wayland (Publishers) Ltd: 1986

Seller ID: 107238

ISBN: 0850786673

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Laminated boards, lib numbers to spine, price ticket to rear cover, 76pp, small lib label and stamp to last page, lib labels and stamps to title page, profusely illustrated in black and white, hinges sound, CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT. Contents include; the middle kingdom, the sleeping giant, birth of the republic, the people's replublic, china today etc etc.; 107238; Exlib Usual Stamps and Marks; 8vo (large)
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Kohana San

By: Bostwick, F. M. (Lieutenant - U. S. Navy)

Price: £250.00

Publisher: Tokyo, Japan (10 Hiyoshicho), T. Hasegawa: 1892

Seller ID: 114411

Binding: Soft

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

An original Japanese crepe paper book, printed in 1892 - Meiji era. Condition: Generally Good plus to Very good minus, with some light foxing (light yellowy/brown spots here and there) and some creasing (as usual with crepe paper). This is a Hasegawa crepe paper book with music and text/lyrics depicting Kohan-san - a Geisha of Kobe. With Lovely Colour Woodblock Illustrations throughout. 24 pp - including the covers. Printed 1892. Actual size (8" x 6 3/4 " - 20 cm x 17 cm) , with greyish silk ties. An illustrated story of Kohana-san (Little Flower) , a Geisha of Kobe, presented in song ...
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Splendours of the Lost Civilisations Journey in the World of Archaelogy

By: Bourbon, Fabio;

Price: £24.00

Publisher: Vercelli, Italy, White Star: 2001

Seller ID: 110896

ISBN: 8880957015

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in As New dust jacket

Cream boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and front cover. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket which is not price-clipped. The bottom edge of the boards have some minor shelf-wear and the rear inner spine is beginning to crack, otherwise there are No Inscriptions or other Marks. 352 pp. Illustrated with colour plates and photographs throughout. Glossary; Bibliography. Overall, apart from the minor 'faults', as detailed above, this is an Excellent, Clean, Tight and Bright, Near 'As New' copy. "This work brings to life almost 50 archaeological sites from around the glob...
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Mountains of the Gods . The Himalayan and the Mountains of Central Asia

By: Cameron Ian

Price: £8.74

Publisher: London, Century Publishing: 1984

Seller ID: 60143

ISBN: 0712603123

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Hardback. Very Good+/Very Good. 1st Edition (uk). Minimal Ex-lib. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Thick. In association with the Royal Geographical Soc. , ; Ex-Library
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