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Browse Books on Asia Date Added (descending) Title Author Price (ascending) Price (descending) Date Added (descending)    942 Asia Books (showing 271 to 300) Search within Books on Asia Keyword/s:  Browse Australian Bookshops specialising in Asia Books   The Lady and the Monk: Four Seasons in Kyoto Iyer, Pico ISBN: 0679403086 Alfred a Knopf Inc New York 1991 Second Printing  Hard Cover   Very Good Price: $25.00 (AUD) Book Number: 018384  Bookseller: Pamela Bakes at Page Two Postage Rates     Tears of Blood Craig, Mary ISBN: 000627708X HarperCollins London 1993 First Paperback Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Paperback 600 g; 374 pages, includes chapter notes, bibliography, indexed, sundry maps, and 16 pages of black-and-white photography. The author's highly acclaimed account of the history of Tibet under Chinese occupation is based upon careful research and interviews with a large number of Tibetan refugees. History -- Tibet Very Good Price: $16.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0225333  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Tears of Blood Craig, Mary ISBN: 000627708X HarperCollins London 1993 First Paperback Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Paperback 600 g; 374 pages, includes chapter notes, bibliography, indexed, sundry maps, and 16 pages of black-and-white photography. The author's highly acclaimed account of the history of Tibet under Chinese occupation is based upon careful research and interviews with a large number of Tibetan refugees. History -- Tibet Very Good Price: $16.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0225333  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Burma Surgeon Seagrave, Gordon S. Dymock's Book Arcade Ltd. Sydney 1945 Second Australian Edition 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Olive Boards 250 grammes; 192 pages, last 2 blank, list of illustrations. Map illustrated endpapers, showing Burma and her neighbours. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography. Olive coloured snake skin textured boards with black writing on the spine and front panel. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the top book corners. Fading of the spine and to 0.25 " either side of the spine. Shelfwear to both the top and bottom edges and discoloration to those edges as well. Fading of the book covers. Browning and foxing to the top paper edge and browning to the other edges. Browning to the internal pages and to the end pages as well. Gift inscription to the top edge of the free front endpaper. The results of insect activity can be seen to the top left-hand corner of the front paste down. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing jungle foliage, white and black writing on the front panel and black on the spine. Major chipping to the dustwapper corners, front worse than the rear. The top front fold over crease has a 0.5 " tear running down. There is a 0.25 " tear to the top rear dustwrapper edge with creasing and folding of that edge. Heavy rubbing to either side of the spine and to the fold over creases 3.5 " from the bottom edge of the spine there is a hole, across the full width of the spine. The back panel has become dull and yellowed. Yellowing has also occurred to the outer edges of the front panel. The reminiscences of the author who setup shop as a surgeon in Burma in 1921. In this book he remembers the trials and tribulations of being a surgeon in a remote region, and then in 1940, the Japanese started to invade the surrounding countries. The majority of the book deals with surgery under extreme duress during the trying times of Japanese invasion. Digital image available upon request. Memoirs Good Price: $15.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0104431  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Donald Friend in Bali Friend, Donald ISBN: 0002111705 William Collins Sons & Co, London -- Sydney 1972 First Edition Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall Black Cloth 800 g; 112 pages, last five pages blank, illustrated end pages, nine double page colour plates, five single page plates, other illustrations in black and whites throughout the book. Colour illustrated dust wrapper reproducing Bathers by the Road. Price clipping to the dust jacket, traces of foxing to the top edge of the text block, otherwise in very good order. Donald Friend, an Australian painter of rare genius who has made Bali his home, has got under the island's skin and has ferreted out for our delight a fascinating combination of myth, anecdote, legend, and exuberant detail that as presented here in word and image develops into a picture of stunning brilliance and leaves is unable to doubt that a highly original mind and talent is very successfully at work in two quite different media. -- front fold over blurb Art Good Price: $50.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0224586  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Viet-Nam witness 1953-66 Fall, Bernard B. Praeger New York 1966 First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hardcover 650 g; X, three and 66 pages, with 10 in text figures, eight pages of black-and-white photography, bibliography, indexed, and an introduction. Traces of foxing to the top edge of the text block otherwise the book is in very good condition. The dust jacket is faded on the spine section, and Fox on the front panel, price clipped, with rubbing and chipping at both top and bottom of the spine and rear fold over creases. A digital image can be provided to help assess condition. In this book the author presents a selection of his writings from 1953 through 1966. These -- along with his newly written introduction, commentary and epilogue assessing the war's possible future course -- provide a clear-sighted and uncompromising appraisal of the escalating Vietnamese conflict. -- front fold over blurb essays -- Vietnam Very Good Price: $22.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0224734  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Burma Surgeon Seagrave, Gordon S. Dymock's Book Arcade Ltd. Sydney 1945 Second Australian Edition 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Olive Boards 250 grammes; 192 pages, last 2 blank, list of illustrations. Map illustrated endpapers, showing Burma and her neighbours. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography. Olive coloured snakeskin textured boards with black writing on the spine and front panel. Age darkening of the edges of the pages, two pages.he had, with slight bumping to the corners. The reminiscences of the author who setup shop as a surgeon in Burma in 1921. In this book he remembers the trials and tribulations of being a surgeon in a remote region, and then in 1940, the Japanese started to invade the surrounding countries. The majority of the book deals with surgery under extreme duress during the trying times of Japanese invasion. Digital image available upon request. Memoirs Good Price: $15.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0224785  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Britain’s Role Tomorrow Mayhew, Christopher Hutchinson of London London 1967 First Edition 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Hard Cover 410 g.; IV, hundred and 92 pages, preface by author, two appendices and index. Pale gray coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with one map at the beginning of the text showing Britain's defence commitment east of the Suez in 1967. Black coloured cloth boards with silver titles to the backstrip. Bumping to the backstrip edges and to the lower book corners. Dust marks to the top text block edge. Plain text dustwrapper with a small black-and-white photograph of the author to the top left-hand corner of the front panel, top edge of the backstrip and a full page photographs to the rear dustwrapper panel. White background with black and red titles to the front panel and backstrip bumping and rubbing to the dustwrapper corners and to the backstrip edges. Yellowing of the white of the background. Clipping of the dustwrapper, front fold over, lower right-hand corner. " This is the definitive book about the great "East of Suez" controversy. Its main recommendations were embodied in the important policy resolution on which the government was defeated at the Brighton conference of the Labour Party in 1966. They are now official Labour Party policy, and are also widely supported within the Conservative and Liberal parties. ....... Mr Mayhew's argument is based on undeniable facts. Britain's status and power overseas have declined; her "peace-keeping" role has changed its nature; our dependence on the USA constantly increases. He therefore demands a to withdraw by the 1970s from commitments East of Suez all stop" -- from the front fold over panel blurb. Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. Politics Good Price: $16.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0107843  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Sri Lanka: Ceylan Civilisation Insulaire Bandaranayake, Senake ISBN: 2855180376 Delroisse Boulogne Front's 1978 First Edition 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Hard Cover 1.3 kg; 212 pages, includes chapter notes, and 129 colour photographs/plates, mostly full-page, some double page. One map describing the various environmental regions. One map showing the locations of the major towns. Colour illustrated end pages. Colour illustrated dust jacket. The book shows no sign of damage, and the imitation dark blue leather binding has no rubbing. The author, a senior lecturer in archaeology at the University of Sri Lanka as provides us with the text, describing the country, its history, and the people, the flora, and fauna, the buildings and the culture. Definitely not a lonely planet style book. Local History -- Sri Lanka Very Good Price: $32.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0225130  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Tears of Blood Craig, Mary ISBN: 000627708X HarperCollins London 1993 First Paperback Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Paperback 600 g; 374 pages, includes chapter notes, bibliography, indexed, sundry maps, and 16 pages of black-and-white photography. The author's highly acclaimed account of the history of Tibet under Chinese occupation is based upon careful research and interviews with a large number of Tibetan refugees. History -- Tibet Very Good Price: $16.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0225332  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Introducing Population Statistics McArthur Norma Oxford University Press Melbourne 1961 First Edition  Hard Cover 137 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page. This book, written primarily to inform and assist officers of Pacific island administrations called on to engage in demographic work as part of their normal duties, will be of considerable value to all social scientists whosw work requires some understanding of population statistics.  Very Good Price: $16.29 (AUD) Book Number: 027121  Bookseller: Marlowes Books Postage Rates     Chinese Dress :from the Qing Dynasty to the Present Garrett, Valery ISBN: 9780804836630 Tuttle Publishing  2007  4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Hard Cover Exquisitely presented book with beautifully illustrated endpapers. "Examines the extraordinary range of Chinese dess, from court and formal costumes through to the working attire of the lower classes and the latest fashions of New China. An essential reference for costume historians, fashion designers, and collectors as well as all lovers of beautiful clothes."  Brand New Price: $95.00 (AUD) Book Number: 018268  Bookseller: Pamela Bakes at Page Two Postage Rates     The Economic Development Of The Territory Of Papua And New Guinea. no author John Hopkins Press Baltimore 1965 First Edition  Hard Cover 468 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout, the only exception is a couple minor repairs to jacket. This report was prepared at the request of the government of Australia, which wishes to embark on a programme of development that will make the Territory self governing.  Very Good Price: $24.79 (AUD) Book Number: 026964  Bookseller: Marlowes Books Postage Rates     China and the West Ch’en, Jerome ISBN: 0091382114 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 1979      8vo softcover 488pp very good. Ex-lib with stamps. In this study of China's social and cultural concepts with the West from the early 19th Century to the late 1930's, Ch'en analyses the early images that China and the West had of each other.  Price: $15.00 (AUD) Book Number: 44653  Bookseller: Dial a Book Postage Rates     Stalking the Elephant Kings Kremmer, christopher ISBN: 1864481374 Allen and Unwin 1997      8vo softcover 228pp very good. Stalking the Elephant Kings tells the story of a Southeast Asian revolution and its tragic consequences. Based on extensive travel inside Laos and exhaustive research abroad, the book reveals new details of the fate of one of Asia's oldest monarchies, and is an illuminating look at how politics can affect a country's culture. A must for both the student and the traveller, it provides a contemporary portrait of a country which will play a key role in the future of indochina, as well as a glimpse of its secret history. Scarce  Price: $80.00 (AUD) Book Number: 44633  Bookseller: Dial a Book Postage Rates     The Pool of Ch’ien Lung. A tale of modern Peking Hosie, Lady Hodder & Stoughton London 1945 Reprint 8vo Hard Cover 176pp, colour frontispiece. Blue cloth with gilt titles. A tale set just before the Japanese invasion of China.Name blacked out else vg.  Very Good Price: $13.50 (AUD) Book Number: 100248  Bookseller: Global Village Books Postage Rates     A History of Asia Murphey, Rhoads ISBN: 0321042573 Longman New York 2000 Third Edition  Paperback Sl. edgewear to wraps, internally unmarked, binding tight.  Very Good Price: $22.00 (AUD) Book Number: 018174  Bookseller: Pamela Bakes at Page Two Postage Rates     Sustaining Export-Oriented Development Ideas from East Asia Ross Gamaut, Enzo Grilli and Jim Riedel (Ed) Cambridge University Press Cambridge 1995  8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Cloth Weight 755grams. DJ has 2cm long scratch across spine, otherwise in as new condition.  As New Price: $25.00 (AUD) Book Number: 027441  Bookseller: Book Lore Postage Rates     The Ancient Civilization of Indochina Bernard Philippe Groslier Barrie and Jenkins London 1971  8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Imitation Leather Weight 870 grams  Very Good Price: $25.00 (AUD) Book Number: 027442  Bookseller: Book Lore Postage Rates     Perspectives on Korea Sang-Oak Lee and Duk-Soo Park (Ed) Wild Peony Sydney 1998  8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Cloth Weight 1.28kg. Has been inscribed by the Editor on Front End Paper.  Near Fine Price: $25.00 (AUD) Book Number: 027443  Bookseller: Book Lore Postage Rates     Land Uprooted High: New Zealand’s Rise To International Insignificance. Grant A. K; Gabara K. P. ISBN: 0589006681 A. H. And A. W. Reed Wellington 1971 First Edition  Hard Cover 126 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. From 1642 till the present day New Zealanders have yawned for a concise, factual, and above all an earnest study of their national heritage. This combination of rare scholarship with inspired canvases has produced a work of inspiration and of sheer beauty, harmless to animals and children and unsurpassed in this century. beautifully illustrated.  Fine Price: $13.46 (AUD) Book Number: 026489  Bookseller: Marlowes Books Postage Rates     DELTA FOUR Australian Riflemen in Vietnam McKay, Gary Allen & Unwin Crows Nest 1998    Reprint, xx, 313 pages, maps & illustrations, a very good copy. ; 195 x 130mm  Price: $15.00 (AUD) Book Number: 14149  Bookseller: M. & A. Simper Bookbinders & Booksellers Postage Rates     Cities of the Hot Zone: A Southeast Asian Adventure Sheridan, Greg ISBN: 1741142245 Allen & Unwin Australia 2004 First  Trade Paperback   Fine Price: $15.00 (AUD) Book Number: 005077  Bookseller: Pamela Bakes at Page Two Postage Rates     Lee’s Law: How Singapore Crushes Dissent Lydgate. Chris ISBN: 090801189X Scribe Publications Pty Ltd Melbourne 2003  155 x 235mm Soft Cover 318 pages. Section of b&w photographs. Unmarked and in excellent condition throughout.  Very Good Price: $31.06 (AUD) Book Number: 003939  Bookseller: Sydney Harbour Books Postage Rates     Political Change in Southeast Asia: Trimming the Banyan Tree Vatikiotis, Michael ISBN: 0415134846 Routledge London & New York 1996  140 x 215mm Soft Cover 230 pages including index. Unmarked and in very good condition thoughout.  Very Good Price: $16.12 (AUD) Book Number: 003963  Bookseller: Sydney Harbour Books Postage Rates     The Fall of Hong Kong: China’s Triumph and Britains’s Betrayal Roberti, Mark ISBN: 0471026212 John Wiley & Sons Inc New York 1994 First Edition. First Printing 160 x 240mm Hard Cover 336 pages. Unmarked and in excellent condition throughout.  Very Good Price: $13.63 (AUD) Book Number: 002096  Bookseller: Sydney Harbour Books Postage Rates     Gandhi’s Rise to Power: Indian Politics 1915-1922 Brown, Judith M ISBN: 0521098734 Cambridge University Press London 1974  140 x 215mm Soft Cover 384 pages. Tape residue to inside of covers and facing pages from a former covering. Covers lightly worn at the edges. Light foxing to the edges of the page block. Scattered foxing to the first and last page. A sound paperback with clean unmarked text.  Good Price: $55.97 (AUD) Book Number: 003950  Bookseller: Sydney Harbour Books Postage Rates     Cambodian Culture Since 1975: Homeland and Exile Ebihara, May M; Mortland, Carol A & Ledgerwood, Judy (Editors) ISBN: 0801481732 Cornell University Press Ithaca, New York, U.S.A. 1994  155 x 230mm Soft Cover 194 pages including index. Previous owner's name to top of first page. Light shelfwear. Otherwise unmarked and in very good order throughout.  Very Good Price: $14.25 (AUD) Book Number: 003047  Bookseller: Sydney Harbour Books Postage Rates     Open Regionalism and Trade Liberalisation: An Asia-Pacific Contribution to The World Trade System Garnaut, Ross ISBN: 1864483954 The Institute of South-East Asian Studies and Allen & Unwin Singapore and Sydney 1996  155 x 230mm Soft Cover 216 pages including index. Uninscribed and in near new condition throughout.  Fine Price: $37.34 (AUD) Book Number: 001414  Bookseller: Sydney Harbour Books Postage Rates     Losing Control: Freedom of the Press in Asia Williams, Louise & Rich, Ronald (Eds) ISBN: 0731536266 Asia Pacific Press at the Australian National University Australia 2000  150 x 235mm Soft Cover 282 pages including index. Uninscribed and in excellent unmarked condition throughout. Slight shelf wear.  Very Good Price: $28.62 (AUD) Book Number: 001405  Bookseller: Sydney Harbour Books Postage Rates   942 Asia Books         Go to page:    6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20        Next 30 Books