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Malayan Landscape
$30.00 AUD
Author: Katharine SimBinding: HardbackPublisher: MICHAEL JOSEPH LTD, 1946Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsThis evocative memoir, Malayan Landscape, transports readers to the vibrant, complex world of colonial Malaya...
Studies In Persian Art And Architecture
$80.00 AUD
Author: Bernard O'KaneBinding: HardbackPublisher: The American University in Cairo Press, 1995Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor nick/tear on fepStudies In Persian Art And...
India And The Subcontinent: Overland Odyssey
$15.00 AUD
Author: Thomas E. KingBinding: HardbackPublisher: Michael Boothy, 1978Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThis captivating travelogue, India And The Subcontinent: Overland Odyssey, chronicles an extraordinary journey...
China: The Long March; The World's Great Photographers Retrace The Route On The Fiftieth Anniversary
$30.00 AUD
Author: Anthony (1912-2013) LawrenceBinding: HardbackPublisher: Intercontinental Pub./China National Pub. Industry Trading Corp,, c, 1986Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsMarking fifty years since one of the...
Sky High To Shanghai
$50.00 AUD
Author: Frank CluneBinding: HardbackPublisher: ANGUS AND ROBERTSON, 1948Edition: 4th impr.Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsFrank Clune’s Sky High To Shanghai chronicles...
Splendours of Japan: Highlights from the Bodleian Library
The Bodleian Library houses one of the oldest institutional collections of Japanese rare books and manuscripts in Europe, dating back to the first half of the seventeenth century. Leading scholars...
Raj: Making and Unmaking of British India
This is the brilliantly told story of one of the wonders of the modern world - how in less than a hundred years the British made themselves masters of India....
The Muslim Question and Russian Imperial Governance
From the time of the Crimean War through the fall of the Tsar, the question of what to do about the Russian empire's large Muslim population was a highly contested...
Red Blossoms: A Story Of Western India
$30.00 AUD
Author: Isabel Brown RoseBinding: HardbackPublished: THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETYCondition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis captivating historical novel, Red Blossoms: A Story Of Western India, transports readers to the...
The Travels Of Marco Polo; The Venetian
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Author: Marco Polo (with an introduction by John Masefield; fully illustrated by Adrian de Friston)Binding: HardbackPublished: J.M. Dent, London, 1929Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedMarkings:...
Mao Tse-Tung: The Chinese Revolution And The Chinese Communist Party
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Author: Mao Tse-TungBinding: HardbackPublished: Foreign Language Press , 1954Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner inscription front end page, pen marking...
Virtual Tibet: Searching for Shangri-La from the Himalayas to
$15.00 AUD
The Dalai Lama meets The Player-from the Himalayas to Hollywood, a fantastic journey into the West's longstanding dream of Tibet. What has made remote, mountainous Tibet and its only real...
The Last Maharaja: A Biography Of Sawai Man Singh Ii Maharaja Of Jaipur
$20.00 AUD
Author: Quentin CreweBinding: HardbackPublished: MICHAEL JOSEPH, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography, The Last Maharaja: A Biography Of Sawai Man Singh Ii Maharaja Of Jaipur, chronicles the...
In Search Of Gandhi
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Author: Richard AttenboroughBinding: HardbackPublished: The Bodley Head., 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling narrative chronicles Richard Attenborough's monumental quest to bring the life of Mahatma Gandhi to...
Indian Diary: 1952-53
$35.00 AUD
Author: Edward ArdizzoneBinding: HardbackPublished: Bodley Head., 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Top-edge discoloured from tanning. Indian Diary: 1952-53 chronicles Edward Ardizzone's vivid impressions and personal...
Red Friends: Internationalists in China's Struggle for Liberation
China's resistance to Imperial Japan was the other great internationalist cause of the 'red 1930s', along with the Spanish Civil War. These desperate and bloody struggles were personified in the...
Red Silk: Class, Gender, and Revolution in China's Yangzi Delta Silk
Red Silk is a history of China's Yangzi Delta silk industry during the wars, crises, and revolutions of the mid-twentieth century. Based on extensive research in Chinese archives and focused...
This Was Singapore
$50.00 AUD
Author: R. C. H. MckieBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson, 1942Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: FEP missingMarkings: No markingsThis Was Singapore by Mckie chronicles...
Sudan To Vietnam
$20.00 AUD
Author: Robert DarlingtonBinding: HardbackPublished: SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsSudan To Vietnam by Robert Darlington presents a comprehensive historical analysis of global conflicts and geopolitical...
Ashes Of Hiroshima: A Post-War Trip To Japan And China
$20.00 AUD
Author: Frank CluneBinding: HardbackPublished: ANGUS AND ROBERTSON, 1952Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling historical account, The Ashes Of Hiroshima, chronicles...
Spring Moon: A Novel Of China
$20.00 AUD
Author: Bette Bao LordBinding: HardbackPublished: Gollancz Ltd, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis sweeping historical saga, Spring Moon: A Novel Of China, chronicles the tumultuous life of a...
A Land March From England To Ceylon Forty Years Ago: Through Dalmatia, Montenegro, Turkey, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, Abyssinia, Persia, Afghanistan, Scinde, And India, Of Which 7000 Miles On Horseback. Vol. I.
$95.00 AUD
Author: Edward Ledwich MitfordBinding: HardbackPublished: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884Condition:Book: Acceptable, ex-libraryJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsThis remarkable nineteenth-century travelogue chronicles an extraordinary overland expedition from...
Journey Into India
$25.00 AUD
Author: Keith AdamBinding: HardbackPublished: ABC Books Sydney, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling travelogue, Journey Into India: From The Abc Television Series, chronicles an immersive expedition across...
Levant: Splendour And Catastrophe On The Mediterranean
$20.00 AUD
Author: Philip ManselBinding: HardbackPublished: JOHN MURRAY, 2010Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: small dents on back of bindingThis sweeping historical narrative chronicles the...
The Eagle And The Lotus: Western Intervention In Vietnam 1847-1968
$15.00 AUD
Author: J. F. CairnsBinding: HardbackPublished: LANSDOWNE PRESS, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: tears on dust jacket, otherwise fineThis historical account, The Eagle And The Lotus: Western Intervention In...
China This Century
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Author: R.R.C. De CrespigyBinding: HardbackPublished: NELSON, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: jacket taped to bindingThis academic work, This Century: China, presents a...
The Miko
$12.00 AUD
Author: Eric Van LustbaderBinding: HardbackPublished: GRANADA, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis gripping thriller, The Miko, plunges readers into a world of ancient Japanese mysticism and modern...
Tales From The South China Seas: Images Of The British In South-East Asia In The Twentieth Century
$20.00 AUD
Author: Charles AllenBinding: HardbackPublished: Andre Deutsch and British Broadcasting Corporation, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: some wear, foxing and tanning of dust jacket; some tanning to...
Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War
$20.00 AUD
Author: Michael MaclearBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames Methuen, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the protracted and devastating conflict in Southeast Asia, offering a meticulous examination of...
Liberty Or Death: India's Journey To Independence And Division
$20.00 AUD
Author: Patrick FrenchBinding: HardbackPublished: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, Liberty Or Death: India's Journey To Independence And Division, chronicles the tumultuous...
Vietnam: A History
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Author: Stanley KarnowBinding: HardbackPublished: CENTURY PUBLISHING, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsStanley Karnow's Vietnam: A History: The First Complete Account Of Vietnam At War chronicles the tumultuous history...
Japanese Civilization: A Comparative View
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Author: S. N. EisenstadtBinding: HardbackPublished: The University of Chicago Press, 1996Condition:Book: Acceptable, ex-libraryJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsJapanese Civilization: A Comparative View presents a rigorous sociological analysis...
A Wild Swan's Trail: The Travels Of A Mandarin
$40.00 AUD
Author: T.C. LaiBinding: HardbackPublished: HONGKONG BOOK CENTRE - HONGKONG, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis travel narrative presents the journeys of a mandarin across Asia, chronicling landscapes, traditions,...
Desert Hospital In China
$20.00 AUD
Author: Barbara SpencerBinding: HardbackPublished: Jarrolds Publishers (London) Ltd, 1954Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Glue stains on endpapers, internally sound. This compelling narrative, Desert Hospital...
The Impeachment Of Warren Hastings
$80.00 AUD
Author: P. J. MarshallBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical account chronicles the dramatic legal and political battle surrounding the impeachment of Warren...
Shadows At Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century
A definitive and ambitious new history of the Indian subcontinent - this is Tony Judt's Postwar for South Asia Shadows at Noon is an ambitious synthesis of decades of research...
A Short History of Japan
A brief and thrilling introduction to Japan from one of the country's leading British historians In this enormously enjoyable introduction to a remarkable country, Christopher Harding traces Japan's rich history...
Stand Easy: After The Defeat Of Japan, 1945
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Author: Australian War MemorialBinding: HardbackPublished: AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, CANBERRA, A.C.T., 1945Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: sticker on...
Curzon's Persia
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Author: George Nathaniel CurzonBinding: HardbackPublished: SIDGWICK & JACKSON, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account, Curzon's Persia, meticulously chronicles the intricate political landscape and cultural nuances of...
Balance and Harmony: The Secrets of Asian Cooking
Balance and Harmony , Neil Perry revels in his love for Asian cooking: the great flavours, the contrasts in tastes and textures, and the way that just about anything can...
Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's
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A haunting account of teaching English to the sons of North Korea's ruling class during the last six months of Kim Jong-il's reign Every day, three times a day, the...
The Japan We Never Knew: A Journey Of Discovery
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Author: David Suzuki Keibo OiwaBinding: HardbackPublished: Allen & Unwin, 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: signed on inside cover with...
Caravan To Vaccarès
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Author: Alistair MacleanBinding: HardbackPublished: The Companion Book Club, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis gripping thriller, Caravan To Vaccarès, plunges readers into a high-stakes chase across the wild, untamed landscapes...
The Red Emperor: Xi Jinping and His New China
'Michael Sheridan is one of the best informed and wisest writers on China' - Chris Patten, last governor of Hong Kong The Red Emperor presents an eye-opening portrait of Xi...
Stand Easy: After The Defeat Of Japan, 1945
$30.00 AUD
Author: A. R. JohnsonBinding: HardbackPublished: The Australian Military Forces, Australian War Memorial, 1948Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerStand Easy: After The Defeat Of Japan, 1945 chronicles the immediate...
Raj: A Scrapbook Of British India 1877-1947
$20.00 AUD
Author: Charles AllenBinding: HardbackPublished: ANDRE DEUTSCH, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsRaj: A Scrapbook Of British India 1877-1947 presents a vivid historical mosaic of the British...
Sudan To Vietnam
$20.00 AUD
Author: Robert DarlingtonBinding: HardbackPublished: Shakespeare Head Press, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsSudan To Vietnam by Robert Darlington presents a comprehensive historical analysis of global conflicts and geopolitical...
Hong Kong
$12.00 AUD
Author: Robert ElegantBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Remainder markRobert Elegant's Hong Kong chronicles the vibrant, often turbulent, history of the iconic city-state, tracing its development from a...