Vintage, June 1996. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. A travelogue of Bhutan and its neighbors in the Himalayas that introduces readers to a world that has emerged from the middle ages only to find itself peering into the abyss of modernity. "For anyone with a serious interest in Buddhism.....
Avery Press, October 1996. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. For decades preceding 1990, Mongolia's economy was supported by the Soviet Union. For the past several years the country has been undergoing extreme change in economic structure as well as social organization. The 30 women in this book discuss the.....
Crowell-Collier Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 133 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a dust jacket with fading to red lettering on spine.
Prawit Masgulradna. Printed by Ruam Mitr Thai Printing House, Bangkok. Trade Paperback. Proverbs, 77 unnumbered pages, in Thai; Pageant 48 numbered pages in English. Portrait, full-page, in B/W presumed to be of Police General Luang Pichitr Turagar. Inserted sheet: '28 March 1958 / Mr. V. de Guinzbourg / The Proverbs.....
Weatherhill, June 1994. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 133 pages. B/W photographs. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in illustrated wrappers (paperback).
Penguin Books, March 2016. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). Blaine Harden, New York Times-bestselling author of Escape From Camp 14, tells the riveting story of Kim Il Sung's rise to power and the young North Korean fighter pilot who dared to defy him. In the aftermath of World.....
Woman's Baptist Foreign Missionary Society. Printed by Frank Wood, n.d., ca. 1920. Trade Paperback. Unnumbered 16 pages. Illustrated poem of scenes in Bhamo by a former missionary to Bhamo.. First edition (first printing). A good copy in illustrated wrappers (paperback). Pages are stained with red from water damage. Prior owner.....
Vintage, September 2004. Trade Paperback. At different times in its history Tibet has been renowned for pacifism and martial prowess, enlightenment and cruelty. The Dalai Lama may be the only religious leader who can inspire the devotion of agnostics. Patrick French has been fascinated by Tibet since he was a......
Oxford University Press, 1979. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 462 pages. Mostly illustrated in black-and-white with a 5 page section in color. First American edition (first printing). A Near fine copy in a dust jacket with light fading to the spine. A heavy book.
University of California Press, August 1990. Hardcover. One of the world's spiritual leaders and a renowned wilderness photographer combine their vision of Tibet in this stunningly beautiful book. Essays by the Fourteenth Dalai Lama appear with Galen Rowell's dramatic images in a moving presentation of the splendors of Tibet's revered.....
Writers Center of Marin, January 2003. Trade Paperback.
Lonely Planet Publications, September 2001. Hardcover.
Imprimerie d'Extreme-Orient, 1916. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 25 pages. 250 Khmer (Cambodian) proverbs, with French translations. This is an offprint from the Bulletin de l'Ecole Francais d'Extreme-Orient, T. XV, n. 3. First separate edition. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback), with the original glassine cover.
Society for the Conservation of National Art Treasures, January 1980. Hardcover.
Didier Millet, August 2007. Hardcover. In Kuala Lumpur, one of the most modern cities in Asia, it is easy to overlook the blend of Malay, Chinese and Indian cultures and the corresponding traditional and colonial architectural treasures. However, with artist Chin Kon Yit and architect Chen Voon Fee as guides.....