Tigers in the Rice: The story of Vietnam from ancient past to uncertain future
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.
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Vietnamese Legends and Folk Tales
Gioi. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback).
The Proverbs of Phra Ruang (in Thai) and Pageant of Wild Tiger Traditions (in English)
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.....
Ceremonies of the Lhasa Year (Heritage of Tibet)
Weatherhill, June 1994. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 133 pages. B/W photographs. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in illustrated wrappers (paperback).
The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot: A True Story About the Birth of Tyranny in North Korea
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.....
Customs and Superstitions of Tibetans
Mitre Press, 1964. Hardcover. 265 pages. Illustrated from black-and-white photographs. Duncan and his wife were missionaries in Tibet from 1921 to 1933. Pageblock bound upside down else a near fine copy in a dust jacket with snags and tears to the edges. Signed by the author on the title page.....
Up and Down in Bhamo Town (Bhamo, Burma)
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.....
Tibet, Tibet: A Personal History of a Lost Land
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......
Man's Conquest of the Pacific: The Rehistory of Southeast Asia and Oceania
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.
Feminine Ground: Essays on Women and Tibet
Snow Lion, January 1987. Trade Paperback. "Outstanding resource" (Pacific Sun) gives voice to the major Western women scholars of Tibetan Buddhism.
Tibet: The Secret Continent
Thomas Dunne Books, February 2003. Hardcover. With 250 accompanying photographs, Michael Peissel tells the history of the early Tibetans and the subsequent golden age of Tibetan Buddhism under the monk Richen Zampo. He examines the spiritual aspects that are so important in Tibetan life and the modern international success of.....
My Tibet, Text by his Holiness the Fourteenth Dali Lama of Tibet
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.....
Children of Dolpo
Writers Center of Marin, January 2003. Trade Paperback.
Buddhist Stupas in Asia: The Shape of Perfection
Lonely Planet Publications, September 2001. Hardcover.
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
Penguin (Non-Classics), January 2007. Trade Paperback. The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Taliban's backyard Anyone who despairs of the individual's power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer.....
Sentences et proverbes cambodgiens recueillis
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.
Dhonburi Mural Painting
Society for the Conservation of National Art Treasures, January 1980. Hardcover.
Aung San of Burma
Rupa, 1992. Trade Paperback.
Kuala Lumpur Sketchbook
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.....
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