Asia & Far East: P - Z

Asia: Authors A - F | Asia: Authors G - O

Payne, Robert. Journey to Red China. London: Heinemann, 1947. Small 8vo (regular size). 198 pages. Endpaper maps. Good hardcover. #16312. $10
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Rana, Daman Shumsher Jang Bahdur. (Listed on front cover as Daman Shamsherjang Bahadur Rana). Nepal: Rule and Misrule. New Delhi & Allahabad: Rajesh Publications, 1978. 1st printing. vii, 240 pages. Index. Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. #22204. $65
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Spencer, Robert Steward. Typhoon Days in Japan. New York: Friendship Press, 1934. 12mo (small book). 182 pages. Frontispiece double-page map. The author was a Methodist missionary in Japan. Very good stiff wrappers (soft cover); fold in rear cover. #25589. $35
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Sridhar, S. N., and Nirmal K. Mattoo, editors. Ananya: A Portrait of India. Ridgewood, New York: Association of Indians in America, 1997. 1st printing. 910, [18] pages. Index. Bibliographical references. Color and black-and-white photographs. Illustrations. Frontispiece. rear endpaper map. Dated, inscribed and signed by Mr. Sridhar, the editor. Epilogue by V. S. Arnachalam, 'This Time, A Tryst with Technology?' Contributors include S. R. Rao, Lallanji Gopal, Irfan Habib, Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, and many others. Fine hardcover in Fine dust jacket. ISBN 0965977110. #22138. $125
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Sugawara, Makoto. The Ancient Samurai. Edited by Burritt Sabin. Tokyo, Japan: East Publications, 1968. 490 pages. Photographs. Illustrations. Color frontispiece illustrations. 'The birth and development of the samurai class brought to the history of Japan an element colorful in the extreme. This class of professional warriors endured for a millennium, coming to an end only with the Meiji Restoration of 1868.' - Front jacket flap. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket; top and fore-edge foxed, brief note inside rear cover. ISBN 4915645037. #26055. $45
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Sugawara, Makoto. Lives of Master Swordsmen. Edited by Burritt Sabin. Tokyo, Japan: East Publications, 1985. 257 pages. Index. Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Chapters on swordsmen Tsukahara Bokuden, Miyamoto Musashi, Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, Yagyu Muneyoshi, Yagyu Munenori, Yagyu Mitsuyoshi, Ito Ittosai Kagehisa, Ono Tadaaki, lone wolves who wandered the length and breadth of Japan in search of worthy opponents. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. #26056. $85
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Tietjens, Eunice, Text. Japan, Korea and Formosa. Edited and Illustrations by Burton Holmes. Chicago, Illinois: Wheeler Publishing Company, 1940. Small 8vo (regular size). ix, 419 pages. Index. Photographs. Endpaper maps. The Burton Holmes Travel Stories. This revised edition is based on the 1924 and 1932 editions. Publisher's name on dust jacket is Reilly & Lee, Chicago. Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. Old price marked in felt-tip pen on front flyleaf. #19774. $35
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Zuoxuan, Xie, Pan Junxian, Zhang Wenyong, and Zhou Zende, editors. The Vicissitude of Shanghai Folk Style and Features, 1840s-1990s. Shanghai: Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 1998. 1st printing. 4to (large book). 207 pages. Color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations. A series of essays and images on Residents, Costume, Eating, Housing, Going (i.e., Transportation), Marriage and Funeral, Entertainment, and Yearly Folk Festivals. Text in Chinese and English. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 7532220818. #26054. $50
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