Asian Interest from Charity Bookstall

New York: Pearson Longman, 2005. One of the Library of World Biography Series. Peter N. Stearns, Series Edition. First Edition with full numberline 8vo size trade paperback; 158 pages including index with a few black and white photographs From back cover: "Trace the career of Fukuzawa Yukichi, who began life as lower-level samurai during the… Read more about this item

Hanoi: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1969. 12mo size staple bound booklet; 61 pages Contents include: Role of the working class in the Vietnamese revolution Tasks at the trade-unions at the present stage in the three revolutions Light wear to covers, stray pen marks on front cover. Some pages have light creases in the margin - this appears… Read more about this item

Camden, New Jersey: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1966. Blue cloth hardcover with white tiles on spine, professionally rebound for library use. 223 pages including index. Copiously illustrated with black and white photographs by Bob and Ira Spring. From page 7: "With a Japanese companion, I could see the country through the eyes of its own people as… Read more about this item

1971. 8vo size spiral bound softcover; unpaginated about 20 pages. Heavy cardstock (heavy like postal card) shows maker's marks and photographs of more than 300 examples of Nippon or Japanese porcelain. Edgewear and some rubbing or transfer from photo pages to page before. Moderate wear to covers; tanned border to first page. PLUS: Universal Price… Read more about this item

New York: Bloomsbury, 2007. Stated First U.S. Edition with full numberline 8vo sized hardcover with dust jacket; 133 bright, white pages. From jacket: "Peiling Wang...feels completely left out! Her family is from Taiwan, and even through they've lived in America since she was small, they have never once celebrated the old-fashioned, stockings-over-the-fireplace, all-American Christmas... What follows is… Read more about this item

Peking: Foreign Language Press, 1974. 12mo size trade paperback; 61 pages with many black and white photographs and pull-out map Contents include: A History of Water Famine Channelling the Waters of the Changho River Battling with the Taihang Mountains Advancing Through Difficulties The Masses Are the Real Heroes Working for a Common Cause Harvest Moderate wear to… Read more about this item

Basic Books, 1995. First American Edition, a translation of the Chinese First Edition 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 498 pages plus a section of black and white photographs on glossy stock From jacket: "A revealing biography by Deng Maomao, the ruler's youngest daughter and personal assistant...Deng Maomao saw a side of her famous father that she… Read more about this item

New York: Arco Publishing Company, Inc., 1977. One of the Arco Color Series 12mo size trade paperback with color photographs on both front and back covers; 256 bright, white pages with black and white photographs plus glossy center section of color photographs Contents include: Chinese Pottery and Porcelain Japanese Pottery and Porcelain Chinese Laquer Japanese Laquer Indian… Read more about this item

Japanese painting; art; artists; artwork; : Metropolitan Museum of Art Small 4to size staple bound booklet; about 30 glossy pages with black and white prints and color cover. Contains one article: A Note on Japanese Painting by Alan Priest with numerous black and white illustrations. Edgewear, light soil and moderate handling wear to covers. . Stapled. Good/No… Read more about this item

New York: Frederick A. Praeger Publishers, 1967. From back: "The countries of Southeast Asia are situated between two great civilizations - the Indian and Chinese. From earliest times, they have, in their art, blended indigenous forms with those of their powerful neighbors, creating styles that are uniquely their own." Contents include: Indochina; Early Angkor; The… Read more about this item

New York: Frederick A. Praeger Publishers, 1967. Translated from the French by Remy Inglis Hall; Edited by Charles McCurdy; Maps by Henri Jacquinet and Pierre Simont; Drawings by Claude Abeille. 428 pages plus section of black and white illustrations. From jacket: "In this comprehensive and detailed survey of the history of Oriental art...traces the development of Chinese… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Anchor Books, 1972. 12mo size mass market paperback; 536 pages. From back cover: "This volume contains some of the most important writings of Mao Tse-tung and Lin Piao, all written since 1949, which paved the way for China's ...re-emergence into international politics." Ex-library with typical treatments, some blacked out. Covers have been laminated,… Read more about this item

New York: Penguin Books, 2010. 293 pages. From back: "Kimberly Chang has her world turned upside down when she moves to New York with her mother from their home in Hong Kong. But their new life doesn't quite live up to their expectations." Edgewear and wear to page tips. Name and notation written… Read more about this item

New York: Haworth Press, 1995. 385 pages Contents include: Testimony: Walking on Moonsands by Carmen Vazquez Salience of Loss and Marginality: Life Themes of "Immigrant Women of Color" in Canada by Nayyar S. Javed Personal Reflections of an Anglo Therapist in Indian Country by Eidell B. Wasserman A Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Being Eurasian in the U.S. of… Read more about this item

Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1976. 8vo size trade paperback; 110 pages illustrated with black and white line drawings. Color illustrated cover. This is a "picture story book based on an episode from The Pilgrimage in the West, a mythological novel by Wu Cheng-en. The novel has had a wide appeal among Chinese readers since its appearance in… Read more about this item

Hong Kong: Hong Kong China Tourism Press, 1995. With photographs by Alfred Ko, Yang Kelin, Xu Jinyan, Ou Yansheng, Li Yaobo, Chan Chiu Pan, Peng Zhen Ge and Chen Jin. Hong Kong China Tourism Press; Hong Kong; 1995 4to size color photo illustrated pictorial cover. 90 glossy pages illustrated profusely with color photographs. Very brief biographies of the… Read more about this item

Seoul: Gimm Young International, 2005. Translated by Jung Un and Louis Choi Revised edition 4to size softcover; 234 pages to this graphic color illustrated volume. Double blue endpapers with a subtle silver print design. From jacket: "(This book) presents a hilarious and often unflattering look at Korean society and its people. Through skillfully chosen… Read more about this item

New York: Modern Reader, 1973. From back: "Dr. Horn's repor tis based on the longest continuous observation of the Chinese revolution by a Western writer." 192 pages with center section of glossy black and white photographs. Darkened spine, sunned band to photo illustrated front cover. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits… Read more about this item

Dorchester, Massachusetts: Indochina Curriculum Group, 1974. Very rare volume. 94 pages with black and white photographs, black illustrations and red illustrations. Contents include: Trouble in Xieng Kouang; Life As a Refugee; At the Military Camp; Arrival in Vientiane; My Trip to Moung Soui; Refugees from the Plain of Jars, more. Bright clean pages with only some… Read more about this item

Australia: Black Inc., 2015. 312 bright, white pages. From back: "Indonesia, a nation of thousands of island and almost 250 million people, straddles the junction of the Pacific and Indian oceans. The world's biggest Muslim nation has long been one of Australia's important strategic trading partners... Now rapidly modernising, Indonesia is, like China before it, become a… Read more about this item