Asia from Pages Past Used and Rare Books

New York: Pantheon, 1993. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 399 pages, indexed. Paperback in brown wrappers. There is light wear to the binding. Lightly rubbed. The text is clean and sound. Illustrated with drawings and wartime newspaper comics and illustrations.

New York, London: New Press, 1993. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 479 pages. Softcover in black and white pictorial wrappers. Binding has light wear. Text is clean.

Westport, Connecticut and London: Greenwood, 2001. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 247 pages, indexed. Red hardcover bound in glossy boards. Minimal wear. Illustrated with several photos. Text is clean.

Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1982. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 365 pages, indexed. Soft cover bound in light red and gray wrappers. Light wear to the binding. Some nicks to the outer edge of the text block. Edges are lightly bumped. A sound copy and clean within.… Read more about this item

Rochester, New York : University of Rochester Press, 2008. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 256 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in white cloth. There is very light wear to the binding. Edges are lightly bumped. Bar code sticker on the back cover. The text is clean and sound. Extensively… Read more about this item

New York and London: Pegasus Books, 2018. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. xxv, 273 pages. Hardcover in a black dust jacket. There is light wear to the jacket from rubbing. The text is clean and sound. Contains 80 illustrations and 13 figures.

New York: Pegasus Books, 2011. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 234 pages, indexed. Hardcover in a red and tan dust jacket. There is light wear to the jacket, which is price clipped. Inner flaps of dust jacket are bent at the bottom corners. The text is clean and… Read more about this item

New York: W. W. Norton and Co. , 1947. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 218 pages, indexed. Hardcover in red cloth. Binding is rubbe and bumped. Prior owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Rear flyleaf has had the corner bent. Text is toned but unmarked.

Japan: The Kyoto Municipal Government, 1931. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Oblong octavo. 72 pages. Hardcover in red and light green patterned Nishijin textile, a special product of Kyoto, per the note printed on the verso side of the rear flyleaf. The binding has scuffs/fraying at the edges.… Read more about this item

Kyoto, Japan: N.p., 1926. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 28 pages. Hardcover bound in decorative patterned cloth with ribbon ties along the spine. There is light wear to the binding. The cloth covers are delicate and very slightly frayed at the edges. Corners are bumped. Outer edges of… Read more about this item

London and Leicester: Adams Bros. & Shardlow, 1913. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 31, [1] pages. Soft cover bound in grey stapled wrappers. The binding shows light to moderate wear with a few stains from handling. The interior is a bit musty. There… Read more about this item

New York: The Modern Library, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 351 pages. Hardcover with a yellow pictorial dust jacket. The jacket shows rubbing and wear and is soiled from handling. Damp stains on the jacket spine. Jacket is price-clipped. The book is sound with secure inner… Read more about this item

North Carolina: Privately Published, 1991. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 399 pages. Hardcover bound in green cloth with titles in gilt. Light wear to the binding; the corners are a little bumped. A sound copy with clean text. Contains several illustrations. Appears… Read more about this item

Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2000. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 1107 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in a light tan and blue pictorial dust jacket. There is light rubbing and wear to the dust jacket. Original owner's inscription on the front flyleaf. The text is clean and sound.

N.p.: N.p.. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. Copperplate engraved map. A single sheet with two vertical folds, left and right of center. Nicely hand-colored. A sound copy. Closely trimmed at the top and the bottom with wide margins on the right… Read more about this item

New York and London: D. Appleton and Co., 1930. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 333 pages. Hardcover bound in red cloth with gold lettering. There is moderate wear to the binding. The spine and text block are slanted forward. The edges are bumped and beginning to fray. Outer edges… Read more about this item

North Clarendon, VT: Tuttle Publishing, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 288 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a burgundy and tan pictorial dust jacket. Light to moderate wear and rubbing to dust jacket. Extensively illustrated with historical artwork and photographs. Book is clean and sound.

New York: HarperCollins, 1996. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 319 pages. Hardcover with a black pictorial dust jacket. A nice, clean copy with minimal wear to the jacket and book.

Southampton, England: United Kingdom Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works, 1994. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 50 pages. Softcover in black and white illustrated wrappers. Wrappers are glossy paper and have some light smudge marks. Lower right corner of front cover has a slight… Read more about this item

Richmond, Surrey (UK): Curzon Press, 1996. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 351 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in red cloth. No dust jacket. Moderate wear to the binding, which has a little soiling or smudging from handling. A sound copy. Several pages have some underlining in ink, but most… Read more about this item