On this page I have for you the 111 Oriental related books about Asia, China, and Japan that are on our shelves as of October 5, 2007 in Walpole, New Hampshire. Enjoy browsing through, and feel free to place your order at any time. Thank you, yours, RAY
1. ARCHAEOLOGICAL TREASURES EXCAVATED IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, ASAHA, n.p., (1973), B&W and color illustrations, very good, wraps (softcover), Mainly in Chinese, with an English translation of the plates at the end of the book., (Order No: 49825 ), $15.00
2. ORANDA - LES PAYS-BAS AU JAPON (1600-1868), Generale de Banque, Bruxelles, 1989, B&W and color illustrations, 240pp, fine, wraps (softcover), Exposition organisee par la Generale de Banque avec la collaboration du Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leyde 5/10 - 16/12/89. "Europalia 89 - Japan in Belgium.", (Order No: 40618 ), $45.00
3. MANCHURIA: LAND OF OPPORTUNITIES, South Manchuria Railway, New York, 1922, B&W illustrations, color map, 116pp, map, good, brown cloth spine, paper covered boards (hardcover), A handbook of the resources of Manchuria., (Order No: 39710 ), $15.00
4. ALONG THE YELLOW RIVER, Foreign Language Press, Peking, 1975, B&W and color ill., map, 141pp, good, wraps (softcover), This album is made based on pictures and texts which appeared in CHINA PICTORIAL between June 1973 and May 1974, with some editorial changes., (Order No: 28523 ), $12.50
5. Akiyama, Aisaburo, A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF JAPAN AND CHINA - SECOND EDITION, Paragon Book Reprint Corp., New York, 1964, 42pp, very good, brown boards (hardcover), First published in 1930. Lists of the Japanese Sovereigns; Japanes Era-Names; List of Shogun; and for China: Age of the Three Rulers; Age of the Five Emperors; and the Dynasty lists., (Order No: 49050 ), $22.50
6. Ames, Evelyn, IN TIME LIKE GLASS - REFLECTIONS ON A JOURNEY IN ASIA, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1974 1st ptg, drawings by Joe Veno, 174pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0395194199, (Order No: 42234 ), $5.00
7. Asai, Kiyoshi (designed by), THE EXHIBITION OF TREASURES OF SYRIAN ANTIQUITY, The Chunichi Shimbun, Japan, (1977), B&W and color illustrations, very good, wraps (softcover), Catalogue of the exhibit held November 2nd - 21st, 1977 at The Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery in Japan with some 247 masterpieces of ancient Syria from its three National Museums sent to Japan for this exhibition to play a significant role in a cultural exchange between Japan and Syria. Text in Japanese with English translation., (Order No: 51834 ), $35.00
8. Bainbridge, Lucy S., ROUND THE WORLD LETTERS, D. Lothrop & Company, Boston, MA, 1882, B&W illustrations, 542pp, good, green cloth (hardcover), "During a two years' tour of the world, completed a few months ago, I wrote a series of letters for THE PROVIDENCE DAILY JOURNAL. At the suggestion of its accomplished editor, Mr. G. W. Danielson, I made these letters a record prominently of personal sight-seeing and experiences. This book contains not only that series of letters somewhat altered, but many additions both from my notebooks and from another series of letters I contributed for a Cincinnati paper.", (Order No: 51296 ), $15.00
9. Behr, Edward, HIROHITO: BEHIND THE MYTH, Villard Books, New York, 1989 1st ed, 12 B&W ill., 437pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394580729 Edward Behr, distinguished European editor of Newsweek and author of The Last Emperor, takes the reader from Hirohito's birth amid imperial splendor to his death and the pomp of a funeral attended by countless foreign dignitaries., (Order No: 10862 ), $4.50
10. Black, Alexandra; Murata, Noboru (photography by), THE JAPANESE HOUSE: ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIORS, Tuttle Publishing, Rutland, VT, (2000) 4th ptg, color illustrations, 216pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0804832625 "From the rustic farmhouse to the Kyoto tea house to the most modern of Zen-inspired homes, THE JAPANESE HOUSE reveals a unique vernacular architecture and intimate interior world.", (Order No: 47210 ), $30.00
11. Blomhoff, Jan Cock (from a private account by) (edited by F. R. Effert; introduced and annotated by Matthi Forrer), THE COURT JOURNEY TO THE SHOGUN OF JAPAN - FROM A PRIVATE ACCOUNT BY JAN COCK BLOMHOFF, Hotei Publishing, Leiden, The Netherlands, (2000), B&W and color illustrations, 133pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 9074822266 This book details Blomhoff's travels and contains numerous references to the objects he acquired., (Order No: 48461 ), $30.00
12. Chang, Chi-Yun (translated by Li-Hen Chu), CHINESE HISTORY OF FIFTY CENTURIES: VOL. I ANCIENT TIMES, Inst Advanced Chinese Studie, Taiwan, (1962), B&W illustrations, 458pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "Five Thousand Years of Chinese History," of which this is the first volume on "Ancient Times," is the most up-to-date comprehensive history of China written by one of her eminent scholars. The work, when completed, will comprise 32 volumes in all., (Order No: 50972 ), $15.00
13. Chen, C. S. (edited, with an introductory analysis by) (translated by Charles Price Ridley), RURAL PEOPLE'S COMMUNES IN LIEN- CHIANG: DOCUMENTS CONCERNING COMMUNES IN LIEN-CHIANG COUNTY, FUKIEN PROVINCE, 1962-1963, Hoover Institution Press, Stanford, CA, (1969), tables, 243pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's name, This remarkable and unique collection of documents reveals, in intimate and unvarnished detail, one stage in the Communist Chinese government's struggle to recover from the Great Depression of 1959-61., (Order No: 49220 ), $10.00
14. Clubb, O. Edmund, TWENTIETH CENTURY CHINA, Columbia University Press, New York, (1966) 5th ptg, 16 B&W ill., 5 maps, 470pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), A political history of China from the dynastic era to the present Communist period. This book deals with domestic developments as well as with foreign relations-especially American, Japanese, and Russian-wherever they have an important bearing on domestic evolution., (Order No: 12489 ), $4.50
15. Cohen, Warren I., AMERICA'S RESPONSE TO CHINA: AN INTERPRETATIVE HISTORY OF SINO-AMERICAN RELATIONS, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, (1971), B&W maps, 242pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 047116335X In his incisive analysis of Chinese-American relations, Professor Cohen captures the essence of the American failure in China., (Order No: 51577 ), $10.00
16. Collins, Gilbert, FAR EASTERN JAUNTS, Methuen & Co., Ltd., London, (1924), B&W illustrations, 282pp, good, green cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 2657 ), $20.00
17. Cooper, Clayton Sedgwick, THE MODERNIZING OF THE ORIENT, McBride, Nast & Company, New York, 1914, B&W illustrations, 325pp, very good, light brown cloth (hardcover), The East has at last met the West face to face., (Order No: 51292 ), $25.00
18. Dalby, Liza Crihfield, GEISHA, Univ. of California Press, Berkeley, CA, (1998), B&W illustrations, 350pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0520204956 In her account of her experience as the Kyoto geisha Ichigiku, Liza Dalby--the only non-Japanese ever to have trained as a geisha--reveals the realities of a world that has long been the subject of rumor and fantasy, and that continues to fascinate Japanese and Westerners alike to this day., (Order No: 50945 ), $7.50
19. Davis, Hassoldt, LAND OF THE EYE, Henry Holt and Company, New York, (1941), B&W illustrations, 415pp, good+, maroon cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), A Narrative of the Labors, Adventures, Alarums and Excursions of the Denis-Roosevelt Asiatic Expedition to Burma, China, India and the Lost Kingdom of Nepal., (Order No: 25511 ), $14.50
20. de Benneville, James S., THE HAUNTED HOUSE: MORE SAMURAI TALES OF THE TOKUGTAWA, Kegan Paul, London, (2001), B&W map, 263pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0710306962 First published c1916. Japan under the rule of the Tokugawa Shoguns is brought to life in this tale of the BANCHO SARAYASHIKI, drawn from the kodan and Japanese chronicles of the seventeenth century, as it would have been told in the samurai households beneath the walls of Edo castle., (Order No: 35084 ), $75.00
21. de Poncins, Gontran, FROM A CHINESE CITY, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, 1957 1st ed, B&W ill., 256pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), De Poncins is your guide as you explore the swarming streets of Cholon--you hear the rickshaw bells, the cries of strolling vendors, the clack of wooden sandals, and the provocative laughter of women; you smell pork fat, spices, ginseng, fish, and musk., (Order No: 35258 ), $14.50
22. Downie, Sue, DOWN HIGHWAY ONE: JOURNEYS THROUGH VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA, Allen & Unwin, St. Leonards, Australia, (1993), illustrated by Venn Savat, 234pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1863733221 Journeys through two countries steeped in history and culture, but torn apart by decades of war., (Order No: 38586 ), $9.50
23. Dulles, Foster Rhea, THE OLD CHINA TRADE, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1930, B&W illustrations, 228pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjackete) light wear spine, "In this story of the old China trade I have attempted to recapture something of the spirit of adventure and daring which at the close of the Revolution sent the young merchant seamen of the Atlantic seaboard throughout the length and breadth of the Pacific.", (Order No: 43761 ), $45.00
24. Ebon, Martin (ed), FIVE CHINESE COMMUNIST PLAYS, The John Day Company, New York, (1975), 328pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0381982815 Martin Ebon has selected five of the best and most representative plays of the current Chinese theater; The White-Haired Girl, The Red Detachment of Women, Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy, The Red Lantern, and Azalea Mountain. Through these plays and the text accompanying them, it is possible to gain new understanding and insight into Chinese culture, philosophy, and history. They demonstrate the importance of politics in Chinese thought, and entertainment in Chinese life., (Order No: 14036 ), $7.00
25. Eckstein, Alexander; Galenson, Walter; and, Liu, Ta-Chung (edited by), ECONOMIC TRENDS IN COMMUNIST CHINA, Aldine Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, (1968), B&W tables, 757pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), One of the most authoritative studies of the Chinese economy, this book presents the work of twelve experts in different aspects of economics, and offers a comprehensive assessment of economic development in mainland China since 1949., (Order No: 16347 ), $10.00
26. Emerson, Rupert, FROM EMPIRE TO NATION: THE RISE TO SELF-ASSERTION OF ASIAN AND AFRICAN PEOPLES, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1960, 466pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), To what extent are the emergent national patterns of Asia and Africa different from the classical models of Western Europe? A searching investigation is focused upon these differences, resulting in the first full-scale Afro-Asian application of concepts elaborately worked out in relation to European patterns., (Order No: 46756 ), $10.00
27. Emmott, Bill, THE SUN ALSO SETS: THE LIMITS TO JAPAN'S ECONOMIC POWER, Random House, New York, (1989) 1st ed, 292pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by the author, ISBN 0812918169 A timely and cogent analysis of Japan's rise to economic prominence and its perceived threat to American interests., (Order No: 11413 ), $10.00
28. Esherick, Joseph W. (edited by), LOST CHANCE IN CHINA: THE WORLD WAR II DESPATCHES OF JOHN S. SERVICE, Random House, New York, (1974) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 409pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394484363 An eyewitness account of how the United States started on its disastrous course in the Far East, by a State Department "old China hand.", (Order No: 25466 ), $10.00
29. Etherton, P. T., IN THE HEART OF ASIA, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1926, map, 306pp, map, very good+, olive green cloth (hardcover), "This book is intended to form the record of several years spent in Central Asia, where, in my capacity as His Majesty's Consul-General and Political Resident in Chinese Turkistan, I had opportunities of studying various questions of political, economic, and commercial importance.", (Order No: 40250 ), $150.00
30. Evans, Karin, THE LOST DAUGHTERS OF CHINA, Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, New York, (2000) 4th ptg, B&W illustrations, 270pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1585420263 Evans explores the emotional and political complexities of an international phenomenon that creates families across the boundaries of culture and geography. She describes the trying but often comic intercontinental journey in which she and her husband--guided by an adoption coordinator--trekked with seventeen other families from Hong Kong to the Pearl River Delta to meet their daughters., (Order No: 50865 ), $12.00
31. Fairbank, John King, CHINABOUND: A FIFTY-YEAR MEMOIR, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1982) 1st ed, 4 maps, 27 B&W ill., 480pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0060390050 An informative and delightful memoir by America's most distinguished student of China, a man known and loved as the father of American China studies., (Order No: 10611 ), $5.00
32. Fry, Roger (et al), CHINESE ART: AN INTRODUCTORY HANDBOOK TO PAINTING, SCULPTURE, CERAMICS, TEXTILES, BRONZES & MINOR ARTS, B. T. Batsford, Ltd., London, (1952) 5th ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 86pp of text, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), First published in 1935., (Order No: 4365 ), $7.50
33. Fung, Kwok Ying (photographs arranged and edited by Fritz Henle), CHINA, Henry Holt and Company, New York, (1943), 84 sepia tone photographs, 192pp, very good, red cloth w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), For years Mr. Fung has collected pictures of China; the ones included in this volume are not only his selected best, but comprise the first such collection to appear in this country for several decades. The pictures are accompanied by moving and interpretative captions, and the various sections into which they are grouped are introduced by brief, beautifully written accounts of China's history, art and architecture, people, education, religion, and her part in the war., (Order No: 18905 ), $25.00
34. Gibney, Frank, JAPAN: THE FRAGILE SUPERPOWER, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, (1975), 347pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393055302 This book attempts to get behind the superficial view of Japanese by Americans, either as charming clients or vicious international competitors, and presents the Japanese as they look within their own insular society., (Order No: 31494 ), $6.50
35. Gillard, David, THE STRUGGLE FOR ASIA, 1828-1914: A STUDY IN BRITISH AND RUSSIAN IMPERIALSIM, Methuen & Co Ltd, London, (1977), B&W maps, 214pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover) MARGINALIA ABOUT 9 Pages, ISBN 0416132502 This volume studies a classic case of rival imperialisms., (Order No: 47937 ), $30.00
36. Goedhuis, Michael, CHINA WITHOUT BORDERS - AN EXHIBITION OF CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART JUNE 20-28, 2001, Goedhuis Contemporary, London, 2001, B&W and color illustrations, 104pp, fine, wraps (softcover), Catalogue of the exhibtion held at Sotheby's New York., (Order No: 49280 ), $45.00
37. Golay, Frank H.; Anspach, Ralph; Pfanner, M. Ruth & Ayal, Eliezer B., UNDERDEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC NATIONALISM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, (1969), 30 tables, 494pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0801404932 This book documents the persistent drive of Southeast Asian societies to match their hard-won political independence with meaningful economic sovereignty, by increasing the share of their citizens in the ownership and control of modern enterprises and in the material rewards and prestige from economic activities., (Order No: 12977 ), $25.00
38. Guillain, Robert, THE JAPANESE CHALLENGE: THE RACE TO THE YEAR 2000, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, (1970) 1st ed, 352pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 9593 ), $6.50
39. Handlin, Joanna F., ACTION IN LATE MING THOUGHT: THE REORIENTATION OF LU K'UN AND OTHER SCHOLAR-OFFICIALS, University of California Pr., Berkeley, CA, (1983) 1st ptg, 256pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0520043804 This is the first full-length study of Lu K'un (1536-1618), an outstanding representative of the change in orientation that accompanied commercialization in the countryside and the spread of literacy during the late Ming dynasty., (Order No: 13278 ), $5.00
40. Haring, Douglas Gilbert, BLOOD ON THE RISING SUN, Macrae Smith Company, Philadelphia, 1943, B&W illustrations, 239pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover) few pencil marks, A thoughtful, lucid and straightforward account of how the average intelligent Japanese subject has come to hold some of his most conspicuous opinions and beliefs. Briefly, it shows how the Japanese "got that way," indicates how carefully their plans for world domination have been laid...", (Order No: 30383 ), $14.50
41. Hearn, Lafcadio, JAPAN: AN ATTEMPT AT INTERPRETATION, Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, VT, (1967) 7th ptg, 498pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 29576 ), $9.50
42. Heinrich, Amy Vladeck (editor), CURRENTS IN JAPANESE CULTURE: TRANSLATIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS, Columbia University Press, New York, (1997) 1st ptg, 523pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0231096968 This volume deals with various aspects of Japanese culture- -Japanese literature from the Heian period to the present (including poetry, drama, fiction, and autobiographical writing), film, visual arts, and social and intellectual history., (Order No: 33474 ), $25.00
43. Hume, Lotta Carswell, DRAMA AT THE DOCTOR'S GATE - THE STORY OF DOCTOR EDWARD HUME OF YALE-IN-CHINA, Yale-in-China Association, New Haven, CT, (1961), B&W illustrations, 160pp, good+, red cloth spine (hardcover) original acetate cover, (Order No: 49799 ), $6.50
44. Immoos, Thomas and Mayer, Fred, JAPANESE THEATRE, Rizzoli, New York, (1977), B&W and color illustrations, 194pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0847801233 This magnificently produced book is a collaborative study in words and pictures of the major forms of Japanese theatre: Noh, Kabuki, Bunraku and Bugaku., (Order No: 52416 ), $10.00
45. Jenyns, Soame, LATER CHINESE PORCELAIN: THE CH'ING DYNASTY (1644-1912), Faber and Faber, London, (1965) 3rd ed, 120 plates follow text, 111pp of text, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Franklin 4059., (Order No: 5685 ), $17.50
46. Kang, Tai S. (edited by), NATIONALISM AND THE CRISES OF ETHNIC MINORITIES IN ASIA, Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, (1979) 1st ptg, 148pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket as published), ISBN 0313206236 "Contributions in Sociology, Number 34.", (Order No: 25371 ), $20.00
47. Kawanishi, Hirosuke (translated by Ross E. Mouer), ENTERPRISE UNIONISM IN JAPAN, Kegan Paul International, London, (1992), B&W figures, B&W tables, 467pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0710303416 This is a detailed study of the Japanese enterprise union, a unique form of union organization which has received considerable attention as a result of international interest in learning from Japan's experience in industrial relations., (Order No: 29404 ), $45.00
48. Khaing, Mi Mi (introduction by Santha Rama Rau), BURMESE FAMILY, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, (1962) 1st Amer, ill. by E. G. N. Kinch, 200pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), With grace, affection, and gentle humor Miss Khaing relates the details of her childhood and the history of her family, skillfully weaving into her narrative a complete view of everyday life in Burma., (Order No: 51249 ), $10.00
49. Kim, Jin-hyun and Moon, Chung-in (edited by), POST-COLD WAR, DEMOCRATIZATION, AND NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE, Yonsei University Press, Seoul, Korea, (1996), 288pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 8971414073 Contents include: Introduction: Post-Cold War, Democratization, and National Intelligence; Democratic System and National Intelligence: The American Experience in Comparative Perspectives; Perestroika, Glasnost and the KGB: Surviving Democratic Currents; Changing U.S. International Interests and Priorities: Implications for Intelligence Reforms; An Israeli Perspective on Contemporary National Intelligence; Redefining National Priorities and Intelligence in South Korea; National Intelligence in Japan: Myth and Reality; Economic Espionage and Counter-Espionage in the United States: Threat and Policy Response; Economic Information Collection in Japan; Trade Secrets, UR Efforts, and Korea's Position; and, Rethinking National Intelligence: Comparative Implications., (Order No: 38105 ), $75.00
50. Knight, Nick, LI DA AND MARXIST PHILOSOPHY IN CHINA, Westview Press, Boulder, CO, (1996), 326pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0813389933 In this seminal study, Knight analyzes Li Da's contribution to the flowering of Marxist philosophy and theory in China, examining Li's writings and placing them in the context of the Marxist tradition., (Order No: 22243 ), $15.00
51. Lattimore, Owen, NOMADS AND COMMISSARS: MONGOLIA REVISITED, Oxford University Press, New York, 1962, B&W illustrations, 238pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "First book about revolutionary Outer Mongolia.", (Order No: 33397 ), $14.50
52. Lee, Mein-ven (Chief Editor), TREASURES OF CHINA - AN ARMCHAIR JOURNEY TO 352 LEGENDARY LANDMARKS, Reader's Digest Books, (1988), color illustrations, 336pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0895773252, (Order No: 47189 ), $20.00
53. Lewis, Elizabeth Foreman (decorations by John Huehnergarth), TO BEAT A TIGER, ONE NEEDS A BROTHER'S HELP: A STORY OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN WAR-TORN CHINA, The John C. Winston Company, Philadelphia, PA, (1956) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 215pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This is a story of Chinese youth's struggle with the tiger of war. Author was awarded the Newbery Medal for YOUNG FU., (Order No: 42664 ), $20.00
54. Lien, Chan (edited by), PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD SINO-AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON MAINLAND CHINA, Institute of Int'l Relations, China, (1974), 986pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This collection contains primarily papers and reports presented to the Third Sino-American Conference on Mainland China held between December 9 and 16, 1973, Taipei, under the sponsorship of the Institute of International Relations, Republic of China. The purpose of the Conference was to gain a better understanding of the essential nature of the Chinese Communist regime and the situation in mainland China since 1949 through an exchange of views between Chinese and American scholars and other experts in this field., (Order No: 35621 ), $20.00
55. Lifton, Robert Jay; Kato, Shuichi; and, Reich, Michael R., SIX LIVES SIX DEATHS: PORTRAITS FROM MODERN JAPAN, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1979, B&W illustrations, 305pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0300022662 Focusing on how six talented Japanese writers and public figures prepared for their deaths, this book is a major study of cultural change in Japan. Each biographical sketch places the man studied in his historical and cultural milieu, contains pertinent psychological observations, and includes a key document written as he approached death., (Order No: 14612 ), $7.50
56. MacDonald, Malcolm; photographs by William MacQuitty, INSIDE CHINA, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, (1980) 1st Amer, B&W and color ill., 208pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0316541885 A vivid and delightfully personal account of what life is like in modern China, as closely observed and photographed by these two Westerners who, for the last fifty years, have enjoyed rare and remarkable access to the country, its people and leaders., (Order No: 16048 ), $5.00
57. Madame Chiang Kai-shek, SELECTED SPEECHES, 1965-1966, China Publishing Company, China, (1968), 223pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 35399 ), $14.50
58. Madsen, Axel, SILK ROADS: THE ASIAN ADVENTURES OF CLARA & ANDRE MALRAUX, Pharos Books, New York, (1989) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 303pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0886874335 This is a story of romance, crime and political awakening, of the first rumblings of an upheaval that would last through the rest of the century., (Order No: 45121 ), $6.00
59. Maitland, Derek (editor), CHINA: THE LAND, THE CITIES, THE PEOPLE, THE CULTURE, THE PRESENT, Exeter Books, New York, (1981), color illustrations, 382pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0896731065 Ten incisive essays include the Great Cities, The Sporting Challenge, Tourism, and The Cultural Mystery. Each definitive article has been written by one of the world's most expert commentators on Chinese affairs., (Order No: 29262 ), $12.50
60. Manthorpe, Victoria (editor), TRAVELS IN THE LAND OF THE GODS (1898-1907) - THE JAPAN DIARIES OF RICHARD GORDON SMITH, Prentice Hall Press, New York, (1986) 1st ed, color illustrations, 224pp, good w/lightly edgeworn dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0139305122 Gordon Smiths's travels, discoveries and reactions to Japan's magic as recorded in eight large leather-bound diaries that laid hidden for years in an English farmhouse., (Order No: 10917 ), $6.00
61. March, Benjamin, SOME TECHNICAL TERMS OF CHINESE PAINTING, Waverly Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1935 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 55pp text, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), American Council of Learned Societies Studies in Chinese and Related Civilizations Number 2., (Order No: 51709 ), $45.00
62. Matsuyama, Akira (translated by Atsunobu Tomomatsu), TRADITIONAL DIETARY CULTURE OF SOUTHEAST ASIA: ITS FORMATION AND PEDIGREE, Kegan Paul, London, (2003), B&W illustrations, 459pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0710307292 Foodways can reveal the strongest and deepest traces of human history and culture, and this pioneering volume is a detailed study of the development of the traditional dietary culture of Southeast Asia from Laos and Vietnam to the Philippines and New Guinea from earliest times to the present., (Order No: 39631 ), $165.00
63. Mendelssohn, Kurt, IN CHINA NOW, Paul Hamlyn, London, (1969), 196 B&W & 69 color photos, 34pp, photos, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), A pictorial record of the land, the people and their daily life, as well as agriculture, science, and technology. The unique photographs are complemented by Dr. Mendelssohn's personal commentary., (Order No: 16049 ), $6.00
64. Merrick, Henrietta Sands, IN THE WORLD'S ATTIC, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1931, B&W and color ill., map, 259pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 3367 ), $12.50
65. Michaelson, Carol; and Portal, Jane, CHINESE ART IN DETAIL, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, (2006), color illustrations, 144pp, fine w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0674023897 Contents include: What is Chinese Art; Art for the Tomb; Art for the Temple; Art for the Court; Art for the Elite; and, Art for the Masses., (Order No: 51063 ), $15.00
66. Monachesi, Mrs. Nicola di Rienzi, A MANUAL FOR CHINA PAINTERS - REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., Boston, (1907) rev ed, B&W illustrations, 300pp, fine, decorated cloth (hardcover) EXCEPTIONALLY NICE COPY, First published in 1896. "Being a Practical and Comprehensive Treatise on the Art of Painting China and Glass with Mineral Colors." With five plates each having color chips. Exceptionally nice (looking new) copy, white cloth clean and white with dark blue decorations on spine and front and rear boards., (Order No: 8372 ), $40.00
67. Morris, John, A WINTER IN NEPAL, Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1963 3rd ptg, B&W illustrations, 232pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 48666 ), $4.00
68. Munsterberg, Hugo, THE ARTS OF JAPAN: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY, Charles E. Tuttle Co., Rutland, VT, (1962) 4th ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 201pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) in good slipcase, (Order No: 1469 ), $10.00
69. Naito, Hatsuho, THUNDER GODS: THE KAMIKAZE PILOTS TELL THEIR STORY, Kodansha International, New York, (1989) 1st ed, B&W photo section, 215pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870119095, (Order No: 6933 ), $5.00
70. Osgood, Cornelius, THE CHINESE: A STUDY OF A HONG KONG COMMUNITY - THREE VOLUME SET COMPLETE (AND NEW), University of Arizona Press, Tucson, (1975), B&W illustrations, 3 vols, 1264pp, fine w/fine dustjackets in fine box as published (hardcover), ISBN 0816504180 Author provides a comprehensive, profusely illustrated ethnographic study of Chinese culture. He has based his work on some 15 months of field research during four trips to Hong Kong. NEW SET in Slipcase, and original publishers shipping carton., (Order No: 14513 ), $20.00
71. Page, Curtis Hidden, JAPANESE POETRY: AN HISTORICAL ESSAY WITH TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY TRANSLATIONS, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1923, color frontis, B&W ill., 181pp, good, black cloth spine (hardcover) wear to boards and spine, A short history of Japanese poetry., (Order No: 46573 ), $15.00
72. Pal, Pratapaditya, NEPAL: WHERE THE GODS ARE YOUNG, The Asia Society, New York, (1975), B&W and color ill., 136pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0878480455 The catalogue of an exhibition shown in Asia House Gallery in the fall of 1975 as an activity of The Asia Society, to further greater understanding between the United States and the peoples of Asia., (Order No: 32640 ), $15.00
73. Pan, Lynn, TRACING IT HOME: A CHINESE FAMILY'S JOURNEY FROM SHANGHAI, Kodansha International, New York, (1993) 1st ptg, 229pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1568360436 Welcome to Shanghai in the forties and fifties--a universe of drug addiction, anarchy, suffering wives and concubines--a way of life on the brink of collapse., (Order No: 35261 ), $2.50
74. Peletz, Michael Gates, A SHARE OF THE HARVEST: KINSHIP, PROPERTY, AND SOCIAL HISTORY AMONG THE MALAYS OF REMBAU, Univ. of California Press, Berkeley, CA, (1988) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 385pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0520061535 Provides new perspective on the social history of Negeri Sembilan Malays as well as a critical assessment of the structure of kinship and property relations during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries., (Order No: 39151 ), $17.50
75. Porter, Jonathan, MACAU, THE IMAGINARY CITY: CULTURE AND SOCIETY, 1557 TO THE PRESENT, Westview Press, Boulder, CO, (1996) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 240pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0813328365 In this evocative essay on the cultural and social history of a unique and fragile city, Jonathan Porter examines Macau as an enduring but ever-changing threshold between East and West., (Order No: 51228 ), $9.50
76. Reeve, John, JAPANESE ART IN DETAIL, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, (2005), color illustrations, 144pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0674023919 Contents include: What is Japanese Art?; Serenity; Nature; Pleasure; Mountains and sea; Beauty; and, Turmoil., (Order No: 51064 ), $15.00
77. Ridley, Michael, TREASURES OF CHINA, Arco Publishing Company, New York, (1973), B&W and color illustrations, 144pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0668033770 Deals with all the recent spectacular archaeological discoveries, which are discussed and placed in the traditional framework of Chinese archaeology and art., (Order No: 14488 ), $3.50
78. Rohwer, Jim, ASIA RISING: WHY AMERICA WILL PROSPER AS ASIA'S ECONOMIES BOOM, Simon & Schuster, New York, (1995), B&W tables, charts, maps, 382pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0684807521 A provocative business book which argues that the wealth generated by Asia's resurrection will create tides of business and financial opportunities for Western companies and their workers., (Order No: 11008 ), $5.00
79. Rosenberg, William G. and Young, Marilyn B., TRANSFORMING RUSSIA AND CHINA: REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, Oxford University Press, New York, 1982 1st ptg, 397pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), review slip, ISBN 0195029658 A comparative history of the Russian and Chinese revolutions, stressing both their common themes and their widely differing settings., (Order No: 14505 ), $12.50
80. Scherer, James A. B., JAPAN TO-DAY, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1904, color frontis, B&W ill., 323pp, ads, good+, decorated red cloth, teg (hardcover), (Order No: 31603 ), $20.00
81. Schurmann, Franz, IDEOLOGY AND ORGANIZATION IN COMMUNIST CHINA: SECOND EDITION, ENLARGED, Univ. of California Press, Berkeley, CA, (1968), B&W ill., map, 642pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0520015538 Three fascinating themes illuminate the book's main concern. One theme involves comparisons between the U.S.S.R. and China. Another deals extensively with historical problems of continuity and change in China since 1949. Finally, the book explores the impact of industrialization on China and the problems it poses for the Chinese Communist party., (Order No: 17272 ), $5.00
82. Selected by Yuzo Sugimura (English adaptation by Burton Watson), CHINESE SCULPTURE, BRONZES, AND JADES IN JAPANESE COLLECTIONS, East-West Center Press, Honolulu, (1966), B&W and color illustrations, 45pp text, good, cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), Part I Tomb Sculpture, Part II Buddist Figures in Bronze and Stone, Part III Bronzes and Jades., (Order No: 187 ), $30.00
83. Shaw, Glenn, JAPANESE SCRAP-BOOK, The Hokuseido Press, Kanda, Tokyo, Japan, [1932], 389pp, very good, decorated cloth (hardcover) in good slipcase, Contents divided into: Essayish; Storial; Traveloguish; Diarial; and, Homiletical. "Fine cloth binding" with a Japanese Colour Print covering the front and rear boards and spine - very nice., (Order No: 47349 ), $40.00
84. Shoten, Kadokawa (edited by), A PICTORIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE ORIENTAL ARTS - CHINA - VOLUME 1 AND VOLUME 2 (TWO VOLUME SET), Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, (1969), B&W and color illustrations, fine, brown cloth w/original plastic covers in publisher's box, Two volume set. Volume 1: THE YIN, CHOU, AND WARRING STATES PERIODS - THE SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD (c13th BC - 588 AD), 32pp text followed by 98 color and 193 B&W ill.; Volume 2: THE SUI AND T'ANG PERIODS - THE MING AND CH'ING PERIODS (589-1912), 31pp text followed by 95 color and 177 B&W ill., (Order No: 17661 ), $35.00
85. Simkin, C. G. F., THE TRADITIONAL TRADE OF ASIA, Oxford University Press, London, 1968, B&W ill., B&W maps, 417pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 019215317X Economic, cultural and political links between the various parts of Asia were forged over many centuries by a widespread and remarkably durable system of trade. This book offers a comprehensive survey of that trade., (Order No: 33970 ), $25.00
86. Sladen, Douglas and Lorimer, Norma, MORE QUEER THINGS ABOUT JAPAN, Dodge Publishing Company, New York, [1905], B&W illustrations, 484pp, good+, yellow cloth (hardcover) owner's name stamped few pages, To which are added A precis of the Terms of Peace, and a Skeleton History of the entire War, specially compiled for this edition, entitled "THE WAR AT A GLANCE." With Ten Double-page Illustrations by the Celebrated HOKUSAI and Fourteen other Double-page Illustrations by Japanese Artists. Contents include: PART I.--JAPAN FROM A WOMAN'S POINT OF VIEW by Norma Lorimer; PART II.--A JAPANESE HISTORY OF NAPOLEON, WITH LIVES OF PETER THE GREAT, ALEXANDER THE GREAT, AND ARISTOTLE, AND NOTES ON FRANCE AND GREECE written by a Japanese in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century, and Translated by Yoshio Markino; PART III.--THE ORIGINAL LETTERS OF THE ENGLISH PILOT, WILLIAM ADAMS written from Japan between A.D. 1611 and 1617-Reprinted by special permission from the papers of the Hakluyt Society; PART IV.--JAPAN FROM A MAN'S POINT OF VIEW by Douglas Sladen; APPENDIX., (Order No: 46213 ), $100.00
87. Sotheby's, ROBERT HATFIELD ELLSWORTH COLLECTION OF MODERN CHINESE PAINTINGS, Sotheby's North America, New York, (1993), B&W and color illustrations, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Auction held on June 16, 1993., (Order No: 5844 ), $20.00
88. South Manchuria Railway Company, FIFTH REPORT ON PROGRESS IN MANCHURIA TO 1936, South Manchuria Railway Co., Dairen, July, 1936, B&W illustrations, maps, 253pp, good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 50066 ), $60.00
89. Spence, Jonathan D., TREASON BY THE BOOK, Viking, New York, (2001) 1st ptg, 300pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0670892920 Investigates the attempted rebellion that "Summer Calm" was trying to persuade Yue Zhongqi to lead., (Order No: 40350 ), $7.50
90. Spitzer, Dan (photographs by Marzi Schorin), WANDERLUST: OVERLAND THROUGH ASIA AND AFRICA, Richard Marek Publishers, New York, (1979), B&W ill., maps, 276pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0399900365 From the mosques and minarets of Istanbul, across the blazing sands of Afghanistan, through the awesome Himalayas and the tangled rain forests of Southeast Asia, Dan Spitzer and his companion trekked overland, recording a journey as exciting and exotic as any imaginable., (Order No: 15506 ), $7.50
91. Sullivan, Michael, AN INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE ART, Faber and Faber, London, (1961), 151 B&W plates follow text, 223pp of text, good+ w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Also 4 color plates, maps, diagrams. This book, written for the general reader, covers the arts of China, major and minor, from the Stone Age to th establishment of the People's Republic., (Order No: 14629 ), $12.50
92. Sutter, Valerie O'Connor, THE INDOCHINESE REFUGEE DILEMMA, Louisiana State Univ. Press, Baton Rouge, (1990), 256pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0807115568, (Order No: 741 ), $5.00
93. Terukazu Akiyama; Kosei Ando; Saburo Matsubara; Takashi Okazaki; Takeshi Sekino; Coordinated by Mary Tregear, ARTS OF CHINA - NEOLITHIC CULTURES TO THE T'ANG DYNASTY - RECENT DISCOVERIES, Kodansha International Ltd., Tokyo, (1968) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 251pp, good w/lightly edge worn dustjacket (hardcover), In the last 20 years, archaeological excavation in China has been vigorous and widespread., (Order No: 47788 ), $30.00
94. Thompson, A. M., JAPAN FOR A WEEK (BRITAIN FOR EVER), John Lane Company, New York, 1911, B&W ill., 254pp, good, red cloth (hardcover) ink spot top of covers, (Order No: 32492 ), $30.00
95. Thomson, John Stuart, CHINA REVOLUTIONIZED, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN, (1913), B&W illustrations, 590pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 39566 ), $35.00
96. Topping, Audrey (text and photographs by) (foreword by Seymour Topping), THE SPLENDORS OF TIBET, SINO Publishing Company, New York, (1980) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 185pp, index, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Topping has photographed for the first time much of the magnificent sacred art treasures that are hidden from public view in Tibet's three greatest structures: The Potala, Palace of the Dalai Lamas, and the Drepung Monastery known as the Rice Heap., (Order No: 50846 ), $10.00
97. Toynbee, Arnold (edited by), HALF THE WORLD: THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF CHINA AND JAPAN, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, (1973), 530 ill. w/160 in color, 368pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0030107164 Thirteen authors combine their scholarship to present the great and ancient civilizations of China and Japan., (Order No: 16414 ), $15.00
98. Trautz, F. M., JAPAN: MIT KOREA UND FORMOSA - LANDSCHAFT / BAUKUNST / VOLKSLEBEN, Atlantis-Verlag, Berlin, (1930), B&W illustrations, 256pp, very good w/good dustjacket (light foxing on edges, Text in German. Exceptional photography., (Order No: 22737 ), $150.00
99. van Wolferen, Karel, THE ENIGMA OF JAPANESE POWER: PEOPLE AND POLITICS IN A STATELESS NATION, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1989 2nd ptg, 496pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394577965 The first full-scale examination of the inner workings of Japan's political/industrial system., (Order No: 7071 ), $3.00
100. Vlahos, Olivia, FAR EASTERN BEGINNINGS, The Viking Press, New York, (1976) 1st ed, illustrated by George Ford, 292pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0670307394 The author's emphasis is on the people of this continent: a fascinating panorama of thousands of years of migrations, which left behind physical features and cultural creations. Discusses the history and customs of the diverse cultures found on the Asian continent, from India to Siberia - Juvenile literture., (Order No: 16348 ), $5.00
101. Vogel, Ezra F., COMEBACK - CASE BY CASE: BUILDING THE RESURGENCE OF AMERICAN BUSINESS, Simon and Schuster, New York, (1985) 1st ptg, 320pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 067146079X Author spells our what America must do to make our economy once again number one., (Order No: 21688 ), $5.00
102. Vollmer, John E.; Keall, E. J.; and, Nagai-Berthrong, E., SILK ROADS, CHINA SHIPS: AN EXHIBITION OF EAST-WEST TRADE, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, (1983), B&W and color ill., 240pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0888543018 Handbook to accompany an exhibition held at the Royal Ontario Museum, Sept. 10, 1983-Jan. 8, 1984, and travelling to other institutions. This exhibition unveils objects that chronicle the cultural, economic, political, and social effects of trade between the Orient and the West through nineteen centuries., (Order No: 16356 ), $14.50
103. Wadsworth, Willard W., AMONG THE ORIENTALS: A VIEW OF THEIR MANNERS, CUSTOMS, AND CIVILIZATION AND OF THE MODERN MISSIONARY MOVEMENT OF THE CHURCH, Barbee & Smith, Agents, Nashville, TX, 1896, B&W illustrations, 492pp, good, red cloth (hardcover) light wear to covers, (Order No: 40766 ), $30.00
104. Waltner, Ann, GETTING AN HEIR: ADOPTION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF KINSHIP IN LATE IMPERIAL CHINA, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, HI, (1990) 1st ptg, 226pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0824812808 In the late Ming and early Ch'ing periods, the getting of an heir was a complex, even paradoxical undertaking. Using medical and ritual texts, legal codes, local gazetteers, biography, and fiction, Waltner examines the multiple dimensions of the practice of adoption and identifies not only the dominant ideology prohibiting adoption across surname lines, but also a parallel discourse justifying the practice., (Order No: 13216 ), $6.00
105. Ward, Robert E. and Rustow, Dankwart A. (edited by), POLITICAL MODERNIZATION IN JAPAN AND TURKEY: STUDIES IN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT, 3, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1964, 502pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), In Turkey and Japan, two societies of Asian background and culture, "modernization" began at about the same time in the mid-19th century. Through comparison, the authors of this volume explore what is common, what different, in the two experiences and thus add to our growing knowledge of the evolution of 20th century nations., (Order No: 42320 ), $25.00
106. Weiss, Julian, THE ASIAN CENTURY: THE ECONOMIC ASCENT OF THE PACIFIC RIM - AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE WEST, Facts On File, New York, (1989) 1st ptg, 231pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0816016879 A thorough country-by-country examination of the dynamic East Asian region., (Order No: 11216 ), $5.00
107. Wilson, Dick, THE LONG MARCH 1935: THE EPIC OF CHINESE COMMUNISM'S SURVIVAL, The Viking Press, New York, (1971), 331pp, very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0670438456, (Order No: 3571 ), $7.50
108. Wriggins, W. Howard, CEYLON: DILEMMAS OF A NEW NATION, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, (1965) 3rd ptg, 505pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), This comprehensive study of Ceylon since its independence in 1947 provides a case study of the main issues confronting new Asian and African nations., (Order No: 28659 ), $20.00
109. Yanaga, Chitoshi, JAPAN SINCE PERRY, Archon Books, Hamden, CT, 1966, 723pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover) about 4 pages with underlining, First published in 1949. About four pages with some underlining., (Order No: 9621 ), $7.50
110. Yen, W. W. (translated by), STORIES OF OLD CHINA, The Commercial Press Limited, Hong Kong, (1984), 178pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This collection consists of twenty-two short stories written in the Tang, Sung, Ming and Ching (Manchu) dynasties covering a period of thirteen hundred years., (Order No: 26977 ), $14.50
111. Zheng, Shifeng; Chu, Shaotang; Liu, Shuren; Huang, Jiemin; Li, Tianren; Lu, Xinxian; Zhang, Tianlin; and, Chen, Youwen, CHINA: ALL PROVINCES AND AUTONOMOUS REGIONS, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, (1980), B&W & color ill., 289pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0070568308 A breathtaking book on China written and illustrated by experts who are themselves Chinese., (Order No: 17740 ), $10.00