Resultados de búsqueda: ASIA from Booked Experiences

New York, New York, U.S.A.: E P Dutton, 1987. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine in Near Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.330 The true story of an American Woman's secret and perilous journey with the Freedom Fighters through war-torn Afghanistan. clean tight unread copy minuscule edgewear to d/j.

Herts: England: Lion Publishing, 1977. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ++ in Very Good ++ jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.120 What are the factors making man change in Asia today? A graphic documentary of life in East Asia today. clean tight copy bumping to corners, slight edgwear of creases.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 2003. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. pp.388 clean tight copy Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Artasia Press, 1989. First. . Board. Fine. pp.71 color photos clean tight copy Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Toronto: Ontario Science Centre, 1982. Fine. Pictorial Cover. As New. First Edition. Private Press. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. pp.64 many color pictures illustrating China's culture in magnetism and exploration, gunpowder, papermaking, printing, creativity, astronomy, mechanics, bronze casting, medicine and health, ceramics, silk weaving, silk embroidery, architecture, traditional handicrafts. Many prominent writers and institutions have added to this book. A great resource on China.

New York, NY, U.S.A. : Bookthrift, 1982. Good/Good. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Second Printing. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. pp.382. corners rubbed. The full pageantry of Chinese socity with the new changes that it was undergoing at this time, is fabulously illustrated in 350 brilliant color photographs most of which were shot on assignment by British photographer, Nik Wheeler. A wonderful pictorial and essay arranged outlook on China.

London: England: Century Hutchinson Ltd., 1985. Soft cover. Very Good. Very Good +++++ in Very Good +++++ jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.262 The first indepth study of Chinese women (1958) received by the Chinese as a classic. The author spent 18 months traveling over 7000 miles through 1950s China where she became the mouthpiece of the Chinese women she met. clean copy, pp.52-53 &76-77 spine broken, former owner name on frontpiece, slight edgewear.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1998. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.389. Lush and beautiful this story of intertwinded lives vividly evokes the gracious world of 1920s Ceylon among the upper classes of Colombo's wealthy suburb during a period when the power of colonial rule is shifting. clean tight unread copy wrapped in mylar.

U.S.A.: National Geographic, 2000. First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. pp.252 clean tight copy with rubbing to spine end boards Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Books, 1997. Soft cover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Fine 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.426 with index. An 18 month journey through Asian's unforbidden frontier. clean tight unread copy.

North York: ON: Guild Graphics, 1989. Soft cover. Very Good. Very Good 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.60. poems and short stories. clean tight copy slight soiling to covers with price sticker remnant on lower back cover.

New Delhi: India: Indian Social Institute, 1996. Very Good. Soft Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.213 with index and references. This book analyses the process and discusses the principles on which the peoples alternative is based. The forest bill of the Ministry of Environment and Forests was challenged by NGOs to show that today the activist sector is in a position to offer alternatives to offical legislation and developmental schemes. Hence activists should go beyond opposing the bill towards providing an alternative to it. slight wear to edges and cover; inner hinge broken.

New York, NY, U.S.A. : Vantage Press, Incorporated, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine First Edition. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Raised when the militarism was on the upswing and served in the Japanese navy during WWII, he afterwards became a businessman and witnessed and participated in the revolution of this country's business methods. Educated at Cornell University, an experience that affected his life immensely, he titled this book in memory of the international spirit he first experienced at this dorminatory, Cosmopolitan House. 219 pp. one marking on inside flap referring to pg. 42 referring to David Wurfel, his friend by former owner of book.

Bston: Massachusetts, U.S.A.: South End Pr, 1996. First. . Soft cover. Fine. pp.289 with index and bibliography foreword by Allan Nairn clean tight copy Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

N .Y.: Friendship Press. Soft cover. Very Good. pp. 120 with pullout map clean tight copy freckles/tanning to text block edges slight edge and corner wear, sunning/soiling to white back cover Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Arcturus, 2006. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. pp.208 with index clean tight copy Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: England: Oxford University Press, 1958. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in Fine jacket 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. pp.46. Contents: Evolution in India, Education in New India, Planning in New India. These 3 lectures were given by India's High Commissioner in the U.K. at McMaster University, Hamilton, ON. January 1957. The author describes how the task of educating a largely illiterate population of 360 million is being tackled by the Indian Government, inspired by Mahatma Gandhi's scheme of National Basic Education. clean tight copy, slight sunning to d/j.

Craftsman Press, 1983. Soft cover. Good. Photographs taken between 1980-82 b/w clean tight copy sunning to edges of covers with some small abrasions and soiling - abrasion on front cover on the letter N of title, Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Penguin Group USA, 1996. Soft cover. Fine. pp.474 with glossary clean tight copy An Indonesian political prisoner stories. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

N.Y.: Exposition Presss, 1962. First Edition Stated. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. pp.111. clean tight copy d/j shows small piece missing top on spine hinge else slight rubbing to edges Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall