Resultados de búsqueda: Fiction -- Asia from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

Minton, Balch and Company, New York, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 430 g.; (6), 5-216 pages, last page blank. Yellow coloured cloth covered boards with green Chinese calligraphy to the top left-hand corner of the front panel and green titles to the backstrip. Green coloured tint to the top text block edge. Bumping and rubbing to the backstrip edges and to the book corners. Browning, rubbing and foxing to the book edges and book panels. Sunning, causing noticeable groundless, to the backstrip. Browning and foxing to the text block edges and Browning to the internal text. Browning and foxing to the endpapers and the top right-hand corner of the front free endpaper shows insect damage. Previous owner's name to the top edge of the free front endpaper. The remains of the sticker can be seen to the top left-hand corner of the front paste-down. A book first published in German and translated by J.J. Saville Garner. A novel set in ancient China and about the life and… Leer más

Wren Publishing Co, Melbourne, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 400 g.; VI, 178 pages, last page blank. Brown coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Mine are bumping to the head and to the heel of the backstrip and rubbing to the book corners . bumping to the top rear book corner. Browning to the text block edges and to the internal pages. Plain text dustwrapper with brown and black titles to the front panel and backstrip. Sepia toned photograph of the author to the rear dustwrapper panel. The white of the background has become dull, marks and somewhat rubbed. Rubbing and creasing to the dustwrapper corners. A novel set just after World War II where " The Australian government place is it biggest foreign-policy crisis since the outbreak of the Second Wall. Should it declare war and fight with the Dutch against Indonesia to prevent Sukarno's Russian-equipped armed forces from ' liberating' West New Guinea?. The Australian Prime Minister dispatches… Leer más

Victor Gollancz, London, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 310 pages. The original Gollancz wrapper is slightly chipped at the head and tail of the back strip, and darkened on the back strip section. Slight dustiness to the top edge of the text block. . "Altogether, this is a remarkable picture of how an age-old civilisation reacts in the face of shattering the new ideas, and it makes curious and delightful reading." -- rear panel blurb Size: 12mo (Small Hardcover). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Fiction -- Asia; Inventory No: 0213206. .