Asia from Cat's Cradle Books

Paris: Librairie De Gaume Frères, 1854. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Second Edition. Exlibrary markings. Hinges cracked but holding on both volumes. Binding on each is sound. Front hinge on volume 2 reinforced with tape. Pages clean, tanned, with some foxing. Leatherette over boards is shelf worn with edge wear especially at corners and extremities… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary markings. Front hinge cracked, rear hinge holding. Binding sound. Pages tanned with occasional minor marginal notes. Cloth over boards is shelf worn with bumped corners, edge rubbing, wear at extremities of spine. ; Sociological study written as a novel.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary markings on spine, endpapers, and title page. Blind stamp on contents page. Binding sound, hinges stressed and repaired with cloth tape. Pages clean, lightly tanned. Cloth over boards has shelf wear, edge wear especially to extremities of spine, and several small… Saber más sobre este artículo

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc, 1936. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Exlibrary markings throughout, most prevalent on spine and endpapers. Sound binding and hinges, although the book is slightly cocked. Pages age-darkened. Cloth over boards is shelf worn with bumped corners, lettering on spine faded. ; Fictionalized biography of medieval Persian philosopher. ; Ex-Library;… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chennai: ISHA Foundation, 2009. Hardcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Sound binding. Clean, colorful pages in sleeve containing DVDs. Pictorial paper over boards is clean with light shelf wear. ; Colorful pictorial paper over boards containing 8 DVDs exploring the mysticism of Krishna under the guidance of Sadhguru. All DVDs present and intact. Titles: La… Saber más sobre este artículo

Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1998. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers clean with light overall shelf wear. ; English language catalog accompanying exhibition of the same name at The Israel Museum. ; 10.5" tall; 136 pages.

N. P.: Reading Life, 2017. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Book is in the Chinese language. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Paper over boards is clean with minor edge rubbing. ; Translation of "100 Years of Solitude." ; 8.25" tall; 360 pages.

Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1988. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Paper over boards is clean. DJ faded at spine with light edge wear. ; Focus on the experiences of three Americans with diverse purposes who traveled to Japan in the late 19th century: missionary William ELliot Griffis, scientist… Saber más sobre este artículo

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, off-white pages. Previous owner's name on ffep. Cloth over boards is clean. DJ has some edge wear at joint between front and front flap, small stain at lower edge of back.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Tokyo: Kao Corporation, 1989. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Cloth over boards is clean. Textured DJ is clean. ; Posthumous look at Hirohito's life with an eye toward understanding his humanity. ; 9.25" tall; 107 pages.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Paper over boards is clean. DJ has no sign of wear. ; Novel set in China in the period of Mao Tse Deng's "re-education" campaign. ; 7.5" tall; 197 pages.

Mumbai: Jaico Publishing House, 1997. Twenty-Third Printing. Softcover. Good with No dust jacket as issued. Twenty-Third Printing. Sound binding. Text pages clean and bright, although there are dark ink markings on the page edges (visible when closed). Wrappers show edge wear, handling wear. Some pages have folded corners. ; Folk tales from India that were purported to be… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Robert G. Sawers Publishing, 1982. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Paper over boards is clean. DJ has very light shelf wear. ; Lavishly illustrated with Chinese and Japanese ink paintings offered as outstanding examples of their genre with text on the artists and the paintings. ; Great Japanese… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Thorsons, 1995. Later Printing. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Later Printing. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Pictorial wrappers are clean with light handling wear. ; Themes include contentment, joy and living well; facing death and dying well; dealing with anger and emotion; giving and receiving; interdependence and the nature of reality; the challenge… Saber más sobre este artículo

Washington: National Geographic Society, 1956. Soft Cover. Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling and light shelf wear. Pages clean, off-white. ; Contents: Shor, Surprising Switzerland. Case and Littlehales, Back to the historic Black Hills. Zahl, Honey eaters of Currumbin. Rand, Himalayan pilgrimage. Keynes, A new look at Kenya's "treetops."… Saber más sobre este artículo

Goshen, NY: The Orange County Geneaoogical Society, 1995. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Facsimile Reprint. Originally published 1846-47 by S. T. Callahan, Newburgh NY. 652 pp. plus 106 page index. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Cloth over boards is clean with bumped corners, bright gilt lettering. ; Detailed early history of Orange… Saber más sobre este artículo

San Francisco: Buddhist Text Translation Society, 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. First Edition; First Printing. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have small scraped area at lower front corner, otherwise clean. ; English language translation. 8.5" tall ; 127 pages.

Burlingame, CA, U.S.A.: Buddhist Text Translation Society, 1996. First English-only edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. First English-only edition. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Paper over boards is clean. DJ clean without obvious wear. ; Discussion of the 50 Skndha-demon States, arranged by form, feeling, thinking, formations, and consciousness. ; The Shurangama Sutra;… Saber más sobre este artículo

Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1975. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Reprint. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, tanned pages. Cloth over boards is clean. DJ has edge wear, general shelf wear. ; Presents the position of lay women and alms women in historic focus for buddhism. Depicts lay-women as mother, daughter, wife, widow and worker; and alms… Saber más sobre este artículo

Madras: University of Madras, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair in Good dust jacket. First Edition. Binding has cracked hinge papers but hinges are holding. Pages clean, tanned. Previous owner's name on ffep. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed with bumped corners. DJ has edge wear, overall shelf wear, some closed tears on edges. Spine darkened with author and… Saber más sobre este artículo