Orient / Far East - Catalogue (Asian to Jade)

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THADDEUS Orient / Far East - Catalogue (Asian to Jade) March 2, 1997
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Books listed alphabetically in order by Topic

1. (ASIAN CUISINES)...Passmore, Jacki. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASIAN FOOD AND
COOKING: 600 INGREDIENTS AND 400 RECIPES FROM 16 ASIAN CUISINES. New York,
Hearst Books, 1991. 1st U.S. edition. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very
good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Very light
edgewear. Black & white drawings. Over 1,000 entries, arranged
alphabetically, with short history of each country's cuisine, how to find,
store & use ingredients. Plus details on preparation techniques, cooking
methods & special utensils. Nearly 400 recipes and 150 illustrations.
Countries include Burma, Cambodia, China, Japan, Korea, Laos, Jepal, Vietnam,
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, malasia, Singaport & the Philippines.
With Recipe Index. Tight well-bound volume. 320 pages......$13.50

2. (BIOGRAPHY - GENGHIS KHAN)...Demi. CHINGIS KHAN. New York, Henry Holt &
Co, 1991. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, Large sq octavo. Very good condition in
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Full page color plates.
Exquisitely illustrated children's book. Decorated endpapers. Based on
history & legend. The life of Genghis Khan. Tight copy. Np......$15.00

3. (BIOGRAPHY - HIROHITO)...Mosley, Leonard. HIROHITO: EMPEROR OF JAPAN. New
Jersey, Prentice Hall, 1966. 1st/3rd printing. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards,
Large octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Very light corner wear. Black & white photos. Intimate
Biography & portrait of Hirohito, last Emperor of Japan. Full story of
Hirohito's involvement in World War II. Behind-the-scenes look at politics &
decisions leading to Pearl Harbor and beyond. With Bibliography/Index. Good
tight copy. 371 pages......$16.00

4. (BIOGRAPHY)...Mukerji, Dhan Gopal. CASTE AND OUTCAST. New York, E.P.
Dutton, 1925. 1st/5th printing. Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very good condition.
Corners lightly bumped. Light fading to spine. Fascinating autobiography of
Indian writer, Mukerji. Good tight copy. Hard to find. 303 pages......$16.00

5. (BUDDHA)...Ikeda, Daisaki (Translated by Burton, Watson). THE LIVING
BUDDHA: AN INTERPRETIVE BIOGRAPHY. New York, Weatherhill Publishers, 1976.
1st American. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white photos. Vivid biography &
historical narrative of Shakyamuni the Buddha. Includes photos of his
birthplace...favorite retreat... .the temple marking the spot where he
entered Nirvana - and more. With Glossary of foreign terms. Tight well-bound
volume. 148 pages......$20.00

6. (BUDDHISM)...Chinhann, Upasika (P.C. Lee of China), Compiler & Translator.
THE TWO BUDDHIST BOOKS IN MAHAYANA: THE VOWS OF SAMANTABHADRA - AN OUTLINE OF
THE PURE LAND DOCTRINE. China, P.C. Lee, Publisher, Not dated. Hardcover -
cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Corners bumped. The two classic Mahayana texts.
Tight well-bound volume. 144 pages......$20.00

7. (BUDDHISM)...Holmes, Edmond. THE CREED OF BUDDHA. London, The Bodley Head,
1957. Repr. 1908 edition. Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very good condition in
worn/chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Spine lightly
bumped/faded. Excellent journey into the essence of Buddhism. Sections
include: The Path of Life, The Teaching of Buddha, The Silence of Buddha, The
Secret of Buddha, Light from the East, & more. Tight well-bound volume. 260
pages......$14.00

8. (BUDDHISM / HIMALAYAS)...Crossette, Barbara. SO CLOSE TO HEAVEN: THE
VANISHING BUDDHIST KINGDOMS OF THE HIMALAYAS. New York, Vintage, 1995. 1st.
Paperback. Small octavo. Very good condition. Black & white photos & maps.
Travels through Bhutan - and a modern portrait of the rituals & ceremonies of
Tantric Buddhism still practiced in that area. With Glossary, Bibliography,
Index. Good tight copy. 297 pages......$10.00

9. (BUDDHIST)...Balzar, Robert Lawrence. BEYOND CONFLICT. New York,
Bobbs-Merrill, 1963. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good
condition in chipped worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Dealer
plate. Inked letter lower page edg. 16 pages Black & white photos by author.
Story of a Western businessman-scholar-artist's search for & discovery of
Truth. The Buddhist Way. Good tight copy. PERSONALLY INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY
ROBERT BALZAR. 352 pages......$20.00

10. (BURMA)...Courtauld, Caroline (Introduction by Tinker, Professor Hugh).
IN SEARCH OF BURMA. London, Frederick Muller Limited, 1984. 1st. Hardcover -
cloth, Large obl octavo. Very good condition in lightly edgetorn dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. 68 color plates. Lavishly photo-illustrated
history & tour of modern-day Burma. With Historical-Cultural Chronology
Charts. Plus, Festivals, Glossary, Index. Good tight copy. 112
pages......$22.50

11. (CHINA)...Allen, Steve. "EXPLAINING CHINA": AN OBJECTIVE VIEW OF
CONTEMPORARY CHINA. New York, Crown Publishers, 1980. 1st edition. Hardcover
- cloth, Imperial octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Owner signature endpaper. Black & white
frontis. 150 Black & white photos. Steve Allen's report on his 3 trips to
China, visiting major cities, universities, communes, factories, military
bases, etc. With Selected Bibliography, Index. Good tight copy. 339
pages......$25.00

12. (CHINA)...Clayre, Alasdair. THE HEART OF THE DRAGON. Boston, Houghton
Mifflin, 1985. 1st edition. Hardcover - decorated cloth, Small Quarto. Very
good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Very slight
edgewear. Color & Black & white photographs. Decorated endpapers.
Magnificently photo-illustrated historical overview and portrait of modern
China. Detailed examination of villages, factories, mines, courts, hospitals,
asylums, prisons, schools, cooking, science, literature, art & government.
Perhaps more important, the book examines the ancient religions &
philosophies of of the Chinese people, including Buddhism, Taoism,
Confucianism. Stunning illustrations, some of which have never been seen
outside of China. With Notes, Index. Tight well-bound volume. 281
pages......$25.00

13. (CHINA)...Dedmon, Emmett. CHINA JOURNAL. New York, Rand McNally & Co,
1973. 1st printing. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in chipped
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Edge mark. Full color
photographs. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. With 16 pages of full color photos & 31 pages
of Black & white photographs. Account of the Author's odyssey to the People's
Republic of China - in-depth coverage of the day to day life of the Chinese
people. Indexed. Good tight copy. 176 pages......$17.50

14. (CHINA)...Galbraith, John Kenneth. A CHINA PASSAGE. Boston, Houghton
Mifflin, 1973. 1st printing. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good
condition in chipped edgetorn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Edges slightly faded. Black & white photos by Marc Riboud. Good tight copy.
143 pages......$12.00

15. (CHINA)...Holtorf, Gunther W. HONGKONG - WORLD OF CONTRASTS. Chicago,
Rand McNally & Company, 1971. 1st English edition. Hardcover - cloth, Square
quarto. Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Light cover/edge wear. Full page full color photos. Small
erasure endpaper. Inscription halftitle. Magnificent photo-illustrated
portrait of the varied facets of Hong Kong. People, landscapes, temples,
urban developments, harbors, natural wonders & much more. With accompanying
text plus 3 full page color maps & index of photographs. Tight well-bound
volume. 176 pages......$30.00

16. (CHINA)...Jenkins, Peter. ACROSS CHINA. William Morrow, 1986. 1st
edition. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition. Color & Black
& white photos. Good tight copy. 351 pages......$10.00

17. (CHINA)...Johnson, Kay Ann. WOMEN, THE FAMILY AND PEASANT REVOLUTION IN
CHINA. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1983. 1st. Hardcover - cloth,
octavo. Very good condition in chipped lightly edgetorn dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 282 pages......$15.00

18. (CHINA)...Karol, K.S. (Translated from the French by Baistow, Tom).
CHINA: THE OTHER COMMUNISM. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1967. 1st.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white photos. Decorated endpapers.
With 32 pages of photographs by Marc Riboud. Superbly illustrated report on
modern china. Deeply informed record by a leading journalist & world expert
on china affairs who spent 4 months travelling the length & breadth of China.
With historical perspective, plus interviews with some of China's highest
ranking officials. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 474 pages......$16.00

19. (CHINA)...Lord, Bette Bao. LEGACIES: A CHINESE MOSAIC. New York, Alfred
A. Knopf, 1990. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good
condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Betty Bao Lord's
story. Plus an inside look at Revolutionary China today. With chronology 1839
- 1989. Good tight copy. 245 pages......$12.00

20. (CHINA)...Malloy, Ruth Lor. TRAVEL GUIDE TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
CHINA. New York, William Morrow & Co, 1980. 1st revised. Paperback. Large
octavo. Very good condition. Very light edgewear. "Sample copy" stamp
endpaper. Black & white photos, drawings, maps. With Comprehensive
Chinese-English phrasebook. Special sections for business people.
Chinese-English address directories. Plus Advice on Manners and Customs.
Up-to-date practical information. Conversion tables. Descriptions of 90
cities. Good tight copy. 366 pages......$12.00

21. (CHINA)...Pelissier, Roger ( Edited & translated by Kieffer, Martin). THE
AWAKENING OF CHINA: 1793 - 1949. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1967. 1st
American. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white photos. Narrative
history of China during its most turbulent years. From the twilight of
imperial power to its emergence as a communist state. Monumental, absorbing
reference. Good tight copy. 532 pages......$18.00

22. (CHINA)...Spender, Stephen & Hockney, David. CHINA DIARY. New York, Harry
N. Abrams, Inc, 1982. 1st. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Imperial octavo.
Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Light
cover/corner wear. Front endpaper clipped. Color/Black & white photos &
drawings. Beautifully illustrated, perceptive account of Spender (Poet,
Novelist) & Hockney's (Painter, Photographer) trip to China. 158 watercolors,
drawings & photography, including 84 plates in full color and 1 map.
Eye-opening magical tour through a modern China. Tight well-bound volume. 200
pages......$16.00

23. (CHINA)...Terrill, Ross. 800,000,000: THE REAL CHINA. Boston, Little,
Brown & Co, 1972. 1st/3rd printing. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good
condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Black & white photos. Decorated endpapers. "Most sensitive, informed
eyewitness study yet written of the people, government & leaders of China".
Result of a journey lasting forty days and extending 7,000 miles. Rare
photos. Good tight copy. 235 pages......$13.50

24. (CHINA)...Topping, Seymour. JOURNEY BETWEEN TWO CHINAS. New York, Harper
& Row, 1972. Hardcover - decorated cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition
in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white
photographs. Decorated endpapers. By an eyewitness to the collapse of the
Nationalist Government & the birth of the People's Republic. Topping
described in detail the China of teh 1940's & the China he observed in 1971.
Well-Indexed. Good tight copy. 459 pages......$14.50

25. (CHINA - ANCIENT)...Grosier, J. B. (Text) Translated by Castellano, Lana
& Campbell-Thompson, Christina. THE WORLD OF ANCIENT CHINA. New York, Tudor
Publishing, 1972. Hardcover - cloth, Large Sqare octavo. Very good condition
in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Upper corners
very slightly bumped. Color & Black & white photos. Beautifully
photo-illustrated (includes full-page color & tinted plates). Detailed
portrait of Ancient China. Excellent photographs of many Chinese momuments &
landmarks, including some of the Forbidden Ctiy. Includes customs, religion,
metaphysics, rules of marriage, laws tortures, food, clothing, houses &
architecture, landscape gardening, art, plus the great Chinese inventions &
discoveries. Also the influence of the Jesuits is discussed. Tight well-bound
volume. 144 pages......$17.50

26. (CHINA - BRAINWASHING)...Ricket, Allyn and Rickett, Adele. PRISONERS OF
LIBERATION. New York, Cameron Associates, 1957. 1st edition. Hardcover -
cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Story of the authors - Westerners who spent 7 years in China,
underwent "thought reform" & returned to relate the experience. Politically &
psychologically fascinating. Good tight copy. 288 pages......$20.00

27. (CHINA - FAMILY LIFE)...Kessen, William (editor). CHILDHOOD IN CHINA. New
Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1975. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo.
Very good condition in torn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Owner plate front endpaper. Black & white photos. Detailed account of Chinese
children at home & at school. Traces child development through middle school.
Good tight copy. 241 pages......$13.50

28. (CHINA - LEGAL TRADITION)...Cohen, Jerome Alan, Edwards, R. Randle &
Chen, Fu-mei Chang (eds.). ESSAYS ON CHINA'S LEGAL TRADITION. Princeton NJ,
Princeton University Press, 1980. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very
good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Edge mark. Written in conjunction with the Harvard East Asian
Research Center. Essays by scholars from Europe, Japan, China & the U.S.
Examines China's legal tradition to determine its importance for the study of
both pre-modern China & of contemporary affairs. Analyzes previously
neglected aspects of the traditional legal system. Good tight copy. 438
pages......$15.00

29. (CHINA HISTORY)...Cheng, Nien. LIFE AND DEATH IN SHANGHAI. New York,
Grove Press, 1986. 1st. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Near fine
in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Story of the author, 51 year
old widow, taken by the Red Guards & imprisoned in solitary confinement for
nearly seven years. Vivid portrait of China before & after the Cultural
Revolution. Well-indexed . Good tight copy. 547 pages......$16.00

30. (CHINA/FOREIGN TRADE)...Hsiao, Gene T. THE FOREIGN TRADE OF CHINA:
POLICY, LAW AND PRACTICE. Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, 1977. 1st.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Edge mark. Good tight copy. 291 pages......$20.00

31. (CHINA/JAPAN/RUSSIA)...Newsham, Brad. ALL THE RIGHT PLACES: TRAVELING
LIGHT THROUGH CHINA, JAPAN, AND RUSSIA. New York, Villard Books, 1989.
1st/2nd printing. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good+ in
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Moving, lyrical account of a
young American's adventures backpacking, hiking and biking through China,
Japan & Russia. Vivid recreation of the experience of traveling light through
a variety of exotic landscapes. Tight well-bound volume. 291
pages......$14.00

32. (CHINA/MANCHURIA/TIBET)...Mangeot, Sylvain. MANCHURIAN ADVENTURE: THE
STORY OF LOBSANG THONDUP. New York, William Morrow & Co, 1975. 1st. Hardcover
- 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Black & white photos. True adventures of a modern
soldier-of-fortune in Siberia, Manchuria, Communist China, Sinkiang and
Tibet. Good tight copy. 280 pages......$12.50

33. (CHINESE ARMY)...Corr, Gerard H. THE CHINESE RED ARMY: CAMPAIGNS AND
POLITICS SINCE 1949. New York, Schocken Books, 1974. 1st Schocken. Hardcover
- 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition in worn lightly chipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. With 54 Black & white photographs.
Details of the Chinese Army's 4 major campaigns: Tibet, Korea, India & the
Russian confrontation in Mongolia. Plus historical overview. Insightful look
into the cultural motivations & ideologies behind the Chinese Military
Machine. Includes assessment of the Army's strength & potential. Rare photos
of the Army in action. With Bibliography, Index. Good tight copy. 176
pages......$20.00

34. (CHINESE BUSINESS)...Szuprowicz, Bohdah O. & Szuprowicz, Maria R. (21st
Century Research). DOING BUSINESS WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA:
INDUSTRIES AND MARKETS. New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1978. 1st/2nd printing.
Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition in lightly chipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Tiny nick rear cover edge. 1st
detailed look at mainland China's major industries - keyed to the
informational needs of exporters, bankers & manufacturers. Including all the
basic comparative production data, level of technology, import independence,
domestic products, contracts & prices, prospects for future imports & more.
Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 449 pages......$15.00

35. (CHINESE DRAMA)...Wang Shih Fu (Translated by Hart, Henry H. With
Foreword by Williams, Edward Thomas). THE WEST CHAMBER: A MEDIEVAL DRAMA
(TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL CHINESE WITH NOTES). Stanford Univ. CA,
Stanford University Press, 1936. 1st edition. Hardcover - decorated cloth,
Large octavo. Very good condition. Very slight cover wear. Decorated
endpapers. Written in the 13th Century. One of the most popular in China
under the imperial regine. One of the dramatic works for which the MOngol
Dynasty was celebrated. Probably written in the Reign of Kublai Kahn. With
Translator's Notes & Bibliography. Tight well-bound volume. 192
pages......$30.00

36. (CHINESE ECONOMICS)...Muqiao, Xue. CHINA'S SOCIALIST ECONOMY. Beijing,
Foreign Languages Press, 1981. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards,
octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Very light edgewear. Comprehensive book on economic structure & problems in
China's socialist society. By well-known Chinese economist. Tight copy. 316
pages......$15.00

37. (CHINESE LIBERALISM)...Huang, Philip C. LIANG CH'I-CH'AO AND MODERN
CHINESE LIBERALISM. Seattle/London, Univ. of Washington Press, 1972. 1st
edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in chipped
price-clipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Very light cover
wear. Frontis photo - Ch'i-Ch'ao. Study of one of China's most eloquent &
influential spokesmen for the liberal program. Examination of Liang's
political ideas & their origins, plus the intellectual tensions & challenges
Liang encountered in political action. With Notes, Glossary, extensive
Bibliography & Index. Good tight copy*. 229 pages......$18.00

38. (CHRIST)...Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (The Founder of the
Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam). JESUS IN INDIA: BEING AN ACCOUNT OF JESUS'
ESCAPE FROM DEATH ON THE CROSS AND OF HIS JOURNEY TO INDIA. London, The
London Mosque, 1978. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Upper corners very lightly
bumped. English version of an Urdu treatise written by the Holy Founder of
the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam. Theme is the escape of Jesus from death on
the cross & his journey to India in search of the lost tribes of Israel.
Well-bound volume. 107 pages......$16.00

39. (EASTERN TRAVEL)...Herbey, Harry (With Illustrations by Murphy,
Christopher). WHERE STRANGE GODS CALL: PAGES OUT OF THE EAST. New York,
Grosset & Dunlap, 1924. Hardcover - decorated cloth, octavo. Very good
condition. Corners lightly bumped. Owner stamp endpapers. Black & white
plates. Far East Travel. "Extraordinary book...some three hundred and fifty
pages of thrills from Hawaii to Rangoon". Decorated endpapers. Good tight
copy. 350 pages......$15.00

40. (ECONOMICS-JAPAN)...Emmott, Bill. THE SUN ALSO SETS: THE LIMITS TO
JAPAN'S ECONOMIC POWER. New York, Random House, 1989. 1st edition. Hardcover
- 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Detailed analysis of Japan's Economic rise and
reasons for a coming economic shift in America's favor. Good tight copy. 292
pages......$12.00

41. (EGYPTIAN RELIGION)...Budge, E.A. Wallis (Late Keeper of Egyptian &
Assyrian Antiquities in the British Museum) Introduction by Blake, G. P.
EGYPTIAN RELIGION: IDEAS OF THE AFTERLIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT. New York,
Gramercy Books, 1995. 1st Grammercy. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good
condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white
plates. A vivid portrait of ancient Egyptian magic, mythology, religion &
ritual. Major sections include: The Belief in God Almighty, Osiris the God of
the Resurrection, The "Gods" of the Egyptians, The Judgment of the Dead, The
Resurrection and Immortality. Tight well-bound edition. 224 pages......$20.00

42. (FACE READING)...Young, Lailan (Illustrated by Arky, David). SECRETS OF
THE FACE: THE CHINESE ART OF READING CHARACTER THROUGH FACIAL STRUCTURE AND
FEATURES. Boston, Little, Brown & Co, 1984. 1st American. Hardcover - cloth,
octavo. Very good condition in chipped/clipped dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Marker line bottom page edges. Black & white photos. With
over 200 Black & white photographs. Siang Mien, The Chinese Art of Face
Reading - to reveal the character & personality within. Discusses every
significant aspect & feature of the different types of faces. Plus,the faces
of 5 famous personalities are examined in detail. With an At-a-Glance-Guide,
showing where to find the information about any facial feature that interests
you. Tight well-bound volume. 238 pages......$18.00

43. (FILM MAKING)...Merchant, Ismail. HULLABALOO IN OLD JEYPORE: THE MAKING
OF THE DECEIVERS. New York, Doubleday, 1988. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth,
Large octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Color photos. Detailed account of the on-location production of THE
DECEIVERS, filmed in India. Lavish photography. Full listing of Cast &
Production Crew. Good tight copy. 156 pages......$14.00

44. (FOREIGN RELATIONS)...Barnet, Richard J. THE ALLIANCE: AMERICA - EUROPE -
JAPAN: MAKERS OF THE POSTWAR WORLD. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1983. 1st.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Lower edges slightly bumped. Black &
white photos. Good tight copy. 511 pages......$14.00

45. (HINDU)...Arnold, Edwin, M.A. THE POEMS OF EDWIN ARNOLD: CONTAINING THE
LIGHT OF ASIA; PEARL OF THE FAITH, OR ISLAN'S ROSARY AND THE INDIAN SONG OF
SONGS. New York, Nurst & Co., Publishers, (1900?) not dated. Hardcover -
cloth, 12mo. Very good condition. Slight cover & edge wear. Black & white
frontis of Arnold. With poetic version of the Bhagavad-Gita, story of
Siddhartha, the Buddha, plus 2 books from the Mahabharata. Good tight copy.
425 pages......$14.00

46. (HINDU)...del Vasto, Lanza. RETURN TO THE SOURCE. New York, Schocken
Books, 1972. 1st Schocken. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Very light fading, front cover.
1st English translation, 1971. 1st published France, 1943. True story of a
20th century pilgrimage to India, to the source of the Ganges, and to Gandhi.
A direct experience of the temples & cities, the sounds, smells & colors of
India & of Gandhi's ashram. Good tight copy. 319 pages......$14.00

47. (HIROSHIMA)...Hachiya, Michihiko, M.D., Director Hiroshima Communications
Hospital (Translated & Edited by Wells, Warner, M.D.). HIROSHIMA DIARY: THE
JOURNAL OF A JAPANESE PHYSICIAN AUGUST 6 - SEPTEMBER 30, 1945. Chapel Hill,
Univ of North Carolina Press, 1955. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very
good condition. Some cover/edge wear. Cover lightly scraped. First hand
experience of life in Hiroshima after the explosion of the Atomic Bomb. With
Glossary of Japanese terms.. 238 pages......$13.50

48. (HONG KONG/BALI/SINGAPORE)...Gibbon, David (Designer) & Smart, Ted
(Producer). HONG KONG, BALI & SINGAPORE: A PICTURE BOOK TO REMEMBER HER BY.
New York, Crescent, 1978. 1st U.S. edition. Hardcover - cloth, Imperial
octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Lower cover edge very lightly bumped. Color photos. 64 pages of captained
color photography illustrating the fascinating aspects of life in Hong Kong,
Singapore and Bali. Rich variety contrasting the bustling ports & byways of
Hong Kong & Singapore with the more peaceful tropical paradise of Bali. Good
tight copy. 64 pages......$17.50

49. (I CHING)...Ou-i, Chih-hsu (Translated by Cleary, Thomas). THE BUDDHIST I
CHING. Boston/London, Shambhala, 11994. 1st/2nd printing. Paperback. octavo.
Very Good condition+. Decorated endpapers. Only full-length interpretation of
the I Ching by a Chinese Buddhist meditation master. Chih-hsy Ou-i
(1599-1655) wrote commentaries on dozens of Buddhist texts which influ; enced
the development of modern Buddhism in China. Text includes 3 levels of
interpretation - social, Buddhist & meditational. With Key for Identifying
the Hexagrams. Good tight copy. 237 pages......$12.00

50. (I CHING SYMBOLISM)...Sung, Z. D. THE SYMBOLS OF YI KING: OR THE SYMBOLF
OF THE CHINESE LOGIC OF CHANGES. New York, Paragon Book Reprint Corp, 1969.
Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very good condition. Black & white diagrams.
Unaltered reprint of the Shanghai 1934 edition. Special treatise on the
symnbols of the Yi King. Hitherto unpublished information. Mathematical
exhibits of the symbols. Applicability of the symbols to Logic, Astronomy,
Algebra, The World, Physics, Energy, Life & more. With "Methods of Extending
Knowledge." Scarce. 159 pages......$20.00

51. (INDIA)...Beckmann, Frank Harrison. DUST OF INDIA. Boston, The Stratford
Co, 1937. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Light
cover/edge wear. Black & white photos. Beckmann's adventures in Ceylon, India
& Burma- travel by auto, ricksha, river boats, tongas, camels, elephants,
gharrys, trains. Many rare photos. Scarce volume. Well-bound tight copy. 300
pages......$30.00

52. (INDIA)...Corbett, Jim (With an Introduction by Hallett, Sir Maurice and
a Preface by Linlithgow, Lord). MAN-EATERS OF KUMAON. New York, Oxford
University Press, 1946. 1st American. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very
good condition. Corners lightly bumped. Bookplate endpaper. Black & white
photos. Safari in India. Decorated endpapers. Good tight copy. 233
pages......$12.00

53. (INDIA)...Miller, H. Earl. SNAKE TEMPLE: AN INDIA DIARY. New York,
Carlton Press, 1977. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. very good/lightly
chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Corners lightly bumped.
Inscription endpr. Black & white photos. Missionary's diary in India -
1928-1954. Scarce. Good tight copy. 199 pages......$12.50

54. (INDIA)...Pinch, Trevor. STARK INDIA. New York, D. Appleton and Company,
1931. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Very light cover wear.
Bookplate front endpaper. Black & white photos. British traveler's first hand
portrait & tour of early 20th Century India... with detailed commentary on
religion, government, transportation, politics & more. Excellent Black &
white photographs. With Index. Good tight copy. 288 pages......$22.50

55. (INDIA)...Renou, Marie-Simone (Text) Intro. by Guehenno, Jean. Photos by
Nou, Jean-Louis. Translated from the French by Fermaud, Ruth. THE INDIA I
LOVE.... New York, Tudor Publishing Co, 1969. Engraved cloth, Small sq
quarto. Very good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Color & Black & white photos. Well-written,
photo-illustrated tour of modern India. With frontis facsimile letter from
Indira Gandhi. Lavishly illustrated - more than 150 color & Black & white
plates. Well-bound. With Historical Chronology of India, list of
illustrations. 140 pages......$25.00

56. (INDIA)...Thomas, Lowell. INDIA: LAND OF THE BLACK PAGODA (Illustrated
with Original Photography taken by H.A. Chase, F.R.G.S., & by Lowell Thomas).
New York, P.F. Collier & Son, 1930. Hardcover - decorated cloth, Small
octavo. Very good condition. Black & white photos. Photo-Illustrated
anecdote-packed volume of Lowell Thomas' travels through India. Good tight
copy. 350 pages......$15.00

57. (INDIA/OBER-AMMERGAU)...Stoddard, John L. JOHN L. STODDARD'S LECTURES:
INDIA I, INDIA II, THE PASSION PLAY. Chicago & Boston, Geo. L. Shuman & Co,
1925. 2nd revised edition. Leatherette, octavo. Very good condition. Tinted
color & Black & white plates. Volume 4 of Stoddard's lectures. Magnificent
photo-illustrated volume with hundreds of rare plates. First two sections of
the book offer a vivid tour of turn-of-the-century India. The third section
provides a history & portrait of the unique Ober-Amergau Passion Play
produced in the Bavarian Alps. Tight well-bound volume. 335 pages......$25.00

58. (INDIAN COOKERY)...Hysain, Shehzad and Fernandez, Rafi. THE COMPLETE BOOK
OF INDIAN COOKING: THE ULTIMATE INDIAN COOKERY COLLECTION WITH OVER 170
DELICIOUS & AUTHENTIC RECIPES. New York, Smithmark Publishers, 1995. 1st
edition. Laminated boards, Quarto. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Color photos. With over 650 full-color photographs. Exotic
combination of of classic Indian cooking & recipes in the hot new Balti
Style. Step-by-step detail with photos of every finished dish. All recipes
authentic & specially tested with comprehensive introduction to each. With 3
sets of equivalent measurements provided. Indexed. Tight well-bound volume.
256 pages......$22.50

59. (INDIAN TEACHINGS)...Ramacharaka, Yogi. THE INNER TEACHINGS OF THE
PHILOSOPHIES AND RELIGIONS OF INDIA. Chicago, Yogi Publication Society, 1930.
Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very good condition. Exposition of the inner
teachings of Sankhya, Vedanta, Patanjali, Buddhism, Sufism & the Hindu
systems. With a section on The Vedas, and Glossary of Sanscrit Terms. Tight
well-bound volume. 359 pages......$18.00

60. (JADE)...Luzzatto-Bilitz, Oscar (Translated by Koval, Francis from the
Italian original). ANTIQUE JADE. London, Paul Hamlyn, 1969. 1st English
edition. Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very good condition. Light edge wear. 71
full color photos. Fabulous photoillustrated history of jade carvings,
implements & ornamentation. Good tight copy. 158 pages......$20.00

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