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Saxena, MP; Saxena, Prem Devi (Bhoomika by); Foreword by KB Lall M P K BBiblio.com

India Under the Princes 1946-47: An Account of the Political Social and Economic Life of the People in Gwalior

1988SB7749Calcutta India: M. Sen 1988. Light characteristic rippling to endpapers else textblock clean and tight. Minimally worn binding. Price-clipped dust jacket with some light shelf wear. 37p. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good in mylar. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. M. Sen Hardcover

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Seton, Grace ThompsonBiblio.com

"Yes Lady Saheb" A Woman's Adventurings with Mysterious India

1925SB1943NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1925. Illustrated end pages. Textblock is clean and tight. Pink top edge. Moderately to heavily sunned edges and spine bumped corners overall light shelf wear. 370p. including appendix. Illustrated Gilt Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Harper & Brothers Publishers Hardcover

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Spain, James WBiblio.com

The Way of the Pathans

1962SB945London: Robert Hale Limited 1962. inscribed and signed by the author to US Consular Offical William "Bill" Spengler on ffep dated November 1962; penciled notes on rear end paper and about a dozen other pages otherwise textblock is clean and tight. Bumped top corner on front cover. Unclipped dust jacket with light loss and scuffing to extremities. 190p. including index. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good in mylar. Illus. by Plates. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Robert Hale Limited Hardcover

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Sullivan, MichaelBiblio.com

Art and Artists of Twentieth-Century China

1996049815University of California Press 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Color And B/W Illustrations Throughout. Xxx 354 Pp. Teal Cloth Lettered In Red. First Printing Indicated. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket. With A Printed Generic Presentation Letter Discussing The Book And Author From Principals Of The Russell Company / Russell 20-20 Who Helped Publish The Volume. University of California Press hardcover

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Sykes, Brigadier-General Sir PercyBiblio.com

A history of Persia.

1921biblio179Second edition. Macmillan. London. 1921. 2 volumes. Crown 8vo. xxvii 563pp. Frontis. 87 further plates of which 3 are colour 3 folding maps in text a further large folding map in rear pocket; xix 1 594pp adverts frontis. 97 further plates one of which is coloured folding folding map in text two further folding maps in rear pocket. Original publisher's decorative cloth gilt rubbed and worn to extremities. Toning to eps. Teg. Heffer & Sons booksellers plates to fep of each volume. Brigadier-General Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE CB CMG RGS Patron's Gold Medal 1867-1945 soldier diplomat explorer eminent orientalist and author. "It describes in considerable detail the geography legends and history of Persia from the earliest times of Elam and Babylon. A Persian bibliophile has described it as "probably the best history of the country we have today in any language other than Persian" Ghani p. 363." Encyclopaedia Iranica. From the Preface to this Second Edition: "During the six years that have elapsed since the first edition of this work was published much has happened in Persia…this history is thereby brought up to date. But the new chapters constitute only one part of the work. The other has been to revise the entire text of the first edition in the light of subsequent exploration and study." Macmillan hardcover

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Takahashi, Shotaro (edited By Radiopress Inc)Biblio.com

North Korea Directory 1992

1992SB8229Tokyo Japan: Radiopress Inc. 1992. Published in Korean Japanese and English; Textblock immaculate and tight; Bound in flexible cloth-like wraps in perfect condition. Unclipped dust jacket with chip to head of spine corners lightly creased corners and minor wear to edges. 319p. This is the Fifth issue of the North Korea Directory. Wraps. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Flexible Cloth. Radiopress, Inc. Paperback

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Tsang, O Z, Preface By F L Hawks PottBiblio.com

The Republican Chinese-English And English-Chinese Dictionary

1923042197Shanghai: The Republican Press 1923. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. Vi 524 Iv. Brown Cloth Gilt. Gilt Strong But Book Split In Two Near Center Pp 657-660 Partially Detached; Cloth And Text Complete Loss Of A Few Partial Words At Spine Edge Of Those Pages 657-660 Needs Repair. Quite Scarce If Not Rare Worldcat Shows No Copy Located In Western Libraries.A Fine Dictionary The Author A Graduate And Instructor Of St John's University Who Spent Five Years Preparing It. About 8000 Characters 200000 Phrases; Same Arrangement As The "Kang Hsi Dictionary"; Separate Definitions For Different Parts Of Speech; When A Character Has Several Equivalents They Are All Given; Idioms Phrases Proverbs Maxims Literary Quotations Technical Terms; English French And Latin Phrases Are Placed With Equivalent Chinese Phrases; Written With Romanization Of Wade's System; Based Upon A Large Number Of Reference Works Including Dictionaries Phrases Dictionaries Documentary Papers Translated Chinese Classics Etc. Those Who Will Not Put Their Own Language Into A World Perspective Will Likely Remain Immersed In Their Family Fables. The Republican Press hardcover

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TSR Boase, editor T S RBiblio.com

The Cilician Kingdom of Armenia

197822857New York: St. Martin's Press 1978. hardcover in dust jacket. no writing or markings. no bumps tears chips. strong binding.; xii-206pp. 48 b/w plates. 4 plans. six essays and articles by various contributors. contains considerable material on the templars and hospitallers. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. St. Martin's Press Hardcover

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Van Vogt, Alfred Elton ( A E )Biblio.com

The Gryb Inscribed By A E Van Vogt With His Hand-Written Corrections To Copyright And Title Pages

1976042563New York: Zebra Books 1976. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 217 Pp. First Edition Of This Collection Zebra 182 1976. This First Edition In Softcover Is Even Scarcer When Signed. Inscribed By Van Vogt To A Friend And Neighbor A Long-Time Sf Fan "A Peculiar Collection" With Van Vogt's Handwritten Corrections To Copyright Page Removing James Schmitz From Copyright And Correcting Title Of One Original Story And With His Corrections To Titles And Authorship Of Stories E. Mayne Hull Is Credited For"Abdication" Here Titled "The Invisibility Gambit" In Addition To "The Flight That Failed" Here Titled "Rebirth: Earth". Zebra Books paperback

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Wang Xizhe, Wang Xianzhe, Wang Xun, EtcBiblio.com

The Model Calligraphy Of The Three-Curiosity-Hall Wang Xizhe Wang Xianzhe Wang Xun Etc.

044498Beijing: Publishing House Of Beijing Daily Circa 1970-2000 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Box. Four Volumes Of Plates Of Ancient Calligraphy. Four Volumes Bound In Brown Linen Gilt In Folding Box Ivory Clasps Ornate Cloth Paper Spine Label. No Date Circa 1970/2000. Also With A Brochure Folded Card To Make Eight Pages With Descriptive Text In Chinese And English Color Illustrations. All Four Volumes Consist Of Reproductions Of Classic Chinese Calligraphic Text No English Letters Or Numbers Within The Volumes. Apparently The First Printing And The First Modern Reproduction Of This Important And Ancient Archive. We Cannot Locate Any Reference To This Book In Worldcat Or Anywhere Else On The Internet. From The Library Of Professional And Academic Musicians Alice And Eleanore Schoenfeld Who Notably Performed And Taught In China. In The 1980S Both Alice And Eleonore Were Among The First Internationally Recognised Musicians To Visit Communist China After Formal Diplomatic Relations Had Been Established Between The Chinese And American Governments. On Their Recommendation More Than A Hundred Chinese String Students Studying Abroad Received Scholarship Support. The Schoenfeld International String Competition Continuing In Harbin China Publishing House Of Beijing Daily (Circa 1970-2000) hardcover

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Wango Weng; Yang BodaBiblio.com

The Palace Museum: Peking Treasures of the Forbidden City

1982036324New York: Harry N Abrams 1982. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 319 Pp. 13 3/4" X 10 3/4". Black Cloth. Fine In Fine Dj No Wear But Tiny Tear At Top Of Spine Of Dj. International Shipping At Much Higher Than Stated Rate. Harry N Abrams hardcover

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Whitlock, MonicaBiblio.com

Land Beyond the River: The Untold Story of Central Asia

17-4H031227727XBRAND NEW. Excellent condition. Never read or opened. No remainder mark. 17-4H031227727X Thomas Dunne Books

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Willy Ley, Fred L Whipple, Wernher Von Braun, Cornelius Ryan; Color Cover And Interior Illustrations By Chesley BonestellBiblio.com

Collier's Octoberr 18 1952 Man On The Moon

1952048288Springfield Oh: The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company 1952. First Edition . Wrappers. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 16 3/8" Tall. 86 Pages Lightly Used Bright And Clean. The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company unknown

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Wu, Pei-Yi (Editor)Biblio.com

Selected Works Of Chinese Literature. Volumes I Ii First Printings Taiwan 1963

1963042143Taipei: Institute For Advanced Chinese Studies For The American Association Of Teachers Of Chinese Languages And Culture 1963 1964 1963. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Iv 50 Pp English Text 46 Pp Chinese Text 1963; Iv64 Pp English Text 42 Pp Chinese Text 1964. First Printings Taipei. The English Text Is Largely Translations Of And Comments On Specific Words Phrases And Sentences From Chinese Literature Placing Them In The Context Of Chinese Linguistic Tradition. Very Good Condition. Institute For Advanced Chinese Studies, For The American Association Of Teachers Of Chinese Languages And Culture, 1963, 1964 paperback

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Ye Qianyu (Or, Yeh Ch'ien-Yu; Born Ye Lunqi (???), Named On Book As Yeh Chien-Yu, Foreword By Consul-General C J Pao; IntroductiBiblio.com

China Today In Art Drawings With Prospectus And Inscribed At Length From Artist To William Gropper

1944049447Calcutta India: The Book Emporium / Sasadhar Chakravarty / Kalika Press 1944. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 51 Pp. White Boards. First Printing 1944. Very Scarce Worldcat Shows Only Four Institutional Holdings. Light Usage. Dust Jacket Priced Rs 6/- 7S6d. Dust Jacket Worn Small Chips At Edges. Book Inscribed At Length By Yeh Chien-Yu And Dated April 1947 In New York City Ny With Much Additional Text In Chinese And The Artist's Red Stamp. Also With An Extra Set Of Pp. Iii-Vi The Foreword And Introduction Which Apparently Were Used As A Prospectus For The Book.Ye Qianyu Or Yeh Ch'ien-Yü; Born Ye Lunqi ; 1907 -1995 Was A Chinese Painter And Pioneering Manhua Artist. In April 1927Ye Qianyu Together With Fellow Cartoonists Huang Wennong And Lu Shaofei Released A Publication Dedicated To Manhua Called Shanghai Manhua Or Shanghai Sketch. The Original Three Joined By Eight More Artists Including Zhang Guangyu Ding Song And Wang Dunqing Formed The Shanghai Sketch Society Also Translated As Shanghai Cartoon Association In The Autumn Of 1927 China's First Association Dedicated To Manhua. The Association Successfully Relaunched The Shanghai Manhua On 21 April 1928. Ye Drew Several Covers For The Magazine And The Back Page Of The Publication Carried His Comic Strip Mr. Wang. Inspired By The American Strip Bringing Up Father And Portraying The Daily Life Of The Middle And Lower Classes Of Shanghai Mr. Wang Became One Of China's Most Famous Cartoons Eventually Being Made Into 11 Films In The 1930S And 40S. In June 1930 Shanghai Manhua Was Merged Into Modern Pictorial Of Which Ye Became An Editor While Continuing His Mr. Wang Series. When Japan Invaded China And Occupied Shanghai In 1937 Ye Qianyu Together With A Group Of Fellow Shanghai Cartoonists Formed The "National Salvation Cartoon Propaganda Corps" Which Included Well-Known Artists Zhang Leping Lu Zhixiang Te Wei And Hu Kao. Ye's Lover Liang Baibo Was The Only Female Member. It Was Funded By The Kuomintang Government. Ye Went To Hong Kong Prior To Its Fall To The Japanese In December 1941. In 1943 He Temporarily Worked For The Us General Joseph Stilwell As A War Correspondent In India. Throughout His Travels He Drew Many Sketches Of Wartime Scenes Including A Series Entitled Escape From Hong Kong. After The Surrender Of Japan In 1945 Ye Qianyu Went To The United States Where He Held A Series Of Exhibitions To Show And Sell His Artworks. In 1947 Ye Became A Professor At The Beijing Art Academy. When The Cultural Revolution Began In 1966 Ye Qianyu Was Accused Of Being A Kuomintang Kmt Agent And Was Imprisoned For Seven Years. Ye Qianyu Was Politically Rehabilitated In 1979. Ye Qianyu Was Married Three Times. In 1940 Ye Qianyu Met The Dancer Dai Ailian In Hong Kong. Dai Ailian Lived Until 2006 And Is Now Known As The "Mother Of Chinese Ballet". Ye's Last Wife Was Wang Renmei A Famous Actress Who Had Been Previously Married To The "Film Emperor" Jin Yan. Amiya Chandra Chakravarty 1901-1986 Was Literary Secretary To Rabindranath Tagore From 1924 To 1933. He Was Also A Close Associate Of Mahatma Gandhi Walking With Gandhi In The Salt March Of 1930. Following His 1933 Journey With Tagore He Left India To Study At Oxford University And In 1937 Earned A D.Phil. He Moved Back To India In 1940 To Become A Professor Of English At The University Of Calcutta. In 1948 Chakravarty Moved To The Us To Join The Department Of English In Howard University Became A Fellow Of The Institute For Advanced Study In Princeton During 1950-51 And A Professor At Many Universities. He Wrote Both Poetry And Prose And A Number Of Articles In Journals. He Wrote Many Verse Collections In Bengali. His Poetry Reflects Idealism Humanism And A Great Love Of Nature And Beauty. He Served As A Delegate To The United Nations For India Chakaravarty Edited A Number Of English Translations Of Tagore's Works. The Book Emporium / Sasadhar Chakravarty / Kalika Press hardcover

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Yule, Henry; Henri Cordier; Note And Dedication By Amy Frances YuleBiblio.com

The Book Of Ser Marco Polo The Venetian : Concerning The Kingdoms And Marvels Of The East : Translated And Edited With Notes By Colonel Sir Henry Yule. Third Edition Revised Throughout In The Light Of Recent Discoveries By Henri Cordier With A Memoir By Amy Frances Yule In Two Volumes Complete Volumes I And Ii

1921050580London Uk: John Murray 1921. 3rd Edition Reprint. Hardcover. Good. Maps Illustrations Some In Color. Cii 462 Plate And Folding Map At Rear; Xxii 662 Pp. Two Volumes. Green Cloth Stamped In Dark Green Morocco Spine Labels Gilt. Third Edition Of 1902 1921 Printing. Wear; Beginning To Fray At Ends Of Spine With Small Fray Near Center Of Spine Of Volume I; Front Hinge Of Volume I Just Beginning To Crack. With The Publisher's Publicity Sheet For Ser Marco Polo By Henri Cordier A Supplementary Volume Of Addenda To This Work But The Supplementary Work Itself Not Included Here. Ownership Signatures Of The Late Roger W. Jelliffe Usc Professor Of Medicine. John Murray hardcover

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Zhang Guangyu / Jianqing Xiao / Xiao Jianqing Zhu / ???. ???? / Xiao Shanghai Ren Man Hua SheBiblio.com

Shanghai Sketch English Title Printed In Magazine / Shanghai Man Hua /

1936049673Shanghai: 1936. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 40 Pp. Covers. Color And B/W Illustrations Text. First Printing Of The December 15 1936 Issue. Light Wear No Marks.This 1936-1937 Satirical Journal Targeting The Political Left Right And Center Is Quite Scarce It Had No Political Friends Worldcat Showing Only A Few Institutional Holdings. From Wikipedia: Among The Artists Who Established The Original Shanghai Manhua / Shanghai Sketch In 1928 Several Had Worked Together On The Small Short-Lived Journal Sanri Huabao Three Day Pictorial Including Ye Qianyu And The Brothers Zhang Guangyu And Zhang Zhenyu. The Journal Was Shut Down When Chiang Kai-Shek's Northern Expedition Reached Shanghai In April 1927. Out Of Work Cartoonists Ye Qianyu Huang Wennong And Lu Shaofei Published A Dedicated Publication For Manhua Named Shanghai Manhua Shanghai Sketch. The First Effort Resembled A Propaganda Poster And Was A Failure. Undeterred The Original Three Joined By Eight More Artists Including The Zhang Brothers Ding Song And Wang Dunqing Formed The Shanghai Sketch Society Also Translated As Shanghai Manhua Society In The Autumn Of 1927. It Was China's First Association Dedicated To Manhua And A Major Event In The History Of Chinese Comics.Shanghai Manhua Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: Shànghai Mànhuà Originally Titled Shanghai Sketch Was A Weekly Pictorial Magazine Published In Shanghai From 21 April 1928 Until 7 June 1930. Considered The First Successful Manhua Magazine In China And One Of The Most Influential. In May 1936 Zhang Guangyu Re-Established Shanghai Manhua While Many Of The Original Members Were Then Working With Modern Sketch. Together They Organized The Highly Successful First National Cartoon Exhibition In September And Formed The National Association Of Chinese Cartoonists In The Spring Of 1937. The Blossoming Movement However Was Brought To A Halt By The Japanese Invasion A Few Months Later. ????? paperback

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North Korea Directory 1992

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The Palace Museum: Peking Treasures of the Forbidden City

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