60241
ABERCOMBIE, Thomas J.
OMAN: GUARDIAN OF THE GULF [in National Geographic Magazine, Volume 160, No. 3, September 1981]

N.G.S. Washington. 1981. Volume 160, No. 3, September 1981. 279-420 PP (lacking pages 315 to 318). Contains article pages 344 to 377 with 2 maps and 26 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. 25.4 x 17.5.
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$5

47370
ACOCELLA, Joan (editor)
MISSION TO SIAM: The Memoirs of Jessie MacKinnon Hartzell

University of Hawai'i Press. Honolulu. 2001. 1st Ed. with a biographical essay by Joan Acocella and an introduction by Rosalind C. Morris. XLIV, 157, (3) PP with 1 map, 1 facsimile of note and 15 b/w photos. Fp: Portrait of Jessie Mackinnon Hartzell in 1946. Cloth cover, gilt title on front board and spine. Fine. 22 x 14.5. 0824822536
Wife of a Presbyterian missionary in northern Thailand, 1912 to 1928.
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$25

41896
ADAMS, Edward B.
KOREA 'S KYONGJU - Cultural Spirit of Silla in Korea

Seoul. 1986. Seoul International Publishing House. 3rd printing of the 1979 original. 346, (29) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 21 x 15.
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$5

59930
AIIA
AUSTRALIAN OUTLOOK - Journal of the Australian Institute of International Affairs - VIETNAM (Volume 23, No. 1)

Melbourne. 1969. The Australian Institute of International Affairs. Volume 23, No. 1 (April 1969). Special issue on Vietnam. Edited by Prof. J.D.B. MILLER. 100, (4) PP. Contains 7 articles from P.7 to 80. Soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 24 x 17..
Vietnam and the future of Southeast Asia, by Geoffrey Fairbairn / Graeme Duncan. Australian Military Problems in Vietnam, by Robert O'Neill. The Vietnam war and the Australian Party system, by D. W. Rawson.
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$10

59949
AIIA
AUSTRALIAN OUTLOOK - Journal of the Australian Institute of International Affairs - Volume 13, No. 1

Melbourne. 1959. The Australian Institute of International Affairs. Volume 13, No. 1, March 1959. Edited by B. D. Beddie. 79 PP. Soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 24 x 17..
No. 1: What we know and don't know about China, by Michael Lindsay. Indo-China and SEATO, by J. A. Modelski. ...
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$10

59950
AIIA
AUSTRALIAN OUTLOOK - Journal of the Australian Institute of International Affairs - Volume 13, No. 4

Melbourne. 1959. The Australian Institute of International Affairs. Volume 13, No. 4, March 1959. Edited by B. D. Beddie. (4), 253-332 PP. Soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 24 x 17..
Pages 253 to 319, 6 papers on Indonesia - Communist Party strategy in Indonesia 1948-59, by Donal Hindley. ... Strategic geography and the Northern Approaches, by A. J. Rose.
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$10

59951
AIIA
AUSTRALIAN OUTLOOK - Journal of the Australian Institute of International Affairs - Volume 14, No. 1

Melbourne. 1960. The Australian Institute of International Affairs. Volume 14, No. 1, Avril 1960. Edited by B. D. Beddie. 112 PP. Soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 24 x 17..
India and the Northern Frontier, by Rosemary Brissenden... China's relations with Japan, by R. G. Boyd.
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$10

59953
AIIA
AUSTRALIAN OUTLOOK - Journal of the Australian Institute of International Affairs - Volume 15, No. 3

Melbourne. 1961. The Australian Institute of International Affairs. Volume 15, No. 3, December 1961. Edited by B. D. Beddie. (4), 221-334, (2) PP. Soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 24 x 17.
Indonesian politics under "Guided Democracy", by J. A. C. Mackie.
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$10

59922
AIIA
AUSTRALIAN OUTLOOK - Journal of the Australian Institute of International Affairs - Volume 17, 1963

Melbourne. 1963. The Australian Institute of International Affairs. Volume 17, No. 1 (April 1963), No. 2 (August 1963) & No. 3 (December 1963). Edited by J.D.B. MILLER. 356 PP. Soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 24 x 17..
No. 1: Indonesia after West Irian, by J. D. Legge. ... No. 2: Canberra's Malaysia Policy, by Peter Boyce. ...No. 3: ... Dyason Memorial Lectures.
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$20

59923
AIIA
AUSTRALIAN OUTLOOK - Journal of the Australian Institute of International Affairs - Volume 19, 1965

Melbourne. 1965. The Australian Institute of International Affairs. Volume 19, No. 1 (April 1965), No. 2 (August 1965) & No. 3 (December 1965). Edited by J.D.B. MILLER. 344 PP, 4 pages Index loosely inserted. Soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of front covers. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise near fine. 24 x 17..
No. 1: Irian boundary slumber, 1905-1962 by Paul W. van der Veur ... No. 2: Elimination of Dutch Economic Dominance from Indonesia, by Kenneth D. Thomas and Bruce Glassburner. Canberra's Malaysia Policy, by Peter Boyce. ...No. 3: ... Dyason Memorial Lectures: China's policy and outlook & South East Asia, by Sir Robert Scott.
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$20

59965
AIIA
AUSTRALIAN OUTLOOK - Journal of the Australian Institute of International Affairs - Volume 23, No. 3, 1969

Melbourne. 1969. The Australian Institute of International Affairs. Volume 23, No. 3, (December 1969). Edited by T.B. MILLAR. (4), 211-318, (6) PP. Soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 24 x 17..
No. 3: ... Dyason Memorial Lectures, on Latin America by Claudio Véliz. The Kuala Lumpur riots and the Malaysian political system, by Anthony Reid.
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$10

59964
AIIA
AUSTRALIAN OUTLOOK - Journal of the Australian Institute of International Affairs - Volume 24, No. 3, 1970

Melbourne. 1970. The Australian Institute of International Affairs. Volume 24, No. 3 (December 1970). Edited by J. L. RICHARDSON. (4), 227-365, (1) PP. Soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 24 x 17..
No. 3: ... Dyason Memorial Lectures, by Leo Mates. ASIA:a special issue.
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$10

59926
AIIA
AUSTRALIAN OUTLOOK - Journal of the Australian Institute of International Affairs - Volume 25, 1971

Melbourne. 1971. The Australian Institute of International Affairs. Volume 25, No. 1 (April 1971), No. 2 (August 1971) & No. 3 (December 1971). Edited by J.L. RICHARDSON. 368 PP, plus a 4 pages index. Soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Name of previous owner at top of front covers. Near fine. 24 x 17..
No. 1: New role for the Australian Army, by Thomas Stapleton. No. 2: Into the Seventies, by B. A. Santamaria. No. 3: ... Dyason Memorial Lectures, by Lord Trevelyan. Asia and the Pacific in the 1980s: a special issue
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$20

59927
AIIA
AUSTRALIAN OUTLOOK - Journal of the Australian Institute of International Affairs - Volume 26, 1972

Melbourne. 1972. The Australian Institute of International Affairs. Volume 26, No. 1 (April 1972), No. 2 (August 1972) & No. 3 (December 1972). Edited by J.L. RICHARDSON. 362 PP, plus a 4 pages index. Soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 24 x 17..
No. 1: the Eleventh South Pacific Conference, by W. D. Forsyth. No. 2: Dyason Memorial Lectures, by Ali A. Mazrui. Development themes for East Asia and the Pacific, by W. P. Hogan. No. 3: The Indian subcontinent, by S. P. Seth / Ian Clark.
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$20

72406
ALLEN, J., GOLSON, J. & JONES, R. (editors)
SUNDA AND SAHUL - Prehistoric Studies in Southeast Asia, Melanesia and Australia

Academic Press. London. 1977. 1st Ed. (XII), 647 PP with tables, figures and b/w photos. Fp: Sketch map of Sunda and Sahul. Hard cover, gilt title on spine (price clipped). A 7 pages article " The remarkable history of Indo-Pacific Man...", by Jack Golson, extracted from "Search", Vol 3, No. 1-2 Jan-Feb 1972, loosely inserted. Some pencil underlining in 6 of the articles. Light foxing on outside page edges, o/wise a near fine copy. Scarce. 23.5 x 15.5. 0120512505
19 papers presented at the 13th Pan Pacific Science Congress in Vancouver, 1975.
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$150

72976
ALVES, Dora (editor)
EVOLVING PACIFIC BASIN STRATEGIES - The 10th Pacific Symposium, 1989

National Defence University Press. Washington. 1990. First printing in July 1990. XVI, 344, (4) PP with 1 map and 2 tables. Pictorial stiff covers. Faint remnants of a stamp on ffep, o/wise near fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 1579060625
21 papers presented. 3 papers on China, including: The Sino-Soviet détente and its implication for the West, by Dr Donald S. Zagoria ... 4 papers on Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific.
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$25

72075
ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric
POULO CONDORE - Un Bagne Français en Indochine

Editions Vendémiaire. Paris. 2020. 1st edition in Collection "Chroniques". 195, (7) PP. Soft covers, pictorial front. French text. New. 20 x 14.5. 9782363583406
Convict settlement in this Archipelago of the South China Sea, south of Saigon / Ho Chi Minh City.
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$40

71199
ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric
POULO CONDORE (CON DAO), l'archipel dont on ne revenait pas - Histoire de l'archipel carcéral de l'Indochine Francaise (1862-1954) et du Vietnam (1954-1993)

Frédéric Angleviel. Nouméa. c. 2018. 1st Ed. 321, (3) PP. Soft covers. Fine. French text. 21 x 14.8.
Convict settlement in this Archipelago of the South China Sea, south of Saigon / Ho Chi Minh City.
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$40

66349
ARNDT, Robert
SAUDI ARABIA - Aspects of Culture

Houston, Texas. 2005. Aramco Services Co. 1st Ed. 66 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.7 x 21.7.
Mapping Arabia, by James V. Parry. Art Rocks in Saudi Arabia, / The Captain and the King, by Peter Harrigan. Painting Cultural History, by Ni'mah Isma'il Nawwab. Welcoming God's Guests / Reclaiming our past, by Samia El-Moslimany.
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$10

57805
ASIA/PACIFIC
ON WHAT TERMS? - Australia's future in the Asia/Pacific Region

Canberra. 1978. Australian Council For Overseas Aid / ACFOA. Special folder, containing 14 papers in their wrappers: a total of 113 PP. Staples of each papers removed. Near fine. 24/6 x 18..
Papers delivered at the ACFOA Tasmanian Summer School, held at the University of Hobart 20-25 January 1978. Opening address by Bruce Grant. ... Education for a Multi Cultural Australia, by the Honourable Al Grassby. ... Uranium mining: the impact on Aboriginal Lifestyles, by Marcia Langton. ...
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$40

67572
AusAID
AIDAB FOCUS - 1992

Canberra. 1992. AIDAB / Australian International Development Assistance Bureau. Issues: June, September & December 1992. Edited by David Jones. 3 issues + 2 inserts for 108 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Country Brief / Development profiles: Indonesia, India, Vietnam & Tonga. Inserts: Africa, emergency update (September 1992) - Australia and Papua New Guinea, a changing partnership (December 1992).
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$15

67574
AusAID
AIDAB FOCUS - 1993

Canberra. 1993. AIDAB / Australian International Development Assistance Bureau. Issues: March, June, September & December 1993. Edited by Janine Constantine. 4 issues for 120 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Country Brief: Kiribati, Cambodia, Vanuatu & Western Samoa. September 1993: Laos - transforming Battlefields to Marketplaces. December 1993: the Gramùeen Bank - a micro-enterprise development program.
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$20

67576
AusAID
AIDAB FOCUS - 1994

Canberra. 1994. AIDAB / Australian International Development Assistance Bureau. Issues: March, June, September & December 1994. Edited by Philip Flood. 4 issues & insert for: 136 + 4 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Country Focus: Vietnam (June 1994). Médecins sans Frontières in Australia (September 1994). Focus on Mozambique, by Margie Cook & Focus on the Unitred Nations 50th Anniversary (December 1994).
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$20

67573
AusAID
AIDAB FOCUS - December 1992

Canberra. 1992. AIDAB / Australian International Development Assistance Bureau. Issue: December 1992. Edited by Janine Constantine. Issue + insert: 34 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Pages 14 to 23: Australia and the Philippines: A long term relationship. Country Brief: Tonga. Insert: Australia and Papua New Guinea, a changing partnership.
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$5

67575
AusAID
AIDAB FOCUS - December 1993

Canberra. 1993. AIDAB / Australian International Development Assistance Bureau. Issue: December 1993. Edited by Janine Constantine. 30 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Country Brief: Western Samoa. Development assistance in Asia: who benefits ?, by Peter McCawley. The Gramen Bank - a micro-enterprise development program, by Philippa Kelly.
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$5

67577
AusAID
AusAID FOCUS - 1995

Canberra. 1995. AusAID / Australian Agency for International Development. Issues: March, June, September & December 1995. Edited by Colin Chandler. 4 issues for: 140 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
March 1995: ... ICRC (International Committeeof the Red Cross) in the Pacific Region. June 1995. ... Aquaculture for the developing world. ...
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$20

67578
AusAID
AusAID FOCUS - 1996

Canberra. 1996. AusAID / Australian Agency for International Development. Issues: March, June, September & December 1996. Edited by Trevor Kanaley. 4 issues for: 128 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
March 1996. Improving Industrial Pollution Controol in India. Turtle Conservation in Vanuatu. June 1996. Country brief: Papua New Guin,ea. ...
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$20

67579
AusAID
AusAID FOCUS - 1997

Canberra. 1997. AusAID / Australian Agency for International Development. Issues: March, June, September & December 1997. Edited by Colin Chandler. 4 issues for: 136 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
March 1997: ... The world's largest butterfly still flies in PNG; by John Hibberd. September 1997. ... Pacific feature: 50th Anniversary of the South Pacific Commission.. ...
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$20

67580
AusAID
AusAID FOCUS - 1998

Canberra. 1998. AusAID / Australian Agency for International Development. Issues: March, July, & October 1998. 3 issues for: 93 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
March 1998: ... The end od "Australian School of Pacific Administration, a unique institution, by Bill Goff. July 1998. The Peace Doctors: AusAID in Bougainville. October 1998: The burden of the waves, Tsunami of 17th July 1998 off Saundaun Province, Papua New Guinea.
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$15

67581
AusAID
AusAID FOCUS - 1999

Canberra. 1999. AusAID / Australian Agency for International Development. Issues: February, July, & December 1999. 3 issues for: 148 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. iFne. 29.7 x 21.
February 1999 - Australia's role in the international campaign against landmines. Grameen Bank: lending to defeat poverty.
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$15

67582
AusAID
AusAID FOCUS - 2000

Canberra. 2000. AusAID / Australian Agency for International Development. Issues: March, July, September & December 2000. 4 issues for: 156 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
March 2000: Special East Timor edition. September 2000 - Aftermatrh of Rabaul eruption
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$20

67583
AusAID
AusAID FOCUS - 2001

Canberra. 2001. AusAID / Australian Agency for International Development. Issues: March, June & September (+ Insert CHOGM) 2001, edited by Dr. Susan Nicholls. 3 issues for: 100 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
September Issue + "Focus on the Commonwealth" for the meeting in Brisbane of the CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting)
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$20

67596
AusAID
AusAID FOCUS - 2002 - Volume 17

Canberra. 2002. AusAID / Australian Agency for International Development. Volume 17, No. 1 (Winter 2002) and 3 (Summer 2002), edited by Louise Tigchelaar. 2 issues for: 60 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 24.
FOCUS, the Magazine od Australia's Overseas Aid Program.
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$10

67597
AusAID
AusAID FOCUS - 2003 - Volume 18, No. 2

Canberra. 2003. AusAID / Australian Agency for International Development. Volume 18, No. 2 (Winter 2003), 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 24.
FOCUS, the Magazine od Australia's Overseas Aid Program. Special issue on "Globalisation" (pages 1 to 17).
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$5

67598
AusAID
AusAID FOCUS - 2004 - Volume 19

Canberra. 2004. AusAID / Australian Agency for International Development. Volume 19, No. 1 (May) & No. 2 (September 2004). 2 issues for 64 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 24.
FOCUS, the Magazine od Australia's Overseas Aid Program. No. 1: Establishing the peace to the Solomon Islands. No. 2: Democratic transition in Indnesia. A Long road to Peace in Bougainville Island.
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$10

67599
AusAID
AusAID FOCUS - 2005- Volume 20

Canberra. 2005. AusAID / Australian Agency for International Development. Volume 20, No. 1 (January), No. 2 (Special), & No. 3 (June - August 2005) . 3 issues for 88 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 24.
FOCUS, the Magazine od Australia's Overseas Aid Program. No. 1: Women's Worth. No. 2: Tsunami of 26 December 2004.
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$15

67600
AusAID
AusAID FOCUS - 2006- Volume 21

Canberra. 2006. AusAID / Australian Agency for International Development. Volume 21, No. 1 (Jan-April) & No. 3 (Sept-Dec 2006) . 2 issues for 64 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 24.
FOCUS, the Magazine od Australia's Overseas Aid Program. No. 1: Health and Sports. No. 3: Rural Communities in the Pacific and East Timor.
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$10

67601
AusAID
AusAID FOCUS - 2007- Volume 22

Canberra. 2007. AusAID / Australian Agency for International Development. Volume 22, No. 1 (Jan-April), No. 2 (May-Aug) & No. 3 (Sept-Dec 2007) . 3 issues for 96 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 24.
FOCUS, the Magazine od Australia's Overseas Aid Program. No. 1: Partnerships with developing country governments. No. 2: Disasters and Emergencies. No. 3: Climate and Environment.
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$15

67602
AusAID
AusAID FOCUS - 2008 - Volume 23, No. 1

Canberra. 2008. AusAID / Australian Agency for International Development. Volume 23, No. 1 (June-Sept 2008) . 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 24.
FOCUS, the Magazine od Australia's Overseas Aid Program. No. 1: Pacific Progress.
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$5

67603
AusAID
AusAID FOCUS - 2009 - Volume 24, No. 3

Canberra. 2009. AusAID / Australian Agency for International Development. Volume 24, No. 3 (Oct-Dec 2009) . 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 21.
FOCUS, the Magazine od Australia's Overseas Aid Program. No. 3: Focus on the Pacific.
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$5

59408
AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA)
THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 27

Sydney. 2003. AIMA / Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Volume 27, 2003. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 139 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Loch Ard disaster, by K. Fielding. Gabo Island jetty shed, by P. Davies and S. Lawrence. ... Anchors from Goa waters, by S. Tripati. Dutch Maritime Heritage Management, by T.J. Maarsleveld
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$30

59409
AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA)
THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 28

AIMA / Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Sydney. 2004. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 145 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Whaling and colonial trade, shipwreck of Cheviot, by R. Anderson. The Australian built schooner Alert, by M. Nash. ... Stone anchor from Saurashstra coast, India, by A.S. Gaur. ...
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$35

14925
AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC
FLIGHT OF THE SARIMANOK (in Australian Geographic, No.5, Jan/Mar, 1987)

Sydney. 1987. Australian Geographic. P.46-59 with 30 colour illustrations (2 artworks and 28 photos), plus 1 folded map Indonesia to Madagascar. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.8 x 21.
Re-enactment voyage from Indonesia to Madagascar, in the footsteps of these settlers.
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$10

72632
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA)
THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 22, 1998

AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Sydney. 1998. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 138 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Signature of previous owner at top of title-page, o/wise near fine. 29.8 x 21.
Papers from the 17th International Conference "The Maritime Archaeology of Long Distance Voyaging". Includes: Maritime craft in the Maldives, by M. H. Maniku. The Janggolan, by N. Burningham. ... Wreck of the British frigate HMS Sirius (1797) in Mauritius, by Yann von Arnim. ...
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$30

59406
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA)
THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 24

Sydney. 2000. AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Volume 24, 2000. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 136 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. New. 29.8 x 21.
Ashmore Reef, by Paul Clark. Pearlers, planes and people, by Natasha Stacey. The Senabi: external stern-lashings on Austronesian water-craft, by Kim Akerman and Dan Dwyer. ...
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$35

37244
BACKER DIRKS, F.C.
DE GOUVERNEMENTS MARINE, In Het Voormalige Nederlands-Indie 1861-1949 (in haar verschillende tijdsperioden geschets, I)

Amsterdam. 1985. De Boer Maritiem. 1st Ed. Volume I: 336 PP with 6 maps and 198 b/w illust. Many facsimiles of documents in texts. Hard cover, dj (closed tears). Near fine. Dutch text. 30 x 23. 9022818829
The government Navy in the former Dutch East Indies between 1861 and the end of the 19th century. Various administrations and services such as hydrography and transport. Chapters on former Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya).
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$30

37245
BACKER DIRKS, F.C.
DE GOUVERNEMENTS MARINE, In Het Voormalige Nederlands-Indie 1861-1949 (in haar verschillende tijdsperioden geschests, II)

Amsterdam. 1986. De Boer Maritiem. 1st Ed. Volume II: 359 PP with 6 maps and 281 b/w illust. Many facsimiles of documents in texts. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. Dutch text. 30 x 23. 9022818837
The government Navy in the former Dutch East Indies between 1894 and 1925. Various administrations and services such as hydrography and transport. Chapters on former Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya).
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$30

12091
BATEMAN, Sam & SHERWOOD, Dick (editors)
AUSTRALIA'S MARITIME BRIDGE INTO ASIA

Sydney. 1995. Allen & Unwin / Royal Australian Navy. 1st Ed. XXIII, 247 PP with 46 tables and 13 figures. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 16. 1863738932
Strategic issues for Asia and Australia - Australian maritime capabilities of relevance to Asia: ships and shipping, education and vocational training, aquaculture and mariculture...
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$15

56206
BATEMAN, Sam and BATES, Stephen (editors)
REGIONAL MARITIME MANAGEMENT & SECURITY

Canberra. 1998. Strategic and Defence Studies Centre / ANU. 1st Ed. Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence No. 124. XXIV, 209 PP with 3 maps and 4 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.6 x 14.5. 0731527305
Papers presented at the 3rd meeting of the working group held in Bangkok, 30 May - 1 June 1997.
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$35

13230
BAYLY, C. A.
INDIAN SOCIETY AND THE MAKING OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

CUP. Cambridge. 1988. 1st Ed., Volume II, No. 1 in The New Cambridge History of India series XI, 239 PP with 5 maps. Fp: John Mowbray circa 1790. Cloth cover, gilt title on vignette on front cover and spine. Ex library copy with a few stamps on both endpapers, and lower margin of half title and title page. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise near fine internally. 23.5 x 15.4. 0521250927
The formation of states and social groups in 18th century India. The British East India Company...
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$20

46518
BELLWOOD, Peter (editorial co-ordinator)
INDO-PACIFIC PREHISTORY 1990 - Volume 1

Canberra. 1991. Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association / A.N.U. 1st Ed. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, No. 10 - 1991. (8), 405 PP with tables and figures. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.
40 papers of the proceedings of the 14th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 26 August to 2 September 1991.
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$40

54935
BELLWOOD, Peter (editorial co-ordinator)
INDO-PACIFIC PREHISTORY 1990 - Volume 2

Canberra. 1991. Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association / A.N.U. 1st Ed. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, No. 11 - 1991. (8), 411 PP with tables and figures. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner on preliminary page, o/wise near fine. 25 x 17.
38 papers of the proceedings of the 14th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 26 August to 2 September 1991.
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$35

56193
BELLWOOD, Peter, BOWDERY, Doreen, ALLEN, Jane... (Editorial Team)
INDO-PACIFIC PREHISTORY: The Melaka Papers - Volume 4

Canberra. 2000. Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association / A.N.U. 1st Ed. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association No. 20. (4), 170 PP with tables and figures (graphs, maps, photos and drawings). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.3 x 20.8.
16 papers of the Proceedings of the 16th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Melaka, Malaysia, 1-7 July 1998.
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$45

56194
BELLWOOD, Peter, BOWDERY, Doreen, GLOVER, Ian... (Editorial Team)
INDO-PACIFIC PREHISTORY: The Melaka Papers - Volume 5

Canberra. 2001. Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association / A.N.U. 1st Ed. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association No. 21. (4), 169 PP with tables and figures (graphs, maps, photos and drawings). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.3 x 20.8.
24 papers of the Proceedings of the 16th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Melaka, Malaysia, 1-7 July 1998.
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$45

56195
BELLWOOD, Peter, BOWDERY, Doreen, GLOVER, Ian... (Editorial Team)
INDO-PACIFIC PREHISTORY: The Melaka Papers - Volume 6

Canberra. 2002. Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association / A.N.U. 1st Ed. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association No. 22. (4), 180 PP with tables and figures (graphs, maps, photos and drawings). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.3 x 20.8.
19 papers of the Proceedings of the 16th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Melaka, Malaysia, 1-7 July 1998.
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$45

56197
BELLWOOD, Peter, BOWDERY, Doreen, KEATES, Susan ... (Editorial Team)
INDO-PACIFIC PREHISTORY: The Taipei Papers - Volume 2

Canberra. 2004. Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association / A.N.U. 1st Ed. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association No. 24. (4), 168 PP with tables and figures (graphs, maps, photos and drawings). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.3 x 20.8.
19 papers of the Proceedings of the 17th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Taipei, Taiwan, 9 to 15 September 2002.
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$45

56196
BELLWOOD, Peter, BOWDERY, Doreen, PEARSON, Richard ... (Editorial Team)
INDO-PACIFIC PREHISTORY: The Taipei Papers - Volume 1

Canberra. 2003. Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association / A.N.U. 1st Ed. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Volume 23. (4), 200 PP with tables and figures (graphs, maps, photos and drawings). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.3 x 20.8.
20 papers of the Proceedings of the 17th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Taipei, Taiwan, 9 to 15 September 2002.
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$45

56200
BELLWOOD, Peter, CHEN, Xingcan, LIU, Li ... (Editorial Team)
INDO-PACIFIC PREHISTORY: Papers from the Manila Congress - Volume 28

Canberra. 2008. Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association / A.N.U. 1st Ed. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association No. 28. (4), 126 PP with tables and figures (graphs, maps, photos and drawings). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.3 x 20.8.
17 papers of the Proceedings: 18th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Manila, Philippines, 20 to 26 March 2006.
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$45

56199
BELLWOOD, Peter, CHEN, Xingcan, LIU, Li ... (Editorial Team)
INDO-PACIFIC PREHISTORY: Papers from the Taipei and Manila Congresses - Volume 27

Canberra. 2007. Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association / A.N.U. 1st Ed. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association No. 27. (4), 170, (2) PP with tables and figures (graphs, maps, photos and drawings). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.3 x 20.8.
18 papers of the Proceedings: 18th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Manila, Philippines, 20 to 26 March 2006.
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$45

42697
BENNETT, George
WANDERINGS IN NEW SOUTH WALES, BATAVIA, PEDIR COAST, SINGAPORE AND CHINA; being the journal of a Naturalist in those countries during 1832, 1833, and 1834 (in two volumes)

Adelaide. 1967. Libraries Board of South Australia. Facsimile reprint of the 1834 original, No. 115 in the Australiana Facsimile Editions series. Volume I: (2), XVI, 440, (1) PP with 4 drawings. Fp: Bugong Mountain. Volume II: (2), VIII, 428 PP. Fp: Dutch & English portion of the European Factory at Canton. Hard cover, simile vellum, gilt title on spine. Light foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.
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$120

38409
BIVAR, A. D. H. (editor)
THE TRAVELS OF IBN BATTUTA, A.D. 1325-1354 - Volume V - Index to Volumes I-IV

London. 2000. Hakluyt Society. 1st Ed. Publication 190 of Hakluyt Society second series. X, 153 PP. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Letter from Hakluyt Society loosely inserted. Fine. 22.3 x 14.2. 0904180670
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$20

44191
BLUNT, Wilfrid
THE GOLDEN ROAD TO SAMARKAND

New York. 1973. The Viking Press. 1st. US edition. 280 PP with 2 family trees, 5 maps, 32 colour plates and 96 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Near fine. 25.5 x 20.5. 670344389
Alexander the Great. William of Rubruck. Marco Polo. Ibn Battuta...
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$10

60510
BONIN, M. P.
MISSION HYDROGRAPHIQUE DU CAMEROUN, Juillet-Septembre 1938 (In Annales Hydrographiques)

Paris. 1946. Service Hydrographique de la Marine. Extract from "Annales Hydrographiques 1938-1939". 8 PP (185 to 192), plus 2 folded plates. Soft cover. French text. Very good. 26 x 17.
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$15

63733
BOOZ, Elisabeth B. & Patrick R., CLARKE, Thurston, FISHER, Ron & RAMSAY, Cynthia Russ
GREAT JOURNEYS OF THE WORLD

Washington. 1996. National Geographic Society. 1st Ed. 200 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, simile leather, device in blind on front board, gilt title on spine. Fine. 26 x 18. 0792229428
Crossing Europe on the Orient Express. On Safari in East Africa. A Royal Train through Rajasthan. Cruising the mighty Yangtze River. Traveling Canada's Transcontinental Railroad.
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$10

33544
BORTHWICK, Mark (editor)
PACIFIC CENTURY - The Emergence of Modern Pacific Asia

Boulder & Sydney. 1992. Westview Press / Allen & Unwin. 1st Ed., published by the Pacific Basin Institute. XVIII, 590 PP with figures, graphs, tables and 36 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. Fine. 25.5 x 17.8. 1863732802
An age of commerce in Southeast Asia, by Anthony Reid. Seaborne bartbarians: Incursions by the West. Meiji: Japan in the Age of Imperialism.... Siberian Salient: Russia in Pacific Asia...
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$10

59043
BOSEI / TOKAI
Tokai University Research and Training Vessel BOSEI MARU

Tokyo. 2009. Tokai University. Folder containing 3 items: T Wave Magazine, Vol. 9 : 8 PP. Tokai University Educational System, profile 2009-10: 44 PP. Bosei Maru: 32 PP (16 loose sheets). All items with colour photos. Folder with title (in silver) on front cover. Fine. 31 x 22
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$40

66946
BOWERMASTER, Jon
DESCENDING THE DRAGON: My Journey Down the Coast of Vietnam

Washington. 2008. National Geographic Society. 1st Ed. 144 PP with b/w photos, plus 32 pages with 29 colour photos. Photography by Rob Howard. Pictorial stiff covers. Top corner of last 50 page lightly bumped. Near fine. 25.4 x 21 9781426203046
... by kayak.
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$10

62742
BOXER, Charles Ralph
THE GREAT SHIP FROM AMACON - Annals of Macao and the Old Japan Trade, 1555-1640

Lisboa. 1959. Centro de Estudos Historicos UltraMarinos. 1st Ed. XI, 361 PP, plus 1 map, 6 plates and 1 large folded map of Japan at back. Fp: The Great Ship from Macao, circa 1552. Soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of preliminary page, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. 23.6 x 16.2.
The saga of the Macau-Japan trade from its beginning in 1555, to its end, in 1640. Part I: The annual Japan voyage. Part II: Privileges and duties of the Captain-Majors of the Japan voyage. Cargoes carried between Macao and Nagasaki. Hazards of navigation in the China sea...(some of the letters of part II are in Portuguese).
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$200

62743
BOXER, C.R.
JAN COMPAGNIE IN JAPAN, 1600-1950 - An Essay on the Cultural, Artistic and Scientific influence exercised by the Hollanders in Japan from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries

The Hague. 1950. Martinus Nijhoff. 2nd revised edition of the 1936 original. XII, 198 PP with 1 b/w illustration (signature of Titsingh in 1786), plus 4 plates with colour illustrations tipped in, and 13 b/w plates. Fp (in colour): Nagasaki wood-cut of the Dutch East-India ship Schellach, c. 1782. Title page: vignette of a Dutch East-India ship. Soft cover, illustrated front. Name of previous owner at top of preliminary page. Small crease on bottom of front cover, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 24.5 x 16.
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$75

67793
BRASCHOS, Erdmann
The Island at Europe's Frontier, KASTELLORIZON. Beating to "Castello Rosso" (in Australian Yachting, September 1992)

Melbourne. 1992. Baird Publications. Volume 10, No. 1, September 1992. 64 PP, edited by Neil Baird. Contains article pages 28 to 31 with 1 map, 1 b/w and 5 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.
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$5

68507
BRAZIER, Mark & DAVIES, Shann
VIVA MACAU !

Hong Kong. 1980. Macmillan. 1st Ed. Foreword by Staley Ho. (12), 132 PP with b/w and colour illust. Title-page: Chart of mouth of Canton river with Macau. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, chipped dj. Signature of previous owner on first page. Very good. 29 x 21.5. 9620301617
History of the first European city built on the Asian mainland, and initially used as a warehouse for trade with Japan.
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$20

65845
BRODIE, Fawn M.
THE DEVIL DRIVES - A Life of Sir Richard Burton

London. 1968. Eyre & Spottiswoode. Reprint of the 1967 original. 390 PP, plus 16 pages with 23 b/w illustrations. Eps: map "The search for the Nile 1858-1863. Cloth cover, title on a vignette on spine. Vignette with title badly rubbed. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Slight ageing of paper and foxing. Very good reading copy. 22.8 x 14.5.
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$15

50150
BUCHANAN, Professor Keith (editor)
PACIFIC VIEWPOINT - Volume 5, Number 2

Wellington. 1964. Department of Geography, Victoria University of Wellington. Volume 5, No. 2, September 1964. 95-230 PP with tables and b/w figures, plus 2 folded plates. Soft cover, illustrated front cover. Covers slightly rubbed. Very good. 24.8 x 15.7.
Profiles of the Third World, by Keith Buchanan. Gosheim, Baden-Würtenberg: A Mercedes Dorf, by S. H. Franklin. Research Notes: The European Military Population in Singapore, by R. J. W. Neville...
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$10

50151
BUCHANAN, Professor Keith (editor)
PACIFIC VIEWPOINT - Volume 6, Number 1

Wellington. 1965. Department of Geography, Victoria University of Wellington. Volume 6, No. 1, May 1965. (2), 122 PP with tables and b/w figures, plus 2 folded plates. Soft cover, illustrated front cover. Covers slightly rubbed. Very good. 24.8 x 15.7.
A Critique of Thai Population, by Larry Sternstein. Malaysia 's Future Population, by L. W. Jones... The Petroleum Industry of Monsoon Asia, by L. D. B. Heenan...
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$10

72427
BULLEY, Anne
THE BOMBAY COUNTRY SHIPS 1790-1833

Curzon Press. Richmond, Surrey. 2000. 1st Ed. XVI, 288 PP with 6 maps, and 12 b/w plates. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing spots on top outside edge, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. 24 x 16. 9780700712366
Private merchant ships of India, dockyards and Parsi master builders.
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$130

33506
BURNETT, Alan
THE WESTERN PACIFIC - Challenge of sustainable growth

Sydney. 1993. Allen & Unwin. Paperback edition of the 1992 original. XII, 270 PP with 1 map, 2 figures and 9 tables. Illustrated card cover. Fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 1863735178
The economic miracle of Australasia, South East Asia, Indo China and North East Asia, under threat: from population growth, energy demand and environmental degradation.
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$40

41147
CAIGER-SMITH, Martin, DOWSON, Anna, et al..
LE ROYAUME DE L' ARABIE SAOUDITE

London. 1984. Stacey International. Revised edition of the 1979 original. 256 PP with 25 figures, 40 maps and around 400 colour photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. French text. 31 x 26. 0905743393
Saudi Arabia.
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$15

67794
CALDER, Captain Mike
FIJI, Revisited (in Australian Yachting, October 1993)

Melbourne. 1993. Baird Publications. Volume 11 No. 1, September 1993. 64 PP, edited by Neil Baird. Contains article pages 24 to 26 with 2 b/w and 3 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.
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$5

32786
CALLAHAN, Raymond
THE EAST INDIA COMPANY AND ARMY REFORM, 1783-1798

Cambridge, Mass., USA. 1972. Harvard University Press. 1st edition, No. 67 in the Harvard Historical Monographs series. XIV, (2), 242, (4 publications) PP. Cloth cover, dj. Signature of previous owner on half title page. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 20.2 x 14.2. 674224108
Attempt by the British Government to reorganise the East India Company's army.
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$20

45366
CANNON, Judy
FOR THE LOVE OF TRAVEL - China and Japan through the eyes of a nineteenth-century Scot (in National Library of Australia News - Vol XIII, No. 10, July 2003)

Canberra. 2003. National Library of Australia. Volume XIII, No. 10, July 2003. Contains article between P.3 and 6 with 2 colour and 5 b/w illustrations. Pictorial (Nagasaki Musmee, 1866) soft cover. New. 29.7 x 21.
Life in nineteenth-century Asia through the writings of George Robertson Nicoll.
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$5

41139
CAPON, Edmund & PANG, Mae Anna
CHINESE PAINTINGS OF THE MING AND QING DYNASTIES - XIV-XXth centuries

Sydney. 1981. International Cultural Corporation of Australia Limited. 1st Ed. 208 PP with 1 map, 4 figures and 100 plates in colour. Laminated boards, illustrated front cover (seal of the exhibition). Name of previous owner on Contents page, o/wise near fine. 28.2 x 21.5. 0959412204
Travelling exhibition: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia & Victoria, between April 1981 and January 1982.
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$5

73161
CAWTHORNE, Nigel
VIETNAM - A War Lost and Won

Lifetime Distributor / Arcturus. Castle Hill, NSW. 2004. 1st Australian paperback edition of the 2003 original. 240 PP with b/w illustrations (2 map and 28 photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 19.5 x 13. 9781841931555
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$10

51130
CHALKLEY & Associates (editor)
MACAU. Investing in the Future

Economic Services, Macau Government / Macau Export Promotion Department. Macau. 1990. 1st Ed. 70 PP with colour illustrations (graphs, plans, maps, photos). Pictorial stiff cover. Fine. 29.3 x 21.
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$25

34222
CHANG, T. C., HUANG, Shirlena et al. (editors)
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WOMEN IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION: PERSONS, POWERS AND POLITICS

Singapore. c. 1998. National University of Singapore. 1st Ed. (4), 743 PP with tables, graphs and figures. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29.4 x 21. 997188576X
Proceedings containing 59 papers presented between the 11th and 13th of August 1997.
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$100

43267
CHAUVELOT, Robert
ILES DE PARADIS - CEYLAN JAVA TAHITI

Paris. 1925. Berger-Levrault. 1st Ed. XIV, 329 PP with 24 head pieces, plus 34 b/w plates with 65 photos. Illustrated soft cover (rubbed and protected). LACKS the frontispiece (planispheric map). Ageing of paper around the edges, o/wise a very good copy. French text. 23.7 x 18.8.
Reminiscences of voyages from Marseilles to the Suez Canal, Ceylon, Indonesia, the Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and Tahiti.
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$30

45540
CHEEMA, Pervaiz Iqbal
THE ARMED FORCES OF PAKISTAN

Sydney. 2002. Allen & Unwin. 1st Ed. in The Armed Forces of Asia series. XX, 220 PP with 3 tables and 4 maps. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 22.8 x 15. 1865081191
Defense administration. Evolution of the Army, Navy, Air Force...
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$15

42793
CHENEVIERE, Alain
TRAVELS IN THE ORIENT, IN MARCO POLO'S FOOTSTEPS

New York. 1997. Konecky & Konecky. Reprint from the 1997 edition published by Vilo Diffusion. 288 PP with 1 colour map and hundreds of colour photos. Hard cover, dj. A little light foxing on a few pages, o/wise fine. Large format: 32.5 x 27.7. 156852238X
Retraces the steps of Marco Polo who, in the 13th century, trekked eastward across the continent of Asia before finally arriving at the court of Kubla Khan. Accompanied by modern day photography.
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$30

53155
CHUA, Wilson (editor)
1998 SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES AND PORT INFORMATION

Singapore. 1998. Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore. Yearly edition. 410 PP with tables, 15 maps and plans, as well as 13 pages with colour illustrations (4 pages Signals and 9 pages Maritime Buoyage System). Soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15.
Tide: pages 10 to 219. Port Information: pages 220 to 410.
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$30

52813
CLEMENTIN-OJHA, Catherine & MANGUIN, Pierre-Yves
UN SIECLE POUR L' ASIE - L' Ecole française d' Extrême-Orient, 1898-2000

Paris. 2001. Les Editions du Pacifique / Ecole Française d' Extrême-Orient. 1st Ed. Preface by Jean-Pierre Drège. 237, (3) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 23 x 17.3. 2878680898
French Orientalists and Scientists in the Asian Far East: Archaeology, History, Religion and Society...
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$75

14569
COATES, Alan
WHAMPOA SHIPS ON THE SHORE

Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Co. Hong Kong. 1980. 1st Ed. XIII, (3), 266 PP, plus 32 pages with 49 b/w illustratiions and 5 colour photos. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. A near fine copy. 23.4 x 16.
The Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Company which built the first Hong Kong dock and was permitted to develop, whereas, until then, Hong Kong was the "tail end of almost everything & the head of very little".
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$35

73545
COLLINS, Larry & LAPIERRE Dominique
FREEDOM AT MIDNIGHT

Collins. London. 1975. 1st English edition. (10), 500 PP with 3 maps, plus 16 pages with 29 b/w photos. Eps: 2 maps of India. Hard cover, title on spine, dust jacket with a few chips and/or closed tears. Spine of dust jacket sunned. Rubbed patch on last leaf of text on P. 491/492, with loss of a few words. Occasional foxing, o/wise contents near fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 0002160552
How Britain gave away an Empire: the Partition between India and Pakistan (East & West).
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$15

32779
COLLIS, Maurice
RAFFLES

New York. 1968. The John Day Co. 1st US Ed. 228 PP with 5 maps, plus 36 b/w plates. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Fine. 21.8 x 14.5. Life of Sir Stamford Raffles.
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$20

65847
COUPLAND, Sir Reginald
LIVINGSTONE'S LAST JOURNEY

London. 1947. Readers Union / Collins. Readers Union reprint of the 1945 original. 271 PP with 5 maps. Cloth cover, title on a badly damaged spine. Ageing of paper and occasional foxing. Name of previous owner on the front endpaper. Very good reading copy. 22 x 14.5;
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$5

71721
CUNYNGHAM-BROWN, Sjovald
THE TRADERS - A Story of Britain's South-east Asian Commercial Adventure

Newman Neame, for Guthrie & Co. London. 1971. 1st Ed. 352 PP with facsimile of a letter in text, plus 28 pages with 43 b/w illust. Fp: Alexander Guthrie. Eps: The Guthrie Coat of Arms. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Near fine. 24.5 x 16. 080174132
Story of the firm founded by Alexander Guthrie, in Singapore, which expanded through Malaysia, Australia, Southern Africa and the United Kingdom.
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$30

60979
CURRENT AFFAIRS BULLETIN
AUSTRALIA AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA (in CAB, Vol. 37, No. 12)

Sydney. 1966. CAB/University of Sydney. Vol. 37, No. 12, May 2, 1966. Edited by Desmond CROSLEY & John RORKE. (2), 179-190, (2) PP. Soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Good. 24.7 x 17.5.
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$5

72295
DAGGETT, Charles & SHAFFER, Christopher
DIVING FOR THE GRIFFIN

Weidenfeld & Nicholson. London. 1990. 1st Ed. XII, 178 PP with 4 maps & 1 plate, plus 16 pages with 1 chart & 31 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Paper ageing a little around edges, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. 24 x 16. 0297810634
History of the English East India Company Marine Service, the four voyages of the East Indiaman Griffin, her sinking in 1761 and the recovery of her cargo in the late 1980's.
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$40

72814
DALRYMPLE, William
THE ANARCHY - The Relentless Rise of the East India Company

Bloomsbury Publishing. London. 2019. 1st paperback edition. XXXV, 522, (4) PP with 3 maps and 11 headpieces, plus 48 pages with 3 b/w and 69 colour illustrations on glossy paper. Pictorial stiff covers. New. 23.5 x 15.2. 9781408864388
Pages XIII to XXII: Dramatis Personae (British, French, Mughals , Nawabs Rohillas, Maharathas). Pages 399 to 405: Glossary.
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$45

41133
DAN, Uri
TO THE PROMISED LAND - The Birth of Israel

New York. 1988. Doubleday. 1st US edition of the 1987 French original Exodus et la Naissance d'Israel. Foreword by Ariel Sharon. 287 PP with 3 maps and 200 b/w photos. Eps: July 18, 1947, the Exodus surrender after being attacked by British ships. Cloth cover, title in blind on front cover and gilt on spine, dj. Fine. 30.5 x 23.2. 385245971
Chapter on Exodus by Yossi Harel.
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$45

30717
D'ANCONA, Jacob
THE CITY OF LIGHT

London. 1997. Little, Brown and Co. 1st Ed., translated and edited by David Selbourne. VIII, 392 PP with 69 b/w illust. Eps: Map showing the travels of Jacob d'Ancona 1270-73, between Ancona, Italy and Zaitun, China. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.4 x 19.2. 0316639680
Before Marco Polo, a Jewish-Italian merchant embarked on a perilous voyage to the East and the Chinese metropolis of Zaitun or the City of Light.
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$10

59503
DAVID, Andrew (editor)
WILLIAM ROBERT BROUGHTON'S VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE NORTH PACIFIC 1795-1798

London. 2010. Hakluyt Society. 1st Ed. Series III, Volume 22. Introduction by Barry Gough. LXXXII, 315 PP with 12 maps and 9 figures. Errata page tipped in between pages LXX and LXXI. Fp: William Robert Broughton. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. dj. Fine. 25.2 x 18. 9780904180978
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$70

52809
DE BALZAC, Honoré
VOYAGE DE PARIS A JAVA

Les Editions du Pacifique. Paris. 1995. 1st Ed., in Collection Carnets d'Asie. Preface by Pierre Janin and postface by Jacques Dumarçay. 55 PP, plus 8 pages with 1 colour and 12 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21.5 x 15. 2878680170
Historical Novel / Fictitious voyage.
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$30

30197
DE BOOY, A. (editor)
DE DERDE REIS VAN DE V.O.C. NAAR OOST-INDIË onder het beleid van Admiraal Paulus Van Caerden uitgezeild in 1606 (in 2 volumes)

The Hague. 1968 & 1970. Martinus Nijhoff. 1st Ed. Volumes LXX & LXXI in De Linschoten-Vereeniging series. Volume I: XIX, 213 PP with 1 map and 1 figure, plus 17 b/w plates and 1 folded map (voyage from Holland to Ternate) at back. Fp: The Island of Ternate. Volume II: XVI, 274, (1 errata) PP, plus 13 b/w plates and 2 folded map at back. Fp: Armed merchant ship, early 17th century. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. Dutch text. Fine. 25 x 16.5.
The 3rd voyage of V.O.C. ships to the East Indies.
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$45

50386
DE CRESPIGNY, Rafe
PROGRESS IN THE FIELD OF ASIAN STUDIES (in Hemisphere, An Asian-Australian Monthly)

Canberra. 1969. Department of Education and Science. Volume 13, No. 10, October 1969. Contains article between pages 23 and 27 with 9 b/w photos. Soft cover. Fine. 27.2 x 20.3.
On the Department of Asian Civilisation at the Australian National University.
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$15

60512
DE GEFFRIER, M.G. & MILLIAU, M.J.
MISSION HYDROGRAPHIQUE DE LA GUINEE FRANCAISE, DE LA MAURITANIE ET DU SENEGAL (In Annales Hydrographiques)

Paris. 1946. Service Hydrographique de la Marine. Extract from "Annales Hydrographiques 1938-1939". 64 PP (119 to 183) with figures, plus 3 folded plates. Soft cover. French text. Very good. 25.5 x 17.
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$15

32150
DE GRAAF, Dr. H. J.
GESCHIEDENIS VAN INDONESIE

The Hague / Bandung. 1949. N.V. Uitgeverij W. Van Hoeve. 1st Ed. 513, (3) PP with 4 family trees, plus 20 pages with 2 maps and 30 b/w illust. Fp: Statue of Sjiwa. FEP: Maps of Indonesia and Java during the Hindu period. REP: Maps of Indonesia and Java during the Dutch period. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Front cover and flaps of dust jacket loosely inserted. Near fine. Dutch text. 24.3 x 17.
History of Indonesia.
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$20

30196
DE GRAAF, H. J. (editor)
DE EXPEDITIE VAN ANTHONIO HURDT RAAD VAN INDIË, als Admiraal en Superintendent naar de Binnenlanden van Java, Sept.-Dec. 1678 volgens het Journaal van Johan Jurgen Briel, secretaris

The Hague. 1971. Martinus Nijhoff. 1st Ed., Volume LXXII in De Linschoten-Vereeniging series. XVII, 288 PP, plus 1 plan and 2 folded plates at back. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. Dutch text. Fine. 25 x 16.5. 9024711177
The expedition of Anthonio Hurdt in 1678 in the interior of Java Island.
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$25

55579
DE HAAN, Dr. Tj. W. R., TERPSTRA, P. ... SMITS, Chr. C.
NEDERLAND WAT BEN JE NOG MOOI

Amsterdam. 1975. Elsevier. 2nd impression of the 1974 original. Preface by Prof. Dr. J. J. M. Timmers. 364 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (photos, 11 provincial flags, 15 maps and 22 coat of arms). Cloth cover, device on front board, dj. Dutch text. Fine. 28.7 x 22. 9010012751
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$20

71450
DEMARIAUX, Maurice
LES SECRETS DES ILES POULO-CONDORE- Le grand Bagne Indochinois

Paris. 1956. J. Peyronnet & Cie, Editeurs. 1st Ed. 288 PP with 1 maps and 5 drawings, plus 6 pages with 12 b/w photos. Soft covers, title on front cover and spine, all with light wear. Faint foxing. Contents near fine. Scarce. French text. 19 x 14.
Convict settlement before, and during French Colonization of Indochina.
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$50

36804
DENECE, Eric
GEOSTRATEGIE DE LA MER DE CHINE MERIDIONALE et des bassins maritimes adjacents

Paris. 1999. L'Harmattan. 1st Ed., in Collection Recherches Asiatiques. 408 PP with tables, 2 sketches and 18 maps. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 24 x 16. 2738485987
Geostrategy in the South China Sea. Law of the Sea, Straits, ownership of the Spratley & Paracels archipelagoes.
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$45

54927
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
HEMISPHERE, An Asian-Australian Monthly - Volume 10, No. 10

Canberra. 1966. Commonwealth Office of Education. Vol. 10, No. 10, October 1966. 40 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.2 x 20.3.
Australia and the Asian Revolution, by Charles Meeking. A Ceylon-Australia Link in the Nineteenth century (Sir Hercules Robinson), by H. B. Anton Rambukpota. The social structure of the Philippines, by R. G. Bass. Life in the dry two-thirds of Australia, by W. V. Macfarlane. Planning and economic development in India, by M. V. Pylee.
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$10

54233
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
HEMISPHERE, An Asian-Australian Monthly - Volume 14, No. 12

Canberra. 1970. Department of Education and Science. Vol. 14, No. 12, December 1970. 40 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.2 x 20.3.
Special issue: all-Australian. Kangaroo with Wings (QANTAS), by Frank Cranston. Australian Potters, by Wanda Garnsey. Asia's influence on Australia's music, by Robina Rathbone...
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$10

57607
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
HEMISPHERE, An Asian-Australian Monthly - Volume 27, No. 6

Canberra. 1983. Department of Education and Youth Affairs. Vol. 27, No. 6, May/June 1983. 64 (321-384) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.2 x 20.3.
The Bogor Botanic Garden. A Guide to Peking Opera. Queensland's Channel country. ... The bicycle and the Australian Military. ... A New Guinean and the Royal Society...
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$10

57608
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
HEMISPHERE, An Asian-Australian Monthly - Volume 28, No. 4

Canberra. 1984. Department of Education and Youth Affairs. Vol. 28, No. 4, January/February 1984. 64 (193-256) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.2 x 20.3.
Goat Island, by Helen Kenny. Dance in Indonesia. ... Angkor, the glory remaining. ... Birds in Irian Jaya...
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$10

57609
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCTION
HEMISPHERE, An Asian-Australian Monthly - Volume 29, No. 1

Canberra. 1984. Department of Education and Youth Affairs. Vol. 28, No. 4, July/August 1984. 64 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.2 x 20.3.
Reptiles and amphibians of Indonesia, by Mark Hanlon. Gauguin in the South Seas, by Michael Lloyd...
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$10

60514
D'ERCEVILLE, M. L.
MISSION HYDROGRAPHIQUE DE L'INDOCHINE, Aout 1936 - Octobre 1937 (In Annales Hydrographiques)

Paris. 1946. Service Hydrographique de la Marine. Extract from "Annales Hydrographiques 1938-1939". 39 PP (79 to 118) with tables and 20 figures. Soft cover. French text. Very good. 26 x 17.
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$15

54222
DEVAHUTI, D.
HARSHA, The Pan-Indian King (in Hemisphere, An Asian-Australian Monthly)

Canberra. 1971. Department of Education and Science. Volume 15, No. 6, issue for June 1971. 40 PP. Contains article from P. 13 to 18 with 6 b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Fine. 27.2 x 20.3.
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$10

53315
DHAVALIKAR, M. K.
4000 YEARS OLD: Merchant Traders of Western India (in The Indian Ocean Review)

Perth. 1991. Indian Ocean Centre for Peace Studies / Curtin University. Volume 4, Nos. 4 December 1991. 28 PP. Contains article P. 10 to 13, plus 20 with 1 location map, 1 map and 5 photos. Soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 20.8.
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$15

46710
DO, Kiem & KANE, Jane
COUNTERPART, A South Vietnamese Naval Officer's War

Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1998. 1st printing. (14), 233, (5) PP, plus 8 pages with 17 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 15.8. 1557501815
Ecole Navale in Brest. Fights in South Vietnam against communists ... Exodus after the fall of Saigon in April 1975.
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$20

54922
DOUGLAS, R. M.
AT THE CROSS ROAD OF ASIA (in Hemisphere, An Asian-Australian Monthly)

Canberra. 1959. Department of Education and Science. Volume 3, No. 10, October 1959. Contains article between P. 2 and 7 with 2 maps and 6 b/w photos. Soft cover. Fine. 27.2 x 20.3.
Hindu Kush and Karakoram ranges.
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$10

58867
DUPAIGNE, Bernard & HUTTER, Muriel (editors)
ETUDIER SA PROPRE CULTURE - Expériences de terrain et méthodes

Paris. 2009. L'Harmattan. 1st edition, with preface, foreword and individual authors' presentation by Jean Guiart. 181, (5) PP. Illustrated soft cover. French text. New. 21.5 x 13.5. 9782296095564
13 papers.
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$25

47104
DURUY, Victor
HISTOIRE DE FRANCE, depuis l'invasion des barbares dans la Gaule Romaine jusqu'à nos jours

Paris. 1892. Librairie Hachette. New edition (revised and updated). (4), X, 945 PP with 625 engravings and 8 maps. Fp: portrait of Victor Duruy. Marbled endpapers. Quarter bound, marbled boards, gilt title on a spine with raised band. Leather of spine slightly rubbed. Very light foxing, o/wise near fine. French text. 31 x 22.
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$50

41891
EDWARDS, Mike
THE ADVENTURES OF MARCO POLO - (Three Parts, in National Geographic Magazine, Volume 199, No.5, No. 6 & Volume 200, No. 1, 2001)

Washington. 2001. National Geographic Society. Part I: Volume 199, No. 5, May 2001. Pages 2 to 31 with 1 map and 19 colour photos. Part II: Volume 199, No. 6, June 2001. Pages 20 to 45 with 1 map and 14 colour photos. Part III: Volume 200, No. 1, July 2001 with 1 map and 12 colour photos. Photographs by Michael Yamashita. Pictorial soft cover. New. 25.4 x 17.5.
Part I: Venice to China. Part II: in China. Part III: Journey home.
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$30

73097
ENDACOTT, G. B.
A HISTORY OF HONG KONG

Oxford University Press. Hong Kong. 1985. 8th impression of the 1958 original. XII, (2), 324, (14 Bibliography, Appendix & Index) PP with 1 map, plus 2 folded maps and 6 pages with 12 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 21.5 x 13.8.
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$20

73155
FAIRBANK, John K., REISCHAUER, Edwin O. & CRAIG, Albert M.
EAST ASIA - The Modern Transformation

George Allen & Unwin Ltd. London. 1965. 1st Ed. Volume Two in "A History of East Asian Civilization " series. XVI, 955, (5) PP with b/w illustrations (including 10 headpieces), 45 maps and charts (4 on double pages), plus 32 pages with 80 b/w plates. FEP: Map of East Asia. REP: Map of East and South East Asia. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine, tinted top edge, dj (price clipped with a couple of small nicks). A near fine copy. 24 x 16.5.
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$45

66168
FARWELL, Byron
PRISONERS OF THE MAHDI

New York. 1967. Harper & Row. 1st US edition. Foreword by Les Courtils. XXII, 356 PP with 1 map with location map and 2 engravings, plus 12 pages with 23 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on a sunned spine. Ex library copy with few stamps on endpapers, title page and outside edges, and library pocket on rear endpaper. Occasional foxing. Very good reading copy. 21.7 x 14.5.
The story of the Mahdist Revolt which frustrated Queen Victoria's designs on the Sudan, humbled Egypt, and led to the fall of Khartoum, the death of Gordon, and Kitchener's victory at Omdurman fourteen years later.
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$10

52810
FAUCONNIER, Henri
MALAISIE. Pantun sabaya pantum kelam. Kalau ta-tabu jangan di-sindir

Paris. 2003. Les Editions du Pacifique. Second impression of the 1995 edition. Collection Carnets d'Asie. Preface by Frédéric Lefèvre. 240 PP with b/w illustrations (including 13 engravings by Charles Fauconnier), plus 16 pages with 25 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21.5 x 15. 287868026X
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$50

73459
FAVRE, L'Abbé P.
DICTIONNAIRE JAVANAIS - FRANCAIS, accompagnée de Fac-Simile et d'Exercices de Lecture

Imprimerie Impériale et Royale. Vienne, Fance. 1870. 1st Ed. (4), VIII, 544, (2 corrections) PP with 5 tables. Modern half bound, marbled boards and endpapers, spine with 5 raised bands, gilt decoration and title. Retains the original soft wrappers (see image). Dedicatory note to the previous owner at top of half title page, signed by the author. Foxing. A very nice copy. Scarce. 24.3 x 17.
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$400

73458
FAVRE, L'Abbé P.
GRAMMAIRE JAVANAISE, accompagnée de Fac-Simile et d'Exercices de Lecture

Imprimerie Impériale. Paris. 1860. 1st Ed. (4), IV, XXXVII, (3), 185, (3) PP with tables, plus 5 large folded tables and 12 pages with 5 facsimiles (4 on single page and 1 on double page). Modern half bound, marbled boards, spine with 5 raised bands, gilt decoration and title "Grammaire Javannaise". Retains the original soft wrapper (see image). Foxing. A very nice copy. Scarce. 23.7 x 16.2.
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$250

50857
FERRERO, Stéphane
FORMOSE Vue par un marin français du XIXe siècle

Paris. 2005. L'Harmattan. 1st Ed., in Mémoires Asiatiques series. 158, (2) PP with 3 maps and 7 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Top corner of front cover with a crease. French text. Near fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 2747594157
On the Island of Taiwan by a French seaman of the Fleet under Amiral Courbet, fighting China in 1884 and 1885. Landing at Keelung, Naval base established at Makung in the Pescadores Archipelago..
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$20

60408
FERRIER, Carole (editor)
HECATE, An Interdisciplinary Journal of Women's Liberation - Vol. 27, No. 2

Brisbane. 2001. Hecate Press / University of Queensland. Vol. 27, No. 2, 2001. 196, (4) PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 14.
Focus on Asian-Australian writing (5 papers). Focus on the body (6 papers).
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$10

35007
FIRTH, Raymond
MALAY FISHERMEN - Their Peasant Economy

London. 1966. Routledge & Kegan Paul. Revised and enlarged reprint of the 1946 original. XVIII, 398, (14 adv.) PP with 24 tables, 27 fig. (3 maps, 1 boat type in Kelantan & Trengganu, 1 prow & stern-pieces...), plus 16 plates with 31 b/w photos plus 2 large folded maps at rear. Fp: Line fishermen at work. Cloth cover, dj. Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.
Survey of the fishing industry, analysis of a community of the peasant fishermen on the coast of Kelantan, Malaysia.
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$35

44078
FISHER-BLANCHET, Inez & LARA, Oruno D.
CAPITAINE DE VAISSEAU MORTENOL - Croisières et Campagnes de Guerre 1882-1915

Paris, 2001. L'Harmattan. & Centre de Recherche Caraïbes-Amériques. 1st Ed. 442, (2) PP with tables, plus 52 pages with 5 maps and 47 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 16. 2747515540
French naval officer of West Indian origin, born in Guadeloupe, and his career in the French Navy. Actions in West Africa, Madagascar, the Indian Ocean, Indochina... Between 1915 and 1919, in charge of the Anti Aircraft defence of Paris...
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$40

42187
FITZGERALD, C. P.
THE SOUTHERN EXPANSION OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE - Southern Fields and Southern Ocean

London. 1972. Barrie & Jenkins. 1st Ed. XXI, 230 PP with 3 maps and 7 illustrations (1 drawing and 6 plans). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). A little light foxing on prelims, o/wise a near fine copy.. 22.8 x 15. 0214653412
Chinese influence, culture and power southward to Vietnam, Laos Cambodia, Thailand, Burma. Massive migration creating large minorities of Chinese in many South East Asian countries...
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$30

59496
FITZGERALD, Dr. Stephen
ASIAN STUDIES COUNCIL - A National Strategy for the Study of Asia in Australia

Canberra. 1990. A G P S. Reprint of the 1988 original. III, (3), 34 PP with tables and 3 graphs. Plus Addendum 1 loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 0644085533
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$10

32855
FRANCK, Irene M. & BROWNSTONE, David M.
AROUND AFRICA AND ASIA BY SEA

New York. 1990. Facts on File. Juvenile edition, in the Trade and Travel Routes series, adapted from their To the ends of the Earth. XII, 114 PP with 3 maps and 42 b/w illust. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 24.2 x 19.3. 0816018758
Historical survey of the Spice Route and the Cape of Good Hope, used to go around Africa to reach Asia by sea.
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$10

50892
FRANCOIS, Auguste
LE MANDARIN BLANC. Souvenirs d'un consul en Extrême-Orient 1886-1904

Paris. 2006. L'Harmattan. 1st Ed. Texts compiled and presented by Pierre Seydoux. 380 PP with 1 map, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 15.5. 2296002919
French consul and explorer in Tonkin and southern China.
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$45

36397
FRANGSMYR, Tore
OSTINDISKA KOMPANIET - Människorna, äventyret och den ekonomiska drömmen

Höganäs, Sweden. 1976. Bokförlaget Bra Böcker. 1st Ed. 176 PP with 48 colour and 70 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Note at top of front endpaper. Near fine. Swedish text. 28 x 21.5.
The East India Company of Sweden. Trade between Gothenburg and Canton (nowadays Guangzou).
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$15

60592
FREEMAN, Donald B.
THE STRAITS OF MALACCA: Gateway or Gauntlet ?

Montreal. 2003. McGill-Queen's University Press. 1st Ed. XXX, 249 PP with 4 figures, 9 b/w photos and 11 maps. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 16. 0773525157
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$30

50893
FROMENT-MEURICE, Henri
JOURNAL D'ASIE: Chine - Inde - Indochine - Japon 1969-1975

Paris. 2005. L'Harmattan. 1st Ed., in l'Asie à l'Harmattan series. 490 PP, (6 publications). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 16. 2747582701
French diplomacy in action to reach a cease fire, a peace and an end to the Vietnam War.
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$45

54221
GARDINER, Kenneth
THE TRAVELLERS FROM CATHAY (in Hemisphere, An Asian-Australian Monthly)

Canberra. 1971. Department of Education and Science. Volume 15, No. 6, issue for June 1971. 40 PP. Contains article from P. 34 to 38 with 2 colour and 4 b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Fine. 27.2 x 20.3.
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$10

32135
GERLACH, A. J. A.
NEERLANDS HELDENFEITEN IN OOST-INDIË, Bewerkt Naar Les Fastes Militaires des Indes Orientales. (Three volumes bound in one)

The Hague. 1876. Joh Ijkema. 1st Ed. Volume I: (4), 395, 34 PP, plus 2 plates. Volume II: (4), 322, 48 PP, plus 1 plate. Volume III: (4), 302, 48 PP, plus 2 plates. Four large folded maps at the end of book. Half bound, raised bands, gilt title on spine. Some foxing. Near fine. Dutch text. 24.6 x 16.2.
Military events and feats by Netherland troops (V.O.C. or National) in their East Indies (Indonesia).
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$150

61204
GHOSHAL, Professor Baladas
THE FIRST BIENNIAL CONFERENCE - INDIAN ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN & PACIFIC STUDIES

Kolkata, West Bengal, India. 2002. Indian Association for Asian & Pacific Studies, University of Calcutta. 1st Ed. (7), 50 PP, (11 members), (12 adverts.). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.3 x 18.5.
Conference held 1-3 March 2002. 15 papers by scholars: 7 from Indian University, 2 from Singapore, 1 from China, 1 from Japan, 1 from Australia (Queensland University of Technology) , 1 from France (Maison des Sciences de l'Homme), 1 from UK (British Library) and 1 from the USA (Cornell University).
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$20

31748
GOLDRICK, James
NO EASY ANSWERS - The Development of the Navies of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka 1945-1996

New Dehli. 1997. Lancer Publishing. 1st Ed., No. 2 in the Papers in Australian Maritime Affairs series. XIII, 225 PP with 5 tables, 1 plan and 1 map, plus 26 pages with 26 b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 22.3 x 14.5. 1897829027
Evolution of their naval forces structures... Chapter 4: The Indo-Pakistan war at sea.
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$20

57786
GOUGENHEIM, M. A.
MODIFICATIONS DES PROFONDEURS DE LA RIVIERE DE SAÏGON, de 1913 à 1931 (In Annales Hydrographiques)

Paris. 1946. Service Hydrographique de la Marine. Extract from "Annales Hydrographiques 1938-1939". 4 PP (1 to 4), plus 4 folded plates (1 table and 3 colour charts). Soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 18.7.
Depth of the Saïgon River.
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$15

72408
GRAHAM, Gerald S.
GREAT BRITAIN IN THE INDIAN OCEAN - A Study of Maritime Enterprise 1810-1850

Clarendon Press. Oxford. 1967. XIV, 480 PP with 9 maps (No. 1 to No. 9), plus 1 folded map "The Indian Ocean" (No. 10). Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Signature of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.
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$70

48539
GRANDJEAN, Philippe
L' INDOCHINE FACE AU JAPON 1940-1945. Decoux - de Gaulle, un malentendu fatal

Paris. 2004. L'Harmattan. 1st Ed., in Recherches Asiatiques series. 298, (1) PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 2747568571
Indochina between Japanese and the French government's conflicting policies (Vichy of Marshall Pétain and Free French of General de Gaulle).
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$30

65864
GRINNELL-MILNE, Duncan
BADEN-POWELL AT MAFEKING

London. 1957. The Bodley Head. 1st Ed. Foreword by General Sir A. Godley. 224 PP with facsimile of a document, plus 8 pages with 15 b/w illustions (1 drawing and 14 photos) and a folded map "Mafeking and Surrounding" at rear of book. Fp: portrait of colonel Baden-Powell. Eps: map of southern Africa. Hard cover, gilt title on a sunned spine. Book plate of previous owner on front endpaper. Occasional foxing. Very good. 22 x 14.5.
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$15

60236
GWIN, Peter
DANGEROUS STRAITS: PIRATES OF MALACCA STRAIT [in National Geographic Magazine - Volume 212, No.4]

N.G.S. Washington. 2007. October 2007. 154 PP. Contains article pages 126 to 149 with 2 maps and 9 colour photos by John Stanmeyer. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.4 x 17.5.
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$5

52298
HAKS, Leo & WACHLIN, Steven
INDONESIA: 500 EARLY POSTCARDS

Archipelago Press / Editions Didier Millet. Singapore. 2004. 1st Ed. Introduction by Diana Darling. 288 PP with 7 maps in colour (1 on double page with an inset) and over 500 b/w or colour illustrations (postcards for most of them). Pictorial stiff covers, corners a little bumped, o/wise fine. Oblong: 23 x 24.7. 9789814155250
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$100

32200
HAMAKER, H.C. & HARDON H.J.
THE SNELLIUS - EXPEDITION IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE NETHERLANDS EAST-INDIES 1929-1930 - Volume II (Part I, Chapters I & II)

E. J. Brill. Leiden, Netherlands. 1941. 1st Ed. VIII, 56 PP with 26 figures, and 30 tables, plus 1 plate with 5 b/w photos. Cloth cover. Ingleton bookplate. Near fine. 32 x 23.
Expedition on board the Willebrord Snellius. Volume II: Oceanographic results, Part I: Methods and instruments. Chapter I: The oceanographic instruments and the accuracy of the temperature observations. Chapter II: The determination of chlorine and oxygen content.
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$30

72861
HARTCHER, Peter
RED FLAG - Waking Up to China's Challenge (in Quarterly Essay)

Quarterly Essay / Schwartz Books. Melbourne. 2019. QE76, Issue 76, 2019. (2), 114 PP. contains article pages 1 to 89. Illustrated stiff covers. Fine. 23.4 x 16.8. 9781863959704
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$30

65473
HAVILLAND, Charlotte (editor)
THE CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY LIMITED - A Pictorial History 1872-1992

Hong Kong. 1992. John Swire & Sons Limited. 1st Ed. (2), 120 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, plus 2 maps in colour (1 of them folded). Cloth cover, title in blind on front cover, dj. 2 rubbed patches on rear endpaper. Occasional foxing, o/wise a near fine copy. Scarce. Oblong: 26 x 33.5.
From the start as a Yangtze river steamer company to a shipping line covering Far Eastern & Pacific waters.
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$125

61509
HON, Joan
TIDAL FORTUNES. A Story of Change: The Singapore River and Kallang Basin

Singapore. c. 1987. Ministry of Environment / Landmark Books Pte Ltd. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Dr. Ahmad Mattar. 164, (2) PP with 67 b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, plans, photos) and 53 colour photos. Hard cover, title on spine and a vignette on front board, dj. Dedicatory note and business card on front endpaper. Near fine. 25.7 x 19.2. 9813002328
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$20

44592
HON, Priscilla
MACAU - New Beginnings (in Asian Geographic)

Singapore. 1999. Asian Geographic Publications. Issue No. 2, December 1999 - February 2000. Contains article from P.20 to 37 with 19 colour photos by Michael Aw. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.6 x 19.6.
After years of Portuguese rule, Macau returns to China on 19 December 1999.
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$15

44764
HUFF, W. G.
THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF SINGAPORE - Trade and Development in the Twentieth Century

Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 1997. 1st paperback edition of the 1994 original. XXII, 472 PP with 12 figures (graphs & maps) and 97 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 0521629446
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$45

39812
HUGHES, David E.
THE INDONESIAN SAILING CARGO and the Problem of Technology Choice for Sea Transport in a Developing Country: A Study of the Consequences of Perahu Motorisation Policy in the Context of the Economic Regulation of Inter-Island Shipping

Cardiff. 1984. University of Wales, College of Cardiff. Photocopy of a Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of Philosophiae Doctor in the University of Wales. (2), XXIV, 334 PP, plus 12 tables, 16 maps, 2 appendices with 25 plates with 1 b/w and 60 colour photos (laser prints), and 66 pages with 32 maps. Soft cover, stapled. Erratic pagination 2 or 3 times. Thesis complete (as received from the University). Fine. 29.2 x 20.7.
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$250

54900
HUNDLEY, Paul
THE CHINA TRADE RETURNS TO SYDNEY (in Signals No. 43)

Sydney. 1998. Australian National Maritime Museum. No. 43, June-August 1998. 32 PP, contains article between P. 4 and 7 with 1 b/w and 5 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. New. 29.8 x 21.
Exhibition from the Peabody Essex Museum and the Hong Kong Museum of Art.
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$10

38267
HUTCHEON, Robin
SHANGHAI CUSTOMS - A 20th century taipan in troubled times

Galisea Publications. Sydney. 2000. 1st Ed. 246, (4 index) PP, plus 20 pages with 36 b/w illustrations (photocopy quality). Illustrated soft cover. Fine. 20.7 x 14.8. 0646382608
Life and activities of George Ernest Marden in Shanghai, then in Hong Kong.
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$45

11571
HYDE, Francis E.
FAR EASTERN TRADE 1860-1914

New York. 1973. Harper & Row. 1st Ed. in the Merchant Adventurers Series. XII, 229 PP with 3 maps & 13 tables in text. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Very good. 22 x 14. 064931110
The growth and expansion of Western trade with Japan, China, Indochina, Indonesia. Development with changing means of communications: telegraph, steamship..
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$25

60397
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
CHINA SEA PILOT - Vol. III

London. 1968. Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. 3rd edition of the 1937 original. Advertisement by Rear-Admiral G. S. Ritchie. Edited by Cmdr. W.B. MONK. (4), XIV, 716, (2) PP with drawings, tables and 74 coastal views, plus 1 Index Chart N.P.32, 4 tidal charts, 15 charts. Supplement No. 7-1977 with 43 pages loosely inserted. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Spine sunned and with tears on fore hinge. Very good working copy. 24.8 x 16
Comprising the coast of China from Fu-Chi Chiao to Yalu Chiang or Amnok Kang; the northern coast of Luzon; Tai-wan; and the western coast of Korea.
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$25

44274
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
CHINA SEA PILOT - Volume I

Taunton, UK. 1987. Hydrographer of the Navy. Revised 4th edition of 1978 (1937) original, N.P. 30. Edited by Lieut. Cmdr. P.J.D. HAYTER. XVIII, 306 PP with 22 tables, 18 maps, coastal views, panoramic views and b/w photos, plus 3 index charts. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.5.
The West side of the China Sea from Tanjong Lompat on the Eastern side of Peninsular Malaysia to Zhelang Yan in China; Kepulauan Anambas, Hainan Dao, And the Islands and Banks bordering the main route from Singapore Strait to Hong Kong.
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$35

53166
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
CHINA SEA PILOT - Volume I

Taunton, UK. 1987. Hydrographer of the Navy. Revised 4th edition of 1978 (1937) original, N.P. 30. Preface by Rear Admiral R. O. Morris. Edited by Lieut. Cmdr. P.J.D. HAYTER. XVIII, 306 PP with 22 tables, 18 maps, coastal views, panoramic views and b/w photos, plus 3 index charts. REP: map China Sea Pilot Vol I, NP 30. Supplement No. 4 - 1996 (2, 26, 4 pages) loosely inserted. Laminated boards. Lower edge of rear cover scratched, o/wise near fine. 30.2 x 21.5.
The West side of the China Sea from Tanjong Lompat on the Eastern side of Peninsular Malaysia to Zhelang Yan in China; Kepulauan Anambas, Hainan Dao, And the Islands and Banks bordering the main route from Singapore Strait to Hong Kong. Supplement 4 corrected to 17th October 1996.
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$35

44275
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
CHINA SEA PILOT - Volume III

Taunton, UK. 1982. Hydrographer of the Navy. 4th edition of the 1937 original, N.P. 32. Edited by WINSTANLEY, Captain J. D. XIV, 342 PP with 2 routes charlets, 14 tables, 22 maps, coastal views, panoramic views and b/w photos, plus 3 index charts and 4 colour plates on buoyage. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.5.
The West side of the China Sea from Tanjong Lompat on the Eastern side of Peninsular Malaysia to Zhelang Yan in China; Kepulauan Anambas, Hainan Dao, And the Islands and Banks bordering the main route from Singapore Strait to Hong Kong.
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$35

49531
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
INDONESIA PILOT - Volume I

Taunton, UK. 1975. Hydrographer of the Navy. 1st edition, N.P. 36. Preface by Rear-Admiral G. P. D. Hall. XIV, 199 PP with 9 tables, 56 coastal views and 7 drawings, plus 1 index charts, and 15 diagrams (1 map in colour, 1 colour plate on buoyage). Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Supplement No. 2-1978 (8 pages) loosely inserted. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.5.
The Western end of Java, the southern and eastern coasts of Sumatera, Sunda Strait, Selat Bangka, Selat Gelasa, Karimata Strait....
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$25

62701
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
INDONESIA PILOT - Volume I

Taunton, UK. 1996. Hydrographer of the Navy. 2nd edition. N.P. 36. Preface by Rear Admiral J. P. Clarke. XXIV, 230, (2) PP with tables, coastal views and maps, plus 2 index charts [NP 36(a) & NP36(b)]. Soft cover. Near fine. 29.5 x 21.
The West Coast of Jawa, the south and east coasts of Sumatera, Selat Sunda, Selat Bangka, Selat Gelasa, Selat Karimata ....
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$25

49533
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
INDONESIA PILOT - Volume II

Taunton, UK. 1976. Hydrographer of the Navy. 1st edition, N.P. 34. Preface by Rear-Admiral D. W. Haslam. XIV, 409 PP with 11 tables and 128 coastal views, plus 3 index charts, and 16 diagrams (1 colour plate on buoyage...). Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.5.
South coast of Jawa... Sulawesi and the West part of Kepulauan Sula.
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$30

53179
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
INDONESIA PILOT - Volume III

Taunton, UK. 1980. Hydrographer of the Navy. 1st edition, N.P. 35. Preface by Rear-Admiral D. W. Haslam. XIV, 199, (3) PP with 9 tables, 13 diagrams and 149 coastal views, plus 2 index charts, and 1 colour plate on buoyage. Supplement No. 5 - 1994 (2, 36, 6 pages) loosely inserted. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.5.
Islands between Mindanao and the North-east end of Sulawesi. Islands off Irian Jaya...
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$35

60283
IRIYE, Akira
ACROSS THE PACIFIC - An Inner History of American-East Asian Relations

New York. c. 1970. A Harbinger Book. Reprint "D" of the 1967 edition. Introduction by John K. Fairbank. XVII, (5), 361 PP. Soft cover. Faint foxing. Very good. 20.3 x 13.8.
American relations with Japan and China.
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$10

45523
JAIN, R. B. (editor)
ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY IN SOUTH ASIA

Paris. 2002. l'Harmattan. 1st Ed., in Environment and Security series. 190, (1) PP with 5 figures and 9 tables. Soft cover. Near fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 2747534790
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$50

10837
JANNEL, Claude & LONTCHO, Frédéric
LE DERNIER EMPIRE DE LA VOILE

Paris. 1977. Presses de la Cité. 1st Ed. 112 PP profusely illustrated with 1 line drawing, 4 maps and 69 colour photos. Eps: Map of the Indonesian Archipelago. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. French text. 26.5 x 21. 226100379X
Travel through the Indonesian Archipelago on board of traditional schooners : bugis & makassars.
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$50

54587
JAPANESE HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE
ON THE MARINE GEOLOGY OF BEACH EROSION IN OMORI-HAMA VICINITY, HAKODATE CITY (in The Bulletin of the Japanese Hydrographic Office - Pub. No. 943, Volume XIII, Part I & II)

Tokyo. 1956, 1959 . Maritime Safety Board. Part I (1956): 216 PP with 175 tables and 211 figures, plus folded plates and 20 pages with 74 b/w photos. Japanese text (caption of figures in Japanese and English). Part II (1959): Preface by Dr. Kanji Suda. Foreword by Dr. Ryoshichi Komukai. (8), IV, II, 217- 582 PP with 117 tables and 261 figure, plus folded plates and 10 pages with 34 b/w photos. Japanese text (caption of figures in Japanese and English). English text between P.434 and 582. A 3 page errata loosely inserted. Stiff covers. Very good set. 25.5 x 19.
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$20

59587
JAYAWARDENA, Chandra
IDEOLOGY AND CONFLICT IN LOWER CLASS COMMUNITIES

Ann Arbor, Michigan. 1968. Department of History, University of Michigan / Mouton Publishers. Reprinted from Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. X, No. 4, July 1968. 413-446 PP. Soft cover. Note at top corner of front cover signed Chandra. Fine. 25.3 x 16.5.
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$25

37587
JI, You
THE ARMED FORCES OF CHINA

Sydney. 1999. Allen & Unwin. 1st Ed. in The Armed Forces of Asia series. XXIII, 288 PP with 6 tables and 10 figures (1 map, organigrams, graphs). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 22.8 x 15. 1864487992
Organisation, roles and functions of each branch of the armed forces of China (People's Liberation Army). Historical background.
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$15

71701
JOG, N. G.
SAGA OF SCINDIA. Struggle for the Revival of Indian Shipping and Shipbuilding

The Scindia Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. Bombay. 1969. 1st edition, Golden Jubilee Volume with a foreword by Sumati Morarjee. XIII, (3), 218 P, plus 36 pages with 59 b/w illustrations. Fp: Portrait of Narottam Morarjee. Eps: Map with routes sailed by Scindia Steam Navigation Company. Hard cover, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Dust jacket lightly rubbed/chipped and dulled. Slight ageing of paper and faint foxing, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 24 x 16.5.
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$125

41315
JOHNSON, Irving & Electa
NEW GUINEA TO BALI IN YANKEE (in National Geographic Magazine)

Washington. 1959. National Geographic Society. Volume CXVI, No.6, December 1959. Contains article from P.767 to 815 with 2 maps, 6 b/w and 33 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25.5 x 17.5.
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$10

60759
KARTHIGESU, Ms Thangamma (editor)
BEMUSE (Magazine of the National Heritage Board, Singapore, Volume 3, Issue 3)

Singapore. 2010. Education and Outreach Division of the National Heritage Board. Vol. 3, No. 3, July - September 2010. 120 PP with b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 20.7.
Street Hawkers of Singapore's Past, by Vidya Murthy. Pictures from the past: the originals of G. R. Lambert, by Lucille Yap. Discopvering Singapore through National Heritage Board community trails, by Marcus Ng. The Natural History Collection of the former Raffles Library and Museum, by Clement Onn. Rainforests by the sea: Singapore's Mangrove Forests, by Jean Yong, Joanne Khew & Ng Yan Fei.
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$15

62187
KEATING, Paul
ENGAGEMENT: Australia faces the Asia-Pacific

Sydney. 2000. Pan Macmillan Australia. 1st Ed. X, 310 PP with 1 map on double page, plus 8 pages with 20 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Faint discoloured spots on fore outside edge. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.7.2 0732910196
Australia's place in the Asia-Pacific region and the world. APEC: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum ...
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$15

41128
KIM, H. Edward
KOREA - BEYOND THE HILLS

Seoul. 1986. Eulyoo Publishing. 2nd printing of the 1985 original. 184 PP with 2 maps and 141 colour photos. Cloth cover, dj. Near fine. 27 x 22.5.
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$10

40058
KING, Margaret
EDEN TO PARADISE

London. 1963. Hodder and Stoughton. 1st Ed. 188 PP with 2 maps, plus 24 pages with 36 b/w photos. Fp (in colour): Mask supposedly representing distant ancestors. Eps: Map of Northern Australia, New Guinea and eastern Indonesia. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Foxing on outside edges and some pages. Very good. 22.2 x 14.5.
Visit to Portuguese Timor.
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$15

56107
KIRWAN, Leora
XANADU: Encounters with China

Canberra. 2004. National Library of Australia. 1st Ed. Foreword by Jan Fullerton. 28 PP with 10 b/w and 3 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 21. 0642271296
Booklet accompanying the 2004 exhibition.
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$10

50391
KNIGHT, Thomas
EARLY CHINESE MAPS (in Hemisphere, An Asian-Australian Monthly)

Canberra. 1972. Department of Education and Science. Volume 16, No. 3, March 1972. Contains article between P.30 and 35 with 3 colour and 6 b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Fine. 27.2 x 20.3.
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$15

41129
KOREA
WONDERFUL KOREA

Seoul. 1986. Wonderful Korea. 1st Ed. ? (8), 224 PP with 3 plans, 9 maps and hundreds of colour photos. FEP: Plan of Seoul city. REP: Tourist map of Korea. Pictorial soft cover with small crease at bottom and a small marginal stain on last few pages, o/wise very good. Text in English, Korean and Japanese. 20.6 x 18.8.
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$5

32854
KRANZ, Rachel (editor)
ACROSS ASIA BY LAND

New York. 1991. Facts on File. Juvenile edition, in the Trade and Travel Routes series. Adapted from To the ends of the Earth by Irene M. Franck and David M. Brownstone. XII, 112 PP with 6 maps and 35 b/w illust. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 24.2 x 19.3. 081601874X
Surveys the history of trade routes in Asia, focusing especially on the Silk Road from China to the West, but also including studies of the Ambassador's Road, Burma Road, Eurasian Steppe Route, and Russian river routes.
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$10

49922
LAWTON, Lindl
PHOTOS AND A FRYING PAN - Vietnamese refugee vessel TU DO (in Signals No. 72)

Australian National Maritime Museum. Sydney. 2005. No. 72, September-November 2005. Contains article between pages 10 and 13 with 3 b/w and 3 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
21 November 1977, arrival in Darwin of the refugee boat Tu Do.
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$10

54684
LAYLAND, Penelope & LOUIE, Kam
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF ASIA-PACIFIC STUDIES: A Centre for Excellence (in RSPAS Quarterly Bulletin Volume 5, No. 4)

Canberra. 2004. Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies / ANU. December 2004. 16 PP. Contains article from P.3 to 6 with 1 colour photo. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Australian expertise in Asia-Pacific Studies.
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$5

41916
LE FAILLER, Philippe
CONTREBANDE D' OPIUM EN INDOCHINE: L'Affaire des Cargos Allemands (in Ultramarines)

Aix-en-Provence. 1992. AMAROM (Amis des Archives d'Outre-Mer) / IHPOM (Institut d' Histoire des Pays d' Outre-Mer). No., 5, Juin 1992. 32 PP. Contains article pages 10 to 13 with 3 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.8 x 21.
Opium smuggling by German cargo ships between 1891 and WWI.
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$15

40486
LESLIE, Mrs. Shane
GIRLHOOD IN THE PACIFIC, Samoa - Philippines - Spain

London. 1942. Macdonald. 1st Ed. IX, 10- 110 PP, plus 8 pages with 9 b/w photos. FP: The author in 1912. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Small chips to the dust jacket which is in a clear plastic sleeve. War economy paper. Foxing spots on outside edges, signature of previous owner at top of front endpaper, o/wise contents near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.
Reminiscences of early girlhood in the South Seas, where her father was American Commissioner then Chief Justice of Samoa. Then to the Philippines where her father established a Civil Government.
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$25

57048
LEWIS, Stephen
VOYAGES TO VIETNAM: Photographs by Australian Naval and Military Veterans of the Vietnam Conflict

Adelaide. 2004. My Vietnam Trust. 1st Ed. Foreword by Vice Admiral David Willoughby Leach. Preface by Lieutenant Commander Rodney T Nott. (2), 206 PP with over 600 b/w and colour photos. Laminated pictorial boards. Signed and dated on front endpaper by the author. Fine. Scarce. Oblong: 24.8 x 27.5. 9780957970816
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$90

35253
LIN, Ho Soon
CORAL REEFS OF MALAYSIA

Kuala Lumpur. 1992. Tropical Press. 1st Ed. (XII), 196 PP with illustrations by the author (16 maps, 10 coloured drawings, 1 b/w and 387 colour photos). Hard cover, dj. Top corner of FFEP rubbed, o/wise near fine. 28.8 x 20.8. 9677300717
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$40

52237
LIU, Gretchen (editor)
SINGAPORE HISTORICAL POSTCARDS, From the National Archives Collection

Singapore. 2005. Times Editions. Reprint of the 1986 original. 96 PP with b/w and colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Oblong: 21.5 x 24.5. 9812045902
Places of interest, street scenes, transportation and the port...
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$25

39163
LOOFS-WISSOWA, H. H. E. (editor)
THE DIFFUSION OF MATERIAL CULTURE

Honolulu. 1980. University of Hawaii / Social Science Research Institute. 1st Ed., No. 9 in the Asian and Pacific Archaeology series. XVIII, 394 PP with figures, maps and b/w photos. Soft cover. Note at top of half title page. Very good. 27.5 x 21.4. 0824807448
Proceedings of Seminar E. 19 papers presented at 28th International Congress of Orientalists, Canberra, January 1971.
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$25

49797
LOUYS, Guillaume (compiler)
ACEH

Sydney. 2005. New Holland Publishers. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Commodore Peter Leschen. 232 PP with 209 Colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.6 x 26. 1741104009
Aceh : The Australian Defence Force's Tsunami Relief Mission. A Photographic Record by the Royal Australian Navy.
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$15

62142
LUMLEY, Joanna
IN THE KINGDOM OF THE THUNDER DRAGON

London. 1997. BBC. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 1 location map, 1 map of Bhutan, 2 sketch maps, 3 drawings, 16 b/w and 52 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22.2 x 19. 0563383291
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$15

41146
LUPPI, Andrea & PIZZINELLI, Corrado
THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA, as exemplified by its people and life in Taiwan

Magnus Edizioni. Udine, Italy. 1984. 2nd edition of the 1982 original. No pagination, 32 PP with 1 b/w illustration, plus 168 pages with 179 colour photos. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, dj, pictorial slip case. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 32 x 25.5. 8870570207
Taiwan
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$10

39465
MACFARLING, Wing Commander
NEW ZEALAND AND THE VIETNAM CONFLICT [in Defence Force Journal]

Defence Force Journal. Canberra. 1989. Volume No 79, November/December 1989. Contains article P. 8 to 19 with 1 map, 1 table and 1 portrait. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.5 x 17.2.
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$20

55499
McGREAL, Ian P. (editor)
GREAT THINKERS OF THE EASTERN WORLD

New York. 1996. HarperCollins. Reprint of the 1995 original. XVIII, 505 PP. Soft cover. Fine. 23.3 x 18.8. 062700855
The major thinkers and philosophical and religious classics of China, India, Japan, Korea and the world of Islam.
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$10

35823
MACINTYRE, Captain Donald
SEA POWER IN THE PACIFIC - A History from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day

London. 1972. Arthur Barker Ltd. 1st Ed. 281 PP with 12 maps & plans. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14. 213994569
From Portuguese ascendancy, and the Dutch East Indies Empire, to the opening of Japan by Commodore Perry and the Korean War of the 1950's and its aftermath.
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$20

37328
MCKAY, Elaine (general editor)
STUDIES IN INDONESIAN HISTORY

Melbourne. 1976. Pitman. 1st Ed. (6), 281 PP with 60 b/w illustrations (figures, maps, engravings & paintings, photos). Pictorial card cover (spine faded). Very light foxing. Near fine. 21.3 x 13.8. 858964619
Basic cultural influences, by R.P. Hardjowardojo. Patterns of trade and maritime society before the coming of the Europeans, by Rosemary Brissenden...
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$60

67584
MAGGS
THE WINTERTON COLLECTION - Catalogue 1343: From the Abyssinian Expedition to the Mau Mau Insurrection

London. 2003. Maggs Bros. Ltd. 1st Ed. Introduction by Humphrey Winterton. VIII, 156 PP with 28 b/w illustrations, plus XII plates with b/w and colour illustrations. Inside covers: 3 colour photos illustrating 24 items. Pictorial soft cover (General Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, by Fritz Grothemeyer). Near fine. 27 x 21.
100 years of Military and Naval Operations in Eastern and North-Eastern Africa (1860s - 1960s). A Collection of 842 items.
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$25

47615
MAGUIRE, R. J. (editor)
HEMISPHERE: Asian-Australian Viewpoints and Ideas

Melbourne. 1964. F. W. Cheshire. 1st Ed. (10), 305 PP. Hard cover, device on front cover. Corners a little bumped, o/wise near fine. 24.2 x 15.5.
Asia and our cultural needs, by R. M. Berndt... Early European knowledge of Australia, by Colin Jack-Hinton... The search for an Australian Identity, by Margaret Middleton.
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$10

12875
MALM, William P.
MUSIC CULTURES OF THE PACIFIC, THE NEAR EAST, AND ASIA

New Jersey. 1967. Prentice-Hall History of Music Series. 12th printing. (8), 169 PP with 1 map on double page map,50 figures and 32 musical scores. Pictorial card cover (slight crease on front cover). Near fine. 22.6 x 15.
A comprehensive work.
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$10

61007
MANN, William M. & Lucile Q., WILLIAMS, Maynard Owen
AROUND THE WORLD FOR ANIMALS / NETHERLANDS INDIES: PATCHWORK OF PEOPLES [in National Geographic Magazine]

Washington. 1938. National Geographic Society. Volume LXXIII, No. 6, June 1938. Contains article from P. 665 to 714 with 1 map of Netherlands Indies, 33 b/w and XVI colour plates with 23 photos "Netherlands Indies: Patchwork of People". Soft cover (rubbed). Lower part of spine worn, o/wise very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
Expedition of the National Geographic Society - Smithsonian Institution.
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$10

51227
MARCHANT, L. R.
AUSTRALIA AND EAST ASIA: CHINA AND KOREA (in Independence and Alliance. Australia in World Affairs 1976-80)

Reprint of chapter 13, editors: P. J. Boyce and J. R. Angel. Pages 207 to 222 with 2 tables. Soft cover, clear plastic. Fine. 29.6 x 21.
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$15

61769
MARCOS, Ferdinand E. Marcos & TUVERA, J.C.
Revised Charter of the PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY - Presidential Decree No. 857

Manila. c. 1983. Public Affairs Staff / Philippine Ports Authority 1st Ed. 24 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 22.5 x 15.
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$10

46481
MARINE NATIONALE MER ET OUTRE-MER
COMMENT LA COCHINCHINE EST DEVENUE FRANCAISE (in Mer et Outre-mer No.5)

Paris. 1935. Mer et Outre-Mer. August 1935. 56 PP. Contains article by Commandant A. Thomazi from P.23 to 29 with 3 maps and 7 b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Near fine. French text. 31 x 24.5.
How Cochinchina became a French colony.
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$35

34867
MEINSMA, J. J.
GESCHIEDENIS VAN DE NEDERLANDSCHE OOST-INDISCHE BEZITTINGEN (three volumes bound in one)

Delft, Netherlands. 1872, 1873 & 1875. Joh. Ijkema 1st Ed. Volume 1: (2), 254, (2) PP. Volume 2, part 1: (2), 258, XIV PP. Volume 2, Part 2: (2), 170, (2 errata) PP. Rebacked copy, cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Part of margin of page 17/18 of volume 1 and of volume 3 damaged with small loss of text, page XIII/XIV of volume 2, part 1 misbound. Minute insect damage on first and last pages, o/wise near fine. Dutch text. 22 x 14.2.
History of the Dutch possessions in the East Indies.
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$25

62744
MERCIER, R. P.
CAMPAGNE DU "CASSINI" DANS LES MERS DE CHINE 1851-1854, d'après les Rapports, Lettres et Notes du Commandant DE PLAS

Paris. 1889. Retaux-Bray, Libraire-Editeur 1st Ed. XII, 433 PP, plus 4 folded maps in colour. Soft cover. Renewed spine and back cover. Occasional foxing, essentially on first and last leaves, o/wise near fine. French text. 23 x 14.5.
Polak: No. 6635.
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$250

21666
MERSON, John
ROADS TO XANADU - East and West in the Making of the Modern World

Sydney. 1985. Child & Associates / ABC. 1st Ed. 288 PP with b/w or colour illust. Title-page: Marco Polo leaving Venice. Fp: From Tsinan to Tai-an with performance of ceremony at Mount Tai. Eps: Chang Tse-Tuan. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 30.5 x 22. 0867770953
A journey through world history, social & technological changes. Pages 73 to 79: Zheng He and the last of the Treasure Ships.
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$20

42952
MEYER, Karl & BRYSAC, Shareen
TOURNAMENT OF SHADOWS - The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Asia

Abacus. London. 2001. Paperback edition of the 2001 UK edition (1999 US original). XXVI, 646 PP with 8 maps, plus 16 pages with 37 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 19.8 x 12.6. 0349113661
Struggle for control of Central Asia.
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$10

47492
MEZIN, Louis & DELLEUR, Pierre (editors)
L'HERITAGE DES COMPAGNIES DES INDES, dans les musées et collections publiques d' Europe / THE HERITAGE OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANIES, in European Museums and Public Collections (in Cahiers de la Compagnie des Indes - No. 5/6)

Port Louis, 2001. Musée de la Compagnie des Indes. Yearly magazine, issue No. 5/6 - 2000-2001. 120 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Text in French and English. 27 x 21. 295049207X
Magazine published by the Museum of the French East India Company. Relics of the Dutch East India Company in the Netherlands, by J.P. Sigmond. The English East India Company and its Art Collections, by J.P. Losty. The Dansk Asiatisk Kompani and the East Indies, by Kare Lauring. The Swedish East India Company, by Kristina Södepalm.
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$40

47489
MEZIN, Louis (editor)
CAHIERS DE LA COMPAGNIE DES INDES - No. 1 - 1996

Port Louis, 1996. Musée de la Compagnie des Indes. Yearly magazine, Issue No. 1 - 1996. 97, (3) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 27 x 21. 2950492029
Magazine published by the Museum of the French East India Company. Company paintings or Farenghi Paintings by Jean-Marie Lafont. Pondichery in the 18th century, by Pierre Bourdat... Coins, medals etc of the East India Companies, by Daniel Cariou...
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$35

13197
MICHEL, Marc & PAILLARD, Yvan G. (editors)
AUSTRALES, Etudes Historiques Aixoises sur l'Afrique Australe et l'Ocean Indien Occidental

Paris. 1996. L'Harmattan. 1st Ed. 388 PP with tables, graphs, maps and bw illust. in text. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Light foxing. Near fine. 24 x 16. 2738444733
15 papers on political and institutional evolution of South Africa, theories of the origins of the Malagasy: the 19th century British school (only text in English), the Petits Blancs des Hauts (half-casts) on the island of La Réunion...
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$70

22044
MILGATE, Brian & Alison
THE COCHIN CONNECTION - Two against the Drug Trade: A True Story

Chatto & Windus. London. 1987. 1st Ed. 250 PP with 1 map (Southern India) & 1 plan (Cochin district) in text plus 8 pages with 14 bw photos. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16. 0701130113
In 1983, two young Australians were caught with their yacht in a drug ring based in Cochin, Kerala state, India.
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$15

53718
MILLER, Russell & TIME-LIFE
THE EAST INDIAMEN (The Seafarers)

Alexandria, Virginia. 1980. Time-Life Books. 1st edition in The Seafarers series. 176 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. A 2 pages Memo from the Editor, loosely inserted. Title page: The Dutch Indiaman Vryburg, on a plate of 1756. Eps: Map of the world plyed by the East Indiamen. Simile leather covers short tear at head of spine), colour illustration pasted down on front cover. A 2 page "Memo from the Editor" on the English language, loosely inserted. Small tear at top of spine (shelf wear). Faint foxing. Near fine internally. 28.7 x 24. 0809426919
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$15

65930
MILLIN, Sarah Gertrude
RHODES

London. 1933. Chatto & Windus. 1st Ed. VI, 390 PP. Fp: Death Mask of Rhodes. FEP: Map of South Africa, 1881. REP: Map of South Africa, 1902. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine. Covers rubbed and soiled. Head of spine with repaired tears. Rear endpaper split at gutter. Name of previous owner on half title page. Occasional foxing. Very good reading copy. 22.8 x 14.5.
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$10

62852
MILTON, Giles
NATHANIEL'S NUTMEG - How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History

London. 2005. Sceptre. 1st paperback edition. XI, 388 PP with 5 maps and 33 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 19.8 x 12.8. 9780340696767
Nathaniel Courthope, and his mission at the beginning of the 17th century, on the Island of Run, one of the Banda Islands (Spice Islands) to obtain the Nutmeg, a valuable spice. This Island was later on exchanged with the Island of Manhattan (New York).
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$25

44407
MILTON, Giles
SAMURAI WILLIAM - The Adventurer Who Unlocked Japan

London. 2002. Hodder and Stoughton. 1st Ed. XVI, 400 PP with 3 maps and 45 b/w illustrations. Eps. Hard cover, dj. Remainder mark on lower outside edge, o/wise near fine. 20.5 x 13.5. 0340794674
William Adams, marooned English mariner on the shores of Japan.
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$30

43885
MISC
MISC (Malaysian International Shipping Corporation Berhad): A Corporate Insight

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 1985. MISC Berhad. Revised 3rd edition. No pagination, 28 PP with 1 organigram, 4 maps, 23 colour photos and 44 silhouettes of ships. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 25.3 x 33.
Fleet list with their 44 ships registered at Penang, Malaysia.
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$15

16719
M'LEOD, John
THE VOYAGE OF THE ALCESTE TO THE RYUKYUS AND SOUTHEAST ASIA

Rutland, Vermont. 1963. Charles E. Tuttle. Reprint of 1817 orig. Ed. XXVII, (6), 288 PP plus 3 folded maps & 5 full-page b/w plates. Fp: Portrait of Capt. Maxwell. Eps: Track of the voyage of the Alceste then the Caesar. Cloth cover, decoration on front cover, dj ((price-clipped and a few small chips). Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22 x 13.5.
John M'Leod was the surgeon on the Alceste, a 46 guns frigate. The voyage to the Yellow Sea, the coast of Korea, the islands of Lewchew (Okinawa), her shipwreck in the Straits of Gaspar near Java. Encounter with Napoleon at St. Helena.
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$15

40889
MOORE, W. Robert.
ALONG THE OLD MANDARIN ROAD OF INDO-CHINA - UNDER THE FRENCH TRICOLOR IN INDO-CHINA [in National Geographic Magazine]

N.G.S. Washington. 1931. Vol. 60, No.2, August 1931. Contains article P.157 to 199 with 1 map and 32 b/w photos, plus 16 plates with 28 colour photos. Soft cover. Near fine. 25.5 x 17.5.
From Angkor Vat in Cambodia, to Cochin-china, Annam and Tonkin.
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$15

54211
MULVANEY, John
INDONESIAN PREHISTORY AS SEEN FROM AUSTRALIA (in Hemisphere, An Asian-Australian Monthly)

Canberra. 1969. Department of Education and Science. Volume 13, No. 12, issue for December 1969. 40 PP. Contains article from P. 14 to 20 with 11 b/w illustrations (1 drawing of implements and 10 photos). Soft cover. Near fine. 27.2 x 20.3.
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$10

52814
N/A
ARCHIPEL 54 : DESTINS CROISES ENTRE L'INSULINDE ET LA FRANCE

Paris. 1997. Association Archipel. 1997. 312 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Very good. 24 x 16.
17 papers on Indonesia and France. Paper No. 6: François Péron et Charles Lesueur à Timor. Une chasse au crocodile en 1803....
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$30

55093
N/A
CHRONOLOGY OF SOME NAVAL OPERATIONS VIETNAM: August 1954 - December 1968

Washington. 1969. Naval History Division. 1st Ed. (2), 14 PP. Soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 26 x 20.
16 August 1954: Operation Passage to Freedom. ...
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$10

67737
N/A
INDOCHINE - Une Réalisation Française: ce que vous devez savoir

Paris. 1946. Editions de l' Agence Extérieure. 1st Ed., in Collection de l' Empire. 124, (4) PP with 1 sketch map. Soft cover. French text. Very good. 18.7. x 12.
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$10

41243
N/A
PENINSULE - No. 31 - LA CERAMIQUE ANGKORIENNE - CADASTRES DE HA DONG - LES ANCIENS CADASTRES DE HANOI...

Paris. 1996. Association Péninsule. New series No. 31, 1995, XXVI Year. 209 PP. Soft cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 16.5.
Cambodia, Laos and Viet-nam.
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$25

60845
NAVY
NAVAL SHORE ESTABLISHMENT - PHILIPPINE NAVY (3 issues)

Naval Shore Establishment, Cavite/Public Relations Office. Cavite City. 1970, 1971 & 1972. Issues: 23rd Anniversary, 24 October 1970 with 24 PP. - 24th Anniversary, 24 October 1971 with 8 PP. - Issue April 1972 with 12 PP. A total of 44 pages with b/w illustrations (plans, photos, portraits). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.5.
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$15

71865
OLIVIER, Tarquin
EYE OF THE DAY

William Morrow & Coy. New York. 1964. 1st Ed. XII179 PP, plus 12 plates with b/w photos. Eps: Illustrated map of South-East Asia. Hard cover, dj. Covers have wear on the edges with a little fraying. Occasional foxing. Dust jacket rubbed and lightly soiled and plastic protected. Very good. 22 x 14.3.
First experiences in early 1960's, living with Asians of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Shan States of Burma. The author was the son of Sir Lawrence Olivier.
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$35

54214
ONGKILI, James P.
TRADITIONAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF SABAH (in Hemisphere, An Asian-Australian Monthly)

Canberra. 1970. Department of Education and Science. Volume 14, No. 5, issue for May 1970. 40 PP. Contains article from P. 10 to 15 with 15 b/w photos. Soft cover. Fine. 27.2 x 20.3.
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$10

44585
OSBORNE, Milton
SIHANOUK - Prince of Light, Prince of Darkness

Honolulu. 1994. University of Hawaii Press. 1st paperback edition. XII, 283 PP, plus 16 pages with 2 cartoons and 26 b/w photos. Eps: Map of Cambodia. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23 x 15.5. 824816390
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$35

64426
PACHECO, Diego
A FUNDACÃO DO PORTO DE NAGASAQUI e a sua cedência a Sociedade de Jesus/ THE FOUNDING OF THE PORT OF NAGASAKI and its cession to the Society of Jesus

Macau. 1989. Centro de Estudos Maritimos de Macau. Trilingual edition of July 1989. 67, (3) PP. Text in Portuguese (pages 7 to 25), in English (pages 27 to 45) and Japanese (pages 47 to 67). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 18.
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$30

69073
PACIFIC LOGISTICS
CONSOLIDATED ASIA-PACIFIC MARITIME SERVICES

Hong Kong. c. 1972. Pacific Logistics, S.A. / Seabridge. 1st Ed. 16 PP with 1 map, 16 crests or funnels and 34 colour photos, plus 7 large folded plates in rear pocket (Area of Operations and Route Map in colour, Plan of a cargo freighter, Plan of a Pacific Logistics tugboat, Deadweight scale for Lusteveco Barges, Deadweight scale for Lusteveco flat barges, Lusteveco Tugboat data, Lusteveco Tanker data). Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine condition. Oblong: 21.5 x 27.8.
Sea Transport in South East Asia during the Vietnam Conflict.
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$45

39304
PARK, Polly
TO SAVE THEIR HEATHEN SOULS - Voyage to and Life in Fouchow, China, Based on the Wentworth Diaries and Letters, 1854-1858

Pickwick Publications. Allison Park, Pennsylvania. 1984. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Francis West. New series, No. 9 in the Pittsburgh theological monographs. XXXII, 173 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.6 x 13.6. 0915138662
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$15

73494
PARKINSON, C. Northcote
WAR IN THE EASTERN SEAS 1793-1815

Allen & Unwin. London. 1954. 1st Ed. 477 PP (3 adv.) with 2 drawings & 15 maps (7 on full page), plus 16 pages with 14 b/w illust. Fp: Admiral Peter Rainier. FEP: Chart showing tracks of the French cruisers 1804-1806. REP: Tracks during SW and NE monsoon and insets for Madras, Bombay, Calcutta. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few small chips and is in a protective sleeve. A near fine copy. Scarce. 24 x 16.
The Napoleonic wars in the East-Indies station, a theatre stretching from the Cape of Good Hope to China.
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$60

71001
PATTEN, Chris
EAST and WEST - The Last Governor of Hong Kong on Power, Freedom and the Future

Sydney. 1998. Macmillan. 2nd printing. X, 340, (2) PP, plus 16 pages with 33 b/w photos. Eps: Royal Yacht Britannia, leaving Hong Kong. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24 x 16 9780333747872
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$20

69218
PERRYMAN, John & MITCHELL, Brett
AUSTRALIA'S NAVY IN VIETNAM. Royal Australian Navy Operations 1965-72

Canberra. 2012. Topmill / Sea Power Centre - Australia. 2nd edition. (8), 96, (8) PP with 5 maps, 32 b/w photos, and colour illustrations (maps, crests, badges, documents and hundreds of photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
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$35

55827
PIETRI, J.B.
VOILIERS D'INDOCHINE

Société des Imprimeries et Librairies Indochinoises. Saigon. 1949. Reprint of the 1943 original edition. (8), 130, (1) PP, plus 144 pages with 1 map Côtes de l'Indochine, 1 colour plate (with 6 figures), and 70 duo tone plates (7 plates with 53 silhouettes, 23 plates with 77 figures, and 40 plates with drawings of sailing ships and details). All illustrations by the author. Card cover, dust jacket with repaired tears. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. French text. Near fine copy of a rare book. Large format: 36.6 x 27.4.
First comprehensive study of the sailing vessels of the coasts of the Indochina Peninsula: Cambodia, Cochinchina, Annam, Tonkin, and Koupang de Fort-Bayard or Kouang-Tchéou-Wan (French enclave on Hainan peninsula). Beautiful illustrations.
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$500

73411
POLAK, Christian
SABRE ET PINCEAU, par d'autres Français au Japon

Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie Française au Japon. Tokyo. 2005. 1st bilingual edition. Foreword by Hiroshi Ueki. Preface by Philippe Pons. Note on the author by Florence Ogawa. 248 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread: Peinture sur soie. Hard cover, title in French and Japanese (calligraphy by Kiyoe Fujimori) on front board and spine, dj. Text in French and Japanese. Fine (mint condition). A scarce item. 31 x 23.5.
Sabre and Paint Brush. Sabre / Sword - When France was helping Japan to modernize: the Imperial Army (pages 10 to 61) / Imperial Navy (pages 62 to 75) / Japan and French Air Force (pages 77 to 151). Pinceau / Paint Brush - French arists in Japan: Félix Régamey, painter and traveler) / Paul Jacoulet, the other Utamaro / Noël Nouët, the other Hiroshige.
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$250

13248
POOKONG, Kee (editor)
ASIA-PACIFIC MIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA [in Asian and Pacific Migration Journal]

Quezon City, Philippines. 1994. Scalabrini Migration Center. Special issue Volume 3, No. 2-3, 1994. Pages 199 to 529 with numerous tables in text. Soft cover. New. 23 x 15.3.
Includes papers on: Asian immigrant settlement and adjustment in Australia - Roaming Yuppies: Hong Kong migration to Australia - Australia and Pacific Islander migration...
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$15

20856
PORTER, Jonathan
MACAU, The Imaginary City: Culture and Society, 1557 to the Present

Boulder, Co., USA. 1996. Westview Press. 1st Ed., in the New Perspectives on Asian Studies series. X, (2), 240, (1 adv.) PP with 44 bw illust. Fp: Wall shrine. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 0813328365
Macau, founded by the Portuguese in 1557: an enduring and changing threshold between East and West.
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$35

55233
PORTS
GUIDE & DIRECTORY OF THE PORT OF YOKOHAMA - 1984

Port & Harbor Bureau, the City of Yokohama. Yokohama. 1984. 1st Ed. Message by Michikazu Saigo, Mayor of Yokohama. (2), 95 PP with tables, 2 graphs, 4 maps, 4 plans and 34 b/w photos. Yokohama Port News, No. 5, February 1984 with 8 pages, loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
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$10

72983
PREGER, W.
DUTCH ADMINISTRATION IN THE NETHERLANDS INDIES

F.W. Cheshire. Melbourne. 1944. 1st Imprint in July 1944, of 5000 copies. 116 PP with 6 tables, plus 21 b/w plates: 6 portraits and 20 photos on full page. Fp: Jan Pieterszoon Coen. Eps: Map of the Netherlands Indies. Cloth covers, title on front board and spine. War economy paper. Near fine. 18.8 x 12.8.
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$20

60238
QUAMMEN, David
THE MAN WHO WASN'T DARWIN - ALFRED RUSSELL WALLACE (in National Geographic Magazine)

Washington. 2008. N.G.S. Volume 214, No. 6, December 2008. 162 PP. Contains articles between pages 106 and 133 with 1 folded map, 2 b/w illustrations (1 portrait & 1 facsimile), and colour photographs by Robert Clark. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
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$5

60239
QUAMMEN, David, & RIDLEY, Matt
THE DARWIN BICENTENNIAL: Darwin's First Clues / Modern Darwins (in National Geographic Magazine)

Washington. 2009. N.G.S. Volume 215, No. 2, February 2009. 154 PP. Contains 2 articles between pages 34 and 73 with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
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$5

55193
RADFORD, Admiral Arthur W.
OUR NAVY IN THE FAR EAST (in National Geographic Magazine, Volume CIV, No.4, 1953)

Washington. 1953. NGS. Volume CIV, No.4, October 1953. Contains article from P.537 to 577 with 10 b/w and 39 colour photos by J. Baylor Roberts. Soft cover. Near fine. 25.5 x 17.5.
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$10

44366
RANSFORD, Oliver
LIVINGSTONE 'S LAKE - The Drama of Nyasa

London. 1971. John Murray. 2nd reprint of the 1966 original. X, 313 PP with 11 maps and diagrams, plus 24 pages with 31 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on a faintly sunned spine. Near fine. 22 x 14. 0719511410
Chapter 13: A Naval Occasion with the first shots of World War I between H.M.S. Gwendolene and the German gunboat Hermann von Wissmann.
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$10

67792
REGAN, John
INDONESIA - NEGLECTED PARADISE (in Australian Yachting, October 1991)

Baird Publications. Melbourne. 1991. Volume 9, No. 2, October 1991. 64 PP, edited by Neil Baird. Contains article pages 28 to 31 with 1 map, 2 b/w and 5 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.
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$5

42140
REID, Anthony (editor)
SOJOURNERS AND SETTLERS - Histories of Southeast Asia and the Chinese

Honolulu. 2001. University of Hawai'i Press. 1st US edition of the 1996 Australian original. XXX, 216 PP with 1 graph, 2 tables, 3 maps and 6 figures. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.6 x 14. 0824824466
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$45

54625
REX SMITH, G. (editor)
A TRAVELLER IN THIRTEENTH-CENTURY ARABIA. Ibn Al-Mujawir's Tarikh Al-Mustabsir

London. 2008. Hakluyt Society. 1st Ed. Series III, No. 19. Translated from Oscar Löfgren's Arabic text and edited with revisions and annotations. XIX, 341 PP with 2 maps and 13 plans. Fp: Port of Aden. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 25.2 x 18. 97780904180916
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$45

38247
ROBERTS, Frank
INDIA 1526-1800

London. 1992. Hodder & Stoughton. 1st Ed., in the Past Historic series. 64 PP with colour illustrations (maps, paintings, photographs). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 27.7 x 21.2. 340554371
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$20

45338
ROBERTS, J. M.
THE EUROPEAN EMPIRES

New York. 1999. O. U. P. 1st US edition, Volume 8, in the Illustrated History of the World series. 192 PP with 1 time chart, 13 maps in colour, b/w and colour illustrations. Title page: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, in Petrograd, 1920. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 29.5 x 23.5. 019521529X
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$25

52991
ROBINSON, Kathryn, GUINNESS, Patrick & PENNELL, Emma (editors)
THE ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGY - Vol. 6, No. 1

Canberra. 2005. ANU / Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. Vol. 6, No. 1, April 2005. (2), 98, (4) PP with 2 maps, 2 b/w photos and 3 tables. Soft cover. New. 24.8 x 17.5.
Frontiers, Sovereignty, and martial tactics: Borneo, Indonesia-Malaysia-Singapore growth triangle, by Matthew Amster and Johan Lindquist. Autonomy, Identity and illegal logging West Kalimatan, by Reed L. Wadley and Michael Eilenberg... Literal meanings: the case of Mekeo Sorcery (Papua New Guinea), by Mark Mosoko.
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$15

60243
ROSS RANGE, Peter
OMAN [in National Geographic Magazine - Volume 187, No.5, May 1995]

N.G.S. Washington. 1995. May 1995. 142 PP. Contains article pages 112 to 138 with 1 national flag, 2 maps and 18 colour photos by James L. Stanfield. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.4 x 17.5.
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$5

71956
ROSSER, W.H.
SHORT NOTES on the WINDS, WEATHER, & CURRENTS, together with General SAILING DIRECTIONS and REMARKS ON MAKING PASSAGES ; To Accompany Charts of the CHINA SEA, Indian Archipelago & Western Pacific

James Imray and Son. London. Circa 1867. Folded map of China Sea and Australia (tracks during the S.W. Monsoon) facing title-page, (3) ii (Contents), 126 PP, plus a page showing the Winds in the China Sea (Oct to March), another showing from April to September, plus a folded map of the China Sea and Australia with the tracks during the N.E. Monsoon, followed by 48 PP containing advertisements. Cloth covers with gilt title and emblem on cover, title on faded spine. Covers with light wear and a few marks, rubs. Overall a very good copy of a scarce title. 22 x 14.
Contents include: Winds and Currents, On Making Passages, China Sea - Rocks, Shoals, &c, Formosa Island - S & W Coasts, On the Passage through Torres Straits, by Raine Island entrance ... by the N.E. or Bligh entrance....
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$750

73153
ROY, Claude
INTO CHINA

Sidgwick & Jackson / Macgibbon & Kee. London. 1955. 1st English edition, translated from the 1953 French "Clefs pour la Chine" by Mervin Savill. 420 PP with 1 map of China on double page, plus 16 pages with 19 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few nicks, o/wise near fine. 21.2 x 14.
The Republic of China through the eyes and pen of a French journalist "well on the left".
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$30

54326
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: 134 - 1968 (in 4 parts)

London. 1968. Royal Geographical Society. Annual edition. Vol. 134, issues Part 1 (March 1968) to Part 4 (December 1968). Edited by L.P. KIRWAN. LI (advertisements), 650 PP, (6 contents), plus plates with b/w photos and maps (some in colour). Original soft cover. Foxing. Very good. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. 134. Part 3: Clements Robert Markham and the Geographical Department of the India Office 1867-77, by Donovan Williams. Part 4: The conservation of Aldabra, by D. R. Stoddart.
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$40

54327
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: 135 - 1969 (in 4 parts)

London. 1969. Royal Geographical Society. Annual edition. Vol. 135, issues Part 1 (March 1969) to Part 4 (December 1969). Edited by KIRWAN, L. P. LI, (advertisements), 674 PP, (6 contents), plus plates with b/w photos and maps. Original soft cover. Foxing. Very good. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. 135. Part 1: Early Maps as historical evidence for coastal change, by G. de Boer and A. P. Carr. Part 2: The Persian Gulf submarine telegraph of 1864, by Christina Phelps Harris. Part 3: The evolution of the major ports of West Africa, by David Hilling.
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$40

61483
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: 138, Part 2

London. 1972. Royal Geographical Society. Vol. 138, Part 2, June 1972. Edited by L. P. Kirwan. XIV (advertisements), 131-280 PP with figures (drawings, maps, sketches), plus 4 plates with 7 b/w illustrations and 1 folded map in colour "Canada". Original soft cover. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24.5 x 15..
Vol. 138, Part 2: ... Indonesia - a giant astir, by C. A. Fisher. The "Christian Topography" and the Kingdom of Axum. The search for the Nile sources, by Dorohy Middleton.
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$5

61484
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: 138, Part 3

London. 1972. Royal Geographical Society. Vol. 138, Part 3, September 1972. Edited by L. P. Kirwan. XIV (advertisements), 281-409 PP with figures (drawings, maps, sketches), plus 4 plates with 8 b/w photos and 1 folded map in colour "Elephant Island". Original soft cover. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24.5 x 15..
Vol. 138, Part 3: ... The Future of Oil, by H.R. Warman. Expedition to Elephant Island, by Malcolm Burley. The voyage of the "Terra Nova", by A. G. E. Jones. Land Navigation for travellers and small expeditions, by D. N. Hall.
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$5

54336
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: 139 - 1973 (in 3 parts)

Royal Geographical Society. London. 1973. Annual edition. Vol. 139, issues Part 1 (February 1973) to Part 3 (October 1973). Edited by Sir Laurence KIRWAN. XXXIV (advertisements), 610 PP, (6 contents), plus plates with b/w photos and maps. Original soft cover. Foxing. Very good. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. 139. Parts 1 & 3: The Musandan (Northern Oman) expedition 1971-72, by N. L. Falcon, P. F. S. Cornelius, D. South & C. Vita-Finzi.
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$40

61486
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: 140, Part 1

London. 1974. Royal Geographical Society. Vol. 140, Part 1, February 1974. Edited by L. P. Kirwan. X (advertisements), 181 PP with figures (drawings, maps, sketches), plus 6 plates with 2 maps and 7 b/w photos and 1 folded plate (figures 6 & 9). Original soft cover. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24.5 x 15..
Vol. 140, Part 1: A visit to the Red River and the Saskatchewan, 1861, by Dr. John Rae. Sea Level changes in North-West England, by M. J. Tooley. ...
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$5

54339
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: 145 - 1979 (in 3 parts)

London. 1979. Royal Geographical Society. Annual edition. Edited by Prof. R.F. PEEL. Vol. 145, issues Part 1 (March 1979) to Part 3 (November 1979). XXVIII (advertisements), 548 PP, (8 contents), plus plates with b/w photos and maps. Original soft cover. Foxing. Very good. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. 145. Part 1: The Bahrein surface materials resources survey, by D. Brunsden, J. C. Doornkamp and D. K. C. Jones. Part 2: The Thames Barrier project, by R. W. Horner.
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$40

54274
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - VOLUME CIV - 1944

London. 1944. Royal Geographical Society. Vol. CIV, issues No 1 & 2 (July-August 1944) to No. 5 & 6 (November-December 1944). Edited by Arthur R. HINKS. XIV (advertisements), 223 PP, (1 index to maps, illustrations and diagrams), II (contents), plus plates with b/w photos and maps in colour. Original soft cover. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. CIV. Nos. 1 & 2, 3 & 4: A geographical introduction to the history of Central Asia, by K. de B. Codrington.
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$40

54277
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - VOLUME CVII - 1946

London. 1946. Royal Geographical Society. Vol. CVII, issues No 1 & 2 (January-February 1946) to No. 5 &6 (May-June 1946). Edited by L.P. KIRWAN. XXII (advertisements), 281 PP, (1 index to maps, illustrations and diagrams), II (contents), plus plates with b/w photos and maps (some folded). Original soft cover. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. CVII. No. 1 & 2: Ancient Arabia, explorations in Hasa, 1940-1941, by P. B. Cornwall. No. 3 & 4: The Arctic Flights of Aries, by Wing Commander D. C. McKinley, Wing Commander K. C. Maclure and Wing Commander R. Winfield.
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$40

61480
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: LXXXIV, No. 4

London. 1934. Royal Geographical Society. Vol. LXXXIV, No. 4, October 1934. Edited by Arthur R. HINKS. XII (advertisements), 281-368 PP with figures (drawings, maps, sketches), plus 18 plates with 25 b/w photos and 1 folded map in colour "Karakoram and Turkistan" at rear of Journal. Original soft cover. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol.LXXXIV - No. 4: The Karakoram and Turkistan Expedition of 1929-1930, by Dr. Ph. C. Visser.
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$10

54269
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: XCIX - 1942

London. 1942. Royal Geographical Society. Vol. XCIX, issues No 1 (January 1942) to No. 5 & 6 (May-June 1942). Edited by Arthur R. HINKS XXIV (Advertisements), 294 PP, (2 index to maps, illustrations and diagrams), plus plates with b/w photos and maps in colour (some folded). Original soft cover. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. XCIX. No. 2: Recent development in the Netherlands-Indies, by Dr. G. H. C. Hart...
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$40

54267
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: XCV - 1940

London. 1940. Royal Geographical Society. Vol. XCV, issues No 1 (January 1940) to No. 6 (June 1940). Edited by Arthur R. HINKS L (Advertisements), 492 PP, (2 index to maps, illustrations and diagrams), VIII (contents), plus plates with b/w photos and maps in colour (some folded). Original soft cover. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. XCV - No. 3: Two unexplored islands of Dutch New Guinea: Waigeu and Japen, by L. E. Cheesman. No. 5: The Irrawaddy River, by L. Dudley Stamp.
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$40

54347
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: XCVI, No. 1 - 1940

London. 1940. Royal Geographical Society. Vol. XCVI, issues No 1 (July 1940). Edited by Arthur R. HINKS. VI (Advertisements), 80 PP with 1 map, plus 10 pages with 2 maps and 19 b/w photos. Original soft cover. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. XCVI - No. 1: Botanical and Geographical Exploration in the Assam Himalaya, by F. Kingdon Ward. Primitive Tribes in Madagascar, by Olive Murray Chapman. Notes on the Northern Sea Routes, by Professor Kenneth Mason...
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$10

36623
ROY-CHAUDHURY, Rahul
SEA POWER AND INDIAN SECURITY

London. 1995. Brasseys. 1st Ed. 222 PP with 2 maps, 4 graphs and 9 tables Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 23.5 x 15. 1857530500
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$30

60846
RUIZ, Flag Officer In Command Hilario M.
PHILIPPINE NAVY ANNIVERSARY ISSUE - 33rd Anniversary: February 9, 1972 (in Philippine Navy Log)

Manila. 1972. Naval Public Relations Office. Vol. IV, No. 1, January 1972. 10 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 26.5 x 20.
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$5

60298
RUIZ, Flag Officer In Command Hilario M.
PHILIPPINE NAVY DAY - 34th Anniversary: February 9, 1973

Manila. 1973. Naval Public Relations Office 1st Ed. 20 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.2 x 20.5.
A Seafaring Nation: historical synopsis. Philippine Coast Guard. Naval Shore Establishments. Marine Brigade. ... Naval Construction Battalion.
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$10

66041
SAUNDERS, David
DUBAI - The Arabian Dream

London. 2003. TransGlobe Publishing. 1st Ed. Foreword by Abdullah Mohamed Saleh, National Bank of Dubai. Welcome address by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, The Crown Prince of Dubai. 208 PP with 14 b/w photos and colour illustrations ( 1 map and photos). Hard cover, gilt decoration and title on front board and spine, dj. Note on front endpaper. Fine. 27.8 x 27.8. 0954508300
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$25

49125
SCHREIDER, Helen and Frank
FROM THE HAIR OF SIVA: Tortuga II Explores the Ganges (in National Geographic Magazine)

Washington. 1960. N.G.S. Volume 118, No. 4, October 1960. Contains article from P. 445 to 503 with 2 map, 1 b/w and 55 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Spine lightly rubbed. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
Tortuga II: an amphibious jeep.
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$10

52297
SENG, Cheah Jin
SINGAPORE: 500 EARLY POSTCARDS

Editions Didier Millet. Singapore. 2006. 1st Ed. 296 PP with 1 map, 26 colour illustrations and 500 b/w or colour postcards. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. Oblong: 23 x 24.7. 9799814155662
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$100

56950
SERENE, R. & CHEVEY, P.
RAPPORT SUR LE FONCTIONNEMENT DE L' INSTITUT OCEANOGRAPHIQUE DE L' INDOCHINE pendant l'année 1936-1937

Nhatrang, Côte d'Annam. 1938. Station Maritime de Cauda. 1st Ed. Publication de l' Institut Océanographique de l' Indochine No. 34 , 31 Août 1938. (6 errata), 28, (42) PP with 4 tables on double page and 11 plates (2 of them folded). Soft cover. French text. Near fine. 27.5 x 18.5.
Ingleton: 13535
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$55

46465
SHER, Jakov A., LOBLIGEOIS, Mireille, ANDRE, Nadine, et al..
ARTS ASIATIQUES. Annales du Musée National des Arts Asiatiques - Guimet et du Musée Cernuschi - Tome XLVII - 1992.

Paris. 1992. Musée Guimet / Ecole Française d'Extrême-Orient. Volume XLVII - 1992. 155, (3) PP with b/w illustrations (map, drawings, photos) and 9 colour plates. Pictorial soft cover. Top corner of back cover with creases. Fine. 6 French texts with English and Japanese abstracts, and 1 English text with French and Japanese abstract. 27.2 x 22..
... An example of the entrepot ports civilization in the South Seas: South Kedah (Malaysia), 5th-14th centuries A.D., by Michel Jacq-Hergoualc'h....
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$30

60758
SHERSTYUK, Julia (editor)
103rd MERIDIAN EAST (Asia's Premier Russian-English Magazine - Vol. 7)

Singapore. 2010. 103rd Meridian East Pte Ltd. Volume 7 (Vol. 6 on spine). 96 PP with colour photos. Text in Russian (cyrillic script) and English. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 26 x 20.4.
William Farquhar the first Resident of Singapore. Two Raffles - Part II: a Merchant and Humanitarian all rolled into one, by Mikhail Tsyganov. The keeper of an elusive dimension: Mark Gordon, collector of Soviet watches and South-east Asian tribal art.
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$10

56209
SHERWOOD, Dick (editor)
OPERATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN MARITIME WARFARE: Implications for the Western Pacific

Canberra. 1994. Strategic and Defence Studies Centre / ANU. 1st Ed. Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence No. 105. (18), 159 PP with 38 figures. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.6 x 14.5. 0731520114
Papers presented at a seminar hosted by the Royal Australian Navy's Maritime Studies Program and the Australian Naval Institute.
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$20

48944
SIN CHAN, Ernest
IDENTITE HAKKA A TAHITI. Rupture, Désordres et Fabrication (tome 2)

Papeete. 2005. Editions Te Ite. 1st Ed. 496 PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21.5 x 14. 2951879474
Hakka, Chinese settlers in Tahiti.
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$50

69017
SINGHJ, Daljit & ARASU, V.T. (editors)
SINGAPORE - An Illustrated History 1941-1984

Singapore. 1984. Information Division, Ministry of Culture, Republic of Singapore. 1st Ed. 397 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Large folded map of 1986 (English and Chinese script) loosely inserted. Near fine. 30 x 24. 9971750305
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$20

50390
SMYTH, D. M.
ONE OF MANY THOUSANDS - TAAM ISLAND (in Hemisphere, An Asian-Australian Monthly)

Department of Education and Science. Canberra. 1972. Volume 16, No. 3, March 1972. Contains article between P.10 and 15 with 1 map, 4 colour and 7 b/w photos. Soft cover. Fine. 27.2 x 20.3.
On the Australian National University expedition to Taam Island, Kai Group, Arafura Sea. Island on the Wallace Line.
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$15

59637
SOCIAL ALTERNATIVES
NATIONAL STRATEGIES FOR AUSTRALASIA IN THE AGE OF ASIAN/PACIFIC ECONOMY

Brisbane. 1993. Department of Government, University of Queensland. Volume 11, No. 4, January 1993. Guest Editor: Robert LEACH. 77 PP. 10 articles (P. 3 to 57) with b/w illustrations (maps, graphs, tail pieces, cartoons and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.
The World recession and Australia, by Robert Leach. ...
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$10

60599
SOKOLSKY, Richard D. (editor)
THE UNITED STATES AND THE PERSIAN GULF: Reshaping Security Strategy for the Post-Containment Era

National Defence University Press. Washington. 2003. 1st printing in February 2003. Preface by Stephen J. Flanagan. XII, 160 PP with 2 maps in colour and 5 tables. Inside front cover: Map of Southwest Asia and Northwest Africa. Inside back cover: Map of Saudi Arabia. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.8 x 15. 1579060625
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$15

13225
SOUTHON, Michael
THE NAVEL OF THE PERAHU: Meaning and values in the maritime trading economy of a Butonese village

Canberra. 1995. Department of Anthropology - A.N.U. 1st Ed. XIV, 150 PP with 8 maps, 12 tables, 8 figures, and 10 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 0731521153
The Perahu economy: history, design, winds, cargoes and trade routes. Research based on the village of Gerak Makmur (Lande), on the Island of Buton, S.E. Sulawesi.
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$25

32181
SPROSTON, John Glendy
A PRIVATE JOURNAL OF John Glendy Sproston U.S.N.

Tokyo. 1968. Sophia University. Second edition (revised and reset) of the 1940 original. A Monumenta Nipponica Monograph edited by Shio Sakanishi, with a new foreword by George Alexander Lensen. XVIII, (2), 128 PP, plus 1 folded plate in colour and 19 b/w plates. Hard cover, cloth spine, gilt title on spine. Ex library copy with 1 stamp at top corner of foreword page, 1 stamp on top outside edge, and number on spine. Near fine. Scarce. 26.3 x17.3.
On board the U.S.S. Macedonian which joined the American Squadron, in Edo Bay, 7 months after the first landing of Americans in Japan, 14th July 1853.
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$20

41132
STEWART, Desmond
THE ARAB WORLD

Time-Life International. Amstersdam. 1967. 1st European edition, in the Life World Library series. 160 PP with 1 graph, 3 maps, 38 colour and 70 b/w photos. Eps: Map of the Arab World (Morocco to Arabian Peninsula). Hard cover, pictorial front. Fine. 28 x 21.5.
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$10

64991
STEWART, Desmond
L'AUBE DE L'ISLAM (in Les Grandes Epoques de l'Homme series)

Amsterdam. 1969. Collections Time-Life. 1st French edition of the 1967 US original. Preface by Jacques Berque. 192 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, illustrated front board. French text. Fine. 27.3 x 22.
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$10

61581
SWIFT, Dr. Michael
MALAYAN POLITICS : RACE & CLASS (in Civilisations)

London. 1962. Civilisations. Article pulled out of "Civilisations, Vol. XII, No. 2, 1962. Pages 237 to 246. Staples. Note at top of first page: to Ian (Hogbin) signed by Michael (Swift). Ageing of paper. Page 246: Résumé Francais "Races et Classes dans la Politique Malaise". 23.2 x 15.5.
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$15

53806
TATE, D. J. M. (compiler)
RAJAH BROOKE'S BORNEO

Hong Kong. 1989. John Nicholson Ltd. 2nd impression of the 1988 original. (6), 114 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 16 pages with 7 colour plates. Title spread: The Natives of Borneo. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Dust jacket with short closed tears, o/wise fine. Oblong: 22.3 x 27.5. 09623280017
The Nineteenth century world of Pirates and Head-hunters, Orang Utan and Hornbills, and other such rarities as seen through the Illustrated London News and other contemporary sources.
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$35

56147
TAYLOR, Boswell (editor)
PICTURE REFERENCE BOOK OF CHINA

London. 1978. Hodder & Stoughton. 2nd impression of the 1976 original. 32 PP with b/w illustrations by Roy M. Schofield. Eps: Palace at Pekin. Laminated pictorial boards. Near fine. 24.5 x 16.5. 0340204958
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$10

61400
TAYLOR, Eliot
THE FALL OF SAIGON - 20th Anniversary Special Edition (in The Weekend Australian)

Sydney. 1995. The Weekend Australian. Special edition, 29-30 April 1995. 8 pages with 9 colour illustrations (2 maps, 4 portraits and 3 photos) and b/w illustrations (1 map, portraits and photos). Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 57 x 40.
Articles by Greg Sheridan, Carlyle A. Thayer... The Australians in Vietnam, by Greg Pemberton and Frank forst
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$5

54134
TEMPLEMAN, Ian, BEARD, Duncan & BRISSENDEN, Emily (editors)
RESEARCH SCHOOL OF PACIFIC AND ASIAN STUDIES - RSPAS Quarterly Bulletin, Volume 3 - 2002

Canberra. 2002. RSPAS / Australian National University. Volume 3 - No. 1 (March 2002) to No. 4 (December 2002). 80 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
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$10

54135
TEMPLEMAN, Ian, BEARD, Duncan & BRISSENDEN, Emily (editors)
RESEARCH SCHOOL OF PACIFIC AND ASIAN STUDIES - RSPAS Quarterly Bulletin, Volume 4 - 2003

Canberra. 2003. RSPAS / Australian National University. Volume 4 - No. 1 (March 2003) to No. 4 (December 2003). 80 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
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$10

54136
TEMPLEMAN, Ian, BEARD, Duncan & BRISSENDEN, Emily (editors)
RESEARCH SCHOOL OF PACIFIC AND ASIAN STUDIES - RSPAS Quarterly Bulletin, Volume 5 - 2004

Canberra. 2004. RSPAS / Australian National University. Volume 4 - No. 1 (March 2004) to No. 4 (December 2004). 80 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
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$10

35352
TEYSSIER, Paul (editor)
VASCO DE GAMA - La relation du premier voyage aux Indes (1497-1499)

Paris. 1998. Editions Chandeigne. 1st Ed., in Collection Magellane Poche, introduced, annotated and translated in French by Paul Teyssier. 123, (3) PP with 1 map, 2 charts and 3 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Faint foxing. Fine. Small format: 17.5 x 11.3. 290646242X
Anonymous account (credited to Alvaro Velho), of the first voyage to India by Vasco da Gama.
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$15

33149
THAKUR, Ramesh & THAYER, Carlyle A. (editor)
THE SOVIET UNION AS AN ASIAN PACIFIC POWER - Implications of Gorbachev's 1986 Vladivostok Initiative

Boulder, Colorado & Melbourne. 1987. Westview Press & Macmillan Australia.. 1st Ed. VI, 236 PP. Card cover. Fine. 22.3 x 15.2. 0333430786
One day symposium held in Canberra, March 1987, on Gorbachev's Vladivostok speech of 28th July 1986. 11 papers presented: The goals of Vladivostok by Evgeni Samoteikin. Vladivostok and Australian Foreign Policy, by Stuart Harris... The Soviet Union in the South Pacific, by Richard A. Herr...
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$25

57372
THALASSA
LE MAGAZINE DE LA MER - No. 49

Paris. 1991. Thalassa. Issue No. 49, May 1991. Edited by Georges PERNOUD. 84 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Hong Kong, Un Port entre Deux Eaux par Eric Bénard. Islande: L'Ile Inachevée par Olivier Grunewald. Albert Brenet, Peintre de l'Instant par Frank Jubelin. Jean Ango, L'Armateur Magnifique, par Bertrand Tardé...
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$10

57373
THALASSA
LE MAGAZINE DE LA MER - No. 59

Paris. 1992. Thalassa. Issue No. 59, May 1992. Edited by Georges PERNOUD. 84 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Colomb 92: Le Retour des Grands Voiliers par Martine Perrin. Inuit, Le Peuple des Glaces par Philippe Rohan...
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$10

54887
THOMPSON, Edward K. HUNT, George P... (editors)
ASIAN SPECTACULAR (Asia's Vacationland) - Special Double Issue (in Life International)

Amsterdam. 1964. Time-Life International. Volume 37, No. 3, August 24, 1964. 192 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Soft cover. Very good. 34.5 x 26.5.
Pre Olympic Issue for the Games at Tokyo (October 1964). Traveler Beware, by C. Northcote Parkinson. Pages 18 to 87: Japan, by Lee Griggs, Robert Fisher, Carleton Mitchell... Pages 90 to 104 South Seas... Hong Kong, by Dong Kingman. Singapore, by Richard M. Powers... Australia by Ernest Shirley...
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$30

67336
TING, Joseph S. P. & NAI-KWAN, Wong
CITY OF VICTORIA - A Selection of the Museum's Historical Photographs

Hong Kong. 1994. Hong Kong Museum of History / Urban Council of Hong Kong. 1st edition with an introduction by Ho Ching Hin. 107 PP with 1 map and over 80 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Text in English and Chinese. Fine. 24 x 24. 9627039314
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$15

62646
TOLLEY, Rear Admiral Kemp
YANGTZE PATROL - The U.S. Navy in China

Annapolis. 1971. Naval Institute Press. 1st Ed. Foreword by Victor H. Krulak. (8), XIV, (2), 330 PP with 32 b/w photos, plus 3 maps on full page. FEP: Map of China. REP: Graphic charts of the rapids on the upper Yangtze River. Cloth cover, device on front cover. Dust jacket has chips and some insect damage, but is complete. A little light foxing. Very good copy. 24 x 16.5. 0870217976
Story of the offshoot of the old U.S. Asiatic Fleet, between, 1784 and 1949.
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$25

55181
TOPIN, Benedict, FLETCHER, Pamela (editors)
BORNEO - Culture . Nature . Adventure . Vol. 4, No. 5 & 6

Borneo Travel News. Kota Kinabalu. 1998. Vol. 4, No 5 & 6, Sept-Dec. 1998. 2-84 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (maps, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.8 x 20.5.
A train journey in Borneo, by Chey Vun Khen. Walkers of Borneo, by Tham Yau Kong. The mangrove forests of Brunei Darussalam, by Jon Davies. Rafflesia - the fragile beauty, by Jamili Nais.
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$5

68620
TREGONNING, K. G.
HOME PORT SINGAPORE - A History of Straits Steamship Company Limited 1890-1965

Singapore. 1967. O.U.P. / Straits Steamship Company Limited. 1st Ed. XII, 321 PP with 3 maps, plus 1 map of Singapore Approaches, 1 folded map of Service Routes maintained in 1935, and 48 pages with 53 b/w plates (at rear of book). Fp: Ocean Building, Singapore. Eps: Certificate of Registry for Will o' the Wisp, 12th February, 1886. Cloth cover, dj. Both jacket and book are near fine and scarce in this condition. 25.5 x 16.5.
History of the shipping line and its home port: Singapore.
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$120

60511
TROMEUR, M. J.-Y.-M.-M.
MISSION HYDROGRAPHIQUE DU SALOUM - 1930-1931 (In Annales Hydrographiques)

Paris. 1946. Service Hydrographique de la Marine. Extract from "Annales Hydrographiques 1938-1939". 28 PP (5 to 33) with figures, plus 4 folded plates. Soft cover. French text. Very good. 25.5 x 17.
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$15

71820
TSE-TUNG, Mao
SELECTED MILITARY WRITINGS

Foreign Languages Press. Peking. 1968. 1st Pocket edition. 410, (2) PP, plus 1 duotone portrait of Chairman Mao, with tissue guard. Hard cover, gilt title on front board and spine, ribbon page marker, dust jacket with a few small chips. Slipcase with title on spine. Fine. 15.5 x 11.
Writings between 4th October 1928 to 21st April 1949.
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$20

51749
URETA, BOSWELL, R. W., MARASHI,
FIFTH UNITED NATIONS REGIONAL CARTOGRAPHIC CONFERENCE FOR ASIA AND THE FAR EAST. Vol. 2: Proceedings of the Conference and Technical Papers

New York. 1968. United Nations. 1st Ed. United Nations Publication No. E.68. I. 14. 507 PP with tables and b/w figures (drawings, graphs, maps, organigrams, photos), plus 1 colour map in pocket pasted down inside back cover. Soft cover (slightly rubbed). Front cover with top corner missing close to spine. Very good. 28 x 21.5.
Conference (E/CONF.52/5) held in Canberra, Australia, 8-22 March 1967.
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$25

30253
VAN DER LITH, P. A.
NEDERLANDSCH OOST-INDIË, beschreven en afgebeeld voor het Nederlandsche Volk (in two volumes)

Leiden. 1893 & 1894. E. J. Brill. 1st Ed. Volume I: VIII, 548 PP, plus 15 b/w plates and 1 folded map of Groot-Atjeh (repaired). Fp: Ronggengs (in colour). Volume II: VIII, 544 PP, plus 9 b/w plates and 6 colour plates. Fp: Wajang-Poppen en maskers (in colour). Marbled endpapers. Half bound, marbled boards, gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt. Both rear endpapers starting at gutters, small piece missing to vignette with title on spine of Volume I, top of back hinge of Volume II cracked on 2 cm. Dutch text. Occasional light foxing. A very good clean set of a scarce item. 25 x 18.
Story of the Netherlands East Indies told for the Dutch people. Volume I: The Land. Volume II: Brief history of Dutch Indonesia.
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$150

32199
VAN RIEL, P.M., PERKS J.P.H. & PINKE F.
THE SNELLIUS - EXPEDITION IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE NETHERLANDS EAST-INDIES 1929-1930 - Volume I (Chapters I-IV)

Leiden, Netherlands. 1937, 1938. E. J. Brill. 1st Ed. VIII, 178 PP with 6 tables, 24 figures, plus 9 folded charts and 36 plates with 100 b/w photos, as well as 1 large folded chart, and 15 folded charts & plans at rear. Cloth cover. Bookplates of Geoffrey Ingleton and Charles George Smith of Durban, Natal. Near fine. 32 x 23.
Expedition on board the Willebrord Snellius. Chapter I: Programme of Research and Preparations. Chapter II: The expeditionary ship and the Naval Personnel's share. Chapter III: The voyage in the Netherlands East-Indies. Chapter IV: Investigations on shore.
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$50

11085
VANMAI, Jean
FILS DE CHAN DANG

Nouméa. 1983. Editions de l' Océanie. 1st Ed. 298 PP, plus 24 pages with 42 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. French text. 20.6 x 15.
What the descendants of Vietnamese indentured labour achieved in New Caledonia and elsewhere, including North Vietnam after their repatriation of 1963.
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$35

59046
VIDAL, Didier (editor)
LA LETTRE DIPLOMATIQUE / THE DIPLOMATIC LETTER - No. 58

SARL VEC. Paris. 2002. Quarterly Magazine, No. 58, 2nd quarter 2002. 120 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French and English (translated by Alison Rowe) text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Russian Federation: pages 10 to 35. Kingdom of Morocco: pages 36 to 53. Bulgaria: pages 54 to 71. ... Uzbekistan. Israel
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$15

61405
VISONTAY, Michael
INDONESIA - 50 Years of Independence (in The Weekend Australian)

Sydney. 1995. The Weekend Australian. Special lift out & survey, 17 August 1995. 14 pages with 2 maps, b/w and colour photos. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 57 x 40.
A Tale of two heads (Sukarno, then Suharto), by Patrick Walters. ... East Timor.
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$5

61401
VISONTAY, Michael
VE-DAY - 50th Anniversary Special Edition (in The Weekend Australian)

Sydney. 1995. The Weekend Australian. Special edition, 6 May 1995. 8 pages with 2 maps in colour and 21 b/w illustrations (1 map, and photos). Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 57 x 40.
50th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. Articles by Helen Trinca, Richard Bosworth, David Horner ...
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$5

71720
VOLLMER, John E., KEALL, E. J., & NAGAI-BERTHRONG, E.
SILK ROADS - CHINA SHIPS

The Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto. 1983. 1st edition with a foreword by Joseph Needham. XVI, 240 PP with 1 table, 1 graph, 12 maps, 10 charts , 6 artist's rendition of sailing vessels, and b/w or colour illustrations. Title page: Vase porcelain, China, early 19th century. Pictorial soft covers with light wear, 2 small old tape marks on half- title page, o/wise near fine. 25.8 x 24. 0888543018
An exhibition on the East-West trade, held in Toronto, 10 September 1983 to 8 January 1984.
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$25

60837
von FÜRER-HAIMENDORF, Christoph
THROUGH THE UNEXPLORED MOUNTAINS OF THE ASSAM-BURMA BORDER (in The Geographical Journal)

London. 1938. The Royal Geographical Society. Article pulled out from Volume XCI, No. 3, issue for March 1938. 202 to 219 PP, plus 10 pages with 2 maps and 16 b/w photos. Soft cover. Near fine. 25 x 16.
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$10

65838
WALLER, John H.
GORDON OF KHARTOUM - The Saga of a Victorian Hero

New York. 1988. Atheneum. 1st Ed. XXI, (3), 504 PP with b/w illustrations (frontispiece and 6 maps), plus 16 pages with 42 b/w illustrations. Fp: Portrait of Charles George Gordon in Chinese Mandarin Dress. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 24 x 16. 0689118120
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$20

55291
WATSON, Philip (editor)
GRAND CANAL, GREAT RIVER: The Travel Diary of a Twelfth-Century Chinese Poet

London. 2007. Frances Lincoln Ltd. 1st Ed. Introduction and Commentaries by the translator Philip Watson. 256 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Eps: map of the route of Lu You 's journey on the Grand Canal and the Yangzi River. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16.5.
Travel between July and December,1170, of Chinese poet Lu You.
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$25

59929
WATT, Alan
THE ANZUS TREATY: Past, Present and Future (in Australian Outlook - Journal of the Australian Institute of International Affairs - Volume 24, No. 1)

Melbourne. 1970. The Australian Institute of International Affairs. Volume 24, No. 1 (April 1970). Edited by T. B. Millar. 101, (3) PP. Contains article pages 17 to 36. Soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 24 x 17..
Includes too (pages 81 to 86): Anzus and the American Alliance , by Norman Harper.
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$10

37588
WEEKS, Stanley B. & MECONIS, Charles A.
THE ARMED FORCES OF THE USA IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION

Sydney. 1999. Allen & Unwin. 1st Ed. in The Armed Forces of Asia series. XX, 300 PP with 5 maps, 8 tables and 8 organigrams. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.8 x 15. 1864489219
Organisation, roles and functions of each branch of the armed forces of the United States of America in the Asia and Pacific region. Historical background...
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$20

30883
WESTERLY
INDIAN SEAFARERS IN MODERN TIMES

Perth. 1984. University of Western Australia. Volume 29, No.4, December 1984. 96 PP. Contains article by Frank BROEZE from Page 17 to 24 with 8 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover with a crease, o/wise fine. 24 x 18.5.
Issue with "Focus on Indian Ocean Studies".
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$10

52334
WESTERMAN, Arthur B., COSTELLO, John C. Jr., FREUNDENREICH, Leo, B et al.
BLUE BOOK OF COASTAL VESSELS SOUTH VIETNAM / THANH-THU' VÊ' TAU THUYÊN CĀN DUYÊN MIÊN NAM VIÊT-NAM

Columbus, USA. 1967. Remote Area Conflict Information Center, Battelle Memorial Institute / Office of the Secretary of Defense & Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces. 1st Ed. XVI, 556 pp with hundreds of b/w illustrations (drawings, maps, plans, sketches and photos). Cloth cover, illustration on front cover Type C1-T12), title in Vietnamese and English on front cover and spine. Text in English and Vietnamese. Few pages with foxing spots or lightly soiled. Very good. Scarce. Oblong: 22.2 x 28.5.
Pages 1 to 17: Origin / Evolution of South Vietnamese Boats. Pages 19 to 27: Religious / Folklore Influences on S. Vietnamese Boats. Pages 29 to 38: Fish Types and Fishing Areas. Pages 39 to 55: Fishing Techniques and Equipment. Pages 57 to 78: Construction Methods and Materials. Pages 79 to 93: Detection clues for stop and search operation. Pages 95 to 116: Registration / Identification of Vessels and Crew. Pages 117 to 471: Wooden-Hulled Coastal Vessels. Pages 473 to 556: Steel-Hulled Coastal Freighters.
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$200

72382
WILD, Antony
THE EAST INDIA COMPANY - Trade and Conquest from 1600

HarperCollins Illustrated. London. 1999. 1st Paperback edition. 192 PP with 4 maps, b/w and colour illustrations. Half title page: Tipu's Tiger. Fp: Title page of the 1712 Journal of Isaac Pike, Captain of the Stringer. Eps: Map of The East. Stiff illustrated covers. Near fine. 28 x 22. 0004140540
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$25

63886
WILL, Captain John Baxter
TRADING UNDER SAIL OFF JAPAN: The recollections of Captain John Baxter Will, Sailing Master & Pilot

Tokyo. & Tallahassee, Fl. 1968. Sophia University & The Diplomatic Press. Edited with a Historical Introduction by George Alexander Lensen. XVI, 190 PP, plus a woodcut frontispiece, 2 plates and 4 folded plates (1 in colour). Fp: John Baxter Will's bookplate. Decorated endpapers. Cloth cover, vignette on spine with gilt title. Misbound copy with 8 pages blank. Pages 130, 131, 134, 135, 138, 139, 142 & 143 with photocopy of pages tipped in. Occasional foxing. Very good reading copy. 27 x 18.5.
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$10

51002
WILLIAMS, Maslyn
FACES OF MY NEIGHBOUR. Three Journeys into East Asia

Collins. Sydney. 1979. 1st Ed. 312 PP. Hard cover, dj. Print smudge in margin of verso of half title page. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 21.6 x 14. 02164353
Philippines. Japan. Korea.
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$10

50053
WINCHESTER, Simon
KRAKATOA. The Day the World Exploded: 27 August 1883

Viking / Penguin. Melbourne. 2003. 1st Australian edition. XVI, 432 PP with 12 headpieces and 57 b/w illustrations (charts, maps, drawings, engravings & photos). Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket rubbed. Ageing of paper and occasional foxing. Very good. 22 x 14.5. 9780670 914302
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$20

65702
WITTON, Lieut. George
SCAPEGOATS OF THE EMPIRE - The True Story of Breaker Morant's Bushveldt Carbineers

Sydney. 1982. Angus & Robertson Publishers Reprint of the 1907 original. (10), 247 PP with 1 b/w photo, plus 6 pages with 6 b/w photos. Hard covers, title on front board and spine, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise very good. 22.5 x 14.5. 0207146667
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$70

70978
WOOD, Frances
THE SILK ROAD

London. 2004. The Folio Society. 3rd printing of the 2002 original. 270 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread (in colour): Lady Wen-Chi's departure from China - see image. FEP: Map of the Silk Road in Central Asia. REP: Map of the Silk Road (Eastern Mediterranean Sea to China). Covers bound in silk, gilt decorations on covers by Neil Packer, gilt title on spine. Near fine. 26 x 19.
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$35

54223
WORSLEY, Peter
JOGJAKARTA 'S LIVING TRADITIONS (in Hemisphere, An Asian-Australian Monthly)

Canberra. 1971. Department of Education and Science. Volume 15, No. 2, issue for February 1971. 40 PP. Contains article from P. 20 to 27 with 3 colour and 4 b/w photos. Soft cover. Fine. 27.2 x 20.3.
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$10

67210
YAKATABUNE
YAKATA-BUNE / House-Boat

Brisbane. 1988. Japan Pavilion / World Expo 88. 1st Ed. No pagination, 9 PP (recto only) with b/w illustrations (photocopy quality): 1 plan, 1 cut away, 1 newspaper clipping, 4 woodblock prints. Soft cover, clear plastic front, spiral bound. Near fine. 29.8 x 21.
Wooden "House Boats", built on the embankments of the Sumida river, Edo / Tokyo.
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$15

54925
YOUNG, Gavin
MARSH ARABS, WATER DWELLERS IN A DESERT WORLD (in National Geographic Magazine)

Washington. 1976. N.G.S. Volume 149, No 4, April 1976. Article from P. 502 to 523 with 2 maps and 19 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
South east part of Iraq.
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$10

56169
YUEN, Y. C.
A GUIDE TO CANTONESE (self-taught)

Hong Kong. 1978. Author. 13th edition. (4), 58, (4) PP. Hard cover. Near fine. 16.5 x 10.5.
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$10

40008
ZELLNER, Peter
PACIFIC EDGE - Contemporary Architecture on the Pacific Rim

London. 1998. Thames and Hudson. 1st Ed. 224 PP with 496 illustrations (b/w photos, plans, sketches and 216 colour photos). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 27.8 x 25.8. 050034163X
A survey of the region's contemporary architecture, presented thematically rather than geographically to demonstrate the cross culture architecture.
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$20

50801
ZIEGLER, Oswald L. (editor)
THE WORLD AND SOUTH EAST ASIA

Oswald Ziegler Enterprises. Sydney. 1973. 2nd edition of the 1972 original. Foreword by E. G. Whitlam. 616 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings, flags, maps, photos, seals...), plus the 16 pages Alphabetical Index loosely inserted. FEP: Map of South East Asia and map o the Pacific Basin. REP: drawings. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29 x 20.7.
Bhutan, Brunei... Australia... New Zealand... Thailand, Vietnam.
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$20