DETENTION CAMPS IN ASIA
Written by Robert Cribb; Christina Twomey; Sandra Wilson.
Stock no. 1327150
Published by Koninklijke Brill Nv. 1st 2022. Nearly fine condition.

Social Sciences in Asia Volume 41. The conditions of confinement in modern Asian history. Glazed pictorial boards. 314 pages. ISBN: 9789004471726. Minimal bumping to spine else a fine copy.

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CHINA AND GLOBAL NUCLEAR ORDER FROM ESTRANGEMENT TO ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT
Written by Nicola Horsburgh.
Stock no. 1327148
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 2015. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An empirically rich study of Chinese nuclear weapons behaviour and the impact of this behaviour on global nuclear politics since 1949. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 234 pages. ISBN: 9780198706113. Third impression. Minimal bumping to spine and minimal rubbing/creasing to dustwrapper edges.

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ZOO QUEST FOR A DRAGON
Written by David Attenborough.
Stock no. 1827665
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The full account of David Attenborough's expedition ot the islands of Indonesia inj search of the Komodo dragon. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos and 3 colour. Shelf wear to top & tail of spine. Small bookshop label to front pastedown. Rear hinge pulled. Contents clean.Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-chipped with a few closed tears repaired with tape, rear panel is a little grubby. Overall a nice copy.

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THE GREAT PEKING TO PARIS EXPEDITION
Written by Warren Brown; Mick Matheson; Lang Kidby.
Stock no. 1327035
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The fascinating story of the ultimate road trip and the people who made it in 1907. With no roads, and no maps, but eleven men in five cars farewelled Peking to drive 10,000 miles to Paris. Almost a century later, in 2005, a grand scheme was concocted to re-create the original 1907 Peking to Paris Raid in the original makes of veteran cars. An engrossing record of the remarkable modern-day expedition, comprising the authors' fascinating, often hilarious and always compelling diary entries along with breathtaking photographs. Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 0732282535. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased.

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IN XANADU: A QUEST
Written by William Dalrymple.
Stock no. 1827517
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2015. Slightly better than very good condition.

With a new introduction by the author. The author's quest across Asia to Coleridge's Xanadu. Pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuff marks (shelf wear).

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MONSOON TRADERS: THE MARITIME WORLD OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY
Written by H.V. Bowen; John McAleer; Robert J. Blyth.
Stock no. 1326799
Published by Scala Publishers. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The maritime story of the East India Company is one of wealth, power and the pursuit of fortune but is also a story of conflict, conquest and piracy on the high seas. This book explores the Company's origins and its early encounters with Asia, as well as its rise to wealth and trading pre-eminence. Cream paper boards, silver title to spine. B/w pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 9781857596755. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a bit creased at edges.

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THE EFFECTS OF THE ATOMIC BOMBS AT HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI: REPORT OF THE BRITISH MISSION TO JAPAN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827253
Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1st 1946. Very good condition.

On August 6th, 1945, an American Super-Fortress flying at 30,000 feet dropped a single atomic bomb over the Japanese mercantile city of Hiroshima. Three days later, a second atomic bomb was dropped over the industrial city of Nagasaki. The British Mission which spent the month of November, 1945, in Hiroshima and Nagasaki gives this report which tells what as seen and what could be learnt three months after the bombing. Cream paperwraps with blue title to front. Staple binding. 21 pages plus b/w photos. Covers a little grubby, corners a little worn/creased. Contents clean.

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CHINA THE FACTS
Written by P.T. Etherton.
Stock no. 1326566
Published by Ernest Benn Limited. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Yellow cloth, black title to spine. 257 numbered pages. B/w photos, folding map at rear of book. Spine bumped. Endpapers browned. Foxing to contents else clean.

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FOREIGN DEVILS ON THE SILK ROAD
Written by Peter Hopkirk.
Stock no. 1827115
Published by John Murray. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The search for the lost cities and treasures of Chinese Central Asia. B/w photos. ISBN: 071953738X. Text block and edge of boards foxed. Contents otherwise clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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INDIRA GANDHI ON PEOPLES AND PROBLEMS
Written by Indira Gandhi.
Stock no. 1827105
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book contains more than two dozen of the Indian Prime Minister's most important speeches from the time she first became Prime Minister of India in January 1966. New Edition with additional material. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0340348976. Foxing to top edge of text block. Grey dustwrapper is a little grubby, lightly creased at edges and lightly scuffed.

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THE CARTOGRAPHY OF THE EAST INDIAN ISLANDS: INSULAE INDIAE ORIENTALIS
Written by David E. Parry.
Stock no. 1826884
Published by Countrywide Editions Ltd. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A guide to the cartographic history and maps of Insulae Indiae Orientalis or the East Indian Islands as the area came to be known for over three hundred years: the world's largest archipelao and the home of the fabled spice islands of the Moluccas. Large oblong format. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780955170119. Some foxing to text block else contents clean. Red pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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FISHES OF MALAYSIA
Written by Mohd Azmi Ambak; Mansor Mat Isa; Mohd Zaidi Zakaria; Mazlan Abd Ghaffar.
Stock no. 1826760
Published by Penerbit UMT. 1st 2010. Very good condition.

Presenting the diversity of fishes found in Malaysia. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 9789675366260. Boards scuffed. Text block just a little grubby. University rubber stamp to front endpaper and a second rubber stamp messily scribbled out with black felt tip pen. Contents otherwise clean.

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