Search Results: Asia from Ainsworth Books

London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0340525320 . Light edge wear to dust jacket, pages a little tanned as is common in British publications of this era. Previous owner has written a few notes bottom of page 100 ; 9.29 X 6.38 X 0.94 inches; 224 pages; "Follows the author's travels through Central Asia from the Russian border with China to the dome of Gur Emir. The author offers a history of the areas he visited and describes the tension which exists between Russians and Muslims in the south of the Soviet Union due to perestroika." .

Fresno, CA: Electric Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 091691920X . Previous owner's name on FFEP; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; B&W Illustrations; 0.8 x 9.1 x 5.4 Inches; 306 pages; The second printing has added information .

London: Robinson Publishing. Very Good+. 2002. Third Printing. Softcover. 1841194905 . Card covers show light corner curl, creased bottom fore corner.; A bright, solid book, B&W illustrations.; Trade PB; 126 X 1.3 X 198 inches; 459 pages; "Fuelled by hatred of foreigners and all they stood for, the ferocious uprising of Chinese peasants and ensuing siege of Peking in the summer of 1900 sent shockwaves around the world. Diana Preston brings thundering to life this 55-day conflict between the 'Boxers', so-called for their martial-arts skills, and the Westerners - such as the young Herbert Hoover - they terrorized." .

New York: St Martins Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0312108583 . Back fore cornerners a little bumped, short tear top DJ fore corner ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Illustrated with B&W plates and maps ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 686 pages; "Allen's work deals primarily with the human elements of the forgotten war waged between the doomed empires of Great Britain and Japan in Southeast Asia between 1941 and 1945. The author's familiarity with Japanese sources enables him to strike a balance unusual in Western accounts. Allen's Japanese are as much prisoners of their culture as the British are of theirs. They are victims of incompetent command and inadequate logistics. They do not want to die, but their ready acceptance of death lends a special horror to Allen's descriptions of some of the century's most vicious fighting." (Library Journal) .

London: Collins. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 0002171414 . Light edge wear to book & DJ; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 231 pages; This ISBN represents both paperback and hardcover editions. This is the HC. How Mao's successor plotted and failed: an inside account of the most mysterious event in the history of modern China. .

Toronto ON: Doubleday. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 0385146949 . Date written top front free end paper, one short tear each side top of book spine. Price clipped dust jacket has numerous short tears, creasing and chipping ; Stated First Edition on copyright page, A tight solid book, hinges intact, B&W photos and map. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 252 pages; "The Hong Kong expedition was a shameful tragedy. Nearly all 2000 Canadian soldiers (Winnipeg Grenadiers & Royal Rifles of Canada), poorly trained and badly equipped, were sent to help defend an outpost that Winston Churchill had already written off as expendable. After only 17 days fighting, the British colony collapsed on Christmas Day 1941, and the survivors spent the reainder of the war in barbarous POW camps." (author) Ted Ferguson compiled much of his information through interviews with survivors of the POW camps. .

Tokyo: Sincho Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 4104370010 . Only slight wear to book, light chipping top edge of DJ ; Text completely in Japanese script, DJ in Mylar, bound in satin bookmark ; B&W Photographs; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 335 pages; "Akio depicts Indonesian politics through the family life of Megawati. Writing journalistically, she strongly emphasizes Megawati’s gender roles—as daughter, mother, and wife—especially her “destiny” as the daughter of Indonesia’s first president. Arguably, she draws the contrast between Megawati and Soeharto too simply as “good” and “bad.” However, she has gathered wide-ranging source material, including interviews with everyone from taxi drivers to Megawati herself in the period before she became president. The material from her several interviews with Megawati are of special value in understanding this often silent Indonesian leader." .

New Delhi, India: HarperCollins India. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2003. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 8172234481 . Book and dustjacket show some edgewear, remainder mark bottom page edges ; Red satin bookmark bound in. A bright, solid book, dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 9.13 X 6.22 X 1.18 inches; 363 pages; A perceptive study of the remarkable phenomenon of dynastic rule, and a fascinating account of the Indian subcontinent's social and political history during the second half of the twentieth century. The durability and unrivalled dominance of India's Nehru-Gandhi dynasty mean that it has long commanded the world's attention, and guaranteed its place in history. However, it is not the only dynasty within India, let alone the neighbouring countries of South Asia and beyond. Indeed, there is a large number of clans striding the political stage in the region -- the Senanayakes and the Bandarnaikes were entrenched in Sri Lanka well before Indira… Read More

New York: W. W. Norton & Co.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. 0393046869 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W illustrations. Extensive background notes at back of book. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 676 pages; "Drawing on a vast range of Japanese sources and illustrated with dozens of astonishing documentary photographs, Embracing Defeat is the fullest and most important history of the more than six years of American occupation, which affected every level of Japanese society, often in ways neither side could anticipate. " .

Toronto: Random House Canada. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2013. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0307357546 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, previous dealers stamp on back pastedown, remainder marks on top and bottom page edges. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 436 pages; "In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Empress Dowager Cixi – the most important woman in Chinese history – brought a medieval empire into the modern age. Under her, the ancient country attained virtually all the attributes of a modern state and it was she who abolished gruesome punishments like ‘death by a thousand cuts’ and put an end to foot-binding. Jung Chang comprehensively overturns the conventional view of Cixi as a diehard conservative and cruel despot andalso takes the reader into the depths of her splendid Summer Palace and the harem of Beijing’s Forbidden City,… Read More

London: Sidgwick & Jackson. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 0283997702 . Only slight wear to book and DJ; Dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Photographs; 9.40 X 6.30 X 1.40 inches; 335 pages; "Korea was, years before Vietnam, the first great East-West clash, a stalemate which cost over 140,000 American lives. This is an exclusive look at the crucial intervention of the Chinese into the conflict - an act that brought the super-powers to the brink of nuclear war." .

Tokyo: Tokyo News Service, Ltd.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. 1st Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. DJ and boards show some shelf wear, some toning of pages, DJ has short tears and light chipping, sun-faded. ; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Numerous B&W and color plates on glossy paper throughout the book ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 322 pages; An extensive explanation of the tradition and culture of the Japanese people to help the English speaking world understand. .

Bejing, China: Foreign Languages Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2005. Later Printing. Hardcover. 7119007726 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 496 pages; "First published in Chinese in 1964 and then banned by the revolutionaries ten years later, this remarkable autobiography presents the story of a man who served twice as emperor of China, once as emperor of the Japanese puppet state in Manchuria, and then underwent a complete re-education in the prisons of the Communist Chinese government, finally leading a life as an ordinary citizen.Placed on the throne in 1908 at the age of two, Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi became the tenth ruler of the Ch'ing Dynasty and the last emperor of China. Forced to abdicate four years later but permitted to remain in the Forbidden City until the Ch'ing court lost power in 1924, Pu Yi spent his youth surrounded by eunuchs, princes, cooks, consorts,… Read More

Peking: Foreign Languages Press. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1979. 2nd. Hardcover. Sticker removal damage front panel of dust jacket, DJ scuffed with light chipping, top fore corners a little bumped. ; Volume one only. A tight solid book, dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8.10 X 5.60 X 0.80 inches; 247 pages; First published in Chinese in 1964 and then banned by the revolutionaries ten years later, this remarkable autobiography presents the story of a man who served twice as emperor of China, once as emperor of the Japanese puppet state in Manchuria, and then underwent a complete re-education in the prisons of the Communist Chinese government, finally leading a life as an ordinary citizen.Placed on the throne in 1908 at the age of two, Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi became the tenth ruler of the Ch'ing Dynasty and the last emperor of China. Forced to abdicate four years later but permitted to remain in the Forbidden City until the Ch'ing court lost power in 1924, Pu Yi spent his… Read More

New York: Viking Adult. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. 1st Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670834386 . DJ shows some wear head and tail of spine, short tears, light rippling top of front panel. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Delightful drawings by Zhang Qing ; 7.8 X 7.4 X 1.0 inches; 181 pages; "First edited and translated by American missionary Elizabeth Cooper in 1914, and issued as My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard, this two-part collection of letters has been adapted by best-selling author Goudge. The first letters, written in the 1880s, are from a young wife to her new husband, who is traveling. They provide details of aristocratic family life within the strict confines of a traditional Chinese courtyard home. The second set, written 25 years later, are from the wife to her mother-in-law and record the early-20th-century transition to modern China. Unfortunately, the editorial additions (made in the original translation by Elizabeth Cooper)… Read More

Toronto: Viking. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670063762 . A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 6.3 X 1.38 X 9.25 inches; 412 pages; "Over two thousand years old, the Great Wall of China is a symbolic and physical dividing line between the civilized Chinese and the “barbarians” at their borders. Historian Julia Lovell looks behind the intimidating fortification and its mythology to uncover a complex history far more fragmented and less illustrious that its crowds of visitors imagine today. Lovell’s story winds through the lives of the millions of individuals who built and attacked it, and recounts how succeeding dynasties built sections of the wall as defenses against the invading Huns, Mongols, and Turks, and how the Ming dynasty, in its quest to create an empire, joined the regional ramparts to make what the Chinese call the “10,000 Li” or the “long wall.”" .

Toronto, ON: Lester & Orpen Dennys. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. 0886191866 . Small spot bottom page edges, light edge wear to dustjacket ; DJ in Mylar, bright, solid book ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 285 pages; "Poet Zhang Yonglin is sentenced to a labor camp he ironically describes as a haven amidst the hysteria of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. After he marries a woman he had seen eight years earlier, the story becomes, on one level, an analogy between his temporary sexual impotence and the postion of intellectuals. A year later he is ready to abandon his wife and escape from the camp. Cameo appearances by philosophic and literary figures Marx and Meng-tz, Othello and Song Jian discussing China and sex which allows the incorporation of non-novelistic elements while indulging in gallows humor. The references to Western culture and the translator's historical notes should make this complex and fascinating book easily… Read More

Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1906. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Only light wear to green cloth covered boards, circular stamped design on front board, gift notation on FFEP. Top edge gilt, hinges intact, 'containing one hundred illustrations and maps.' ; Top edge gilt, 2 fold-out maps, bright, solid book. ; Vol I only; 401 pages; Richard Hildreth (journalist and historian) originally published this in 1855 with editions in 1856 and 1861 closely following. This edition has attempted to make the information more accessible to the Western reader .

New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Bottom book fore corners a little bumped. Price clipped DJ chipped with short tears and creasing, some soil. ; A tight solid book, dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Fold-out duotone map tipped in next to title page. ; 8.20 X 5.90 X 1.50 inches; 599 pages; A virtual "Who's Who" in Asia, from Tel Aviv to Tokyo, on the eve of WWII. Gunther introduces the history and national characteristics of each nation, together with the biographies of their statesmen, politicians and war lords. Full of details and anecdotes, this is a superb accomplishment. This was a very timely analysis of the Asian world in a world in flux, on the cusp of a worldwide conflagration. You must remember that Japan was in the process of a brutal attack on China and within a matter of a few years after the end of WWII, Palestine would become Israel and India would emerge from the influence of Great Britain. The… Read More

Tokyo: Tokyo News Service. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket shows wear and chipping ; A tight solid book, dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 194 pages; The author gives a balanced view of life in post-WWII Japan. .