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London: Bloomsbury Publishing, (2000). First U.K. edition, this copy boldly signed in ink by Ondaatje in his characteristic minimalist style on the title page. Octavo (9.5" x 6.5"), 311 & [2] pages. Publisher's black cloth- patterned paper over boards lettered in bronze on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket. Ribbon marker sewn in.
Slight foxing mostly at the edges of the text block but occasionally evident internally, text a bit toned otherwise very good or better in fine dust jacket.
Ondaajte's fourth novel.
"From the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, Sri Lanka was in a crisis that involved three essential groups: the government, the antigovernment insurgents in the south and the separatist guerrillas in the north. Both the insurgents and the separatists had declared war on the government. Eventually, in response, legal and illegal government squads were known to have been sent out to hunt down the separatists and the insurgents.Anil's Ghost is a fictional work set during this political time and… Read More

Seoul, South Korea: Dijain Hausu, 1994 First edition. Small square 4to, 143, [1] pp, including numerous color illustrations from photographs. Publisher's black-lettered pale green cloth in pictorial dust jacket Ribbon marker sewn in, text in Korean. Upper margins of the covers slightly sunned, otherwise very good or better in lightly soiled dust jacket with moderate edge wear including a two inch closed tear, still better than good. An engaging volume presenting the culture, manners and customs of Korea.

New York: Viking Press, 1950. First edition. 8vo, 256 pages, illustrated. Publisher's light tan/ mustard cloth lettered & decorated in brown on the spine & front cover, with pictorial endpapers, in pictorial dust jacket.
Two corners slightly bruised, otherwise Near Fine in Good or better dust jacket, faded at the spine, lightly soiled, with edge wear including short tears & small losses.
"Elf was a tomboy English girl growing up in India. This is not only the story of her misunderstandings with her father and of their final hard-won friendship, but also a fascinating tale of life close to the jungle."~Excerpted from the dust jacket.
"A richly conceived portrait of India, loved and understood as a home, but distorted by a British colonial point of view - further weakened by the perspective of a spoiled child of eight." ~Kirkus Reviews.

Jakarta: Ceramic Society of Indonesia, (1980) First edition, one of 1000 copies. Small folio, [12], 221, [1] pp, profusely illustrated in color, corrigenda slip tipped to the last leaf. Publisher's gilt-lettered black "artpaper coated with plastic" over boards, in pictorial dust jacket & matching slipcase. Text in Indonesian & English. Slight bruise on the bottom edge of the front cover, otherwise fine in very good or better dust jacket with a some rippling in the lamination, in lightly rubbed slipcase Adam Malik was a politician, diplomat, and journalist, who served as the 3rd Vice President of Indonesia "This catalogue is devoted to antique foreign ceramics in the Adam Malik collection This is a section of a large collection numbering over one thousand pieces of Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese, and European ceramic wares." ~Excerpted from the Preface

New York: Anson D. F. Randolph & Company, 1883. Octavo (8" x 5.75"), xii & 601 pages, illustrated (facsimiles, plates, portraits, maps}. Publisher's gilt-lettered gray cloth.
Ex-library with occasional rubber-stamped marks of the Sunday School Library of Providence, Rhode Island's Central Baptist Church. Gilt dull, brief edge wear, lightly soiled, sporadic foxing & toning, otherwise good.
Adoniram Judson (1788 - 1850) was one of the first Protestent missionariies to Burma where he served for almost forty years. Among other accomplishments, he translated the Bible into Burmese. Author Edward Judson, the subject's son & biographer, also a clergyman, was not born until 1844 & could not have known much of his father on a personal level.

Paris: H Dentu, Editeur, 1892. 24mo, [16], 140, ii, [1] pp., including numerous plates. An inserted illustrated leaf with stub precedes the rear blanks (presumably as issued) Publisher's marbled paper over boards lettered in gilt on the spine Top edge gilt, ribbon marker sewn in Text in French. Lightly rubbed at the spine extremities & corners, otherwise near fine.A title in the Petite Collection Guillaume series & a lovely example of late 19th century French binding Translator Rosny indicates in the preface that this is the first Korean novel translated in French, and maybe the first translated in a European language.