Search Results: Authors starting with J from Asia Bookroom

London.: Chatto and Windus.. 1927.. Translated with an introduction by J. A. Makepeace. x + 296pp, glossary, linen spine with marbled paper covered boards, now considerably worn at extremities, cloth spine faded. Prior owner name inscribed on 3 pages. Some foxing throughout. A sound reading copy. This fictitious work was for many years believed to be based on the letters of a Chinese man living in Melbourne in the 1890s. Their veracity was such that a number of the letters were included in Roger Pelissier's collection of documents relating to China 'The Awakening of China' which was published first in French and then in English and used in Chinese history classes through to the 1980s. 'A Chinaman's Opinion of Us' is an interesting example of what was then the relatively new principle of cultural relativism. .

Bombay.: Government Central Press.. Facsimile.. n.d.. Map, 173pp, index, paperback. Facsimile reprint of the 1919 edition. .

Singapore.: AsAA Southeast Asia Publications. Heinemann Educational.. 1979.. Maps, xiv + 418pp, neat name front free endpaper, very minor wear paperback covers. Includes: Is there Development in Sarawak? Political Goals and Practice - Michael Leigh; The Location of Development Centres for Rubber Smallholders in Peninsular Malaysia - George Cho; The Impact of Economic Modernisation on the Orang Asli (Aborigines) of Northern Peninsular Malaysia - Kirk Endicott. .

London.: T. Cadell, Jun. & W. Davies.. 1799.. Folding frontispiece map, xvi +277 pages, ii pages of publisher's advertisements, five full page illustrations engraved by William Cooke, original half calf with marbled boards, corners rubbed and bumped, the map foxed, a couple of text leaves spotted, the front pastedown marked, but in very good condition. Scarce and sought after account of John Jackson's intrepid journey. A merchant, he departed Bombay by ship on 4 May 1797 for Basrah. He proceeded via the Euphrates and Tigris to Baghdad, and travelled through Kurdistan, Armorica, Anatolia, Bulgaria, Wallachia, and Transylvania, reaching Hamburg on 28 October the same year. Daunting in its scope, it was a route for the most part untested by European travellers and his disarmingly straightforward entries "always on the spot, from day to day" (preface) suggested that the route whilst dangerous, was navigable all year round. The fine engraved plates by William Cooke (uncaptioned but described in the… Read More

New York.: Rubin Museum of Art.. 2010. Maps, colour and black and white photographic illustration, xxiii + 239pp, notes, bibliography, index, hardback, dustjacket, 30.3 x 25.5cm, veru good copy. This book was published in conjunction with an exhibition at Rubin Museum of Art in New York held between 2010 and 2011. The book covers the Beri style which flourished to its height from 1360 to 1460 and was adopted as Tibet's universal painting style and includes several major works by 15th century Newari artists. .

Berkeley.: University of California Press.. 1980.. Map, xxiv + 375pp, bibliography, sound in very slightly worn dustjacket. .

Berkeley.: Ten Speed Press.. 2000.. Colour photographic illustrations, 183pp, bibliography, index, paperback, 25.5 x 25.5cm, very good copy. An extraordinary exploration of footbinding that encompasses Chinese art and mythology, social and political history, and art. .

Singapore.: AsAA Southeast Asia Publications. Heinemann Educational.. 1979.. Maps, xiv + 418pp, dustjacket spine lightly faded and a little rubbed on extremities, review copy with stamps on front free endpaper. Includes: Is there Development in Sarawak? Political Goals and Practice - Michael Leigh; The Location of Development Centres for Rubber Smallholders in Peninsular Malaysia - George Cho; The Impact of Economic Modernisation on the Orang Asli (Aborigines) of Northern Peninsular Malaysia - Kirk Endicott. .

Rome.: Jesuit Historical Institute.. 1971.. Black & white photographic illustrations. Original stiffened wrappers, viii + 402pp, head and tail of spine a torn, corners bumped and covers a little marked but a very good firm copy. 24 x 17cm Probably the preliminary version of Antonio Galvao's lost Historia das Molucas, edited, annotated, and translated into English from the Portuguese. Manuscript in the Archivio General de Indias, Seville. .

New York.: Random House.. 1970.. 155pp, upper and lower edges shelf-rubbed, somewhat soiled and worn dustjacket. "A look at the agonizing dilemmas facing Israeli peace advocates, Arab guerrillas and some American Jews." (Publisher's description). .

Rutland.: Tuttle.. Reprint.. 1979.. Map, black and white and colour plates, index, 208pp, fore edge a trifle foxed, dustjacket faded at spine but still a good copy. Small quarto. .

Denmark.: NIAS Press.. 2008.. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, 327pp, index, bibliography, glossary. Paperback, in very good condition, 22.6 x 15.2cm. This is the first study to address the place of women in the longue duree of Cambodian history. "Trudy Jacobsen examines the relationship between women and power in Cambodian history. Here, she seeks to describe when and why the status of women changes and what factors contributed to these changes. Although Cambodian women have been represented at different times as 'powerless' in Western analyses, the author argues that they continued to exercise authority outside those areas of concern to Western constructs of power." Publisher's description. .

London.: Asia Publishing House.. Second edition revised and enlarged.. 1961. Maps, x + 279pp, bibilography, index, front paste-down a little insect damage, ednpapers trifle browned, spine lettering a little faded, a sound hardback copy. Chapters cover post-war agrarian conditions in Java and Sumatra, Burma, Malaya, Indochina, The Philippines and Thailand. The author looks at indebtedness and the cycle of poverty in these areas, and the social unrest that these conditions breed. .

Thailand.: Asia Books.. 1997.. 360 colour illustrations, 9 black and white illustrations, 319pp, index, bibliography, glossary, dustjacket spine sunned, hardback copy. 28.5 x 29.5cm. "With a comprehensive chronology and glossary of terms, Angkor: Cities and Temples is both an essential source of reference for specialists in Southeast Asian culture and history, and a remarkable visual record of the extraordinary and mysterious achievements of Khmer civilization." - Publisher's description. .

Paris.: Ecole Francaise d'extreme-orient.. 1995.. Black and white photographic illustrations, xxxiv + 296pp, a very good copy in paperback. Text in French and Cham. A collection of articles originally published in the Bulletin de l'Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient in the early 20th century about inscriptions on steles and other stone surfaces in temples of the Cham Kingdom. .

Thailand.: Asia Books.. 1997.. 360 colour illustrations, 9 black and white illustrations, 319pp, index, bibliography, glossary, dustjacket spine sunned, hardback copy. 28.5 x 29.5cm. "With a comprehensive chronology and glossary of terms, Angkor: Cities and Temples is both an essential source of reference for specialists in Southeast Asian culture and history, and a remarkable visual record of the extraordinary and mysterious achievements of Khmer civilization." - Publisher's description. .

Bangkok.: Orchid.. 1998. xx + 187pp, index, bibliography, appendices, dustjacket. This book is about cultural translation and comparison between Hinduism and capitalism, which can both be concieved as sociocultural systems which influence the ways people think, feel and communicate. .

London.: Slovak Council.. 1938.. Maps, black & white portrait frontispiece, 45pp. Wrappers and edges little foxed, spine trifle browned, overall a very good, bright copy. A discussion of the life of Father Andrej Hlinka, controversial founder of the clerical fascist Slovak People's Party (SLS) and a leading advocate for Slovak independence. This booklet was published in October 1938, two months after Hlinka's death, and coincident with the creation of the pro-German Slovak Republic led by Jozef Tiso - Hlinka's successor as leader of the SLS. Includes three maps, one of Czechslovakia prior to the 1938 Munich Agreement, and one after, showing the geographic dispersal of Czechs, Slovaks and Ruthenians (Ukrainians), the third map depicts the supposed plan of Hanus Kuffner and Edvard Beneš to partition Germany and Austria-Hungary after the First World War to create an oversized Czechia. .

No place of publication in English.: No details of publisher in English.. c.1957.. 8pp (127-134), inscription by author first page, stapled wrappers patchily browned, taped spine, name and author handwritten in ink upper cover, lower corners creased, some underlining in red crayon. Reprint from Der Islam. .

New Delhi.: Radiant Press.. 1984.. lx + 364pp, bibliography, appendix, index, good copy. Review copy with stamp on front free endpaper, two leaves incorrectly trimmed at lower corner, upper hinge starting. Nonetheless a clean and sound copy in dustjacket. .