Search Results: Titles starting with M from Asia Bookroom

Nashville, Tennessee.: Broadman Press.. 1958.. Black and white photographic plates, 137pp, some underlining in pencil, paperback worn at extremities. A sound secondhand copy. "Depicts the faith, courage, and devotion of the late M. Theron Rankin-missionary to China, regional secretary for Southern Baptists in the Orient, prisoner of the Japanese, and finally, executive secretary of the Foreign Mission Board." .

Gurgaon.: Penguin.. 2017.. Black and white photographic plates, xiv + 495pp, index, bibliography, notes, upper edge trifle foxed, paperback covers little bumped, a good copy. "Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran, or MGR, dominated Tamil Nadu's stratosphere for four decades. In this richly detailed biography of the man often called vathiyar or teacher, R. Kannan traces MGR's life from his early poverty-ridden years-a Class Three dropout-to his rise as a matinee idol, before becoming a politician of repute." (Publisher's description). .

Paris.: La Renaissance du Livre.. 1911.. Two folding maps: i: Plan de la Ville de Saigon. and ii: Plan de la Ville de Saigon, Cochinchine; at the rear. xxiv + 350pp and appendices. Original soft wrappers recased in red cloth binding, lettered in gilt on spine. Pages browning at edges but a very good firm and clean copy with the signature of prior owner, Dr Milton Osborne and dated Paris 1966. 19 x 12cm. Signed by the author with an inscription 'A mon collegue et excellent 'ami' E. Zillet.....Saigon 1912. French Cochinchina, was a colony of French Indochina, encompassing the Cochinchina region of southern Vietnam. .

UK.: Reaktion Books.. 2002.. Black and white illustrations, 135pp, a very good paperback copy. "Macao, an archipelago attached to China, is a place whose name is redolent with myth, legend and history. Established by the Portuguese in 1557, Macao's role as the Portuguese trading base for East Asia, and also as the outpost for the Christian Church in the area, meant that since its very beginning it has been a region where disparate peoples and beliefs have met, mingled and learned to co-exist. Its position, conveniently located on China's doorstep, ensured that trade flourished; it became a rich warehouse, where more goods were exchanged than anywhere else in the world. It was also a place of debauchery and turpitude, with gambling dives, opium dens, secret pleasure houses and an astonishingly successful smuggling industry. Administered by China since 1999, after two decades of intensive development Macao today has been transformed. From the end of World War II until the 1980s, however, time seemed… Read More

Hong Kong.: Angsana Limited.. First Edition.. 2013. Map, colour photographic illustrations, xxxiii + 447pp, index, bibliography, a very good paperback copy. 23.8 x 18.3cm. .

(Washington).: (A.O.P. Nicholson).. [1856.]. Tinted lithograph with added hand colour heightened with gum arabic, border with later ink rule, 15.1 x 23 cm, 19.8 x 26.2 cm (sheet), lower margin a little ragged, minor spotting to the margins, but in very good condition. A picturesque view of Macau from Penha hill, attractively coloured, prepared for Commodore Perry's "Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan..." (1856). The text notes: "It was from Macao, in the days of its opulence, that many of the commercial expeditions of the Portuguese were dispatched to Japan; and at Macao, too, the church of Rome had one of its most powerful ecclesiastical establishments, sustained by the dread might of the inquisition, which, in former times, exercised in the east the full force of its dark and cruel discipline. Now, however, the opulence and enterprise of its merchants are gone, and the awful dominion of the haughty ecclesiastics and their bloody tribunal has lapsed into… Read More

New York.: McKay.. 1965.. vii + 215pp, bibliography, index, content browned, good paperback copy. Biography of Diosdado Macapagal gives a comprehensive account of his personal life as well as his career in the government of the Philippines. .

New York.: Oxford University Press.. Reprint.. 1998.. Endpaper maps, colour and black and white illustrations, ix + 76pp, index, selected bibliography, very good hardback copy. 20 x 14cm. Images of Asia series. .

Macao.: Government of Macau.. 1985.. Colour illustrations, 47pp, cover extremities little worn, a good copy. .

Macau.: Livros Do Oriente. First Edition.. 1990. Black and white photographic illustrations, 350pp, index, notes, spine slightly sunned, a very good hardback copy. Text in Portuguese. .

Macao.: Derwent Communications.. 1992.. Map, colour and black and white illustrations, 169pp, index, bibliography, paperback in very good condition. 22 x 13cm. A collection of articles published by Shann Davies in Macau Travel Talk. .

Boulder.: Westview Press.. 2000.. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, notes, bibliography, index, xiv + 240pp. Very good hardback in like dustjacket. New Perspectives on Asian History Series. "In this evocative essay, Porter examines Macau as an enduring but ever-changing threshold between two worlds, the West and China.Porter looks at a series of images of Macau's history and reflects on the character and meaning of the multiple cultural and social influences that met and mingled there." Publisher's description. .

London.: Harper Collins Publishers.. 2005.. Maps, colour photographic illustrations, xxv + 294pp, index. Dustjacket spine slightly faded, but a very good hardback copy, signed by the author, 24 x 16cm. Any notion of sailing up the Mekong in homage to Francis Garnier has been unthinkable until now. From its delta in Vietnam up through Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Burma and on into China, the Mekong has been a no-go river, its turbulent waters fouled by ideological barriers as formidable as its natural obstacles. But recently the political obstacles have begun to be dismantled – river traffic is reviving. John Keay describes the world of the Mekong as it is today, rehabilitating a traumatised geography while recreating the thrilling and historic voyage of Garnier in 1866. The French expedition was intended to investigate the ‘back door’ into China by outflanking the British and American conduits of commerce at Hong Kong and Shanghai. Two naval gunboats headed upriver into the green… Read More

Tokyo.: DISCO Networking.. First Edition.. 1998. Black and white photographic illustrations, 48pp, family timeline, bibliography, good paperback copy. The author researched this well known story and here presents evidence that the character of Madame Butterfly was based on his great-great-great grandmother Madame Tsuru Glover. .

London.: Merrell.. 2012.. Colour photographic illustrations, 239pp, index, a very good hardback copy. 25.6 x 20.4cm. "'Made in Japan' is a simple phrase, but one full of meaning. From kettles and cutlery to chairs, Japan creates some of the most innovative, elegant, whimsical and well-made objects in the world. Combining high aesthetic standards with cutting-edge technology, many of these designs turn everyday items into functional works of art that would look as good in a museum as on a kitchen counter. 'Made in Japan' surveys 100 of the country's recent design triumphs, among them furnishings, utensils, gadgets, clothing, office equipment and even a silent guitar." (Publisher's description). .

Makassar.: Universitas Hasanuddin.. 1970.. 67pp, paperback. Light sunning covers, upper right corner slightly bumped otherwise good copy from the library of Professor C. Skinner. Hasanuddin University Magazine Indonesian Language edition. .

Djakarta.: Penerbit Bhratara Dengan Kerdjasama Dengan Ikatan Sardjana Sastra Indonsia.. 1968.. 133pp, paperback. Spine a trifle faded, light shelfware covers, otherwise good copy from the library of Professor C. Skinner. Indonesian Journal of Cultural Studies, volume 4, no. 1, 2. English and Indonesian articles. .

Makassar.: Universitas Hasanuddin.. 1970.. 60pp, paperback. Sunning of covers, a few leaves creased, otherwise good copy from the library of Professor C. Skinner. Hasanuddin University Magazine Indonesian Language edition. .

Makassar.: Universitas Hasanuddin.. 1970.. 63pp, paperback. Light sunning around edge of covers, otherwise good copy from the library of Professor C. Skinner. Hasanuddin University Magazine Indonesian Language edition. .

Two black and white albumen photographs mounted on card backing. One photograph has the title Madras Toddyman Climbing a Tree printed on it. This image measures 20 x 15.2cm. The second image does not have a title printed on it but has a prior owner has pencilled 'Sweep well' underneath the image. 20.1 x 14.5cm. .