Search Results: Titles starting with U from Asia Bookroom

Ukrainian-Canadian Servicemen's Association.. October,1943.. Black & white photographic illustrations, 31pp. Wrappers little worn and trifle foxed, otherwise a very good copy. The first issue of U.C.S.A., a periodical published for Ukrainian-Canadian soldiers, sailors and airmen during the Second World War. Includes a number of patriotic poems and testimonials, with a decidedly religious overtone, stressing traditional values, and advising on war-relevant practices. .

Manila.: Manila Junior Chamber of Commerce.. 1st Edition. 1959.. Black & white portrait of the author.Original wrappers, 34pp an ex library copy with the stamps of Michael Goldenberg Filipiana Memorial Library but in very good condition. 23 x 15cm. An analyses of several long-pending financial claims submitted by the Philippine government to that of the United States. Official gazette, Vol. 52, April, 1956. .

New York.: Columbia University Press.. 1979.. xiii + 364pp, notes, bibliography, index, upper edge foxed, dustjacket shelf worn with a little loss, a very good hardback copy. Torn between Japanese aggression and an increasingly bloody civil war, China presented a confusing and troubling picture to American policymakers between 1938 and the end of World War II. .

Berkeley.: University of California Press.. 1947.. iii + 17-102pp. Author's name neatly pencilled upper cover, wrappers somewhat worn with extremities little chipped, text clean and sound, overall a good copy. .

Coonoor.: United Planters' Association of Southern India.. 1953.. Black and white full page illustrations with captioned tissue guards, xiv + 452pp. Original green cloth binding considerably insected damaged, lettered in gilt on faded spine. Upper edge and corners little damp stained but nevertheless a sound and otherwise clean secondhand copy. .

London.: Routledge.. 2006. xii + 226pp, notes, bibliography. As new hardback. "'US-China Relations in the 21st Century' addresses the bilateral relations of these two nations on an international, domestic, societal and individual level between 1990 and 2005. Peaceful power shift remains a central dilemma in world politics, since historically power transition from a dominant nation to a challenger has been associated with international wars. This book examines whether China and the US can learn from history and manage a potential power transition peacefully. Grounding his research on contemporary US-China relations with thorough theoretical, historical and policy exploration, Zhu selects two important cases of power transitions in history as the background for this study: power rivalry between Great Britain and Germany (1871 to 1914) that led to the First World War; the peaceful power transition from Great Britain to the United States (1865 to 1945)." (Publisher's description). .

Singapore: NUS Press. 2017. xvii + 279pp, index, bibliography, paperback. At the height of the Cold War in Southeast Asia, the foreign relations between the United States and Singapore demonstrated the interplay between America's strategy of containment and Singapore's efforts at a non-aligned foreign policy. But there is a deeper story. American involvement in the Vietnam War not only held back the spread of communism in Southeast Asia, but also catalysed economic and strategic cooperation between the United States and Singapore. The author argues that Singapore might not have achieved its success so rapidly without the support of the US. As the war in Vietnam raged on, Singapore became a critical refueling point, also providing ship and aircraft repair for the US military. Commercial and strategic support from the United States lifted Singapore out of the economic doom predicted for the city-state after secession from Malaysia, cessation of Indonesian trade during Konfrontasi and Britain's military… Read More

Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.. American Edition.. 1942.. Profuse hanzi/kanji diagrams, over 1,500 pages, 23.5 x 16cm, 3.15kg. Dull cloth binding little rubbed, stamp of department library one endpaper, edges and few leaves marked, nonetheless a good sound copy. .

London.: George Allen & Unwin.. 1974.. Translated and edited by Leon M. Zolbrod. Black and white map and illustrations, 280pp, notes, appendices, bibliography, prior owner's signature front free endpaper, endpapers little browned, spine sunned, a very good hardback copy. "A collection of nine beautifully wrought tales of the supernatural, Ugetsu Monogatari is one of the greatest masterpieces of Edo fiction. Written by Ueda Akinari and first published in 1776, it is universally admired for the classical elegance of its style and for the supreme skill with which the tales are constructed and recounted." (Publisher's description). .

Canberra.: Australian National University.. 1972.. Maps, plans, notes, appendices, bibliography, glossary, indices including handwritten printed characters, xiii + 187pp, typescript. Cover slightly marked, previous owner's name barely visible, signed and dated by the author on front free endpaper. A very tight clean copy in card cover, 25 x 20.2cm. This book contains translations of two long extracts dealing with the Uighurs from the standard histories of the T'ang, extensively annotated and with an introduction explaining the significance of the Uighurs, their history, and their relations with the T'ang. .

Dusseldorf.: Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf.. 1990.. 15 pages of colour illustrations, 454 black and white illustrations, glossary, paperback with jacket. A little very light shelf wear. Very good copy. 29 x 24cm. Text in German, this catalogue does not appear to have been translated into English. .

New York.: Windward.. [Reprint].. (circa1978).. Map, full page colour illustrations, black and white illustrations, 390pp, glossary, index, bibliography, light browning throughout, dustjacket a little faded, very good hardback copy. "These woodcuts bear a singular vivid witness to Japanese everyday life between the 17th and 19th centuries. In this book, lavishly illustrated with 377 colour plates, authors Roni Neuer and Herbert Libertson take us through these centuries, tracing the development of the unparalleled technical and artistic achievement of ukiyoe. A biographical background by Sugusu Yoshida for the main exponents of the ukiyo-e genre - among them Moronobu, Harunobu, Shunsho and Utamaro - introduces each new section of prints." Publisher's description. .

Tokyo.: Shueisha.. 1975.. 64 full page colour plates some folding, black and white illustrations in text, 143pp, very good copy in dustjacket in original slipcase. Small quarto. Text in Japanese only. This is volume 6 of a 17 volume set published between 1973 and 1976. Each volume stands on their own with an overview of the work of the major artists of the ukiyo-e style. .

Leiden.: KITLV Press.. 2008.. Black and white photographic illustrations, xvii + 277pp, glossary, annexes, bibliography, index, a very good paperback copy. .

Singapore.: Sterling Corporate Services.. 1988.. Black and white illustrations, 72pp, some pencilling, covers have some sunning, ink transfer lower cover, internally sound and clean. 24 x 18.5cm. "The United Malay National Organisation (UMNO), after representing Malay political rights in Malaysia for 40 years was deregistered in February 1988 after a Kuala Lumpour High Court ruled that the organisation was illegal...In this book the author, Ranjit Gill, chronicles the major events that and developments over the past three years." - Publisher's description. .

Algeria.: Societe Nationale D'Edition et de Diffusion.. No 438 of 1975.. (c.1977).. Many tipped-in colour plates, black and white photographic illustrations, 27 + 97pp, very good copy in slightly worn dustjacket, quarto. Text in French and Arabic. Beautiful artwork of the people of Bou-Saada with accompanying commentary. .

Paris.: Calmann-Lévy, Editeurs.. [1912].. ii + 234pp, bound without the original wrappers in a dark green buckram binding. Verso of the title-page: Copyright 1911, Calmann-Lévy. Text block age-toned at the edges but a good clean and firm copy. 18 x 10cm. Pierre Loti, the French travel writer and novelist describes his discovery of Angkor, Le Pèlerin d’Angkor, which he wrote in 1901 and published in 1912. .

Singapore.: Marican & Sons.. Sixth Edition, Enlarged.. 1972.. 390pp, abbreviations, prior owner's signature front free endpapers, edges and first and last leaves some foxing, a prior owner's details front free endpaper, dustjacket chipped and worn, cloth a little marked. Text sound and clean, hardback copy. .

Singapore.: Marican & Sons.. Fourth Edition.. 1962.. 375pp, appendix, hardback in pictorial green cloth boards trifle worn, neat name of a prior owner front free endpaper, 22 x 14.5cm, very good copy. .

Kuala Lumpur.: Marican & Sons (Malaysia) SDN. Berhad.. Reprint.. 1972.. 427pp, abbreviations, hardback in green cloth extremities lightly worn, dustjacket and edges foxed and worn, still a good hardback copy. .