Kentucky: Purple House Press, 2000. Leonard Kessler (illustrations). Reissue. Hardcover. 50th Anniversary Edition. Mr. Pine lived on Vine Street in a little white house. “A white house is fine,” said Mr. Pine, “but there are FIFTY white houses all in a line on Vine Street. How can I tell which..... More
London: Angus & Robertson, 1983. Reprint of 1977 Edition. Hardcover. Nonsense poems in French, when pronounced, sound like English nursery rhymes "THE MOST ECCENTRIC, ENTERTAINING AND ENIGMATICALLY ESOTERIC BOOK IN THE HISTORY OF HUMOUR AND PUBLISHING! Years of scholarly study have been spent analysing these ancient French rhymes..... More
Tempe, Arizona: Center for Asian Studies, Arizona State University, 1989. Trade Paperback. Rare. Monograph Series No. 24 The Qianfulun 潛夫論 "Comments of a Recluse" is a philosophical and political tractate written by the Later Han period 後漢 (25-220 CE) scholar Wang Fu 王符. Wang did not want to climb..... More
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Asserting that litigation in late imperial China was a form of documentary warfare, this book offers a social analysis of the men who composed legal documents. Litigation masters emerge as central players in many of the most scandalous cases in 18th-..... More
Ann Arbor, Michigan: Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, 2001. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Contains a complete English translation of Pan Chao's Lessons for Women 女誡. More
New York: Simon & Schuster BFYR, 2018. Chloe Foglia (jacket design). First Edition. Hardcover. When the California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, one teen is forced to make life and death decisions for her family in this harrowing story of survival from New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman and..... More
London: Thames & Hudson, 2019. Updated Edition. Hardcover. In this illustrated biography, we learn the origins of designer Eileen Gray and the details of her groundbreaking career. Gray began as a creator of opulent lacquer furniture and transformed into a pioneer of modernist design. Staying firmly independent, she developed a...... More
Zurich, Switzerland: Lars Müller Publishers, 2017. Softcover. What are the central global issues humanity is facing today? How dire is the future really going to be? And what are possible ways to turn this world into a better one? These are the questions that the book Our World to Change!..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1984. Gerald Grace (cover art). First Edition. Third Impression. Hardcover. More
Los Angeles: Kaya Press, 2019. First Edition. Paperback. Readymade Bodhisattva: The Kaya Anthology of South Korean Science Fiction presents the first book-length English-language translation of science and speculative fiction from South Korea, bringing together 13 classic and contemporary stories from the 1960s through the 2010s. From the reimagining of an..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Additional handling charge for heavy item. The central character in Susan Naquin's extraordinary new book is the city of Peking during the Ming and Qing periods. Using the city's temples as her point of entry, Naquin carefully excavates Peking's..... More
Hong Kong: Ther Locals Limited, 2020. Bess Chow, Ivan Ng, Yikho Leung , Nickson Liu , Samson Huang , Yuchun Wan , Deacon Lui, Charles Ho (photographs). First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. In the summer of 2019, Hong Kong entered the era of protesting. The extradition bill amendment triggered the..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1908. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. From Wikipedia: Mr. Crewe's Career is a 1908 best-selling novel by American writer Winston Churchill. The novel tells the story of a railroad lobby's attempts to control the New Hampshire state government using all possible tactics. Churchill's prior..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 2017. Robin Friend (cover photograph). First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by author. *Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award* *Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award* *Shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize* *Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2018* *A Sunday Times Book of the..... More
London: Lund Humphries, 1967. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Fifty classical Chinese stories presented in their original Chinese version, and also in romanized Chinese and Japanese versions, the latter having been prepared by W. Simon, professor emeritus of Chinese in the University of London. The Chinese romanized version is prepared..... More
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