Storia regionale e locale

The Tibetans: a Struggle to Survive

Lehman, Steve With An Introduction By Robert Coles & An Essay By Robbie Barnett · 1998 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY: Umbrage Editions, 1998. Fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket.

Notes De Route: Maroc-Algerie-Tunise

Eberhardt, Isabelle With A Preface By Victor Barrucand · 1998 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Arlens: Actes Sud, 1998. Fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., 312 pages plus Table & Legended des Illustrations, illustrated. Text in French.

Among Warriors: a Martial Artist in Tibet

Logan, Pamela · 1996 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

Woodstock: Overlook Press, 1996. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine hard cover book in fine price clipped dust jacket., Inscribed, To xxxx, My friends and fellow pilgrims, by author on the title page.

Chinese Encounters

Morath, Inge & Arthur Miller · 1979 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

NY: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. 2nd printing., Fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., Miller & Morath traveled in China in 1978. Rather than a closed society, they found the people insisted on talking to them.

A View of the Mountains

Gibson, Morris · 1983 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$7.00 (€6.35 | £5.30 | ¥1,118)

NY: Beaufort, 1983. 1st printing of 1st US edition., Light foxing on front end paper otherwise Near fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket., Drs. Morris and Janet Gibson emigrated to the tiny town of Okotoks in the Canadian Rockies in the 1950s & set up their practices there.

Select Bibliography of South African Native Life & Problems

Schapera, I Compiler · 1964 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY: H.P. Kraus, 1964. reprint of Oxford University Press edition, 1941., Fine hard cover book in plain boards/ no dust jacket, as issued.

Afrika Bibliographie: 1943-1951

Mylius, Norbert · 1969 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY: Kraus, 1969. 1st printing of 1st edition., Near fine hard cover book in plain boards/ no dust jacket., A reprint of 1952 edition.

Contemporary Africa and Political Leaders

Uku-Wertimer, Skyne · 1988 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Littleton: Copley Publishing, 1988. Light edgewear otherwise near fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., A contemporary examination on a country-by-country basis of the demographics and biographic sketches of the then current political leaders of 56 Afr...

Shadows of Africa

Matthiessen, Peter & Mary Frank · 1992 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1992. Fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket.

Through African Doors

Jahn, Janheinz · 1962 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY: Grove Press, 1962. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine hard cover book/ small open tear & closed tears otherwise good dust jacket., An insightful below the surface look at African culture.

An Eye for the Dragon: Southeast Asia Observed: 1954-1970

Bloodworth, Dennis · 1970 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$2.00 (€1.81 | £1.51 | ¥319)

NY: Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1970. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine hard cover book/ short closed tear otherwise near fine dust jacket., One of the more interesting contemporary accounts of the region.

Chinese Village Close-Up

Tung, Fei Hsaio · 1983 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$17.50 (€15.88 | £13.25 | ¥2,795)

Beijing: New World Press, 1983. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine hard cover book/ edgewear otherwise very good dust jacket., Tung conducted his original research in 1936 in a village in Jiangsu province & published Peasant Life in China. He re-visited the village in 1957 at ...

Red Dragon Rising: Communist China's Military Threat to America

Timperlake, Edward & William C Triplett II · 1999 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

NY: Regnery, 1999. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine hard cover book/ light scuff on front dust jacket panel otherwise near fine dust jacket., China's political, military & covert actions towards the United States.

The South China Silk District: Local Historical Transformation and World-System Theory

So, Alvin Y · 1986 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

Albany: State University of New York, 1986. 1st paperback edition., Light foxing on page edges (not effecting page margins or text) otherwise clean, unmarked near fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., An examination of the culture from production, soci...

Freedom's Gateway

Leynse, James P · 1957 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Claremont: Creative Press, 1957. Slight darkening along the top edge otherwise near fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., Inscribed by author on half title page.

Genghis Khan: the Emperor of All Men

Lamb, Harold · 1927 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$3.00 (€2.72 | £2.27 | ¥479)

Garden City: Garden City Publishing, 1927. reprint., Front hinge separating (but intact) otherwise good hard cover book/ no dust jacket.

Biographic Dictionary of Chinese Communism: 1921-1965 Volume II (Lo Jui-Ch'Ing to Yun Tai-Ying) Only

Klein, Donald W & Anne B Clark · 1971 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

Cambridge: Harvard University, 1971. 1st printing of 1st US edition., Fine hard cover book/ light edgewear otherwise very good+ dust jacket., Biographies on 433 of the most prominent Chinese Communist figures.

The People of Taihang: an Anthology of Family Histories

Greenblatt, Sidney L · 1976 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$6.00 (€5.44 | £4.54 | ¥958)

White Plains: International Arts & Sciences Press, 1976. 1st printing of 1st edition., Foxing on first & last two pages otherwise very good hard cover book/ no dust jacket., The Taihang Mountains straddle the border between Shansi and Hopei provinces; it's a harsh terrain and ...

China's Economic Development: the Interplay of Scarcity and Ideology

Eckstein, Alexander · 1976 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

Ann Arbor House: University of Michigan Press, 1976. 1st paperback edition., Previous owner's ink name on inside front cover otherwise clean, unmarked near fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., From the reviews. this volume contains some of the most im...

Shrug: Trudeau in Power

Stewart, Walter · 1971 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$4.00 (€3.63 | £3.03 | ¥639)

Toronto: New Press, 1971. 3rd printing., Light shelfwear otherwise Near fine hard cover book/ Light chipping & edgewear otherwise good dust jacket., The first major study of the Trudeau regime.