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![Item #21842 Japan Grand Tour [Reconstructed Postcard Archive, c.1923–1927] [Approx. 70 postcards](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/21842.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1775064775)
HISTORICAL CONTEXT —Produced during a period of increasing Western tourism to Japan, these postcards reflect both the country’s established cultural heritage and its presentation to international audiences. The Taishō era marked a transitional moment in which traditional sites were actively documented and circulated through photographic media, shaping Western perceptions of.....
London: Printed by A. Strahan Printers’ Street, for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806. Second Edition. Half-leather hardcover. "Barrow accompanied Lord Macartney's mission to the court of China in 1792 as his private secretary, and the present account of the country, accompanied by a number of fine plates, is one.....
![Item #21316 Adventures in New Guinea [Pacific Exploration; Missionary Travel]. James Chalmers](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/21316.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1763826900)
London: The Religious Tract Society, 1889. James Chalmers (1841–1901) was a Scottish missionary whose work in the Pacific made him one of the most active and widely traveled observers of New Guinea in the late nineteenth century. After sailing to Australia aboard the missionary vessel John Williams in 1866, Chalmers.....
North Carolina: Duke University Press Books, 2001. A New Soft cover. For readers interested in the intersections of space, gender, sexuality, and ethnicity, this book has a wealth of insights to ponder. And for those interested in the complexity, vibrancy, and challenges of today's urban and urbanizing China, this book's.....
USA: Villard, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good Hardcover in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Child has everything he needs for an Ian Fleming-type mountaineering drama: a great setting in the Pamir Alai region of Kyrgyzstan; a cast of quick-witted American mountaineers (three men and one woman); a backdrop.....
New York: Viking, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Corn begins his adventures in Jakarta, a teeming city of eight million, and concludes them in Padang, a port city where he stays overnight at an isolated, near-empty hotel run by a coquettish middle-aged Englishwoman. In between are.....
Berkley Press: University of California Press, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. James Delgado is one of the world's preeminent marine archaeolgists; he's also a terrific writer, and Khubilai Khan's Lost Fleet is a fascinating adventure tale packed with insights into a maritime empire.....
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1913. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. A travelogue that originally appeared in the Sunday Supplement of the San Francisco Chronicle. The author relates his travels to Japan, the Philippines, Hon Kong, Canton, Singapore, and Rangoon, India, Egypt. One of his final.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885. Illustrations by J.B. Gibbs. First Edition, First Printing. Zoologist and explorer Henry Ogg Forbes recounts his wide-ranging expeditions through the Eastern Archipelago between 1878 and 1883, traversing Java, Sumatra, the Moluccas, Timor-Laut, Timor, and the remote Cocos-Keeling Islands. Blending scientific rigor with vivid travel.....
Washington DC: Alvin Rosenbaum Projects, Inc, 1988. A fascinating visual documentation of China during a period of dramatic political and social change. Gamble, an American sociologist and photographer, captured a wide range of scenes, from bustling urban centers to rural landscapes, providing a rich portrait of Chinese life in the.....
![Item #16844 Japanese Proverbs [Tourist Library: 33]. Otoo Huzii](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/16844.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1683493783)
Japan: Board of Tourist Industry / Japanese Government Railways, 1940. Illustrated by Senpan Maekawa. Japanese wisdom, and traditional knowledge presented in English and Japanese for an English speaking tourist, dated 1940 only a year prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.More than lists of sayings, this is a useful introduction.....
![Item #21688 Mount Omi and Beyond [First Edition] [Tibet Mountaineering] [Sacred Mountains]....](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/21688.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1772668727)
London: William Heinemann, 1901. First Edition, First Printing. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE ----Archibald John Little was one of the most intrepid British travelers in China, famous for being the first to pilot a steamer through the Yangtze Gorges. Mount Omi and Beyond represents his more contemplative work—a journey into the spiritual and.....
New York: Random House, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. In the twilight of British governance, Hong Kong, the Crown Colony, emerges as a captivating tapestry of contradictions, pulsating with excitement yet riddled with complexities. Here, opulent displays of wealth coexist with pockets of profound deprivation, crafting.....
![Item #21741 China and Japan Mapped with Adjoining Countries [Manchukuo / Far East Strategic Map]...](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/21741.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1773773378)
Sydney: H.E.C. Robinson Pty. Ltd., [ca. 1937–1940]. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE —H.E.C. Robinson established himself as the definitive mapmaker for Australia and the South Pacific, with his firm providing the geographical context for the 'Near North' to an anxious public. This map, released between 1937 and 1940, captures the final years of.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1953. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Out of a journey through the East comes this revealing and warmly personal book about the problems and hopes of peoples now coming of age. [from the dust jacket] Background Information:Anna.....
Bangkok: River Books, 1993. Freeman, Michael - Photography. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Palaces of the Gods stands as a definitive work on the Khmer architectural heritage in Thailand. Through meticulous research and exceptional photography, Siribhadra and Moore have created a volume that not only documents but.....
![Item #21635 Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan [Association Copy] [Inscribed to USS St. Louis Commander]....](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/21635.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1771454087)
[Japan]: Shukosha Printing Co., 1985. First Edition, First Printing. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE --In the mid-1980s, Nagasaki’s prefectural government leaned heavily into its identity as a gateway of international trade and natural beauty. This book, produced for the Tourist Section, avoids the 'Atomic Martyrdom' narrative common in other local publications, choosing instead.....
New York: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1989. Fourth Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Karel van Wolferen’s The Enigma of Japanese Power offers a compelling analysis of Japan’s political and economic system. Blending history, journalism, and cultural insight, the book explores the influence of the bureaucracy, business networks, and social hierarchies.....
London: Robert Hale Limited, 1951. Second Printing.
New York: History Book Club, 2006. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Wolff skillfully blends history and narrative to depict the insurrection, highlighting key figures like William H. Taft and Emilio Aguinaldo. He also delves into the heated debate, with Republicans like McKinley and Roosevelt advocating for war, countered by figures like.....