New York: American Tract Society, 1839. First Edition. 12mo (18.5cm.); publisher's green stitched wrappers printed within decorative border; [109]-120pp. Faint vertical fold, light wear to extremities, some minor discoloration to upper cover, scattered foxing throughout, else Very Good and sound. Articles cover tract operations in Macao, Siam (modern-day Thailand), and..... More

New York: American Tract Society, 1839. First Edition. 12mo (18.5cm.); publisher's blue pictorial stitched wrappers; [97]-108pp. Faint vertical fold, light wear to extremities, brief soil to upper cover, else Very Good and sound. Contents include a report of the publications produced in a village in India. More

Leipzig: Verlag Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1925. First Edition. Quarto (30cm); yellow cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 253pp; black-and-white photographic (halftone) illustrations throughout. Text in German. Modest shelf-wear and -soil, with slight rubbing to cloth at board edges; Very Good. Dustwrapper has shelf-wear..... More

Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1985. First Edition. Octavo (24cm); gray cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xxii,[1],2-264,[4]pp; photographic frontispiece with illustrations throughout text. This copy from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. Slight..... More

Anand, India: Charotar Book Stall, 1968. First Edition. The back-to-the-land agrarian theorist's definition of the three categories of possession "which cannot be morally treated as property" under "trusterty"--human beings, natural resources, and legal grants. The author defines "trusterty" as a substitute for land ownership based on the early Christian rejection..... More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1948. First Edition. First impression. Octavo. Brown cloth hardcover; gilt spine-titles; xiv,568pp; map. A tight, square copy, Very Good or better; with scattered pencil marginalia. Two clipped obituaries are tipped onto the front flyleaf. Though his ownership markings do not appear in this volume, the marginal..... More

Hindhead, Surrey: Vipassana Foundation, [1970]. Second and Enlarged Edition. Slim octavo (20cm.); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers; 72pp. Wrappers a bit creased and rubbed, light foxing to extremities, else Good to Very Good. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. First American Edition. Octavo. 22.5cm. Publisher's bottle green cloth titled in gilt to spine. Lacking dustjacket. 372pp. Light wear to edges and spine ends, a little toning of the spine and dulling of the gilt. A very good, strong copy. Internally clean, fore-edge untrimmed..... More

London: Fabian Society, 1969. First Edition. Octavo (21.75cm.); original pale blue-grey staplebound wrappers; 30pp.; text in double columns. Fine. Young Fabian Pamphlet no. 18. Society membership form laid in. More

London: for James Knapton, 1688. First Edition in English. Small 4to (21cm). Later marbled paper-covered boards with gilt morocco spine label; vi,70pp. Mild external aging and wear; text quite fresh, a few leaves trimmed close at top edge but with no loss of printed area; easily Very Good. A most..... More

[Hong Kong]: Asia 2000, [1994]. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's photo-illustrated card wrappers; 124pp. Near Fine condition. Autobiographical novel based on the author's childhood growing up in Hong Kong to Chinese-Indonesian immigrant parents. More

London: Picador, 1998. First Edition. First impression, issue for India in "Picador India" dustwrapper. Generically inscribed, "with best wishes," signed and dated in year of publication. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 202pp. Touch of rubbing at base of spine, else Fine. In the original pictorial dustwrapper without printed price on front..... More

Aix-en-Provence: Edisud, [1996-2004]. 12 Issues in 8 texts, with nos. 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 11-12, and 13-14 released as double-issues, all softcovers, with publisher's promotional materials laid in. Octavo (24cm); white photographic paper wrappers; black-and-white and colorful photographic halftones and illustrations throughout. Full pagination available upon request. Text in French and..... More