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Fischer, Edward . MISSION IN BURMA THE COLUMBAN FATHERS' 43 YEARS IN KACHIN COUNTRY
NY 1980 Seabury. 164p. Photo illus. Fine in Fine DJ. (a11259)
$27.00Binney, Mrs. J. G.. TWENTY SIX YEARS IN BURMAH: RECORDS OF THE LIFE AND WORK OF JOSEPH C. BINNEY DD
Philadelphia 1880 first edition. American Baptist Publications Society. Octavo, 383pp., frontis of Joseph Binney, index, hardcover. Baptist library bookplate and signature. Fair, some light soiling in text; paper in inner front margin cracking; cover tips rounded. Text lightly toned. (a18877)
$35.00 Linebarger, Paul and Genevieve . BURMESE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS EXTRACTED FROM SOUTHEAST ASIAN GOVERNMENTS AND POLITICS
Washington 1959. 4to., 131 leaves typed (or carbon) on rectos only, boards. 'To be published by Van Nostrand Co 1959.' VG, minor cover soiling. (a19432)
$250.00 Kaznacheev, Aleksandr . INSIDE A SOVIET EMBASSY EXPERIENCES OF A RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT IN BURMA
Phila. 1962 1st Lippincott. Edited with introduction by Simon Wolin. Fine in VG DJ. (a22429)
$25.00Myint Thein, Maung. WHEN AT NIGHTS I STRIVE TO SLEEP A BOOK OF VERSE
Oxford 1971 first edition. Asoka Society. Burmese scholar and lawyer. Large octavo., 75pp., printed pictorial green wraps. Fine. (a40392)
$28.00 Aung, Maun Htin . BURMESE FOLK-SONGS COLLECTED AND TRANSLATED BY MAUNG MYINT THEIN
Oxford 1970 Asoka Society. 8vo., 63pp., wraps. VG. (a40552)
$50.00 Forester, Fanny (name on spine) Emily C. Judson (name on titlepage) . MEMOIR OF SARAH B. JUDSON MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN MISSION TO BURMAH
NY 1849 (1848) L. Colby. Her childhood in U.S. and her painful short life in Burmah. Hardcover. 12mo., 250pp., frontis engraving, red cloth with gilt picture, gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Owner signed. Fairly Good, worn but intact, binding secure. (a4979)
$45.00 Guggenheim, Ferdinand . INDISCHE KUNST
Dresden 1923 Reissner. Sculpture, architecture and art of India, Burma, Java. In German. Sm.8vo., 150pp., 35 abbildungen, hardcover. Good, light wear. (a52031)
$29.00Milne, Mrs. Leslie and Cochrane. SHANS AT HOME. WITH TWO CHAPTERS ON SHAN HISTORY AND LITERATURE BY REV. WILBUR WILLIS COCHRANE
London 1910 1st Murray. Hardcover. Octavo., 289pp., color frontis, photo illustrations, cloth. Top edge gilt. Blindstamp on title page, institution stamp and a few small numbers on verso of title page; pocket on rear end paper . Good, top inch of front blank end paper cut off; some stains and residue of glue from removed label on spine, stain at edge of frontis. Binding secure and text clean. no d j. (a58628)
$95.00Malcom, Howard. TRAVELS IN SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA: EMBRACING HINDUSTAN, MALAYA, SIAM AND CHINA; WITH NOTICES OF NUMEROUS MISSIONARY STATIONS AND A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE BURMAN EMPIRE - 10th edition with 63 ENGRAVINGS
Philadelphia n.d. (1854) American Baptist Publication Society. Tenth American Edition. Small octavo., 432pp., plates, foldout map, original yellow end papers, original brown cloth with gilt statue figure on front and gilt decorated spine. Fairly Good, one tiny chip on backstrip; a few tiny holes in cloth on rear outer hinge; some light foxing on plates, spine ends and cover extreme tips lightly worn. No owner marks. (a61500)
$59.00 Howard, Randolph L. . BAPTISTS IN BURMA
Philadelphia 1931 2nd printing of first edition. Small octavo., 168pp., photo illustrations, red cloth hardcover with black picture on front cover of elephant at work. Good plus, light cover soiling. (a61619)
$55.00 O'Connor, V. C. Scott . THE SILKEN EAST A RECORD OF LIFE AND TRAVEL IN BURMA (2 volumes complete)
London 1904 1st Hutchinson. Two volumes. Hardcovers. Large octavos, 842pp., 20 color plates, numerous photo illustrations, 2 large foldout maps (including panorama of the Ruby Mines), index, original bright blue cloth with full gilt trim. Set was in a Nunnery library and has several stamps on lower margins of initial pages, and there a residue of spine numbers on each volume. Owner bookplates (William Crozier). Good, paper cracking on inner hinges but binding still quite secure. Text clean and bright. 2 volumes. Heavy volumes. Very Scarce. (a65487)
$620.00 Hall, H. Fielding . THE SOUL OF A PEOPLE
London 1911 Macmillan. Originally printed in 1908. Small octavo, 314p., original gilt hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a66662)
$27.00 Stuart, Arabella W. (Mrs. M. Willson) . THE LIVES OF MRS. ANN H. JUDSON AND MRS. SARAH B JUDSON WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MRS. EMILY C. JUDSON, MISSIONARIES TO BURMAH
Auburn and Buffalo 1854 Miller Orton & Mulligan. Hardcover. Octavo, 371pp., two engraved portraits, one of Ann and one of Emily, original red cloth. Fairly Good, text clean and binding secure, a very few pages have very light foxing, cover is quite worn, some chips on spine, worn spine ends. (a67256)
$29.00 Enriquez, Major C. M. F. R. G. S. (Theophilus) . A BURMESE WONDERLAND A TALE OF TRAVEL IN LOWER AND UPPER BURMA
Calcutta and Simla 1922 1st Thacker, Spink & Co. Hardcover. Small octavo, 265pp., photo illustrations,green cloth with gilt lettering. Author of A Burmese Enchantment, A Burmese Loneliness and many other books. One of his scarce titles. VG , excellent condition, cover a bit faded, no ownership marks. (a68276)
$200.00 (prison camps) . REPORTS ON BRITISH PRISON CAMPS IN INDIA AND BURMA VISITED BY THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS IN FEBRUARY, MARCH AND APRIL 1917
NY 1918 Doran. Octavo, 63pp., wraps. Good. (a74760)
$30.00 Mendelson, E. Michael, edited by John P Ferguson . SANGHA AND STATE IN BURMA: A STUDY OF MONASTIC SECTARIANISM AND LEADERSHIP
Ithaca 1975 1st Cornell. ISBN 0-8014-0875-X. Hardcover. Octavo, 400pp., blue cloth. VG, light wear on corners, spine lettering faded away, no DJ. (a81156)
$145.00Myint Thein, Maung. WHEN AT NIGHTS I STRIVE TO SLEEP A BOOK OF VERSE
Oxford 1971 first edition. Asoka Society. Burmese scholar and lawyer. Large octavo., 75pp., printed pictorial green wraps. VG. (a87748)
$24.00 Richards, William C . THE APOSTLE OF BURMA - A MISSIONARY EPIC IN COMMEMORATION OF THE CENTENNIAL OF THE BIRTH OF ADONIRAM JUDSON
Boston 1889 (1888 first edition) Lee and Shepard. Hardcover. Epic poem. Octavo, 146p., cloth. Fair, cover quite worn and soiled. spine ends worn down. (a87920)
$30.00Craw, Sir Henry. THE BURMA ROAD
1942. Article with text map in single complete issue of The Geographical Journal, May-June 1942. Other articles in issue as well. Octavo, original blue printed wraps. VG. No ownership marks. (a88263b)
$32.00 von Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph . THROUGH THE UNEXPLORED MOUNTAINS OF THE ASSAM-BURMA BORDER(contained in one issue of The Geographical Journal for March 1938)
London. 1938 first edition. Royal Geographical Society. Original printed octavo wraps. Single complete issue of The Geographical Journal, March 1938, vol XCI, no 3. Furer-Haimendorf article on pp. 201-219 with 2 photo illustrations and two amll text maps. VG plus, no ownership marks. (a91951a)
$35.00 Hall, H. Fielding . A PEOPLE AT SCHOOL
London 1906 first edition. Macmillan. Hardcover. octavo, blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and gilt peacock on front board. 286p. Good plus, owner signed, light cover rubbing and wear; hinges not cracked; text clean ;binding secure. no dj. (a92376)
$59.00Collis, Maurice. LORDS OF THE SUNSET - A TOUR IN THE SHAN STATES
NY 1938 first edition. Dodd Mead. Hardcover octavo. Orange cloth with dark brown lettering and trim. Large foldout map (map is in fine condition) 326p. Some photo illus. VG, foxing on closed page ends; in fairly Good dj - dj worn, spine ends worn and lightly chipped but complete and price not clipped. (a95438)
$85.00 Sein, Kenneth and J. Withey. . THE GREAT PO SEIN, A CHRONICLE OF THE BURMESE THEATER
Bloomington 1965 1st Indiana University. 8vo., 170pp., illustrations by Ba Lone Lay, hardcover, Fine in VG DJ, price clipped. (mu523)
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