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Burma:

Fischer, Edward . MISSION IN BURMA THE COLUMBAN FATHERS' 43 YEARS IN KACHIN COUNTRY
NY 1980 Seabury. 164p. Photo illus. Fine in Fine DJ. (a11259)
$27.00 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)
$250.00Myint 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)
$29.00Malcom, 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 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 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)
$59.00 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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