Asia

Hardcover. Sydney/London, Murdoch Books , 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 327 pages, color plates. An Asian cookbook written with fresh eyes by an author whose soul lies in Asia but who has adopted techniques and ingredients from the west that endear his recipes to cooks everywhere. Structured by food type - from meat, poultry and seafood to vegetables, and dumplings -Tony Tan's Cooking Class takes readers through the fundamentals of more than 100 beloved dishes, many core to the canon, others dishes that he has made his own. Tan shares insights on the key building blocks, from the art of the wok to understanding the role of oils and fats to noodles 101 and the essential pantry. Beautifully photographed, thoughtfully illustrated and evocatively written, this is the essential book for a new generation on the essential foods and techniques of Asian cuisine from a beloved teacher, cook, writer and respected expert. Clean, bright copy.

Softcover. NY, Thames & Hudson, reprint, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pictorial wrappers, 160 pages in color. The fabrics of Indonesia have long held an allure. They have now won universal popularity, so much so that local names for techniques of dying and weaving - batik, ikat, tritik - have been adopted internationally as generic terms. The reverence accorded to textile art on the islands is reflected in every area of production; precision of weave and exquisite patterning are testimony to superlative craftsmanship. Lying at the heart of a vast network of trading routes, Indonesia has absorbed a wealth of foreign influences that have spawned an eclectic culture uniquely mirrored in its textile art. Over 200 color plates. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Frederick A. Praeger , 1st, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. 303 pages, b&w illustrations, maps. Eight years after the Russian capture of Tashkent in 1865, Schuyler, then American consul in St. Petersburg, set out to tour Russia's newly acquired dominions. Traveling entirely by road under primitive conditions, he managed in the space of 18 months to traverse the Steppe Region and record his observations of the Muslim people. Name, date on front fly leaf, no other markings.

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton, 1st, 1991, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 254 pages. Red phono disc of Tuvan throat singing still attached. As a stamp-collecting boy always fascinated by remote places, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman was particularly taken by the diamond-shaped stamps from a place called Tannu Tuva deep within Outer Mongolia. He hoped, someday, to travel there. In 1977, Feynman and his sidekick - fellow drummer and geography enthusiast Ralph Leighton - set out to make arrangements to visit Tuva, doing noble and hilarious battle with Soviet red tape, befriending quite a few Tuvans, and discovering the wonders of Tuvan throat-singing. Their Byzantine attempts to reach Tannu Tuva would span a decade, interrupted by Feynman's appointment to the committee investigating the Challenger disaster, and his tragic struggle with the cancer that finally killed him. Tuva or Bust! chronicles the deepening friendship of two zany, brilliant strategists whose love of the absurd will delight and instruct. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New Delhi, India, Lustre Press, Roli Books, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy still in publishers shrink-wrap. Stunningly photographed, this album offers a rarely seen view of the snow-clad peaks, mysterious lakes, massive glaciers, and fascinating people of the Himalayas.

Softcover. NY, Thames and Hudson, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 360 pages, Profusely illustrated with 712 photographs, 437 in color. Uzbek architecture, art, textiles, and more. Bright, clean copy. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. Boston, Bulfinch, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 204 pages. Combines photography with the writings of a Pulitzer Prize-winning author to create a portrait of contemporary Vietnam healed from the war and replete with lush landscapes, customs, villages, traditions, and cities.

Softcover. Berkeley CA, Shambhala, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, red & green patterned wraps. 142 pages with primarily b&w plates, select color & color frontispiece. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Honolulu, University of Hawaii, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 250 pages with 160 color and 20 black & white photographs of the elaborately carved and costumed puppets and portraits of the master puppeteers and carvers, list of Wayang characters, glossary, bibliography. Indonesia's wayang golek puppet theatre is among the world's oldest and richest puppetry traditions, contemporary with Japanese Noh drama and the mystery plays of Europe. In an unclipped dust jacket with some light fading to spine.

Hardcover. New York , Thames & Hudson, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 255 pages, clean hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. B&w photographs throughout by Bischof. His images were influenced by the major photo-movements of his time: the formal concepts of Das Neues Sehen (New Vision), the surrealism of Man Ray, and the documentary tradition of photojournalism. From the 1940s through the early 1950s, he covered World War II, the bombing of Hiroshima, and the Korean War for Life , Paris-Match , and other publications; his most famous series, "Famine in India," appeared in Life in 1951. This first major compilation of Bischof's work is nicely complemented by the text, a joint effort by son Marco and Swiss art historian Magnaguagno that vividly integrates biography and history. Dust jacket with minor edgewear, short closed tear to rear panel.

Hardcover. New York , Thames & Hudson, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 255 pages, clean hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. B&w photographs throughout by Bischof. His images were influenced by the major photo-movements of his time: the formal concepts of Das Neues Sehen (New Vision), the surrealism of Man Ray, and the documentary tradition of photojournalism. From the 1940s through the early 1950s, he covered World War II, the bombing of Hiroshima, and the Korean War for Life , Paris-Match , and other publications; his most famous series, "Famine in India," appeared in Life in 1951. This first major compilation of Bischof's work is nicely complemented by the text, a joint effort by son Marco and Swiss art historian Magnaguagno that vividly integrates biography and history.

Hardcover. NY, Stewart Tabori & Chang , 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 232 pages. Ortner's astonishing photographs portray his love and devotion for the Asian countries he has traversed over a 20-year period. This grand tour of spiritual lands includes natural and architectural sites in Nepal, India, Cambodia, Java, and Bali. The artist's fascination with majestic mountains and remote temples is beautifully captured throughout the book. In his best work, he portrays bizarre Hindu and Buddhist statuary and the faces of disheveled religious mendicants.

Hardcover. Syracuse University, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 272 pages. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, Art Media Resources, Inc., 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Illustrated with full color photographs. Bright, clean copy.