New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1970.) dj. Hardcover - Map endpapers. Bibliography, index. 415 pp

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1970.) dj. Hardcover - Map endpapers. Bibliography, index. 415 pp

Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, (c 1915). Hardcover - The third book in this series about two boys who make their way around the world, working as they go. Illustrated throughout with small drawings by the author. 244 pp plus 15 pp publisher's ads.

New York: Random House, 2000. First edition - Novel based on legends in Amitav's family. Begins with a young man befriending a girl during the British invasion of of Burma in 1885.

San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - In this journey around the globe, we encounter true heroes including the Dalai Lama; Jane Goodall; the famed dissident of Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi; and Oscar Arias of Costa Rica, who share their historic struggles and show us how to find optimism in the face of anguish, and compassion in the place of animosity. Despite the optimism expressed by these leaders, peace seems ever more elusive in the modern world. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Foreword by Ela Gandhi. Notes, index. xiii, 368 pp. ISBN: 0-062517414.

San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - In this journey around the globe, we encounter true heroes including the Dalai Lama; Jane Goodall; the famed dissident of Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi; and Oscar Arias of Costa Rica, who share their historic struggles and show us how to find optimism in the face of anguish, and compassion in the place of animosity. Despite the optimism expressed by these leaders, peace seems ever more elusive in the modern world. Foreword by Ela Gandhi. Notes, index. xiii, 368 pp. ISBN: 0-062517414.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by this Burmese author, the story of a young woman and her brother, children of a wealthy family, forced to leave Burma after a savage political coup, who arrive in America and must cope both with destitution and being in an alien country. 195 pp. ISBN: 0-394-52957x.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. First edition - The author's highly praised and unusual first novel, set in Burma in 1886. The author spent a year studying malaria on the Thai - Myanmar border, which gives the setting its authenticity. Author's note, 317 pp. Rather uncommon advance issue - and even though the cover indicates a first printing of 150,000 copies, the book went quickly into later printings.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's highly praised and unusual first novel, set in Burma in 1886. The author spent a year studying malaria on the Thai - Myanmar border, which gives the setting its authenticity. Author's note, 320 pp. This went quickly into later printings. ISBN: 0-375-414657.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's highly praised and unusual first novel, set in Burma in 1886. The author spent a year studying malaria on the Thai - Myanmar border, which gives the setting its authenticity. Author's note, 320 pp. This went quickly into later printings. ISBN: 0-375-414657.

New York: Harper & Brothers, (1957) dj. Hardcover first edition - An informal introduction to the countries of South-East Asia, which the author revisited in the 1950s with her husband and young son. They spent over a year living in Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Bali, Burma and Ceylon (Sri Lanka). While she tells something of the history of each country, she focuses more on their way of life - a way which for most is now gone. Map, index. 240 pp. Map endpapers.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1957). Hardcover first edition - An account of the author's travels in Indo-China [Vietnam], Cambodia, Laos, Siam, Burma, Malaya and Indonesia in the period right after the collapsing of the colonial powers and of newly independent states. The "dragon" casting its shadow is Communist China. Illustrated with maps and photographs. Translated from the German by Mervyn Savill. Publisher's black tape on copyright page. 288 pp.

Bloomington,IN: Indiana University Press, (1965) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of the development of the theatre in Burma from the end of the 19th century onwards, which focus on the Great Po Sein and his family, who were major figure in Burmese theatre. Illustrated with 15 photographic plates and drawings by Ba Lone Lay. Glossary, bibliography. xiv, 170 pp.

Berkeley, CA: Traveler's Tales, (2001). SIGNED first edition - A "poignant and hilarious worldwide tour of culinary and romantic adventures" that "exhibits Lowell Thomas Award winner Richard Sterling at his tough and tender best." SIGNED on the dedication page. Prologue, epilogue. x, 286 pp. ISBN: 1-885211708.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008. dj. Hardcover first edition - "Thirty years after the epic journey chronicled in his classic work 'The Great Railway Bazaar,' Theroux re-creates his 25,000-mile journey through eastern Europe, central Asia, the Indian subcontinent, China, Japan, and Siberia. . . In the three decades since, the world he recorded in that book has undergone phenomenal change. The Soviet Union has collapsed and China has risen; India booms while Burma smothers under dictatorship; Vietnam flourishes in the aftermath of the havoc America was unleashing on it." 496 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-618-418873.