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London, printed for G. & W.B.Whittaker, 1820. Only known edition. (ii) (half-title), xlii (including an extensive and detailed table of contents (30pp)), 498pp, (ii) (advertisements for the author's other works). 1830 ownership name on blank preceding half-title. An instructive and vigorous resume. Some faint staining of first 3 leaves, otherwise contents clean, fresh and firm. Sprinkled edges, 12mo (7" x 4.25"), in early binding of half calf with marbled boards. Splits to ends of upper joint, and an early repair to base of spine, but boards firm and spine attractive with raised bands decorated with patterned ruling in gilt (largely rubbed) and blind, and with a black label lettered in gilt. VG.

Price: £60.00

St Botolph Publishing Co, London, 1946. First Edition. 111pp. 'In this book I shall try to describe the far-reaching transformation of morals and manners through which we are now passing, and I shall venture to look forward a little into the future to see where it is likely to lead.' The great futurologist gets to grips with the world post-war. Slight foxing to endpapers and slight bubbling to pastedowns: contents otherwise clean: printed on thin paper, slightly cockled. In original binding of light blue cloth printed in black, clean and bright, with minimal signs of wear. Printed green dustjacket is browned in places, and, being slightly taller than the book, the top edge is knocked and frayed, with some minor chips. Near-Fine/ VG-.

Price: £40.00

London: Abelard-Schuman, 1958. First UK / British edition. 189pp. Slight browning to free endpapers: contents otherwise fresh and clean and unmarked. In the original maroon cloth-textured binding lettered in yellow, clean, bright and firm, with slight blunting of head of spine and lower corners. In protected unclipped dustwrapper printed in black and gilt: clean and complete, with scuffing to joints, some very slight rubbing and soiling, and spine slightly faded. Nice copy. VG+/ VG.

Price: £50.00

Casa de Editare "Glob", Romania, 1990. Large paperback, quarto size: 100pp with 109 large photographs: text and captions in Romanian and English. A record of events and incidents, exorcising the people's hatred and resentment of the Ceaucescus after their departure and death in December 1989. Pictorial cover, edges slightly scuffed and knocked: VG. Scarce.

Price: £40.00

New York and Geneva: United Nations, 1996. First edition. vii, 181pp, illustrated, and including a bibliography. Large quarto. Contents clean and unmarked. Pictorial covers also very fresh, with minimal signs of wear at extremities. Near Fine.

Price: £100.00

Routledge Studies on China in Transition, London, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. xii, (ii), 271pp. Contents very fresh and unmarked. Binding clean, firm and sharp, head of spine faintly blunted. Near-Fine. ISBN 0415157269

Price: £75.00

Development Planning Unit, Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning, University College London, 1999. Foolscap softcover, printed both sides. 459pp: includes colour photographs and maps in the text. Examines the changes in the presence of Asian traders in Vladivostock from the mid nineteenth century up to the 1990s, and explores the dismantling of the "war-making" socialist state system and the reappearing of Chinese Korean traders, supported by the author's original fieldwork in the Chinese market in the city. Contents clean and unmarked, in printed blue textured card covers, knocked at one corner. VG.

Price: £35.00