New York: China Institute, 1999. With Contributions by Kenneth J. DeWoskin and Mitchell Clark. 143pp., tall thin 8vo, glossy pictorial wrappers; very minor bump to lower front corner. New York: China Institute Gallery, 1999. A near fine copy. Catalog produced to accompany "The Resonance of the Qin in East Asian Art", September 17-December 12, 1999. More
Antwerp: Henrico y Cornelio Verdussen, 1709. 42 maps with original hand color, including elaborate "Plani-Spherium Coeleste." Colored frontispiece (split along right margin of plate). 232 pages, slight water staining on lower right of pages. 12mo, original brown calf (corners rubbed), tan leather label. Antwerp: Henrico y Cornelio Verdussen, 1709. Third edition. Very good (+). This very rare pocket atlas describes the world at the end of the 17th century. Published in the former Spanish Netherland by the Catholic cleric Don..... More
Slim 8vo, printed wrappers. (London): Curzon Press, (1980). Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies Monograph Series, No. 43. More
Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1958. Illustrated in color & in black & white. 67 pages. 8vo, spiral bound stiff wrappers, wrappers lightly soiled, otherwise very good. Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1972. More
Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1958. Illustrated in color & in black & white. 67 pages. Slim 8vo, gray boards with red-stamped cover. Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1972. A fine copy. More
Singapore: Graham Brash, 1990. 50 color plates and 50pp. of descriptions of the plates. 8vo, pictorial boards, pages very slightly wavy in right margins. Singapore: Graham Brash, (1990). Very good Facsimile of the 1814 edition. More
Peking: New World Press, 1963. Black & white illustrations. 112pp, 16mo, boards, dust wrapper; d.w. lightly soiled & torn. Peking; New World Press, 1963. Very good. More
8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. N.Y.: knopf, 1988. Near fine. More
La Haye: Pierre Gosse, 1756. 5 of 6 volumes, lacks volume 1. 12mo, rubricated titles and edges, yellow glossy boards (corner lightly bumped), leather spine labels. La Haye: Pierre Gosse & Nicolas Van Daalen, 1756. Fifth Edition. Very good (+). More
Peking: Henri Vetch, 1935. Well-illustrated with 115 nicely printed color plates. xxii, 184, [23] pages. Small thick 4to, bound in colorful brocade silk with no lettering. Peking: Henri Vetch, 1935. Limited edition-- one of 320 copies, this one un-numbered. Very light foxing on a handful of text pages but the plates are all clean. A very good(+) copy this uncommon title. More
Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1964. Illustrated in black and white. Unpaginated, very slim 4to, white pictorial wrappers (very slightly edgeworn and dust soiled). Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, 1964. A very good(+) copy. More
New York: Beechhurst, 1953. Color frontispiece with 192 illustrations. 366 pages. 8vo, green cloth; somewhat worn. New York: Beechhurst, (1953). First American edition. Several pages with minor penciling, else a very good copy. More
Leipzig: Richard Hadl, 1935. Many tipped in black & white photographs. 239pp. (pages 105-344), large 8vo, printed wrappers; some chipping to outer margin, unopened. Leipzig: Richard Hadl, 1935. A very good copy. Chapters by various authors in both German and English. More
New York: Knopf, 1984. Illustrated in black & white. 383pp. 8vo, 1/2 gray cloth, d.w. New York: Knopf, (1984). Very good Biography of the Dalai Lama and history of Tibet since the Chinese conquest. More
London: Sotheby's, 1985. Frontis illustration and color images throughout.180 pages. Tall 4to, green cloth, d.w. London: Sotheby's, (1985). Ownership signature on front endpaper, still a near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1971. 287 pages, 8vo, red cloth, dust wrapper (price-clipped and edge-worn). Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1971. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Washington: Sackler/Harvard, 1987. Profusely illustrated in color and in black & white. Short very thick folio. 599 pages, rust leatherette, d.w. Washington D.C. Arthur Sackler Foundation, 1987. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
New York: Scribner, 1906. 816 pages. Very thick 8vo, yellow pictorial cloth gilt-stamped with Chinese and English text. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. Ownership signature and some tearing to cloth at spine ends, still a very good copy. Covers a large variety of topics, from cannibalism to embroidery, marriage to pawnshops, rice to zoology, all arranged alphabetically. More
London: Religious Tract Society, 1911. Color frontispiece and color title page, other b/w plates throughout. 370 pages. Very thick 8vo, original gilt-stamped pictorial cloth, spine faded and edges lightly rubbed; light stains in margin of pagers 256/7. London: Religious Tract Society, 1911. Very good. More
Berleley: Gillick Press, 1945. Black & white illustrations. Interpretative text and art analysis by Katherine Ball. Short square folio, cloth, d.w. Berkeley: Gillick Press, 1945. Limited First Edition. One of 500 copies, with the stamped signature of the author. More
New York: Norton, 1999. With color & b/w illus. 240 pages. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. New York: Norton, (1999). Near fine in near fine dust wrapper. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960. 575 pages, thick 8vo, maroon cloth, chipped dust wrapper. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1960). First edition. A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
387pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w. Washington, (1974). Near fine. More
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983. Profusely illustrated in color. 191 pages. Folio, natural cloth, pictorial slipcase. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, (1983). A near fine copy, previous owner signature to endpaper, in a very good(-) slipcase, uneven sunning to spine and rear board, paper damage to corners. More
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