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 about The Resonance of the Qin in East Asian Art
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 about El Atlas Abreviado, o Compendiosa Geographia del Mundo Antiguo, y Nuevo
Slim 8vo, printed wrappers. (London): Curzon Press, (1980). Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies Monograph Series, No. 43. More about Economic Man in Sha Tin; Vegetable Gardeners in a Hong Kong Vallet
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 about A Handbook on Chinese Art Symbols
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 about A Handbook on Chinese Art Symbols
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 about The Costume of China; Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Chinese
London: Studio Editions, 1988. Foreword by Lord Maclehose of Beoch. 109 color plates, reproduced from the engravings of William Alexander and George Henry Mason. 223pp., 4to, cloth, d.w.; lower edge of rear cover dented near the spine, dust wrapper lightly worn at head of spine. London: Studio Editions, (1988). A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More about Views of 18th Century China: Costumes: History: Customs
London: Studio Editions, 1988. Foreword by Lord Maclehose of Beoch. 109 color plates, reproduced from the engravings of William Alexander and George Henry Mason. 223 pages, folio, brown cloth (small tear at top front hinge), dust wrapper (front panel of dust wrapper crumpled at top edge) London: Studio Editions, (1988). A very good copy in a good dust wrapper. Remainder mark, bottom edge. More about Views of 18th Century China: Costumes: History: Customs
Many b/w illus., 339pp., tall 8vo, cl.-backed bds., d.w. N.Y.: Crown, (1980). First Edition. Near fine. More about Explaining China
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 about Our Seven - Their Five: A fragment of the story of Gung Ho
8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. N.Y.: knopf, 1988. Near fine. More about Children of China; Voices from Recent Years
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 about Lettres Chinoises, ou Correspondance Philosophique, Historique et Critique
New York: Knopf, 1980. Illustrated with 170 color photographs. 201pp., square 4to, black boards, d.w.; dust wrapper is edge-worn and torn. New York: Knopf, 1980. First Edition. A very good (+) copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More about In China
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 about Ming-Ch'Ing Dynasties: a.d. 1368-1644, a.d. 1644-1912
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 about Chinese Art
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 about Artibus Asiae: Volume 5
192pp. 12mo, cloth, d.w. Moscow, U.S.S.R., 1972. A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More about From Anti-Imperialism to Anti- Socialism; The Evolution of Peking's Foreign Policy
8vo, cloth, d.w. Garden City, 1960. A very good(+) copy. More about Fortress: the Story of the Siege and Fall of Singapore
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 about In Exile from the Land of Snows
New York: China Institute, 2002. With an essay by Yuan Bingling. Illustrated with color photographs. 139pp., thin 4to, stiff, glossy pictorial wrappers; very minor fading along top edge of front cover. New York: China Institute Gallery, (2002). A fine copy. More about Blanc de Chine: Divine Images in Porcelain
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 about Chang Chih-tung and Educational Reform in China
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1925. Illustrated by Lucille Douglass. 464 pages, 8vo, patterned cloth (edge-worn; corners very rubbed). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, (1925). Good. More about A Chinese Mirror: Being Reflections of the Reality behind Appearance
Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 2001. 250 color plates, 22 halftones, 237 line illustrations. 359 pages, 4to, grey-blue cloth, dust wrapper. Published by the Seattle Art Museum in association with Princeton University Press. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More about Ancient Sichuan: Treasures from a Lost Civilization
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 about Bamboo: Its Cult and Culture. Paintings by Wang Tseng-Tsu
color & b/w illus. 240pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York, (1999). Near fine. More about The Mummies of Urumchi
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