Chinese Art
London: Octopus Books, 1972. Illustrated with 100 color images. 158 pages. Tall 12mo, yellow boards, d.w. London: Octopus Books, (1972). Mild wear to dust wrapper. Light smudge to front free end paper. More
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Catalogue of the Oriental Collection
Lawrence: Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, 1980. Calligraphy by Kwan S. Wong. Color frontispiece and many other black-and-white illustrations. 145 pages, slim 4to, printed wrappers (spine gently edge-worn; glued binding slightly brittle as usual). Lawrence, Kansas: The Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, (1980). A very good copy. More
The Successors of Genghis Khan.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1971. Translated from Persian by John Andrew Boyle. 372 pages, 8vo, blue cloth. New York: Columbia University Press, 1971. A very good(+) copy. More
A View of the City of Lin-Tsin on the Banks of the Grand Canal.
London: G. Nicol, 1796. View. Engraving with modern hand coloring. Image measures 11.25" x 17.25". From Sir George Staunton's "An authentic account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China" More
No. 17 Masbate y Ticao. Islas Filipinas Observatorio de Manila
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900. Map. Color lithograph. Image measures 13 1/2" x 11 1/2" This map depicting the islands of Masbate and Ticao was originally prepared as part of a series made by the Manila Observatory of the Jesuits in 1899. Led by director P. Jose Algue, the Observatory employed only native Philippine draftsmen to complete the technical work required for the project. Upon learning of the Jesuits' undertaking, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey entered into cooperation with..... More
No. 19 Leyte. Islas Filipinas Observatorio de Manila
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900. Map. Color lithograph. Image measures 13 1/2" x 11 1/2" This map depicting the islands of Masbate and Ticao was originally prepared as part of a series made by the Manila Observatory of the Jesuits in 1899. Led by director P. Jose Algue, the Observatory employed only native Philippine draftsmen to complete the technical work required for the project. Upon learning of the Jesuits' undertaking, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey entered into cooperation with..... More
No. 28 Mindanao Occidental, Jolo. Islas Filipinas Observatorio de Manila
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900. Map. Color lithograph. Image measures 13 1/2" x 11 1/2" This map of the Sulu Archipelago and the western part of island of Mindanao was originally prepared as part of a series made by the Manila Observatory of the Jesuits in 1899. Led by director P. Jose Algue, the Observatory employed only native Philippine draftsmen to complete the technical work required for the project. Upon learning of the Jesuits' undertaking, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic..... More
In Time Like Glass: Recollections on a Journey in Asia.
Ilus. by Joe Veno, 174pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. (small tear in d.w). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
The Festivals of Nepal
London: Ruskin House, 1977. Illustrated in color. 288 pages. 8vo, red boards, d.w. (price-clipped & edgeworn). London: Ruskin House, (1977). A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Military Photo Album
1912. Large oblong folio. Japanese style lacquered covers inland with mother of pearl in the design of a bird and a snake. Inside includes a water color of Mount Fuji & irises. Some cracks in the cover and staining but otherwise in very good condition. Photos start with portraits of the likely owner, a German commander. 129 photographs (4 large 9 x 11 1/2"), arranged and mounted in a cream leaf photo album. Company printed photographs include Port Arthur, N...... More
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
Princeton: University Press, 2007. Illustrated profusely in black and white. xii, 553 pages. 8vo, green cloth with gilt writing at spine, d.w. (lightly toned at upper edge). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Arch Angel Antiques: 20th Anniversary Catalog
Hong Kong: Arch Angel Antiques, 2008. Color photographic illustrations. 165 pages. Slim 4to, black cloth with gilt lettering. Hong Kong: Arch Angel Antiques, (2008). Cloth slightly frayed at the bottom corner. A very good(+) copy lacking the dust wrapper. More
Northern Asia From the Himalaya Mountains to the Arctic Ocean
London: Arrowsmith, John, 1840. Map. Engraving with hand outline. Sheet measures 21.5" x 27.5 with bottom flap open, measures 25.75" high. This unusual 1840 map by John Arrowsmith covers northern Asia in incredible detail. It extends from the Arctic south to include Tibet, which is shown here on an overlay pasted in the bottom left. Notes several routes of explorers throughout. Numerous cities, towns, rivers, lakes, islands, mountains, deserts, and a host of additional topographic features are identified. Outline color..... More
Asian and African Studies III.
Bratislava: 1967. Department of Oriental Studies of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. Bratislava, 1967. In English and Slovak. More
Asiatick Researches: Or, Transactions of the Society Instituted in Bengal, For Inquiring Into The History and Antiquities, the Arts, Asiences, and Literature, of Asia.
London: Sewell; Vernor and Hood, 1801. VOLUME THE FIRST. 25 copper plates, + frontispiece portrait of William Jones. All 6 of the first group are all present but are misnumbered. 482 pages including the "Directions to the Binder'. Some foxing and general age browning, old piece of scotch tape on bottom of page 221-222. Rebound in brown cloth with black leather spine label. London: Asiatic Society of Bengal, Sewell; Vernor and Hood, 1801. Scarce. Very good. Printed verbatim from the..... More
In Exile From the Land of Snows: The First Full Account of the Dalai Lama and Tibet Since the Chinese Conquest
New York: Knopf, 1984. Several black & white photographic illustrations, map endpapers. 383 pages. 8vo, cream cloth-backed gray boards, pictorial d.w. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. First edition. Tiny stain at the bottom of the front and rear of the title page. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
La ceramica dell'Estremo Oriente
Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori, 1983. Translation by Lucia Caterina. Illustrated in color. Thick 4to, grey cloth, d.w. Milan: Mondadori, (1983). First Edition. Two small stains at upper and lower edges of front panel, otherwise fine. A near fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
La Ceramica dell'Estremo Oriente
Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori, 1983. Translation by Lucia Caterina. Illustrated in color. 398 pages with text in Italian. Thick 4to, grey cloth, d.w. Milan: Mondadori, (1983). First Edition. A fine copy in near fine dust wrapper. More
Chang Chih-tung and Educational Reform in China
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
Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum
London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1980. Illustrated in color and in black and white. 174 pages. Small folio, blue cloth, d.w. (lightly edgeworn & spine sunned). London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, (1980). Near fine in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Published in Association with the Victoria and Albert Museum. More
Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections. Volume 4, Iran Bastan Museum, Teheran
Tokyo: Kodansha, 1981. With 99 color illustrations and over 250 in black & white. Folio, blue silk, pictorial board slipcase. Tokyo: Kodansha, (1981). Fore-edge is stamped "not for resale," else a near fine copy. More
Touching the Mekong
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 2003. Black & white photographic illustrations throughout. 155 pages. Slim oblong 4to, black cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial d.w. (slightly edgeworn). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, (2003). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Decorative Motives of Oriental Art
London: John Lane, 1927. Illustrations in b/w. 286 pages. Folio, gilt-lettered black boards, crudely rebacked in plain blue cloth; boards worn at corners and lightly scuffed; pages a bit wavy at bottom edge. London: John Lane, (1927). A very good(-) copy. More
Decorative Motives of Oriental Art.
London: John Lane, 1927. 673 black & white illustrations. Folio, brown cloth (rubbed at the extremities). London: John Lane the Bodley Head, (1927). Very good (+). More
Four Studies on the History of Central Asia: Volumes I-III; Ulugh-beg; Mir 'Ali-shir: A History of the Turkman People
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1962. Translated from the Russian by V. and T. Minorsky. Mixed set; volumes 1 and 2 second printing, volume 3 first edition. Illustrated in black and white. xvi, 183; xii, 200; vii, 187 pages. Large 12mos, green cloth with gilt lettering. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1962/63. Spines sunned, internally clean and tight. A very good set. Volume 1, second printing 1962. Volume 2, second printing 1963. Volume 3, first printing 1962. More