Meiji: East-West at Toppan Press, 1949. Black & white photographic illustrations. Unpaginated. Small square 4to, patterned cloth with a red title label at the front cover (protected with a mylar wrapper). Meiji, Japan: East-West at Toppan Press, 1949. Bristol's signature and gift inscription at the title page. Cloth toned and dust-soiled, pages lightly toned. A very good(+) copy. More

Lithograph. Artist's proof. Signed in lower right and inscribed "For Ellie." Image measures 11 x 8.5". Sheet measures 16.25 x 13". This image of a Balinese women is one of the iconic images of Miguel Covarrubias' series of paintings, prints, and drawings about the island of Bali. Covarrubias made two trips to the Indonesian locale, one in 1931 and one in 1933, both funded by either artist prizes of fellowships. After spending months immersed in the culture, he and his..... More

London: Laurie & Whittle, 1798. Sea chart. Sheet measures 25 1/4" x 36 3/4". Wonderfully intricate sea chart of the southern East Indies, including Bali, East Timor, and parts of Java and the Banda Sea. Inset illustrations of a smoldering volcano, the Straits of Lantooca, and elevations of each island's coastlines. Robert Laurie (c. 1755 - 1836) and James Whittle (1757-1818) were London-based map and atlas publishers active in the late 18th and early 19th century. Their firm combined Laurie's..... More

Leiden: Van der Aa, Pierre, 1730. Map. Engraving. Image measures 10.5" x 6.25". Rare map of the Island of Java. Beautiful dark impression. Oriented to the West. Includes Bali and part of Sumatra. Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733) was a Dutch publisher, editor and bookseller based in Leiden, Netherlands. He started his own publishing and auction house at the age of 21 and went on to produce thousands of maps. Van der Aa is credited to pioneering a separate artwork..... More