Asia Bookroom :: Art - Photography

	A Photographer in Old Peking. MORRISON, HEDDA. Stock ID: 12141 Plans, profuse black and white photographic illustrations by Hedda Morrison, ix + 266pp, bibliography, small quarto, little shelf worn along lower edge but still very good in dustjacket. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 12141) ... more	AU$125.00
	Australia dan Perjuangan Kemerdekaan Indonesia. Australia and Indonesia's Struggle for Independence. O'HARE, MARTIN. Stock ID: 123309 Black and white photographic illustration, 14pp, paper wrappers, a good copy. Accompanying booklet to photographic exhibition of Australia and Indonesia's Struggle for Independence. Includes captions of photos. In Indonesian and English. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 123309) ... more	AU$22.00
	Banaras Sacred City of India. SINGH, RAGHUBIR. Stock ID: 77912 Introduction and 96 stunning colour photographs by Raghubir Singh. Oblong quarto, very good copy in dustjacket. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 77912) ... more	AU$75.00
	China. Through the Lens of John Thomson (1868-1872). BEIJING WORLD ART MUSEUM. Stock ID: 132438 Black and white photographic illustrations, 168 pages, text in English and Chinese, dustjacket. Born two years before the invention of daguerreotype and the birth of photography, Thomson first travelled to Asia in 1862 where he set up a professional photographic studio. The local culture and the people of Asia fascinated him, and in 1868 he made his second trip, this time settling in Hong Kong. Between 1868 and 1872, Thomson made extensive trips to Guangdong, Fujian, Beijing, China's northeast and down the Yangtse River, covering nearly 5000 miles. This exhibition catalogue is drawn from his time in these regions. These were the early days of photography when negatives were made on glass plates that had to be coated with emulsion before the exposure was made. A huge amount of cumbersome equipment had to be carried from place to place and with perseverance, great energy and stamina, Thomson managed to take a wide variety of images and themes, including landscapes, people, and architecture, domestic and street scenes. As a foreigner, his ability to gain access to photograph women is also remarkable. In China, Thomson excelled as a photographer in quality, depth and breadth, and in artistic sensibility. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 132438) ... more	AU$105.00
	China. Travels Between the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers. LLOYD, BARBARA. Stock ID: 100429 Map, colour photographic plates, most full page, 151pp, dustjacket. Photographic artbook showing life along the two great Chinese rivers. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 100429) ... more	AU$80.00
	Early Japanese Images. BENNETT, TERRY. Stock ID: 64071 Many striking colour, black and white, and sepia photographic plates, 168pp, notes, appendices, bibliography, pictorial endpapers, small quarto, excellent in protected dustjacket, signed by author on half-title page. This work tells the stories of the early Japanese and Western photographers of Japan, and reproduces over 140 of their amazing photographs taken between 1853 and 1905. "The work includes some of the most enduring images ever taken in Japan: the first photo of Emperor Meiji; Edo firemen in their distinctive livery; sensuous teahouse girls; idyllic views of Mount Fuji and Nagasaki Bay; rare shots of Ainu; Japanese junks and British warships; and numerous other photographs noteworthy for both historical and artistic reasons". (When referring to this item please quote stockid 64071) ... more	AU$115.00
	From Bombay to Shanghai. 1860-1900. Historical Photography in South and Southeast Asia. MUSEUM VOOR VOLKENKUNDE, ROTTERDAM. Stock ID: 131006 Black and white photographic illustrations, 112 pages, quarto, paperback. Seventh volume in the series "Photography from the Collection of the Museum of Ethnology" published by the Foundation Fragment Foto in Amsterdam in cooperation with the Rotterdam Museum of Ethnology. The series reveals the importantce of the Museum's photographic holdings by presenting a new selection from the collection. Text in English and Dutch. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 131006) ... more	AU$35.00
	India. Colours and Shadows of Spirituality. MAYER, ADRIAN C. Stock ID: 100416 171 Colour photographic plates, many full-page, 128pp, dustjacket. "Travel in India is a unique experience: the look of the countryside, the dress of the people, the crowded city streets with their signs in unknown scripts and their constantly changing smells, and more. This photographic essay provides a visual dimension to the country." Publisher's description. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 100416) ... more	AU$35.00
	Korea: Caught in Time. BENNETT, TERRY. Stock ID: 94470 Map, colour and black and white photographic plates, xv + 144pp, bibliography, index, dustjacket, signed by author on half title-page. This book provides the first-ever comprehensive history of photography in Korea and identifies many previously unattributed images. Photographs from key private collections and museum archives in Europe America and Russia are collected in this volume, forming a unique anthology and giving insight into the cultural heritage of Korea. It includes the first photographs ever taken on Korean soil, by the famous war photographer Felice Beato. He accompanied the American squadron of five ships which landed in 1871 to attempt to open Korea to trade. His photographs show the fighting that ensued and the Korean people the Americans encountered. Other early photographs include royal portraits taken in the 1890's. Queen Min, the last queen of Korea, was assassinated by the Japanese in 1895 and the striking image presented here is the only known photograph of her. With a wide range of pictures by the photographic pioneers who first travelled to the country, including stereoscopes, glass slides and albumen prints - all reproduced in duotone- plus hand-tinted photographs reproduced in colour, readers will for the first time be able to see the people, the landscape, the town-life and the crafts and costumes of traditional Korea. Publisher's description. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 94470) ... more	AU$115.00
	Motionless Journey:From My Hermitage in the Himalayas. RICARD, MATTHIEU. Stock ID: 119308 Beautifully photographed full colour illustrations, unpaginated, dustjacket. Matthieu Ricard, a photographer and Buddhist monk, spent one year in retreat at the Pema Osel Hermitage (the place of the lotus of light) near Kathmandu. This work features photographs taken from the hermitage's terrace and surroundings that bears witness to nature's harmony mixing intimately with the peacefulness of meditation. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 119308) ... more	AU$69.95
	Nikkor Annual 1970/71. Stock ID: 12677 Profuse colour and black and white photographic illustrations, unpaginated (343pp), dustjacket torn, Japanese text with accompanying catalogue in English, both in slipcase, quarto. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 12677) ... more	AU$50.00
	Photographs by Water Poon. [CHINESE PHOTOGRAPHY]. Stock ID: 61354 Colour and black and white photographic illustrations, unpaginated, text in Chinese, paperback with dustjacket, minor wear to dustjacket, large octavo, a good copy. Photographs of people and landscapes from across China. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 61354) ... more	AU$25.00
	Salonfoto Indonesia 1974. [PHOTOGRAPHY]. Stock ID: 130128 Black and white and colour photographs throughout, unpagninated, paperback, good copy. Includes adverts throughout. Text in Indonesian. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 130128) ... more	AU$40.00
	The Struggle Goes On. KARAOGLAN, AIDA. (EDITED BY). Stock ID: 79096 Profusely illustrated with black and white photographic illustrations, 152pp, white linen covered boards embossed in striking black lettering, few minor marks first and last leaves and edges, trifle worn dustjacket, now protected. Quarto. The evocative title of this remarkable photo essay published over 30 years ago was "the first using this form to give form to the identity of the Palestinians and to explain the facts of their case." (When referring to this item please quote stockid 79096) ... more	AU$22.00
	The Yellow River. A 5000 Year Journey Through China. SINCLAIR, KEVIN. Stock ID: 76755 Numerous full page as well as smaller glossy colour photographs, 207pp, index, worn and slightly torn dustjacket, title page little discoloured at upper corner where label has been removed, still a good copy. Folio. "Over the last two years a team of film-makers and photographers have traced the entire length of the Yellow River, producing a series of television documentaries. They were the first outsiders to traverse some of the foreboding terrain and record the lifestyles of the people who live in its vicinity. These photographs form the content of The Yellow River. They are admirably complemented by Kevin Sinclair's perceptive and evocative text which bears eloquent witness to his long experience and deep understanding of China and its people." Publisher's description. Chapters include "The Cradle of Civilisation", "The Middle Reaches", "The Loess Lands", and "Taming the Dragon". (When referring to this item please quote stockid 76755) ... more	AU$30.00
	Towards Understanding. An exploration in letter form. DESAI, MORARJI AND ROBERT KAPPELI. Stock ID: 74513 Colour photographic illustrations by Arthur D'Arazien, 47pp, Indian handmade paper-covered boards, plain spine, slipcase a little browned, splash mark one lower corner, quarto. Features an exchange of letters between an Indian politician and a European businessman "aimed at the elusive yet vital goal of mutual comprehension between cultures which, in their differing but complementary patterns, exemplify mankind's signal aspirations." Publisher's description. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 74513) ... more	AU$35.00
	Vietnam. Land of the Ascending Dragon. LIM KWEE LAN. Stock ID: 100723 Colour photographic illustrations, 144pp, large quarto. 'Vietnam' portrays the wonder and enchantment of exciting places around the world. Striking photographs and evocative prose combine with a wealth of information to capture the fascinating landscape of each destination, the colourful flora and fauna life, interesting people with intriguing customs and beliefs, and the awe-inspiring monuments and art. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 100723) ... more	AU$29.95 WAS AU$89.95
	Zhongguo Changcheng. Great Wall. CHENG, DALIN AND SHU HUI. (EDITED BY.) Stock ID: 76921 Numerous glossy colour photographs, no pagination, approximately 30 pages, dustjacket, small square quarto, some highlighting of English text, dustjacket worn around edges, signature and date on included commemorative certificate for ascending the Great Wall. Text in traditional Chinese, Japanese and English. Over 50 beautiful photographs of the Chinese Great Wall taken at various locations during various seasons. Primarily focuses on the rebuilt areas of the wall most popular with tourists. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 76921) ... more	AU$20.00
	Felice Beato. A Photographer on the Eastern Road. LACOSTE, ANNE. Stock ID: 133889 Map, profusely illustrated with high quality reproductions of Felice Beato's extraordinary photographs. Large octavo hardback in dustjacket. This is a survey of one of the major but least recognised photographers of the 19th Century. In recent years Felice Beato (1832-1909) has come to be recognised as one of the major photographers of the 19th Century, yet there has been no general survey of his singular life and work. Born in Venice, Beato came of age in the Ottoman capital of Constantinople. As an apprentice in 1856, he photographed the sites of the Crimean War, thereby launching a long, remarkably adventurous career. Over the next half century he would follow in the wake of the British Empire: Egypt, Palestine, and Syria; India, where he photographed the aftermath of the Indian Mutiny; and China, where he chronicled the Second Opium War. He spent 30 years in Japan and Burma, where he was in the vanguard of Western photographers as they opened their borders to the West. This abundantly illustrated book captures Beato's entire oeuvre in both images and narrative and serves as a tribute to his extraordinary life. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 133889) ... more	AU$74.95
	Photographic Impressions: Burma, Siam, Cambodia, Yunnan, Champa and Vietnam. HURLIMANN, MARTIN. Stock ID: 47073 Map, plans, 239 pages of striking black and white full page photographic illustrations, x + 266pp, paperback, quarto. This work presents 240 photographic illustrations of architecture, landscapes and people in their daily activities. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 47073) ... more	AU$59.95
	Singapore Through 19th Century Photographs TOH, JASON Stock ID: 130241 Illustrated with over 120 photographs of the period. Dustjacket. This is a lavishly illustrated virtual tour of Singapore between the 1840s and the early 1900s - a bustling metropolis that has now changed beyond recognition. Featuring more than 120 rare photographs from leading institutions and private collections, this superbly illustrated volume takes readers on evocative virtual tour of Singapore, from the early 1840s to the 1900s. Emphasising the topographical and architectural landscape of the city and its surroundings, "Singapore Through 19th-Century Photographs" paints an intimate portrait of a vibrant metropolis that has now changed beyond recognition. This volume also presents a fascinating exploration of this defining period in the history of commercial photography - when many Western studio photographers began to seek their fortunes in the Orient, leading to an unprecedented level of rapid development. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 130241) ... more	AU$49.95
	Viva Timor Loro S'ae. Long Live East Timor. HENG, MATHIAS. Stock ID: 100358 Black and white photographic plates, 111pages, chronology, hardback. Photographic art book showing images from East Timor 1999-2002. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 100358) ... more	AU$39.95 WAS AU$59.95
	The Great Wall Revisited. From the Jade Gate to Old Dragon's Head. LINDESAY, WILLIAM. Stock ID: 123615 Well presented, colour photographic illustrations, 291pp, index, dustjacket, long quarto. A journey along the Great Wall in the past and present, this landmark volume presents an extraordinary portrait of the world's most famous man-made structure. Author/photographer William Lindesay spent three years traveling 35,000 km across North China, carrying his cameras, tripod and a file of vintage photographs, the earliest dating from 1871, looking for places from which he could see the Great Wall in the past and present, side by side. . (When referring to this item please quote stockid 123615) ... more	AU$65.00
	History of Photography in China 1842-1860. BENNETT, TERRY. Stock ID: 130028 Map, xiv + 242 pages, black and white, and sepia photographic illustrations, index, notes, appendices, chronology, glossary, dustjacket. The first comprehensive history of the earliest years of photography in China, combining previously unpublished research with over 150 photographs, many of which are attributed and published here for the first time. Terry Bennett describes the way in which the discovery of photography in China was framed against the tumultuous backdrop of the Opium Wars, the Taiping Rebellion and the opening of numerous treaty ports to foreign trade. From 1842, when the use of a camera was first recorded in China, foreign and Chinese photographers captured the people, places and events of this unsettled period. They were professional portraitists, soldiers and pioneering amateurs, among them: Jules Itier; Pierre Rossier; Lo Yuanyou (the earliest-recorded Chinese commercial photographer); Felix Beato; and Milton Miller. The author, an acclaimed international authority on historical photographs from China, Japan and Korea, sheds new light on the unique historical value of these photographs. The images are drawn from institutional and private collections from all over the world. The text includes extensive documentary notes, valuable listings of early stereoviews of China and biographies of more than forty photographers working in China up to 1860. It also introduces important new detail on the life of Felix Beato. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 130028) ... more	AU$130.00
	Fifty Assorted Photographs of Eastern Asia. PHOTOGRAPHS. Stock ID: 133901 Collection of 50 black and white photographs of scenes apparently in Japan and China. These photographs vary in size but the largest measures 13 x 24.3cm and there are many small images measuring 9.5 x 7cm. Most photographs have apparently been removed from an album with some marking on reverse, occasional chips and creasing but generally the photographs are very good. The photographs are presented in an attractive patterned silk covered clam shell box. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 133901) ... more	AU$250.00
	Over China. SINCLAIR, KEVIN. Stock ID: 135162 Foreword by Gough Whitlam. Map, profuse colour photographic illustrations, many full page, 288pp, index, very good in dustjacket. Folio. Striking aerial photographs taken by specialist photographers of China. Interesting piece of Australia/China relations as this Australian edition includes a foreword by former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam whereas the US edition's foreword is written by Harrison Salisbury. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 135162) ... more	AU$35.00
	Hidden China. On the Trail of Old Traditions. JOB, BERTRAM. Stock ID: 136765 Maps, colour photographic illustrations, 288 pages, quarto, dustjacket. This illustrated book explores some of the most remote regions of China and brings to life a world far removed from the great metropolises, a world nearly forgotten, where the people continue to live their traditional lifestyles largely undisturbed. Alessandra Meniconzi's respectful approach has allowed her to gain access to aspects of life that remained largely closed to outsiders until a few decades ago. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 136765) ... more	AU$60.00 WAS AU$96.95
	Bruce Webber. Photography Book. Men. Brothers WEBBER, BRUCE. Stock ID: 137355 Illustrated with striking duotones throughout, unpaginated, folio. Attractive book plate of a prior owner front free endpaper. Very good copy in dustjacket. Limited to 5000 copies. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 137355) ... more	AU$175.00
	Private Passion. The Photographs of Pioneer Politician and Diplomat S. Rajaratnam. RAJARATNAM, SINNATHAMBY. Stock ID: 136297 Colour and black and white photographic illustrations, xi + 120 pages, square quarto, paperback. Sinnathamby Rajaratnam was one of Singapore's founding fathers and her first Foreign Minister. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 136297) ... more	AU$44.95
	History of Photography in China: Western Photographers 1861-1879. BENNETT, TERRY. Stock ID: 134222 Profusely illustrated throughout, xii + 419pp, bibliography, chronologies, index, dustjacket. History of Photography in China. Western Photographers 1861-1879 is the most extensive general survey, in any language, of Western photographers who began working in China in the 1860s and 1870s. Over eighty different photographers are discussed from well-known professionals to little-known amateurs with a mass of biographical information, much previously unpublished. The book is divided into chapters on the Hong Kong Studios, Photography in Peking (Beijing), Photography in the Treaty Ports, Roving Photographers, The Ruins of the European Palaces in the Yuanmingyuan, and Photographic Periodicals. Documentary appendices list the published work of various photographers and print extensive extracts from contemporary reviews and other writings. The book concludes with a bibliography, general and regional chronologies, and a biographical index. An acclaimed international authority on the subject, Terry Bennett has been collecting and researching nineteenth-century Chinese, Japanese and Korean photography for over twenty-five years. This volume is illustrated throughout with over 400 images, sourced from private and institutional collections worldwide. This important reference is the companion to the earlier work History of Photography in China 1842 - 1860. Both are essential works for anyone interested in China in the 19th century or the history of photography. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 134222) ... more	AU$145.00
	Brush & Shutter. Early Photography in China. CODY, JEFFREY W., TERPAK, FRANCES. Stock ID: 134927 Colour and black and white photographic illustrations, xi + 197 pages, square quarto, hardback. This title offers a lavishly illustrated exploration of the history of photography in China. Photography was introduced to China in the 1840s through the West's engagement in the Opium Wars and the subsequent reforms of Chinese statesmen. As a result, traditional modes of expression were dramatically transformed. Uncovered here is a captivating visual history of China during photography's first century. Chinese export painters learned and adapted the medium of photography by grafting the new technology onto traditional artistic conventions - employing both brush and shutter. Ultimately, both Chinese and Western photographers were witnesses to and agents of dynamic cultural change. The essays in this volume - which cover topics from the medium's evolution, commercialisation, and dissemination to how phot0graphy helped shape China's national image - shed new light on the birth of a medium. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 134927) ... more	AU$75.00
	China. Erster Teil: Das Land der Mitte. Zweiter Teil: Der Tempelbau. FUHRMANN, E. AND DR B. MELCHERS. Stock ID: 135106 Volume I: Black and white photographic illustrations throughout, 147pp. Volume II: 73 pages of black and white photographic plates followed by 45 pages of black and white plates "Die Lochan von Ling-yan-si Ein Hauptwerk buddhistischer Plastik" together with separate booklet of architectural plans, most of which are folding, and further black and white photographic plates. Both volumes large octavo in original paper covered boards, spines chipped with a little loss, corners a little worn, some light browning endpapers, some occasional browning at margins but generally the text and plates are very good. A fascinating view of China in the first part of the 20th century. Text in German. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 135106) ... more	AU$145.00