[Peiping]. Peiyang Press. (circa1934). Coloured folding plan of Peking with original envelope. 60 x 50cm. A few neat repairs at folds, two panels evenly browned on reverse. A very good copy of a scarce pictorial plan with its envelope. This delightful and scarce pictorial map of Peking with landmarks and... More
[江戸].[Edo]. 高木耕藏 [Takagi Kōzō]. 嘉永5 [1852]. Japanese 19th century woodblock world map, folded in colour, original board covers with modern reproduced title piece tipped in. A world map on left side, two blocks of text adjoin the right side. Upper right section: a preface by 北海半嶋漁人 [Hokkai Hantō Ryōjin] and... More
Japan: Tuttle Publishing, 2018. Colour photos throughout, small hardback in dustjacket. Take a photographic journey through the modern marvels and historical treasures of Tokyo in this informative, portable Japan travel guide. The Little Book of Tokyo is the perfect introduction to this enchanting, ultra-modern megacity and provides an immersive take... More
Watercolour dated1945. Photograph undated (1930?). A pair of Singapore images - a photograph and a watercolour from the photograph. Undated gelatin silver photograph by G.R. Lambert & Co laid down onto card. Title directly beneath the photograph. Photograph measures 19.3 x 26cm, card 24 x 30cm. Watercolour on thick paper... More
London. Macmillan. 1876. 2 Volumes. Volume I: The Geography with Narratives by Majors St. John, Lovett, and Euan Smith and an Introduction by Major-General Sir Fredric John Goldsmid, C.B., K.C.S.I. 3 folding coloured linen backed maps, black and white frontispiece, 1 colour plate, lviii + 443pp, appendices, index, ribbon bookmark... More
London. G. Nicol. 1798. Second corrected edition. 2 volumes of text (without folio atlas). Volume I: Engraved portrait frontispiece of Tchien Lung The Great Emperor, six engravings in text, [ii} + xxxiv + 518pp. A little light foxing first leaves, somewhat heavier last leaves but generally very clean. Spine chipped... More
United States: Columbia University Press, 2018. Bibliography, index, notes, 237pp, paperback. Many of the world's major economies boast dominant international currencies. Not so for China. Its renminbi has lagged far behind the pound, the euro, and the dollar in global circulation - and for good reason. China has long privileged... More
United States: Harvard University Press, 2018. v + 311pp, dustjacket. Reconstructions of Jesus occurred in Asia long before the Western search for the historical Jesus began in earnest. This enterprise sprang up in seventh-century China and seventeenth-century India, encouraged by the patronage and openness of the Chinese and Indian imperial... More
London. HMSO. 1903. 164pp, original wrappers, chipped in places on darkened spine and in one place on edge, 33 x 21cm. Text very clean and sound. Neat stamp of the University of Hull upper wrapper but no other library markings. Very good copy. Begins with evidence given by 17 witnesses;... More
No date. [Taisho]. 60 full page colour plates + 11 pages of text, two volumes in one: Volume 1 depicting the journey from Edo to Hamamatsu on one side of the folded sheets of the accordion binding. Volume 2 depicting the journey from Hamamatsu to Osaka on the other side... More
Canberra. Honolulu Academy of Arts. [2006]. Volume I: Artefacts from the Life in the Pacific of the 1700s. The Cook Forster Collection of the Georg August University of Gottingen: Coloured maps following the half title page, photographic illustrations, xxxii + 383. Volume II: European Research, Traditions, and Perspectives: Black and... More
Tokyo. 日本中國学会.[Nihon Chūgoku Gakkai]. 1964. Black and white illustrations, 264 + 14pp. Spine rubbed affecting some text, corners little creased, good paperback copy. Text in Japanese with short abstracts in English. This issue includes 12 articles covering studies on Chinese language (old Mandarin in Ming Era), religion (religious rites, Taoism)... More
Tokyo: Organizing Committee The XI Pacific Science Congress. 1966. First edition. Black and white maps, black and white photographic illustrations, 159pp183pp., original paperback binding., small 8vo. Light damp marking upper margins first 34 pages, upper corner creased otherwise good. Guide book covering the Ishikari Basin, Central Hokkaido, Kitami, Akan, and... More
London. Travel Book Club. 1940. 4 maps, black and white photographic plates, xi + 265pp, backfirst and last pages foxed and browned, spine little flecked and stained, a sound secondhand copy. Well known mountaineer's account of 14 years in East Africa. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 161998). More
Australia: Wild Dingo Press, 2018. 200pp, paperback. A collection of poignant stories and poems of seven East Timorese families living in Melbourne whose experiences belong to that long history of human tragedy created where violent conflict of power, land and resources takes place, inevitably visiting on ordinary people, disruption and... More
United States: Shelter Harbor Press, 2018. Translated by Barry D. Steben. Illustrated throughout in colour. 272pp. In today's times, with it's plethora of quick-fix self help books, which for the most part seem to excel in non-directive, mundane advice, it is a pleasure to read a book that reaches back... More
United States: Tuttle Publishing, 2018. Colour photographic illustrations throughout, 144pp, paperback. 23 x 26cm. Let this Filipino cookbook introduce you to the tempting multicultural cuisine of the Philippines! Home chef turned internet cooking sensation, Chris Urbano brings the world of Filipino cuisine and adobo cooking to your kitchen with over... More
(circa1850). A beautiful Japanese colour woodblock concertina album of actors. 28 leaves featuring 16 full page woodblocks, 5 diptychs and 2 leaves with 2 images on each. 18.2 x 12.5cm. Some occasional insect damage and joins at fore edges professionally repaired with wheat starch paste. A little insect damage on... More
New Delhi. Anmol. 1993. First edition. xiii + 447pp., bibliography, appendix, glossary. Cloth on spine patchily faded, good copy in worn dustjacket 'Prithvinarayan Shah was the chief architect of the expanded Gorkha state which, later on, became Nepal. In this work more attention has been given to the administrative system... More
Canton, China. No details of publisher. (circa1861). Chinese almanac with Christian text bound together in one volume. Double page folding world map in two hemispheres, full page map of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah [猶太國] together with general information on the area, a comparison table of Roman numerals and... More
No publication details. (circa1939). Rare Chinese Anti-Japanese war propaganda poster in blue and black, featuring a large head and shoulders image of Chiang Kai-shek with the characters 抗戰 [To Fight Against Japan] and 建國 [To Establish the Country] repeatedly printed in the background. Horizontal fold, two closed tears one in... More
United Kingdom: National Gallery Singapore, 2018. 50 colour and 50 b/w illustrations, 335pp, index, paperback. 24.5 x 17cm. `How does one define the art of a region without losing sight of cultural specificity? This question has often plagued art historical studies of the "global," but this exceptional collaborative research effort... More
China. Tuttle Publishing. c.2013. [Reprint]. Illustrations, hardback. "My First Book of Chinese Words" introduces Chinese language to preschool children in a gentle, playful way. The ABC structure provides a familiar framework that encourages fun and easy learning. The everyday words presented in this book include many that have special significance... More
Paris. Goury. Avril1910. 2 volumes in original maroon cloth. Volume I: Full page colour panorama of Laokay, 85 black and white photographic plates, 202pp. Volume II: 55 Maps, plans and diagrams, most folding and some very large. Lower section of cloth both volumes damp affected but this has not affected... More
北京. [Beijing]. 民族出版社.[Min zu chu ban she]. 1985. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Three volume set of a comprehensive bilingual Tibetan - Chinese Dictionary. Appendix, 16pp coloured plates featuring traditional Tibetan costumes and Tibetan Buddhist art and artefacts. Vol.1: 19 + 1020pp; Vol.2: 1021 - 2330pp; Vol. 3: 2331 - 3294pp... More
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