London. Longmans, Green, and Co., 1891. New Edition. Black and white portrait frontispiece with browned tissue guard, 457pp, and 24 pages of publisher's adverts. Faint browning to edges, owner name on front pastedown and one other page. Dark red-cloth stamped and lettered in gilt. Spine rubbed at head and tail..... More
Bruges: Desclée de Brouwer et Cie. 1900. Large black and white folding map with repairs, and 108 illustrations. xl + 458pp, all edges gilt. Red cloth with decorative covers, the illustration on front board is a little scratched but the rear cover is heavily rubbed, cloth is discoloured on the..... More
United Kingdom. Penguin Books Ltd., 2018. Index, black and white illustrations, 453pp, paperback. Translated and edited by Adam L. Kern. The first Penguin anthology of Japanese haiku, in vivid new translations by Adam L. Kern. Now a global poetry, the haiku was originally a Japanese verse form that flourished from..... More
United Kingdom. Penguin Books. 2018. Maps, black and white illustrations, 248pp, glossary, notes, paperback. Translated with a commentary by Peter Macmillan. A prize-winning translation of the most widely known and popular collection of Japanese poetry. Hyakunin Isshu is the most famous and popular collection of Japanese poetry, and the first..... More
London. Hay House. 2015. 199pp, paperback. ""If you ever doubted that your feline companion has her own inner life, just watch what happens when she falls asleep, and loses conscious control of her physical being . . . a twitching of limbs, a quivering of the jaw, sometimes, perhaps, a...... More
London. Penguin Books Ltd., 1985. Notes, black and white illustrations, 92pp, small paperback. Translated from the Japanese with an introduction by Lucien Stryk. Basho, one of the greatest of Japanese poets and the master of haiku, was also a Buddhist monk and a life-long traveller. His poems combine 'karumi', or..... More
United Kingdom: Penguin Books Ltd., 1966. Notes, maps, black and white illustrations, 167pp, notes, paperback. Translated from the Japanese with an introduction by Nobuyuki Yuasa. In his perfectly crafted haiku poems, Basho described the natural world with great simplicity and delicacy of feeling. When he composed "The Narrow Road to..... More
London. Hay House. 2012. 217pp, paperback. 'In the months that followed I watched His Holiness working on a new book...I began to think that perhaps the time had come for me to turn my paws to a book of my own ...one that tells my own tale...How I was rescued..... More
London. Hay House. 2013. 209pp, paperback. "What makes you purr? ""Of all the questions in the world, this is the most important. It is also the great leveler. Because no matter whether you are a playful kitten or a sedentary senior, a scrawny alley Tom or a sleek-coated uptown girl..... More
London. Penguin. 1979. Translated with an introduction by D.C. Lau. 249pp, appendices, notes, bibliography, glossary, paperback. Collection of Confucius's saying compiled by his pupils soon after his death. Includes detailed introduction and appendices on Confucius's life, the Analects, and the disciples who compiled them. (When referring to this item please..... More
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Osaka. 岡島眞七. [Okajima Shinshichi]. Meiji 19. [1886]. 5 volumes only of 7, (lacks volumes 1 and 2), bound in Japanese 5 hole stab binding, double leaves oriental style. Paper title labels laid down upper covers of all but volume 3, covers marked and stained in places. Generally good. Text in..... More
Hong Kong. Oxford University Press. 1989. Endpaper maps, 261pp, notes, bibliography, index, hardback, dustjacket in very good condition, inscription of the author and descendant of Lockhart titlepage, 22 x 15cm, very good copy. Biography of the extraordinary James Stewart Lockhart, a member of the British Colonial Service in Hong Kong..... More
Toronto. Longmans Canada. 1964. Black and white illustrations, 157pp, hardback, dustjacket edges slightly worn now protected, 19.5 x 13cm, evenly browned throughout, good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 165477). More
Hong Kong. Odyssey. 1991. Endpaper map, colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 160pp, chronology, notes, bibliography, index, 31 x 23.5cm, very good copy in dustjacket. History of Hong Kong. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 165476). More
Hong Kong. Leisure and Cultural Services Dept. 2002. Colour and black and white photographic plates, 289pp, index, very good copy in dustjacket, 26 x 18.5cm. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 165475). More
Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. 2006. Black and white and colour photographic illustrations, xiv + 368pp, notes, references, appendices, index, hardback, 26 x 19cm, very good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 165473). More
Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2002. Black and white photographic illustrations, 383pp, sources, paperback, 22.5 x 22cm, very slight crease corner upper cover, very good copy. Through excerpts from the earliest English language newspapers in Hong Kong, accompanied by Solomon Bard's insightful comments, Voices from the Past provides unique..... More
Hong Kong. Palmer and Turner. 1985. Black and white and colour photographic and graphic illustrations, 91pp, timetable, chronological chart, bibliography, hardback, dustjacket protected, 30.5 x 24cm, neat name inscribed front free endpaper, very good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 165470). More
London. Hutchinson. 1963. Fourth impression. Map, black and white photographic plates, 223pp, few minor tears dustjacket, 21.5 x 14.5cm, good copy. Includes a chapter entitled "A Trip to Macao". (When referring to this item please quote stockid 165468). More
Singapore. The Southeast Asian Ceramic Society. 1973. 167 black and white photographic illustrations, 62pp, hardback, 26x 19.5cm, very good copy. An exhibition catalogue of Chinese white wares, mostly from South China from the early Tang dynasty to the eighteenth century. The exhibition covers "Marco Polo" wares. (When referring to this..... More
London. Sotheby's. 1995. Colour photographic illustrations, 132pp, tables, bibliographical references, paperback, dustjacket spine slightly creased at lower edge, inscription of prior owner front free endpaper, very good copy. The exhibition catalogue of Chinese porcelains of the Chenghua period (1465-1487) excavated from the imperial kiln site at Jingdezhen in South China..... More
London. Sotheby Parke Bernet. 1981. 62 colour photographic illustrations in colour 80pp, paperback, 27.5 x 22cm, inscription of prior owner half-title, very good copy. The book traces the history of 2000 years of Chinese export porcelain through the collection of Mr and Mrs Mottahedeh in the Virginia Museum. (When referring..... More
New York. China House Gallery. 1984. Map, black and white photographic illustrations, 135pp, footnotes, chronological table, glossary, bibliography, paperback, 27.5 x 21.5cm, upper cover corner slightly creased, inscription of prior owner front free endpaper, good copy. The catalogue of an exhibition which was held in New York City and Fort..... More
Brisbane. Queensland Art Gallery. 1988. Coloured map, coloured photographic illustrations, 96pp, bibliography, 19 x 28cm, very good condition. The third exhibition from the Idemitsu Museum of Arts collection in Tokyo that was held in Australia between 1988 and 1989. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 165461). More
London. Richard Bentley and Son. 1898. First edition in One Volume. 41 plates in total, including 8 folding maps(some coloured), 32 black and white plates and a black and white frontispiece with tissue guard. xxii + 597pp, appendices, index. Some of the plates have foxing along the edges but not..... More
