Delhi. Manager of Publications. 1969. Full page colour plates, black and white photographic illustrations, xvii + 50pp, index, glossary, appendices, light damp staining lower margin throughout, even light browning, staples rusted but binding still sound, original wrappers a little chipped and insect damaged with loss on spine, price inked out..... More

[c1942]. An original coloured chalk portrait of Colonel Chih Wang - The board measures 34.5. by 27.5cm. A coloured chalk (pastel) portrait of Colonel Chih Wang by noted Australian artist, Charles Wheeler, dating to c1942, together with a colour copy of the portrait as it appeared in 'The Australasian', October..... More

Germany. Frank Martin Diehr. 2001. Profusely illustrated in both black and white and colour, 63pp, bibliography, very good stapled paperback copy in decorated folder signed by Frank Diehr, folder a little soiled and rubbed on extremities. 23 x 31cm. "Three Dusty Dozen illustrates the variety of antique Baluch rugs, carpets..... More

An original coloured chalk (pastel) portrait of Chiang Kai-Shek - the Chinese military and political leader who led the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party) for five decades and was head of state of the Chinese Nationalist government between 1928 and 1949. An almost romaticised yet striking portrait. The board measures 41..... More

[北京].[Beijing]. 中国唱片社.[Zhongguo chang pian she]. (circa 1966 -1976). Quotations from Chairman Mao and editorial from "Hongqi" Issue no.8 in 1967 front free endpapers in Chinese and English, [10pp] + 21pp, music scores in number notation, loss on last few pages, annotations in pencil p.1, overall good in wrappers. Preface in..... More

Dainihon Yūbenkai]*. 大日本雄辯會, Taisho 16 [1925]1926. Coloured sugoroku, folded as issued. 少女スポーツ双六. [Shōjo supōtsu sugoroku] is printed in full colour while on the reverse "Zennihon joshi undō hanagata senshu to saishin kiroku 全日本女子運動花形選手と最新記録 is printed featuring 15 photos of sportswomen and two photos of groups of women's teams is printed..... More

1989. The poster shows a simple but striking image of two hands arising from red sleeves, one bearing the emblem of China and the other the hammer and sickle of the Soviet Union. The hands form a protecting shield on either side of green shoot which sprouts leaves between them..... More

No date (circa1745). Black and white copper engraved map showing the region of Tibet where the Ganges rises. Scale. Central fold, a little insect damage in two small places on margins not affecting the map. 36.3 x 44.3cm. Very good condition. The map was "drawn by the Lama Mathematicians &..... More

St Lucia. University of Queensland Press. 1993. Map, colour and black and white photographic illustrations, vii + 212pp, bibliography, notes, a good paperback copy. Focuses on the modern art of the Asia-Pacific region. It celebrates the first Asia-Pacific Triennial, a project by the Queenlsand Art Gallery to inaugurate a series..... More

Bangkok. Thavibu Gallery Co., (circa2006). Colour illustrations throughout, 87pp, index, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. 31.2 x 26.2cm. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 169306). More

Canberra. Australian National University. 2003. 73 plates in colour, 380pp, notes, glossary, bibliography, author's signature prelims, occasional annotations, very good in hardback. "This PhD thesis is a critical inquiry into the (un) translatability of the 'difference' of an art produced in a non-'Western' context. My inquiries into the translatability of..... More

[Mangasha]. 漫画社, Showa 15 [1940]. Folded coloured sugoroku or Japanese game, 77.5 x 53cm. Small tear along one fold but overall a very good copy. A colourful and historically fascinating sugoroku produced by under the auspices of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association in December 1940. The Association was set up..... More

Kōbunsha]*. 光文社, Volume 5 number 1. Showa 25 [1950]. This supplement to Shonen少年 published on New Year's Day Showa 25 [1950] is folded as issued. Two games printed back to back on a single sheet. Race around the world game is brightly coloured, the Whale Hunting game on the reverse..... More