Tokyo: Maru maru-sha 團團社, Meiji 27 [3rd, 10th and 24th of February1894]. 4 issues in original wrappers. Full page colour illustration in each issue, black and white illustrations throughout, small punch holes in the margin of each issue. Three of the issues have modern staples, the third a string tie... More about ...
Tokyo: Maru maru-sha團團社, Meiji 12. [6th, 13th, 20th and 27th of September1879]. 3 issues in original black and white stapled wrappers, numbered on upper margin of upper wrapper in red ink, occasional inoffensive small red ink marks in text. Good copies. Maru maru chinbun was a popular satirical journal published... More about ...
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帝國在郷軍人會金沢支部事業部 [The Business Department of the Kanazawa Branch of Imperial Veteran's Association]. Accordion style booklet attractively bound in gold paper covered boards and presented in a paper sleeve. First and last leaves browned, very light minor marking boards. 13.2 x 8cm. Very good copy. This small accordion booklet containing the... More about 勅諭 [Chokuyu], Imperial Rescript
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No date (circa1810). Charming manuscript complete in 3 volumes in original dyed blue paper covers, four hole stab binding, presented in modern Japanese cloth covered folder with toggle ties. Some occasional worming first two volumes which is a bit more extensive in volume 3. Paper wrappers first two volumes a.... More about 東山殿御飾圖 [Higashiyama-dono okazari-zu], Illustrated Book of Ornamentation of the...
Tokyo: Meiji 34 - Shōwa 21. [1901- 1946]. Album containing 23 pages with calligraphy or ink paintings, some double page, some tipped-in or loosely inserted. Although ther are many blank leaves in this album the works included excluding the inserted works, have are of good artistic quality. Accordion album, patterned... More about 書画帖 Album of Paintings and Calligraphic Works
Meiji 34 [1901]. 12 very attractive ink paintings and calligraphy, all but 2 double page. Paper on title label upper cover little damaged not affecting the title. 16.5 x 22cm. Very good. These works in this album are: Title calligraphy by Kokushū 鵠洲 Landscape by Sosen 素僊 (dated 1901) Waka... More about 書画帖 Album of Paintings and Calligraphic Works
Wellington. Polynesian Society. 1951. Folding map, black and white frontispiece, xxix + 492pp, dustjacket a little browned and worn at edges, little foxed endpapers and half title, good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 163487). More about A Pacific Bibliography. Printed Matter relating to the Native Peoples of Polynesia Melanesia and...
Pulau Pinang. Institut Masyarakat. 1991. [Reprint]. Maps, many colour photographic illustrations and line illustrations, 152pp, quarto, glossary, bibliography, very good paperback copy. 28 x 21.2cm. "The traditional Malay house is one of the richest components of Malaysia's cultural heritage. Designed and built by the villagers themselves, it manifests the creative... More about The Malay House. Rediscovering Malaysia's Indigenous Shelter System
London. Andre Deutsch. 1989. Foreword by Satyajit Ray. 221pp, notes, bibliography, sources. Very good copy in dustjacket. 31.2 x 21.5cm. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 163483). More about The Art of Rabindranath Tagore
Sydney. Florilegium. 1999. Reprinted with corrections. Map, colour photographic illustrations, 400pp, glossary, references, table of dynasties, index, dustjacket, very good copy. 28.5 x 21.6cm. A comprehensive reference to ornamental plants grown in Chinese gardens, their history and their place in art, literature and symbolism in everyday life. (When referring to... More about The Garden Plants of China
With essays by R. Soekmono and Edi Sedyawati. Map, plan, illustrations, 312pp, glossary, bibliography, paperback, quarto, very good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 163481). More about The Sculpture of Indonesia
London. Thames & Hudson. 1988. Profusely illustrated in colour throughout, xi + 402pp, bibliography, name neated covered with liquid paper lower edge, date of publication altered but otherwise a very good copy in dustjacket. 30.5 x 22cm. A beautifully illustrated comprehensive survey of the art and culture of the daimyo... More about Japan The Shaping of the Daimyo Culture 1185 - 1868
Chicago. University of Chicago Press. 1970. Maps, reproduction of the inscriptions appearing on a bronze vessel known as fang-i on endpapers, xiv + 559pp, appendices, bibliography, index, very good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 163478). More about The Origins of Statecraft in China. Volume One. The Western Chou Empire
London. Readers Union. 1957. [Reprint]. Map, black and white photographic plates, xx + 259pp, fore edge and first and last leaves a little foxed, dustjacket browned and torn with minor loss. Good copy. Author spent 9 years in Nakhi on the China Tibet border as a representative of the Chinese... More about Forgotten Kingdom
Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1996. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, viii + 217pp, bibliography, index, neat signature of a prior owner half title, spine little faded, very good paperback copy. This study focuses on the politics of memory in the village of Dachuan in northwest China, in which 85%... More about The Temple of Memories. History, Power and Morality in a Chinese Village
London. Allen & Unwin. 1969. 3rd impression. 358pp, appendices, bibliography, index, very good copy in slightly soiled dustjacket. The Book of Songs is a collection of ancient Chinese songs, dating from 800-600 B.C. Arthur Waley's translation was the first into English since the middle of the nineteenth century with the... More about The Book of Songs
Canberra. Australian National University Press. 1972. Maps, plans, xxi + 230pp, index, bibliography, hardback, dustjacket, front free endpaper a trifle foxed, small damp stain upper cover, very good. Chinese in Southeast Asia including discussion of the Chinese expansion by land into Vietnam and Yunnan, the decline of Chinese sea power... More about The Southern Expansion of the Chinese People. Southern Fields and Southern Ocean
China. Caravan Press. 2005. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xiv + 306pp, index, paperback. A contribution to the study on a tribe people, Min Chia, or the Bai ethnic minority as it is officially called nowdays. By living among this people in late 30's in DaLi, Yunnan province, China... More about The Tower of Five Glories. A Study of the Min Chia (Bai Ethnic Minority) of Ta Li, Yunnan
Canberra. Australian National University. 1972. Map, ix + 226pp, appendices, bibliography, glossary, index, light browning paperback covers. Good copy. This book contains translations of two long extracts dealing with the Uighurs from the standard histories of the T'ang, extensively annotated and with an introduction explaining the significance of the Uighurs... More about The Uighur Empire, according to the T'ang Dynastic Histories. A Study in Sino-Uighur Relations...
Tokyo: The Kaiseikwan. Taisho 5 [1916]. 10 volumes complete in original wrappers presented in a Japanese case with toggle ties, one toggle missing. 36pp in each volume. Upper cover of each volume features a large handsome hand coloured chrysanthemum, original wrappers, attractive red ties. Silk colour pictorial title label on... More about Collection of Japanese Popular Music
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朝鮮總督府鐵道局. Pre WWII. Folded pamphlet single sheet, 8 panels, photographic illlustrations of Korea, published by the Korean Colonial Government Railways Bureau. Photographic illustrations, small closed tear, very good copy. 15.5 x 11.5cm. The pamphlet encourages Japanese travellers to visit Manchuria and Northern China by express train via Korea. It explains... More about 朝鮮の話.[Chōsen no hanashi]. [A Tale of Korea
Canada: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2018. Illustrations in colour, 358pp, hardback. The traditions of Syrian cooking, which go back hundreds of years, are notable for their sensory components, in which aroma and texture are as important as taste and nutrition. Over the centuries, the unique dishes of Greater Syria (bilaad al-shaam)... More about The Scent of Pomegranates and Rose Water. Reviving the Beautiful Food Traditions of Syria
Singapore. Oxford University Press. 1988. First edition. Colour plates, 103pp, bibliography, very good in hardback, pictorial laminated boards. Images of Asia series. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 33751). More about Early Maps of South East Asia
Braziller. New York. 1958. 2 volumes. Vol I: Maps, illustrations, xxxiv + 391pp. Vol II: Folding map, illustrations, vi + 802pp, appendices, indices. Endpapers browned. A good hardback set. Reliable general account of Chinese art. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 18377). More about Chinese Art
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[甘肃].[Gansu]. No details of publisher. (1957-1968]. 1954 Chinese pocket size notebook with colour plates. The notebook includes notes in Chinese in ink and pencil on many leaves. Bound in cloth featuring the embossed head and shoulders portrait of Mao on the upper cover. Issued on February 17th 1954, one year... More about 慰问手册.[Wei wen shou ce]. [1954 Korean War Notebook - A Chinese Woman's Personal Notebook
