Bibliography of Captain James Cook R.N., F.R.S., Circumnavigator.
Library of New South Wales. Sydney. 2nd ed. 1970. Second Edition. xvi + 894pp, biblio, index, dustjacket, very good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 1327).
New Arrivals
The Arts of Japan.
London. Dauphin Publishing Ltd., 1990. Profusely illustrated in colour, 137pp, very good paperback copy. Lightly rubbed on extremities. Auction catalogue for sale on Thursday 22nd March 1990. Includes paintings, screens, lacquer ware, pipe cases, inro, inlaid metalwork, cloisonné, bronzes and sculpture, furniture and textiles, satsuma, porcelain, pottery for the tea...
Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bernat.
1980. Coloured illustrations, 176pp, glossary, hardback in dustjacket. Dustjacket edges worn with a small mark on the upper cover, scattered notes in pen or pencil marking prices, otherwise good copy. 24 x 23cm. November 7th 1980 auction by Sotheby's New York of important Chinese ceramics and works of art. Prices...
Ceramic Excavation Sites in Southeast Asia. A Preliminary Gazetter.
Adelaide: Research Center for Southeast Asia Ceramics. 1987. Black and white maps, black and white photographic illustrations, 41pp, index, bibliography, paperback. Cover is a little browned, otherwise good condition. 28.5 x 21.5cm. A paper from the Research Centre for Southeast Asian Ceramics. Paper 3. Lists over 100 sites for ceramic...
Report on the Excavation of the Ban Tao Hai Kilns Phitsanulok, Thailand.
Adelaide: Research Centre for Southeast Asian Ceramics. 1984. Black and white maps, black and white illustrations, 101pp, bibliography, notes, appendices, quarto, paperback with stapled spine. Upper right hand corner bumped, upper edge lower cover carelessly cut by printer, otherwise very good condition. 28.5 x 21.5cm. A paper on the excavation...
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怎樣寫應用文.[Zen yang xie ying yong wen]. [How to Write Practical Composition].
北京. [Beijing]. 中國青年出版社.[Zhongguo qing nian chu ban she]. 1953. 1st Edition, 2nd Printing. 85pp, wrappers chipped and worn with considerable loss spine, a prior owner's signature title page, in secondhand condition. Text in traditional Chinese. 18.3 x 12.9cm. From the series titled 語文學習叢書 "Chinese Language Study Series", this book is...
《封神演义》人物百图.
天津.[Tianjin]. 天津杨柳青画社.[Tianjin yang liu qing hua she]. 2017. 1st Edition,4th Printing. Black and white line drawings throughout, 94pp, paperback in excellent condition. Text in Chinese. The fantasy fiction 封神演义 "Investiture of the Gods" was first written in Ming Dynasty, author unknown. This book is a collection of sketches of the...
共产党员应是无产阶级先进分子. [Gong chan dang yuan ying shi wu chan jie ji xian jin fenzi]. [Communists Should be the Advanced Elements of Proletariat].
No place of publication. No details of publisher. 1970. 7pp, in red wrappers, few minor tears at extremities, light foxing lower cover, good copy. Text in Chinese. A small Chinese political propaganda booklet commemorating the 49th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. It is a joint...
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越南小英雄金童. [Yuenan xiao ying xiong Jin Tong]. [Vietnamese Little Hero Jin Tong].
上海.[Shanghai]. 少年儿童出版社.[Shao nian er tong chu ban she]. 1966. 1st Edition,4th Printing. Translated from Vietnamese by Li Tangxuan. Coloured illustrations, 77pp, light foxing throughout, corners creased, paper on spine chipped at head and tail, a sound reading copy. Text in Chinese (When referring to this item please quote stockid 163207).
中越人民的伟大友谊和战斗团结万岁.[Zhong yue ren minde wei da you yi he zhan dou tuan jie wan sui].[Cheers on the Friendship Between the Chinese and Vietnamese People and Militant Solidarity].
北京. [Beijing]. 人民出版社.[Ren min chu ban she]. 1971. [6] + 65pp, wrappers, very light foxing and browning on covers, good copy. The propaganda booklet includes Joint Communiqués issued by Chinese and Vietnamese government, several speeches made by the Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai and the Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Van Dong...
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越南青年英雄的故事. [Yuenan qing nian ying xiong de gu shi].[The Story of Young Heroes from Vietnam].
[Beijing]. 中国青年出版社. [Zhongguo qing nian chu ban she]. Black and white line illustrations, 153pp, original pictorial wrappers little worn, good ex-library copy, label on spine, library pocket at rear and some occasional stamps. Text in Chinese. The book includes 21 stories which demonstrate the bravery of Vietnamese people in the...
Interaction in Ceramics : Oriental Porcelain & Delftware. 東方瓷藝與荷蘭德爾夫特陶瓷. [Dong fang ci yi yu Helan de er fu te tao ci].
Hong Kong. Hong Kong Museum of Art. 1984. 162 plates some in colour, item descriptions written in English and traditional Chinese. A prior owner's signature front free endpaper, glossy paperback, very good. 28 x 21.3cm. An exhibition catalogue on oriental porcelain and Dutch Delftware, jointly presented by the Urban Council...
Folk Paintings: A Collection of Drawings of Korean Folk Art Vol.14. 民畵:民俗圖錄.
Seoul. 尚美社.[Sangmisa]. 1979. 212 illustrations of Korean folk paintings some coloured, 200pp, board cover in hardback, q prior owner's signature front free endpaper, very good. Text in English and Korean. 26.2 x 19.4cm. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 163446).
The Lost Buddhas: Chinese Buddhist Sculpture from Qingzhou. 佛像遗珍：青州出土佛教石刻造像.[Fo xiang yi zhen: Qingzhou chu tu fo jiao shi ke zao xiang].
Sydney. Art Gallery of New South Wales. 2008. Map, photographic illustrations in colour, 144pp, bibliography, paperback in very good condition. Text in Chinese and English. The catalogue includes 35 selected Chinese Buddhist sculptures made from limestone during the Six Dynasties. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 163445).
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江苏六朝青瓷. [Jiangsu liu chao qing ci]. [Celadon Throughout The Six Dynasties in Jiangsu Province.]
北京. [Beijing]. 文物出版社. [Wen wu chu ban she]. 1980. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 8 unpaginated plates in colour, 120 black and white photographic plates, bibliography, covers trifle rubbed, paperback, text in Chinese, good copy. 25.9 x 18.5cm. The book includes 111 examples of the Six Dynasties' (AD222-589) celadons which were...
A Pacific Bibliography. Printed Matter relating to the Native Peoples of Polynesia Melanesia and Micronesia.
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).
The Garden Plants of China.
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...
The Sculpture of Indonesia.
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).
Japan The Shaping of the Daimyo Culture 1185 - 1868.
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...
The Origins of Statecraft in China. Volume One. The Western Chou Empire.
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).
Forgotten Kingdom.
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...
The Temple of Memories. History, Power and Morality in a Chinese Village.
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%...
Ancient Arts of Central Asia.
London. Thames & Hudson. (circa1965). Maps, many colour illustrations, profuse black and white illustrations, 288pp, bibliography, chronology, index, paperback, endpapers lightly browned, wrappers trifle worn but generally good. Looks at the world of the Transcaucasian and Central Asian nomads, the smaller kingdoms of Transcaucasia and the Persian highlands during the...
The Book of Songs.
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...
The Southern Expansion of the Chinese People. Southern Fields and Southern Ocean.
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...