(circa1900). Hand painted embossed foil, 3 x 14 1/2 inches. A beautiful and unusual example of Chinese folk art of southern regions, this is an original hand painted embossed gold foil label, produced in China circa 1900 to be used as a decorative label on the outside of a box..... More

東京 [Tokyo]. 海国少年団. [Kaikoku Shonen Dan], 大正11[1922]. Large colour folding sugoroku or Japanese board game, 54 x 79cm, a little minor wear and some tears in places on folds but overall a very good copy. This sugoroku was published as the New Year supplement by the magazine, Kaiyo Shonendan [Marine..... More

Tōkyō Nichinichi Shinbun]*. 東京日日新聞. Taisho 4 [1st January,1915]. Black and white sugoroku on newsprint, folded as issued. Evenly browned, folded, chipped at edges with minor loss, 55.4 cm x 79.5 cm. Published as a special supplement on1 January1915. This Japanese sugoroku game from over one hundere years ago features various..... More

London. Orme. 1813. Colour aquatint antique print. Measures to plate mark 23.5 x 18.2 cm and 32.4 x 22.7 cm to margin of page itself. A few brown spots on margins. Very good copy. From the supplement to "Foreign field sports, fisheries, sporting anecdotes, &c. &c. : from drawings by..... 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

[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

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

Kabushiki Kaisha Hakubunkan]*. 株式会社博文館, Showa 31928. Issued as a supplement to Shonen Sekai 少年世界 published on 1 January Showa 3[1928]. Printed on both sides this sheet has two sugoroku on it. 世界一周飛行双六 [Sekai isshū hikō sugoroku] printed in full colour and 豪勇強兵衛武者修行双六 [GōyūTsuyobē Mushashugyō sugoroku] printed in blue on reverse..... More