Paris. Imp. Litho. de Mlle. Formentin, 1825 - 1827. Slight age toning and a stain to the left margin not affecting the plate. There is a little offsetting from the previous page of text that is just visible. 34.8 x 25.5cm. D'apres les dessins du Pere Castiglione. Pu-Qua, W. Alexandre..... More

Hong Kong. The Art Museum, Chinese University of Hong Kong. 1998. Abundant colour illustrations, 255pp, selected bibliography, other references cited, spine sunned, reverse of dustjacket foxed, upper extremity of dustjacket a touch creased, otherwise very good hardback copy. Inscription to previous owner by Humphrey K. F. Hui taped to front..... More

France. Somogy Editions d'Art. 2017. Sumptuous full-page illustrations, 288pp, bibliography, annexes, small mark on spine extremity, light bump lower spine extremity and lower cover upper corner, otherwise very good hardback copy. 30.5 x 24cm. "Over 200 works--drawn from prestigious French and international collections, including some of the most magnificient masterpieces..... More

Beijing. Foreign Languages Press. 2005. 3rd Printing. Translated from Chinese into English. Black and white photographic illustrations, 7 + 240 pp, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. When referring to this item please quote stockid 173642. More

London. Allen Lane. 2008. Maps, black and white photographic plates, viii + 370pp, bibliography, notes, index, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. Details of the event in Hong Kong organised by the Royal Asiatic Society at which this copy was..... More

New Haven . Yale University Press. 2009. 240pp, index, notes, references. Very good hardback copy in dustjacket. As China emerges as a global powerhouse, this timely book examines its economic past and the shaping of its financial institutions. The first comparative study of foreign banking in prewar China, the book..... More

Kew, Victoria. Australian Scholarly Publishing. 2019. Black and white photographic illustrations, xii + 435pp, appendix, index. Paperback. "Audrey Donnithorne was born in Sichuan province, China, of British missionary parents. She is an economist and writer who has held academic posts at University College London and at the Australian National University..... More

London. Edward Stanford. ( 1923). Large map of China dissected into 30 panels and mounted on linen, 106 x 89.8cm (sheet size), map 100 x 86.8cm, folding into yellow printed wrappers (list of Stanford's Library Maps and Stanford's Compendium of Geography & Travel) 21.2 x 15.1cm, housed in the original..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. 萬屋孫兵衛. [Yorozuya Magobei]. 明治 4 [ 1871]. Woodblock print, sugoroku game sheet, 60x 70.5cm, some holes along folds, margins time toned, a few careless folds but otherwise very good. This richly coloured wood block sugoroku game sheet was drawn by Utagawa Yoshitora, whose name is printed as Ichimosai..... More

[Shanghai]. 日の丸旅館. [Hinomaru Ryokan]. (circa 1935). Black and white photographic illustrations, 54 x 19.5cm. Single sheet printed double sided, folded into 8 panels, title image, printed in blue and red, shows a romantic scene across the river to the Bund with traditional Chinese craft and a modern ship in the..... More

Tokyo. Tuttle. 2021. Colour photographic plates, black and white illustrations, 160pp. Hardback in dustjacket. "A fresh way of seeing and moving through the world when our lives, literally and figuratively, feel cluttered. Wabi Sabi is the Japanese Zen philosophy that all things are imperfect, unfinished and impermanent. This book shows..... More

Tokyo. Tuttle. 2021. Colour photographic plates, profuse black and white photographic illustrations, 255pp, index. Paperback. "Preserved in music, dance, and art - as well as in ritual, tribal law, and mythology - the fighting arts of the Indonesian archipelago play a central role in Indonesian culture. The Martial Arts of..... More

京都. [Kyoto]. 山中書房. [Yamanaka Shobō]. 大正 11 [ 1922]. Attractive colour folding map of Kyoto with a quite detailed illustrated tourist guide printed in blue and white on the reverse, some light browning, holes at some folds, good copy. 78.5 x 54cm, This 1922 colour folding tourist map of Kyoto..... More