東京. [Tokyo]. 国学院. [Kokugakuin]. Meiji 32 [ 1899]. Colour woodblock print on a sheet measuring 31.3 X 51.4cm, folded as issued. Tiny hole (pinhole) at one fold intersection, light toning to verso of two panels (outer side when folded), overall very good condition. An attractive woodblock print depicting a gosho..... More

奉天. [Mukden]. 滿鐵鐵道總局營業局旅客課. [Mantetsutetsudōsōkyokueigyōkyokuryokakuka, Hōten]. Showa 14 [ 1939]. Black and white photographic illustrations, 18.7 x 12.7cm, [33]pp, original wrappers, upper cover pictorial. Minor wear and light browning. Good copy. This charming tourist booklet, with its delightful pictorial cover, offers a comprehensive introduction to Peking Opera and Chinese vaudeville. It..... More

Oxford. The Clarendon Press. 1969. Second Edition. Two volumes, 140 photographic plates (some in colour) + 690 line and half-tone illustrations (including several folding), xxxix + 372pp; vi + 373-684pp (continuous pagination); original gilt-lettered polished cloth boards, 44.6 x 33.3 cms, the spine of the first volume a trifle sunned..... More

No date. (Circa 1840). A striking, detailed gouache painting on pith of a Chinese junk. 30.3 x 23cm including blue ribbon borders. Two minor chips in the lower section of the image but these are not significant, a little spotting, a very attractive image in very good condition. When referring..... More

[Tokyo]. 吉川弘文館. [Yoshikawa Kobunkan]. No date. (Meiji 32. 1899). One volume only of a series. 7 double folded leaves with colour woodblock prints, plus 3 double folded leaves of text; 25.2 x 18.2cm, paper wrappers with paper title label, 4 hole stab binding. Considerable wear and light soiling covers, binding..... More

[Japan]. No date. [Late Edo?]. A delightful collection of Japanese ink drawings and watercolours of Japanese gardens and Japanese trees and blossoms, including plum trees and flowers, coloured maple leaves and bamboos. The collection comprises 1. A colour scroll -梅、紅葉 Ume, Momiji. Plum, Autum leaves, 28 x 510cm. Bunsei 7..... More

Tokyo. Meiji-Shobo. Surugadai, Kanda, [ 1941]. Title, Foreword + Contents (on hand-made paper) + 35 full colour photographic plates on glossy paper, preserved in the original folding Japanese blue linen cloth folder, (worn and rubbed, edges fraying with loss), one of the two horn toggles missing, the paper-lining of the..... More

[Japan]. [芸艸堂]. [Unsōdō]. Early Taishō (c. 1910s). Five volumes bound in two. Accordion-style binding. Exceptionally fine colour woodblock prints throughout, some full-page and others with multiple images per page, with occasional silver heightening. 36.5 x 26 cm. Collation challenging owing to the absence in this work of pagination and a...... More

Japan. Late Meiji (Circa 1890s). 49 hand-coloured albumen prints each approximately 9.2 x 13cm (or portrait), mounted on thick album card each edged with a decorative washi border, gilt and paint decorated bevelled enamelled covers; the front cover with a bamboo tree and a pair of birds in flight and..... More

Peking. The Peking Chronicle Press. 1942. Black and white line illustrations, 413pp + xxxviii page index, list of The Peking Chronicle's publications with prices last leaf. Contents leaves neatly annotated in ink and pencil, modern sticker of a prior owner half title and another prior owner's signature and marking on..... More

[India]. (Early 20th Century). Delicate watercolour and ink miniature highlighted with white, script in a panel at the head and foot, 15.8 x 9.3cm (image); mounted and framed 28.8 x 22.4cm, in very good condition. When referring to this item please quote stockid 219858. More

[India]. (Early 20th Century). Delicate watercolour and ink miniature highlighted in gilt, script in a panel, 15.7 x 9 cms (image); mounted and framed 28.7 x 22.5 cms. When referring to this item please quote stockid 219855. More

London. Han-Shan Tang at the Pisces Press. 1982. No. 209 of a limited signed edition of 250 copies. 85 pages of text, 72 full page black and white photographic plates, original green cloth with title stamped in gilt and red on the upper board and the spine, a near fine..... More