New York. Princeton Arch Press, 1998. Profuse colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 158pp, paperback, quarto. "The work of Tokyo-based architect Takasaki Masaharu, one of the most exciting and original architects working today, has captivated those interested in individual and animated design. Although his work is not widely known... More
Rutland. Tuttle. 1996. Many striking colour, black and white, and sepia photographic plates, 168pp, notes, appendices, bibliography, pictorial endpapers, small quarto, excellent in protected dustjacket, signed by author on half-title page. This work tells the stories of the early Japanese and Western photographers of Japan, and reproduces over 140 of... More
Hong Kong. Hong Kong Heritage Museum. 1997. Chinese text, coloured and black and white photographic illustrations, black and white line drawings and diagrams, maps, tables, 144pp., an excellent copy in paperback. Quarto. Text in Chinese only many detailed photographic plates of porcelain items, both whole and fragments. (When referring to... More
China. He Xiangning Art Museum. 2006. Bilingual, colour photographic illustrations, 126pp, hardback. Exhibition of the artist's works from 2004-2006. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 126890). More
United Kingdom. Phaidon Press. 2009. Colour illustrations, 295 pages, quarto, paperback. "Manga Impact" consists of 350 single-page entries, arranged alphabetically, introducing the most important directors, producers, writers, animators and characters in manga and anime, from its origins to the present day. Lavishly illustrated with photographs, film stills, drawings, posters and... More
Germany: Steidl Publishers, 2005. Profusely illustrated throughout with Edward Burtynsky's images including one folding,147pp, hardback in dustjacket, excellent condition. 38 x 30.5cm. Although the word extraordinary is often over used I can find no other for this collection of images of the remnant and newly established zones of Chinese industrialization... More
New Haven . Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2018. Coloured illustrations throughout, notes, bibliography, index, paperback, 223pp. 27.5 x 24cm. The Poetry of Nature offers an in-depth look at more than 40 extraordinary Japanese paintings that represent every major school and movement of the Edo period, including Kano, Rinpa, Nanga, Zen... More
No place of publication. Ningxia People's Publishing House. No date of publication. Full colour and black and white reproductions of Arabic art, 239pp, introduction and conclusion in Simplified Chinese, includes CD. Paperback quarto. Excellent artbook showcasing Arabian fine art with commentary in Simplified Chinese. An excellent resource even for non-Chinese... More
Singapore. Singapore Art Museum. 1998. Colour plates, 72pp, biography, list of works, text in Chinese and English, text and pictorial gilt upper cover and spine, small quarto, paperback. This catalogue published in conjunction with the Fan Chang Tien, His Art and Passion exhibition at the Singapore Art Museum presents ten... More
New York. AW Asia. 2008. Colour photographic illustrations, 110pp, hardback, cloth cover boards, octavo. Chinese contemporary art has emerged as one of the most fascinating and compelling areas of the art market and the contemporary art world at large. Melissa Chiu, Director of the Asia Society in New York, addresses... More
United Kingdom: The Bodleian Library, 2011. 82 colour illustrations Many important and valuable manuscripts, rare books, and artefacts related to Korea have been acquired by donations throughout the long history of the Bodleian Library and the museums of the University of Oxford. However, due to an early lack of specialist... More
San Francisco. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1977. 80 full page collour plates, 184pp, chronology, bibliography, paper back with slightly worn and marked covers, good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 45558). More
No place of publication. Mapin. 1999. Colour frontispiece, numerous colour photographic illustrations, 120 pp, glossary, bibliography, dustjacket. A presentation of the Goddess Parvati in all of her manifestations, with photographic illustrations of stone sculptures, bronzes and paintings. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 67538). More
Italy. Happy Books. 2005. Full-page colour illustrations throughout, 192pp, index, card paperback, quarto. A second anthology of a new wave of Japanese fashion illustrators. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 97290). More
United States: University of Hawai'i Press, 2010. 112 illustrations Contemporary Chinese films are popular with audiences worldwide, but a key reason for their success has gone unnoticed: many of the films are adapted from brilliant literary works. This book is the first to put these landmark films in the context... More
Mansfield Center. Martino. (2000). Black and white line illustrations, ix + 322pp, index. Originally published in Paris in 1900. Describes over 500 early Japanese books in the Bibliotheque Nationale, plus information on the history of engraving of Japanese books, and on individual artists. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 67828). More
China. L.A. Gallery, Beijing. 2006. Colour photographic illustrations, 94pp, paperback. A continuation of his Peking Opera series, using the graffitified Peking Opera images as the memory symbols to re-present the past, transcending this artistic ideology and creating his own artistic trajectory. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 126888). More
London. I.B.Tauris. 1999. Many stricking black and white photographic plates, 128pp, bibliography, index, hardback with dustjacket. Oblong quarto. This book "documents the period between 1900 and 1950, which saw Kuwait's emergence from a vunerable shaikhdom negotiating a precarious independece amongst neighbouring powers - the British in India and the Gulf... More
New York. The Museum For African Art. 1993. Colour plates, 91pp, very good paperback. Text in English with three articles also in French. This publication is the first for The Museum for African Art, in a new series of books and exhibitions, Focus on African Art. (When referring to this... More
Ahmedabad. Mapin. 2001. Profuse colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 107pp, paperback, Contemporary Indian Artists Series, quarto. A biography of the Indian artist, Shyamal Dutta Ray, and his paintings, particularly watercolours. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 67554). More
United States. Dover Publications. 2006. Colour illustrations, 128 pages, accompanying CD-ROM, paperback. Superb collection of authentic Japanese art and design reproduced directly from rare and costly sources includes birds, florals, animals, fish, crests, geometric designs, and patterns. An invaluable resource for professional and amateur artists and craftspeople. Over 260 color... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2008. Maps, xi + 237pp, colour photographic illustrations, notes, glossary, bibliography, index, dustjacket. The collection of Burmese art housed at the Denison Museum in Granville, Ohio, USA, includes more than 1,500 objects dating from the late first millennium AD through the twentieth century. While particularly strong on... More
Melbourne. Monash Asia Institute. 2001. Black and white photographic plates, 42pp, stapled wrappers. Quarto. Working paper 114. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 74548). More
Bangkok. Orchid Press. 2001. First edition. Map, profuse colour photographic plates, folding landscape line illustration, xiv + 206pp, notes, bibliography, index, protected dustjacket. Quarto. The monumental cave complexes of the Baodingshan site at Dazu, in Sichuan Province, and their vast treasure trove of Buddhist sculpture and painting have been little... More
Bangkok. White Lotus. 2002. Map, profuse colour photographic plates, black and white illustrations, x + 290pp, references, paperback. Quarto. A thorough survey of the textiles of the peoples in Vietnam who speak Daic languages. The Daic peoples in Vietnam are divided into thirteen official ethnic groups and this book provides... More
