Basketry of the Luzon Cordillera, Philippines
University of California Fowler Museum, 1998. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. As new in publisher's shrink wrap. More
Asia
Visions and Victories in Hindustan. A story of the Mission Stations of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Southern Asia
Madras, india: Methodist Publishing House, 1931. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. xxv, 842. Diamond Jubilee Edition. Blue cloth with gilt titles, ink name of previous owner to front end-paper, with some ink notes to the half-title. Clean throughout otherwise and the binding tight and square. With illustrations in black and white. More
The New Far West and the Old Far East, Being Notes of a Tour in North America, Japan, China, Ceylon, Etc.
London: Edward Stanford, 1889. First Edition. Leather. Signed. 8vo. Pp. x, [ii], 316. Without advertisements. Specially bound in full burgundy morocco by Zaehnsdorf, to match the original cloth design. Spine lettered in gilt. With black-and-white illustrations and folding coloured maps. Corners bumped and lightly rubbed; a few scuffed spots to..... More
The Fairy Four-Leaf. Outdoor Plays for Girls. The Fairy Four-Leaf, Fairy Tale Wood, The Pageant of Chunn's Cove, The Land of the Glad Heart
New York: Brentano's, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Pp. 187. Green buckram with paper title label to front board and spine, with a couple of faint marks, dust jacket spine darkened with a few chips at the edges and nicks at the spine, very nice and fresh copy overall..... More
The Rickshaw
Shanghai: Taihei Shokyoku/Taihei Book Company, 1942. David Ludwig Bloch. Hardcover. 12mo. Pp. 60 + colophon, illustrated with 60 woodcuts, with images on the left and text on the facing pages. "Sometimes the Chinese caption is a nearly direct translation from Japanese; sometimes it substitutes a Chinese maxim instead of a...... More
Prisoners of Hope
London: Jonathan Cape, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing. Red cloth, gilt spine lettering, dust jacket not price clipped. Illustrated with photographs and folding maps. Light scuffing to the jacket spine, but overall a very near fine copy. More
Hin: The Quiet Beauty of Japanese Bamboo Art
Chicago: Art Media Resources, Inc., 2006. Soft cover. Softcover. With photographs by Daniel Strong. a very clean and bright copy. More
The Legacy of China
Oxford University Press, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Blue cloth, first printing. Ink name to front endpaper, light bumping to spine ends, clean throughout and the binding square. Price clipped jacket with a few little scuffs, pretty sharp copy. More
Adventure Sport and Travel on the Tibetan Steppes.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Small 4to. Pp. xvi, 343, illustrations, 2 folding maps at end. In the attractive publisher's illustrated cloth boards. A couple of little dirty spots to the cloth, light rubbing and bumping to the corners and spine ends, spine..... More
The Women's Warpath : Iban Rituals Fabrics from Borneo
UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1996. Softcover. Folio. Large softcover. Col. ills., gift inscription to front endpaper, else clean and unmarked, as new copy. More
Festivals and Songs of Ancient China
London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo. Pp. 281. Green cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. No dust jacket. Foxed endpapers, with signature of previous owner to the front endpaper, clean throughout and the binding tight and square..... More
Poems Consisting Chiefly of Translations from the Asiatick Languages. To Which Are Added Two Essays, I. On the Poetry of the Eastern Nations. II. On the Arts, commonly called Imitative.
Oxford: Clarendon-Press, 1772. First Edition. Leather. Small 4to. [4],viii,217,[3]p. Final leaf is corrigenda. Contemporary brown calf with decorated in gilt compartments, very heavily rubbed and dulled, spine label gone with the blind stamped title visible, spine ends chipped and worn, corners bumped and worn and heavily worn hinges. The binding..... More
The Raghuvamsa of Kalidasa : with the commentary of Mallinatha, edited with notes by Shankar P. Pandit. 3 Volumes. Bombay Sanskrit Series, no. 5, 8, 13
Bombay: Indu Prakash Press, 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. 1869-74. Bombay Sanskrit Series, nos. 5, 8, 13. Three parts: Pt. 1, Cantos I-VI; Pt. 2, Cantos VII-XIII; Pt. 3, Cantos XIV-XIX. In Sanskrit, with title-page introduction, preface, and notes in English. Bound in the publisher's original green cloth, gilt-lettered on the..... More
Precious Indian Weapons and Other Princely Accountrements
New York, NY, United States: Thames & Hudson Inc., 2017. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Hardcover. 504pp. First ed. Illustrated in colour photographs. Book in fine condition. Dust jacket near fine, rubbing to edges. Overall great copy! More
Masterworks of Pre-Columbian, Indonesian, and African Gold
Houston, Texas: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston/Yale University Press, 2011. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. As new with minor foxing near jacket corners. First edition. More
Patterned Splendour: Textiles Presented on Javanese Metal and Stone Sculptures; Eighth to Fifteenth Century
Singapore: ISEAS Publishing, 2021. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 4to. New copy still in the shrink wrap. More
Textiles of Japan: The Thomas Murray Collection
London: Hali Publications, 2018. Hardcover. 4to. Fine book. Number 81 of 300 numbered copies. A great copy! More
Homage to Heaven Homage to Earth: Chinese Treasures of the Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto, ON, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1992. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. First edition. As new with a fine dust jacket. More
Ceylon and its People
Colombo: Fighting Services in Ceylon/Printed by The Ceylon Daily News, 1942. First Edition. Softcover. 12mo. Pp. 48, 2 folding maps. Stapled wrappers, a touch age-toned, light bump to spine foot, clean and tight copy. Published specially for an issued free to all Ranks and Ratings of the Fighting Services in..... More
The Strongholds of India
Sydney: William Heinemann Ltd., 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 136. Blue cloth, gilt titles, tips of spine ends sunned, with very light nicking to the spine ends of the dust jacket, with 150 black and white illustrations. Nice fresh copy. More
Did the Greeks Believe in their Gods? An Essay on the Constitutive Imagination
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992. Softcover. Later printing. Nice clean copy, about as new. Translated by Paula Wissing. More
Fragrant Harbour: Early Photographs of Hong Kong
Hong Kong: John Warner Publications, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. 191pp. Cream cloth, gilt. Pictorial dust jacket, bumped at top. Crisp and clean interior. The text is in both English and Chinese. More
Fifty Songs from the Yuan. Poetry of Thirteenth Century China
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 151. Light bumping to spine ends, ink name to front endpaper, clean throughout, dust jacket spine sunned, else fine. Nice copy. More
Indian Pageant
London: Eyre and Spottiswode, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Pp. 186. Pale yellow cloth with red spine lettering, in dust jacket. Light bumps to spine ends, clean and tight throughout, jacket with light edge-wear and nicks to the spine head. Nice copy. More