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THE CATALOGUE OF THE ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION OF CHANG DAI-CHIEN'S 90TH BIRTHDAY.
Taipei, China: National Museum of History, n.d. (1988). Hardcover. National Museum of History. Folio. 311pp. Full page color illustrations with descriptions (In Chinese) on adjacent pages. Titles, dates, and Chronological Biography in English. Chang Dai-Chien is "one of the best-known and most prodigious Chinese artists of the twentieth century," and... Item #10763
Price: $225.00
CERAMIC FINDS FROM JINGDEZHEN KILNS (10TH-17TH Century)
Hong Kong: The Fung Ping Shan Museum, 1992. Hardcover. The Fung Ping Shan Museum. Quarto. 168pp catalogue, plus full page color illustrations of 366 pieces. Bilingual edition Chinese/ English. Hint of fading to very edge of blue cloth. Dust jacket is faded on spine. Item #10364
Price: $200.00
JINGDEZHEN WARES. THE YUAN EVOLUTION
Hong Kong: Oriental Ceramic society of Hong Kong, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Oriental Ceramic society of Hong Kong. Quarto. 167pp. With 163 illustrations. Many in color. English and Chinese. General light wear to dustjacket.xc. Item #10768
Price: $60.00
Lattice Window Ming Jiangnan
Zhejiang Photographic Press, 2005. Hardcover. Zhejiang Photographic Press. Quarto. 320pp. In Chinese. Chinese lattice wood doors and windows, fully illustrated in color. Spine of dust jacket lightly faded and rubbed at ends. Item #10370
Price: $85.00
Abe, Kobo
THE MAN WHO TURNED INTO A STICK
Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1975. First edition thus. Hardcover. University of Tokyo Press. Quarto. 84pp. Illustrated with photographs from performances. Pages lightly toned. Bookseller sticker on front flap of dust jacket. Item #10869
Price: $45.00
Ashton, Leigh
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF CHINESE SCULPTURE
London: Ernest Benn, limited, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Ernest Benn, limited. Quarto. 114pp. text, including index. 63pp. of plates from photographs. Toning to endpapers. Light foxing to top edge. Grey cloth, stamped in gold. Item #10732
Price: $200.00
Ayers, John
CHINESE CERAMICS IN THE BAUR COLLECTION. Two volumes
Geneva: 1999. Hardcover. Quarto. 2 volumes: 205pp; 255pp.This condensed catalogue "presents 342 of the finest pieces, Illustrated wholly in color with many details including marks and inscriptions..." Volume 1 includes Tang, Song and Ming ware: Volume 2 is devoted to Qing porcelains. Dustjackets show very light wear, one small edge... Item #10332
Price: $850.00
Edward Reynolds Wright; Man Pai
Korean Furniture Elegance and Tradition
New York: Kodansha America, 1985. Hardcover. Kodansha America. Quarto. 192pp. incl. index. Illustrated from color and b&w photographs and nice line drawings of details. Dust jacket faded on spine and top edge. Item #10367
Price: $60.00
Ferguson, John C.
CHINESE PAINTING
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. University of Chicago Press. Quarto. 197pp. Includes index of Chinese names. Covers dynastic periods, painters and techniques. Illustrated with monochromatic plates. Black cloth,stamped in gold. Light bump to top corners. Spine has a hint of fading and light rubbing to spine... Item #10053
Price: $375.00
Hearn, Lafcadio
EARLESS HO-ICHI
Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd. 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Kodansha International Ltd. Oblong. quarto. Unpaginated. Introduction by Donald Keene; Illustrations by Masakazu Kuwata. Nicely designed book, each page of Hearn's text has illustration on opposite page. Laid-paper over boards, stamped in silver. Spine very lightly faded. Dust jacket spine darkened. In... Item #10896
Price: $85.00
Ito, Ken K.
VISIONS OF DESIRE. TANIZAKI'S FICTIONAL WORLDS
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1991. Hardcover. Stanford University Press. Octavo. 305pp. "...first book in English on a writer who is possibly modern Japan's greatest novelist." Verso of dust jacket lightly toned. Item #10881
Price: $60.00
Jewett, Eleanore M.
WHICH WAS WITCH? TALES OF GHOSTS AND MAGIC FROM KOREA
New York: The Viking Press, 1953. Hardcover. The Viking Press. Octavo. 160pp. INSCRIBED by the author. Illustrated by Taro Yashima. Small stain on dedication page, a few random spots within. Dust jacket has chips and tears to spine ends, and light edgwear and soiling. Item #10887
Price: $45.00
(Joao Rodrigues)
THIS ISLAND OF JAPAN. JOAO RODRIGUES' ACCOUNT OF 16th-CENTURY JAPAN
Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd. 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Kodansha International Ltd. Octavo. 354pp. Incl. index. Dust jacket is lightly faded on spine. Item #10876
Price: $40.00
Kai-Yin Lo
Classical and Vernacular Chinese Furniture in the Living Environment
Yungmingtang, 1998. Hardcover. Yungmingtang. Quarto. 188pp. Dual language edition; English and Chinese. Substantial illustrated text with 37 pieces Illustrated with full page color plates, including descriptions and measurements. Minor dulling to black dust jacket. Item #10334
Price: $45.00
Mordell, Albert
DISCOVERIES: ESSAYS ON LAFCADIO HEARN
Tokyo: Orient/ West, Publishers, 1964. Hardcover. Orient/ West, Publishers. Octavo. 240pp. Page edges lightly toned. Dust jacket verso, edges and spine darkened, with a few small chips and tears. Item #10889
Price: $30.00
Mote, Frederick W.; Twitchett, Denis; (editors)
THE MING DYNASTY 1368-1644. PART 1
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Hardcover. Cambridge University Press. Thick lg. octavo. Buckram cloth with red label, stamped in gold. Part 1: 976pp. Spine faded dustjacket included. Heavy volume, may require extra shipping, overseas shipping not recommended. Item #10687
Price: $75.00
Peralta, Jesus T.
KAYAMANAN
Manila, Phillipines: 1982. Hardcover. Quarto. 208pp. 94 pieces illustrated with full page, full color illustrations. Hint of foxing to endpapers and edges. Ownership name on ffep. White dust jacket is foxed on verso and has light wear. Item #10333
Price: $60.00
Self, James; Nobuko Hirose
JAPANES ART SIGNATURES
Floating World Editions. Paperback. Floating World Editions. Quarto. 399pp. Profusely illustrated. Item #10937
Price: $35.00
Shixiang Wang
Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties. 2 Volumes
Chicago: Art Media Resources, Ltd. 1990. Hardcover. Art Media Resources, Ltd. Lg. quarto. 2 volumes. Volume 1, text. 226pp; Volume 2, plates. 189pp. Illustrations in b&w. Green silk cloth has small spot on one rear panel. In very good slipcase that shows light wear. Item #10335
Price: $150.00
Strange, Edward F.
CHINESE LACQUER
London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Ernest Benn Limited. Quarto. 72pp. Text, incl. marks, dates, bibliography and index. 54 plates, some in color, mostly monochromatic. Techniques, history and descriptions of carved, flat and inlaid lacquer are organized by dynasty. Black cloth, stamped in gold. Very light rubbing to... Item #10056
Price: $850.00
Takamine M.D., Hiroshi
A SAD TOY. A Unique and Popular Japanese Poet, Takuboku's Life & Poems
Tokyo: Tokyo News Service Ltd. 1962. Hardcover. Tokyo News Service Ltd. Octavo. 154pp. Some illustrations, from photographs. Blue silk cover stamped in red, two small bookseller stickers on ffep. Verso of price-clipped dustjacket is toned on verso and has chips and small tears to edge. Item #10871
Price: $25.00
Tang, Zi-Chang(Editor)
POEMS OF TANG: 600 Poems Written in the Tang Style by Tang Poets, Selected, Annotated and Illustrated by Zi-Chang Tang
San Rafael, CA: T.C.Press, 1969. Hardcover. T.C.Press. Octavo. 453pp. Green cloth, stamped in gold. Page edges toned a little. In green, textured paper dustjacket, that is mildly faded on top edge and spine and has a small chip. Item #10684
Price: $25.00
Tinker, Edward Larocque
LAFCADIO HEARN'S AMERICAN DAYS
New York: Dodd Mead and Company, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Dodd Mead and Company. Octavo. 374pp. LIMITED EDITION, #85 of 150 copies, SIGNED by Tinker. T.E.G. Untrimmed. Nicely designed book with hand-made paper over boards with cloth spine, pictorial endpapers and woodcut vignettes. Light rubbing to spine ends, cover paper... Item #10895
Price: $125.00
Waley, Arthur
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF CHINESE PAINTING
London: Ernest Benn, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Ernest Benn. Quarto. 262pp. including index. 49pp. of plates from photographs. Toning to endpapers. Light foxing to top edge. Some light toning to pages. Grey cloth stamped in gold. Item #10733
Price: $150.00
Wang, Shixiang
MINGSHI JIAJU YANJIU (Two Volumes)
Hong Kong: Joint Publishing, 1989. Hardcover. Joint Publishing. Quarto. 218pp. Illustrated. Text in Chinese. Illustrated with monochromatic plates and line drawings. Top of spines bumped. Slipcase is bumped, broken and missing bottom panel. Item #10644
Price: $125.00
