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Shanghai: Shanghai wen ming shu ju, 1930. 35 pp. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. 11th edition. Chinese Calligraphy. Rear leaves detached and chipped, paper fragile; a good copy. More
Shanghai: Shanghai wen ming shu ju, 1930. 35 pp. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. 11th edition. Chinese Calligraphy. Rear leaves detached and chipped, paper fragile; a good copy. More
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, (1978). xii, 210 pp. Illus. with 4 color plates, 78 b/w reproductions, 12 figures and 1 map. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. Catalogue of an exhibition at The Pierpont Morgan Library, Dec. 1978-Feb. 1979. 78 items illustrated and discussed. A very good copy with..... More
New York: Pratt Graphics Center and the Ukiyo-e Society of America, Inc., 1978. Unpaged [64 pp]. Illus. with 107 b/w reproductions. 4to. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. An exhibit at the Pratt Graphics Center Gallery in New York in 1978. A very good copy with sunning to spine and top..... More
Fribourg: Office du Livre, (1977). 275 pp. Illus. with 57 color & 388 b/w photos & drawings. 4to. Cloth. First French edition. Trans. Nicole Ramseyer. The social, religious and philosophic concepts of the Balinese as expressed through their art, dance, music, theater, paintings, temples, ritual offerings. A very near fine..... More
Newark: Newark Museum, 1978. 26 pp. Illus. with 18 b/w photos. Sq. 8vo. Paper wrappers. First edition. Exhibition at the Newark Museum, April 6 to September 17, 1978. A fine copy. As new. More
Newark: Newark Museum, 1991. 32 pp. Illus. with color & b/w photos. Sm. 4to. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. A near fine copy. More
Boston: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard Univ. 1970. 393 pp. Illus. with 12 color plates (6 folding) and 141 b/w plates and photos. 4to. Cloth. First edition. A near fine copy in a very good lightly edgeworn and price-clipped dust jacket. More
[Washington, D.C.]: Oxford Univ. Press, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1991. 64 pp. Illus. with color and b/w photos and map. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. Articles: Voices of the Ancestors or Internationalism? The Dilemma of the Indonesian Artist, by Helen Ibbotson Jessup; Balinese Performace as Festive Offering..... More
Tokyo: Sansaisha, 1970. 149 pp. Illus. with 4 color & 16 b/w plates + intext reproductions. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. Table of Contents in English and Japanese. Text in Japanese. Principal articles: Art of Kohoku District, Ancient Tumuli of Kohoku and Their World, Cultural Climate of Kohoku, A Religious..... More
Tokyo: Sansaisha, 1971. 136 pp. Illus. with 15 color & 40 b/w plates + intext reproductions. Paper wrappers. First edition. Table of Contents in English and Japanese. Text in Japanese. Articles on Ukiyoe, Icons, Su Shih, Matabe Iwasa, painters, and more. A very good copy. More
Tokyo: Sansaisha, 1971. 132 pp. Illus. with 14 color &16 b/w plates + intext reproductions. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. Table of Contents in English and Japanese. Text in Japanese. Principal articles: The Art of the Constellation, Iconography of Two Stars Rahu and Ketu in Indian Tradition, The Star in..... More
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1911. viii, 272 pp. Illus. with 16 color and 133 b/w gravures. Sm. 4to. Cloth. First French edition. P. Andre Lemoisne, intro. Originally published as Geschichte des Japanishchen Farbenholzschnitts (Dresden, G. Kuhtmann, 1897) by Seidlitz (1850-1922). "The French translation of this important book is so..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1920. Color frontis, xvi, 207 pp. Illus. with 16 color plates captioned on the tissue and 79 b/w illus., some folding. Sm. 4to. Cloth. Later printing. Originally published as Geschichte des Japanishchen Farbenholzschnitts (Dresden, G. Kuhtmann, 1897) by Seidlitz (1850-1922). An "important book" (Ledoux). A...... More
London: William Heinemann. 1910. Col. frontis, xvi, 207 pp. Illus. with 16 color plates captioned on the tissue and 79 b/w illus. some folding. Sm. 4to. Cloth. First edition. Originally published as Geschichte des Japanishchen Farbenholzschnitts (Dresden, G. Kuhtmann, 1897) by Seidlitz (1850-1922). An "important book" (Ledoux). Chipping at spine..... More
New York: The China Institute in America, 1978. 103 pp. Illus. with b/w photos and drawings. Sm. 4to. Stiff paper wrappers. First edition. Catalogue of exhibition held at the China House Gallery. Essay, 45 items discussed. A very good clean unmarked copy with crease to one corner of front wrapper..... More
Shanghai: Shanghai People's Art Press / jen min mei shu ch`u pan she, 1990. [xxxiv], 1377-1901. Illus. with 623 b/w plates. 4to. Cloth. Series: Chung-kuo mei shu shih t`u lu ts`ung shu. "History of Chinese Sculpture. Text in Chinese. A very good copy. More
New York: American Horizon, 1968. Illus. 4to. Cloth. First printing. "Mountain demons and Hindu deities merge with the Buddhist vision in these magical paintings." Also includes articles on Gaudi, Frederick II, and Sir Isaac Newton among others. A near fine copy. More
Boston: Skinner, 2000. 106 pp. 4to. Illustrated paper wrappers. First edition. 250 items. With prices realized. A very good copy. More
New York / London: Sotheby's (Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co.), 1974-1994. Profusely illustrated with color and b/w plates. Various Sizes. Paper wrappers. First edition. Works of Art. October 1 and October 2, 1974. Porcelain and Pottery Inro and Lacquer Wares and Sculpture. 26 February 1975. Works of Art. 9 May..... More
London: Sotheby's (Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co.), 1983. 24 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo. Paper wrappers. First edition. Sale Shobu. 269 lots. Prices realized sheet laid in loose. Netsuke (134), Okimono (53). A fine copy. More
London: Spink & Son, 1977. 36 pp. Illus. with 5 color and 50 b/w photos. Sm. 8vo. Paper wrappers. First edition. Catalogue 23 of 58 items. Signed compliments slip of Spink laid in loose. Rear wrapper rubbed else a near fine copy. More
Moskva: Nauka, 1967. 97 pp. Illus. with 26 b/w plates. Folio. Paper wrappers. First edition. Arkheologiia SSSR; svod arkheologicheskikh istochnikov; vyp. D1-32. Monuments of the Imenkovo culture. In Russian. Spine with a few tears else a very good clean unmarked copy. More
Paris: Presses Univ. de France, 1961. 116 pp. + plates. Illus. with 89 b/w drawings & 68 plates. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. Publications de Musee Guimet. Recherches et documents d'art et d'archeologie, tome 7. The great stupa was built in the 2nd c. A.D. A good copy, spine crudely..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1920. xvi, 335, [1] pp. Illus. with 46 plates (6 color). 4to. Cloth. First edition. A classic which was enlarged and reprinted two years later. Spine ends and corners worn else a very good copy. Arntzen N165 (citing 1922 ed). More
London: Thames and Hudson, (1974). 64 pp. Illus. with 34 b/w reproductions. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Owner's name on title else a fine copy in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. More